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2006 • PG-13 • 2h 34m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

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72

2.68

6.1

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$52.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$200.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$391.10M

$191.00M international

Domestic legs3.81x

Budget$270M

2006 rank#6

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Cast & crew

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Bryan Singer

Bryan Singer Director

Kate Bosworth

Kate Bosworth Starring

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Starring

James Marsden

James Marsden Starring

Parker Posey

Parker Posey Starring

Frank Langella

Frank Langella Starring

ScreenplayDan Harris, Michael Dougherty Produced byJon Peters, Bryan Singer, Gilbert Adler CinematographyNewton Thomas Sigel MusicJohn Ottman StudioWarner Bros. SeriesSuperman

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 30-Jul 2 1 $52.5M — 4,065 $12,923 $84.6M

2 Jul 7-9 2 $21.8M −58.5% 4,065 $5,366 $141.6M

3 Jul 14-16 4 $12.3M −43.7% 3,765 $3,263 $164.3M

4 Jul 21-23 8 $7.4M −40.0% 2,826 $2,609 $178.3M

5 Jul 28-30 12 $3.8M −48.6% 2,005 $1,889 $185.8M

6 Aug 4-6 14 $2.2M −43.0% 1,710 $1,262 $190.2M

7 Aug 11-13 18 $1.2M −42.4% 750 $1,656 $192.6M

8 Aug 18-20 21 $848.3K −31.7% 383 $2,214 $194.2M

9 Aug 25-27 21 $780.4K −8.0% 311 $2,509 $195.4M

10 Sep 1-3 18 $874.1K +12.0% 281 $3,110 $196.6M

11 Sep 8-10 23 $453.3K −48.1% 241 $1,880 $197.4M

12 Sep 15-17 24 $386.4K −14.7% 144 $2,683 $198.0M

13 Sep 22-24 28 $301.4K −22.0% 124 $2,430 $198.4M

14 Sep 29-Oct 1 22 $403.4K +33.8% 410 $983 $198.9M

15 Oct 6-8 24 $296.5K −26.5% 388 $764 $199.4M

16 Oct 13-15 26 $216.4K −27.0% 348 $621 $199.7M

17 Oct 20-22 34 $173.3K −19.9% 303 $571 $200.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jun 28 #1 $21.0M — $21.0M 3,915 $5,373 1

