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Terminator SalvationFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

The end begins.

🍅 33% 53%

49

2.62

6.5

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$42.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$125.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$365.50M

$240.20M international

Domestic legs2.94x

Budget$200M

2009 rank#23

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Cast & crew

Full McG filmography

McG

Christian Bale

Christian Bale Starring

Sam Worthington

Sam Worthington Starring

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter Starring

Anton Yelchin

Anton Yelchin Starring

Common

Common Starring

ScreenplayJohn Brancato, Michael Ferris Produced byDerek Anderson, Moritz Borman, Victor Kubicek, Jeffrey Silver CinematographyShane Hurlbut MusicDanny Elfman StudioWarner Bros. SeriesTerminator

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 22-24 2 $42.6M — 3,530 $12,056 $55.9M

2 May 29-31 3 $16.4M −61.4% 3,602 $4,562 $90.9M

3 Jun 5-7 6 $8.2M −49.8% 3,304 $2,496 $105.6M

4 Jun 12-14 8 $4.8M −42.0% 2,650 $1,806 $113.9M

5 Jun 19-21 10 $3.3M −31.4% 1,920 $1,710 $119.7M

6 Jun 26-28 13 $1.1M −66.9% 1,102 $987 $121.9M

7 Jul 3-5 18 $296.4K −72.8% 311 $952 $122.7M

8 Jul 10-12 26 $241.7K −18.4% 221 $1,093 $123.1M

9 Jul 17-19 19 $421.0K +74.1% 195 $2,158 $123.8M

10 Jul 24-26 30 $174.2K −58.6% 148 $1,176 $124.1M

11 Jul 31-Aug 2 23 $301.1K +72.9% 324 $929 $124.5M

12 Aug 7-9 28 $184.4K −38.8% 288 $640 $124.9M

13 Aug 14-16 35 $109.8K −40.5% 203 $540 $125.1M

14 Aug 21-23 39 $68.5K −37.6% 136 $503 $125.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 21 #1 $13.4M — $13.4M 3,480 $3,842 1

