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The CallFollow

2013 • R • 1h 36m • Crime, Thriller • TriStar Pictures

There are 188 million 911 calls a year. This one made it personal.

🍅 44% 65%

51

3.18

6.7

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$51.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$69.80M

$17.90M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$12.8M

2013 rank#69

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Cast & crew

Halle Berry

Halle Berry Starring

Abigail Breslin

Abigail Breslin Starring

Morris Chestnut

Morris Chestnut Starring

Michael Imperioli

Michael Imperioli Starring

ScreenplayRichard D'Ovidio Produced byMichael A. Helfant, Robert L. Stein, Bradley Gallo, Jeff Graup, Michael Luisi CinematographyThomas Yatsko Music byJohn Debney StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 15-17 2 $17.1M — 2,507 $6,828 $17.1M

2 Mar 22-24 4 $8.9M −48.0% 2,507 $3,550 $31.1M

3 Mar 29-31 7 $4.9M −44.7% 2,439 $2,020 $39.6M

4 Apr 5-7 9 $3.5M −28.9% 2,002 $1,748 $45.5M

5 Apr 12-14 12 $2.0M −44.2% 1,630 $1,198 $48.6M

6 Apr 19-21 15 $878.3K −55.0% 977 $899 $50.1M

7 Apr 26-28 21 $324.1K −63.1% 513 $632 $50.7M

8 May 3-5 28 $92.7K −71.4% 200 $464 $50.9M

9 May 10-12 30 $93.0K +0.3% 121 $768 $51.1M

10 May 17-19 21 $215.4K +131.6% 229 $940 $51.3M

11 May 24-26 24 $155.0K −28.0% 166 $934 $51.6M

12 May 31-Jun 2 23 $113.3K −26.9% 138 $821 $51.8M

13 Jun 7-9 33 $68.4K −39.6% 91 $752 $51.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 15 #2 $6.2M — $6.2M 2,507 $2,465 1

