Name: Sunshine
Director: Danny Boyle
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama
Released: 2007
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jul 20	#-	$77K		—	$77K	10	$7.7K	1
Sat Jul 21	#-	$87K	+12%	—	$164K	10	$8.7K	2
Sun Jul 22	#-	$79K	-9%	—	$243K	10	$7.9K	3
Mon Jul 23	#-	$36K	-54%	—	$279K	10	$3.6K	4
Tue Jul 24	#-	$30K	-17%	—	$309K	10	$3.0K	5
Wed Jul 25	#-	$28K	-6%	—	$337K	10	$2.8K	6
Thu Jul 26	#-	$26K	-7%	—	$363K	10	$2.6K	7
Fri Jul 27	#-	$395K	+1%	+410%	$757K	461	$856	8
Sat Jul 28	#-	$478K	+21%	+451%	$1.24M	461	$1.0K	9
Sun Jul 29	#-	$390K	-18%	+395%	$1.63M	461	$846	10
Mon Jul 30	#-	$169K	-57%	+369%	$1.79M	461	$366	11
Tue Jul 31	#-	$154K	-9%	+417%	$1.95M	461	$333	12
Wed Aug 1	#-	$143K	-7%	+413%	$2.09M	461	$311	13
Thu Aug 2	#-	$144K		+456%	$2.24M	461	$312	14
Fri Aug 3	#-	$124K	-14%	-69%	$2.36M	383	$324	15
Sat Aug 4	#-	$174K	+40%	-64%	$2.53M	383	$455	16
Sun Aug 5	#-	$150K	-14%	-61%	$2.68M	383	$392	17
Mon Aug 6	#-	$86K	-42%	-49%	$2.77M	383	$226	18
Tue Aug 7	#-	$78K	-10%	-50%	$2.85M	383	$202	19
Wed Aug 8	#-	$71K	-9%	-51%	$2.92M	383	$184	20
Thu Aug 9	#-	$68K	-4%	-53%	$2.99M	383	$177	21
Fri Aug 10	#-	$50K	-26%	-59%	$3.04M	116	$434	22
Sat Aug 11	#-	$70K	+39%	-60%	$3.11M	116	$604	23
Sun Aug 12	#-	$60K	-14%	-60%	$3.17M	116	$520	24
Mon Aug 13	#-	$27K	-55%	-68%	$3.19M	116	$236	25
Tue Aug 14	#-	$28K	+2%	-64%	$3.22M	116	$240	26
Wed Aug 15	#-	$30K	+9%	-57%	$3.25M	116	$261	27
Thu Aug 16	#-	$29K	-2%	-56%	$3.28M	116	$254	28
Fri Aug 17	#-	$25K	-15%	-50%	$3.31M	85	$295	29
Sat Aug 18	#-	$37K	+48%	-47%	$3.34M	85	$435	30
Sun Aug 19	#-	$33K	-12%	-46%	$3.38M	85	$383	31
Mon Aug 20	#-	$15K	-54%	-46%	$3.39M	85	$175	32
Tue Aug 21	#-	$17K	+16%	-38%	$3.41M	85	$202	33
Wed Aug 22	#-	$15K	-13%	-51%	$3.42M	85	$176	34
Thu Aug 23	#-	$15K	+3%	-48%	$3.44M	85	$182	35
Fri Aug 24	#-	$13K	-17%	-49%	$3.45M	40	$319	36
Sat Aug 25	#-	$20K	+53%	-47%	$3.47M	40	$488	37
Sun Aug 26	#-	$16K	-19%	-52%	$3.49M	40	$393	38
Mon Aug 27	#-	$7K	-58%	-55%	$3.49M	40	$166	39
Tue Aug 28	#-	$8K	+16%	-55%	$3.50M	40	$192	40
Wed Aug 29	#-	$7K	-15%	-56%	$3.51M	40	$163	41
Thu Aug 30	#-	$7K	+3%	-57%	$3.51M	40	$168	42
Fri Aug 31	#-	$12K	+73%	-9%	$3.53M	28	$413	43
Sat Sep 1	#-	$15K	+32%	-22%	$3.54M	28	$546	44
Sun Sep 2	#-	$18K	+15%	+12%	$3.56M	28	$628	45
