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The Hurt LockerFollow

2009 • R • 2h 11m • Drama, Thriller, War • Summit Entertainment

You don't have to be a hero to do this job. But it helps.

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3.75

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$145.4K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$17.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$49.90M

$32.90M international

Budget$15.0M

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Cast & crew

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Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow Director

Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner Starring

Anthony Mackie

Anthony Mackie Starring

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes Starring

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce Starring

David Morse

David Morse Starring

ScreenplayMark Boal Produced byKathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro CinematographyBarry Ackroyd Film EditingBob Murawski, Chris Innis Music byMarco Beltrami, Buck Sanders StudioSummit Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 26-28 27 $145.4K — 4 $36,338 $145.4K

2 Jul 3-5 28 $131.2K −9.7% 9 $14,578 $370.1K

3 Jul 10-12 17 $641.2K +388.7% 60 $10,686 $1.1M

4 Jul 17-19 14 $740.2K +15.4% 94 $7,875 $2.1M

5 Jul 24-26 13 $1.4M +94.3% 238 $6,044 $4.0M

6 Jul 31-Aug 2 14 $1.9M +32.7% 523 $3,650 $6.8M

7 Aug 7-9 16 $1.3M −34.0% 535 $2,357 $9.0M

8 Aug 14-16 21 $644.2K −48.9% 478 $1,348 $10.4M

9 Aug 21-23 24 $383.0K −40.5% 399 $960 $11.1M

10 Aug 28-30 27 $280.3K −26.8% 306 $916 $11.6M

11 Sep 4-6 28 $263.8K −5.9% 259 $1,018 $12.0M

12 Sep 11-13 32 $141.0K −46.5% 187 $754 $12.3M

13 Sep 18-20 44 $72.2K −48.8% 109 $662 $12.4M

14 Sep 25-27 55 $45.2K −37.4% 82 $551 $12.5M

15 Oct 2-4 61 $24.7K −45.3% 49 $504 $12.5M

16 Oct 9-11 63 $20.6K −16.7% 45 $457 $12.6M

21 Nov 13-15 48 $39.6K — 138 $287 $12.6M

37 Mar 5-7 20 $439.0K — 274 $1,602 $14.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 26 — $44.6K — $44.6K 4 $11,141 1

