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The Karate KidFollow

2010 • PG • 2h 20m • Action, Drama, Family • Sony Pictures Releasing

A challenge he never imagined. A teacher he never expected.

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3.17

6.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$55.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$176.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$351.80M

$175.20M international

Domestic legs3.17x

Budget$40.0M

2010 rank#11

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Cast & crew

Full Zwart filmography

Harald Zwart

Harald Zwart Director

Jaden Smith

Jaden Smith Starring

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan Starring

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson Starring

ScreenplayChristopher Murphey Produced byJerry Weintraub, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz CinematographyRoger Pratt MusicJames Horner StudioSony Pictures SeriesThe Karate Kid

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 11-13 1 $55.7M — 3,663 $15,196 $55.7M

2 Jun 18-20 2 $29.9M −46.3% 3,663 $8,156 $107.1M

3 Jun 25-27 4 $15.5M −48.0% 3,740 $4,157 $135.8M

4 Jul 2-4 6 $8.0M −48.5% 3,109 $2,573 $151.5M

5 Jul 9-11 8 $5.4M −32.9% 2,458 $2,182 $164.3M

6 Jul 16-18 10 $2.3M −57.3% 1,532 $1,493 $169.3M

7 Jul 23-25 13 $1.1M −51.9% 780 $1,410 $171.7M

8 Jul 30-Aug 1 16 $595.0K −45.9% 461 $1,290 $172.9M

9 Aug 6-8 16 $612.7K +3.0% 442 $1,386 $173.9M

10 Aug 13-15 18 $518.2K −15.4% 372 $1,392 $174.9M

11 Aug 20-22 24 $378.1K −27.0% 314 $1,204 $175.5M

12 Aug 27-29 30 $248.5K −34.3% 255 $974 $175.9M

13 Sep 3-5 33 $246.1K −1.0% 227 $1,084 $176.2M

14 Sep 10-12 39 $125.8K −48.9% 168 $748 $176.5M

15 Sep 17-19 44 $95.8K −23.8% 147 $651 $176.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 11 #1 $18.8M — $18.8M 3,663 $5,136 1

