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2009 • R • 1h 51m • Drama, Thriller • Dimension Films

In a moment, the world changed forever.

🍅 74% 68%

64

3.67

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$1.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$8.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$29.20M

$21.10M international

Domestic legs5.4x

Budget$25M

2009 rank#169

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Cast & crew

Full Hillcoat filmography

John Hillcoat

John Hillcoat Director

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen Starring

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Kodi Smit-McPhee Starring

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce Starring

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall Starring

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron Starring

ScreenplayJoe Penhall Produced byNick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe Music byNick Cave, Warren Ellis StudioDimension Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 27-29 10 $1.5M — 111 $13,534 $2.0M

2 Dec 4-6 15 $749.5K −50.1% 128 $5,856 $3.2M

3 Dec 11-13 17 $505.9K −32.5% 135 $3,747 $4.0M

4 Dec 18-20 16 $660.3K +30.5% 396 $1,667 $4.9M

5 Dec 25-27 19 $449.1K −32.0% 311 $1,444 $5.9M

6 Jan 1-3 19 $542.6K +20.8% 306 $1,773 $6.9M

7 Jan 8-10 26 $253.5K −53.3% 207 $1,224 $7.4M

8 Jan 15-17 34 $124.1K −51.1% 145 $856 $7.6M

9 Jan 22-24 42 $69.1K −44.3% 100 $691 $7.8M

10 Jan 29-31 42 $61.3K −11.2% 90 $682 $7.9M

11 Feb 5-7 49 $30.3K −50.6% 62 $489 $7.9M

12 Feb 12-14 52 $19.0K −37.2% 40 $476 $8.0M

13 Feb 19-21 45 $56.4K +196.7% 40 $1,411 $8.0M

14 Feb 26-28 60 $28.7K −49.2% 74 $387 $8.1M

15 Mar 5-7 74 $7.0K −75.5% 22 $319 $8.1M

16 Mar 12-14 88 $2.4K −65.2% 10 $245 $8.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 27 #11 $558.1K — $1.0M 111 $5,028 3

