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The WolverineFollow

2013 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Action, Sci-Fi • 20th Century Fox

When he's most vulnerable, he's most dangerous.

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61

3.03

6.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$53.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$132.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$416.50M

$283.90M international

Domestic legs2.50x

Budget$120M

2013 rank#22

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Cast & crew

Full Mangold filmography

James Mangold

James Mangold Director

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman Starring

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada Starring

Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen Starring

Will Yun Lee

Will Yun Lee Starring

ScreenplayScott Frank, Mark Bomback Produced byLauren Shuler Donner, Hutch Parker CinematographyRoss Emery MusicMarco Beltrami Studio20th Century Fox SeriesX-Men

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 26-28 1 $53.1M — 3,924 $13,535 $53.1M

2 Aug 2-4 2 $21.3M −59.9% 3,924 $5,434 $94.6M

3 Aug 9-11 7 $8.0M −62.4% 2,867 $2,798 $112.0M

4 Aug 16-18 10 $4.5M −43.7% 2,058 $2,195 $120.6M

5 Aug 23-25 15 $2.5M −45.0% 1,449 $1,714 $125.1M

6 Aug 30-Sep 1 19 $1.7M −31.0% 988 $1,734 $127.8M

7 Sep 6-8 20 $748.6K −56.3% 698 $1,072 $129.4M

8 Sep 13-15 21 $565.2K −24.5% 540 $1,046 $130.2M

9 Sep 20-22 21 $458.1K −18.9% 462 $991 $130.9M

10 Sep 27-29 23 $269.5K −41.2% 329 $819 $131.3M

11 Oct 4-6 28 $181.6K −32.6% 241 $753 $131.6M

12 Oct 11-13 29 $179.0K −1.4% 227 $788 $131.8M

13 Oct 18-20 30 $152.6K −14.7% 207 $737 $132.1M

14 Oct 25-27 34 $102.8K −32.6% 164 $626 $132.2M

15 Nov 1-3 38 $73.4K −28.5% 119 $617 $132.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 26 #1 $20.7M — $20.7M 3,924 $5,263 1