Sat Jun 27 — $54.9K +23.1% $99.4K 4 $13,719 2

Sun Jun 28 — $45.9K −16.3% $145.4K 4 $11,479 3

Mon Jun 29 — $21.3K −53.6% $166.7K 4 $5,329 4

Tue Jun 30 — $20.4K −4.3% $187.1K 4 $5,102 5

Wed Jul 1 — $21.4K +4.8% $208.5K 9 $2,377 6

Thu Jul 2 — $30.5K +42.4% $238.9K 4 $7,614 7

Fri Jul 3 — $53.3K +75.1% +19.7% $292.3K 9 $5,927 8

Sat Jul 4 — $34.4K −35.5% −37.3% $326.7K 9 $3,825 9

Sun Jul 5 — $43.4K +26.2% −5.4% $370.1K 9 $4,827 10

Mon Jul 6 — $21.3K −51.0% −0.2% $391.4K 9 $2,363 11

Tue Jul 7 — $23.2K +9.2% +13.8% $414.6K 9 $2,581 12

Wed Jul 8 — $23.7K +1.9% +10.7% $438.3K 9 $2,631 13

Thu Jul 9 — $22.4K −5.5% −26.6% $460.7K 9 $2,485 14

Fri Jul 10 #15 $183.6K +721.0% +244.3% $644.3K 60 $3,060 15

Sat Jul 11 #15 $254.9K +38.8% +640.6% $899.2K 60 $4,249 16

Sun Jul 12 #15 $202.6K −20.5% +366.4% $1.1M 60 $3,377 17

Mon Jul 13 #15 $78.0K −61.5% +266.8% $1.2M 60 $1,300 18

Tue Jul 14 #16 $78.1K +0.1% +236.0% $1.3M 60 $1,301 19

Wed Jul 15 — $74.1K −5.0% +213.0% $1.3M 60 $1,235 20

Thu Jul 16 — $76.4K +3.0% +241.4% $1.4M 60 $1,273 21

Fri Jul 17 #14 $206.4K +170.3% +12.4% $1.6M 94 $2,196 22

Sat Jul 18 #13 $310.4K +50.3% +21.8% $1.9M 94 $3,302 23

Sun Jul 19 #13 $223.4K −28.0% +10.2% $2.1M 94 $2,377 24

Mon Jul 20 — $94.4K −57.7% +21.0% $2.2M 94 $1,004 25

Tue Jul 21 — $116.6K +23.5% +49.3% $2.4M 94 $1,240 26

Wed Jul 22 — $102.7K −11.9% +38.6% $2.5M 94 $1,093 27

Thu Jul 23 — $114.4K +11.4% +49.8% $2.6M 94 $1,217 28

Fri Jul 24 #14 $394.9K +245.1% +91.3% $3.0M 238 $1,659 29

Sat Jul 25 #13 $578.7K +46.6% +86.5% $3.6M 238 $2,432 30

Sun Jul 26 #13 $464.8K −19.7% +108.0% $4.0M 238 $1,953 31

Mon Jul 27 #14 $199.5K −57.1% +111.3% $4.2M 238 $838 32

Tue Jul 28 #14 $217.1K +8.8% +86.3% $4.4M 238 $912 33

Wed Jul 29 #14 $216.1K −0.5% +110.4% $4.6M 238 $908 34

Thu Jul 30 #14 $198.4K −8.2% +73.4% $4.8M 238 $833 35

Fri Jul 31 #14 $533.4K +168.9% +35.1% $5.4M 523 $1,020 36

Sat Aug 1 #14 $752.3K +41.0% +30.0% $6.1M 523 $1,438 37

Sun Aug 2 #14 $623.4K −17.1% +34.1% $6.8M 523 $1,192 38

Mon Aug 3 #14 $257.6K −58.7% +29.1% $7.0M 523 $493 39

Tue Aug 4 #14 $252.9K −1.8% +16.5% $7.3M 523 $484 40

Wed Aug 5 #14 $232.8K −7.9% +7.7% $7.5M 523 $445 41

Thu Aug 6 #14 $228.5K −1.9% +15.2% $7.7M 523 $437 42

Fri Aug 7 #16 $335.5K +46.8% −37.1% $8.1M 535 $627 43

Sat Aug 8 #15 $501.8K +49.6% −33.3% $8.6M 535 $938 44

Sun Aug 9 #15 $423.5K −15.6% −32.1% $9.0M 535 $792 45

Mon Aug 10 #15 $187.8K −55.6% −27.1% $9.2M 535 $351 46

Tue Aug 11 #15 $192.8K +2.6% −23.8% $9.4M 535 $360 47

Wed Aug 12 #15 $182.4K −5.4% −21.6% $9.6M 535 $341 48

Thu Aug 13 #15 $170.6K −6.5% −25.3% $9.7M 535 $319 49

Fri Aug 14 — $172.3K +1.0% −48.6% $9.9M 478 $361 50

Sat Aug 15 — $268.9K +56.0% −46.4% $10.2M 478 $563 51

Sun Aug 16 — $203.0K −24.5% −52.1% $10.4M 478 $425 52

Mon Aug 17 — $91.9K −54.7% −51.1% $10.5M 478 $192 53

Tue Aug 18 — $99.7K +8.6% −48.3% $10.6M 478 $209 54

Wed Aug 19 — $93.2K −6.5% −48.9% $10.7M 478 $195 55

Thu Aug 20 — $90.6K −2.8% −46.9% $10.7M 478 $190 56

Fri Aug 21 — $103.1K +13.7% −40.2% $10.8M 399 $258 57

Sat Aug 22 — $163.2K +58.3% −39.3% $11.0M 399 $409 58

Sun Aug 23 — $116.8K −28.4% −42.5% $11.1M 399 $293 59

Mon Aug 24 — $43.4K −62.8% −52.8% $11.2M 399 $109 60

Tue Aug 25 — $46.1K +6.3% −53.7% $11.2M 399 $116 61

Wed Aug 26 — $51.8K +12.2% −44.5% $11.3M 399 $130 62

Thu Aug 27 — $50.1K −3.2% −44.7% $11.3M 399 $126 63

Fri Aug 28 — $74.6K +48.8% −27.6% $11.4M 306 $244 64

Sat Aug 29 — $123.5K +65.5% −24.3% $11.5M 306 $404 65

