Name: The Last Airbender
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Released: 2010
Cast: Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Toub

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Thu Jul 1	#2	$17.51M		—	$17.51M	3,169	$5.5K	1
Fri Jul 2	#2	$16.61M	-5%	—	$34.13M	3,169	$5.2K	2
Sat Jul 3	#2	$14.39M	-13%	—	$48.51M	3,169	$4.5K	3
Sun Jul 4	#2	$9.32M	-35%	—	$57.84M	3,169	$2.9K	4
Mon Jul 5	#3	$11.48M	+23%	—	$69.32M	3,169	$3.6K	5
Tue Jul 6	#3	$5.39M	-53%	—	$74.70M	3,169	$1.7K	6
Wed Jul 7	#3	$4.34M	-19%	—	$79.04M	3,169	$1.4K	7
Thu Jul 8	#3	$4.04M	-7%	-77%	$83.08M	3,169	$1.3K	8
Fri Jul 9	#5	$5.22M	+29%	-69%	$88.30M	3,203	$1.6K	9
Sat Jul 10	#5	$6.72M	+29%	-53%	$95.02M	3,203	$2.1K	10
Sun Jul 11	#5	$4.70M	-30%	-50%	$99.71M	3,203	$1.5K	11
Mon Jul 12	#6	$2.10M	-55%	-82%	$101.81M	3,203	$655	12
Tue Jul 13	#6	$2.27M	+8%	-58%	$104.09M	3,203	$709	13
Wed Jul 14	#7	$1.72M	-24%	-60%	$105.81M	3,203	$537	14
Thu Jul 15	#7	$1.58M	-8%	-61%	$107.38M	3,203	$492	15
Fri Jul 16	#7	$2.22M	+41%	-58%	$109.60M	2,805	$790	16
Sat Jul 17	#7	$3.08M	+39%	-54%	$112.68M	2,805	$1.1K	17
Sun Jul 18	#7	$2.45M	-20%	-48%	$115.14M	2,805	$875	18
Mon Jul 19	#7	$1.05M	-57%	-50%	$116.19M	2,805	$373	19
Tue Jul 20	#7	$1.09M	+4%	-52%	$117.27M	2,805	$386	20
Wed Jul 21	#7	$921K	-15%	-46%	$118.19M	2,805	$328	21
Thu Jul 22	#7	$900K	-2%	-43%	$119.09M	2,805	$320	22
Fri Jul 23	#9	$1.21M	+34%	-45%	$120.30M	2,127	$568	23
Sat Jul 24	#9	$1.68M	+39%	-45%	$121.99M	2,127	$792	24
Sun Jul 25	#9	$1.32M	-22%	-46%	$123.31M	2,127	$621	25
Mon Jul 26	#9	$535K	-60%	-49%	$123.84M	2,127	$251	26
Tue Jul 27	#9	$589K	+10%	-46%	$124.43M	2,127	$276	27
Wed Jul 28	#9	$517K	-12%	-44%	$124.95M	2,127	$242	28
Thu Jul 29	#10	$528K	+2%	-41%	$125.48M	2,127	$248	29
Fri Jul 30	#13	$509K	-4%	-58%	$125.99M	1,238	$411	30
Sat Jul 31	#13	$714K	+40%	-58%	$126.70M	1,238	$576	31
Sun Aug 1	#13	$592K	-17%	-55%	$127.29M	1,238	$477	32
Mon Aug 2	#13	$252K	-57%	-53%	$127.55M	1,238	$203	33
Tue Aug 3	#13	$257K	+2%	-56%	$127.80M	1,238	$207	34
Wed Aug 4	#13	$232K	-10%	-55%	$128.03M	1,238	$187	35
Thu Aug 5	#13	$233K	n/c	-56%	$128.27M	1,238	$187	36
Fri Aug 6		$201K	-14%	-61%	$128.47M	639	$314	37
Sat Aug 7		$288K	+43%	-60%	$128.75M	639	$450	38
Sun Aug 8		$216K	-25%	-63%	$128.97M	639	$338	39
Mon Aug 9		$95K	-56%	-62%	$129.07M	639	$149	40
Tue Aug 10		$105K	+10%	-59%	$129.17M	639	$164	41
Wed Aug 11		$86K	-18%	-63%	$129.26M	639	$134	42
Thu Aug 12		$87K	+1%	-62%	$129.34M	639	$136	43
Fri Aug 13		$106K	+21%	-47%	$129.45M	364	$290	44
Sat Aug 14		$145K	+37%	-50%	$129.60M	364	$397	45
Sun Aug 15		$108K	-25%	-50%	$129.70M	364	$297	46
Mon Aug 16		$48K	-56%	-49%	$129.75M	364	$132	47
Tue Aug 17		$55K	+13%	-48%	$129.81M	364	$149	48
Wed Aug 18		$46K	-15%	-46%	$129.85M	364	$126	49
Thu Aug 19		$44K	-4%	-49%	$129.90M	364	$122	50
Fri Aug 20		$52K	+16%	-51%	$129.95M	223	$231	51
Sat Aug 21		$78K	+50%	-46%	$130.03M	223	$348	52
Sun Aug 22		$59K	-24%	-45%	$130.09M	223	$266	53
Mon Aug 23		$22K	-63%	-54%	$130.11M	223	$98	54
Tue Aug 24		$26K	+17%	-53%	$130.13M	223	$115	55
Wed Aug 25		$19K	-25%	-58%	$130.15M	223	$86	56
Thu Aug 26		$19K	-3%	-58%	$130.17M	223	$84	57
Fri Aug 27		$114K	+507%	+120%	$130.29M	306	$371	58
Sat Aug 28		$183K	+61%	+136%	$130.47M	306	$599	59
Sun Aug 29		$122K	-34%	+105%	$130.59M	306	$397	60
Mon Aug 30		$39K	-68%	+80%	$130.63M	306	$128	61
Tue Aug 31		$42K	+6%	+62%	$130.67M	306	$136	62
Wed Sep 1		$33K	-20%	+72%	$130.70M	306	$108	63
Thu Sep 2		$32K	-3%	+72%	$130.74M	306	$105	64
Fri Sep 3		$75K	+133%	-34%	$130.81M	257	$291	65
Sat Sep 4		$128K	+71%	-30%	$130.94M	257	$499	66
Sun Sep 5		$118K	-8%	-3%	$131.06M	257	$460	67
Mon Sep 6	#31	$99K	-17%	+150%	$131.16M	257	$384	68
Tue Sep 7		$22K	-78%	-48%	$131.18M	257	$84	69
Wed Sep 8		$18K	-18%	-46%	$131.20M	257	$69	70
Thu Sep 9		$18K	n/c	-44%	$131.21M	257	$69	71
Fri Sep 10		$45K	+153%	-40%	$131.26M	220	$205	72
Sat Sep 11		$85K	+89%	-33%	$131.35M	220	$388	73
Sun Sep 12		$51K	-40%	-57%	$131.40M	220	$233	74
Mon Sep 13		$12K	-77%	-88%	$131.41M	220	$54	75
Tue Sep 14		$14K	+13%	-38%	$131.42M	220	$61	76
Wed Sep 15		$11K	-16%	-36%	$131.43M	220	$52	77
Thu Sep 16		$13K	+9%	-30%	$131.45M	220	$57	78
Fri Sep 17		$29K	+127%	-37%	$131.48M	174	$164	79
Sat Sep 18		$53K	+86%	-38%	$131.53M	174	$305	80
Sun Sep 19		$36K	-32%	-29%	$131.56M	174	$209	81
Mon Sep 20		$9K	-76%	-27%	$131.57M	174	$50	82
Tue Sep 21		$10K	+11%	-28%	$131.58M	174	$56	83
Wed Sep 22		$9K	-14%	-26%	$131.59M	174	$48	84
Thu Sep 23		$9K	+7%	-28%	$131.60M	174	$52	85

