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The Green HornetFollow

2011 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Sony Pictures Releasing

Breaking the Law to Protect It.

🍅 45% 43%

39

2.47

5.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$33.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$98.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$228.00M

$129.00M international

Domestic legs2.95x

Budget$120M

2011 rank#31

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Cast & crew

Full Gondry filmography

Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry Director

Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen Starring

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz Starring

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson Starring

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz Starring

Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos Starring

ScreenplayEvan Goldberg, Seth Rogen Produced byNeal H. Moritz CinematographyJohn Schwartzman MusicJames Newton Howard StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 14-16 1 $33.5M — 3,584 $9,354 $33.5M

2 Jan 21-23 2 $17.7M −47.3% 3,584 $4,932 $63.0M

3 Jan 28-30 4 $11.2M −36.7% 3,524 $3,173 $78.5M

4 Feb 4-6 5 $6.0M −46.7% 3,033 $1,967 $87.1M

5 Feb 11-13 10 $3.7M −38.4% 2,090 $1,757 $92.4M

6 Feb 18-20 14 $1.5M −58.5% 1,265 $1,205 $95.2M

7 Feb 25-27 18 $663.9K −56.5% 667 $995 $96.6M

8 Mar 4-6 28 $217.5K −67.2% 269 $808 $97.0M

9 Mar 11-13 22 $381.8K +75.5% 309 $1,235 $97.5M

10 Mar 18-20 23 $285.9K −25.1% 282 $1,014 $98.0M

11 Mar 25-27 25 $220.5K −22.9% 246 $896 $98.3M

12 Apr 1-3 29 $152.5K −30.8% 211 $722 $98.5M

13 Apr 8-10 35 $102.4K −32.9% 161 $635 $98.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 14 #1 $11.1M — $11.1M 3,584 $3,096 1

