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This Means WarFollow

2012 • PG-13 • 1h 43m • Action, Comedy, Romance • 20th Century Fox

It's SPY Against SPY

🍅 24% 56%

31

2.65

6.3

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$54.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$156.00M

$102.00M international

Domestic legs3.15x

Budget$65.0M

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Cast & crew

Full McG filmography

McG

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

Chris Pine

Chris Pine Starring

Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy Starring

Til Schweiger

Til Schweiger Starring

ScreenplayTimothy Dowling, Simon Kinberg Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 17-19 5 $17.4M — 3,189 $5,458 $19.0M

2 Feb 24-26 7 $8.4M −51.6% 3,189 $2,641 $33.5M

3 Mar 2-4 8 $5.6M −34.0% 2,342 $2,374 $41.4M

4 Mar 9-11 9 $3.8M −32.5% 1,949 $1,927 $46.9M

5 Mar 16-18 10 $2.1M −43.0% 1,660 $1,290 $50.5M

6 Mar 23-25 12 $986.0K −54.0% 1,188 $829 $52.3M

7 Mar 30-Apr 1 17 $417.6K −57.6% 575 $726 $53.1M

8 Apr 6-8 21 $237.0K −43.2% 321 $738 $53.5M

9 Apr 13-15 22 $246.1K +3.8% 283 $869 $53.8M

10 Apr 20-22 22 $209.5K −14.9% 293 $715 $54.1M

11 Apr 27-29 24 $174.6K −16.7% 232 $752 $54.4M

12 May 4-6 34 $83.3K −52.3% 171 $487 $54.5M

13 May 11-13 37 $67.4K −19.0% 132 $510 $54.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 17 #4 $5.6M — $7.2M 3,189 $1,750 1