Sat Mar 16 #2 $6.8M +10.7% $13.0M 2,507 $2,730 2

Sun Mar 17 #2 $4.1M −40.2% $17.1M 2,507 $1,633 3

Mon Mar 18 #2 $1.3M −69.4% $18.4M 2,507 $500 4

Tue Mar 19 #2 $1.6M +24.3% $19.9M 2,507 $622 5

Wed Mar 20 #2 $1.2M −24.9% $21.1M 2,507 $467 6

Thu Mar 21 #2 $1.1M −5.9% $22.2M 2,507 $440 7

Fri Mar 22 #4 $2.7M +142.6% −56.7% $24.9M 2,507 $1,066 8

Sat Mar 23 #4 $3.9M +46.7% −42.7% $28.8M 2,507 $1,564 9

Sun Mar 24 #4 $2.3M −41.2% −43.7% $31.1M 2,507 $920 10

Mon Mar 25 #4 $826.7K −64.1% −34.1% $31.9M 2,507 $330 11

Tue Mar 26 #4 $1.0M +26.9% −32.7% $33.0M 2,507 $418 12

Wed Mar 27 #4 $794.2K −24.3% −32.2% $33.8M 2,507 $317 13

Thu Mar 28 #5 $905.2K +14.0% −17.8% $34.7M 2,507 $361 14

Fri Mar 29 #7 $1.7M +92.9% −34.7% $36.4M 2,439 $716 15

Sat Mar 30 #7 $1.9M +9.3% −51.3% $38.3M 2,439 $783 16

Sun Mar 31 #7 $1.3M −33.5% −44.9% $39.6M 2,439 $521 17

Mon Apr 1 #7 $654.0K −48.5% −20.9% $40.3M 2,439 $268 18

Tue Apr 2 #7 $653.9K −0.0% −37.7% $40.9M 2,439 $268 19

Wed Apr 3 #7 $528.6K −19.2% −33.4% $41.4M 2,439 $217 20

Thu Apr 4 #7 $538.7K +1.9% −40.5% $42.0M 2,439 $221 21

Fri Apr 5 #9 $1.1M +109.0% −35.5% $43.1M 2,002 $562 22

Sat Apr 6 #9 $1.5M +34.7% −20.6% $44.6M 2,002 $758 23

Sun Apr 7 #9 $857.7K −43.5% −32.5% $45.5M 2,002 $428 24

Mon Apr 8 #9 $246.8K −71.2% −62.3% $45.7M 2,002 $123 25

Tue Apr 9 #9 $345.5K +40.0% −47.2% $46.1M 2,002 $173 26

Wed Apr 10 #9 $267.9K −22.4% −49.3% $46.3M 2,002 $134 27

Thu Apr 11 #9 $280.5K +4.7% −47.9% $46.6M 2,002 $140 28

Fri Apr 12 #12 $568.6K +102.7% −49.5% $47.2M 1,630 $349 29

Sat Apr 13 #12 $894.0K +57.2% −41.1% $48.1M 1,630 $548 30

Sun Apr 14 #12 $489.5K −45.2% −42.9% $48.6M 1,630 $300 31

Mon Apr 15 #12 $144.0K −70.6% −41.7% $48.7M 1,630 $88 32

Tue Apr 16 #12 $197.4K +37.1% −42.8% $48.9M 1,630 $121 33

Wed Apr 17 #12 $148.8K −24.6% −44.5% $49.1M 1,630 $91 34

Thu Apr 18 #12 $157.7K +6.0% −43.8% $49.2M 1,630 $97 35

Fri Apr 19 — $255.6K +62.0% −55.1% $49.5M 977 $262 36

Sat Apr 20 — $400.4K +56.7% −55.2% $49.9M 977 $410 37

Sun Apr 21 — $222.3K −44.5% −54.6% $50.1M 977 $228 38

Mon Apr 22 — $69.5K −68.7% −51.7% $50.2M 977 $71 39

Tue Apr 23 — $90.9K +30.7% −54.0% $50.3M 977 $93 40

Wed Apr 24 — $76.0K −16.4% −48.9% $50.3M 977 $78 41

Thu Apr 25 — $66.8K −12.0% −57.6% $50.4M 977 $68 42

Fri Apr 26 — $98.4K +47.3% −61.5% $50.5M 513 $192 43

Sat Apr 27 — $143.4K +45.7% −64.2% $50.6M 513 $280 44

Sun Apr 28 — $82.2K −42.7% −63.0% $50.7M 513 $160 45

Fri May 3 — $28.5K — −71.1% $50.9M 200 $142 50

Sat May 4 — $42.0K +47.5% −70.7% $50.9M 200 $210 51

Sun May 5 — $22.2K −47.1% −72.9% $50.9M 200 $111 52

Fri May 10 — $28.9K — +1.4% $51.0M 121 $239 57

Sat May 11 — $43.3K +49.8% +2.9% $51.0M 121 $357 58

Sun May 12 — $20.9K −51.8% −6.2% $51.1M 121 $172 59

Fri May 17 — $50.4K — +74.7% $51.2M 229 $220 64

Sat May 18 — $81.5K +61.7% +88.5% $51.2M 229 $356 65

Sun May 19 — $83.4K +2.3% +299.8% $51.3M 229 $364 66

Fri May 24 — $42.4K — −15.9% $51.4M 166 $255 71

Sat May 25 — $56.8K +33.8% −30.4% $51.5M 166 $342 72

Sun May 26 — $55.8K −1.6% −33.1% $51.6M 166 $336 73

Mon May 27 — $38.4K −31.2% $51.6M 166 $232 74

Fri May 31 — $31.5K — −25.8% $51.7M 138 $228 78

Sat Jun 1 — $49.2K +56.4% −13.3% $51.7M 138 $357 79

Sun Jun 2 — $32.6K −33.7% −41.6% $51.8M 138 $236 80

Fri Jun 7 — $21.2K — −32.5% $51.8M 91 $233 85

Sat Jun 8 — $28.4K +33.5% −42.4% $51.9M 91 $312 86

Sun Jun 9 — $18.8K −33.7% −42.3% $51.9M 91 $207 87

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

Cumulative total$51.3M

Mar 15Mar 28Apr 11Apr 24May 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $215.4K

$17.1M

$8.9M

$4.9M

$3.5M

$2.0M

$878.3K

$324.1K

$92.7K

$93.0K

$215.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,507 → 229 −90.9%

2,507 open229 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +131.6%

−48.0%

W1→2

−44.7%

W2→3

−28.9%

W3→4

−44.2%

W4→5

−55.0%

W5→6

−63.1%

W6→7

−71.4%

W7→8

+0.3%

W8→9

+131.6%

W9→10

Steepest −71.4%Biggest gain +131.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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