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2014 • PG-13 • 1h 42m • Action, Adventure, Drama • TriStar Pictures

No warning. No escape.

🍅 27% 34%

41

2.38

5.5

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$23.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$108.50M

$85.30M international

Domestic legs2.2x

Budget$80M

2014 rank#104

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Cast & crew

Full Anderson filmography

Paul W. S. Anderson

Paul W. S. Anderson Director

Kit Harington

Kit Harington Starring

Emily Browning

Emily Browning Starring

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland Starring

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Starring

Carrie-Anne Moss

Carrie-Anne Moss Starring

ScreenplayJanet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler, Michael Robert Johnson Produced byJeremy Bolt, Paul W. S. Anderson, Robert Kulzer, Don Carmody CinematographyGlen MacPherson Music byClinton Shorter StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 21-23 3 $10.3M — 2,658 $3,890 $10.3M

2 Feb 28-Mar 2 7 $4.3M −58.1% 2,658 $1,630 $17.8M

3 Mar 7-9 13 $1.6M −63.2% 1,658 $961 $21.1M

4 Mar 14-16 18 $588.0K −63.1% 671 $876 $22.4M

5 Mar 21-23 34 $125.8K −78.6% 201 $626 $22.8M

6 Mar 28-30 33 $92.9K −26.2% 162 $573 $23.0M

7 Apr 4-6 35 $71.1K −23.5% 134 $530 $23.1M

8 Apr 11-13 38 $68.8K −3.3% 93 $739 $23.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 21 #3 $3.4M — $3.4M 2,658 $1,267 1

Sat Feb 22 #4 $4.3M +26.5% $7.6M 2,658 $1,602 2

Sun Feb 23 #4 $2.7M −36.3% $10.3M 2,658 $1,021 3

Mon Feb 24 #3 $765.3K −71.8% $11.1M 2,658 $288 4

Tue Feb 25 #3 $1.0M +30.9% $12.1M 2,658 $377 5

Wed Feb 26 #4 $692.8K −30.8% $12.8M 2,658 $261 6

Thu Feb 27 #4 $635.1K −8.3% $13.4M 2,658 $239 7

Fri Feb 28 #6 $1.2M +90.6% −64.0% $14.6M 2,658 $455 8

Sat Mar 1 #7 $2.0M +62.9% −53.7% $16.6M 2,658 $742 9

Sun Mar 2 #6 $1.1M −41.7% −57.7% $17.8M 2,658 $432 10

Mon Mar 3 #6 $396.4K −65.5% −48.2% $18.2M 2,658 $149 11

Tue Mar 4 #4 $557.6K +40.7% −44.3% $18.7M 2,658 $210 12

Wed Mar 5 #6 $387.4K −30.5% −44.1% $19.1M 2,658 $146 13

Thu Mar 6 #6 $359.5K −7.2% −43.4% $19.5M 2,658 $135 14

Fri Mar 7 #13 $466.4K +29.7% −61.5% $19.9M 1,658 $281 15

Sat Mar 8 #13 $696.0K +49.2% −64.7% $20.6M 1,658 $420 16

Sun Mar 9 #12 $431.3K −38.0% −62.5% $21.1M 1,658 $260 17

Mon Mar 10 #12 $170.5K −60.5% −57.0% $21.2M 1,658 $103 18

Tue Mar 11 #10 $251.8K +47.7% −54.8% $21.5M 1,658 $152 19

Wed Mar 12 #12 $175.3K −30.4% −54.7% $21.7M 1,658 $106 20

Thu Mar 13 #11 $168.8K −3.7% −53.0% $21.8M 1,658 $102 21

Fri Mar 14 #17 $171.3K +1.5% −63.3% $22.0M 671 $255 22

Sat Mar 15 #18 $257.9K +50.5% −62.9% $22.3M 671 $384 23

Sun Mar 16 #17 $158.8K −38.4% −63.2% $22.4M 671 $237 24

Mon Mar 17 #17 $62.7K −60.5% −63.2% $22.5M 671 $93 25

Tue Mar 18 #16 $86.8K +38.4% −65.5% $22.6M 671 $129 26

Wed Mar 19 #16 $64.7K −25.5% −63.1% $22.6M 671 $96 27

Thu Mar 20 #16 $58.0K −10.4% −65.7% $22.7M 671 $86 28

Fri Mar 21 #- $37.5K −35.4% −78.1% $22.7M 201 $186 29

Sat Mar 22 #- $56.0K +49.5% −78.3% $22.8M 201 $279 30

Sun Mar 23 #- $32.3K −42.2% −79.6% $22.8M 201 $161 31

Mon Mar 24 #- $13.2K −59.2% −79.0% $22.8M 201 $66 32

Tue Mar 25 #- $20.3K +53.6% −76.7% $22.8M 201 $101 33

Wed Mar 26 #- $14.8K −26.8% −77.1% $22.9M 201 $74 34

Thu Mar 27 #- $15.4K +3.8% −73.4% $22.9M 201 $77 35

Fri Mar 28 #- $26.4K +71.6% −29.5% $22.9M 162 $163 36

Sat Mar 29 #- $41.5K +57.3% −25.8% $22.9M 162 $256 37

Sun Mar 30 #- $24.9K −40.0% −23.0% $23.0M 162 $154 38

Fri Apr 4 #- $19.6K — −25.6% $23.0M 134 $147 43

Sat Apr 5 #- $29.8K +51.7% −28.2% $23.0M 134 $222 44

Sun Apr 6 #- $21.6K −27.5% −13.2% $23.1M 134 $161 45

Fri Apr 11 #- $10.8K — −44.9% $23.1M 93 $116 50

Sat Apr 12 #- $16.9K +56.4% −43.3% $23.1M 93 $182 51

Sun Apr 13 #- $41.0K +142.6% +89.8% $23.2M 93 $441 52

Cumulative total$23.2M

Feb 21Mar 4Mar 15Mar 25Apr 13

Weekend grossWk 8 · $68.8K

$10.3M

$4.3M

$1.6M

$588.0K

$125.8K

$92.9K

$71.1K

$68.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,658 → 93 −96.5%

2,658 open93 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −3.3%

−58.1%

W1→2

−63.2%

W2→3

−63.1%

W3→4

−78.6%

W4→5

−26.2%

W5→6

−23.5%

W6→7

−3.3%

W7→8

Steepest −78.6%Best hold −3.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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