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2012 • R • 1h 55m • Action, Thriller • Universal Pictures

No one is safe

🍅 52% 63%

52

2.95

6.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$40.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$126.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$208.00M

$81.70M international

Domestic legs3.15x

Budget$85.0M

2012 rank#25

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Cast & crew

Full Espinosa filmography

Daniel Espinosa

Daniel Espinosa Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds Starring

Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga Starring

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Starring

Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard Starring

ScreenplayDavid Guggenheim StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 10-12 2 $40.2M — 3,119 $12,880 $40.2M

2 Feb 17-19 1 $23.6M −41.2% 3,121 $7,575 $77.9M

3 Feb 24-26 4 $10.9M −53.8% 3,052 $3,579 $97.6M

4 Mar 2-4 4 $7.4M −32.4% 2,553 $2,895 $108.4M

5 Mar 9-11 7 $4.8M −35.0% 2,144 $2,239 $115.6M

6 Mar 16-18 7 $2.7M −43.4% 1,920 $1,414 $120.2M

7 Mar 23-25 9 $1.4M −48.4% 1,330 $1,054 $122.6M

8 Mar 30-Apr 1 12 $780.0K −44.4% 729 $1,070 $123.9M

9 Apr 6-8 11 $576.0K −26.2% 482 $1,195 $124.7M

10 Apr 13-15 18 $337.6K −41.4% 371 $910 $125.3M

11 Apr 20-22 21 $230.3K −31.8% 301 $765 $125.6M

12 Apr 27-29 25 $166.0K −27.9% 229 $725 $125.9M

13 May 4-6 29 $106.8K −35.7% 175 $610 $126.0M

14 May 11-13 32 $85.0K −20.4% 136 $625 $126.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 10 #2 $13.6M — $13.6M 3,118 $4,376 1