Fri May 22 #2 $14.8M +11% $28.2M 3,530 $4,196 2

Sat May 23 #2 $14.5M −2% $42.7M 3,530 $4,116 3

Sun May 24 #2 $13.2M −9% $55.9M 3,530 $3,743 4

Mon May 25 #2 $9.4M −29% $65.3M 3,530 $2,658 5

Tue May 26 #1 $3.7M −61% $69.0M 3,530 $1,044 6

Wed May 27 #2 $2.9M −23% $71.9M 3,530 $808 7

Thu May 28 #2 $2.7M −7% −80% $74.5M 3,530 $752 8

Fri May 29 #4 $5.1M +91% −66% $79.6M 3,602 $1,406 9

Sat May 30 #3 $6.7M +31% −54% $86.2M 3,602 $1,846 10

Sun May 31 #3 $4.7M −29% −64% $90.9M 3,602 $1,308 11

Mon Jun 1 #3 $1.7M −64% −82% $92.7M 3,602 $473 12

Tue Jun 2 #3 $1.7M −1% −54% $94.3M 3,602 $467 13

Wed Jun 3 #3 $1.5M −8% −46% $95.9M 3,602 $428 14

Thu Jun 4 #3 $1.4M −7% −46% $97.3M 3,602 $398 15

Fri Jun 5 #5 $2.6M +82% −49% $99.9M 3,304 $788 16

Sat Jun 6 #6 $3.4M +29% −49% $103.3M 3,304 $1,021 17

Sun Jun 7 #6 $2.3M −33% −52% $105.6M 3,304 $685 18

Mon Jun 8 #5 $934.1K −59% −45% $106.5M 3,304 $282 19

Tue Jun 9 #6 $901.2K −4% −46% $107.4M 3,304 $272 20

Wed Jun 10 #6 $866.4K −4% −44% $108.3M 3,304 $262 21

Thu Jun 11 #6 $866.0K n/c −40% $109.1M 3,304 $262 22

Fri Jun 12 #8 $1.4M +65% −45% $110.6M 2,650 $538 23

Sat Jun 13 #8 $2.0M +41% −40% $112.6M 2,650 $761 24

Sun Jun 14 #8 $1.3M −33% −41% $113.9M 2,650 $506 25

Mon Jun 15 #8 $619.2K −54% −34% $114.5M 2,650 $233 26

Tue Jun 16 #8 $658.5K +6% −27% $115.2M 2,650 $248 27

Wed Jun 17 #8 $609.2K −7% −30% $115.8M 2,650 $229 28

Thu Jun 18 #8 $633.2K +4% −27% $116.4M 2,650 $238 29

Fri Jun 19 #10 $863.3K +36% −40% $117.3M 1,920 $449 30

Sat Jun 20 #10 $1.2M +40% −40% $118.5M 1,920 $628 31

Sun Jun 21 #9 $1.2M +1% −9% $119.7M 1,920 $632 32

Mon Jun 22 #10 $375.2K −69% −39% $120.1M 1,920 $195 33

Tue Jun 23 #10 $352.4K −6% −46% $120.5M 1,920 $183 34

Wed Jun 24 #11 $206.2K −42% −66% $120.7M 1,360 $151 35

Thu Jun 25 #12 $176.0K −15% −72% $120.8M 1,360 $129 36

Fri Jun 26 #12 $331.3K +88% −62% $121.2M 1,102 $300 37

Sat Jun 27 #13 $435.0K +31% −64% $121.6M 1,102 $394 38

Sun Jun 28 #13 $322.1K −26% −73% $121.9M 1,102 $292 39

Mon Jun 29 #13 $154.3K −52% −59% $122.1M 1,102 $140 40

Tue Jun 30 #13 $178.3K +16% −49% $122.3M 1,102 $161 41

Wed Jul 1 $56.6K −68% −73% $122.3M 401 $141 42

Thu Jul 2 $67.0K +18% −62% $122.4M 401 $167 43

Fri Jul 3 #16 $117.2K +75% −65% $122.5M 401 $292 44

Sat Jul 4 #16 $85.7K −27% −80% $122.6M 401 $213 45

Sun Jul 5 #16 $93.4K +9% −71% $122.7M 401 $233 46

Mon Jul 6 #14 $51.4K −45% −67% $122.7M 311 $165 47

Tue Jul 7 #18 $47.0K −8% −74% $122.8M 311 $151 48

Wed Jul 8 #18 $43.7K −7% −23% $122.8M 311 $140 49

Thu Jul 9 #17 $46.3K +6% −31% $122.9M 311 $148 50

Fri Jul 10 $76.1K +64% −35% $122.9M 221 $344 51

Sat Jul 11 $96.1K +26% +12% $123.0M 221 $434 52

Sun Jul 12 $69.6K −28% −26% $123.1M 221 $314 53

Mon Jul 13 $34.5K −50% −33% $123.1M 221 $156 54

Tue Jul 14 $34.6K n/c −26% $123.2M 221 $156 55

Wed Jul 15 #13 $104.2K +201% +139% $123.3M 221 $471 56

Thu Jul 16 $67.0K −36% +45% $123.3M 221 $302 57

Fri Jul 17 $148.1K +121% +95% $123.5M 195 $759 58

Sat Jul 18 $189.3K +28% +97% $123.7M 195 $970 59

Sun Jul 19 $83.5K −56% +20% $123.8M 195 $428 60

Mon Jul 20 $45.9K −45% +33% $123.8M 195 $235 61

Tue Jul 21 $40.4K −12% +17% $123.9M 195 $207 62

