Name: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Director: Scott Derrickson
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Released: 2008
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Dec 12	#1	$11.61M		—	$11.61M	3,560	$3.3K	1
Sat Dec 13	#1	$11.92M	+3%	—	$23.54M	3,560	$3.3K	2
Sun Dec 14	#1	$6.94M	-42%	—	$30.48M	3,560	$1.9K	3
Mon Dec 15	#1	$2.34M	-66%	—	$32.82M	3,560	$656	4
Tue Dec 16	#1	$2.08M	-11%	—	$34.90M	3,560	$583	5
Wed Dec 17	#1	$1.81M	-13%	—	$36.70M	3,560	$507	6
Thu Dec 18	#1	$1.78M	-2%	—	$38.48M	3,560	$498	7
Fri Dec 19	#4	$2.86M	+61%	-75%	$41.34M	3,560	$804	8
Sat Dec 20	#3	$4.01M	+40%	-66%	$45.35M	3,560	$1.1K	9
Sun Dec 21	#3	$3.02M	-25%	-57%	$48.37M	3,560	$847	10
Mon Dec 22	#4	$1.78M	-41%	-24%	$50.15M	3,560	$500	11
Tue Dec 23	#4	$1.70M	-5%	-18%	$51.85M	3,560	$477	12
Wed Dec 24	#5	$1.16M	-32%	-36%	$53.01M	3,560	$326	13
Thu Dec 25	#8	$2.77M	+138%	+56%	$55.78M	2,402	$1.2K	14
Fri Dec 26	#8	$2.79M	+1%	-3%	$58.57M	2,402	$1.2K	15
Sat Dec 27	#8	$2.87M	+3%	-28%	$61.44M	2,402	$1.2K	16
Sun Dec 28	#8	$2.04M	-29%	-32%	$63.48M	2,402	$850	17
Mon Dec 29	#8	$1.37M	-33%	-23%	$64.85M	2,402	$570	18
Tue Dec 30	#8	$1.32M	-4%	-22%	$66.17M	2,402	$550	19
Wed Dec 31		$1.11M	-16%	-4%	$67.29M	2,402	$463	20
Thu Jan 1		$2.09M	+88%	-25%	$69.37M	2,402	$869	21
Fri Jan 2	#8	$1.93M	-7%	-31%	$71.31M	2,337	$826	22
Sat Jan 3	#8	$1.99M	+3%	-31%	$73.30M	2,337	$851	23
Sun Jan 4	#9	$1.13M	-43%	-45%	$74.42M	2,337	$482	24
Mon Jan 5	#11	$372K	-67%	-73%	$74.80M	2,337	$159	25
Tue Jan 6	#10	$352K	-5%	-73%	$75.15M	2,337	$150	26
Wed Jan 7	#10	$328K	-7%	-71%	$75.48M	2,337	$140	27
Thu Jan 8	#10	$303K	-8%	-85%	$75.78M	2,337	$129	28
Fri Jan 9	#15	$480K	+59%	-75%	$76.26M	1,512	$317	29
Sat Jan 10	#15	$689K	+43%	-65%	$76.95M	1,512	$455	30
Sun Jan 11		$381K	-45%	-66%	$77.33M	1,512	$252	31
Mon Jan 12	#15	$130K	-66%	-65%	$77.46M	1,512	$86	32
Tue Jan 13		$127K	-3%	-64%	$77.59M	1,512	$83	33
Wed Jan 14		$120K	-5%	-63%	$77.71M	1,512	$79	34
Thu Jan 15		$125K	+4%	-59%	$77.83M	1,512	$82	35
Fri Jan 16		$121K	-3%	-75%	$77.95M	311	$387	36
Sat Jan 17		$206K	+71%	-70%	$78.16M	311	$662	37
Sun Jan 18		$132K	-36%	-65%	$78.29M	311	$425	38
Mon Jan 19	#28	$79K	-40%	-39%	$78.37M	311	$254	39
Tue Jan 20		$35K	-56%	-73%	$78.40M	311	$111	40
Wed Jan 21		$34K	-2%	-72%	$78.44M	311	$109	41
Thu Jan 22		$32K	-6%	-74%	$78.47M	311	$102	42
Fri Jan 23		$37K	+15%	-69%	$78.51M	185	$198	43
Sat Jan 24		$63K	+72%	-69%	$78.57M	185	$341	44
Sun Jan 25		$38K	-39%	-71%	$78.61M	185	$207	45
Mon Jan 26		$11K	-72%	-86%	$78.62M	185	$58	46
