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2009 • PG-13 • 2h 8m • Action, Adventure, Mystery • Warner Bros.

Nothing escapes him.

🍅 70% 77%

57

3.49

7.5

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$62.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$209.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$524.00M

$315.00M international

Domestic legs3.35x

Budget$90.0M

2009 rank#10

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Cast & crew

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Guy Ritchie

Guy Ritchie Director

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Starring

Jude Law

Jude Law Starring

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams Starring

Mark Strong

Mark Strong Starring

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan Starring

ScreenplayAnthony Peckham, Michael Robert Johnson, Simon Kinberg Produced byJoel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, Dan Lin CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot MusicHans Zimmer StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 25-27 2 $62.3M — 3,626 $17,182 $62.3M

2 Jan 1-3 2 $36.6M −41.2% 3,626 $10,097 $138.7M

3 Jan 8-10 2 $16.6M −54.7% 3,626 $4,574 $165.2M

4 Jan 15-17 5 $9.9M −40.4% 3,173 $3,116 $180.1M

5 Jan 22-24 6 $6.6M −33.0% 2,670 $2,482 $191.1M

6 Jan 29-31 8 $4.5M −31.9% 2,250 $2,006 $197.6M

7 Feb 5-7 10 $2.5M −43.9% 1,805 $1,404 $201.5M

8 Feb 12-14 16 $1.6M −37.2% 950 $1,675 $204.1M

9 Feb 19-21 16 $846.5K −46.8% 713 $1,187 $205.5M

10 Feb 26-28 20 $608.0K −28.2% 462 $1,316 $206.4M

11 Mar 5-7 21 $406.3K −33.2% 345 $1,177 $207.0M

12 Mar 12-14 24 $238.4K −41.3% 216 $1,103 $207.4M

13 Mar 19-21 21 $405.4K +70.1% 372 $1,089 $207.9M

14 Mar 26-28 25 $315.4K −22.2% 290 $1,087 $208.4M

15 Apr 2-4 30 $165.4K −47.5% 232 $712 $208.7M

16 Apr 9-11 36 $99.4K −39.9% 158 $628 $208.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 25 #1 $24.6M — $24.6M 3,626 $6,786 1

