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Rise of the GuardiansFollow

2012 • PG • 1h 37m • Action, Adventure, Animation • DreamWorks

You better believe.

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3.63

7.2

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$103.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$307.00M

$204.00M international

Domestic legs4.35x

Budget$145M

2012 rank#31

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Cast & crew

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Peter Ramsey

Peter Ramsey Director

Chris Pine

Chris Pine Starring

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin Starring

Jude Law

Jude Law Starring

Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher Starring

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman Starring

ScreenplayDavid Lindsay-Abaire Produced byChristina Steinberg, Nancy Bernstein CinematographyRoger Deakins (visual consultant) MusicAlexandre Desplat StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 23-25 4 $23.8M — 3,653 $6,507 $32.3M

2 Nov 30-Dec 2 3 $13.4M −43.7% 3,672 $3,646 $48.8M

3 Dec 7-9 2 $10.4M −22.3% 3,639 $2,858 $61.8M

4 Dec 14-16 2 $7.1M −31.3% 3,387 $2,109 $71.1M

5 Dec 21-23 4 $5.7M −19.7% 3,031 $1,891 $79.5M

6 Dec 28-30 10 $4.9M −14.7% 2,055 $2,380 $90.1M

7 Jan 4-6 17 $2.7M −45.3% 1,507 $1,775 $97.2M

8 Jan 11-13 20 $1.1M −60.2% 905 $1,177 $98.8M

9 Jan 18-20 23 $560.7K −47.4% 474 $1,183 $99.5M

10 Jan 25-27 27 $371.3K −33.8% 305 $1,217 $100.2M

11 Feb 1-3 30 $268.7K −27.7% 307 $875 $100.6M

12 Feb 8-10 29 $254.3K −5.3% 275 $924 $100.9M

13 Feb 15-17 24 $421.9K +65.9% 338 $1,248 $101.4M

14 Feb 22-24 25 $370.2K −12.3% 305 $1,213 $102.0M

15 Mar 1-3 26 $289.6K −21.8% 295 $981 $102.4M

16 Mar 8-10 26 $226.4K −21.8% 275 $823 $102.7M

17 Mar 15-17 31 $174.6K −22.9% 213 $819 $103.0M

18 Mar 22-24 37 $102.5K −41.3% 162 $632 $103.2M

19 Mar 29-31 44 $65.4K −36.2% 134 $488 $103.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 21 #3 $4.8M — $4.8M 3,653 $1,324 1