Thu Jun 29 #1 $11.0M −48% $32.1M 3,915 $2,815 2

Fri Jun 30 #1 $16.3M +48% $48.4M 4,065 $4,014 3

Sat Jul 1 #1 $18.4M +13% $66.8M 4,065 $4,531 4

Sun Jul 2 #1 $17.8M −3% $84.6M 4,065 $4,378 5

Mon Jul 3 #1 $13.0M −27% $97.6M 4,065 $3,195 6

Tue Jul 4 #1 $10.5M −19% $108.1M 4,065 $2,585 7

Wed Jul 5 #1 $6.4M −39% −69% $114.5M 4,065 $1,580 8

Thu Jul 6 #1 $5.3M −17% −52% $119.8M 4,065 $1,306 9

Fri Jul 7 #2 $7.0M +31% −57% $126.8M 4,065 $1,711 10

Sat Jul 8 #2 $8.5M +22% −54% $135.3M 4,065 $2,092 11

Sun Jul 9 #2 $6.3M −25% −64% $141.6M 4,065 $1,561 12

Mon Jul 10 #2 $2.7M −58% −80% $144.3M 4,065 $653 13

Tue Jul 11 #2 $2.6M −1% −75% $146.9M 4,065 $646 14

Wed Jul 12 #2 $2.7M +1% −59% $149.6M 4,065 $652 15

Thu Jul 13 #3 $2.4M −8% −54% $152.0M 4,065 $602 16

Fri Jul 14 #4 $3.4M +38% −52% $155.4M 3,765 $895 17

Sat Jul 15 #4 $5.0M +47% −42% $160.3M 3,765 $1,314 18

Sun Jul 16 #4 $4.0M −20% −38% $164.3M 3,765 $1,053 19

Mon Jul 17 #4 $1.7M −57% −36% $166.0M 3,765 $451 20

Tue Jul 18 #5 $1.7M +1% −34% $167.7M 3,765 $458 21

Wed Jul 19 #5 $1.6M −9% −41% $169.3M 3,765 $416 22

Thu Jul 20 #4 $1.7M +6% −32% $171.0M 3,765 $440 23

Fri Jul 21 #9 $2.0M +18% −42% $172.9M 2,826 $694 24

Sat Jul 22 #8 $3.1M +57% −38% $176.0M 2,826 $1,087 25

Sun Jul 23 #8 $2.3M −24% −41% $178.3M 2,826 $828 26

Mon Jul 24 #9 $955.1K −59% −44% $179.3M 2,826 $337 27

Tue Jul 25 #9 $948.2K −1% −45% $180.2M 2,826 $335 28

Wed Jul 26 #9 $872.2K −8% −44% $181.1M 2,826 $308 29

Thu Jul 27 #9 $888.3K +2% −46% $182.0M 2,826 $314 30

Fri Jul 28 #12 $1.0M +16% −47% $183.0M 2,005 $514 31

Sat Jul 29 #11 $1.6M +51% −49% $184.6M 2,005 $775 32

Sun Jul 30 #12 $1.2M −23% −49% $185.8M 2,005 $599 33

Mon Jul 31 #12 $558.2K −54% −42% $186.4M 2,005 $278 34

Tue Aug 1 #12 $568.5K +2% −40% $186.9M 2,005 $283 35

Wed Aug 2 #12 $554.2K −3% −36% $187.5M 2,005 $276 36

Thu Aug 3 #11 $542.8K −2% −39% $188.0M 2,005 $270 37

Fri Aug 4 #14 $617.7K +14% −40% $188.6M 1,710 $361 38

Sat Aug 5 #14 $882.7K +43% −43% $189.5M 1,710 $516 39

Sun Aug 6 #14 $657.8K −25% −45% $190.2M 1,710 $384 40

Mon Aug 7 #13 $347.4K −47% −38% $190.5M 1,710 $203 41

Tue Aug 8 $303.2K −13% −47% $190.8M 1,710 $177 42

Wed Aug 9 $261.2K −14% −53% $191.1M 1,474 $177 43

Thu Aug 10 $263.3K +1% −51% $191.4M 1,474 $178 44

Fri Aug 11 $348.7K +32% −44% $191.7M 750 $464 45

Sat Aug 12 $524.5K +50% −41% $192.2M 750 $699 46

Sun Aug 13 $369.3K −30% −44% $192.6M 750 $492 47

Mon Aug 14 $183.3K −50% −47% $192.8M 750 $244 48

Tue Aug 15 $184.3K +1% −39% $193.0M 750 $245 49

Wed Aug 16 $177.4K −4% −32% $193.1M 750 $236 50

Thu Aug 17 $178.3K n/c −32% $193.3M 750 $237 51

Fri Aug 18 $221.4K +24% −37% $193.5M 383 $577 52

Sat Aug 19 $376.1K +70% −28% $193.9M 383 $981 53

Sun Aug 20 $250.8K −33% −32% $194.2M 383 $654 54

Mon Aug 21 $112.3K −55% −39% $194.3M 383 $293 55

Tue Aug 22 $108.2K −4% −41% $194.4M 383 $282 56

Wed Aug 23 $107.3K −1% −39% $194.5M 383 $280 57

Thu Aug 24 $114.3K +6% −36% $194.6M 383 $298 58

Fri Aug 25 $205.9K +80% −7% $194.8M 311 $661 59

Sat Aug 26 $339.9K +65% −10% $195.2M 311 $1,093 60

Sun Aug 27 $234.6K −31% −6% $195.4M 311 $754 61

Mon Aug 28 $88.4K −62% −21% $195.5M 311 $284 62

Tue Aug 29 $83.2K −6% −23% $195.6M 311 $267 63

Wed Aug 30 $72.1K −13% −33% $195.6M 311 $231 64

Thu Aug 31 $70.0K −3% −39% $195.7M 311 $224 65

Fri Sep 1 $176.0K +152% −15% $195.9M 281 $626 66

Sat Sep 2 $346.6K +97% +2% $196.2M 281 $1,233 67

Sun Sep 3 $351.6K +1% +50% $196.6M 281 $1,251 68

Mon Sep 4 #19 $241.1K −31% +173% $196.8M 281 $857 69

Tue Sep 5 $58.3K −76% −30% $196.9M 281 $207 70

Wed Sep 6 $52.5K −10% −27% $196.9M 281 $186 71

Thu Sep 7 #13 $49.4K −6% −29% $197.0M 281 $175 72

Fri Sep 8 $108.8K +120% −38% $197.1M 241 $451 73

Sat Sep 9 $214.9K +98% −38% $197.3M 241 $891 74

Sun Sep 10 $129.6K −40% −63% $197.4M 241 $537 75

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

Cumulative total$196.9M

Jun 28Jul 15Aug 2Aug 19Sep 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $874.1K

$52.5M

$21.8M

$12.3M

$7.4M

$3.8M

$2.2M

$1.2M

$848.3K

$780.4K

$874.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,065 → 281 −93.1%

3,915 open281 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +12.0%

−58.5%

W1→2

−43.7%

W2→3

−40.0%

W3→4

−48.6%

W4→5

−43.0%

W5→6

−42.4%

W6→7

−31.7%

W7→8

−8.0%

W8→9

+12.0%

W9→10

Steepest −58.5%Biggest gain +12.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 7 days

$100M

Day 7

Jul 4

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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