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2010 • R • 1h 43m • Drama, Fantasy, Horror • Universal Pictures

When the moon is full, the legend comes to life.

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2.74

5.9

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$31.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$62.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$140.00M

$77.80M international

Domestic legs1.97x

Budget$150M

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Cast & crew

Full Johnston filmography

Joe Johnston

Joe Johnston Director

Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro Starring

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins Starring

Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt Starring

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving Starring

Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin Starring

ScreenplayAndrew Kevin Walker, David Self Produced byScott Stuber, Benicio del Toro, Rick Yorn, Sean Daniel CinematographyShelly Johnson MusicDanny Elfman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 12-14 2 $31.5M — 3,222 $9,770 $31.5M

2 Feb 19-21 5 $9.9M −68.6% 3,223 $3,070 $50.4M

3 Feb 26-28 8 $4.3M −56.9% 3,043 $1,399 $57.4M

4 Mar 5-7 12 $1.6M −61.6% 1,829 $894 $60.4M

5 Mar 12-14 21 $404.6K −75.3% 550 $735 $61.5M

6 Mar 19-21 29 $153.7K −62.0% 218 $704 $61.8M

7 Mar 26-28 32 $98.6K −35.8% 164 $601 $61.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 12 #2 $9.6M — $9.6M 3,222 $2,995 1

Sat Feb 13 #3 $10.7M +11% $20.4M 3,222 $3,330 2

Sun Feb 14 #2 $11.1M +3% $31.5M 3,222 $3,445 3

Mon Feb 15 #4 $4.1M −63% $35.6M 3,222 $1,265 4

Tue Feb 16 #3 $1.9M −54% $37.4M 3,222 $580 5

Wed Feb 17 #3 $1.6M −16% $39.0M 3,222 $485 6

Thu Feb 18 #3 $1.5M −5% $40.5M 3,222 $460 7

Fri Feb 19 #5 $2.9M +95% −70% $43.4M 3,223 $895 8

Sat Feb 20 #5 $4.3M +49% −60% $47.6M 3,223 $1,330 9

Sun Feb 21 #5 $2.7M −36% −75% $50.4M 3,223 $845 10

Mon Feb 22 #4 $742.8K −73% −82% $51.1M 3,223 $230 11

Tue Feb 23 #4 $740.7K n/c −60% $51.8M 3,223 $229 12

Wed Feb 24 #4 $628.5K −15% −60% $52.5M 3,223 $195 13

Thu Feb 25 #5 $644.6K +3% −57% $53.1M 3,223 $199 14

Fri Feb 26 #8 $1.1M +75% −61% $54.2M 3,043 $370 15

Sat Feb 27 #8 $1.9M +72% −55% $56.2M 3,043 $634 16

Sun Feb 28 #7 $1.2M −38% −56% $57.4M 3,043 $395 17

Mon Mar 1 #7 $380.0K −68% −49% $57.8M 3,043 $124 18

Tue Mar 2 #8 $395.1K +4% −47% $58.2M 3,043 $129 19

Wed Mar 3 #9 $334.7K −15% −47% $58.5M 3,043 $110 20

Thu Mar 4 #9 $319.5K −5% −50% $58.8M 3,043 $105 21

Fri Mar 5 $457.3K +43% −59% $59.3M 1,829 $250 22

Sat Mar 6 $731.6K +60% −62% $60.0M 1,829 $400 23

Sun Mar 7 $448.0K −39% −63% $60.4M 1,829 $244 24

Mon Mar 8 #12 $155.2K −65% −59% $60.6M 1,829 $84 25

Tue Mar 9 #12 $155.1K n/c −61% $60.8M 1,829 $84 26

Wed Mar 10 #12 $146.3K −6% −56% $60.9M 1,829 $80 27

Thu Mar 11 #12 $145.4K −1% −54% $61.0M 1,829 $79 28

Fri Mar 12 $112.9K −22% −75% $61.2M 550 $205 29

Sat Mar 13 $170.6K +51% −77% $61.3M 550 $310 30

Sun Mar 14 $121.2K −29% −73% $61.5M 550 $220 31

Mon Mar 15 $43.9K −64% −72% $61.5M 550 $79 32

Tue Mar 16 $46.8K +7% −70% $61.5M 550 $85 33

Wed Mar 17 $38.5K −18% −74% $61.6M 550 $70 34

Thu Mar 18 $41.1K +7% −72% $61.6M 550 $74 35

Fri Mar 19 $45.8K +11% −59% $61.7M 218 $210 36

Sat Mar 20 $64.3K +40% −62% $61.7M 218 $295 37

Sun Mar 21 $43.6K −32% −64% $61.8M 218 $199 38

Mon Mar 22 $15.3K −65% −65% $61.8M 218 $69 39

Tue Mar 23 $15.3K n/c −67% $61.8M 218 $70 40

Wed Mar 24 $15.2K n/c −61% $61.8M 218 $69 41

Thu Mar 25 $16.2K +7% −60% $61.8M 218 $74 42

Fri Mar 26 $27.7K +71% −39% $61.9M 163 $170 43

Sat Mar 27 $40.8K +47% −37% $61.9M 163 $250 44

Sun Mar 28 $30.2K −26% −31% $61.9M 163 $185 45

Mon Mar 29 $10.6K −65% −31% $61.9M 163 $65 46

Tue Mar 30 $10.5K −1% −31% $62.0M 163 $64 47

Wed Mar 31 $10.5K n/c −31% $62.0M 150 $70 48

Thu Apr 1 $10.6K n/c −35% $62.0M 150 $70 49

Cumulative total$62.0M

Feb 12Feb 24Mar 8Mar 20Apr 1

Weekend grossWk 7 · $98.6K

$31.5M

$9.9M

$4.3M

$1.6M

$404.6K

$153.7K

$98.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 3,223 → 150 −95.3%

3,222 open150 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −35.8%

−68.6%

W1→2

−56.9%

W2→3

−61.6%

W3→4

−75.3%

W4→5

−62.0%

W5→6

−35.8%

W6→7

Steepest −75.3%Best hold −35.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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