Sat Feb 11 #2 $16.3M +19% $29.9M 3,118 $5,221 2

Sun Feb 12 #1 $10.2M −37% $40.2M 3,118 $3,286 3

Mon Feb 13 #2 $2.9M −71% $43.1M 3,118 $944 4

Tue Feb 14 #2 $6.1M +106% $49.2M 3,118 $1,950 5

Wed Feb 15 #2 $2.5M −59% $51.7M 3,118 $805 6

Thu Feb 16 #2 $2.6M +2% $54.3M 3,118 $820 7

Fri Feb 17 #3 $6.5M +154% −52% $60.8M 3,121 $2,080 8

Sat Feb 18 #1 $9.7M +50% −40% $70.5M 3,121 $3,120 9

Sun Feb 19 #1 $7.4M −24% −28% $77.9M 3,121 $2,375 10

Mon Feb 20 #2 $3.9M −47% +32% $81.8M 3,121 $1,250 11

Tue Feb 21 #1 $2.0M −49% −67% $83.8M 3,121 $634 12

Wed Feb 22 #1 $1.5M −26% −42% $85.3M 3,121 $470 13

Thu Feb 23 #1 $1.4M −2% −44% $86.7M 3,121 $460 14

Fri Feb 24 #5 $3.2M +120% −51% $89.9M 3,052 $1,035 15

Sat Feb 25 #4 $5.0M +59% −48% $94.9M 3,052 $1,645 16

Sun Feb 26 #4 $2.7M −45% −63% $97.6M 3,052 $899 17

Mon Feb 27 #3 $824.0K −70% −79% $98.4M 3,052 $270 18

Tue Feb 28 #2 $961.4K +17% −51% $99.4M 3,052 $315 19

Wed Feb 29 #2 $762.8K −21% −48% $100.2M 3,052 $249 20

Thu Mar 1 #2 $793.5K +4% −45% $101.0M 3,052 $260 21

Fri Mar 2 #4 $1.9M +143% −39% $102.9M 2,553 $755 22

Sat Mar 3 #4 $3.5M +81% −31% $106.4M 2,553 $1,365 23

Sun Mar 4 #4 $2.0M −43% −28% $108.4M 2,553 $775 24

Mon Mar 5 #4 $598.7K −70% −27% $109.0M 2,553 $234 25

Tue Mar 6 #4 $700.9K +17% −27% $109.7M 2,553 $274 26

Wed Mar 7 #4 $561.7K −20% −26% $110.2M 2,553 $220 27

Thu Mar 8 #4 $587.2K +5% −26% $110.8M 2,553 $230 28

Fri Mar 9 #7 $1.3M +128% −30% $112.1M 2,144 $624 29

Sat Mar 10 #7 $2.2M +67% −36% $114.4M 2,144 $1,044 30

Sun Mar 11 #7 $1.2M −45% −38% $115.6M 2,144 $569 31

Mon Mar 12 #7 $451.3K −63% −25% $116.1M 2,144 $210 32

Tue Mar 13 #7 $546.7K +21% −22% $116.6M 2,144 $255 33

Wed Mar 14 #7 $438.4K −20% −22% $117.0M 2,144 $204 34

Thu Mar 15 #7 $451.3K +3% −23% $117.5M 2,144 $210 35

Fri Mar 16 #7 $825.6K +83% −38% $118.3M 1,920 $430 36

Sat Mar 17 #7 $1.2M +44% −47% $119.5M 1,920 $620 37

Sun Mar 18 #8 $700.8K −41% −43% $120.2M 1,920 $364 38

Mon Mar 19 #6 $239.8K −66% −47% $120.4M 1,920 $124 39

Tue Mar 20 #7 $278.4K +16% −49% $120.7M 1,920 $145 40

Wed Mar 21 #7 $230.4K −17% −47% $121.0M 1,920 $119 41

Thu Mar 22 #7 $220.8K −4% −51% $121.2M 1,920 $115 42

Fri Mar 23 #9 $385.7K +75% −53% $121.6M 1,330 $290 43

Sat Mar 24 #8 $664.9K +72% −44% $122.2M 1,330 $499 44

Sun Mar 25 #11 $352.4K −47% −50% $122.6M 1,330 $265 45

Mon Mar 26 #9 $119.7K −66% −50% $122.7M 1,330 $90 46

Tue Mar 27 #9 $140.3K +17% −50% $122.8M 1,330 $105 47

Wed Mar 28 #8 $126.3K −10% −45% $123.0M 1,330 $95 48

Thu Mar 29 #8 $133.0K +5% −40% $123.1M 1,330 $100 49

Fri Mar 30 #12 $215.1K +62% −44% $123.3M 1,330 $161 50

Sat Mar 31 #10 $368.2K +71% −45% $123.7M 1,330 $276 51

Sun Apr 1 #12 $196.8K −47% −44% $123.9M 1,330 $147 52

Mon Apr 2 #13 $62.0K −69% −48% $123.9M 1,330 $46 53

Tue Apr 3 #13 $80.2K +29% −43% $124.0M 1,330 $60 54

Wed Apr 4 #14 $62.3K −22% −51% $124.1M 1,330 $46 55

Thu Apr 5 #13 $84.0K +35% −37% $124.2M 1,330 $63 56

Fri Apr 6 #11 $216.9K +158% +1% $124.4M 482 $450 57

Sat Apr 7 #10 $228.9K +6% −38% $124.6M 482 $475 58

Sun Apr 8 #11 $130.1K −43% −34% $124.7M 482 $270 59

Mon Apr 9 #13 $53.0K −59% −14% $124.8M 482 $110 60

Tue Apr 10 #13 $50.6K −5% −37% $124.8M 482 $105 61

Wed Apr 11 $43.4K −14% −30% $124.9M 482 $90 62

Thu Apr 12 $46.0K +6% −45% $124.9M 482 $95 63

Fri Apr 13 $100.2K +118% −54% $125.0M 371 $270 64

Sat Apr 14 $161.4K +61% −30% $125.2M 371 $435 65

Sun Apr 15 $76.1K −53% −42% $125.3M 371 $205 66

Mon Apr 16 $22.3K −71% −58% $125.3M 371 $60 67

Tue Apr 17 $29.7K +33% −41% $125.3M 371 $80 68

Wed Apr 18 $22.3K −25% −48% $125.4M 371 $60 69

Thu Apr 19 $26.0K +16% −44% $125.4M 371 $70 70

Fri Apr 20 $66.2K +155% −34% $125.4M 301 $220 71

Sat Apr 21 $106.9K +61% −34% $125.6M 301 $355 72

Sun Apr 22 $57.2K −46% −25% $125.6M 301 $190 73

Mon Apr 23 $19.6K −66% −12% $125.6M 301 $65 74

Tue Apr 24 $22.6K +15% −24% $125.6M 301 $75 75

Wed Apr 25 $19.5K −14% −13% $125.7M 301 $64 76

Thu Apr 26 $20.9K +8% −19% $125.7M 301 $69 77

Fri Apr 27 $49.1K +135% −26% $125.7M 229 $214 78

Sat Apr 28 $75.7K +54% −29% $125.8M 229 $330 79

Sun Apr 29 $41.2K −46% −28% $125.9M 229 $180 80

Tue May 1 $16.0K — −29% $125.9M 229 $70 82

Wed May 2 $14.9K −7% −23% $125.9M 229 $65 83

Fri May 4 $32.4K — −34% $125.9M 175 $185 85

Sat May 5 $48.1K +49% −36% $126.0M 175 $275 86

Sun May 6 $26.3K −45% −36% $126.0M 175 $150 87

Mon May 7 $9.6K −63% $126.0M 175 $55 88

Tue May 8 $11.4K +18% −29% $126.0M 175 $65 89

Wed May 9 $11.3K −1% −24% $126.1M 175 $64 90

Thu May 10 $11.4K +1% $126.1M 175 $65 91

Fri May 11 $25.2K +120% −22% $126.1M 136 $185 92

Sat May 12 $34.0K +35% −29% $126.1M 136 $250 93

Sun May 13 $25.9K −24% −2% $126.1M 136 $190 94

Mon May 14 $7.5K −71% −22% $126.2M 136 $55 95

Tue May 15 $8.8K +18% −22% $126.2M 136 $65 96

Wed May 16 $7.5K −15% −34% $126.2M 136 $55 97

Thu May 17 $8.2K +9% −29% $126.2M 136 $60 98

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

Cumulative total$125.4M

Feb 10Feb 27Mar 16Apr 2Apr 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $337.6K

$40.2M

$23.6M

$10.9M

$7.4M

$4.8M

$2.7M

$1.4M

$780.0K

$576.0K

$337.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,121 → 371 −88.1%

3,118 open371 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.4%

−41.2%

W1→2

−53.8%

W2→3

−32.4%

W3→4

−35.0%

W4→5

−43.4%

W5→6

−48.4%

W6→7

−44.4%

W7→8

−26.2%

W8→9

−41.4%

W9→10

Steepest −53.8%Best hold −26.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 20 days

$100M

Day 20

Feb 29

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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