Sat Feb 18 #5 $6.9M +23% $14.1M 3,189 $2,161 2

Sun Feb 19 #5 $4.9M −29% $19.0M 3,189 $1,545 3

Mon Feb 20 #5 $2.6M −47% $21.6M 3,189 $815 4

Tue Feb 21 #5 $1.4M −48% $23.0M 3,189 $424 5

Wed Feb 22 #5 $1.0M −24% $24.0M 3,189 $321 6

Thu Feb 23 #4 $1.1M +5% $25.1M 3,189 $337 7

Fri Feb 24 #6 $2.7M +155% −51% $27.8M 3,189 $859 8

Sat Feb 25 #7 $3.9M +41% −44% $31.7M 3,189 $1,210 9

Sun Feb 26 #7 $1.8M −53% −63% $33.5M 3,189 $572 10

Mon Feb 27 #6 $525.5K −71% −80% $34.0M 3,189 $164 11

Tue Feb 28 #5 $687.9K +31% −49% $34.7M 3,189 $215 12

Wed Feb 29 #5 $543.9K −21% −47% $35.3M 3,189 $170 13

Thu Mar 1 #5 $585.7K +8% −46% $35.8M 3,189 $183 14

Fri Mar 2 #7 $1.7M +187% −39% $37.5M 2,342 $716 15

Sat Mar 3 #8 $2.6M +55% −33% $40.1M 2,342 $1,107 16

Sun Mar 4 #9 $1.3M −50% −29% $41.4M 2,342 $550 17

Mon Mar 5 #7 $386.1K −70% −27% $41.8M 2,342 $164 18

Tue Mar 6 #7 $505.7K +31% −26% $42.3M 2,342 $215 19

Wed Mar 7 #6 $404.7K −20% −26% $42.7M 2,342 $172 20

Thu Mar 8 #7 $442.9K +9% −24% $43.1M 2,342 $189 21

Fri Mar 9 #9 $1.2M +176% −27% $44.4M 1,949 $626 22

Sat Mar 10 #9 $1.7M +38% −35% $46.0M 1,949 $866 23

Sun Mar 11 #10 $845.8K −50% −34% $46.9M 1,949 $433 24

Mon Mar 12 #10 $346.5K −59% −10% $47.2M 1,949 $177 25

Tue Mar 13 #10 $423.7K +22% −16% $47.7M 1,949 $217 26

Wed Mar 14 #10 $351.3K −17% −13% $48.0M 1,949 $180 27

Thu Mar 15 #10 $382.9K +9% −14% $48.4M 1,949 $196 28

Fri Mar 16 #10 $760.3K +99% −38% $49.2M 1,660 $457 29

Sat Mar 17 #9 $921.3K +21% −45% $50.1M 1,660 $554 30

Sun Mar 18 #11 $460.2K −50% −46% $50.5M 1,660 $277 31

Mon Mar 19 #11 $172.5K −63% −50% $50.7M 1,660 $103 32

Tue Mar 20 #11 $213.0K +24% −50% $50.9M 1,660 $128 33

Wed Mar 21 #10 $180.1K −15% −49% $51.1M 1,660 $108 34

Thu Mar 22 #10 $177.6K −1% −54% $51.3M 1,660 $106 35

Fri Mar 23 #11 $323.9K +82% −57% $51.6M 1,188 $272 36

Sat Mar 24 #12 $449.7K +39% −51% $52.1M 1,188 $378 37

Sun Mar 25 #12 $212.3K −53% −54% $52.3M 1,188 $178 38

Mon Mar 26 #12 $89.5K −58% −48% $52.4M 1,188 $75 39

Tue Mar 27 #12 $102.8K +15% −52% $52.5M 1,188 $86 40

Wed Mar 28 #11 $93.2K −9% −48% $52.6M 1,188 $78 41

Thu Mar 29 #11 $103.0K +11% −42% $52.7M 1,188 $86 42

Fri Mar 30 $142.2K +38% −56% $52.8M 575 $247 43

Sat Mar 31 $183.7K +29% −59% $53.0M 575 $319 44

Sun Apr 1 $91.7K −50% −57% $53.1M 575 $159 45

Mon Apr 2 $36.4K −60% −59% $53.1M 575 $63 46

Tue Apr 3 $47.3K +30% −54% $53.2M 575 $82 47

Wed Apr 4 $35.0K −26% −62% $53.2M 575 $60 48

Thu Apr 5 $44.4K +27% −57% $53.2M 575 $77 49

Fri Apr 6 $92.5K +108% −35% $53.3M 321 $288 50

Sat Apr 7 $93.7K +1% −49% $53.4M 321 $291 51

Sun Apr 8 $50.9K −46% −44% $53.5M 321 $158 52

Mon Apr 9 $28.6K −44% −21% $53.5M 321 $89 53

Tue Apr 10 $27.4K −4% −42% $53.5M 321 $85 54

Wed Apr 11 $25.9K −5% −26% $53.6M 321 $80 55

Thu Apr 12 $25.7K −1% −42% $53.6M 321 $80 56

Fri Apr 13 $86.5K +237% −6% $53.7M 284 $304 57

Sat Apr 14 $110.6K +28% +18% $53.8M 284 $389 58

Sun Apr 15 $48.9K −56% −4% $53.8M 284 $172 59

Mon Apr 16 $14.7K −70% −49% $53.8M 284 $51 60

Tue Apr 17 $19.9K +35% −27% $53.9M 284 $70 61

Wed Apr 18 $16.9K −15% −35% $53.9M 284 $59 62

Thu Apr 19 $19.1K +13% −26% $53.9M 284 $67 63

Fri Apr 20 $71.2K +272% −18% $54.0M 293 $243 64