Sat Jul 27 #1 $18.2M −12% $38.8M 3,924 $4,635 2

Sun Jul 28 #1 $14.3M −22% $53.1M 3,924 $3,635 3

Mon Jul 29 #1 $5.5M −61% $58.7M 3,924 $1,414 4

Tue Jul 30 #1 $6.0M +8% $64.6M 3,924 $1,524 5

Wed Jul 31 #2 $4.3M −27% $69.0M 3,924 $1,106 6

Thu Aug 1 #2 $4.3M n/c $73.3M 3,924 $1,102 7

Fri Aug 2 #2 $6.5M +50% −69% $79.8M 3,924 $1,651 8

Sat Aug 3 #2 $8.6M +33% −53% $88.4M 3,924 $2,198 9

Sun Aug 4 #2 $6.2M −28% −56% $94.6M 3,924 $1,584 10

Mon Aug 5 #2 $2.7M −57% −51% $97.3M 3,924 $688 11

Tue Aug 6 #3 $2.8M +5% −52% $100.2M 3,924 $724 12

Wed Aug 7 #5 $2.0M −31% −54% $102.2M 3,785 $521 13

Thu Aug 8 #5 $1.8M −8% −58% $104.0M 3,785 $481 14

Fri Aug 9 #7 $2.4M +33% −62% $106.4M 2,867 $849 15

Sat Aug 10 #7 $3.3M +34% −62% $109.7M 2,867 $1,138 16

Sun Aug 11 #7 $2.3M −29% −63% $112.0M 2,867 $811 17

Mon Aug 12 #7 $1.0M −57% −63% $113.0M 2,867 $351 18

Tue Aug 13 #7 $1.3M +27% −55% $114.3M 2,867 $445 19

Wed Aug 14 #7 $915.2K −28% −54% $115.2M 2,867 $319 20

Thu Aug 15 #7 $823.8K −10% −55% $116.0M 2,867 $287 21

Fri Aug 16 #11 $1.3M +59% −46% $117.3M 2,058 $635 22

Sat Aug 17 #10 $1.9M +42% −43% $119.2M 2,058 $902 23

Sun Aug 18 #10 $1.4M −27% −42% $120.6M 2,058 $657 24

Mon Aug 19 #10 $531.5K −61% −47% $121.1M 2,058 $258 25

Tue Aug 20 #10 $655.6K +23% −49% $121.7M 2,058 $318 26

Wed Aug 21 #11 $436.7K −33% −52% $122.2M 2,058 $212 27

Thu Aug 22 #12 $420.0K −4% −49% $122.6M 2,058 $204 28

Fri Aug 23 $717.7K +71% −45% $123.3M 1,449 $495 29

Sat Aug 24 $1.1M +50% −42% $124.4M 1,449 $743 30

Sun Aug 25 $689.1K −36% −49% $125.1M 1,449 $475 31

Mon Aug 26 $269.6K −61% −49% $125.3M 1,449 $186 32

Tue Aug 27 $314.0K +16% −52% $125.7M 1,449 $216 33

Wed Aug 28 $232.7K −26% −47% $125.9M 1,449 $160 34

Thu Aug 29 $213.0K −8% −49% $126.1M 1,449 $147 35

Fri Aug 30 $430.5K +102% −40% $126.5M 988 $435 36

Sat Aug 31 $635.4K +48% −41% $127.2M 988 $643 37

Sun Sep 1 $647.5K +2% −6% $127.8M 988 $655 38

Mon Sep 2 $500.1K −23% +85% $128.3M 988 $506 39

Tue Sep 3 $138.0K −72% −56% $128.5M 988 $139 40

Wed Sep 4 $105.7K −23% −55% $128.6M 988 $106 41

Thu Sep 5 $96.6K −9% −55% $128.7M 988 $97 42

Fri Sep 6 $208.4K +116% −52% $128.9M 698 $298 43

Sat Sep 7 $360.9K +73% −43% $129.2M 698 $516 44

Sun Sep 8 $179.3K −50% −72% $129.4M 698 $256 45

Mon Sep 9 $57.3K −68% −89% $129.5M 698 $82 46

Tue Sep 10 $77.6K +35% −44% $129.5M 698 $111 47

Wed Sep 11 $61.6K −21% −42% $129.6M 698 $88 48

Thu Sep 12 $53.3K −13% −45% $129.7M 698 $76 49

Fri Sep 13 $181.0K +240% −13% $129.8M 540 $335 50

Sat Sep 14 $246.7K +36% −32% $130.1M 540 $456 51

Sun Sep 15 $137.5K −44% −23% $130.2M 540 $254 52

Mon Sep 16 $49.2K −64% −14% $130.3M 540 $91 53

Tue Sep 17 $60.0K +22% −23% $130.3M 540 $111 54

Wed Sep 18 $44.9K −25% −27% $130.4M 540 $83 55

Thu Sep 19 $46.7K +4% −12% $130.4M 540 $86 56

Fri Sep 20 $127.5K +173% −30% $130.6M 462 $276 57

Sat Sep 21 $215.0K +69% −13% $130.8M 462 $465 58

Sun Sep 22 $115.6K −46% −16% $130.9M 462 $250 59

Mon Sep 23 $35.2K −70% −28% $130.9M 462 $76 60

Tue Sep 24 $44.3K +26% −26% $131.0M 462 $95 61

Wed Sep 25 $35.8K −19% −20% $131.0M 462 $77 62

Thu Sep 26 $35.0K −2% −25% $131.0M 462 $75 63

Fri Sep 27 $75.8K +116% −41% $131.1M 329 $230 64

Sat Sep 28 $126.5K +67% −41% $131.2M 329 $384 65

Sun Sep 29 $67.1K −47% −42% $131.3M 329 $204 66

Mon Sep 30 $24.5K −64% −30% $131.3M 329 $74 67

Tue Oct 1 $28.7K +17% −35% $131.4M 329 $87 68

Wed Oct 2 $25.4K −12% −29% $131.4M 329 $77 69

Thu Oct 3 $25.2K −1% −28% $131.4M 329 $76 70

Fri Oct 4 $52.6K +108% −31% $131.5M 241 $218 71

Sat Oct 5 $81.7K +55% −35% $131.5M 241 $338 72

Sun Oct 6 $47.3K −42% −30% $131.6M 241 $196 73