Thu Nov 22 #5 $3.7M −23% $8.6M 3,653 $1,021 2

Fri Nov 23 #4 $9.2M +147% $17.8M 3,653 $2,523 3

Sat Nov 24 #4 $9.2M −1% $26.9M 3,653 $2,506 4

Sun Nov 25 #4 $5.4M −41% $32.3M 3,653 $1,477 5

Mon Nov 26 #5 $840.2K −84% $33.2M 3,653 $230 6

Tue Nov 27 #6 $900.0K +7% $34.1M 3,653 $246 7

Wed Nov 28 #6 $658.8K −27% −86% $34.7M 3,653 $180 8

Thu Nov 29 #5 $707.1K +7% −81% $35.4M 3,653 $193 9

Fri Nov 30 #5 $3.0M +320% −68% $38.4M 3,672 $809 10

Sat Dec 1 #3 $6.3M +111% −32% $44.7M 3,672 $1,704 11

Sun Dec 2 #2 $4.2M −34% −23% $48.8M 3,672 $1,132 12

Mon Dec 3 #5 $565.5K −86% −33% $49.4M 3,672 $154 13

Tue Dec 4 #5 $777.4K +37% −14% $50.2M 3,672 $211 14

Wed Dec 5 #5 $583.1K −25% −11% $50.8M 3,672 $158 15

Thu Dec 6 #5 $611.4K +5% −14% $51.4M 3,672 $166 16

Fri Dec 7 #4 $2.3M +276% −23% $53.7M 3,639 $631 17

Sat Dec 8 #2 $4.9M +113% −22% $58.6M 3,639 $1,348 18

Sun Dec 9 #1 $3.2M −35% −23% $61.8M 3,639 $878 19

Mon Dec 10 #5 $481.7K −85% −15% $62.3M 3,639 $132 20

Tue Dec 11 #5 $631.4K +31% −19% $62.9M 3,639 $173 21

Wed Dec 12 #5 $515.6K −18% −12% $63.4M 3,639 $141 22

Thu Dec 13 #5 $538.9K +5% −12% $63.9M 3,639 $148 23

Fri Dec 14 #4 $1.5M +183% −34% $65.5M 3,387 $449 24

Sat Dec 15 #2 $3.4M +124% −31% $68.9M 3,387 $1,005 25

Sun Dec 16 #2 $2.2M −35% −31% $71.1M 3,387 $653 26

Mon Dec 17 #6 $494.0K −78% +3% $71.6M 3,387 $145 27

Tue Dec 18 #5 $737.2K +49% +17% $72.3M 3,387 $217 28

Wed Dec 19 #7 $619.4K −16% +20% $72.9M 3,387 $182 29

Thu Dec 20 #4 $858.4K +39% +59% $73.8M 3,387 $253 30

Fri Dec 21 #4 $1.6M +82% +3% $75.4M 3,031 $516 31

Sat Dec 22 #5 $2.2M +43% −34% $77.6M 3,031 $736 32

Sun Dec 23 #4 $1.9M −13% −13% $79.5M 3,031 $637 33

Mon Dec 24 #4 $1.5M −22% +206% $81.0M 3,031 $498 34

Tue Dec 25 #12 $1.2M −22% +61% $82.2M 2,055 $576 35

Wed Dec 26 #10 $1.4M +21% +131% $83.7M 2,055 $696 36

Thu Dec 27 #10 $1.6M +11% +85% $85.2M 2,055 $774 37

Fri Dec 28 #10 $1.8M +13% +15% $87.0M 2,055 $872 38

Sat Dec 29 #10 $1.7M −4% −23% $88.8M 2,055 $834 39

Sun Dec 30 #10 $1.4M −19% −28% $90.1M 2,055 $673 40

Mon Dec 31 #11 $1.2M −13% −21% $91.3M 2,055 $583 41

Tue Jan 1 #10 $1.6M +30% +31% $92.9M 2,055 $756 42

Wed Jan 2 #10 $879.1K −43% −39% $93.8M 2,055 $427 43

Thu Jan 3 #10 $781.3K −11% −51% $94.6M 2,055 $380 44

Fri Jan 4 #15 $829.2K +6% −54% $95.4M 1,507 $550 45

Sat Jan 5 #16 $1.1M +29% −38% $96.4M 1,507 $708 46

Sun Jan 6 #15 $779.1K −27% −44% $97.2M 1,507 $516 47

Mon Jan 7 #17 $179.9K −77% −85% $97.4M 1,507 $119 48

Tue Jan 8 #18 $110.4K −39% −93% $97.5M 1,507 $73 49

Wed Jan 9 #20 $83.8K −24% −90% $97.6M 1,507 $55 50

Thu Jan 10 #22 $83.3K −1% −89% $97.7M 1,507 $55 51