Sat Nov 28 #11 $585.5K +5% $1.6M 111 $5,275 4

Sun Nov 29 #10 $358.7K −39% $2.0M 111 $3,231 5

Mon Nov 30 #12 $122.1K −66% $2.1M 111 $1,100 6

Tue Dec 1 #11 $122.9K +1% $2.2M 111 $1,107 7

Wed Dec 2 #11 $117.1K −5% $2.3M 111 $1,055 8

Thu Dec 3 #12 $105.3K −10% $2.4M 111 $949 9

Fri Dec 4 #16 $228.0K +117% −59% $2.7M 128 $1,781 10

Sat Dec 5 #15 $305.8K +34% −48% $3.0M 128 $2,389 11

Sun Dec 6 #16 $215.7K −29% −40% $3.2M 128 $1,685 12

Mon Dec 7 #16 $79.2K −63% −35% $3.3M 128 $619 13

Tue Dec 8 #16 $81.7K +3% −34% $3.4M 128 $638 14

Wed Dec 9 #16 $75.0K −8% −36% $3.4M 128 $586 15

Thu Dec 10 #16 $76.2K +1% −28% $3.5M 128 $595 16

Fri Dec 11 #17 $146.1K +92% −36% $3.7M 135 $1,082 17

Sat Dec 12 #17 $206.7K +41% −32% $3.9M 135 $1,531 18

Sun Dec 13 #17 $153.1K −26% −29% $4.0M 135 $1,134 19

Mon Dec 14 #- $63.4K −59% −20% $4.1M 135 $469 20

Tue Dec 15 #- $67.0K +6% −18% $4.1M 135 $496 21

Wed Dec 16 #- $63.8K −5% −15% $4.2M 135 $472 22

Thu Dec 17 #- $60.2K −6% −21% $4.3M 135 $446 23

Fri Dec 18 #15 $204.6K +240% +40% $4.5M 396 $517 24

Sat Dec 19 #16 $235.1K +15% +14% $4.7M 396 $594 25

Sun Dec 20 #16 $220.6K −6% +44% $4.9M 396 $557 26

Mon Dec 21 #17 $140.2K −36% +121% $5.1M 396 $354 27

Tue Dec 22 #- $144.7K +3% +116% $5.2M 396 $365 28

Wed Dec 23 #- $133.8K −8% +110% $5.3M 396 $338 29

Thu Dec 24 #17 $85.0K −36% +41% $5.4M 396 $215 30

Fri Dec 25 #- $117.0K +38% −43% $5.5M 311 $376 31

Sat Dec 26 #19 $178.4K +52% −24% $5.7M 311 $574 32

Sun Dec 27 #- $153.6K −14% −30% $5.9M 311 $494 33

Mon Dec 28 #- $116.0K −25% −17% $6.0M 311 $373 34

Tue Dec 29 #- $116.8K +1% −19% $6.1M 311 $376 35

Wed Dec 30 #- $119.6K +2% −11% $6.2M 311 $385 36

Thu Dec 31 #- $83.6K −30% −2% $6.3M 311 $269 37

Fri Jan 1 #- $211.0K +152% +80% $6.5M 306 $689 38

Sat Jan 2 #- $206.9K −2% +16% $6.7M 306 $676 39

Sun Jan 3 #- $124.8K −40% −19% $6.9M 306 $408 40

Mon Jan 4 #- $63.7K −49% −45% $6.9M 306 $208 41

Tue Jan 5 #- $67.1K +5% −43% $7.0M 306 $219 42

Wed Jan 6 #- $65.5K −2% −45% $7.1M 306 $214 43

Thu Jan 7 #- $53.8K −18% −36% $7.1M 306 $176 44

Fri Jan 8 #- $71.9K +34% −66% $7.2M 207 $347 45

Sat Jan 9 #- $107.2K +49% −48% $7.3M 207 $518 46

Sun Jan 10 #- $74.4K −31% −40% $7.4M 207 $359 47

Mon Jan 11 #- $29.5K −60% −54% $7.4M 207 $142 48

Tue Jan 12 #- $34.3K +16% −49% $7.4M 207 $166 49

Wed Jan 13 #- $32.3K −6% −51% $7.5M 207 $156 50

Thu Jan 14 #- $35.2K +9% −35% $7.5M 207 $170 51

Fri Jan 15 #- $34.9K −1% −52% $7.5M 145 $240 52

Sat Jan 16 #- $47.7K +37% −56% $7.6M 145 $329 53

Sun Jan 17 #- $41.5K −13% −44% $7.6M 145 $286 54

Mon Jan 18 #35 $26.3K −37% −11% $7.6M 145 $181 55

Tue Jan 19 #- $14.9K −43% −57% $7.7M 145 $103 56

Wed Jan 20 #- $14.9K — −54% $7.7M 145 $103 57

Thu Jan 21 #- $18.7K +25% −47% $7.7M 145 $129 58

Fri Jan 22 #- $19.0K +2% −46% $7.7M 100 $190 59

Sat Jan 23 #- $32.2K +69% −33% $7.7M 100 $322 60

