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2006 • R • 2h 12m • Action, Drama, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros.

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$25.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$70.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$133.00M

$62.00M international

Domestic legs2.75x

Budget$54.0M

2006 rank#36

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Cast & crew

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman Starring

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving Starring

Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea Starring

John Hurt

John Hurt Starring

ScreenplayLilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski Produced byJoel Silver, Grant Hill, The Wachowskis CinematographyAdrian Biddle MusicDario Marianelli StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 17-19 1 $25.6M — 3,365 $7,620 $25.6M

2 Mar 24-26 2 $12.3M −51.9% 3,365 $3,666 $46.2M

3 Mar 31-Apr 2 5 $6.3M −49.0% 2,910 $2,163 $56.7M

4 Apr 7-9 8 $3.4M −45.9% 2,003 $1,699 $62.3M

5 Apr 14-16 10 $2.2M −34.7% 1,380 $1,611 $66.0M

6 Apr 21-23 14 $1.0M −52.8% 855 $1,227 $68.0M

7 Apr 28-30 18 $558.1K −46.8% 362 $1,541 $69.0M

8 May 5-7 23 $243.4K −56.4% 201 $1,211 $69.5M

9 May 12-14 30 $175.7K −27.8% 102 $1,722 $69.7M

10 May 26-28 33 $137.6K −21.7% 277 $496 $70.1M

11 Jun 2-4 34 $92.5K −32.8% 212 $436 $70.3M

12 Jun 9-11 39 $64.4K −30.3% 158 $407 $70.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 17 #1 $8.7M — $8.7M 3,365 $2,598 1

Sat Mar 18 #1 $10.4M +19% $19.1M 3,365 $3,087 2

Sun Mar 19 #1 $6.5M −37% $25.6M 3,365 $1,935 3

Mon Mar 20 #1 $2.3M −65% $27.9M 3,365 $669 4

Tue Mar 21 #1 $2.1M −5% $30.0M 3,365 $633 5

Wed Mar 22 #1 $1.9M −10% $32.0M 3,365 $572 6

Thu Mar 23 #1 $1.9M −2% $33.9M 3,365 $561 7

Fri Mar 24 #3 $3.9M +104% −56% $37.7M 3,365 $1,146 8

Sat Mar 25 #2 $5.2M +35% −50% $43.0M 3,365 $1,552 9

Sun Mar 26 #2 $3.3M −38% −50% $46.2M 3,365 $967 10

Mon Mar 27 #2 $1.1M −67% −52% $47.3M 3,365 $322 11

Tue Mar 28 #2 $1.1M n/c −49% $48.4M 3,365 $322 12

Wed Mar 29 #2 $983.3K −9% −49% $49.4M 3,365 $292 13

Thu Mar 30 #2 $1.0M +2% −47% $50.4M 3,365 $298 14

Fri Mar 31 #5 $2.1M +105% −47% $52.4M 2,910 $706 15

Sat Apr 1 #5 $2.7M +29% −49% $55.1M 2,910 $914 16

Sun Apr 2 #4 $1.6M −41% −52% $56.7M 2,910 $541 17

Mon Apr 3 #4 $538.3K −66% −50% $57.2M 2,910 $184 18

Tue Apr 4 #3 $591.1K +10% −46% $57.8M 2,910 $203 19

Wed Apr 5 #3 $543.4K −8% −45% $58.3M 2,910 $186 20

Thu Apr 6 #3 $560.0K +3% −44% $58.9M 2,910 $192 21

Fri Apr 7 #8 $1.0M +80% −51% $59.9M 2,003 $503 22

Sat Apr 8 #8 $1.5M +50% −43% $61.4M 2,003 $752 23

Sun Apr 9 #6 $888.6K −41% −44% $62.3M 2,003 $443 24

Mon Apr 10 #6 $346.2K −61% −36% $62.6M 2,003 $172 25

Tue Apr 11 #6 $363.2K +5% −39% $63.0M 2,003 $181 26

Wed Apr 12 #6 $355.2K −2% −35% $63.4M 2,003 $177 27

Thu Apr 13 #7 $452.4K +27% −19% $63.8M 2,003 $225 28

Fri Apr 14 #10 $776.4K +72% −23% $64.6M 1,380 $562 29

Sat Apr 15 #10 $851.5K +10% −44% $65.4M 1,380 $617 30

Sun Apr 16 #10 $596.4K −30% −33% $66.0M 1,380 $432 31

Mon Apr 17 #10 $282.3K −53% −18% $66.3M 1,380 $204 32

Tue Apr 18 #10 $221.2K −22% −39% $66.5M 1,380 $160 33

Wed Apr 19 #10 $209.3K −5% −41% $66.7M 1,380 $151 34

Thu Apr 20 #10 $212.4K +1% −53% $67.0M 1,380 $153 35

Mon May 29 #32 $37.9K — $70.1M 277 $136 74

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

Cumulative total$67.0M

Mar 17Mar 26Apr 3Apr 12Apr 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $137.6K

$25.6M

$12.3M

$6.3M

$3.4M

$2.2M

$1.0M

$558.1K

$243.4K

$175.7K

$137.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,365 → 1,380 −59.0%

3,365 open1,380 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.7%

−51.9%

W1→2

−49.0%

W2→3

−45.9%

W3→4

−34.7%

W4→5

−52.8%

W5→6

−46.8%

W6→7

−56.4%

W7→8

−27.8%

W8→9

−21.7%

W9→10

Steepest −56.4%Best hold −21.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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