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jul 2-4	2	$40.33M	—	$57.84M	3,169	$12.7K	1
Jul 9-11	5	$16.64M	-58.7%	$99.71M	3,203	$5.2K	2
Jul 16-18	7	$7.76M	-53.4%	$115.14M	2,805	$2.8K	3
Jul 23-25	9	$4.22M	-45.6%	$123.31M	2,127	$2.0K	4
Jul 30-Aug 1	13	$1.82M	-57.0%	$127.29M	1,238	$1.5K	5
Aug 6-8	15	$705K	-61.2%	$128.97M	639	$1.1K	6
Aug 13-15	22	$359K	-49.1%	$129.70M	364	$985	7
Aug 20-22	32	$189K	-47.4%	$130.09M	223	$845	8
Aug 27-29	23	$419K	+122.0%	$130.59M	306	$1.4K	9
Sep 3-5	29	$321K	-23.2%	$131.06M	248	$1.3K	10
Sep 10-12	34	$182K	-43.4%	$131.40M	220	$827	11
Sep 17-19	40	$118K	-35.1%	$131.56M	174	$678	12

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byM. Night Shyamalan

ScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan

Produced byM. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mercer, Frank Marshall

CinematographyAndrew Lesnie

MusicJames Newton Howard

StarringNoah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Toub, Aasif Mandvi

StudioParamount Pictures

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