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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsFollow

2011 • PG-13 • 2h 9m • Action, Adventure, Mystery • Warner Bros.

The game is afoot.

🍅 60% 77%

48

3.37

7.4

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$39.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$187.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$544.00M

$357.00M international

Domestic legs4.71x

Budget$125M

2011 rank#9

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Cast & crew

Full Ritchie filmography

Guy Ritchie

Guy Ritchie Director

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. Starring

Jude Law

Jude Law Starring

Noomi Rapace

Noomi Rapace Starring

Jared Harris

Jared Harris Starring

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams Starring

ScreenplayKieran Mulroney, Michele Mulroney StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 16-18 1 $39.6M — 3,703 $10,704 $39.6M

2 Dec 23-25 2 $20.3M −48.9% 3,703 $5,474 $79.0M

3 Dec 30-Jan 1 2 $20.9M +3.0% 3,703 $5,639 $130.9M

4 Jan 6-8 3 $13.7M −34.4% 3,603 $3,799 $157.0M

5 Jan 13-15 5 $8.6M −37.2% 3,155 $2,723 $170.2M

6 Jan 20-22 9 $4.5M −47.4% 2,485 $1,817 $178.3M

7 Jan 27-29 16 $2.5M −45.3% 1,530 $1,615 $182.2M

8 Feb 3-5 20 $1.0M −58.5% 857 $1,197 $183.9M

9 Feb 10-12 30 $328.9K −67.9% 265 $1,241 $184.6M

10 Feb 17-19 20 $553.8K +68.4% 403 $1,374 $185.3M

11 Feb 24-26 24 $350.3K −36.7% 333 $1,052 $185.9M

12 Mar 2-4 27 $257.6K −26.5% 266 $968 $186.3M

13 Mar 9-11 32 $158.2K −38.6% 208 $760 $186.5M

14 Mar 16-18 44 $85.7K −45.8% 125 $685 $186.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 15 $1.3M — $1.3M 1,650 $757 -1

