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2011 • PG-13 • 1h 52m • Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

It arrives.

🍅 81% 75%

72

3.52

7.0

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$35.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$127.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$260.00M

$133.00M international

Domestic legs3.58x

Budget$50.0M

2011 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Full Abrams filmography

J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams Director

Joel Courtney

Joel Courtney Starring

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning Starring

Kyle Chandler

Kyle Chandler Starring

Noah Emmerich

Noah Emmerich Starring

ScreenplayJ.J. Abrams StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 10-12 1 $35.5M — 3,379 $10,491 $36.5M

2 Jun 17-19 2 $21.5M −39.4% 3,408 $6,300 $73.0M

3 Jun 24-26 4 $12.0M −44.0% 3,424 $3,512 $95.1M

4 Jul 1-3 5 $7.9M −34.1% 3,088 $2,565 $108.5M

5 Jul 8-10 7 $4.8M −38.9% 2,292 $2,110 $118.1M

6 Jul 15-17 9 $2.0M −59.3% 1,459 $1,350 $122.3M

7 Jul 22-24 14 $760.0K −61.4% 658 $1,155 $124.2M

8 Jul 29-31 22 $303.8K −60.0% 325 $934 $125.0M

9 Aug 5-7 33 $170.0K −44.0% 174 $977 $125.3M

10 Aug 12-14 37 $108.3K −36.3% 108 $1,002 $125.5M

11 Aug 26-28 23 $305.1K +181.8% 242 $1,260 $126.0M

12 Sep 2-4 35 $275.6K −9.7% 240 $1,148 $126.5M

13 Sep 9-11 39 $141.7K −48.6% 203 $697 $126.7M

14 Sep 16-18 40 $92.4K −34.8% 159 $581 $126.9M

15 Sep 23-25 44 $73.3K −20.6% 117 $626 $127.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 9 #6 $1.0M — $1.0M — — -2

