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Tower HeistFollow

2011 • PG-13 • 1h 44m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Universal Pictures

It's not just a robbery. It's payback.

🍅 67% 48%

59

2.79

6.2

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$78.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$153.00M

$74.90M international

Domestic legs3.25x

Budget$75.0M

2011 rank#42

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Cast & crew

Full Ratner filmography

Brett Ratner

Brett Ratner Director

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller Starring

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy Starring

Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck Starring

Alan Alda

Alan Alda Starring

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick Starring

ScreenplayTed Griffin, Jeff Nathanson Produced byBrian Grazer, Eddie Murphy, Kim Roth CinematographyDante Spinotti MusicChristophe Beck StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 4-6 2 $24.0M — 3,367 $7,135 $24.0M

2 Nov 11-13 4 $12.8M −46.8% 3,370 $3,790 $43.5M

3 Nov 18-20 6 $7.1M −44.4% 2,942 $2,415 $53.5M

4 Nov 25-27 10 $7.2M +1.0% 2,474 $2,900 $65.2M

5 Dec 2-4 9 $4.0M −44.9% 2,404 $1,644 $70.6M

6 Dec 9-11 11 $2.4M −40.3% 2,069 $1,139 $74.1M

7 Dec 16-18 14 $901.0K −61.8% 1,315 $685 $75.8M

8 Dec 23-25 26 $137.3K −84.8% 283 $485 $76.3M

9 Dec 30-Jan 1 24 $253.0K +84.3% 253 $1,000 $76.7M

10 Jan 6-8 21 $303.9K +20.1% 295 $1,030 $77.2M

11 Jan 13-15 29 $241.8K −20.4% 260 $930 $77.5M

12 Jan 20-22 31 $178.2K −26.3% 220 $810 $77.8M

13 Jan 27-29 36 $129.6K −27.3% 174 $745 $78.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 4 #1 $8.1M — $8.1M 3,367 $2,394 1

