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The UnbornFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 1h 27m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Universal Pictures

Evil will do anything to live.

🍅 11% 30%

30

2.05

4.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$42.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$78.20M

$35.50M international

Domestic legs2.2x

Budget$16M

2009 rank#70

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Cast & crew

Full Goyer filmography

David S. Goyer

David S. Goyer Director

Odette Annable

Odette Annable Starring

Cam Gigandet

Cam Gigandet Starring

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman Starring

Idris Elba

Idris Elba Starring

James Remar

James Remar Starring

ScreenplayDavid S. Goyer Produced byMichael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller CinematographyJames Hawkinson MusicRamin Djawadi StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 9-11 3 $19.8M — 2,357 $8,405 $19.8M

2 Jan 16-18 7 $9.3M −52.8% 2,359 $3,960 $32.6M

3 Jan 23-25 13 $4.4M −53.3% 2,111 $2,065 $39.2M

4 Jan 30-Feb 1 21 $1.2M −71.9% 1,308 $935 $41.3M

5 Feb 6-8 28 $393.8K −67.8% 388 $1,015 $42.0M

6 Feb 13-15 34 $238.1K −39.6% 177 $1,345 $42.3M

7 Feb 20-22 40 $123.5K −48.1% 174 $710 $42.5M

8 Feb 27-Mar 1 45 $108.0K −12.6% 150 $720 $42.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 9 #2 $8.3M — $8.3M 2,357 $3,510 1

Sat Jan 10 #3 $7.7M −6.4% $16.0M 2,357 $3,285 2

Sun Jan 11 #3 $3.8M −51.0% $19.8M 2,357 $1,610 3

Mon Jan 12 #3 $1.0M −73.3% $20.8M 2,357 $430 4

Tue Jan 13 #3 $836.7K −17.4% $21.7M 2,357 $355 5

Wed Jan 14 #3 $742.0K −11.3% $22.4M 2,357 $315 6

Thu Jan 15 #3 $836.3K +12.7% $23.2M 2,357 $355 7

Fri Jan 16 #7 $3.4M +300.6% −59.5% $26.6M 2,359 $1,420 8

Sat Jan 17 #8 $3.7M +11.3% −51.9% $30.3M 2,359 $1,580 9

Sun Jan 18 #8 $2.3M −39.2% −40.3% $32.6M 2,359 $960 10

Mon Jan 19 #10 $1.2M −46.9% +18.7% $33.8M 2,359 $510 11

Tue Jan 20 #8 $390.0K −67.6% −53.4% $34.2M 2,359 $165 12

Wed Jan 21 #12 $342.1K −12.3% −53.9% $34.5M 2,359 $145 13

Thu Jan 22 #12 $353.9K +3.4% −57.7% $34.9M 2,359 $150 14

Fri Jan 23 #13 $1.5M +317.6% −55.9% $36.3M 2,111 $700 15

Sat Jan 24 #13 $2.0M +37.1% −45.6% $38.4M 2,111 $960 16

Sun Jan 25 #15 $855.6K −57.8% −62.2% $39.2M 2,111 $405 17

Mon Jan 26 #15 $221.7K −74.1% −81.6% $39.5M 2,111 $105 18

Tue Jan 27 #16 $211.3K −4.7% −45.8% $39.7M 2,111 $100 19

Wed Jan 28 #15 $210.9K −0.2% −38.3% $39.9M 2,111 $100 20

Thu Jan 29 #16 $221.4K +5.0% −37.4% $40.1M 2,111 $105 21

Fri Jan 30 — $438.2K +97.9% −70.3% $40.5M 1,308 $335 22

Sat Jan 31 — $608.2K +38.8% −70.0% $41.1M 1,308 $465 23

Sun Feb 1 — $176.6K −71.0% −79.4% $41.3M 1,308 $135 24

Mon Feb 2 — $78.5K −55.6% −64.6% $41.4M 1,308 $60 25

Tue Feb 3 — $71.3K −9.1% −66.3% $41.5M 1,308 $55 26

Wed Feb 4 — $72.0K +0.9% −65.9% $41.5M 1,308 $55 27

Thu Feb 5 — $71.9K −0.1% −67.5% $41.6M 1,308 $55 28

Fri Feb 6 — $120.3K +67.3% −72.5% $41.7M 388 $310 29

Sat Feb 7 — $184.3K +53.2% −69.7% $41.9M 388 $475 30

Sun Feb 8 — $89.2K −51.6% −49.5% $42.0M 388 $230 31

Mon Feb 9 — $25.1K −71.8% −68.0% $42.0M 388 $65 32

Tue Feb 10 — $19.4K −22.7% −72.7% $42.1M 388 $50 33

Wed Feb 11 — $19.4K −0.4% −73.1% $42.1M 388 $50 34

Thu Feb 12 — $23.2K +19.8% −67.7% $42.1M 388 $60 35

Fri Feb 13 — $70.8K +205.2% −41.1% $42.2M 177 $400 36

Sat Feb 14 — $123.9K +75.0% −32.8% $42.3M 177 $700 37

Sun Feb 15 — $43.4K −65.0% −51.4% $42.3M 177 $245 38

Mon Feb 16 #45 $17.7K −59.2% −29.6% $42.3M 177 $100 39

Tue Feb 17 — $8.8K −50.3% −54.8% $42.4M 177 $50 40

Wed Feb 18 — $8.0K −9.6% −58.9% $42.4M 177 $45 41

Thu Feb 19 — $8.0K +0.2% −65.7% $42.4M 177 $45 42

Fri Feb 20 — $37.4K +369.7% −47.2% $42.4M 174 $215 43

Sat Feb 21 — $53.9K +44.2% −56.5% $42.5M 174 $310 44

Sun Feb 22 — $32.2K −40.3% −25.8% $42.5M 174 $185 45

Mon Feb 23 — $8.8K −72.7% −50.4% $42.5M 174 $50 46

Tue Feb 24 — $7.9K −9.9% −10.1% $42.5M 174 $45 47

Wed Feb 25 — $7.7K −2.1% −2.6% $42.5M 174 $45 48

Thu Feb 26 — $8.7K +12.3% +9.2% $42.5M 174 $50 49

Fri Feb 27 — $33.0K +279.4% −11.8% $42.6M 150 $220 50

Sat Feb 28 — $48.8K +47.8% −9.6% $42.6M 150 $325 51

Sun Mar 1 — $26.3K −46.1% −18.4% $42.6M 150 $175 52

Mon Mar 2 — $8.3K −68.6% −6.0% $42.6M 150 $55 53

Tue Mar 3 — $8.3K +0.7% +5.0% $42.7M 150 $55 54

Wed Mar 4 — $7.5K −9.8% −3.2% $42.7M 150 $50 55

Thu Mar 5 — $8.2K +9.3% −5.8% $42.7M 150 $55 56

Cumulative total$42.7M

Jan 9Jan 23Feb 6Feb 19Mar 5

Weekend grossWk 8 · $108.0K

$19.8M

$9.3M

$4.4M

$1.2M

$393.8K

$238.1K

$123.5K

$108.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,359 → 150 −93.6%

2,357 open150 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −12.6%

−52.8%

W1→2

−53.3%

W2→3

−71.9%

W3→4

−67.8%

W4→5

−39.6%

W5→6

−48.1%

W6→7

−12.6%

W7→8

Steepest −71.9%Best hold −12.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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