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2010 • PG • 1h 49m • Action, Adventure, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$63.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$215.00M

$152.00M international

Domestic legs3.58x

Budget$150M

2010 rank#50

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Cast & crew

Full Turteltaub filmography

Jon Turteltaub

Jon Turteltaub Director

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage Starring

Jay Baruchel

Jay Baruchel Starring

Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina Starring

Teresa Palmer

Teresa Palmer Starring

Toby Kebbell

Toby Kebbell Starring

ScreenplayDoug Miro, Carlo Bernard StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 16-18 3 $17.6M — 3,504 $5,028 $24.7M

2 Jul 23-25 4 $9.7M −45.2% 3,504 $2,754 $42.6M

3 Jul 30-Aug 1 9 $4.5M −53.7% 2,524 $1,769 $52.0M

4 Aug 6-8 12 $2.4M −47.1% 1,766 $1,337 $57.1M

5 Aug 13-15 16 $1.1M −52.5% 989 $1,133 $59.5M

6 Aug 20-22 20 $476.0K −57.5% 472 $1,008 $60.6M

7 Aug 27-29 28 $264.3K −44.5% 312 $847 $61.1M

8 Sep 3-5 25 $447.5K +69.3% 357 $1,253 $61.6M

9 Sep 10-12 30 $305.8K −31.7% 312 $980 $62.2M

10 Sep 17-19 28 $238.8K −21.9% 275 $868 $62.5M

11 Sep 24-26 32 $181.4K −24.0% 227 $799 $62.7M

12 Oct 1-3 38 $116.7K −35.7% 170 $686 $62.9M

13 Oct 8-10 41 $68.4K −41.4% 109 $627 $63.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jul 14 #2 $3.9M — $3.9M 3,385 $1,144 1

Thu Jul 15 #3 $3.2M −17% $7.1M 3,385 $949 2

Fri Jul 16 #3 $5.5M +71% $12.6M 3,504 $1,564 3

Sat Jul 17 #3 $7.0M +27% $19.5M 3,504 $1,988 4

Sun Jul 18 #3 $5.2M −26% $24.7M 3,504 $1,475 5

Mon Jul 19 #3 $2.1M −59% $26.9M 3,504 $611 6

Tue Jul 20 #3 $2.3M +8% $29.2M 3,504 $661 7

Wed Jul 21 #3 $1.9M −18% −51% $31.1M 3,504 $540 8

Thu Jul 22 #3 $1.9M n/c −41% $33.0M 3,504 $540 9

Fri Jul 23 #5 $2.9M +54% −47% $35.9M 3,504 $833 10

Sat Jul 24 #4 $3.9M +34% −44% $39.8M 3,504 $1,116 11

Sun Jul 25 #4 $2.8M −28% −46% $42.6M 3,504 $803 12

Mon Jul 26 #4 $1.2M −58% −45% $43.8M 3,504 $336 13

Tue Jul 27 #4 $1.4M +17% −40% $45.2M 3,504 $394 14

Wed Jul 28 #6 $1.2M −14% −37% $46.4M 3,504 $340 15

Thu Jul 29 #5 $1.2M n/c −37% $47.6M 3,504 $341 16

Fri Jul 30 #9 $1.3M +9% −55% $48.9M 2,524 $515 17

Sat Jul 31 #9 $1.8M +37% −54% $50.6M 2,524 $706 18

Sun Aug 1 #8 $1.4M −23% −51% $52.0M 2,524 $546 19

Mon Aug 2 #9 $664.3K −52% −44% $52.7M 2,524 $263 20

Tue Aug 3 #9 $736.4K +11% −47% $53.4M 2,524 $291 21

Wed Aug 4 #9 $645.5K −12% −46% $54.1M 2,524 $255 22

Thu Aug 5 #9 $628.8K −3% −47% $54.7M 2,524 $249 23

Fri Aug 6 #13 $692.4K +10% −47% $55.4M 1,766 $392 24

Sat Aug 7 #12 $964.2K +39% −46% $56.4M 1,766 $545 25

Sun Aug 8 #11 $704.6K −27% −49% $57.1M 1,766 $399 26

Mon Aug 9 #11 $328.8K −53% −51% $57.4M 1,766 $186 27

Tue Aug 10 #13 $376.1K +14% −49% $57.8M 1,766 $212 28

Wed Aug 11 #12 $324.4K −14% −50% $58.1M 1,766 $183 29

Thu Aug 12 #11 $326.0K n/c −48% $58.4M 1,766 $184 30

Mon Sep 6 #23 $200.2K — $61.8M 357 $560 55

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

Cumulative total$61.8M

Jul 14Jul 22Jul 29Aug 6Sep 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $238.8K

$17.6M

$9.7M

$4.5M

$2.4M

$1.1M

$476.0K

$264.3K

$447.5K

$305.8K

$238.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,504 → 357 −89.8%

3,385 open357 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.9%

−45.2%

W1→2

−53.7%

W2→3

−47.1%

W3→4

−52.5%

W4→5

−57.5%

W5→6

−44.5%

W6→7

+69.3%

W7→8

−31.7%

W8→9

−21.9%

W9→10

Steepest −57.5%Biggest gain +69.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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