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The Day the Earth Stood StillFollow

2008 • PG-13 • 1h 44m • Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

We thought the Earth was ours. We were wrong.

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40

2.34

5.5

CS C-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$79.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$233.00M

$154.00M international

Domestic legs2.60x

Budget$80.0M

2008 rank#41

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Cast & crew

Full Derrickson filmography

Scott Derrickson

Scott Derrickson Director

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves Starring

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly Starring

Jaden Smith

Jaden Smith Starring

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm Starring

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates Starring

ScreenplayDavid Scarpa Produced byErwin Stoff, Gregory Goodman, Paul Harris Boardman CinematographyDavid Tattersall MusicTyler Bates Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 12-14 1 $30.5M — 3,560 $8,561 $30.5M

2 Dec 19-21 4 $9.9M −67.6% 3,560 $2,778 $48.4M

3 Dec 26-28 8 $7.7M −22.2% 2,402 $3,204 $63.5M

4 Jan 2-4 8 $5.0M −34.4% 2,337 $2,160 $74.4M

5 Jan 9-11 15 $1.6M −69.3% 1,512 $1,025 $77.3M

6 Jan 16-18 28 $458.6K −70.4% 311 $1,474 $78.3M

7 Jan 23-25 36 $138.2K −69.9% 185 $747 $78.6M

8 Jan 30-Feb 1 37 $128.8K −6.8% 201 $640 $78.8M

9 Feb 6-8 39 $147.6K +14.6% 196 $753 $79.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 12 #1 $11.6M — $11.6M 3,560 $3,262 1

