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2012 • R • 2h 4m • Adventure, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

The search for our beginning could lead to our end.

🍅 73% 68%

64

3.31

7.0

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$51.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$126.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$402.40M

$276.00M international

Domestic legs2.48x

Budget$130M

2012 rank#24

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Cast & crew

Full Scott filmography

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott Director

Noomi Rapace

Noomi Rapace Starring

Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender Starring

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron Starring

Idris Elba

Idris Elba Starring

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce Starring

ScreenplayJon Spaihts, Damon Lindelof Produced byDavid Giler, Walter Hill, Ridley Scott CinematographyDariusz Wolski MusicMarc Streitenfeld Studio20th Century Fox SeriesAlien

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 8-10 2 $51.1M — 3,396 $15,032 $51.1M

2 Jun 15-17 2 $20.7M −59.4% 3,442 $6,017 $89.4M

3 Jun 22-24 4 $9.9M −52.2% 2,862 $3,461 $108.5M

4 Jun 29-Jul 1 8 $4.9M −50.3% 1,951 $2,522 $118.3M

5 Jul 6-8 14 $1.8M −63.1% 1,105 $1,642 $122.4M

6 Jul 13-15 14 $978.7K −46.1% 559 $1,750 $124.3M

7 Jul 20-22 19 $310.4K −68.3% 312 $994 $125.1M

8 Jul 27-29 22 $203.9K −34.3% 229 $890 $125.5M

9 Aug 3-5 28 $167.8K −17.7% 198 $847 $125.8M

10 Aug 10-12 34 $111.0K −33.9% 141 $787 $126.0M

11 Aug 17-19 43 $76.0K −31.5% 101 $752 $126.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 7 $3.6M — $3.6M 1,308 $2,721 -1

