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2007 • R • 1h 47m • Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama • Fox Searchlight

Just look out for a little extra brightness in the sky.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$243K

Limited · 10 theaters

Domestic total

$3.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$32.00M

$28.30M international

Domestic legs2.9x from $1.3M biggest weekend

Budget$40M

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Cast & crew

Full Boyle filmography

Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle Director

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy Starring

Chris Evans

Chris Evans Starring

Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne Starring

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh Starring

Cliff Curtis

Cliff Curtis Starring

ScreenplayAlex Garland StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 20-22 25 $243.0K — 10 $24,296 $243.0K

2 Jul 27-29 13 $1.3M +419.8% 461 $2,740 $1.6M

3 Aug 3-5 22 $448.4K −64.5% 383 $1,171 $2.7M

4 Aug 10-12 31 $180.7K −59.7% 116 $1,558 $3.2M

5 Aug 17-19 41 $94.6K −47.6% 85 $1,113 $3.4M

6 Aug 24-26 53 $48.0K −49.3% 40 $1,200 $3.5M

7 Aug 31-Sep 2 55 $44.5K −7.4% 28 $1,588 $3.6M

8 Sep 7-9 65 $23.6K −47.0% 33 $714 $3.6M

9 Sep 14-16 82 $11.5K −51.0% 27 $428 $3.6M

10 Sep 21-23 75 $10.8K −6.0% 21 $517 $3.7M

11 Sep 28-30 94 $4.8K −55.5% 12 $403 $3.7M

12 Oct 5-7 101 $2.7K −45.0% 5 $532 $3.7M

13 Oct 12-14 104 $1.5K −44.4% 4 $370 $3.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 20 #- $77.4K — $77.4K 10 $7,737 1

