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The Girl with the Dragon TattooFollow

2009 • R • 2h 32m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Music Box Films

Based on the Worldwide Best Seller

🍅 85% 87% MC 76 LB 3.85 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$336K
Limited · 34 theaters
Domestic total
$12.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$109.40M
$96.70M international
Domestic legs16.7x from $762K biggest weekend
Budget$13M
2010 rank#137
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Cast & crew

Michael Nyqvist Michael Nyqvist Starring Noomi Rapace Noomi Rapace Starring Lena Endre Lena Endre Starring
ScreenplayRasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel Produced bySøren Stærmose CinematographyEric Kress Music byJacob Groth StudioMusic Box Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 19-21 22 $335.5K — 34 $9,868 $335.5K
3 Apr 2-4 19 $456.0K +35.9% 87 $5,241 $1.4M
4 Apr 9-11 15 $554.7K +21.6% 126 $4,402 $2.2M
5 Apr 16-18 14 $631.0K +13.8% 152 $4,151 $3.0M
6 Apr 23-25 16 $762.4K +20.8% 208 $3,665 $4.3M
7 Apr 30-May 2 20 $617.6K −19.0% 224 $2,757 $5.2M
8 May 7-9 17 $490.6K −20.6% 213 $2,303 $5.8M
9 May 14-16 20 $385.5K −21.4% 178 $2,166 $8.4M
10 May 21-23 18 $422.2K +9.5% 178 $2,372 $9.0M
11 May 28-30 16 $377.5K −10.6% 166 $2,274 $9.6M
12 Jun 4-6 16 $343.4K −9.0% 152 $2,259 $10.0M
13 Jun 11-13 19 $323.9K −5.7% 174 $1,862 $10.6M
14 Jun 18-20 21 $276.9K −14.5% 160 $1,731 $11.0M
15 Jun 25-27 26 $223.0K −19.5% 152 $1,467 $11.3M
16 Jul 2-4 25 $193.1K −13.4% 125 $1,545 $11.6M
17 Jul 9-11 29 $168.9K −12.5% 104 $1,624 $12.0M
18 Jul 16-18 34 $94.3K −44.2% 81 $1,164 $12.1M
19 Jul 23-25 35 $76.5K −18.9% 73 $1,048 $12.3M
20 Jul 30-Aug 1 43 $56.9K −25.6% 57 $998 $12.4M
21 Aug 6-8 46 $48.0K −15.6% 49 $980 $12.5M
22 Aug 13-15 48 $35.9K −25.2% 40 $897 $12.5M
23 Aug 20-22 49 $41.9K +16.7% 41 $1,021 $12.6M
24 Aug 27-29 55 $22.6K −46.1% 29 $779 $12.6M
25 Sep 3-5 61 $22.6K −0.1% 25 $903 $12.7M
26 Sep 10-12 71 $13.8K −38.9% 28 $492 $12.7M
27 Sep 17-19 83 $8.0K −41.9% 19 $422 $12.7M
28 Sep 24-26 107 $3.0K −62.7% 10 $299 $12.7M
29 Oct 1-3 122 $544 −81.8% 4 $136 $12.7M
31 Oct 15-17 120 $779 +43.2% 6 $130 $12.7M
32 Oct 22-24 90 $3.5K +345.7% 5 $694 $12.7M
33 Oct 29-31 92 $2.6K −25.2% 13 $200 $12.7M
34 Nov 5-7 95 $1.9K −26.4% 16 $120 $12.7M
35 Nov 12-14 114 $776 −59.4% 5 $155 $12.7M
36 Nov 19-21 97 $1.2K +56.6% 5 $243 $12.7M
37 Nov 26-28 97 $762 −37.3% 3 $254 $12.7M
38 Dec 3-5 105 $1.0K +32.8% 4 $253 $12.7M
39 Dec 10-12 108 $538 −46.8% 1 $538 $12.7M
40 Dec 17-19 108 $20 −96.3% 1 $20 $12.7M
41 Dec 24-26 87 $363 +1715.0% 1 $363 $12.7M
42 Dec 31-Jan 2 90 $796 +119.3% 2 $398 $12.7M
43 Jan 7-9 93 $376 −52.8% 1 $376 $12.7M
47 Feb 4-6 106 $173 −54.0% 1 $173 $12.7M
49 Feb 18-20 112 $137 −20.8% 1 $137 $12.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $422.2K
$335.5K
$456.0K
$554.7K
$631.0K
$762.4K
$617.6K
$490.6K
$385.5K
$422.2K
W1W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +9.5%
+35.9%
W1→3
+21.6%
W3→4
+13.8%
W4→5
+20.8%
W5→6
−19.0%
W6→7
−20.6%
W7→8
−21.4%
W8→9
+9.5%
W9→10
Steepest −21.4%Biggest gain +35.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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