Fri Jun 8 #1 $21.5M — $21.5M 3,396 $6,321 1

Sat Jun 9 #2 $16.0M −25% $37.5M 3,396 $4,717 2

Sun Jun 10 #2 $13.6M −15% $51.1M 3,396 $3,993 3

Mon Jun 11 #2 $5.2M −62% $56.3M 3,396 $1,532 4

Tue Jun 12 #2 $5.0M −4% $61.3M 3,396 $1,473 5

Wed Jun 13 #2 $4.1M −19% $65.3M 3,396 $1,200 6

Thu Jun 14 #2 $3.3M −18% $68.7M 3,396 $979 7

Fri Jun 15 #2 $5.8M +73% −73% $74.4M 3,442 $1,673 8

Sat Jun 16 #2 $7.8M +35% −51% $82.2M 3,442 $2,262 9

Sun Jun 17 #2 $7.2M −8% −47% $89.4M 3,442 $2,081 10

Mon Jun 18 #2 $2.5M −64% −51% $91.9M 3,442 $740 11

Tue Jun 19 #2 $2.5M −1% −50% $94.4M 3,442 $729 12

Wed Jun 20 #2 $2.2M −13% −46% $96.6M 3,442 $637 13

Thu Jun 21 #2 $1.9M −12% −42% $98.5M 3,442 $558 14

Fri Jun 22 #4 $2.9M +51% −50% $101.4M 2,862 $1,013 15

Sat Jun 23 #4 $4.0M +37% −49% $105.4M 2,862 $1,384 16

Sun Jun 24 #4 $3.0M −23% −58% $108.5M 2,862 $1,063 17

Mon Jun 25 #4 $1.3M −56% −47% $109.8M 2,862 $468 18

Tue Jun 26 #4 $1.4M +4% −45% $111.2M 2,862 $485 19

Wed Jun 27 #4 $1.1M −20% −49% $112.3M 2,862 $388 20

Thu Jun 28 #4 $1.0M −6% −46% $113.3M 2,862 $363 21

Fri Jun 29 #9 $1.4M +30% −53% $114.7M 1,951 $692 22

Sat Jun 30 #7 $2.0M +49% −49% $116.7M 1,951 $1,033 23

Sun Jul 1 #7 $1.6M −23% −49% $118.3M 1,951 $796 24

Mon Jul 2 #9 $703.4K −55% −48% $119.0M 1,951 $360 25

Tue Jul 3 #12 $543.8K −23% −61% $119.5M 1,384 $392 26

Wed Jul 4 #12 $640.7K +18% −42% $120.1M 1,384 $462 27

Thu Jul 5 #13 $428.8K −33% −59% $120.6M 1,252 $342 28

Fri Jul 6 $549.3K +28% −59% $121.1M 1,105 $497 29

Sat Jul 7 $738.6K +34% −63% $121.9M 1,105 $668 30

Sun Jul 8 $527.6K −29% −66% $122.4M 1,105 $477 31

Mon Jul 9 #14 $224.0K −58% −68% $122.6M 1,105 $202 32

Tue Jul 10 #14 $256.5K +15% −53% $122.9M 1,105 $232 33

Wed Jul 11 #14 $224.0K −13% −65% $123.1M 1,105 $202 34

Thu Jul 12 #14 $234.0K +4% −45% $123.3M 1,105 $211 35

Fri Jul 13 $278.6K +19% −49% $123.6M 559 $498 36

Sat Jul 14 $402.9K +45% −45% $124.0M 559 $720 37

Sun Jul 15 $297.1K −26% −44% $124.3M 559 $531 38

Mon Jul 16 #14 $126.7K −57% −43% $124.4M 559 $226 39

Tue Jul 17 #14 $149.4K +18% −42% $124.6M 559 $267 40

Wed Jul 18 #15 $124.5K −17% −44% $124.7M 559 $222 41

Thu Jul 19 $95.0K −24% −59% $124.8M 559 $170 42

Fri Jul 20 $90.9K −4% −67% $124.9M 312 $291 43

Sat Jul 21 $124.7K +37% −69% $125.0M 312 $399 44

Sun Jul 22 $94.8K −24% −68% $125.1M 312 $303 45

Mon Jul 23 $48.4K −49% −62% $125.2M 312 $155 46

Tue Jul 24 $56.7K +17% −62% $125.2M 312 $181 47

Wed Jul 25 $46.9K −17% −62% $125.3M 312 $150 48

Thu Jul 26 $52.4K +12% −45% $125.3M 312 $168 49

Fri Jul 27 $56.9K +9% −37% $125.4M 229 $248 50

Sat Jul 28 $84.7K +49% −32% $125.5M 229 $369 51

Sun Jul 29 $62.3K −26% −34% $125.5M 229 $271 52

Mon Jul 30 $31.4K −50% −35% $125.6M 229 $136 53

Tue Jul 31 $37.2K +19% −34% $125.6M 229 $162 54

Wed Aug 1 $32.8K −12% −30% $125.6M 229 $143 55

Thu Aug 2 $35.9K +9% −32% $125.7M 229 $156 56

Fri Aug 3 $46.0K +28% −19% $125.7M 198 $232 57

Sat Aug 4 $65.6K +43% −23% $125.8M 198 $331 58

Sun Aug 5 $56.2K −14% −10% $125.8M 198 $283 59

Mon Aug 6 $26.8K −52% −15% $125.9M 198 $135 60

Tue Aug 7 $31.4K +17% −16% $125.9M 198 $158 61

Wed Aug 8 $26.0K −17% −21% $125.9M 198 $131 62

Thu Aug 9 $26.2K +1% −27% $125.9M 198 $132 63

Fri Aug 10 $30.9K +18% −33% $126.0M 141 $218 64

Sat Aug 11 $46.9K +52% −29% $126.0M 141 $332 65

Sun Aug 12 $33.3K −29% −41% $126.0M 141 $235 66

Mon Aug 13 $17.3K −48% −35% $126.1M 141 $122 67

Tue Aug 14 $19.7K +14% −37% $126.1M 141 $139 68

Wed Aug 15 $16.7K −15% −36% $126.1M 141 $118 69

Thu Aug 16 $17.3K +4% −34% $126.1M 141 $122 70

Fri Aug 17 $22.9K +32% −26% $126.1M 101 $226 71

Sat Aug 18 $30.9K +35% −34% $126.2M 101 $306 72

Sun Aug 19 $22.2K −28% −33% $126.2M 101 $219 73

Mon Aug 20 $10.0K −55% −42% $126.2M 101 $99 74

Tue Aug 21 $12.0K +20% −39% $126.2M 101 $119 75

Wed Aug 22 $11.0K −8% −34% $126.2M 101 $109 76

Thu Aug 23 $11.4K +3% −34% $126.2M 101 $112 77

Fri Aug 24 $16.7K +47% −27% $126.3M 91 $183 78

Sat Aug 25 $25.3K +52% −18% $126.3M 91 $278 79

Sun Aug 26 $16.0K −37% −28% $126.3M 91 $175 80

Mon Aug 27 $7.8K −52% −23% $126.3M 91 $85 81

Tue Aug 28 $7.8K +1% −35% $126.3M 91 $85 82

Wed Aug 29 $8.6K +10% −22% $126.3M 91 $94 83

Thu Aug 30 $8.5K n/c −25% $126.3M 91 $93 84

Fri Aug 31 $12.0K +41% −28% $126.3M 55 $218 85

Sat Sep 1 $17.8K +48% −30% $126.4M 55 $322 86

Sun Sep 2 $16.1K −9% n/c $126.4M 55 $292 87

Mon Sep 3 $10.4K −35% +34% $126.4M 55 $189 88

Tue Sep 4 $5.1K −51% −34% $126.4M 55 $93 89

Wed Sep 5 $4.4K −14% −49% $126.4M 55 $79 90

Thu Sep 6 $4.4K n/c −48% $126.4M 55 $80 91

Fri Sep 7 $7.9K +79% −35% $126.4M 48 $164 92

Sat Sep 8 $13.1K +67% −26% $126.4M 48 $273 93

Sun Sep 9 $7.4K −44% −54% $126.4M 48 $154 94

Mon Sep 10 $3.6K −52% −66% $126.4M 48 $74 95

Tue Sep 11 $4.5K +27% −11% $126.4M 48 $94 96

Wed Sep 12 $3.1K −32% −30% $126.4M 48 $64 97

Thu Sep 13 $3.4K +11% −22% $126.4M 48 $71 98

Fri Sep 14 $6.5K +91% −17% $126.5M 34 $191 99

Sat Sep 15 $8.9K +37% −32% $126.5M 34 $262 100

Sun Sep 16 $5.8K −35% −22% $126.5M 34 $169 101

Mon Sep 17 $2.5K −57% −31% $126.5M 34 $72 102

Tue Sep 18 $3.6K +46% −21% $126.5M 34 $105 103

Wed Sep 19 $3.2K −12% +3% $126.5M 34 $93 104

Thu Sep 20 $2.9K −9% −15% $126.5M 34 $85 105

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

Cumulative total$126.1M

Jun 7Jun 25Jul 12Jul 30Aug 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $111.0K

$51.1M

$20.7M

$9.9M

$4.9M

$1.8M

$978.7K

$310.4K

$203.9K

$167.8K

$111.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,442 → 141 −95.9%

1,308 open141 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.9%

−59.4%

W1→2

−52.2%

W2→3

−50.3%

W3→4

−63.1%

W4→5

−46.1%

W5→6

−68.3%

W6→7

−34.3%

W7→8

−17.7%

W8→9

−33.9%

W9→10

Steepest −68.3%Best hold −17.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 15 days

$100M

Day 15

Jun 22

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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