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The Fourth KindFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 45m • Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Universal Pictures

There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction.

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34

2.67

5.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$26.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$49.50M

$23.30M international

Domestic legs2.1x

Budget$10M

2009 rank#100

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Cast & crew

Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich Starring

Elias Koteas

Elias Koteas Starring

Will Patton

Will Patton Starring

ScreenplayOlatunde Osunsanmi Produced byJoe Carnahan, Paul Brooks, Terry Robbins CinematographyLorenzo Senatore MusicAtli Örvarsson Prod. DesignCarlos Silva Da Silva StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 6-8 4 $12.2M — 2,527 $4,840 $12.2M

2 Nov 13-15 6 $4.6M −62.3% 2,530 $1,820 $20.4M

3 Nov 20-22 9 $1.7M −62.1% 1,648 $1,060 $23.4M

4 Nov 27-29 19 $618.3K −64.6% 552 $1,120 $24.6M

5 Dec 4-6 25 $187.1K −69.7% 243 $770 $24.9M

6 Dec 11-13 29 $142.1K −24.0% 217 $655 $25.1M

7 Dec 18-20 34 $66.5K −53.2% 133 $500 $25.3M

8 Dec 25-27 39 $45.1K −32.1% 64 $705 $25.4M

9 Jan 1-3 38 $67.8K +50.2% 77 $880 $25.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 6 #2 $5.0M — $5.0M 2,527 $1,975 1