Fri Jan 11 $161.6K +94% −81% $97.8M 905 $178 52

Sat Jan 12 $513.1K +218% −52% $98.4M 905 $566 53

Sun Jan 13 $390.6K −24% −50% $98.8M 905 $431 54

Mon Jan 14 #22 $48.3K −88% −73% $98.8M 905 $53 55

Tue Jan 15 #23 $47.9K −1% −57% $98.8M 905 $52 56

Wed Jan 16 #22 $43.1K −10% −49% $98.9M 905 $47 57

Thu Jan 17 #22 $46.7K +8% −44% $98.9M 905 $51 58

Fri Jan 18 #24 $103.6K +122% −36% $99.0M 474 $218 59

Sat Jan 19 #23 $259.6K +151% −49% $99.3M 474 $547 60

Sun Jan 20 #22 $197.5K −24% −49% $99.5M 474 $416 61

Mon Jan 21 #19 $265.0K +34% +449% $99.8M 474 $559 62

Tue Jan 22 $35.7K −87% −26% $99.8M 474 $75 63

Wed Jan 23 $21.6K −40% −50% $99.8M 474 $45 64

Thu Jan 24 $22.1K +3% −53% $99.8M 474 $46 65

Fri Jan 25 $64.2K +190% −38% $99.9M 305 $210 66

Sat Jan 26 $181.7K +183% −30% $100.1M 305 $595 67

Sun Jan 27 $125.4K −31% −37% $100.2M 305 $411 68

Mon Jan 28 $26.9K −79% −90% $100.2M 305 $88 69

Tue Jan 29 $21.2K −21% −41% $100.3M 305 $69 70

Wed Jan 30 $14.9K −29% −31% $100.3M 305 $48 71

Thu Jan 31 $15.9K +6% −28% $100.3M 305 $52 72

Fri Feb 1 $54.4K +242% −15% $100.3M 307 $177 73

Sat Feb 2 $140.7K +159% −23% $100.5M 307 $458 74

Sun Feb 3 $73.6K −48% −41% $100.6M 307 $239 75

Mon Feb 4 $12.4K −83% −54% $100.6M 307 $40 76

Tue Feb 5 $13.8K +11% −35% $100.6M 307 $45 77

Wed Feb 6 $11.6K −16% −22% $100.6M 307 $37 78

Thu Feb 7 $13.3K +15% −16% $100.6M 307 $43 79

Fri Feb 8 $46.1K +246% −15% $100.7M 275 $167 80

Sat Feb 9 $120.3K +161% −14% $100.8M 275 $437 81

Sun Feb 10 $87.8K −27% +19% $100.9M 275 $319 82

Mon Feb 11 $27.9K −68% +124% $100.9M 275 $101 83

Tue Feb 12 $12.1K −56% −12% $100.9M 275 $44 84

Wed Feb 13 $10.6K −13% −9% $100.9M 275 $38 85

Thu Feb 14 $43.1K +307% +223% $101.0M 338 $127 86

Fri Feb 15 $89.9K +109% +95% $101.0M 338 $265 87

Sat Feb 16 $178.4K +99% +48% $101.2M 338 $527 88

Sun Feb 17 $153.6K −14% +75% $101.4M 338 $454 89

Mon Feb 18 $159.0K +3% +470% $101.5M 338 $470 90

Tue Feb 19 $39.4K −75% +225% $101.6M 338 $116 91

Wed Feb 20 $32.7K −17% +209% $101.6M 338 $96 92

Thu Feb 21 $34.4K +5% −20% $101.6M 338 $101 93

Fri Feb 22 $84.6K +146% −6% $101.7M 305 $277 94

Sat Feb 23 $173.6K +105% −3% $101.9M 305 $569 95

Sun Feb 24 $111.9K −36% −27% $102.0M 305 $366 96

Mon Feb 25 $18.6K −83% −88% $102.0M 305 $61 97

Tue Feb 26 $20.5K +10% −48% $102.1M 305 $67 98

Wed Feb 27 $19.3K −6% −41% $102.1M 305 $63 99

Thu Feb 28 $21.0K +9% −39% $102.1M 305 $68 100

Fri Mar 1 $59.2K +182% −30% $102.2M 295 $200 101

Sat Mar 2 $139.0K +135% −20% $102.3M 295 $471 102

Sun Mar 3 $91.4K −34% −18% $102.4M 295 $309 103

Mon Mar 4 $16.0K −83% −14% $102.4M 295 $54 104