Sat Jun 12 #1 $21.1M +12% $39.9M 3,663 $5,750 2

Sun Jun 13 #1 $15.8M −25% $55.7M 3,663 $4,309 3

Mon Jun 14 #1 $6.4M −60% $62.1M 3,663 $1,743 4

Tue Jun 15 #1 $5.6M −12% $67.7M 3,663 $1,531 5

Wed Jun 16 #1 $5.2M −7% $72.9M 3,663 $1,425 6

Thu Jun 17 #1 $4.4M −16% $77.3M 3,663 $1,193 7

Fri Jun 18 #2 $8.8M +101% −53% $86.0M 3,663 $2,397 8

Sat Jun 19 #2 $11.1M +26% −47% $97.1M 3,663 $3,029 9

Sun Jun 20 #2 $10.0M −10% −37% $107.1M 3,663 $2,728 10

Mon Jun 21 #2 $3.4M −66% −46% $110.6M 3,663 $939 11

Tue Jun 22 #2 $3.5M +3% −37% $114.1M 3,663 $966 12

Wed Jun 23 #3 $3.0M −16% −43% $117.1M 3,663 $812 13

Thu Jun 24 #3 $3.2M +6% −28% $120.2M 3,663 $860 14

Fri Jun 25 #4 $4.8M +51% −46% $125.0M 3,740 $1,273 15

Sat Jun 26 #4 $6.2M +31% −44% $131.2M 3,740 $1,667 16

Sun Jun 27 #4 $4.6M −27% −54% $135.8M 3,740 $1,216 17

Mon Jun 28 #4 $2.1M −53% −38% $137.9M 3,740 $571 18

Tue Jun 29 #5 $2.1M −1% −40% $140.0M 3,740 $565 19

Wed Jun 30 #4 $1.8M −15% −40% $141.8M 3,740 $479 20

Thu Jul 1 #6 $1.7M −6% −46% $143.5M 3,740 $452 21

Fri Jul 2 #6 $2.7M +59% −44% $146.2M 3,109 $864 22

Sat Jul 3 #6 $3.1M +15% −50% $149.3M 3,109 $992 23

Sun Jul 4 #6 $2.2M −28% −51% $151.5M 3,109 $715 24

Mon Jul 5 #6 $3.0M +36% +42% $154.6M 3,109 $974 25

Tue Jul 6 #6 $1.6M −48% −26% $156.1M 3,109 $505 26

Wed Jul 7 #6 $1.4M −11% −22% $157.5M 3,109 $448 27

Thu Jul 8 #6 $1.4M +2% −16% $158.9M 3,109 $455 28

Fri Jul 9 #8 $1.7M +19% −37% $160.6M 2,458 $687 29

Sat Jul 10 #8 $2.3M +35% −26% $162.9M 2,458 $931 30

Sun Jul 11 #8 $1.4M −39% −38% $164.3M 2,458 $564 31

Mon Jul 12 #8 $690.1K −50% −77% $165.0M 2,458 $280 32

Tue Jul 13 #8 $837.6K +21% −47% $165.8M 2,458 $340 33

Wed Jul 14 #9 $611.1K −27% −56% $166.4M 2,458 $248 34

Thu Jul 15 #9 $562.0K −8% −60% $167.0M 2,458 $228 35

Fri Jul 16 #10 $680.2K +21% −60% $167.7M 1,532 $443 36

Sat Jul 17 #10 $939.7K +38% −59% $168.6M 1,532 $613 37

Sun Jul 18 #10 $668.8K −29% −52% $169.3M 1,532 $436 38

Mon Jul 19 #10 $324.8K −51% −53% $169.6M 1,532 $212 39

Tue Jul 20 #10 $359.5K +11% −57% $170.0M 1,532 $234 40

Wed Jul 21 #10 $314.2K −13% −49% $170.3M 1,532 $205 41

Thu Jul 22 #10 $323.7K +3% −42% $170.6M 1,532 $211 42

Fri Jul 23 #13 $328.8K +2% −52% $170.9M 780 $421 43

Sat Jul 24 #13 $445.1K +35% −53% $171.4M 780 $570 44

Sun Jul 25 #13 $326.3K −27% −51% $171.7M 780 $418 45

Mon Jul 26 $147.7K −55% −55% $171.9M 780 $189 46

Tue Jul 27 $169.2K +15% −53% $172.0M 780 $216 47

Wed Jul 28 #13 $154.3K −9% −51% $172.2M 780 $197 48

Thu Jul 29 #14 $152.7K −1% −53% $172.3M 780 $195 49

Fri Jul 30 $163.1K +7% −50% $172.5M 461 $353 50

Sat Jul 31 $223.7K +37% −50% $172.7M 461 $485 51

Sun Aug 1 #15 $208.3K −7% −36% $172.9M 461 $451 52

Mon Aug 2 $93.5K −55% −37% $173.0M 461 $202 53

Tue Aug 3 $86.7K −7% −49% $173.1M 461 $188 54

Wed Aug 4 $78.9K −9% −49% $173.2M 461 $171 55

Thu Aug 5 $79.8K +1% −48% $173.3M 461 $173 56

Fri Aug 6 $182.9K +129% +12% $173.5M 442 $413 57

Sat Aug 7 $241.5K +32% +8% $173.7M 442 $546 58

Sun Aug 8 $188.3K −22% −10% $173.9M 442 $426 59

Fri Aug 13 $158.0K — −14% $174.5M 372 $424 64

Sat Aug 14 #17 $209.5K +33% −13% $174.7M 372 $563 65

Sun Aug 15 #17 $150.6K −28% −20% $174.9M 372 $404 66

Fri Aug 20 $104.7K — −34% $175.2M 314 $333 71

Sat Aug 21 $160.9K +54% −23% $175.4M 314 $512 72

Sun Aug 22 $112.5K −30% −25% $175.5M 314 $358 73

Fri Aug 27 $65.6K — −37% $175.7M 255 $257 78

Sat Aug 28 $110.1K +68% −32% $175.8M 255 $431 79

Sun Aug 29 $72.8K −34% −35% $175.9M 255 $285 80

Fri Sep 3 $53.5K — −18% $176.0M 227 $235 85

Sat Sep 4 $101.2K +89% −8% $176.1M 227 $445 86

Sun Sep 5 $91.4K −10% +26% $176.2M 227 $402 87

Mon Sep 6 #32 $70.7K −23% $176.3M 227 $311 88

Fri Sep 10 $30.8K — −42% $176.4M 168 $183 92

Sat Sep 11 $61.5K +100% −39% $176.4M 168 $365 93

Sun Sep 12 $33.5K −45% −63% $176.5M 168 $199 94

Fri Sep 17 $24.5K — −20% $176.5M 147 $166 99

Sat Sep 18 $43.6K +78% −29% $176.6M 147 $296 100

Sun Sep 19 $27.6K −37% −18% $176.6M 147 $188 101

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

Cumulative total$174.9M

Jun 11Jun 26Jul 12Jul 27Aug 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $518.2K

$55.7M

$29.9M

$15.5M

$8.0M

$5.4M

$2.3M

$1.1M

$595.0K

$612.7K

$518.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,740 → 372 −90.1%

3,663 open372 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.4%

−46.3%

W1→2

−48.0%

W2→3

−48.5%

W3→4

−32.9%

W4→5

−57.3%

W5→6

−51.9%

W6→7

−45.9%

W7→8

+3.0%

W8→9

−15.4%

W9→10

Steepest −57.3%Biggest gain +3.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 10 days

$100M

Day 10

Jun 20

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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