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The Last AirbenderFollow

2010 • PG • 1h 43m • Action, Adventure, Family • Paramount Pictures

Four nations, one destiny.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$40.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$132.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$320.00M

$188.00M international

Domestic legs3.27x

Budget$150M

2010 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Full Shyamalan filmography

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan Director

Dev Patel

Dev Patel Starring

Aasif Mandvi

Aasif Mandvi Starring

ScreenplayM. Night Shyamalan Produced byM. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mercer, Frank Marshall CinematographyAndrew Lesnie MusicJames Newton Howard StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 2-4 2 $40.3M — 3,169 $12,724 $57.8M

2 Jul 9-11 5 $16.6M −58.7% 3,203 $5,193 $99.7M

3 Jul 16-18 7 $7.8M −53.4% 2,805 $2,764 $115.1M

4 Jul 23-25 9 $4.2M −45.6% 2,127 $1,982 $123.3M

5 Jul 30-Aug 1 13 $1.8M −57.0% 1,238 $1,466 $127.3M

6 Aug 6-8 15 $704.7K −61.2% 639 $1,102 $129.0M

7 Aug 13-15 22 $358.8K −49.1% 364 $985 $129.7M

8 Aug 20-22 32 $188.6K −47.4% 223 $845 $130.1M

9 Aug 27-29 23 $418.8K +122.0% 306 $1,368 $130.6M

10 Sep 3-5 29 $321.5K −23.2% 248 $1,296 $131.1M

11 Sep 10-12 34 $182.1K −43.4% 220 $827 $131.4M

12 Sep 17-19 40 $118.1K −35.1% 174 $678 $131.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 1 #2 $17.5M — $17.5M 3,169 $5,525 1