Mon Sep 3	#49	$17K	-2%	+160%	$3.58M	28	$616	46
Tue Sep 4	#-	$4K	-76%	-46%	$3.58M	28	$148	47
Wed Sep 5	#-	$4K	+5%	-33%	$3.58M	28	$155	48
Thu Sep 6	#-	$4K	+1%	-35%	$3.59M	28	$157	49
Fri Sep 7	#-	$7K	+64%	-38%	$3.60M	33	$219	50
Sat Sep 8	#-	$10K	+33%	-37%	$3.61M	33	$290	51
Sun Sep 9	#-	$7K	-29%	-61%	$3.61M	33	$206	52
Mon Sep 10	#-	$2K	-69%	-88%	$3.61M	33	$65	53
Tue Sep 11	#-	$3K	+58%	-19%	$3.62M	33	$102	54
Wed Sep 12	#-	$3K	-7%	-28%	$3.62M	33	$95	55
Thu Sep 13	#-	$4K	+20%	-15%	$3.62M	33	$113	56
Fri Sep 14	#-	$4K	+1%	-47%	$3.63M	27	$140	57
Sat Sep 15	#-	$5K	+22%	-52%	$3.63M	27	$172	58
Sun Sep 16	#-	$3K	-33%	-54%	$3.64M	27	$116	59
Mon Sep 17	#-	$2K	-48%	-24%	$3.64M	27	$60	60
Tue Sep 18	#21	$2K	+12%	-46%	$3.64M	27	$67	61
Wed Sep 19	#-	$2K	-1%	-43%	$3.64M	27	$66	62
Thu Sep 20	#-	$2K	+31%	-38%	$3.64M	27	$86	63
Fri Sep 21	#-	$4K	+56%	-4%	$3.65M	21	$174	64
Sat Sep 22	#-	$4K	+16%	-9%	$3.65M	21	$201	65
Sun Sep 23	#-	$3K	-29%	-4%	$3.65M	21	$142	66
Mon Sep 24	#-	$1K	-52%	-12%	$3.66M	21	$68	67
Tue Sep 25	#-	$2K	+23%	-3%	$3.66M	21	$84	68
Wed Sep 26	#-	$2K	-10%	-12%	$3.66M	21	$75	69
Thu Sep 27	#-	$2K	+9%	-27%	$3.66M	21	$82	70
Fri Sep 28	#-	$1K	-16%	-61%	$3.66M	12	$120	71
Sat Sep 29	#-	$2K	+51%	-48%	$3.66M	12	$181	72
Sun Sep 30	#-	$1K	-44%	-59%	$3.67M	12	$102	73
Mon Oct 1	#-	$797	-35%	-44%	$3.67M	12	$66	74
Tue Oct 2	#-	$1K	+37%	-38%	$3.67M	12	$91	75
Wed Oct 3	#-	$1K		-31%	$3.67M	12	$91	76
Thu Oct 4	#-	$809	-26%	-53%	$3.67M	12	$67	77

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jul 20-22	25	$243K	—	$243K	10	$24.3K	1
Jul 27-29	13	$1.26M	+419.8%	$1.63M	461	$2.7K	2
Aug 3-5	22	$448K	-64.5%	$2.68M	383	$1.2K	3
Aug 10-12	31	$181K	-59.7%	$3.17M	116	$1.6K	4
Aug 17-19	41	$95K	-47.6%	$3.38M	85	$1.1K	5
Aug 24-26	53	$48K	-49.3%	$3.49M	40	$1.2K	6
Aug 31-Sep 2	55	$44K	-7.4%	$3.56M	28	$1.6K	7
Sep 7-9	65	$24K	-47.0%	$3.61M	33	$714	8
Sep 14-16	82	$12K	-51.0%	$3.64M	27	$428	9
Sep 21-23	75	$11K	-6.0%	$3.65M	21	$517	10
Sep 28-30	94	$5K	-55.5%	$3.67M	12	$403	11
Oct 5-7	101	$3K	-45.0%	$3.67M	5	$532	12
Oct 12-14	104	$1K	-44.4%	$3.68M	4	$370	13

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byDanny Boyle

ScreenplayAlex Garland

StarringCillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh

StudioFox Searchlight

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