Sat Dec 13 #1 $11.9M +3% $23.5M 3,560 $3,348 2

Sun Dec 14 #1 $6.9M −42% $30.5M 3,560 $1,950 3

Mon Dec 15 #1 $2.3M −66% $32.8M 3,560 $656 4

Tue Dec 16 #1 $2.1M −11% $34.9M 3,560 $583 5

Wed Dec 17 #1 $1.8M −13% $36.7M 3,560 $507 6

Thu Dec 18 #1 $1.8M −2% $38.5M 3,560 $498 7

Fri Dec 19 #4 $2.9M +61% −75% $41.3M 3,560 $804 8

Sat Dec 20 #3 $4.0M +40% −66% $45.3M 3,560 $1,125 9

Sun Dec 21 #3 $3.0M −25% −57% $48.4M 3,560 $847 10

Mon Dec 22 #4 $1.8M −41% −24% $50.1M 3,560 $500 11

Tue Dec 23 #4 $1.7M −5% −18% $51.9M 3,560 $477 12

Wed Dec 24 #5 $1.2M −32% −36% $53.0M 3,560 $326 13

Thu Dec 25 #8 $2.8M +138% +56% $55.8M 2,402 $1,152 14

Fri Dec 26 #8 $2.8M +1% −3% $58.6M 2,402 $1,160 15

Sat Dec 27 #8 $2.9M +3% −28% $61.4M 2,402 $1,194 16

Sun Dec 28 #8 $2.0M −29% −32% $63.5M 2,402 $850 17

Mon Dec 29 #8 $1.4M −33% −23% $64.9M 2,402 $570 18

Tue Dec 30 #8 $1.3M −4% −22% $66.2M 2,402 $550 19

Wed Dec 31 $1.1M −16% −4% $67.3M 2,402 $463 20

Thu Jan 1 $2.1M +88% −25% $69.4M 2,402 $869 21

Fri Jan 2 #8 $1.9M −7% −31% $71.3M 2,337 $826 22

Sat Jan 3 #8 $2.0M +3% −31% $73.3M 2,337 $851 23

Sun Jan 4 #9 $1.1M −43% −45% $74.4M 2,337 $482 24

Mon Jan 5 #11 $372.2K −67% −73% $74.8M 2,337 $159 25

Tue Jan 6 #10 $352.3K −5% −73% $75.1M 2,337 $150 26

Wed Jan 7 #10 $327.8K −7% −71% $75.5M 2,337 $140 27

Thu Jan 8 #10 $303.1K −8% −85% $75.8M 2,337 $129 28

Fri Jan 9 #15 $480.5K +59% −75% $76.3M 1,512 $317 29

Sat Jan 10 #15 $689.0K +43% −65% $76.9M 1,512 $455 30

Sun Jan 11 $381.1K −45% −66% $77.3M 1,512 $252 31

Mon Jan 12 #15 $130.4K −66% −65% $77.5M 1,512 $86 32

Tue Jan 13 $126.8K −3% −64% $77.6M 1,512 $83 33

Wed Jan 14 $120.3K −5% −63% $77.7M 1,512 $79 34

Thu Jan 15 $124.6K +4% −59% $77.8M 1,512 $82 35

Fri Jan 16 $120.5K −3% −75% $78.0M 311 $387 36

Sat Jan 17 $205.9K +71% −70% $78.2M 311 $662 37

Sun Jan 18 $132.2K −36% −65% $78.3M 311 $425 38

Mon Jan 19 #28 $79.3K −40% −39% $78.4M 311 $254 39

Tue Jan 20 $34.7K −56% −73% $78.4M 311 $111 40

Wed Jan 21 $34.0K −2% −72% $78.4M 311 $109 41

Thu Jan 22 $31.9K −6% −74% $78.5M 311 $102 42

Fri Jan 23 $36.8K +15% −69% $78.5M 185 $198 43

Sat Jan 24 $63.1K +72% −69% $78.6M 185 $341 44

Sun Jan 25 $38.4K −39% −71% $78.6M 185 $207 45

Mon Jan 26 $10.8K −72% −86% $78.6M 185 $58 46

Tue Jan 27 $11.1K +3% −68% $78.6M 185 $59 47

Wed Jan 28 $10.5K −5% −69% $78.6M 185 $56 48

Thu Jan 29 $11.2K +6% −65% $78.7M 185 $60 49

Fri Jan 30 $38.8K +247% +6% $78.7M 201 $193 50

Sat Jan 31 $64.4K +66% +2% $78.8M 201 $320 51

Sun Feb 1 $25.6K −60% −33% $78.8M 201 $127 52

Mon Feb 2 $11.7K −54% +9% $78.8M 201 $58 53

Tue Feb 3 $14.5K +24% +31% $78.8M 201 $72 54

Wed Feb 4 $12.5K −14% +19% $78.8M 201 $62 55

Thu Feb 5 $12.7K +2% +14% $78.8M 201 $63 56

Fri Feb 6 $37.3K +193% −4% $78.9M 196 $190 57

Sat Feb 7 $67.5K +81% +5% $78.9M 196 $344 58

Sun Feb 8 $42.8K −37% +67% $79.0M 196 $218 59

Mon Feb 9 $13.5K −68% +15% $79.0M 196 $68 60

Tue Feb 10 $12.4K −8% −15% $79.0M 196 $63 61

Wed Feb 11 $12.0K −3% −4% $79.0M 196 $61 62

Thu Feb 12 $14.2K +18% +12% $79.0M 196 $72 63

Fri Feb 13 $16.4K +16% −56% $79.0M 98 $167 64

Sat Feb 14 $41.2K +151% −39% $79.1M 98 $420 65

Sun Feb 15 $28.1K −32% −34% $79.1M 98 $287 66

Mon Feb 16 #43 $17.9K −36% +33% $79.1M 98 $182 67

Tue Feb 17 $8.1K −55% −34% $79.1M 98 $82 68

Wed Feb 18 $7.9K −2% −34% $79.2M 98 $80 69

Thu Feb 19 $8.5K +8% −40% $79.2M 98 $87 70

Fri Feb 20 $14.0K +64% −15% $79.2M 72 $194 71

Sat Feb 21 $24.3K +73% −41% $79.2M 72 $337 72

Sun Feb 22 $16.4K −33% −42% $79.2M 72 $227 73

Mon Feb 23 $5.1K −69% −71% $79.2M 72 $71 74

Tue Feb 24 $5.9K +16% −27% $79.2M 72 $82 75

Wed Feb 25 $6.3K +5% −21% $79.2M 72 $86 76

Thu Feb 26 $6.6K +6% −23% $79.2M 72 $91 77

Fri Feb 27 $12.7K +92% −9% $79.3M 58 $219 78

Sat Feb 28 $21.3K +68% −12% $79.3M 58 $368 79

Sun Mar 1 $13.4K −37% −18% $79.3M 58 $231 80

Mon Mar 2 $5.1K −62% n/c $79.3M 58 $88 81

Tue Mar 3 $5.5K +7% −8% $79.3M 58 $94 82

Wed Mar 4 $5.4K −3% −15% $79.3M 58 $92 83

Thu Mar 5 $5.8K +9% −12% $79.3M 58 $100 84

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

Cumulative total$79.2M

Dec 12Dec 29Jan 16Feb 2Feb 19

Weekend grossWk 9 · $147.6K

$30.5M

$9.9M

$7.7M

$5.0M

$1.6M

$458.6K

$138.2K

$128.8K

$147.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,560 → 98 −97.2%

3,560 open98 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · +14.6%

−67.6%

W1→2

−22.2%

W2→3

−34.4%

W3→4

−69.3%

W4→5

−70.4%

W5→6

−69.9%

W6→7

−6.8%

W7→8

+14.6%

W8→9

Steepest −70.4%Biggest gain +14.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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