Wed Jul 22 $34.4K −15% −67% $123.9M 195 $176 63

Thu Jul 23 $36.4K +6% −46% $123.9M 195 $186 64

Fri Jul 24 $60.1K +65% −59% $124.0M 148 $406 65

Sat Jul 25 $74.2K +23% −61% $124.1M 148 $501 66

Sun Jul 26 $39.8K −46% −52% $124.1M 148 $268 67

Mon Jul 27 $19.7K −50% −57% $124.1M 148 $133 68

Tue Jul 28 $22.9K +16% −43% $124.1M 148 $154 69

Wed Jul 29 $19.9K −13% −42% $124.2M 148 $134 70

Thu Jul 30 $19.4K −2% −47% $124.2M 148 $131 71

Fri Jul 31 $86.6K +346% +44% $124.3M 324 $267 72

Sat Aug 1 $120.5K +39% +62% $124.4M 324 $372 73

Sun Aug 2 $93.9K −22% +136% $124.5M 324 $289 74

Mon Aug 3 $50.1K −47% +154% $124.5M 324 $154 75

Tue Aug 4 $52.6K +5% +130% $124.6M 324 $162 76

Wed Aug 5 $48.4K −8% +143% $124.6M 324 $149 77

Thu Aug 6 $50.3K +4% +159% $124.7M 324 $155 78

Fri Aug 7 $54.8K +9% −37% $124.7M 288 $190 79

Sat Aug 8 $71.0K +30% −41% $124.8M 288 $246 80

Sun Aug 9 $58.7K −17% −38% $124.9M 288 $203 81

Mon Aug 10 $27.0K −54% −46% $124.9M 288 $93 82

Tue Aug 11 $30.5K +13% −42% $124.9M 288 $105 83

Wed Aug 12 $28.8K −5% −40% $125.0M 288 $100 84

Thu Aug 13 $27.6K −4% −45% $125.0M 288 $95 85

Fri Aug 14 $32.0K +16% −42% $125.0M 203 $157 86

Sat Aug 15 $45.2K +41% −36% $125.1M 203 $222 87

Sun Aug 16 $32.6K −28% −44% $125.1M 203 $160 88

Mon Aug 17 $14.7K −55% −46% $125.1M 203 $72 89

Tue Aug 18 $16.2K +10% −47% $125.1M 203 $79 90

Wed Aug 19 $15.1K −7% −48% $125.1M 203 $74 91

Thu Aug 20 $15.5K +3% −44% $125.2M 203 $76 92

Fri Aug 21 $19.1K +23% −40% $125.2M 136 $140 93

Sat Aug 22 $29.2K +53% −35% $125.2M 136 $215 94

Sun Aug 23 $20.2K −31% −38% $125.2M 136 $148 95

Mon Aug 24 $7.1K −65% −52% $125.2M 136 $51 96

Tue Aug 25 $7.2K +2% −55% $125.2M 136 $53 97

Wed Aug 26 $7.0K −3% −53% $125.2M 136 $51 98

Thu Aug 27 $7.0K −1% −55% $125.3M 136 $51 99

Fri Aug 28 $9.2K +32% −52% $125.3M 81 $113 100

Sat Aug 29 $15.7K +70% −46% $125.3M 81 $193 101

Sun Aug 30 $10.3K −34% −49% $125.3M 81 $127 102

Mon Aug 31 $3.1K −70% −56% $125.3M 81 $38 103

Tue Sep 1 $3.4K +10% −53% $125.3M 81 $41 104

Wed Sep 2 $3.1K −9% −56% $125.3M 81 $38 105

Thu Sep 3 $3.3K +7% −52% $125.3M 81 $41 106

Fri Sep 4 $3.6K +9% −61% $125.3M 24 $151 107

Sat Sep 5 $6.7K +84% −58% $125.3M 24 $277 108

Sun Sep 6 $6.9K +3% −33% $125.3M 24 $286 109

Mon Sep 7 #64 $3.0K −56% −1% $125.3M 24 $126 110

Tue Sep 8 $852 −72% −75% $125.3M 24 $35 111

Wed Sep 9 $803 −6% −74% $125.3M 24 $33 112

Thu Sep 10 $811 +1% −76% $125.3M 24 $33 113

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

Cumulative total$124.2M

May 21Jun 7Jun 25Jul 12Jul 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $174.2K

$42.6M

$16.4M

$8.2M

$4.8M

$3.3M

$1.1M

$296.4K

$241.7K

$421.0K

$174.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,602 → 148 −95.9%

3,480 open148 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −58.6%

−61.4%

W1→2

−49.8%

W2→3

−42.0%

W3→4

−31.4%

W4→5

−66.9%

W5→6

−72.8%

W6→7

−18.4%

W7→8

+74.1%

W8→9

−58.6%

W9→10

Steepest −72.8%Biggest gain +74.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 17 days

$100M

Day 17

Jun 6

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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