Mon Oct 7 $18.8K −60% −23% $131.6M 241 $78 74

Tue Oct 8 $20.7K +10% −28% $131.6M 241 $85 75

Wed Oct 9 $17.4K −16% −31% $131.6M 241 $72 76

Thu Oct 10 $19.0K +9% −25% $131.7M 241 $78 77

Fri Oct 11 $51.7K +172% −2% $131.7M 227 $227 78

Sat Oct 12 $78.9K +53% −3% $131.8M 227 $347 79

Sun Oct 13 $48.4K −39% +2% $131.8M 227 $213 80

Mon Oct 14 $25.6K −47% +36% $131.9M 227 $112 81

Tue Oct 15 $19.7K −23% −5% $131.9M 227 $86 82

Wed Oct 16 $17.4K −12% n/c $131.9M 227 $76 83

Thu Oct 17 $18.4K +6% −3% $131.9M 227 $81 84

Fri Oct 18 $44.1K +140% −15% $132.0M 207 $213 85

Sat Oct 19 $70.1K +59% −11% $132.0M 207 $338 86

Sun Oct 20 $38.4K −45% −21% $132.1M 207 $185 87

Mon Oct 21 $15.4K −60% −40% $132.1M 207 $74 88

Tue Oct 22 $17.4K +13% −12% $132.1M 207 $84 89

Wed Oct 23 $14.6K −16% −16% $132.1M 207 $70 90

Thu Oct 24 $15.4K +6% −16% $132.1M 207 $74 91

Fri Oct 25 $28.5K +85% −35% $132.2M 164 $173 92

Sat Oct 26 $46.8K +64% −33% $132.2M 164 $285 93

Sun Oct 27 $27.5K −41% −28% $132.2M 164 $167 94

Mon Oct 28 $9.6K −65% −38% $132.3M 164 $58 95

Tue Oct 29 $10.1K +5% −42% $132.3M 164 $61 96

Wed Oct 30 $8.8K −13% −40% $132.3M 164 $53 97

Thu Oct 31 $11.1K +27% −28% $132.3M 164 $67 98

Fri Nov 1 $19.9K +79% −30% $132.3M 119 $166 99

Sat Nov 2 $35.0K +76% −25% $132.3M 119 $294 100

Sun Nov 3 $18.6K −47% −33% $132.4M 119 $155 101

Mon Nov 4 $5.4K −71% −44% $132.4M 119 $45 102

Tue Nov 5 $6.4K +19% −37% $132.4M 119 $53 103

Wed Nov 6 $5.3K −16% −39% $132.4M 119 $44 104

Thu Nov 7 $5.3K −1% −52% $132.4M 119 $44 105

Fri Nov 8 $11.7K +121% −41% $132.4M 77 $152 106

Sat Nov 9 $20.1K +72% −43% $132.4M 77 $260 107

Sun Nov 10 $13.7K −32% −26% $132.4M 77 $178 108

Mon Nov 11 $8.1K −41% +52% $132.4M 77 $105 109

Tue Nov 12 $3.9K −53% −40% $132.4M 77 $50 110

Wed Nov 13 $3.7K −5% −31% $132.4M 77 $47 111

Thu Nov 14 $3.8K +4% −28% $132.4M 77 $49 112

Fri Nov 15 $9.7K +155% −17% $132.5M 65 $149 113

Sat Nov 16 $18.2K +88% −9% $132.5M 65 $280 114

Sun Nov 17 $9.4K −48% −31% $132.5M 65 $145 115

Mon Nov 18 $2.9K −69% −64% $132.5M 65 $44 116

Tue Nov 19 $3.2K +11% −16% $132.5M 65 $49 117

Wed Nov 20 $2.7K −17% −27% $132.5M 65 $41 118

Thu Nov 21 $3.1K +17% −18% $132.5M 65 $48 119

Fri Nov 22 $7.2K +130% −26% $132.5M 43 $167 120

Sat Nov 23 $11.1K +55% −39% $132.5M 43 $258 121

Sun Nov 24 $5.7K −49% −40% $132.5M 43 $132 122

Mon Nov 25 $2.6K −53% −9% $132.5M 43 $61 123

Tue Nov 26 $3.2K +20% −2% $132.5M 43 $73 124

Wed Nov 27 $3.9K +24% +48% $132.5M 43 $91 125

Thu Nov 28 $2.7K −33% −15% $132.5M 43 $61 126

Fri Nov 29 $8.1K +207% +13% $132.5M 35 $232 127

Sat Nov 30 $9.2K +13% −18% $132.5M 35 $261 128

Sun Dec 1 $3.5K −62% −39% $132.6M 35 $98 129

Mon Dec 2 $1.3K −63% −52% $132.6M 35 $36 130

Tue Dec 3 $1.3K +2% −59% $132.6M 35 $36 131

Wed Dec 4 $1.7K +30% −58% $132.6M 35 $47 132

Thu Dec 5 $1.7K −1% −37% $132.6M 35 $47 133

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

Cumulative total$131.4M

Jul 26Aug 12Aug 30Sep 16Oct 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $269.5K

$53.1M

$21.3M

$8.0M

$4.5M

$2.5M

$1.7M

$748.6K

$565.2K

$458.1K

$269.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,924 → 329 −91.6%

3,924 open329 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.2%

−59.9%

W1→2

−62.4%

W2→3

−43.7%

W3→4

−45.0%

W4→5

−31.0%

W5→6

−56.3%

W6→7

−24.5%

W7→8

−18.9%

W8→9

−41.2%

W9→10

Steepest −62.4%Best hold −18.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 12 days

$100M

Day 12

Aug 6

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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