Fri Dec 16 #1 $14.6M — $14.6M 3,703 $3,944 1

Sat Dec 17 #1 $14.7M +1% $29.3M 3,703 $3,968 2

Sun Dec 18 #1 $10.3M −30% $39.6M 3,703 $2,790 3

Mon Dec 19 #1 $4.9M −52% $44.6M 3,703 $1,330 4

Tue Dec 20 #1 $5.2M +5% $49.7M 3,703 $1,394 5

Wed Dec 21 #3 $4.3M −17% $54.0M 3,703 $1,156 6

Thu Dec 22 #2 $4.7M +11% $58.8M 3,703 $1,281 7

Fri Dec 23 #2 $6.8M +42% −54% $65.5M 3,703 $1,824 8

Sat Dec 24 #2 $3.9M −42% −73% $69.4M 3,703 $1,052 9

Sun Dec 25 #2 $9.6M +147% −7% $79.0M 3,703 $2,596 10

Mon Dec 26 #2 $10.8M +13% +120% $89.9M 3,703 $2,924 11

Tue Dec 27 #2 $7.3M −32% +42% $97.2M 3,703 $1,977 12

Wed Dec 28 #3 $6.5M −11% +52% $103.7M 3,703 $1,759 13

Thu Dec 29 #3 $6.3M −3% +33% $110.0M 3,703 $1,709 14

Fri Dec 30 #2 $7.6M +20% +13% $117.7M 3,703 $2,060 15

Sat Dec 31 #2 $6.4M −16% +64% $124.1M 3,703 $1,728 16

Sun Jan 1 #2 $6.9M +7% −29% $130.9M 3,703 $1,850 17

Mon Jan 2 #2 $6.0M −12% −45% $136.9M 3,703 $1,622 18

Tue Jan 3 #2 $2.6M −57% −65% $139.5M 3,703 $690 19

Wed Jan 4 #2 $2.0M −21% −69% $141.5M 3,703 $543 20

Thu Jan 5 #2 $1.9M −7% −70% $143.4M 3,703 $507 21

Fri Jan 6 #3 $4.2M +125% −44% $147.6M 3,603 $1,175 22

Sat Jan 7 #3 $6.0M +43% −6% $153.6M 3,603 $1,678 23

Sun Jan 8 #3 $3.4M −44% −50% $157.0M 3,603 $945 24

Mon Jan 9 #3 $1.1M −69% −82% $158.1M 3,603 $292 25

Tue Jan 10 #3 $1.3M +28% −47% $159.4M 3,603 $372 26

Wed Jan 11 #2 $1.1M −18% −45% $160.5M 3,603 $305 27

Thu Jan 12 #2 $1.1M −5% −44% $161.6M 3,603 $292 28

Fri Jan 13 #6 $2.4M +129% −43% $164.0M 3,155 $762 29

Sat Jan 14 #5 $3.5M +45% −42% $167.5M 3,155 $1,108 30

Sun Jan 15 #5 $2.7M −23% −21% $170.2M 3,155 $852 31

Mon Jan 16 #6 $1.9M −31% +76% $172.0M 3,155 $586 32

Tue Jan 17 #6 $651.1K −65% −52% $172.7M 3,155 $206 33

Wed Jan 18 #7 $543.4K −17% −51% $173.2M 3,155 $172 34

Thu Jan 19 #6 $568.0K +5% −46% $173.8M 3,155 $180 35

Fri Jan 20 #9 $1.3M +125% −47% $175.1M 2,485 $514 36

Sat Jan 21 #9 $2.3M +79% −34% $177.4M 2,485 $922 37

Sun Jan 22 #10 $944.8K −59% −65% $178.3M 2,485 $380 38

Mon Jan 23 #10 $346.1K −63% −81% $178.7M 2,485 $139 39

Tue Jan 24 #11 $381.2K +10% −41% $179.0M 2,485 $153 40

Wed Jan 25 #12 $331.4K −13% −39% $179.4M 2,485 $133 41

Thu Jan 26 #12 $358.5K +8% −37% $179.7M 2,485 $144 42

Fri Jan 27 #15 $685.4K +91% −46% $180.4M 1,530 $447 43

Sat Jan 28 #15 $1.2M +73% −48% $181.6M 1,530 $775 44

Sun Jan 29 #16 $600.1K −49% −36% $182.2M 1,530 $392 45

Mon Jan 30 #17 $160.2K −73% −54% $182.4M 1,530 $104 46

Tue Jan 31 #17 $176.2K +10% −54% $182.5M 1,530 $115 47

Wed Feb 1 #17 $150.5K −15% −55% $182.7M 1,530 $98 48

Thu Feb 2 #17 $161.2K +7% −55% $182.9M 1,530 $105 49

Fri Feb 3 $332.1K +106% −52% $183.2M 857 $387 50

Sat Feb 4 $535.1K +61% −55% $183.7M 857 $624 51

Sun Feb 5 $158.8K −70% −74% $183.9M 857 $185 52

Mon Feb 6 #18 $86.3K −46% −46% $184.0M 857 $100 53

Tue Feb 7 #18 $99.2K +15% −44% $184.1M 857 $115 54

Wed Feb 8 #18 $84.4K −15% −44% $184.2M 857 $98 55

Thu Feb 9 #18 $89.3K +6% −45% $184.2M 857 $104 56

Fri Feb 10 $94.5K +6% −72% $184.3M 265 $356 57

Sat Feb 11 $162.0K +71% −70% $184.5M 265 $611 58

Sun Feb 12 $72.5K −55% −54% $184.6M 265 $273 59

Mon Feb 13 $26.4K −64% −69% $184.6M 265 $99 60

Tue Feb 14 $60.6K +130% −39% $184.7M 265 $228 61