Sat Jan 15 #1 $12.7M +14% $23.8M 3,584 $3,531 2

Sun Jan 16 #1 $9.8M −23% $33.5M 3,584 $2,727 3

Mon Jan 17 #1 $6.5M −34% $40.0M 3,584 $1,809 4

Tue Jan 18 #1 $2.2M −66% $42.2M 3,584 $613 5

Wed Jan 19 #1 $1.5M −31% $43.7M 3,584 $425 6

Thu Jan 20 #1 $1.6M +5% $45.3M 3,584 $446 7

Fri Jan 21 #2 $5.0M +214% −55% $50.4M 3,584 $1,403 8

Sat Jan 22 #1 $8.7M +72% −32% $59.0M 3,584 $2,417 9

Sun Jan 23 #2 $4.0M −54% −59% $63.0M 3,584 $1,111 10

Mon Jan 24 #2 $1.1M −73% −83% $64.1M 3,584 $305 11

Tue Jan 25 #2 $1.2M +10% −45% $65.3M 3,584 $334 12

Wed Jan 26 #3 $909.2K −24% −40% $66.2M 3,584 $253 13

Thu Jan 27 #3 $1.1M +19% −33% $67.3M 3,584 $301 14

Fri Jan 28 #4 $2.9M +168% −42% $70.2M 3,524 $821 15

Sat Jan 29 #3 $5.3M +83% −39% $75.5M 3,524 $1,501 16

Sun Jan 30 #5 $3.0M −43% −25% $78.5M 3,524 $850 17

Mon Jan 31 #5 $631.9K −79% −42% $79.1M 3,524 $179 18

Tue Feb 1 #5 $683.8K +8% −43% $79.8M 3,524 $194 19

Wed Feb 2 #5 $674.2K −1% −26% $80.5M 3,524 $191 20

Thu Feb 3 #5 $647.6K −4% −40% $81.1M 3,524 $183 21

Fri Feb 4 #7 $1.8M +173% −39% $82.9M 3,033 $582 22

Sat Feb 5 #5 $3.2M +81% −40% $86.1M 3,033 $1,054 23

Sun Feb 6 #5 $1.0M −69% −67% $87.1M 3,033 $330 24

Mon Feb 7 #7 $408.8K −59% −35% $87.5M 3,033 $134 25

Tue Feb 8 #7 $447.0K +9% −35% $87.9M 3,033 $147 26

Wed Feb 9 #9 $379.0K −15% −44% $88.3M 3,033 $124 27

Thu Feb 10 #8 $408.6K +8% −37% $88.7M 3,033 $134 28

Fri Feb 11 #10 $887.0K +117% −50% $89.6M 2,090 $424 29

Sat Feb 12 #10 $1.8M +99% −45% $91.4M 2,090 $844 30

Sun Feb 13 #9 $1.0M −42% +2% $92.4M 2,090 $488 31

Mon Feb 14 #11 $563.7K −45% +38% $93.0M 2,090 $269 32

Tue Feb 15 #12 $250.8K −56% −44% $93.2M 2,090 $119 33

Wed Feb 16 #12 $206.8K −18% −45% $93.4M 2,090 $98 34

Thu Feb 17 #12 $235.1K +14% −42% $93.7M 2,090 $112 35

Fri Feb 18 #13 $357.8K +52% −60% $94.0M 1,265 $282 36

Sat Feb 19 #14 $642.8K +80% −64% $94.7M 1,265 $508 37

Sun Feb 20 #14 $524.0K −18% −49% $95.2M 1,265 $414 38

Mon Feb 21 #12 $413.6K −21% −27% $95.6M 1,265 $326 39

Tue Feb 22 #15 $136.6K −67% −46% $95.7M 1,265 $107 40

Wed Feb 23 #15 $112.9K −17% −45% $95.9M 1,265 $89 41

Thu Feb 24 #15 $123.4K +9% −48% $96.0M 1,265 $97 42

Fri Feb 25 $174.1K +41% −51% $96.1M 667 $261 43

Sat Feb 26 $311.7K +79% −52% $96.5M 667 $467 44

Sun Feb 27 $178.1K −43% −66% $96.6M 667 $266 45

Mon Feb 28 $45.9K −74% −89% $96.7M 667 $68 46

Tue Mar 1 $46.4K +1% −66% $96.7M 667 $69 47

Wed Mar 2 $43.6K −6% −61% $96.8M 667 $65 48

Thu Mar 3 $46.9K +8% −62% $96.8M 667 $70 49

Fri Mar 4 $58.5K +25% −66% $96.9M 269 $217 50

Sat Mar 5 $103.1K +76% −67% $97.0M 269 $383 51

Sun Mar 6 $55.9K −46% −69% $97.0M 269 $207 52

Mon Mar 7 $16.1K −71% −65% $97.1M 269 $59 53

Tue Mar 8 $17.4K +8% −62% $97.1M 269 $64 54

Wed Mar 9 $16.0K −8% −63% $97.1M 269 $59 55

Thu Mar 10 $16.3K +2% −65% $97.1M 269 $60 56

Fri Mar 11 $115.3K +605% +97% $97.2M 309 $373 57

Sat Mar 12 $170.1K +48% +65% $97.4M 309 $550 58

Sun Mar 13 $96.4K −43% +73% $97.5M 309 $311 59

Mon Mar 14 $42.4K −56% +163% $97.5M 309 $137 60

Tue Mar 15 $52.9K +25% +203% $97.6M 309 $171 61

Wed Mar 16 $43.2K −18% +170% $97.6M 309 $139 62

Thu Mar 17 $42.8K −1% +162% $97.7M 309 $138 63

Fri Mar 18 $87.1K +103% −24% $97.8M 282 $308 64

Sat Mar 19 $127.9K +47% −25% $97.9M 282 $453 65

Sun Mar 20 $71.0K −44% −26% $98.0M 282 $251 66

Fri Mar 25 $61.0K — −30% $98.1M 246 $247 71

Sat Mar 26 $97.1K +59% −24% $98.2M 246 $394 72

Sun Mar 27 $62.4K −36% −12% $98.3M 246 $253 73

Fri Apr 1 $43.1K — −29% $98.4M 211 $204 78

Sat Apr 2 $65.7K +52% −32% $98.5M 211 $311 79

Sun Apr 3 $43.7K −34% −30% $98.5M 211 $206 80

Fri Apr 8 $31.5K — −27% $98.6M 161 $195 85

Sat Apr 9 $47.8K +52% −27% $98.7M 161 $296 86

Sun Apr 10 $23.1K −52% −47% $98.7M 161 $143 87

Fri Apr 15 $15.3K — −51% $98.7M 95 $161 92

Sat Apr 16 $25.2K +64% −47% $98.8M 95 $265 93

Sun Apr 17 $13.7K −46% −41% $98.8M 95 $143 94

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

Cumulative total$98.0M

Jan 14Jan 30Feb 16Mar 4Mar 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $285.9K

$33.5M

$17.7M

$11.2M

$6.0M

$3.7M

$1.5M

$663.9K

$217.5K

$381.8K

$285.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,584 → 282 −92.1%

3,584 open282 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.1%

−47.3%

W1→2

−36.7%

W2→3

−46.7%

W3→4

−38.4%

W4→5

−58.5%

W5→6

−56.5%

W6→7

−67.2%

W7→8

+75.5%

W8→9

−25.1%

W9→10

Steepest −67.2%Biggest gain +75.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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