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2011 • PG-13 • 2h 7m • Action, Drama, Sci-Fi • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Courage is stronger than steel.

🍅 60% 73%

56

3.47

7.1

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$27.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$85.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$299.00M

$214.00M international

Domestic legs3.13x

Budget$110M

2011 rank#34

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Cast & crew

Full Levy filmography

Shawn Levy

Shawn Levy Director

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman Starring

Evangeline Lilly

Evangeline Lilly Starring

Kevin Durand

Kevin Durand Starring

Anthony Mackie

Anthony Mackie Starring

Hope Davis

Hope Davis Starring

ScreenplayJohn Gatins Produced byDon Murphy, Susan Montford, Shawn Levy CinematographyMauro Fiore MusicDanny Elfman StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 7-9 1 $27.3M — 3,440 $7,941 $27.3M

2 Oct 14-16 1 $16.3M −40.4% 3,440 $4,735 $51.7M

3 Oct 21-23 2 $10.8M −33.6% 3,412 $3,172 $66.7M

4 Oct 28-30 6 $4.8M −55.8% 2,914 $1,641 $73.9M

5 Nov 4-6 7 $3.4M −28.2% 2,438 $1,409 $78.8M

6 Nov 11-13 10 $1.9M −45.7% 1,758 $1,060 $81.6M

7 Nov 18-20 13 $553.9K −70.3% 702 $788 $82.6M

8 Nov 25-27 18 $330.4K −40.4% 262 $1,260 $83.2M

9 Dec 2-4 25 $183.2K −44.5% 253 $724 $83.4M

10 Dec 9-11 28 $131.9K −28.0% 206 $640 $83.6M

11 Dec 16-18 32 $80.4K −39.1% 155 $518 $83.7M

12 Dec 23-25 27 $136.9K +70.4% 227 $603 $84.0M

13 Dec 30-Jan 1 26 $240.4K +75.6% 227 $1,059 $84.5M

14 Jan 6-8 25 $204.6K −14.9% 213 $960 $84.9M

15 Jan 13-15 32 $141.6K −30.8% 187 $757 $85.1M

16 Jan 20-22 37 $134.6K −4.9% 162 $831 $85.3M

17 Jan 27-29 41 $85.8K −36.2% 123 $697 $85.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 7 #1 $8.5M — $8.5M 3,440 $2,480 1

Sat Oct 8 #1 $10.8M +27% $19.3M 3,440 $3,144 2

Sun Oct 9 #1 $8.0M −26% $27.3M 3,440 $2,316 3

Mon Oct 10 #1 $3.4M −57% $30.7M 3,440 $990 4

Tue Oct 11 #1 $1.8M −46% $32.6M 3,440 $533 5

Wed Oct 12 #1 $1.4M −23% $34.0M 3,440 $408 6

Thu Oct 13 #1 $1.5M +5% $35.4M 3,440 $427 7

Fri Oct 14 #2 $4.5M +207% −47% $40.0M 3,440 $1,313 8

Sat Oct 15 #1 $7.3M +62% −32% $47.3M 3,440 $2,133 9

Sun Oct 16 #1 $4.4M −40% −44% $51.7M 3,440 $1,288 10

Mon Oct 17 #1 $1.1M −76% −69% $52.8M 3,440 $306 11

Tue Oct 18 #2 $1.2M +10% −37% $53.9M 3,440 $337 12

Wed Oct 19 #2 $940.1K −19% −33% $54.9M 3,440 $273 13

Thu Oct 20 #2 $1.0M +9% −30% $55.9M 3,440 $297 14

Fri Oct 21 #3 $3.1M +204% −31% $59.0M 3,440 $902 15

Sat Oct 22 #2 $4.9M +57% −33% $63.9M 3,440 $1,420 16

Sun Oct 23 #2 $2.8M −42% −36% $66.7M 3,440 $823 17

Mon Oct 24 #3 $604.6K −79% −43% $67.3M 3,440 $175 18

Tue Oct 25 #4 $674.4K +12% −42% $68.0M 3,440 $196 19

Wed Oct 26 #4 $552.5K −18% −41% $68.6M 3,440 $160 20

Thu Oct 27 #3 $594.6K +8% −42% $69.2M 3,440 $172 21

Fri Oct 28 #6 $1.3M +124% −57% $70.5M 2,914 $457 22

Sat Oct 29 #5 $2.1M +60% −56% $72.6M 2,914 $733 23

Sun Oct 30 #6 $1.3M −38% −54% $73.9M 2,914 $450 24

Mon Oct 31 #6 $381.2K −71% −37% $74.3M 2,914 $130 25

Tue Nov 1 #7 $381.9K n/c −43% $74.7M 2,914 $131 26

Wed Nov 2 #7 $312.2K −18% −43% $75.0M 2,914 $107 27

Thu Nov 3 #7 $326.6K +5% −45% $75.3M 2,914 $112 28

Fri Nov 4 #8 $928.8K +184% −30% $76.3M 2,438 $380 29

Sat Nov 5 #7 $1.6M +71% −26% $77.9M 2,438 $652 30

Sun Nov 6 #7 $916.2K −42% −30% $78.8M 2,438 $375 31

Mon Nov 7 #8 $207.1K −77% −46% $79.0M 2,438 $84 32

Tue Nov 8 #8 $268.9K +30% −30% $79.3M 2,438 $110 33

Wed Nov 9 #8 $189.0K −30% −39% $79.4M 2,438 $77 34

Thu Nov 10 #8 $303.9K +61% −7% $79.7M 2,438 $124 35

Fri Nov 11 #10 $678.5K +123% −27% $80.4M 1,758 $385 36

Sat Nov 12 #10 $763.7K +13% −52% $81.2M 1,758 $434 37

Sun Nov 13 #10 $422.5K −45% −54% $81.6M 1,758 $240 38

Mon Nov 14 #10 $95.4K −77% −54% $81.7M 1,758 $54 39

Tue Nov 15 #10 $107.6K +13% −60% $81.8M 1,758 $61 40

Wed Nov 16 #10 $95.3K −11% −50% $81.9M 1,758 $54 41

Thu Nov 17 #11 $92.8K −3% −69% $82.0M 1,758 $52 42

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

Cumulative total$82.0M

Oct 7Oct 17Oct 28Nov 7Nov 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $131.9K

$27.3M

$16.3M

$10.8M

$4.8M

$3.4M

$1.9M

$553.9K

$330.4K

$183.2K

$131.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,440 → 1,758 −48.9%

3,440 open1,758 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.0%

−40.4%

W1→2

−33.6%

W2→3

−55.8%

W3→4

−28.2%

W4→5

−45.7%

W5→6

−70.3%

W6→7

−40.4%

W7→8

−44.5%

W8→9

−28.0%

W9→10

Steepest −70.3%Best hold −28.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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