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2013 • R • 1h 25m • Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller • Universal Pictures

One night a year, all crime is legal.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$34.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$64.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$91.30M

$26.80M international

Domestic legs1.9x

Budget$3M

2013 rank#55

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Cast & crew

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke Starring

Lena Headey

Lena Headey Starring

Rhys Wakefield

Rhys Wakefield Starring

ScreenplayJames DeMonaco Produced byJason Blum, Sébastien K. Lemercier, Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller CinematographyJacques Jouffret Music byNathan Whitehead StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 7-9 1 $34.1M — 2,536 $13,430 $34.1M

2 Jun 14-16 5 $8.3M −75.6% 2,591 $3,210 $52.0M

3 Jun 21-23 7 $3.6M −56.9% 2,201 $1,630 $59.6M

4 Jun 28-30 12 $1.2M −65.8% 1,122 $1,095 $62.8M

5 Jul 5-7 21 $322.6K −73.7% 256 $1,260 $63.1M

6 Jul 12-14 27 $162.0K −49.8% 179 $905 $63.8M

7 Jul 19-21 34 $129.5K −20.1% 156 $830 $64.1M

8 Jul 26-28 33 $117.8K −9.1% 157 $750 $64.3M

9 Aug 2-4 39 $89.7K −23.8% 132 $680 $64.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 6 #P $3.4M — $3.4M — — -1

Fri Jun 7 #1 $16.8M — $16.8M 2,536 $6,615 1

Sat Jun 8 #1 $10.5M −37.6% $27.2M 2,536 $4,125 2

Sun Jun 9 #1 $6.8M −34.8% $34.1M 2,536 $2,690 3

Mon Jun 10 #1 $3.3M −51.5% $37.4M 2,536 $1,305 4

Tue Jun 11 #1 $2.7M −18.8% $40.1M 2,536 $1,060 5

Wed Jun 12 #3 $1.9M −29.2% $42.0M 2,536 $750 6

Thu Jun 13 #4 $1.7M −11.3% $43.6M 2,536 $665 7

Fri Jun 14 #4 $3.0M +75.7% −82.3% $46.6M 2,591 $1,145 8

Sat Jun 15 #5 $3.1M +5.8% −70.0% $49.7M 2,591 $1,210 9

Sun Jun 16 #6 $2.2M −29.3% −67.5% $52.0M 2,591 $855 10

Mon Jun 17 #4 $1.2M −46.8% −64.3% $53.1M 2,591 $455 11

Tue Jun 18 #4 $1.2M −0.2% −56.2% $54.3M 2,591 $455 12

Wed Jun 19 #5 $984.6K −16.4% −48.2% $55.3M 2,591 $380 13

Thu Jun 20 #7 $711.3K −27.8% −57.8% $56.0M 2,591 $275 14

Fri Jun 21 #7 $1.2M +68.6% −59.5% $57.2M 2,201 $545 15

Sat Jun 22 #7 $1.4M +13.8% −56.5% $58.6M 2,201 $620 16

Sun Jun 23 #7 $1.0M −25.0% −53.8% $59.6M 2,201 $465 17

Mon Jun 24 #7 $506.2K −50.5% −57.1% $60.1M 2,201 $230 18

Tue Jun 25 #7 $572.0K +13.0% −51.4% $60.7M 2,201 $260 19

Wed Jun 26 #8 $484.2K −15.3% −50.8% $61.2M 2,201 $220 20

Thu Jun 27 #8 $396.2K −18.2% −44.3% $61.6M 2,201 $180 21

Fri Jun 28 #12 $403.9K +2.0% −66.3% $62.0M 1,122 $360 22

Sat Jun 29 #12 $488.1K +20.8% −64.2% $62.5M 1,122 $435 23

Sun Jun 30 #12 $336.6K −31.0% −67.1% $62.8M 1,122 $300 24