Tue Jan 27		$11K	+3%	-68%	$78.63M	185	$59	47
Wed Jan 28		$11K	-5%	-69%	$78.64M	185	$56	48
Thu Jan 29		$11K	+6%	-65%	$78.65M	185	$60	49
Fri Jan 30		$39K	+247%	+6%	$78.69M	201	$193	50
Sat Jan 31		$64K	+66%	+2%	$78.76M	201	$320	51
Sun Feb 1		$26K	-60%	-33%	$78.78M	201	$127	52
Mon Feb 2		$12K	-54%	+9%	$78.79M	201	$58	53
Tue Feb 3		$14K	+24%	+31%	$78.81M	201	$72	54
Wed Feb 4		$13K	-14%	+19%	$78.82M	201	$62	55
Thu Feb 5		$13K	+2%	+14%	$78.83M	201	$63	56
Fri Feb 6		$37K	+193%	-4%	$78.87M	196	$190	57
Sat Feb 7		$67K	+81%	+5%	$78.94M	196	$344	58
Sun Feb 8		$43K	-37%	+67%	$78.98M	196	$218	59
Mon Feb 9		$14K	-68%	+15%	$78.99M	196	$68	60
Tue Feb 10		$12K	-8%	-15%	$79.01M	196	$63	61
Wed Feb 11		$12K	-3%	-4%	$79.02M	196	$61	62
Thu Feb 12		$14K	+18%	+12%	$79.03M	196	$72	63
Fri Feb 13		$16K	+16%	-56%	$79.05M	98	$167	64
Sat Feb 14		$41K	+151%	-39%	$79.09M	98	$420	65
Sun Feb 15		$28K	-32%	-34%	$79.12M	98	$287	66
Mon Feb 16	#43	$18K	-36%	+33%	$79.14M	98	$182	67
Tue Feb 17		$8K	-55%	-34%	$79.14M	98	$82	68
Wed Feb 18		$8K	-2%	-34%	$79.15M	98	$80	69
Thu Feb 19		$9K	+8%	-40%	$79.16M	98	$87	70
Fri Feb 20		$14K	+64%	-15%	$79.17M	72	$194	71
Sat Feb 21		$24K	+73%	-41%	$79.20M	72	$337	72
Sun Feb 22		$16K	-33%	-42%	$79.22M	72	$227	73
Mon Feb 23		$5K	-69%	-71%	$79.22M	72	$71	74
Tue Feb 24		$6K	+16%	-27%	$79.23M	72	$82	75
Wed Feb 25		$6K	+5%	-21%	$79.23M	72	$86	76
Thu Feb 26		$7K	+6%	-23%	$79.24M	72	$91	77
Fri Feb 27		$13K	+92%	-9%	$79.25M	58	$219	78
Sat Feb 28		$21K	+68%	-12%	$79.27M	58	$368	79
Sun Mar 1		$13K	-37%	-18%	$79.29M	58	$231	80
Mon Mar 2		$5K	-62%	n/c	$79.29M	58	$88	81
Tue Mar 3		$5K	+7%	-8%	$79.30M	58	$94	82
Wed Mar 4		$5K	-3%	-15%	$79.30M	58	$92	83
Thu Mar 5		$6K	+9%	-12%	$79.31M	58	$100	84

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 12-14	1	$30.48M	—	$30.48M	3,560	$8.6K	1
Dec 19-21	4	$9.89M	-67.6%	$48.37M	3,560	$2.8K	2
Dec 26-28	8	$7.70M	-22.2%	$63.48M	2,402	$3.2K	3
Jan 2-4	8	$5.05M	-34.4%	$74.42M	2,337	$2.2K	4
Jan 9-11	15	$1.55M	-69.3%	$77.33M	1,512	$1.0K	5
Jan 16-18	28	$459K	-70.4%	$78.29M	311	$1.5K	6
Jan 23-25	36	$138K	-69.9%	$78.61M	185	$747	7
Jan 30-Feb 1	37	$129K	-6.8%	$78.78M	201	$640	8
Feb 6-8	39	$148K	+14.6%	$78.98M	196	$753	9

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byScott Derrickson

ScreenplayDavid Scarpa

Produced byErwin Stoff, Gregory Goodman, Paul Harris Boardman

CinematographyDavid Tattersall

MusicTyler Bates

StarringKeanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates, John Cleese

Studio20th Century Fox

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