Thu Jun 9 $1.0M — $1.0M — — -1

Fri Jun 10 #1 $12.1M +1,114% $13.1M 3,379 $3,593 1

Sat Jun 11 #1 $14.0M +15% $27.1M 3,379 $4,128 2

Sun Jun 12 #1 $9.4M −33% $36.5M 3,379 $2,769 3

Mon Jun 13 #1 $4.0M −58% $40.4M 3,379 $1,174 4

Tue Jun 14 #1 $4.3M +7% $44.7M 3,379 $1,261 5

Wed Jun 15 #1 $3.4M −21% $48.1M 3,379 $997 6

Thu Jun 16 #1 $3.5M +3% $51.5M 3,379 $1,029 7

Fri Jun 17 #3 $6.0M +72% −51% $57.5M 3,408 $1,759 8

Sat Jun 18 #2 $8.0M +33% −43% $65.5M 3,408 $2,348 9

Sun Jun 19 #2 $7.5M −7% −20% $73.0M 3,408 $2,192 10

Mon Jun 20 #2 $2.6M −66% −35% $75.6M 3,408 $751 11

Tue Jun 21 #3 $2.6M +3% −38% $78.2M 3,408 $771 12

Wed Jun 22 #3 $2.4M −8% −28% $80.6M 3,408 $712 13

Thu Jun 23 #3 $2.5M +2% −29% $83.1M 3,408 $723 14

Fri Jun 24 #4 $3.8M +56% −36% $86.9M 3,424 $1,123 15

Sat Jun 25 #4 $4.8M +25% −40% $91.8M 3,424 $1,407 16

Sun Jun 26 #4 $3.4M −30% −55% $95.1M 3,424 $981 17

Mon Jun 27 #4 $1.5M −55% −41% $96.6M 3,424 $443 18

Tue Jun 28 #6 $1.5M −1% −43% $98.1M 3,424 $438 19

Wed Jun 29 #6 $1.2M −21% −51% $99.3M 3,424 $348 20

Thu Jun 30 #6 $1.2M +2% −51% $100.5M 3,424 $355 21

Fri Jul 1 #6 $2.3M +90% −40% $102.9M 3,088 $747 22

Sat Jul 2 #5 $2.9M +24% −41% $105.7M 3,088 $924 23

Sun Jul 3 #5 $2.8M −3% −18% $108.5M 3,088 $893 24

Mon Jul 4 #5 $1.6M −42% +6% $110.1M 3,088 $519 25

Tue Jul 5 #6 $1.1M −31% −26% $111.2M 3,088 $358 26

Wed Jul 6 #7 $1.0M −8% −15% $112.2M 3,088 $330 27

Thu Jul 7 #7 $1.0M +2% −15% $113.2M 3,088 $335 28

Fri Jul 8 #7 $1.5M +49% −33% $114.8M 2,292 $674 29

Sat Jul 9 #7 $2.0M +32% −28% $116.8M 2,292 $891 30

Sun Jul 10 #7 $1.2M −39% −55% $118.1M 2,292 $545 31

Mon Jul 11 #8 $580.8K −54% −64% $118.7M 2,292 $253 32

Tue Jul 12 #8 $642.3K +11% −42% $119.3M 2,292 $280 33

Wed Jul 13 #8 $552.2K −14% −46% $119.8M 2,292 $240 34

Thu Jul 14 #8 $472.2K −14% −54% $120.3M 2,292 $206 35

Fri Jul 15 #9 $578.4K +22% −63% $120.9M 1,459 $396 36

Sat Jul 16 #9 $845.7K +46% −59% $121.7M 1,459 $579 37

Sun Jul 17 #9 $546.3K −35% −56% $122.3M 1,459 $374 38

Mon Jul 18 #9 $280.1K −49% −52% $122.6M 1,459 $191 39

Tue Jul 19 #10 $317.0K +13% −51% $122.9M 1,459 $217 40

Wed Jul 20 #10 $285.9K −10% −48% $123.2M 1,459 $195 41

Thu Jul 21 #11 $304.7K +7% −35% $123.5M 1,459 $208 42

Fri Jul 22 $237.1K −22% −59% $123.7M 658 $360 43

Sat Jul 23 $317.6K +34% −62% $124.0M 658 $482 44

Sun Jul 24 $205.3K −35% −62% $124.2M 658 $311 45

Mon Jul 25 $111.3K −46% −60% $124.3M 658 $169 46

Tue Jul 26 $113.3K +2% −64% $124.5M 658 $172 47

Wed Jul 27 $104.6K −8% −63% $124.6M 658 $158 48

Thu Jul 28 $105.7K +1% −65% $124.7M 658 $160 49

Fri Jul 29 $90.8K −14% −62% $124.8M 325 $279 50

Sat Jul 30 $124.5K +37% −61% $124.9M 325 $382 51

Sun Jul 31 $88.6K −29% −57% $125.0M 325 $272 52

Mon Aug 1 $43.8K −51% −61% $125.0M 325 $134 53

Tue Aug 2 $46.8K +7% −59% $125.1M 325 $143 54

Wed Aug 3 $42.0K −10% −60% $125.1M 325 $129 55

Thu Aug 4 $40.4K −4% −62% $125.1M 325 $124 56

Fri Aug 5 $53.2K +32% −41% $125.2M 174 $305 57

Sat Aug 6 $68.8K +29% −45% $125.3M 174 $395 58

Sun Aug 7 $48.0K −30% −46% $125.3M 174 $276 59

Mon Aug 8 $24.2K −50% −45% $125.3M 174 $139 60

Tue Aug 9 $26.9K +11% −43% $125.4M 174 $154 61

Wed Aug 10 $22.8K −15% −46% $125.4M 174 $131 62