Sat Jul 21 #- $86.9K +12% $164.2K 10 $8,687 2

Sun Jul 22 #- $78.7K −9% $243.0K 10 $7,872 3

Mon Jul 23 #- $36.0K −54% $278.9K 10 $3,596 4

Tue Jul 24 #- $29.7K −17% $308.6K 10 $2,971 5

Wed Jul 25 #- $28.0K −6% $336.6K 10 $2,797 6

Thu Jul 26 #- $25.9K −7% $362.5K 10 $2,590 7

Fri Jul 27 #- $394.7K +1% +410% $757.2K 461 $856 8

Sat Jul 28 #- $478.4K +21% +451% $1.2M 461 $1,038 9

Sun Jul 29 #- $389.9K −18% +395% $1.6M 461 $846 10

Mon Jul 30 #- $168.7K −57% +369% $1.8M 461 $366 11

Tue Jul 31 #- $153.7K −9% +417% $1.9M 461 $333 12

Wed Aug 1 #- $143.4K −7% +413% $2.1M 461 $311 13

Thu Aug 2 #- $143.9K — +456% $2.2M 461 $312 14

Fri Aug 3 #- $124.0K −14% −69% $2.4M 383 $324 15

Sat Aug 4 #- $174.1K +40% −64% $2.5M 383 $455 16

Sun Aug 5 #- $150.2K −14% −61% $2.7M 383 $392 17

Mon Aug 6 #- $86.4K −42% −49% $2.8M 383 $226 18

Tue Aug 7 #- $77.5K −10% −50% $2.8M 383 $202 19

Wed Aug 8 #- $70.7K −9% −51% $2.9M 383 $184 20

Thu Aug 9 #- $67.6K −4% −53% $3.0M 383 $177 21

Fri Aug 10 #- $50.4K −26% −59% $3.0M 116 $434 22

Sat Aug 11 #- $70.1K +39% −60% $3.1M 116 $604 23

Sun Aug 12 #- $60.3K −14% −60% $3.2M 116 $520 24

Mon Aug 13 #- $27.4K −55% −68% $3.2M 116 $236 25

Tue Aug 14 #- $27.9K +2% −64% $3.2M 116 $240 26

Wed Aug 15 #- $30.2K +9% −57% $3.3M 116 $261 27

Thu Aug 16 #- $29.5K −2% −56% $3.3M 116 $254 28

Fri Aug 17 #- $25.1K −15% −50% $3.3M 85 $295 29

Sat Aug 18 #- $37.0K +48% −47% $3.3M 85 $435 30

Sun Aug 19 #- $32.6K −12% −46% $3.4M 85 $383 31

Mon Aug 20 #- $14.8K −54% −46% $3.4M 85 $175 32

Tue Aug 21 #- $17.2K +16% −38% $3.4M 85 $202 33

Wed Aug 22 #- $14.9K −13% −51% $3.4M 85 $176 34

Thu Aug 23 #- $15.4K +3% −48% $3.4M 85 $182 35

Fri Aug 24 #- $12.8K −17% −49% $3.5M 40 $319 36

Sat Aug 25 #- $19.5K +53% −47% $3.5M 40 $488 37

Sun Aug 26 #- $15.7K −19% −52% $3.5M 40 $393 38

Mon Aug 27 #- $6.6K −58% −55% $3.5M 40 $166 39

Tue Aug 28 #- $7.7K +16% −55% $3.5M 40 $192 40

Wed Aug 29 #- $6.5K −15% −56% $3.5M 40 $163 41

Thu Aug 30 #- $6.7K +3% −57% $3.5M 40 $168 42

Fri Aug 31 #- $11.6K +73% −9% $3.5M 28 $413 43

Sat Sep 1 #- $15.3K +32% −22% $3.5M 28 $546 44

Sun Sep 2 #- $17.6K +15% +12% $3.6M 28 $628 45

Mon Sep 3 #49 $17.3K −2% +160% $3.6M 28 $616 46

Tue Sep 4 #- $4.1K −76% −46% $3.6M 28 $148 47

Wed Sep 5 #- $4.3K +5% −33% $3.6M 28 $155 48

Thu Sep 6 #- $4.4K +1% −35% $3.6M 28 $157 49

Fri Sep 7 #- $7.2K +64% −38% $3.6M 33 $219 50

Sat Sep 8 #- $9.6K +33% −37% $3.6M 33 $290 51

Sun Sep 9 #- $6.8K −29% −61% $3.6M 33 $206 52

Mon Sep 10 #- $2.1K −69% −88% $3.6M 33 $65 53

Tue Sep 11 #- $3.4K +58% −19% $3.6M 33 $102 54

Wed Sep 12 #- $3.1K −7% −28% $3.6M 33 $95 55

Thu Sep 13 #- $3.7K +20% −15% $3.6M 33 $113 56

Fri Sep 14 #- $3.8K +1% −47% $3.6M 27 $140 57

Sat Sep 15 #- $4.6K +22% −52% $3.6M 27 $172 58

Sun Sep 16 #- $3.1K −33% −54% $3.6M 27 $116 59

Mon Sep 17 #- $1.6K −48% −24% $3.6M 27 $60 60

Tue Sep 18 #21 $1.8K +12% −46% $3.6M 27 $67 61

Wed Sep 19 #- $1.8K −1% −43% $3.6M 27 $66 62

Thu Sep 20 #- $2.3K +31% −38% $3.6M 27 $86 63

Fri Sep 21 #- $3.6K +56% −4% $3.6M 21 $174 64

Sat Sep 22 #- $4.2K +16% −9% $3.7M 21 $201 65

Sun Sep 23 #- $3.0K −29% −4% $3.7M 21 $142 66

Mon Sep 24 #- $1.4K −52% −12% $3.7M 21 $68 67

Tue Sep 25 #- $1.8K +23% −3% $3.7M 21 $84 68

Wed Sep 26 #- $1.6K −10% −12% $3.7M 21 $75 69

Thu Sep 27 #- $1.7K +9% −27% $3.7M 21 $82 70

Fri Sep 28 #- $1.4K −16% −61% $3.7M 12 $120 71

Sat Sep 29 #- $2.2K +51% −48% $3.7M 12 $181 72

Sun Sep 30 #- $1.2K −44% −59% $3.7M 12 $102 73

Mon Oct 1 #- $797 −35% −44% $3.7M 12 $66 74

Tue Oct 2 #- $1.1K +37% −38% $3.7M 12 $91 75

Wed Oct 3 #- $1.1K — −31% $3.7M 12 $91 76

Thu Oct 4 #- $809 −26% −53% $3.7M 12 $67 77

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

Cumulative total$3.7M

Jul 20Aug 6Aug 24Sep 10Sep 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $10.8K

$243.0K

$1.3M

$448.4K

$180.7K

$94.6K

$48.0K

$44.5K

$23.6K

$11.5K

$10.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 461 → 21 −95.4%

10 open21 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −6.0%

+419.8%

W1→2

−64.5%

W2→3

−59.7%

W3→4

−47.6%

W4→5

−49.3%

W5→6

−7.4%

W6→7

−47.0%

W7→8

−51.0%

W8→9

−6.0%

W9→10

Steepest −64.5%Biggest gain +419.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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