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2014 • R • 2h 12m • Action, Crime, Thriller • Sony Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$34.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$101.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$192.90M

$91.40M international

Domestic legs2.97x

Budget$55.0M

2014 rank#30

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Cast & crew

Full Fuqua filmography

Antoine Fuqua

Antoine Fuqua Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Marton Csokas

Marton Csokas Starring

Chloë Grace Moretz

Chloë Grace Moretz Starring

David Harbour

David Harbour Starring

ScreenplayRichard Wenk Produced byTodd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Denzel Washington, Alex Siskin, Steve Tisch, Mace Neufeld, Tony Eldridge CinematographyMauro Fiore MusicHarry Gregson-Williams StudioSony Pictures SeriesThe Equalizer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 26-28 1 $34.1M — 3,236 $10,549 $34.1M

2 Oct 3-5 3 $18.8M −45.1% 3,236 $5,794 $64.2M

3 Oct 10-12 6 $9.7M −48.2% 3,117 $3,113 $79.9M

4 Oct 17-19 9 $5.4M −44.5% 2,262 $2,379 $89.1M

5 Oct 24-26 12 $2.8M −48.4% 1,636 $1,696 $93.8M

6 Oct 31-33 16 $1.8M −35.8% 1,108 $1,608 $96.4M

7 Nov 7-9 16 $915.2K −48.6% 616 $1,486 $98.0M

8 Nov 14-16 21 $463.7K −49.3% 375 $1,236 $98.9M

9 Nov 21-23 23 $279.2K −39.8% 269 $1,038 $99.3M

10 Nov 28-30 15 $482.6K +72.9% 436 $1,107 $100.0M

11 Dec 5-7 21 $307.1K −36.4% 357 $860 $100.5M

12 Dec 12-14 23 $194.6K −36.6% 262 $743 $100.8M

13 Dec 19-21 32 $73.4K −62.3% 111 $661 $100.9M

14 Jan 2-4 35 $119.1K +62.3% 148 $805 $101.4M

15 Jan 9-11 41 $51.2K −57.0% 116 $441 $101.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Sep 25 #P $1.5M — $1.5M 2,693 $557 -1

