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2006 • PG-13 • 1h 38m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Mayday

🍅 33% 43%

50

2.67

5.7

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$60.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$182.00M

$121.00M international

Domestic legs2.74x

Budget$160M

2006 rank#49

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Cast & crew

Full Petersen filmography

Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen Director

Josh Lucas

Josh Lucas Starring

Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell Starring

Jacinda Barrett

Jacinda Barrett Starring

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss Starring

Emmy Rossum

Emmy Rossum Starring

ScreenplayMark Protosevich Produced byWolfgang Petersen, Duncan Henderson, Mike Fleiss, Akiva Goldsman CinematographyJohn Seale MusicKlaus Badelt StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 12-14 2 $22.2M — 3,555 $6,232 $22.2M

2 May 19-21 4 $9.2M −58.4% 3,555 $2,594 $36.8M

3 May 26-28 5 $5.7M −38.7% 3,245 $1,741 $45.3M

4 Jun 2-4 6 $3.5M −38.2% 2,720 $1,283 $51.8M

5 Jun 9-11 10 $1.8M −47.5% 1,724 $1,063 $54.9M

6 Jun 16-18 14 $633.3K −65.5% 730 $867 $56.5M

7 Jun 23-25 17 $427.5K −32.5% 337 $1,268 $57.3M

8 Jun 30-Jul 2 16 $1.1M +156.4% 340 $3,224 $58.8M

9 Jul 7-9 17 $483.6K −55.9% 180 $2,686 $59.8M

10 Jul 14-16 24 $256.9K −46.9% 302 $850 $60.2M

11 Jul 21-23 31 $133.4K −48.1% 231 $577 $60.4M

12 Jul 28-30 37 $77.7K −41.8% 158 $491 $60.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 12 #2 $7.4M — $7.4M 3,555 $2,079 1

Sat May 13 #2 $8.3M +13% $15.7M 3,555 $2,344 2

Sun May 14 #2 $6.4M −23% $22.2M 3,555 $1,808 3

Mon May 15 #2 $1.6M −76% $23.7M 3,555 $440 4

Tue May 16 #2 $1.5M −5% $25.2M 3,555 $415 5

Wed May 17 #2 $1.2M −19% $26.4M 3,555 $335 6

Thu May 18 #2 $1.2M n/c $27.6M 3,555 $334 7

Fri May 19 #4 $2.9M +144% −61% $30.5M 3,555 $815 8

Sat May 20 #4 $3.9M +33% −54% $34.3M 3,555 $1,084 9

Sun May 21 #4 $2.5M −36% −62% $36.8M 3,555 $693 10

Mon May 22 #4 $821.4K −67% −47% $37.6M 3,555 $231 11

Tue May 23 #4 $644.1K −22% −56% $38.3M 3,555 $181 12

Wed May 24 #4 $611.1K −5% −49% $38.9M 3,555 $171 13

Thu May 25 #4 $764.2K +25% −36% $39.6M 3,555 $214 14

Fri May 26 #5 $1.7M +122% −42% $41.3M 3,245 $521 15

Sat May 27 #5 $2.1M +23% −46% $43.4M 3,245 $643 16

Sun May 28 #5 $1.9M −11% −24% $45.3M 3,245 $575 17

Mon May 29 #5 $1.4M −23% +75% $46.7M 3,245 $442 18

Tue May 30 #5 $511.4K −64% −21% $47.2M 3,245 $157 19

Wed May 31 #5 $500.0K −2% −18% $47.7M 3,245 $154 20

Thu Jun 1 #5 $525.3K +5% −31% $48.3M 3,245 $161 21

Fri Jun 2 #6 $1.0M +91% −41% $49.3M 2,720 $368 22

Sat Jun 3 #6 $1.5M +51% −28% $50.8M 2,720 $555 23

Sun Jun 4 #6 $980.7K −35% −48% $51.8M 2,720 $360 24

Mon Jun 5 #6 $326.3K −67% −77% $52.1M 2,720 $119 25

Tue Jun 6 #7 $383.0K +17% −25% $52.5M 2,720 $140 26

Wed Jun 7 #8 $309.7K −19% −38% $52.8M 2,720 $113 27

Thu Jun 8 #8 $315.3K +2% −40% $53.1M 2,720 $115 28

Fri Jun 9 #10 $551.1K +75% −45% $53.6M 1,724 $319 29

Sat Jun 10 #10 $766.0K +39% −49% $54.4M 1,724 $444 30

Sun Jun 11 #10 $516.3K −33% −47% $54.9M 1,724 $299 31

Mon Jun 12 #9 $242.4K −53% −26% $55.2M 1,724 $140 32

Tue Jun 13 #10 $238.0K −2% −38% $55.4M 1,724 $138 33

Wed Jun 14 #10 $242.9K +2% −22% $55.7M 1,724 $140 34

Thu Jun 15 #10 $226.4K −7% −28% $55.9M 1,724 $131 35

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$55.9M

May 12May 21May 29Jun 7Jun 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $256.9K

$22.2M

$9.2M

$5.7M

$3.5M

$1.8M

$633.3K

$427.5K

$1.1M

$483.6K

$256.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,555 → 1,724 −51.5%

3,555 open1,724 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.9%

−58.4%

W1→2

−38.7%

W2→3

−38.2%

W3→4

−47.5%

W4→5

−65.5%

W5→6

−32.5%

W6→7

+156.4%

W7→8

−55.9%

W8→9

−46.9%

W9→10

Steepest −65.5%Biggest gain +156.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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