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The Forbidden KingdomFollow

2008 • PG-13 • 1h 44m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • Lionsgate

The battle for eternity is the fantasy of a lifetime.

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57

2.99

6.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$52.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$129.00M

$76.70M international

Domestic legs2.43x

Budget$55.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Minkoff filmography

Rob Minkoff

Rob Minkoff Director

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan Starring

Jet Li

Jet Li Starring

ScreenplayJohn Fusco Produced byCasey Silver CinematographyPeter Pau MusicDavid Buckley StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 18-20 1 $21.4M — 3,151 $6,791 $21.4M

2 Apr 25-27 3 $11.2M −47.6% 3,151 $3,558 $38.2M

3 May 2-4 6 $4.2M −62.6% 2,960 $1,414 $45.1M

4 May 9-11 8 $2.2M −48.2% 1,724 $1,258 $48.5M

5 May 16-18 9 $1.1M −50.5% 997 $1,077 $50.4M

6 May 23-25 12 $418.6K −61.0% 487 $859 $51.2M

7 May 30-Jun 1 15 $247.7K −40.8% 262 $945 $51.7M

8 Jun 6-8 27 $87.5K −64.7% 160 $546 $51.9M

9 Jun 13-15 35 $68.0K −22.3% 105 $647 $52.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 18 #1 $7.7M — $7.7M 3,151 $2,457 1

Sat Apr 19 #1 $8.0M +3% $15.7M 3,151 $2,537 2

Sun Apr 20 #1 $5.7M −29% $21.4M 3,151 $1,796 3

Mon Apr 21 #1 $1.7M −70% $23.1M 3,151 $537 4

Tue Apr 22 #2 $1.5M −13% $24.6M 3,151 $468 5

Wed Apr 23 #2 $1.2M −17% $25.8M 3,151 $389 6

Thu Apr 24 #2 $1.2M n/c $27.0M 3,151 $389 7

Fri Apr 25 #4 $3.2M +163% −58% $30.2M 3,151 $1,023 8

Sat Apr 26 #3 $4.8M +48% −41% $35.0M 3,151 $1,509 9

Sun Apr 27 #3 $3.2M −32% −43% $38.2M 3,151 $1,025 10

Mon Apr 28 #4 $787.5K −76% −53% $39.0M 3,151 $249 11

Tue Apr 29 #4 $713.5K −9% −52% $39.7M 3,151 $226 12

Wed Apr 30 #4 $616.2K −14% −50% $40.4M 3,151 $195 13

Thu May 1 #4 $550.5K −11% −55% $40.9M 3,151 $174 14

Fri May 2 #6 $1.2M +114% −63% $42.1M 2,960 $398 15

Sat May 3 #6 $1.8M +54% −62% $43.9M 2,960 $613 16

Sun May 4 #6 $1.2M −34% −63% $45.1M 2,960 $403 17

Mon May 5 #6 $296.8K −75% −62% $45.4M 2,960 $100 18

Tue May 6 #6 $330.1K +11% −54% $45.7M 2,960 $111 19

Wed May 7 #6 $306.7K −7% −50% $46.0M 2,960 $103 20

Thu May 8 #6 $314.8K +3% −43% $46.4M 2,960 $106 21

Fri May 9 #8 $541.0K +72% −54% $46.9M 1,724 $313 22

Sat May 10 #8 $864.8K +60% −52% $47.8M 1,724 $501 23

Sun May 11 #8 $763.6K −12% −36% $48.5M 1,724 $442 24

Mon May 12 #8 $197.4K −74% −34% $48.7M 1,724 $114 25

Tue May 13 #8 $195.9K −1% −41% $48.9M 1,724 $113 26

Wed May 14 #8 $183.9K −6% −40% $49.1M 1,724 $106 27

Thu May 15 #8 $187.8K +2% −40% $49.3M 1,724 $108 28

Fri May 16 #9 $273.0K +45% −50% $49.6M 997 $273 29

Sat May 17 #9 $445.2K +63% −49% $50.0M 997 $446 30

Sun May 18 #9 $355.7K −20% −53% $50.4M 997 $356 31

Mon May 19 #9 $151.2K −57% −23% $50.5M 997 $151 32

Tue May 20 #9 $109.1K −28% −44% $50.6M 997 $109 33

Wed May 21 #9 $92.8K −15% −50% $50.7M 997 $93 34

Thu May 22 #10 $80.4K −13% −57% $50.8M 997 $80 35

Fri May 23 #12 $100.9K +25% −63% $50.9M 997 $101 36

Sat May 24 #12 $161.0K +59% −64% $51.1M 997 $161 37

Sun May 25 #11 $156.7K −3% −56% $51.2M 997 $157 38

Mon May 26 #12 $137.4K −12% −9% $51.4M 997 $137 39

Tue May 27 #11 $42.2K −69% −61% $51.4M 997 $42 40

Wed May 28 #12 $41.0K −3% −56% $51.4M 997 $41 41

Thu May 29 #12 $41.4K +1% −48% $51.5M 997 $41 42

Fri May 30 $70.0K +69% −31% $51.6M 262 $267 43

Sat May 31 $109.2K +56% −32% $51.7M 262 $416 44

Sun Jun 1 $68.4K −37% −56% $51.7M 262 $261 45

Mon Jun 2 #14 $25.5K −63% −81% $51.8M 262 $97 46

Tue Jun 3 $27.3K +7% −35% $51.8M 262 $104 47

Wed Jun 4 $25.5K −6% −38% $51.8M 262 $97 48

Thu Jun 5 $27.4K +7% −34% $51.8M 262 $104 49

Fri Jun 6 $24.3K −11% −65% $51.9M 160 $152 50

Sat Jun 7 $36.1K +48% −67% $51.9M 160 $225 51

Sun Jun 8 $27.1K −25% −60% $51.9M 160 $169 52

Mon Jun 9 $11.4K −58% −55% $51.9M 160 $71 53

Tue Jun 10 $13.0K +13% −52% $51.9M 160 $81 54

Wed Jun 11 $11.8K −9% −54% $52.0M 160 $73 55

Thu Jun 12 $12.1K +3% −56% $52.0M 160 $75 56

Fri Jun 13 $20.1K +67% −17% $52.0M 105 $191 57

Sat Jun 14 $28.7K +43% −20% $52.0M 105 $273 58

Sun Jun 15 $19.1K −34% −29% $52.0M 105 $181 59

Mon Jun 16 $8.9K −53% −22% $52.0M 105 $84 60

Tue Jun 17 $9.0K +1% −31% $52.1M 105 $85 61

Wed Jun 18 $8.3K −8% −30% $52.1M 105 $78 62

Thu Jun 19 $8.8K +7% −27% $52.1M 105 $84 63

Cumulative total$52.1M

Apr 18May 4May 19Jun 4Jun 19

Weekend grossWk 9 · $68.0K

$21.4M

$11.2M

$4.2M

$2.2M

$1.1M

$418.6K

$247.7K

$87.5K

$68.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,151 → 105 −96.7%

3,151 open105 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −22.3%

−47.6%

W1→2

−62.6%

W2→3

−48.2%

W3→4

−50.5%

W4→5

−61.0%

W5→6

−40.8%

W6→7

−64.7%

W7→8

−22.3%

W8→9

Steepest −64.7%Best hold −22.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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