Fri Sep 26 #1 $12.5M +733.0% $12.5M 3,236 $3,861 1

Sat Sep 27 #1 $13.5M +8.0% $26.0M 3,236 $4,169 2

Sun Sep 28 #1 $8.2M −39.6% $34.1M 3,236 $2,519 3

Mon Sep 29 #1 $3.0M −63.6% $37.1M 3,236 $918 4

Tue Sep 30 #1 $3.6M +22.3% $40.7M 3,236 $1,122 5

Wed Oct 1 #1 $2.6M −29.3% $43.3M 3,236 $793 6

Thu Oct 2 #1 $2.2M −15.1% $45.5M 3,236 $673 7

Fri Oct 3 #3 $5.6M +156.5% −55.3% $51.1M 3,236 $1,727 8

Sat Oct 4 #3 $8.4M +51.1% −37.4% $59.5M 3,236 $2,610 9

Sun Oct 5 #3 $4.7M −44.2% −42.2% $64.2M 3,236 $1,457 10

Mon Oct 6 #3 $1.5M −68.8% −50.4% $65.7M 3,236 $455 11

Tue Oct 7 #3 $1.8M +24.7% −49.4% $67.5M 3,236 $567 12

Wed Oct 8 #3 $1.4M −25.1% −46.4% $68.9M 3,236 $425 13

Thu Oct 9 #3 $1.2M −9.9% −43.1% $70.2M 3,236 $383 14

Fri Oct 10 #7 $2.8M +125.7% −50.0% $73.0M 3,117 $897 15

Sat Oct 11 #6 $4.3M +52.4% −49.6% $77.2M 3,117 $1,367 16

Sun Oct 12 #6 $2.6M −37.9% −43.9% $79.9M 3,117 $849 17

Mon Oct 13 #6 $1.4M −46.2% −3.3% $81.3M 3,117 $457 18

Tue Oct 14 #6 $970.5K −31.8% −47.1% $82.3M 3,117 $311 19

Wed Oct 15 #6 $784.0K −19.2% −43.0% $83.0M 3,117 $252 20

Thu Oct 16 #6 $676.5K −13.7% −45.4% $83.7M 3,117 $217 21

Fri Oct 17 #9 $1.6M +131.8% −43.9% $85.3M 2,262 $693 22

Sat Oct 18 #9 $2.5M +57.3% −42.1% $87.8M 2,262 $1,091 23

Sun Oct 19 #9 $1.3M −45.4% −49.1% $89.1M 2,262 $596 24

Mon Oct 20 #9 $472.0K −65.0% −66.8% $89.6M 2,262 $209 25

Tue Oct 21 #9 $560.6K +18.8% −42.2% $90.1M 2,262 $248 26

Wed Oct 22 #9 $450.0K −19.7% −42.6% $90.6M 2,262 $199 27

Thu Oct 23 #9 $391.3K −13.0% −42.2% $91.0M 2,262 $173 28

Fri Oct 24 #12 $795.7K +103.3% −49.3% $91.8M 1,636 $486 29

Sat Oct 25 #12 $1.3M +60.7% −48.2% $93.0M 1,636 $782 30

Sun Oct 26 #12 $700.2K −45.2% −48.0% $93.8M 1,636 $428 31

Mon Oct 27 #12 $227.4K −67.5% −51.8% $94.0M 1,636 $139 32

Tue Oct 28 #12 $272.9K +20.0% −51.3% $94.3M 1,636 $167 33

Wed Oct 29 #12 $212.3K −22.2% −52.8% $94.5M 1,636 $130 34

Thu Oct 30 #12 $196.1K −7.7% −49.9% $94.7M 1,636 $120 35

Fri Oct 31 #- $398.3K +103.1% −49.9% $95.1M 1,108 $359 36

Sat Nov 1 #14 $903.6K +126.9% −29.3% $96.0M 1,108 $816 37

Sun Nov 2 #14 $480.2K −46.9% −31.4% $96.4M 1,108 $433 38

Mon Nov 3 #15 $167.7K −65.1% −26.2% $96.6M 1,108 $151 39

Tue Nov 4 #15 $198.7K +18.5% −27.2% $96.8M 1,108 $179 40

Wed Nov 5 #15 $154.6K −22.2% −27.2% $97.0M 1,108 $140 41

Thu Nov 6 #15 $139.4K −9.8% −28.9% $97.1M 1,108 $126 42

Fri Nov 7 #- $256.8K +84.1% −35.5% $97.4M 616 $417 43

Sat Nov 8 #- $422.8K +64.7% −53.2% $97.8M 616 $686 44

Sun Nov 9 #- $235.7K −44.3% −50.9% $98.0M 616 $383 45

Mon Nov 10 #- $107.2K −54.5% −36.1% $98.1M 616 $174 46

Tue Nov 11 #- $155.3K +44.9% −21.8% $98.3M 616 $252 47

Wed Nov 12 #- $70.7K −54.5% −54.3% $98.3M 616 $115 48

Thu Nov 13 #15 $64.3K −9.0% −53.9% $98.4M 616 $104 49

Fri Nov 14 #- $133.1K +106.9% −48.2% $98.5M 375 $355 50

Sat Nov 15 #- $212.6K +59.7% −49.7% $98.8M 375 $567 51

Sun Nov 16 #- $118.0K −44.5% −49.9% $98.9M 375 $315 52

Mon Nov 17 #- $37.8K −67.9% −64.7% $98.9M 375 $101 53

Tue Nov 18 #- $42.3K +11.8% −72.8% $99.0M 375 $113 54

Wed Nov 19 #- $37.3K −11.9% −47.3% $99.0M 375 $99 55

Thu Nov 20 #- $30.3K −18.6% −52.9% $99.0M 375 $81 56

Fri Nov 21 #- $76.6K +152.7% −42.4% $99.1M 269 $285 57

Sat Nov 22 #19 $129.2K +68.5% −39.2% $99.2M 269 $480 58

Sun Nov 23 #- $73.3K −43.2% −37.9% $99.3M 269 $273 59

Mon Nov 24 #- $31.3K −57.4% −17.4% $99.3M 269 $116 60

Tue Nov 25 #- $37.3K +19.2% −12.0% $99.4M 269 $139 61

Wed Nov 26 #- $65.2K +75.1% +75.1% $99.4M 436 $150 62

Thu Nov 27 #- $90.8K +39.2% +199.4% $99.5M 436 $208 63

Fri Nov 28 #15 $186.7K +105.6% +143.6% $99.7M 436 $428 64

Sat Nov 29 #15 $201.6K +8.0% +56.1% $99.9M 436 $462 65

Sun Nov 30 #- $94.2K −53.3% +28.5% $100.0M 436 $216 66

Mon Dec 1 #- $32.4K −65.6% +3.7% $100.0M 436 $74 67

Tue Dec 2 #- $36.4K +12.2% −2.4% $100.1M 436 $83 68

Wed Dec 3 #- $32.7K −10.2% −49.9% $100.1M 436 $75 69

Thu Dec 4 #- $34.3K +5.1% −62.2% $100.1M 436 $79 70

Fri Dec 5 #- $88.0K +156.2% −52.9% $100.2M 357 $246 71

Sat Dec 6 #- $139.5K +58.6% −30.8% $100.4M 357 $391 72

Sun Dec 7 #- $79.6K −42.9% −15.5% $100.5M 357 $223 73

Fri Dec 12 #- $54.7K −31.4% +68.6% $100.5M 262 $209 74

Sat Dec 13 #- $89.0K +62.8% +144.6% $100.6M 262 $340 75

Sun Dec 14 #- $50.9K −42.7% +55.9% $100.6M 262 $194 76

Fri Jan 2 #- $45.1K −11.4% +31.4% $101.0M 148 $305 77

Sat Jan 3 #- $46.4K +2.8% −47.3% $101.0M 148 $314 78

Sun Jan 4 #- $27.5K −40.6% −80.3% $101.0M 148 $186 79

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

Cumulative total$100.1M

Sep 25Oct 13Oct 30Nov 17Dec 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $482.6K

$34.1M

$18.8M

$9.7M

$5.4M

$2.8M

$1.8M

$915.2K

$463.7K

$279.2K

$482.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,236 → 436 −86.5%

2,693 open436 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +72.9%

−45.1%

W1→2

−48.2%

W2→3

−44.5%

W3→4

−48.4%

W4→5

−35.8%

W5→6

−48.6%

W6→7

−49.3%

W7→8

−39.8%

W8→9

+72.9%

W9→10

Steepest −49.3%Biggest gain +72.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 66 days

$100M

Day 66

Nov 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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