Wed Feb 15 $28.0K −54% −67% $184.7M 265 $105 62

Thu Feb 16 $29.1K +4% −67% $184.7M 265 $109 63

Fri Feb 17 $150.1K +416% +59% $184.9M 403 $372 64

Sat Feb 18 $233.5K +56% +44% $185.1M 403 $579 65

Sun Feb 19 $170.2K −27% +135% $185.3M 403 $422 66

Mon Feb 20 $115.3K −32% +337% $185.4M 403 $286 67

Tue Feb 21 $55.5K −52% −8% $185.4M 403 $137 68

Wed Feb 22 $47.5K −14% +70% $185.5M 403 $117 69

Thu Feb 23 $49.0K +3% +68% $185.5M 403 $121 70

Fri Feb 24 $103.0K +110% −31% $185.6M 333 $309 71

Sat Feb 25 $165.2K +60% −29% $185.8M 333 $496 72

Sun Feb 26 $82.2K −50% −52% $185.9M 333 $246 73

Mon Feb 27 $28.2K −66% −76% $185.9M 333 $84 74

Tue Feb 28 $34.4K +22% −38% $186.0M 333 $103 75

Wed Feb 29 $29.4K −14% −38% $186.0M 333 $88 76

Thu Mar 1 $32.8K +12% −33% $186.0M 333 $98 77

Fri Mar 2 $71.4K +118% −31% $186.1M 266 $268 78

Sat Mar 3 $124.3K +74% −25% $186.2M 266 $467 79

Sun Mar 4 $61.8K −50% −25% $186.3M 266 $232 80

Mon Mar 5 $21.2K −66% −25% $186.3M 266 $79 81

Tue Mar 6 $25.4K +20% −26% $186.3M 266 $95 82

Wed Mar 7 $22.6K −11% −23% $186.3M 266 $84 83

Thu Mar 8 $24.6K +9% −25% $186.4M 266 $92 84

Fri Mar 9 $49.7K +102% −30% $186.4M 208 $239 85

Sat Mar 10 $72.4K +46% −42% $186.5M 208 $347 86

Sun Mar 11 $36.1K −50% −42% $186.5M 208 $173 87

Mon Mar 12 $15.2K −58% −29% $186.5M 208 $72 88

Tue Mar 13 $18.3K +21% −28% $186.6M 208 $88 89

Wed Mar 14 $16.5K −10% −27% $186.6M 208 $79 90

Thu Mar 15 $18.2K +10% −26% $186.6M 208 $87 91

Fri Mar 16 $28.6K +57% −43% $186.6M 125 $228 92

Sat Mar 17 $38.6K +35% −47% $186.7M 125 $309 93

Sun Mar 18 $18.5K −52% −49% $186.7M 125 $148 94

Mon Mar 19 $8.6K −53% −43% $186.7M 125 $69 95

Tue Mar 20 $9.0K +4% −51% $186.7M 125 $71 96

Wed Mar 21 $8.0K −11% −52% $186.7M 125 $63 97

Thu Mar 22 $8.5K +7% −53% $186.7M 125 $68 98

Fri Mar 23 $16.3K +91% −43% $186.7M 86 $189 99

Sat Mar 24 $25.1K +54% −35% $186.8M 86 $292 100

Sun Mar 25 $11.4K −55% −38% $186.8M 86 $132 101

Mon Mar 26 $6.2K −46% −28% $186.8M 86 $71 102

Tue Mar 27 $8.1K +31% −10% $186.8M 86 $93 103

Wed Mar 28 $6.9K −15% −14% $186.8M 86 $79 104

Thu Mar 29 $7.5K +10% −12% $186.8M 86 $87 105

Fri Mar 30 $12.6K +67% −23% $186.8M 55 $228 106

Sat Mar 31 $16.8K +33% −33% $186.8M 55 $304 107

Sun Apr 1 $8.4K −50% −26% $186.8M 55 $153 108

Mon Apr 2 $3.2K −62% −48% $186.8M 55 $58 109

Tue Apr 3 $4.8K +48% −41% $186.8M 55 $86 110

Wed Apr 4 $4.1K −14% −41% $186.8M 55 $74 111

Thu Apr 5 $5.7K +39% −25% $186.8M 55 $103 112

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

Cumulative total$185.5M

Dec 15Jan 2Jan 19Feb 6Feb 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $553.8K

$39.6M

$20.3M

$20.9M

$13.7M

$8.6M

$4.5M

$2.5M

$1.0M

$328.9K

$553.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,703 → 403 −89.1%

1,650 open403 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +68.4%

−48.9%

W1→2

+3.0%

W2→3

−34.4%

W3→4

−37.2%

W4→5

−47.4%

W5→6

−45.3%

W6→7

−58.5%

W7→8

−67.9%

W8→9

+68.4%

W9→10

Steepest −67.9%Biggest gain +68.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 13 days

$100M

Day 13

Dec 28

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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