Sat Nov 7 #4 $4.8M −4.3% $9.8M 2,527 $1,890 2

Sun Nov 8 #4 $2.5M −48.4% $12.2M 2,527 $975 3

Mon Nov 9 #4 $770.7K −68.7% $13.0M 2,527 $305 4

Tue Nov 10 #4 $1.1M +40.9% $14.1M 2,527 $430 5

Wed Nov 11 #4 $1.2M +10.5% $15.3M 2,527 $475 6

Thu Nov 12 #4 $556.1K −53.7% $15.8M 2,527 $220 7

Fri Nov 13 #5 $1.8M +218.6% −64.5% $17.6M 2,530 $700 8

Sat Nov 14 #7 $1.9M +5.7% −60.8% $19.5M 2,530 $740 9

Sun Nov 15 #6 $961.2K −48.7% −61.0% $20.4M 2,530 $380 10

Mon Nov 16 #6 $316.0K −67.1% −59.0% $20.8M 2,530 $125 11

Tue Nov 17 #7 $316.3K +0.1% −70.9% $21.1M 2,530 $125 12

Wed Nov 18 #7 $278.2K −12.0% −76.8% $21.4M 2,530 $110 13

Thu Nov 19 #8 $252.7K −9.2% −54.6% $21.6M 2,530 $100 14

Fri Nov 20 #9 $626.2K +147.8% −64.7% $22.2M 1,648 $380 15

Sat Nov 21 #9 $725.1K +15.8% −61.3% $23.0M 1,648 $440 16

Sun Nov 22 #9 $395.7K −45.4% −58.8% $23.4M 1,648 $240 17

Mon Nov 23 #9 $173.0K −56.3% −45.2% $23.5M 1,648 $105 18

Tue Nov 24 #11 $222.5K +28.6% −29.7% $23.8M 1,648 $135 19

Wed Nov 25 — $113.4K −49.0% −59.3% $23.9M 552 $205 20

Thu Nov 26 — $118.9K +4.9% −52.9% $24.0M 552 $215 21

Fri Nov 27 — $248.5K +109.0% −60.3% $24.2M 552 $450 22

Sat Nov 28 — $254.0K +2.2% −65.0% $24.5M 552 $460 23

Sun Nov 29 — $115.8K −54.4% −70.7% $24.6M 552 $210 24

Mon Nov 30 — $35.9K −69.0% −79.3% $24.6M 552 $65 25

Tue Dec 1 — $38.6K +7.7% −82.6% $24.7M 552 $70 26

Wed Dec 2 — $38.6K −0.1% −66.0% $24.7M 552 $70 27

Thu Dec 3 — $35.9K −7.0% −69.8% $24.8M 552 $65 28

Fri Dec 4 — $59.5K +65.8% −76.1% $24.8M 243 $245 29

Sat Dec 5 — $81.5K +36.9% −67.9% $24.9M 243 $335 30

Sun Dec 6 — $46.1K −43.4% −60.2% $24.9M 243 $190 31

Mon Dec 7 — $15.9K −65.5% −55.7% $25.0M 243 $65 32

Tue Dec 8 — $15.8K −0.9% −59.2% $25.0M 243 $65 33

Wed Dec 9 — $14.5K −8.3% −62.5% $25.0M 243 $60 34

Thu Dec 10 — $15.7K +8.4% −56.3% $25.0M 243 $65 35

Fri Dec 11 — $42.3K +169.8% −28.9% $25.0M 217 $195 36

Sat Dec 12 — $61.8K +46.2% −24.1% $25.1M 217 $285 37

Sun Dec 13 — $38.0K −38.6% −17.6% $25.1M 217 $175 38

Mon Dec 14 — $14.2K −62.6% −10.8% $25.2M 217 $65 39

Tue Dec 15 — $15.2K +7.0% −3.6% $25.2M 217 $70 40

Wed Dec 16 — $14.1K −7.0% −2.4% $25.2M 217 $65 41

Thu Dec 17 — $14.1K −0.5% −10.3% $25.2M 217 $65 42

Fri Dec 18 — $21.2K +51.0% −49.8% $25.2M 133 $160 43

Sat Dec 19 — $24.0K +13.1% −61.2% $25.2M 133 $180 44

Sun Dec 20 — $21.3K −11.4% −44.0% $25.3M 133 $160 45

Mon Dec 21 — $14.6K −31.2% +3.1% $25.3M 133 $110 46

Tue Dec 22 — $14.6K −0.2% −3.9% $25.3M 133 $110 47

Wed Dec 23 — $11.3K −22.5% −19.9% $25.3M 133 $85 48

Thu Dec 24 — $4.7K −58.8% −66.9% $25.3M 133 $35 49

Fri Dec 25 — $12.2K +161.2% −42.7% $25.3M 64 $190 50

Sat Dec 26 — $17.9K +47.4% −25.3% $25.3M 64 $280 51

Sun Dec 27 — $15.0K −16.1% −29.3% $25.4M 64 $235 52

Mon Dec 28 — $10.6K −29.8% −27.8% $25.4M 64 $165 53

Tue Dec 29 — $10.2K −3.0% −29.8% $25.4M 64 $160 54

Wed Dec 30 — $10.2K −0.1% −9.6% $25.4M 64 $160 55

Thu Dec 31 — $5.4K −46.8% +16.9% $25.4M 64 $85 56

Fri Jan 1 — $26.2K +381.2% +115.3% $25.4M 77 $340 57

Sat Jan 2 — $26.6K +1.5% +48.2% $25.4M 77 $345 58

Sun Jan 3 — $15.0K −43.5% −0.2% $25.5M 77 $195 59

Mon Jan 4 — $6.5K −56.4% −38.0% $25.5M 77 $85 60

Tue Jan 5 — $5.4K −17.6% −47.4% $25.5M 77 $70 61

Wed Jan 6 — $5.0K −7.1% −51.1% $25.5M 77 $65 62

Thu Jan 7 — $4.6K −7.7% −15.1% $25.5M 77 $60 63

Cumulative total$25.5M

Nov 6Nov 22Dec 7Dec 23Jan 7

Weekend grossWk 9 · $67.8K

$12.2M

$4.6M

$1.7M

$618.3K

$187.1K

$142.1K

$66.5K

$45.1K

$67.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,530 → 77 −97.0%

2,527 open77 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · +50.2%

−62.3%

W1→2

−62.1%

W2→3

−64.6%

W3→4

−69.7%

W4→5

−24.0%

W5→6

−53.2%

W6→7

−32.1%

W7→8

+50.2%

W8→9

Steepest −69.7%Biggest gain +50.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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