Tue Mar 5 $18.2K +14% −11% $102.4M 295 $61 105

Wed Mar 6 $16.9K −7% −13% $102.4M 295 $57 106

Thu Mar 7 $17.7K +5% −16% $102.5M 295 $59 107

Fri Mar 8 $45.2K +156% −24% $102.5M 275 $164 108

Sat Mar 9 $110.1K +143% −21% $102.6M 275 $400 109

Sun Mar 10 $71.0K −35% −22% $102.7M 275 $258 110

Mon Mar 11 $33.7K −53% +111% $102.7M 275 $122 111

Tue Mar 12 $40.1K +19% +120% $102.8M 275 $145 112

Wed Mar 13 $37.5K −7% +122% $102.8M 275 $136 113

Thu Mar 14 $38.4K +2% +117% $102.8M 275 $139 114

Fri Mar 15 $50.7K +32% +12% $102.9M 213 $237 115

Sat Mar 16 $72.4K +43% −34% $103.0M 213 $339 116

Sun Mar 17 $51.6K −29% −27% $103.0M 213 $242 117

Mon Mar 18 $14.9K −71% −56% $103.0M 213 $70 118

Tue Mar 19 $18.2K +22% −55% $103.0M 213 $85 119

Wed Mar 20 $16.3K −11% −57% $103.1M 213 $76 120

Thu Mar 21 $16.6K +2% −57% $103.1M 213 $78 121

Fri Mar 22 $24.3K +46% −52% $103.1M 162 $149 122

Sat Mar 23 $46.0K +90% −36% $103.1M 162 $283 123

Sun Mar 24 $32.3K −30% −37% $103.2M 162 $199 124

Mon Mar 25 $11.8K −64% −21% $103.2M 162 $72 125

Tue Mar 26 $16.0K +36% −12% $103.2M 162 $98 126

Wed Mar 27 $13.6K −15% −16% $103.2M 162 $84 127

Thu Mar 28 $14.8K +9% −11% $103.2M 162 $91 128

Fri Mar 29 $26.3K +77% +8% $103.3M 134 $196 129

Sat Mar 30 $24.2K −8% −47% $103.3M 134 $180 130

Sun Mar 31 $15.0K −38% −54% $103.3M 134 $111 131

Mon Apr 1 $16.0K +7% +36% $103.3M 134 $119 132

Tue Apr 2 $16.1K +1% +1% $103.3M 134 $120 133

Wed Apr 3 $15.0K −7% +10% $103.3M 134 $112 134

Thu Apr 4 $14.2K −5% −4% $103.4M 134 $106 135

Fri Apr 5 $11.9K −17% −55% $103.4M 89 $133 136

Sat Apr 6 $16.9K +42% −30% $103.4M 89 $189 137

Sun Apr 7 $14.6K −14% −2% $103.4M 89 $164 138

Mon Apr 8 $2.9K −80% −82% $103.4M 89 $32 139

Tue Apr 9 $3.3K +13% −80% $103.4M 89 $37 140

Wed Apr 10 $2.8K −15% −81% $103.4M 89 $31 141

Thu Apr 11 $3.0K +7% −79% $103.4M 89 $33 142

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

Cumulative total$100.3M

Nov 21Dec 8Dec 26Jan 12Jan 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $371.3K

$23.8M

$13.4M

$10.4M

$7.1M

$5.7M

$4.9M

$2.7M

$1.1M

$560.7K

$371.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,672 → 305 −91.7%

3,653 open305 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.8%

−43.7%

W1→2

−22.3%

W2→3

−31.3%

W3→4

−19.7%

W4→5

−14.7%

W5→6

−45.3%

W6→7

−60.2%

W7→8

−47.4%

W8→9

−33.8%

W9→10

Steepest −60.2%Best hold −14.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 67 days

$100M

Day 67

Jan 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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