Sun Aug 30 — $82.2K −33.4% −29.6% $11.6M 306 $269 66

Mon Aug 31 — $30.1K −63.3% −30.5% $11.6M 306 $99 67

Tue Sep 1 — $36.5K +21.0% −20.9% $11.7M 306 $119 68

Wed Sep 2 — $32.1K −11.9% −37.9% $11.7M 306 $105 69

Thu Sep 3 — $32.1K −0.1% −35.9% $11.7M 306 $105 70

Fri Sep 4 — $63.0K +96.4% −15.5% $11.8M 259 $243 71

Sat Sep 5 — $92.9K +47.3% −24.8% $11.9M 259 $359 72

Sun Sep 6 — $107.8K +16.1% +31.1% $12.0M 259 $416 73

Mon Sep 7 #28 $71.3K −33.9% +136.4% $12.1M 259 $275 74

Tue Sep 8 — $22.1K −69.0% −39.4% $12.1M 259 $85 75

Wed Sep 9 — $20.3K −8.1% −36.8% $12.1M 259 $78 76

Thu Sep 10 — $18.4K −9.6% −42.8% $12.1M 259 $71 77

Fri Sep 11 — $41.4K +125.8% −34.3% $12.2M 187 $222 78

Sat Sep 12 — $65.9K +59.0% −29.1% $12.2M 187 $352 79

Sun Sep 13 — $33.7K −48.9% −68.8% $12.3M 187 $180 80

Mon Sep 14 — $14.0K −58.6% −80.4% $12.3M 187 $75 81

Tue Sep 15 — $16.1K +15.7% −26.9% $12.3M 187 $86 82

Wed Sep 16 — $18.5K +14.7% −8.8% $12.3M 187 $99 83

Thu Sep 17 — $18.3K −1.4% −0.5% $12.3M 187 $98 84

Fri Sep 18 — $22.3K +22.0% −46.3% $12.4M 109 $204 85

Sat Sep 19 — $29.8K +34.0% −54.7% $12.4M 109 $274 86

Sun Sep 20 — $20.1K −32.7% −40.4% $12.4M 109 $184 87

Mon Sep 21 — $8.3K −58.4% −40.2% $12.4M 109 $77 88

Tue Sep 22 — $9.8K +17.7% −39.1% $12.4M 109 $90 89

Wed Sep 23 — $9.3K −5.8% −50.0% $12.4M 109 $85 90

Thu Sep 24 — $11.1K +20.2% −39.0% $12.4M 109 $102 91

Fri Sep 25 — $13.2K +18.9% −40.5% $12.5M 82 $161 92

Sat Sep 26 — $19.2K +44.7% −35.8% $12.5M 82 $234 93

Sun Sep 27 — $12.8K −33.3% −36.4% $12.5M 82 $156 94

Mon Sep 28 — $6.1K −52.4% −27.3% $12.5M 82 $74 95

Tue Sep 29 — $6.2K +1.5% −37.3% $12.5M 82 $75 96

Wed Sep 30 — $6.8K +10.0% −26.8% $12.5M 82 $83 97

Thu Oct 1 — $6.4K −6.0% −42.8% $12.5M 82 $78 98

Fri Oct 2 — $6.9K +7.8% −48.1% $12.5M 49 $140 99

Sat Oct 3 — $10.8K +57.8% −43.4% $12.5M 49 $221 100

Sun Oct 4 — $7.0K −35.6% −45.3% $12.5M 49 $142 101

Mon Oct 5 — $3.0K −57.2% −50.8% $12.5M 49 $61 102

Tue Oct 6 — $3.4K +15.2% −44.2% $12.5M 49 $70 103

Wed Oct 7 — $4.5K +29.8% −34.2% $12.5M 49 $91 104

Thu Oct 8 — $3.5K −21.2% −44.8% $12.6M 49 $72 105

Fri Oct 9 — $5.8K +64.8% −15.5% $12.6M 45 $129 106

Sat Oct 10 — $8.5K +47.3% −21.2% $12.6M 45 $190 107

Sun Oct 11 — $6.2K −27.4% −11.1% $12.6M 45 $138 108

Mon Oct 12 — $3.2K −49.0% +6.0% $12.6M 45 $70 109

Tue Oct 13 — $2.8K −12.0% −19.0% $12.6M 45 $62 110

Wed Oct 14 — $3.2K +14.6% −28.4% $12.6M 45 $71 111

Thu Oct 15 — $2.0K −35.9% −41.8% $12.6M 45 $46 112

Fri Nov 13 — $12.6K — $12.6M 138 $92 141

Sat Nov 14 — $16.5K +30.7% $12.6M 138 $120 142

Sun Nov 15 — $10.5K −36.6% $12.6M 138 $76 143

Mon Nov 16 — $5.2K −50.4% $12.7M 138 $38 144

Tue Nov 17 — $6.4K +23.8% $12.7M 138 $47 145

Wed Nov 18 — $6.6K +2.6% $12.7M 138 $48 146

Thu Nov 19 — $5.8K −11.9% $12.7M 138 $42 147

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

Cumulative total$11.7M

Jun 26Jul 13Jul 31Aug 17Sep 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $280.3K

$145.4K

$131.2K

$641.2K

$740.2K

$1.4M

$1.9M

$1.3M

$644.2K

$383.0K

$280.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 535 → 306 −42.8%

4 open306 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.8%

−9.7%

W1→2

+388.7%

W2→3

+15.4%

W3→4

+94.3%

W4→5

+32.7%

W5→6

−34.0%

W6→7

−48.9%

W7→8

−40.5%

W8→9

−26.8%

W9→10

Steepest −48.9%Biggest gain +388.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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