Sat Nov 5 #2 $10.5M +30% $18.6M 3,367 $3,115 2

Sun Nov 6 #2 $5.5M −48% $24.0M 3,367 $1,625 3

Mon Nov 7 #2 $1.5M −72% $25.5M 3,367 $450 4

Tue Nov 8 #2 $2.0M +30% $27.5M 3,367 $585 5

Wed Nov 9 #1 $1.4M −30% $28.9M 3,367 $410 6

Thu Nov 10 #2 $1.8M +30% $30.7M 3,367 $535 7

Fri Nov 11 #4 $4.8M +165% −41% $35.5M 3,370 $1,415 8

Sat Nov 12 #4 $5.5M +14% −48% $40.9M 3,370 $1,620 9

Sun Nov 13 #4 $2.5M −53% −53% $43.5M 3,370 $755 10

Mon Nov 14 #5 $692.5K −73% −54% $44.2M 3,370 $205 11

Tue Nov 15 #5 $894.6K +29% −55% $45.1M 3,370 $265 12

Wed Nov 16 #5 $725.5K −19% −47% $45.8M 3,370 $215 13

Thu Nov 17 #5 $655.5K −10% −64% $46.4M 3,370 $194 14

Fri Nov 18 #6 $2.1M +228% −55% $48.6M 2,942 $730 15

Sat Nov 19 #6 $3.3M +52% −40% $51.8M 2,942 $1,110 16

Sun Nov 20 #6 $1.7M −48% −34% $53.5M 2,942 $575 17

Mon Nov 21 #6 $676.9K −60% −2% $54.2M 2,942 $230 18

Tue Nov 22 #6 $971.0K +43% +9% $55.2M 2,942 $330 19

Wed Nov 23 #9 $1.3M +32% +77% $56.5M 2,489 $515 20

Thu Nov 24 #8 $1.6M +21% +137% $58.0M 2,489 $625 21

Fri Nov 25 #9 $2.9M +84% +34% $60.9M 2,474 $1,160 22

Sat Nov 26 #8 $3.0M +5% −8% $63.9M 2,474 $1,220 23

Sun Nov 27 #10 $1.3M −57% −24% $65.2M 2,474 $520 24

Mon Nov 28 #9 $346.4K −73% −49% $65.5M 2,474 $140 25

Tue Nov 29 #10 $408.2K +18% −58% $66.0M 2,474 $165 26

Wed Nov 30 #10 $334.0K −18% −74% $66.3M 2,474 $134 27

Thu Dec 1 #9 $357.5K +7% −77% $66.6M 2,474 $144 28

Fri Dec 2 #9 $1.3M +250% −56% $67.9M 2,404 $520 29

Sat Dec 3 #9 $1.8M +47% −39% $69.7M 2,404 $764 30

Sun Dec 4 #10 $865.4K −53% −33% $70.6M 2,404 $360 31

Mon Dec 5 #9 $263.3K −70% −24% $70.9M 2,404 $109 32

Tue Dec 6 #9 $324.5K +23% −20% $71.2M 2,404 $135 33

Wed Dec 7 #9 $276.5K −15% −17% $71.5M 2,404 $115 34

Thu Dec 8 #9 $300.5K +9% −16% $71.8M 2,404 $125 35

Fri Dec 9 #10 $734.5K +144% −41% $72.5M 2,069 $355 36

Sat Dec 10 #10 $1.1M +52% −39% $73.6M 2,069 $539 37

Sun Dec 11 #11 $506.9K −55% −41% $74.1M 2,069 $245 38

Mon Dec 12 #10 $175.9K −65% −33% $74.3M 2,069 $85 39

Tue Dec 13 #11 $206.9K +18% −36% $74.5M 2,069 $100 40

Wed Dec 14 #10 $196.6K −5% −29% $74.7M 2,069 $95 41

Thu Dec 15 #11 $186.2K −5% −38% $74.9M 2,069 $90 42

Fri Dec 16 #13 $276.3K +48% −62% $75.2M 1,315 $210 43

Sat Dec 17 #14 $407.8K +48% −64% $75.6M 1,315 $310 44

Sun Dec 18 #15 $217.0K −47% −57% $75.8M 1,315 $165 45

Mon Dec 19 #15 $124.9K −42% −29% $75.9M 1,315 $95 46

Tue Dec 20 #15 $105.2K −16% −49% $76.0M 1,315 $80 47

Wed Dec 21 $43.9K −58% −78% $76.1M 418 $105 48

Thu Dec 22 $50.2K +14% −73% $76.1M 418 $120 49

Fri Dec 23 $58.0K +16% −79% $76.2M 283 $205 50

Sat Dec 24 $31.1K −46% −92% $76.2M 283 $110 51

Sun Dec 25 $48.1K +55% −78% $76.3M 283 $170 52

Mon Dec 26 $67.9K +41% −46% $76.3M 283 $240 53

Tue Dec 27 $53.8K −21% −49% $76.4M 283 $190 54

Wed Dec 28 $53.9K n/c +23% $76.4M 283 $190 55

Thu Dec 29 $55.2K +2% +10% $76.5M 283 $195 56

Fri Dec 30 $96.1K +74% +66% $76.6M 253 $380 57

Sat Dec 31 $73.4K −24% +136% $76.7M 253 $290 58

Sun Jan 1 $83.5K +14% +74% $76.7M 253 $330 59

Mon Jan 2 $68.3K −18% +1% $76.8M 253 $270 60

Tue Jan 3 $34.2K −50% −36% $76.8M 253 $135 61

Wed Jan 4 $30.4K −11% −44% $76.9M 253 $120 62

Thu Jan 5 $27.8K −8% −50% $76.9M 253 $110 63

Fri Jan 6 $92.9K +234% −3% $77.0M 295 $315 64

Sat Jan 7 $138.7K +49% +89% $77.1M 295 $470 65

Sun Jan 8 $72.3K −48% −13% $77.2M 295 $245 66

Mon Jan 9 $23.6K −67% −65% $77.2M 295 $80 67

Tue Jan 10 $28.0K +19% −18% $77.3M 295 $95 68

Wed Jan 11 $23.7K −16% −22% $77.3M 295 $80 69

Thu Jan 12 $23.6K n/c −15% $77.3M 295 $79 70

Fri Jan 13 $70.2K +198% −24% $77.4M 260 $270 71

Sat Jan 14 $98.8K +41% −29% $77.5M 260 $380 72

Sun Jan 15 $72.8K −26% +1% $77.5M 260 $279 73

Mon Jan 16 $49.4K −32% +109% $77.6M 260 $190 74

Tue Jan 17 $20.8K −58% −26% $77.6M 260 $79 75

Wed Jan 18 $16.9K −19% −29% $77.6M 260 $64 76

Thu Jan 19 $16.9K n/c −28% $77.6M 260 $65 77

Fri Jan 20 $50.6K +199% −28% $77.7M 220 $229 78

Sat Jan 21 $90.2K +78% −9% $77.8M 220 $410 79

Sun Jan 22 $37.4K −59% −49% $77.8M 220 $170 80

Mon Jan 23 $13.2K −65% −73% $77.8M 220 $59 81

Tue Jan 24 $15.4K +17% −26% $77.8M 220 $69 82

Wed Jan 25 $14.3K −7% −15% $77.9M 220 $64 83

Thu Jan 26 $15.3K +7% −9% $77.9M 220 $69 84

Fri Jan 27 $37.4K +144% −26% $77.9M 174 $215 85

Sat Jan 28 $61.8K +65% −32% $78.0M 174 $355 86

Sun Jan 29 $30.5K −51% −19% $78.0M 174 $175 87

Mon Jan 30 $8.7K −71% −34% $78.0M 174 $50 88

Tue Jan 31 $10.4K +20% −32% $78.0M 174 $60 89

Wed Feb 1 $8.7K −17% −39% $78.0M 174 $49 90

Thu Feb 2 $9.6K +10% −38% $78.0M 174 $55 91

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

Cumulative total$77.3M

Nov 4Nov 21Dec 9Dec 26Jan 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $303.9K

$24.0M

$12.8M

$7.1M

$7.2M

$4.0M

$2.4M

$901.0K

$137.3K

$253.0K

$303.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,370 → 295 −91.2%

3,367 open295 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +20.1%

−46.8%

W1→2

−44.4%

W2→3

+1.0%

W3→4

−44.9%

W4→5

−40.3%

W5→6

−61.8%

W6→7

−84.8%

W7→8

+84.3%

W8→9

+20.1%

W9→10

Steepest −84.8%Biggest gain +84.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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