Rescue DawnFollow

Name: Rescue Dawn
Director: Werner Herzog
Genre: Adventure, Biography, War
Released: 2007
Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Toby Huss, François Chau, Marshall Bell

2007 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Adventure, Biography, War • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

A true story of survival... declassified.

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3.57

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$110K

3-day opening

Domestic total

$5.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$7.00M

$1.50M international

Domestic legs49.8x

Budget$10M

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Cast & crew

Christian Bale Starring

Steve Zahn Starring

Jeremy Davies Starring

Produced byJeff Geoffray, Walter Josten, Robyn Klein, Adam W. Rosen CinematographyPeter Zeitlinger MusicKlaus Badelt StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 6-8 28 $110.3K — 6 $18,388 $167.9K

2 Jul 13-15 21 $363.1K +229.1% 38 $9,555 $592.0K

3 Jul 20-22 20 $349.8K −3.6% 57 $6,138 $1.1M

4 Jul 27-29 11 $1.7M +371.7% 500 $3,301 $3.0M

5 Aug 3-5 18 $560.9K −66.0% 505 $1,111 $4.2M

6 Aug 10-12 24 $268.8K −52.1% 403 $667 $4.8M

7 Aug 17-19 33 $158.5K −41.0% 278 $570 $5.1M

8 Aug 24-26 47 $66.4K −58.1% 128 $519 $5.3M

9 Aug 31-Sep 3 52 $47.0K −29.2% 74 $636 $5.4M

10 Sep 7-9 67 $20.5K −56.3% 63 $326 $5.4M

11 Sep 14-16 81 $11.9K −42.1% 36 $330 $5.4M

12 Sep 21-23 78 $9.8K −17.4% 16 $614 $5.5M

13 Sep 28-30 92 $5.4K −45.0% 10 $540 $5.5M

14 Oct 5-7 106 $1.9K −64.3% 11 $175 $5.5M

15 Oct 12-14 100 $2.0K +5.2% 11 $184 $5.5M

16 Oct 19-21 122 $1.1K −46.7% 4 $270 $5.5M

17 Oct 26-28 125 $405 −62.5% 4 $101 $5.5M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $20.5K

$110.3K

$363.1K

$349.8K

$1.7M

$560.9K

$268.8K

$158.5K

$66.4K

$47.0K

$20.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −56.3%

+229.1%

W1→2

−3.6%

W2→3

+371.7%

W3→4

−66.0%

W4→5

−52.1%

W5→6

−41.0%

W6→7

−58.1%

W7→8

−29.2%

W8→9

−56.3%

W9→10

Steepest −66.0%Biggest gain +371.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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