Sun Jan 24 #- $17.9K −44% −57% $7.8M 100 $179 61

Mon Jan 25 #- $8.3K −54% −69% $7.8M 100 $83 62

Tue Jan 26 #- $9.4K +14% −37% $7.8M 100 $94 63

Wed Jan 27 #- $9.1K −3% −39% $7.8M 100 $91 64

Thu Jan 28 #- $9.2K +1% −51% $7.8M 100 $92 65

Fri Jan 29 #- $16.7K +82% −12% $7.8M 90 $186 66

Sat Jan 30 #- $25.5K +53% −21% $7.8M 90 $284 67

Sun Jan 31 #- $19.1K −25% +6% $7.9M 90 $212 68

Mon Feb 1 #- $7.0K −63% −15% $7.9M 90 $78 69

Tue Feb 2 #- $8.4K +20% −10% $7.9M 90 $94 70

Wed Feb 3 #- $8.1K −4% −11% $7.9M 90 $90 71

Thu Feb 4 #- $7.8K −4% −16% $7.9M 90 $86 72

Fri Feb 5 #- $9.3K +21% −44% $7.9M 62 $151 73

Sat Feb 6 #- $15.3K +64% −40% $7.9M 62 $247 74

Sun Feb 7 #- $5.6K −63% −70% $7.9M 62 $91 75

Mon Feb 8 #- $5.2K −7% −25% $7.9M 62 $85 76

Tue Feb 9 #- $4.5K −14% −46% $7.9M 62 $73 77

Wed Feb 10 #- $4.0K −12% −51% $7.9M 62 $64 78

Thu Feb 11 #- $4.4K +10% −43% $7.9M 62 $71 79

Fri Feb 12 #- $4.6K +5% −51% $7.9M 40 $115 80

Sat Feb 13 #- $7.4K +61% −52% $8.0M 40 $185 81

Sun Feb 14 #- $7.0K −6% +24% $8.0M 40 $175 82

Mon Feb 15 #52 $3.7K −46% −29% $8.0M 40 $94 83

Tue Feb 16 #- $1.8K −51% −60% $8.0M 40 $46 84

Wed Feb 17 #- $3.6K +95% −11% $8.0M 40 $89 85

Thu Feb 18 #- $2.1K −40% −51% $8.0M 40 $53 86

Fri Feb 19 #- $16.0K +651% +247% $8.0M 40 $401 87

Sat Feb 20 #- $23.1K +44% +212% $8.0M 40 $578 88

Sun Feb 21 #- $17.3K −25% +147% $8.0M 40 $432 89

Mon Feb 22 #- $6.9K −60% +85% $8.0M 40 $173 90

Tue Feb 23 #- $7.4K +7% +306% $8.0M 40 $186 91

Wed Feb 24 #- $7.7K +3% +115% $8.0M 40 $191 92

Thu Feb 25 #- $7.0K −9% +227% $8.1M 40 $175 93

Fri Feb 26 #- $7.6K +9% −53% $8.1M 74 $103 94

Sat Feb 27 #- $12.5K +64% −46% $8.1M 74 $168 95

Sun Feb 28 #- $8.6K −31% −50% $8.1M 74 $116 96

Mon Mar 1 #- $3.5K −59% −49% $8.1M 74 $47 97

Tue Mar 2 #- $4.0K +13% −47% $8.1M 74 $53 98

Wed Mar 3 #- $3.7K −7% −52% $8.1M 74 $50 99

Thu Mar 4 #- $3.7K — −47% $8.1M 74 $50 100

Fri Mar 5 #- $1.8K −50% −76% $8.1M 22 $84 101

Sat Mar 6 #- $3.0K +64% −76% $8.1M 22 $138 102

Sun Mar 7 #- $2.1K −29% −75% $8.1M 22 $97 103

Mon Mar 8 #- $1.1K −47% −67% $8.1M 22 $52 104

Tue Mar 9 #- $899 −22% −77% $8.1M 22 $41 105

Wed Mar 10 #- $949 +6% −74% $8.1M 22 $43 106

Thu Mar 11 #- $1.3K +33% −66% $8.1M 22 $57 107

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

Cumulative total$7.9M

Nov 27Dec 14Dec 31Jan 16Feb 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $61.3K

$1.5M

$749.5K

$505.9K

$660.3K

$449.1K

$542.6K

$253.5K

$124.1K

$69.1K

$61.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 396 → 90 −77.3%

111 open90 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11.2%

−50.1%

W1→2

−32.5%

W2→3

+30.5%

W3→4

−32.0%

W4→5

+20.8%

W5→6

−53.3%

W6→7

−51.1%

W7→8

−44.3%

W8→9

−11.2%

W9→10

Steepest −53.3%Biggest gain +30.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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