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2008 • PG • 2h 15m • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family • Warner Bros.

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3.61

6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$43.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$93.40M

$49.40M international

Domestic legs2.4x

Budget$120M

2008 rank#64

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Cast & crew

Full Wachowski filmography

Lana Wachowski

Lana Wachowski Director

Lilly Wachowski

Lilly Wachowski Director

Emile Hirsch

Emile Hirsch Starring

Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci Starring

John Goodman

John Goodman Starring

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon Starring

ScreenplayLana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski Produced byJoel Silver, Grant Hill, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski CinematographyDavid Tattersall Music byMichael Giacchino StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 9-11 3 $18.6M — 3,606 $5,147 $18.6M

2 May 16-18 4 $8.1M −56.3% 3,606 $2,251 $30.3M

3 May 23-25 5 $3.9M −51.4% 3,112 $1,267 $36.2M

4 May 30-Jun 1 7 $2.3M −42.7% 2,070 $1,091 $40.7M

5 Jun 6-8 14 $427.5K −81.1% 855 $500 $42.1M

6 Jun 13-15 16 $183.4K −57.1% 260 $705 $42.5M

7 Jun 20-22 19 $152.7K −16.7% 151 $1,011 $42.7M

8 Jun 27-29 32 $81.0K −46.9% 112 $723 $42.9M

9 Jul 4-6 19 $202.3K +149.6% 293 $690 $43.2M

10 Jul 11-13 27 $160.4K −20.7% 247 $649 $43.5M

11 Jul 18-20 30 $112.7K −29.7% 200 $563 $43.7M

12 Jul 25-27 40 $49.3K −56.2% 128 $385 $43.9M

13 Aug 1-3 58 $23.1K −53.2% 70 $330 $43.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 9 #3 $6.2M — $6.2M 3,606 $1,717 1

