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2010 • PG-13 • 1h 56m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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🍅 37% 58%

50

2.59

6.5

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$90.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$336.00M

$246.00M international

Domestic legs3.02x

Budget$200M

2010 rank#37

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Cast & crew

Full Newell filmography

Mike Newell

Mike Newell Director

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Starring

Gemma Arterton

Gemma Arterton Starring

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley Starring

Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina Starring

Toby Kebbell

Toby Kebbell Starring

ScreenplayCarlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Boaz Yakin StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 28-30 3 $30.1M — 3,646 $8,254 $30.1M

2 Jun 4-6 4 $14.0M −53.4% 3,646 $3,845 $59.6M

3 Jun 11-13 6 $6.5M −53.7% 3,108 $2,086 $72.2M

4 Jun 18-20 6 $5.6M −14.2% 2,605 $2,136 $80.8M

5 Jun 25-27 8 $2.8M −48.9% 1,851 $1,537 $86.2M

6 Jul 2-4 12 $690.5K −75.7% 600 $1,150 $88.1M

7 Jul 9-11 20 $348.3K −49.6% 275 $1,266 $89.0M

8 Jul 16-18 28 $139.4K −60.0% 141 $988 $89.3M

9 Jul 23-25 29 $110.4K −20.8% 128 $862 $89.5M

10 Aug 13-15 27 $229.8K +108.1% 202 $1,137 $90.1M

11 Aug 20-22 33 $174.4K −24.1% 186 $937 $90.4M

12 Aug 27-29 40 $106.9K −38.7% 157 $680 $90.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 28 #3 $10.2M — $10.2M 3,646 $2,799 1

Sat May 29 #2 $10.3M +1% $20.5M 3,646 $2,827 2

Sun May 30 #2 $9.6M −7% $30.1M 3,646 $2,626 3

Mon May 31 #2 $7.7M −19% $37.8M 3,646 $2,116 4

Tue Jun 1 #3 $3.1M −60% $40.9M 3,646 $843 5

Wed Jun 2 #3 $2.4M −21% $43.3M 3,646 $664 6

Thu Jun 3 #3 $2.3M −5% $45.6M 3,646 $628 7

Fri Jun 4 #5 $4.1M +81% −59% $49.7M 3,646 $1,136 8

Sat Jun 5 #4 $5.8M +40% −44% $55.5M 3,646 $1,588 9

Sun Jun 6 #3 $4.1M −29% −57% $59.6M 3,646 $1,120 10

Mon Jun 7 #4 $1.5M −63% −80% $61.2M 3,646 $419 11

Tue Jun 8 #5 $1.6M +5% −47% $62.8M 3,646 $442 12

Wed Jun 9 #5 $1.5M −6% −38% $64.3M 3,646 $414 13

Thu Jun 10 #5 $1.5M −3% −36% $65.7M 3,646 $401 14

Fri Jun 11 #6 $2.0M +38% −51% $67.8M 3,108 $648 15

Sat Jun 12 #6 $2.7M +32% −54% $70.4M 3,108 $856 16

Sun Jun 13 #6 $1.8M −32% −56% $72.2M 3,108 $581 17

Mon Jun 14 #6 $759.2K −58% −50% $73.0M 3,108 $244 18

Tue Jun 15 #8 $797.3K +5% −51% $73.8M 3,108 $256 19

Wed Jun 16 #8 $759.4K −5% −50% $74.5M 3,108 $244 20

Thu Jun 17 #7 $689.9K −9% −53% $75.2M 3,108 $221 21

Fri Jun 18 #6 $1.7M +152% −14% $77.0M 2,605 $666 22

Sat Jun 19 #5 $2.2M +24% −19% $79.1M 2,605 $828 23

Sun Jun 20 #6 $1.7M −23% −8% $80.8M 2,605 $641 24

Mon Jun 21 #8 $646.5K −61% −15% $81.4M 2,605 $248 25

Tue Jun 22 #7 $697.9K +8% −12% $82.1M 2,605 $267 26

Wed Jun 23 #8 $571.0K −18% −25% $82.7M 2,605 $219 27

Thu Jun 24 #7 $660.2K +16% −4% $83.4M 2,605 $253 28

Fri Jun 25 #7 $967.0K +46% −44% $84.3M 1,851 $522 29

Sat Jun 26 #8 $1.2M +19% −47% $85.5M 1,851 $623 30

Sun Jun 27 #8 $724.8K −37% −57% $86.2M 1,851 $391 31

Mon Jun 28 #8 $361.7K −50% −44% $86.6M 1,851 $195 32

Tue Jun 29 #9 $379.9K +5% −46% $87.0M 1,851 $205 33

Wed Jun 30 #9 $258.1K −32% −55% $87.2M 1,851 $139 34

Thu Jul 1 #10 $232.6K −10% −65% $87.5M 1,851 $125 35

Fri Jul 2 #11 $248.1K +7% −74% $87.7M 600 $413 36

Sat Jul 3 #12 $266.7K +7% −77% $88.0M 600 $444 37

Sun Jul 4 #12 $175.7K −34% −76% $88.1M 600 $292 38

Mon Jul 5 #12 $194.3K +11% −46% $88.3M 600 $323 39

Tue Jul 6 #11 $115.2K −41% −70% $88.5M 600 $191 40

Wed Jul 7 #12 $97.9K −15% −62% $88.6M 600 $163 41

Thu Jul 8 #11 $104.1K +6% −55% $88.7M 600 $173 42

Mon Sep 6 #48 $17.0K — $90.7M 93 $183 102

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

Cumulative total$88.7M

May 28Jun 7Jun 18Jun 28Jul 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $229.8K

$30.1M

$14.0M

$6.5M

$5.6M

$2.8M

$690.5K

$348.3K

$139.4K

$110.4K

$229.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,646 → 600 −83.5%

3,646 open600 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +108.1%

−53.4%

W1→2

−53.7%

W2→3

−14.2%

W3→4

−48.9%

W4→5

−75.7%

W5→6

−49.6%

W6→7

−60.0%

W7→8

−20.8%

W8→9

+108.1%

W9→10

Steepest −75.7%Biggest gain +108.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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