Sat Dec 26 #2 $21.8M −11% $46.4M 3,626 $6,022 2

Sun Dec 27 #2 $15.9M −27% $62.3M 3,626 $4,373 3

Mon Dec 28 #3 $11.2M −30% $73.5M 3,626 $3,079 4

Tue Dec 29 #3 $10.2M −9% $83.7M 3,626 $2,817 5

Wed Dec 30 #3 $9.7M −5% $93.4M 3,626 $2,681 6

Thu Dec 31 #3 $8.7M −11% $102.1M 3,626 $2,397 7

Fri Jan 1 #2 $14.9M +71% −39% $117.0M 3,626 $4,106 8

Sat Jan 2 #2 $14.4M −3% −34% $131.4M 3,626 $3,964 9

Sun Jan 3 #3 $7.3M −49% −54% $138.7M 3,626 $2,026 10

Mon Jan 4 #2 $2.9M −60% −74% $141.6M 3,626 $802 11

Tue Jan 5 #2 $2.7M −7% −74% $144.3M 3,626 $745 12

Wed Jan 6 #2 $2.3M −14% −76% $146.6M 3,626 $639 13

Thu Jan 7 #2 $1.9M −17% −78% $148.6M 3,626 $529 14

Fri Jan 8 #3 $5.1M +164% −66% $153.6M 3,626 $1,399 15

Sat Jan 9 #3 $7.3M +45% −49% $161.0M 3,626 $2,022 16

Sun Jan 10 #3 $4.2M −43% −43% $165.2M 3,626 $1,152 17

Mon Jan 11 #2 $1.2M −71% −58% $166.4M 3,626 $338 18

Tue Jan 12 #2 $1.4M +14% −48% $167.8M 3,626 $387 19

Wed Jan 13 #2 $1.2M −14% −48% $169.0M 3,626 $332 20

Thu Jan 14 #2 $1.2M n/c −37% $170.2M 3,626 $332 21

Fri Jan 15 #4 $2.8M +135% −44% $173.0M 3,173 $892 22

Sat Jan 16 #5 $4.1M +45% −44% $177.1M 3,173 $1,297 23

Sun Jan 17 #6 $2.9M −29% −30% $180.1M 3,173 $926 24

Mon Jan 18 #6 $2.1M −27% +75% $182.2M 3,173 $675 25

Tue Jan 19 #4 $806.3K −62% −43% $183.0M 3,173 $254 26

Wed Jan 20 #5 $688.4K −15% −43% $183.7M 3,173 $216 27

Thu Jan 21 #5 $727.2K +6% −40% $184.4M 3,173 $229 28

Fri Jan 22 #7 $2.0M +171% −30% $186.4M 2,670 $737 29

Sat Jan 23 #6 $3.3M +67% −20% $189.7M 2,670 $1,234 30

Sun Jan 24 #7 $1.4M −59% −54% $191.1M 2,670 $510 31

Mon Jan 25 #6 $484.3K −64% −77% $191.6M 2,670 $181 32

Tue Jan 26 #8 $533.3K +10% −34% $192.1M 2,670 $199 33

Wed Jan 27 #5 $482.5K −10% −30% $192.6M 2,670 $180 34

Thu Jan 28 #4 $509.2K +6% −30% $193.1M 2,670 $190 35

Fri Jan 29 #8 $1.2M +139% −38% $194.3M 2,250 $540 36

Sat Jan 30 #8 $2.1M +73% −36% $196.4M 2,250 $933 37

Sun Jan 31 #9 $1.2M −43% −12% $197.6M 2,250 $533 38

Mon Feb 1 #7 $339.1K −72% −30% $197.9M 2,250 $150 39

Tue Feb 2 #8 $345.5K +2% −35% $198.3M 2,250 $153 40

Wed Feb 3 #8 $335.1K −3% −31% $198.6M 2,250 $148 41

Thu Feb 4 #8 $328.1K −2% −36% $198.9M 2,250 $145 42

Fri Feb 5 #10 $782.4K +138% −36% $199.7M 1,805 $433 43

Sat Feb 6 #10 $1.4M +73% −36% $201.1M 1,805 $749 44

Sun Feb 7 #12 $399.6K −70% −67% $201.5M 1,805 $221 45

Mon Feb 8 #10 $237.4K −41% −30% $201.7M 1,805 $131 46

Tue Feb 9 #10 $246.2K +4% −29% $202.0M 1,805 $136 47

Wed Feb 10 #10 $228.4K −7% −32% $202.2M 1,805 $126 48

Thu Feb 11 #10 $267.1K +17% −19% $202.5M 1,805 $147 49

Fri Feb 12 #16 $326.8K +22% −58% $202.8M 950 $344 50

Sat Feb 13 #15 $630.1K +93% −53% $203.4M 950 $663 51

Sun Feb 14 #16 $634.7K +1% +59% $204.1M 950 $668 52

Mon Feb 15 #15 $295.8K −53% +25% $204.4M 950 $311 53

Tue Feb 16 #17 $110.2K −63% −55% $204.5M 950 $116 54

Wed Feb 17 #15 $106.9K −3% −53% $204.6M 950 $112 55

Thu Feb 18 #15 $119.6K +12% −55% $204.7M 950 $125 56

Fri Feb 19 #15 $234.1K +96% −28% $204.9M 713 $328 57

Sat Feb 20 #16 $412.1K +76% −35% $205.3M 713 $577 58

Sun Feb 21 #16 $200.3K −51% −68% $205.5M 713 $280 59

Mon Feb 22 $64.1K −68% −78% $205.6M 713 $89 60

Tue Feb 23 $67.1K +5% −39% $205.7M 713 $94 61

Wed Feb 24 $69.4K +3% −35% $205.7M 713 $97 62

Thu Feb 25 $76.4K +10% −36% $205.8M 713 $107 63

Fri Feb 26 $167.4K +119% −28% $206.0M 462 $362 64

Sat Feb 27 $306.1K +83% −26% $206.3M 462 $662 65

Sun Feb 28 $134.5K −56% −33% $206.4M 462 $291 66

Mon Mar 1 $44.4K −67% −31% $206.5M 462 $96 67

Tue Mar 2 $52.1K +17% −22% $206.5M 462 $112 68

Wed Mar 3 $48.4K −7% −30% $206.6M 462 $104 69

Thu Mar 4 $51.9K +7% −32% $206.6M 462 $112 70