Sat May 10 #3 $7.3M +18.4% $13.5M 3,606 $2,033 2

Sun May 11 #3 $5.0M −31.3% $18.6M 3,606 $1,397 3

Mon May 12 #3 $1.1M −78.7% $19.6M 3,606 $298 4

Tue May 13 #3 $912.4K −15.1% $20.5M 3,606 $253 5

Wed May 14 #3 $816.2K −10.5% $21.4M 3,606 $226 6

Thu May 15 #3 $802.4K −1.7% $22.2M 3,606 $223 7

Fri May 16 #4 $2.0M +149.5% −67.7% $24.2M 3,606 $555 8

Sat May 17 #4 $3.4M +72.2% −53.0% $27.6M 3,606 $956 9

Sun May 18 #4 $2.7M −22.7% −47.1% $30.3M 3,606 $740 10

Mon May 19 #4 $667.2K −75.0% −37.9% $31.0M 3,606 $185 11

Tue May 20 #4 $484.4K −27.4% −46.9% $31.4M 3,606 $134 12

Wed May 21 #5 $422.2K −12.8% −48.3% $31.9M 3,606 $117 13

Thu May 22 #6 $355.0K −15.9% −55.8% $32.2M 3,606 $98 14

Fri May 23 #6 $994.5K +180.1% −50.3% $33.2M 3,112 $320 15

Sat May 24 #5 $1.6M +59.8% −53.9% $34.8M 3,112 $511 16

Sun May 25 #5 $1.4M −14.5% −49.0% $36.2M 3,112 $437 17

Mon May 26 #5 $1.3M −2.2% +99.3% $37.5M 3,112 $427 18

Tue May 27 #7 $322.3K −75.8% −33.5% $37.8M 3,112 $104 19

Wed May 28 #7 $301.1K −6.5% −28.7% $38.1M 3,112 $97 20

Thu May 29 #6 $313.4K +4.1% −11.7% $38.4M 3,112 $101 21

Fri May 30 #9 $527.4K +68.3% −47.0% $38.9M 2,070 $255 22

Sat May 31 #7 $1.0M +95.2% −35.2% $40.0M 2,070 $497 23

Sun Jun 1 #7 $702.1K −31.8% −48.3% $40.7M 2,070 $339 24

Mon Jun 2 #8 $212.8K −69.7% −84.0% $40.9M 2,070 $103 25

Tue Jun 3 #9 $233.2K +9.6% −27.6% $41.1M 2,070 $113 26

Wed Jun 4 #9 $258.2K +10.7% −14.3% $41.4M 2,070 $125 27

Thu Jun 5 #8 $266.1K +3.0% −15.1% $41.7M 2,070 $129 28

Fri Jun 6 #13 $113.2K −57.5% −78.5% $41.8M 855 $132 29

Sat Jun 7 #- $167.5K +48.0% −83.7% $41.9M 855 $196 30

Sun Jun 8 #- $146.9K −12.3% −79.1% $42.1M 855 $172 31

Mon Jun 9 #12 $59.4K −59.6% −72.1% $42.1M 855 $69 32

Tue Jun 10 #12 $60.2K +1.3% −74.2% $42.2M 855 $70 33

Wed Jun 11 #12 $62.0K +3.0% −76.0% $42.3M 855 $72 34

Thu Jun 12 #11 $64.4K +3.9% −75.8% $42.3M 855 $75 35

Fri Jun 13 #- $48.6K −24.5% −57.1% $42.4M 260 $187 36

Sat Jun 14 #- $79.5K +63.6% −52.6% $42.4M 260 $306 37

Sun Jun 15 #- $55.4K −30.3% −62.3% $42.5M 260 $213 38

Mon Jun 16 #16 $20.0K −63.8% −66.3% $42.5M 260 $77 39

Tue Jun 17 #- $20.4K +2.0% −66.0% $42.5M 260 $79 40

Wed Jun 18 #- $19.6K −3.9% −68.3% $42.6M 260 $76 41

Thu Jun 19 #- $20.6K +4.9% −68.0% $42.6M 260 $79 42

Fri Jun 20 #- $42.8K +107.7% −11.9% $42.6M 151 $283 43

Sat Jun 21 #- $70.3K +64.1% −11.6% $42.7M 151 $465 44

Fri Jul 4 #- $47.7K — $43.0M 293 $163 57

Sat Jul 5 #- $88.2K +84.9% $43.1M 293 $301 58

Sun Jul 6 #- $66.4K −24.7% $43.2M 293 $227 59

Mon Jul 7 #- $38.0K −42.7% $43.2M 293 $130 60

Tue Jul 8 #- $46.8K +22.9% $43.3M 293 $160 61

Wed Jul 9 #- $41.6K −11.0% $43.3M 293 $142 62

Thu Jul 10 #- $42.0K +1.0% $43.4M 293 $143 63

Fri Jul 11 #- $49.4K +17.7% +3.7% $43.4M 247 $200 64

Sat Jul 12 #- $66.1K +33.7% −25.0% $43.5M 247 $268 65

Sun Jul 13 #- $44.9K −32.1% −32.4% $43.5M 247 $182 66

Mon Jul 14 #- $23.3K −48.1% −38.8% $43.5M 247 $94 67

Tue Jul 15 #- $27.5K +17.9% −41.3% $43.6M 247 $111 68

Wed Jul 16 #- $25.4K −7.6% −39.0% $43.6M 247 $103 69

Thu Jul 17 #- $25.9K +2.2% −38.3% $43.6M 247 $105 70

Fri Jul 18 #- $36.3K +39.9% −26.6% $43.7M 200 $181 71

Sat Jul 19 #- $45.1K +24.4% −31.7% $43.7M 200 $226 72

Sun Jul 20 #- $31.3K −30.6% −30.2% $43.7M 200 $157 73

Mon Jul 21 #- $16.6K −46.8% −28.5% $43.8M 200 $83 74

Tue Jul 22 #- $20.8K +25.2% −24.1% $43.8M 200 $104 75

Wed Jul 23 #- $20.0K −3.8% −21.1% $43.8M 200 $100 76

Thu Jul 24 #- $21.4K +6.8% −17.5% $43.8M 200 $107 77

Fri Jul 25 #- $15.2K −28.8% −58.0% $43.8M 128 $119 78

Sat Jul 26 #- $19.6K +28.9% −56.5% $43.9M 128 $153 79

Sun Jul 27 #- $14.5K −26.3% −53.8% $43.9M 128 $113 80

Mon Jul 28 #- $7.1K −50.8% −57.3% $43.9M 128 $56 81

Tue Jul 29 #- $9.7K +36.1% −53.5% $43.9M 128 $76 82

Wed Jul 30 #- $11.5K +19.1% −42.5% $43.9M 128 $90 83

Thu Jul 31 #- $9.3K −18.9% −56.3% $43.9M 128 $73 84

Fri Aug 1 #- $6.8K −26.9% −55.1% $43.9M 70 $98 85

Sat Aug 2 #- $9.5K +38.3% −51.9% $43.9M 70 $135 86

Sun Aug 3 #- $6.8K −28.2% −53.1% $43.9M 70 $97 87

Mon Aug 4 #- $3.4K −49.9% −52.2% $43.9M 70 $49 88

Tue Aug 5 #- $4.3K +27.1% −55.4% $43.9M 70 $62 89

Wed Aug 6 #- $4.3K −0.1% −62.6% $43.9M 70 $62 90

Thu Aug 7 #- $4.4K +2.0% −52.9% $43.9M 70 $63 91

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

Cumulative total$43.6M

May 9May 23Jun 7Jun 21Jul 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $160.4K

$18.6M

$8.1M

$3.9M

$2.3M

$427.5K

$183.4K

$152.7K

$81.0K

$202.3K

$160.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,606 → 247 −93.2%

3,606 open247 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.7%

−56.3%

W1→2

−51.4%

W2→3

−42.7%

W3→4

−81.1%

W4→5

−57.1%

W5→6

−16.7%

W6→7

−46.9%

W7→8

+149.6%

W8→9

−20.7%

W9→10

Steepest −81.1%Biggest gain +149.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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