Fri Jul 2 #2 $16.6M −5% $34.1M 3,169 $5,242 2

Sat Jul 3 #2 $14.4M −13% $48.5M 3,169 $4,540 3

Sun Jul 4 #2 $9.3M −35% $57.8M 3,169 $2,941 4

Mon Jul 5 #3 $11.5M +23% $69.3M 3,169 $3,622 5

Tue Jul 6 #3 $5.4M −53% $74.7M 3,169 $1,699 6

Wed Jul 7 #3 $4.3M −19% $79.0M 3,169 $1,369 7

Thu Jul 8 #3 $4.0M −7% −77% $83.1M 3,169 $1,273 8

Fri Jul 9 #5 $5.2M +29% −69% $88.3M 3,203 $1,630 9

Sat Jul 10 #5 $6.7M +29% −53% $95.0M 3,203 $2,097 10

Sun Jul 11 #5 $4.7M −30% −50% $99.7M 3,203 $1,465 11

Mon Jul 12 #6 $2.1M −55% −82% $101.8M 3,203 $655 12

Tue Jul 13 #6 $2.3M +8% −58% $104.1M 3,203 $709 13

Wed Jul 14 #7 $1.7M −24% −60% $105.8M 3,203 $537 14

Thu Jul 15 #7 $1.6M −8% −61% $107.4M 3,203 $492 15

Fri Jul 16 #7 $2.2M +41% −58% $109.6M 2,805 $790 16

Sat Jul 17 #7 $3.1M +39% −54% $112.7M 2,805 $1,098 17

Sun Jul 18 #7 $2.5M −20% −48% $115.1M 2,805 $875 18

Mon Jul 19 #7 $1.0M −57% −50% $116.2M 2,805 $373 19

Tue Jul 20 #7 $1.1M +4% −52% $117.3M 2,805 $386 20

Wed Jul 21 #7 $921.1K −15% −46% $118.2M 2,805 $328 21

Thu Jul 22 #7 $900.1K −2% −43% $119.1M 2,805 $320 22

Fri Jul 23 #9 $1.2M +34% −45% $120.3M 2,127 $568 23

Sat Jul 24 #9 $1.7M +39% −45% $122.0M 2,127 $792 24

Sun Jul 25 #9 $1.3M −22% −46% $123.3M 2,127 $621 25

Mon Jul 26 #9 $535.4K −60% −49% $123.8M 2,127 $251 26

Tue Jul 27 #9 $589.1K +10% −46% $124.4M 2,127 $276 27

Wed Jul 28 #9 $516.8K −12% −44% $125.0M 2,127 $242 28

Thu Jul 29 #10 $528.2K +2% −41% $125.5M 2,127 $248 29

Fri Jul 30 #13 $509.2K −4% −58% $126.0M 1,238 $411 30

Sat Jul 31 #13 $714.3K +40% −58% $126.7M 1,238 $576 31

Sun Aug 1 #13 $591.7K −17% −55% $127.3M 1,238 $477 32

Mon Aug 2 #13 $252.0K −57% −53% $127.5M 1,238 $203 33

Tue Aug 3 #13 $256.5K +2% −56% $127.8M 1,238 $207 34

Wed Aug 4 #13 $231.9K −10% −55% $128.0M 1,238 $187 35

Thu Aug 5 #13 $232.5K n/c −56% $128.3M 1,238 $187 36

Fri Aug 6 $200.8K −14% −61% $128.5M 639 $314 37

Sat Aug 7 $287.8K +43% −60% $128.8M 639 $450 38

Sun Aug 8 $216.1K −25% −63% $129.0M 639 $338 39

Mon Aug 9 $95.2K −56% −62% $129.1M 639 $149 40

Tue Aug 10 $105.1K +10% −59% $129.2M 639 $164 41

Wed Aug 11 $86.2K −18% −63% $129.3M 639 $134 42

Thu Aug 12 $87.3K +1% −62% $129.3M 639 $136 43

Fri Aug 13 $105.7K +21% −47% $129.5M 364 $290 44

Sat Aug 14 $144.7K +37% −50% $129.6M 364 $397 45

Sun Aug 15 $108.4K −25% −50% $129.7M 364 $297 46

Mon Aug 16 $48.2K −56% −49% $129.8M 364 $132 47

Tue Aug 17 $54.5K +13% −48% $129.8M 364 $149 48

Wed Aug 18 $46.2K −15% −46% $129.9M 364 $126 49

Thu Aug 19 $44.5K −4% −49% $129.9M 364 $122 50

Fri Aug 20 $51.6K +16% −51% $129.9M 223 $231 51

Sat Aug 21 $77.6K +50% −46% $130.0M 223 $348 52

Sun Aug 22 $59.4K −24% −45% $130.1M 223 $266 53

Mon Aug 23 $22.0K −63% −54% $130.1M 223 $98 54

Tue Aug 24 $25.7K +17% −53% $130.1M 223 $115 55

Wed Aug 25 $19.4K −25% −58% $130.2M 223 $86 56

Thu Aug 26 $18.7K −3% −58% $130.2M 223 $84 57

Fri Aug 27 $113.8K +507% +120% $130.3M 306 $371 58

Sat Aug 28 $183.3K +61% +136% $130.5M 306 $599 59

Sun Aug 29 $121.6K −34% +105% $130.6M 306 $397 60

Mon Aug 30 $39.5K −68% +80% $130.6M 306 $128 61

Tue Aug 31 $41.8K +6% +62% $130.7M 306 $136 62

Wed Sep 1 $33.3K −20% +72% $130.7M 306 $108 63

Thu Sep 2 $32.1K −3% +72% $130.7M 306 $105 64

Fri Sep 3 $75.0K +133% −34% $130.8M 257 $291 65

Sat Sep 4 $128.3K +71% −30% $130.9M 257 $499 66

Sun Sep 5 $118.3K −8% −3% $131.1M 257 $460 67

Mon Sep 6 #31 $98.7K −17% +150% $131.2M 257 $384 68

Tue Sep 7 $21.8K −78% −48% $131.2M 257 $84 69

Wed Sep 8 $17.9K −18% −46% $131.2M 257 $69 70

Thu Sep 9 $17.9K n/c −44% $131.2M 257 $69 71

Fri Sep 10 $45.3K +153% −40% $131.3M 220 $205 72

Sat Sep 11 $85.5K +89% −33% $131.3M 220 $388 73

Sun Sep 12 $51.4K −40% −57% $131.4M 220 $233 74

Mon Sep 13 $12.1K −77% −88% $131.4M 220 $54 75

Tue Sep 14 $13.6K +13% −38% $131.4M 220 $61 76

Wed Sep 15 $11.5K −16% −36% $131.4M 220 $52 77

Thu Sep 16 $12.6K +9% −30% $131.4M 220 $57 78

Fri Sep 17 $28.6K +127% −37% $131.5M 174 $164 79

Sat Sep 18 $53.2K +86% −38% $131.5M 174 $305 80

Sun Sep 19 $36.4K −32% −29% $131.6M 174 $209 81

Mon Sep 20 $8.8K −76% −27% $131.6M 174 $50 82

Tue Sep 21 $9.9K +11% −28% $131.6M 174 $56 83

Wed Sep 22 $8.5K −14% −26% $131.6M 174 $48 84

Thu Sep 23 $9.1K +7% −28% $131.6M 174 $52 85

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

Cumulative total$131.2M

Jul 1Jul 18Aug 5Aug 22Sep 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $321.5K

$40.3M

$16.6M

$7.8M

$4.2M

$1.8M

$704.7K

$358.8K

$188.6K

$418.8K

$321.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,203 → 257 −92.0%

3,169 open257 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −23.2%

−58.7%

W1→2

−53.4%

W2→3

−45.6%

W3→4

−57.0%

W4→5

−61.2%

W5→6

−49.1%

W6→7

−47.4%

W7→8

+122.0%

W8→9

−23.2%

W9→10

Steepest −61.2%Biggest gain +122.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 12 days

$100M

Day 12

Jul 12

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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