Thu Aug 11 $21.1K −8% −48% $125.4M 174 $121 63

Fri Aug 12 $30.4K +44% −43% $125.4M 108 $281 64

Sat Aug 13 $44.0K +45% −36% $125.5M 108 $407 65

Sun Aug 14 $33.9K −23% −29% $125.5M 108 $313 66

Mon Aug 15 $17.1K −49% −29% $125.5M 108 $158 67

Tue Aug 16 $19.0K +11% −29% $125.6M 108 $175 68

Wed Aug 17 $17.2K −9% −25% $125.6M 108 $159 69

Thu Aug 18 $16.4K −4% −22% $125.6M 108 $152 70

Fri Aug 19 $30.8K +88% +2% $125.6M 86 $358 71

Sat Aug 20 $42.4K +38% −4% $125.7M 86 $493 72

Sun Aug 21 $28.6K −33% −16% $125.7M 86 $332 73

Mon Aug 22 $12.2K −57% −29% $125.7M 86 $142 74

Tue Aug 23 $14.5K +19% −23% $125.7M 86 $168 75

Wed Aug 24 $13.6K −6% −21% $125.7M 86 $158 76

Thu Aug 25 $12.1K −12% −27% $125.7M 86 $140 77

Fri Aug 26 $86.3K +615% +180% $125.8M 242 $356 78

Sat Aug 27 $131.2K +52% +209% $126.0M 242 $542 79

Sun Aug 28 $87.5K −33% +206% $126.0M 242 $361 80

Mon Aug 29 $31.4K −64% +157% $126.1M 242 $129 81

Tue Aug 30 $36.0K +14% +148% $126.1M 242 $148 82

Wed Aug 31 $30.6K −15% +124% $126.1M 242 $126 83

Thu Sep 1 $29.1K −5% +141% $126.2M 242 $120 84

Fri Sep 2 $69.9K +140% −19% $126.2M 240 $291 85

Sat Sep 3 $103.7K +48% −21% $126.3M 240 $432 86

Sun Sep 4 $101.9K −2% +16% $126.5M 240 $424 87

Mon Sep 5 #35 $77.6K −24% +147% $126.5M 240 $323 88

Tue Sep 6 $20.3K −74% −44% $126.5M 240 $84 89

Wed Sep 7 $19.9K −2% −35% $126.6M 240 $83 90

Thu Sep 8 $17.3K −13% −40% $126.6M 240 $72 91

Fri Sep 9 $40.3K +133% −42% $126.6M 203 $198 92

Sat Sep 10 $64.4K +60% −38% $126.7M 203 $317 93

Sun Sep 11 $37.0K −43% −64% $126.7M 203 $182 94

Mon Sep 12 $11.5K −69% −85% $126.7M 203 $56 95

Tue Sep 13 $12.8K +11% −37% $126.8M 203 $63 96

Wed Sep 14 $11.8K −8% −41% $126.8M 203 $57 97

Thu Sep 15 $12.6K +7% −27% $126.8M 203 $62 98

Fri Sep 16 $27.4K +117% −32% $126.8M 159 $172 99

Sat Sep 17 $39.8K +45% −38% $126.8M 159 $250 100

Sun Sep 18 $25.2K −37% −32% $126.9M 159 $158 101

Mon Sep 19 $7.4K −71% −36% $126.9M 159 $46 102

Tue Sep 20 $8.5K +15% −34% $126.9M 159 $53 103

Wed Sep 21 $7.5K −11% −36% $126.9M 159 $47 104

Thu Sep 22 $8.7K +16% −31% $126.9M 159 $54 105

Fri Sep 23 $20.4K +135% −26% $126.9M 117 $174 106

Sat Sep 24 $35.8K +75% −10% $127.0M 117 $305 107

Sun Sep 25 $17.2K −52% −32% $127.0M 117 $146 108

Mon Sep 26 $6.3K −63% −14% $127.0M 117 $54 109

Tue Sep 27 $7.2K +13% −15% $127.0M 117 $61 110

Wed Sep 28 $6.9K −4% −8% $127.0M 117 $58 111

Thu Sep 29 $8.6K +25% −1% $127.0M 117 $73 112

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

Cumulative total$125.6M

Jun 9Jun 26Jul 14Jul 31Aug 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $108.3K

$35.5M

$21.5M

$12.0M

$7.9M

$4.8M

$2.0M

$760.0K

$303.8K

$170.0K

$108.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,424 → 108 −96.8%

3,379 open108 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.3%

−39.4%

W1→2

−44.0%

W2→3

−34.1%

W3→4

−38.9%

W4→5

−59.3%

W5→6

−61.4%

W6→7

−60.0%

W7→8

−44.0%

W8→9

−36.3%

W9→10

Steepest −61.4%Best hold −34.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 21 days

$100M

Day 21

Jun 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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