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2012 • PG-13 • 1h 58m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Sony Pictures Releasing

What Is Real?

🍅 30% 47%

43

2.54

6.2

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$25.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$58.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$198.00M

$140.00M international

Domestic legs2.30x

Budget$125M

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Cast & crew

Full Wiseman filmography

Len Wiseman

Len Wiseman Director

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell Starring

Jessica Biel

Jessica Biel Starring

Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale Starring

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy Starring

John Cho

John Cho Starring

ScreenplayMark Bomback, Kurt Wimmer Produced byNeal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffe CinematographyPaul Cameron MusicHarry Gregson-Williams StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 3-5 2 $25.6M — 3,601 $7,102 $25.6M

2 Aug 10-12 5 $8.0M −68.7% 3,601 $2,225 $44.1M

3 Aug 17-19 10 $3.5M −56.7% 2,434 $1,426 $51.8M

4 Aug 24-26 14 $1.8M −49.3% 1,576 $1,117 $55.2M

5 Aug 31-Sep 2 19 $868.5K −50.7% 756 $1,148 $56.7M

6 Sep 7-9 24 $467.6K −46.2% 502 $931 $57.6M

7 Sep 14-16 31 $276.5K −40.9% 303 $912 $58.1M

8 Sep 21-23 28 $281.8K +1.9% 322 $875 $58.5M

9 Sep 28-30 31 $160.1K −43.2% 239 $669 $58.7M

10 Oct 5-7 42 $83.7K −47.7% 167 $501 $58.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 3 #2 $9.1M — $9.1M 3,601 $2,524 1

Sat Aug 4 #2 $9.3M +3% $18.4M 3,601 $2,595 2

Sun Aug 5 #2 $7.1M −24% $25.6M 3,601 $1,982 3

Mon Aug 6 #2 $3.0M −58% $28.6M 3,601 $833 4

Tue Aug 7 #2 $3.2M +6% $31.8M 3,601 $883 5

Wed Aug 8 #3 $2.3M −29% $34.0M 3,601 $628 6

Thu Aug 9 #3 $2.1M −9% $36.1M 3,601 $572 7

Fri Aug 10 #6 $2.5M +19% −73% $38.5M 3,601 $680 8

Sat Aug 11 #5 $3.2M +32% −65% $41.8M 3,601 $896 9

Sun Aug 12 #5 $2.3M −28% −67% $44.1M 3,601 $648 10

Mon Aug 13 #6 $1.0M −57% −66% $45.1M 3,601 $281 11

Tue Aug 14 #6 $1.3M +29% −59% $46.4M 3,601 $363 12

Wed Aug 15 #7 $953.7K −27% −58% $47.4M 3,601 $264 13

Thu Aug 16 #6 $907.2K −5% −56% $48.3M 3,601 $251 14

Fri Aug 17 #10 $1.1M +17% −57% $49.3M 2,434 $436 15

Sat Aug 18 #10 $1.4M +35% −56% $50.8M 2,434 $587 16

Sun Aug 19 #10 $980.3K −31% −58% $51.8M 2,434 $402 17

Mon Aug 20 #10 $409.2K −58% −60% $52.2M 2,434 $168 18

Tue Aug 21 #10 $508.7K +24% −61% $52.7M 2,434 $209 19

Wed Aug 22 #11 $368.1K −28% −61% $53.0M 2,151 $171 20

Thu Aug 23 #10 $372.1K +1% −59% $53.4M 2,151 $172 21

Fri Aug 24 #14 $527.0K +42% −50% $53.9M 1,576 $334 22

Sat Aug 25 #14 $771.6K +46% −46% $54.7M 1,576 $489 23

Sun Aug 26 #15 $461.8K −40% −53% $55.2M 1,576 $293 24

Mon Aug 27 #15 $202.4K −56% −51% $55.4M 1,576 $128 25

Tue Aug 28 #15 $224.1K +11% −56% $55.6M 1,576 $142 26

Wed Aug 29 #16 $131.9K −41% −64% $55.7M 1,326 $99 27

Thu Aug 30 $137.4K +4% −63% $55.9M 1,326 $103 28

Fri Aug 31 $216.7K +58% −59% $56.1M 756 $286 29

Sat Sep 1 $319.6K +47% −59% $56.4M 756 $422 30

Sun Sep 2 $332.2K +4% −28% $56.7M 756 $439 31

Mon Sep 3 $219.0K −34% +8% $57.0M 756 $289 32

Tue Sep 4 $81.0K −63% −64% $57.0M 756 $107 33

Wed Sep 5 $59.3K −27% −55% $57.1M 756 $78 34

Thu Sep 6 $62.8K +6% −54% $57.2M 756 $83 35

Fri Sep 7 $130.3K +108% −40% $57.3M 502 $259 36

Sat Sep 8 $221.3K +70% −31% $57.5M 502 $440 37

Sun Sep 9 $115.9K −48% −65% $57.6M 502 $230 38

Fri Sep 14 $85.2K — −35% $57.9M 303 $281 43

Sat Sep 15 $126.0K +48% −43% $58.0M 303 $415 44

Sun Sep 16 $65.3K −48% −44% $58.1M 303 $215 45

Fri Sep 21 $83.8K — −2% $58.3M 322 $260 50

Sat Sep 22 $125.2K +49% −1% $58.4M 322 $388 51

Sun Sep 23 $72.8K −42% +11% $58.5M 322 $226 52

Fri Sep 28 $48.2K — −42% $58.6M 239 $201 57

Sat Sep 29 $70.5K +46% −44% $58.7M 239 $294 58

Sun Sep 30 $41.4K −41% −43% $58.7M 239 $173 59

Fri Oct 5 $23.7K — −51% $58.8M 167 $141 64

Sat Oct 6 $35.5K +50% −50% $58.9M 167 $212 65

Sun Oct 7 $24.5K −31% −41% $58.9M 167 $146 66

Cumulative total$58.9M

Aug 3Aug 15Aug 28Sep 9Oct 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $83.7K

$25.6M

$8.0M

$3.5M

$1.8M

$868.5K

$467.6K

$276.5K

$281.8K

$160.1K

$83.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,601 → 167 −95.4%

3,601 open167 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.7%

−68.7%

W1→2

−56.7%

W2→3

−49.3%

W3→4

−50.7%

W4→5

−46.2%

W5→6

−40.9%

W6→7

+1.9%

W7→8

−43.2%

W8→9

−47.7%

W9→10

Steepest −68.7%Biggest gain +1.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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