Mon Jul 1 #11 $196.3K −41.7% −61.2% $63.0M 1,122 $175 25

Tue Jul 2 #14 $129.0K −34.3% −77.4% $63.1M 1,122 $115 26

Wed Jul 3 — $57.8K −55.2% −88.1% $63.2M 1,122 $51 27

Thu Jul 4 — $56.0K −3.1% −85.9% $63.2M 1,122 $50 28

Fri Jul 5 — $119.0K +112.7% −70.5% $63.3M 256 $465 29

Sat Jul 6 — $133.1K +11.8% −72.7% $63.5M 256 $520 30

Sun Jul 7 — $70.4K −47.1% −79.1% $63.6M 256 $275 31

Mon Jul 8 — $30.7K −56.4% −84.4% $63.6M 256 $120 32

Tue Jul 9 — $33.3K +8.4% −74.2% $63.6M 256 $130 33

Wed Jul 10 — $30.7K −7.7% −46.8% $63.6M 256 $120 34

Thu Jul 11 — $24.3K −20.8% −56.5% $63.7M 256 $95 35

Fri Jul 12 — $49.2K +102.4% −58.6% $63.7M 179 $275 36

Sat Jul 13 — $64.4K +30.9% −51.6% $63.8M 179 $360 37

Sun Jul 14 — $48.3K −25.0% −31.3% $63.8M 179 $270 38

Mon Jul 15 — $26.9K −44.4% −12.5% $63.9M 179 $150 39

Tue Jul 16 — $26.9K +0.2% −19.2% $63.9M 179 $150 40

Wed Jul 17 — $24.8K −7.8% −19.3% $63.9M 160 $155 41

Thu Jul 18 — $22.4K −9.7% −7.9% $63.9M 160 $140 42

Fri Jul 19 — $39.8K +77.5% −19.2% $64.0M 156 $255 43

Sat Jul 20 — $49.1K +23.5% −23.7% $64.0M 156 $315 44

Sun Jul 21 — $40.6K −17.5% −16.1% $64.1M 156 $260 45

Mon Jul 22 — $22.6K −44.2% −15.8% $64.1M 156 $145 46

Tue Jul 23 — $21.8K −3.4% −18.8% $64.1M 156 $140 47

Wed Jul 24 — $20.3K −7.1% −18.2% $64.1M 156 $130 48

Thu Jul 25 — $18.7K −7.7% −16.4% $64.1M 156 $120 49

Fri Jul 26 — $35.3K +88.7% −11.2% $64.2M 157 $225 50

Sat Jul 27 — $46.3K +31.1% −5.7% $64.2M 157 $295 51

Sun Jul 28 — $36.1K −22.0% −11.0% $64.3M 157 $230 52

Mon Jul 29 — $17.3K −52.2% −23.7% $64.3M 157 $110 53

Tue Jul 30 — $17.2K −0.2% −21.1% $64.3M 157 $110 54

Wed Jul 31 — $17.2K −0.1% −15.1% $64.3M 157 $110 55

Thu Aug 1 — $16.6K −3.9% −11.6% $64.3M 157 $105 56

Fri Aug 2 — $26.4K +59.4% −25.3% $64.4M 132 $200 57

Sat Aug 3 — $35.6K +35.1% −23.0% $64.4M 132 $270 58

Sun Aug 4 — $27.7K −22.2% −23.2% $64.4M 132 $210 59

Mon Aug 5 — $12.5K −54.8% −27.4% $64.4M 132 $95 60

Tue Aug 6 — $12.5K −0.4% −27.5% $64.4M 132 $95 61

Wed Aug 7 — $12.5K +0.3% −27.2% $64.5M 132 $95 62

Thu Aug 8 — $11.9K −5.1% −28.1% $64.5M 132 $90 63

Cumulative total$64.5M

Jun 6Jun 22Jul 8Jul 23Aug 8

Weekend grossWk 9 · $89.7K

$34.1M

$8.3M

$3.6M

$1.2M

$322.6K

$162.0K

$129.5K

$117.8K

$89.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,591 → 132 −94.9%

2,536 open132 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −23.8%

−75.6%

W1→2

−56.9%

W2→3

−65.8%

W3→4

−73.7%

W4→5

−49.8%

W5→6

−20.1%

W6→7

−9.1%

W7→8

−23.8%

W8→9

Steepest −75.6%Best hold −9.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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