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The InternationalFollow

2009 • R • 1h 58m • Action, Crime, Drama • Sony Pictures Releasing

They control your money. They control your government. They control your life. And everybody pays.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$25.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$61.60M

$36.20M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$50M

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Cast & crew

Full Tykwer filmography

Tom Tykwer

Tom Tykwer Director

Clive Owen

Clive Owen Starring

Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts Starring

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-Stahl Starring

Ulrich Thomsen

Ulrich Thomsen Starring

James Rebhorn

James Rebhorn Starring

ScreenplayEric Warren Singer Produced byCharles Roven, Richard Suckle, Lloyd Phillips CinematographyFrank Griebe MusicTom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek Prod. DesignUli Hanisch StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 13-15 7 $9.3M — 2,364 $3,947 $9.3M

2 Feb 20-22 10 $4.5M −52.2% 2,364 $1,888 $17.0M

3 Feb 27-Mar 1 14 $2.9M −36.0% 2,031 $1,406 $21.4M

4 Mar 6-8 15 $1.3M −53.4% 1,184 $1,123 $23.7M

5 Mar 13-15 16 $716.5K −46.1% 549 $1,305 $25.0M

6 Mar 20-22 26 $187.9K −73.8% 281 $669 $25.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 13 #6 $2.6M — $2.6M 2,364 $1,098 1

Sat Feb 14 #7 $4.1M +59.5% $6.7M 2,364 $1,751 2

Sun Feb 15 #7 $2.6M −37.2% $9.3M 2,364 $1,099 3

Mon Feb 16 #10 $1.4M −47.2% $10.7M 2,364 $580 4

Tue Feb 17 #7 $725.8K −47.1% $11.4M 2,364 $307 5

Wed Feb 18 #7 $575.6K −20.7% $12.0M 2,364 $243 6

Thu Feb 19 #8 $563.3K −2.1% $12.6M 2,364 $238 7

Fri Feb 20 #10 $1.3M +138.6% −48.2% $13.9M 2,364 $569 8

Sat Feb 21 #10 $2.0M +49.2% −51.6% $15.9M 2,364 $848 9

Sun Feb 22 #9 $1.1M −44.4% −57.1% $17.0M 2,364 $472 10

Mon Feb 23 #8 $352.2K −68.4% −74.3% $17.4M 2,364 $149 11

Tue Feb 24 #8 $407.2K +15.6% −43.9% $17.8M 2,364 $172 12

Wed Feb 25 #8 $338.7K −16.8% −41.1% $18.1M 2,364 $143 13

Thu Feb 26 #8 $370.8K +9.5% −34.2% $18.5M 2,364 $157 14

Fri Feb 27 #12 $797.5K +115.1% −40.7% $19.3M 2,031 $393 15

Sat Feb 28 #14 $1.3M +61.1% −35.9% $20.6M 2,031 $632 16

Sun Mar 1 #13 $772.9K −39.8% −30.7% $21.4M 2,031 $381 17

Mon Mar 2 #11 $257.0K −66.7% −27.0% $21.6M 2,031 $127 18

Tue Mar 3 #10 $298.8K +16.3% −26.6% $21.9M 2,031 $147 19

Wed Mar 4 #10 $258.3K −13.5% −23.7% $22.2M 2,031 $127 20

Thu Mar 5 #10 $241.3K −6.6% −34.9% $22.4M 2,031 $119 21

Fri Mar 6 #15 $389.5K +61.4% −51.2% $22.8M 1,183 $329 22

Sat Mar 7 #15 $608.6K +56.2% −52.6% $23.4M 1,183 $514 23

Sun Mar 8 #15 $331.9K −45.5% −57.1% $23.7M 1,183 $281 24

Mon Mar 9 #14 $111.9K −66.3% −56.5% $23.9M 1,183 $95 25

Tue Mar 10 #12 $141.1K +26.1% −52.8% $24.0M 1,183 $119 26

Wed Mar 11 #11 $127.8K −9.4% −50.5% $24.1M 1,183 $108 27

Thu Mar 12 #12 $137.3K +7.4% −43.1% $24.3M 1,183 $116 28

Fri Mar 13 #17 $197.6K +43.9% −49.3% $24.5M 549 $360 29

Sat Mar 14 #16 $329.0K +66.5% −45.9% $24.8M 549 $599 30

Sun Mar 15 #16 $189.9K −42.3% −42.8% $25.0M 549 $346 31

Mon Mar 16 #17 $67.0K −64.7% −40.1% $25.0M 549 $122 32

Tue Mar 17 #18 $66.7K −0.5% −52.7% $25.1M 549 $121 33

Wed Mar 18 #18 $77.9K +16.8% −39.1% $25.2M 549 $142 34

Thu Mar 19 #19 $75.9K −2.5% −44.7% $25.3M 549 $138 35

Fri Mar 20 — $56.9K −25.1% −71.2% $25.3M 281 $202 36

Sat Mar 21 — $82.9K +45.7% −74.8% $25.4M 281 $295 37

Sun Mar 22 — $48.1K −42.0% −74.7% $25.5M 281 $171 38

Cumulative total$25.5M

Feb 13Feb 22Mar 4Mar 13Mar 22

Weekend grossWk 6 · $187.9K

$9.3M

$4.5M

$2.9M

$1.3M

$716.5K

$187.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Theater countPeak 2,364 → 281 −88.1%

2,364 open281 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −73.8%

−52.2%

W1→2

−36.0%

W2→3

−53.4%

W3→4

−46.1%

W4→5

−73.8%

W5→6

Steepest −73.8%Best hold −36.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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