Sat Apr 21 $93.8K +32% −15% $54.1M 293 $320 65

Sun Apr 22 $44.5K −53% −9% $54.1M 293 $151 66

Mon Apr 23 $14.1K −68% −4% $54.1M 293 $48 67

Tue Apr 24 $17.5K +24% −12% $54.1M 293 $59 68

Wed Apr 25 $16.5K −6% −3% $54.2M 293 $56 69

Thu Apr 26 $17.4K +6% −9% $54.2M 293 $59 70

Fri Apr 27 $56.5K +225% −21% $54.2M 232 $243 71

Sat Apr 28 $81.6K +44% −13% $54.3M 232 $351 72

Sun Apr 29 $36.5K −55% −18% $54.4M 232 $157 73

Mon Apr 30 $11.3K −69% −20% $54.4M 232 $48 74

Tue May 1 $14.2K +25% −19% $54.4M 232 $61 75

Wed May 2 $11.9K −16% −28% $54.4M 232 $51 76

Thu May 3 $12.3K +3% −29% $54.4M 232 $52 77

Fri May 4 $28.7K +133% −49% $54.4M 171 $167 78

Sat May 5 $37.2K +30% −54% $54.5M 171 $217 79

Sun May 6 $17.5K −53% −52% $54.5M 171 $102 80

Mon May 7 $8.1K −53% −28% $54.5M 171 $47 81

Tue May 8 $9.3K +14% −35% $54.5M 171 $54 82

Wed May 9 $8.9K −4% −26% $54.5M 171 $51 83

Thu May 10 $9.1K +3% −26% $54.5M 171 $53 84

Fri May 11 $22.1K +142% −23% $54.5M 132 $167 85

Sat May 12 $28.6K +30% −23% $54.6M 132 $216 86

Sun May 13 $16.8K −41% −4% $54.6M 132 $127 87

Mon May 14 $5.7K −66% −30% $54.6M 132 $43 88

Tue May 15 $6.6K +15% −29% $54.6M 132 $49 89

Wed May 16 $6.5K −1% −27% $54.6M 132 $49 90

Thu May 17 $6.7K +3% −27% $54.6M 132 $50 91

Fri May 18 $19.2K +188% −13% $54.6M 90 $213 92

Sat May 19 $28.7K +49% n/c $54.7M 90 $318 93

Sun May 20 $10.7K −63% −36% $54.7M 90 $118 94

Mon May 21 $5.2K −51% −8% $54.7M 90 $58 95

Tue May 22 $5.5K +6% −16% $54.7M 90 $61 96

Wed May 23 $5.5K −1% −15% $54.7M 90 $60 97

Thu May 24 $5.8K +7% −12% $54.7M 90 $64 98

Fri May 25 $8.8K +51% −54% $54.7M 44 $199 99

Sat May 26 $11.0K +25% −62% $54.7M 44 $250 100

Sun May 27 $7.2K −35% −33% $54.7M 44 $162 101

Mon May 28 $6.1K −14% +17% $54.7M 44 $139 102

Tue May 29 $2.8K −54% −49% $54.7M 44 $64 103

Wed May 30 $2.9K +2% −48% $54.7M 44 $65 104

Thu May 31 $3.2K +10% −46% $54.7M 44 $71 105

Fri Jun 1 $4.0K +27% −55% $54.7M 25 $159 106

Sat Jun 2 $5.5K +37% −50% $54.7M 25 $219 107

Sun Jun 3 $2.5K −54% −65% $54.7M 25 $100 108

Mon Jun 4 $1.3K −48% −79% $54.7M 25 $52 109

Tue Jun 5 $1.8K +36% −37% $54.7M 25 $71 110

Wed Jun 6 $1.7K −2% −39% $54.7M 25 $69 111

Thu Jun 7 $1.8K +5% −42% $54.8M 25 $73 112

Fri Jun 8 $1.8K −5% −56% $54.8M 9 $194 113

Sat Jun 9 $2.0K +16% −63% $54.8M 9 $225 114

Sun Jun 10 $1.3K −37% −49% $54.8M 9 $142 115

Mon Jun 11 $549 −57% −58% $54.8M 9 $61 116

Tue Jun 12 $624 +14% −65% $54.8M 9 $69 117

Wed Jun 13 $455 −27% −74% $54.8M 9 $50 118

Thu Jun 14 $702 +54% −62% $54.8M 9 $78 119

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

Cumulative total$54.2M

Feb 17Mar 5Mar 23Apr 9Apr 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $209.5K

$17.4M

$8.4M

$5.6M

$3.8M

$2.1M

$986.0K

$417.6K

$237.0K

$246.1K

$209.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,189 → 293 −90.8%

3,189 open293 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.9%

−51.6%

W1→2

−34.0%

W2→3

−32.5%

W3→4

−43.0%

W4→5

−54.0%

W5→6

−57.6%

W6→7

−43.2%

W7→8

+3.8%

W8→9

−14.9%

W9→10

Steepest −57.6%Biggest gain +3.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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