Fri Mar 5 $124.4K +140% −26% $206.7M 345 $360 71

Sat Mar 6 $196.6K +58% −36% $206.9M 345 $569 72

Sun Mar 7 $85.3K −57% −37% $207.0M 345 $247 73

Mon Mar 8 $31.6K −63% −29% $207.1M 345 $91 74

Tue Mar 9 $36.3K +15% −30% $207.1M 345 $105 75

Wed Mar 10 $36.0K −1% −26% $207.1M 345 $104 76

Thu Mar 11 $36.5K +1% −30% $207.2M 345 $105 77

Fri Mar 12 $72.4K +98% −42% $207.2M 216 $335 78

Sat Mar 13 $111.5K +54% −43% $207.3M 216 $516 79

Sun Mar 14 $54.6K −51% −36% $207.4M 216 $252 80

Mon Mar 15 $22.8K −58% −28% $207.4M 216 $105 81

Tue Mar 16 $26.2K +15% −28% $207.5M 216 $121 82

Wed Mar 17 $22.0K −16% −39% $207.5M 216 $101 83

Thu Mar 18 $25.2K +15% −31% $207.5M 216 $116 84

Fri Mar 19 $124.6K +394% +72% $207.6M 372 $335 85

Sat Mar 20 $173.0K +39% +55% $207.8M 372 $465 86

Sun Mar 21 $107.8K −38% +97% $207.9M 372 $289 87

Mon Mar 22 $44.2K −59% +94% $207.9M 372 $118 88

Tue Mar 23 $44.6K +1% +70% $208.0M 372 $119 89

Wed Mar 24 $41.1K −8% +87% $208.0M 372 $110 90

Thu Mar 25 $46.9K +14% +86% $208.1M 372 $125 91

Fri Mar 26 $98.8K +111% −21% $208.2M 290 $340 92

Sat Mar 27 $135.0K +37% −22% $208.3M 290 $465 93

Sun Mar 28 $81.6K −40% −24% $208.4M 290 $281 94

Mon Mar 29 $35.1K −57% −21% $208.4M 290 $120 95

Tue Mar 30 $38.6K +10% −13% $208.5M 290 $133 96

Wed Mar 31 $35.1K −9% −15% $208.5M 290 $121 97

Thu Apr 1 $42.1K +20% −10% $208.5M 290 $145 98

Fri Apr 2 $62.6K +49% −37% $208.6M 232 $269 99

Sat Apr 3 $66.6K +6% −51% $208.7M 232 $286 100

Sun Apr 4 $36.2K −46% −56% $208.7M 232 $156 101

Mon Apr 5 $21.9K −39% −37% $208.7M 232 $94 102

Tue Apr 6 $21.7K −1% −44% $208.8M 232 $93 103

Wed Apr 7 $20.5K −5% −42% $208.8M 232 $88 104

Thu Apr 8 $22.7K +11% −46% $208.8M 232 $98 105

Fri Apr 9 $32.7K +44% −48% $208.8M 158 $206 106

Sat Apr 10 $46.4K +42% −30% $208.9M 158 $293 107

Sun Apr 11 $20.3K −56% −44% $208.9M 158 $128 108

Mon Apr 12 $8.5K −58% −61% $208.9M 158 $53 109

Tue Apr 13 $8.5K n/c −61% $208.9M 158 $53 110

Wed Apr 14 $8.0K −6% −61% $208.9M 158 $50 111

Thu Apr 15 $8.5K +6% −63% $208.9M 158 $53 112

Fri Apr 16 $15.6K +85% −52% $208.9M 92 $169 113

Sat Apr 17 $22.0K +41% −53% $209.0M 92 $239 114

Sun Apr 18 $10.4K −53% −49% $209.0M 92 $112 115

Mon Apr 19 $3.7K −64% −56% $209.0M 92 $40 116

Tue Apr 20 $4.1K +9% −52% $209.0M 92 $44 117

Wed Apr 21 $4.4K +8% −45% $209.0M 92 $48 118

Thu Apr 22 $4.7K +6% −44% $209.0M 92 $51 119

Fri Apr 23 $6.9K +47% −56% $209.0M 47 $146 120

Sat Apr 24 $11.4K +66% −48% $209.0M 47 $243 121

Sun Apr 25 $5.3K −53% −49% $209.0M 47 $113 122

Mon Apr 26 $2.3K −57% −39% $209.0M 47 $48 123

Tue Apr 27 $2.1K −7% −48% $209.0M 47 $45 124

Wed Apr 28 $2.3K +8% −48% $209.0M 47 $49 125

Thu Apr 29 $2.4K +5% −48% $209.0M 47 $51 126

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

Cumulative total$206.6M

Dec 25Jan 11Jan 29Feb 15Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $608.0K

$62.3M

$36.6M

$16.6M

$9.9M

$6.6M

$4.5M

$2.5M

$1.6M

$846.5K

$608.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,626 → 462 −87.3%

3,626 open462 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.2%

−41.2%

W1→2

−54.7%

W2→3

−40.4%

W3→4

−33.0%

W4→5

−31.9%

W5→6

−43.9%

W6→7

−37.2%

W7→8

−46.8%

W8→9

−28.2%

W9→10

Steepest −54.7%Best hold −28.2%

Run milestones

$200M in 44 days

$100M

Day 7

Dec 31

$200M

Day 44

Feb 6

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#4 Biggest Christmas openingsAll-time $62.3M #7 Biggest openings not at #1All-time $62.3M #8 Biggest grossers never #1All-time $209.0M #16 Biggest December openingsAll-time $62.3M

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