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White House DownFollow

2013 • PG-13 • 2h 11m • Action, Drama, Thriller • Sony Pictures Releasing

It will start like any other day.

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2.83

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CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$73.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$205.00M

$132.00M international

Domestic legs2.94x

Budget$150M

2013 rank#46

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Cast & crew

Full Emmerich filmography

Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich Director

Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum Starring

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx Starring

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal Starring

Jason Clarke

Jason Clarke Starring

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins Starring

ScreenplayJames Vanderbilt Produced byBradley J. Fischer, Harald Kloser, James Vanderbilt, Larry Franco, Laeta Kalogridis CinematographyAnna Foerster MusicHarald Kloser & Thomas Wander StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 28-30 4 $24.9M — 3,222 $7,713 $24.9M

2 Jul 5-7 6 $13.5M −45.8% 3,222 $4,183 $50.5M

3 Jul 12-14 8 $6.2M −54.3% 2,566 $2,401 $63.0M

4 Jul 19-21 12 $2.4M −61.1% 1,454 $1,650 $68.5M

5 Jul 26-28 16 $913.8K −61.9% 676 $1,351 $70.6M

6 Aug 2-4 19 $511.2K −44.1% 353 $1,448 $71.6M

7 Aug 9-11 29 $161.8K −68.3% 159 $1,017 $71.9M

8 Aug 16-18 36 $98.7K −39.0% 107 $922 $72.1M

9 Aug 23-25 32 $265.8K +169.2% 229 $1,160 $72.4M

10 Aug 30-Sep 1 37 $243.1K −8.5% 306 $794 $72.8M

11 Sep 6-8 41 $116.5K −52.1% 168 $693 $73.0M

12 Sep 13-15 45 $68.4K −41.3% 117 $584 $73.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 28 #3 $9.0M — $9.0M 3,222 $2,801 1

Sat Jun 29 #4 $9.2M +2% $18.3M 3,222 $2,864 2

Sun Jun 30 #4 $6.6M −29% $24.9M 3,222 $2,047 3

Mon Jul 1 #4 $3.1M −54% $27.9M 3,222 $947 4

Tue Jul 2 #4 $2.9M −4% $30.8M 3,222 $907 5

Wed Jul 3 #6 $2.7M −9% $33.5M 3,222 $827 6

Thu Jul 4 #5 $3.5M +32% $37.0M 3,222 $1,090 7

Fri Jul 5 #5 $4.6M +31% −49% $41.6M 3,222 $1,432 8

Sat Jul 6 #5 $5.1M +12% −44% $46.8M 3,222 $1,597 9

Sun Jul 7 #5 $3.7M −28% −44% $50.5M 3,222 $1,153 10

Mon Jul 8 #6 $1.6M −57% −48% $52.1M 3,222 $490 11

Tue Jul 9 #6 $1.9M +20% −35% $54.0M 3,222 $590 12

Wed Jul 10 #6 $1.6M −18% −42% $55.5M 3,222 $481 13

Thu Jul 11 #6 $1.3M −17% −63% $56.8M 3,222 $401 14

Fri Jul 12 #8 $1.9M +45% −59% $58.7M 2,566 $730 15

Sat Jul 13 #8 $2.5M +36% −50% $61.2M 2,566 $993 16

Sun Jul 14 #8 $1.7M −32% −53% $63.0M 2,566 $677 17

Mon Jul 15 #8 $752.8K −57% −52% $63.7M 2,566 $293 18

Tue Jul 16 #8 $922.5K +23% −52% $64.7M 2,566 $359 19

Wed Jul 17 #9 $803.8K −13% −48% $65.5M 2,566 $313 20

Thu Jul 18 #9 $597.9K −26% −54% $66.1M 2,566 $233 21

Fri Jul 19 #12 $713.5K +19% −62% $66.8M 1,454 $490 22

Sat Jul 20 #12 $1.0M +43% −60% $67.8M 1,454 $703 23

Sun Jul 21 #12 $664.0K −35% −62% $68.5M 1,454 $456 24

Mon Jul 22 #12 $301.6K −55% −60% $68.8M 1,454 $207 25

Tue Jul 23 #12 $368.0K +22% −60% $69.1M 1,454 $253 26

Wed Jul 24 #12 $307.6K −16% −62% $69.4M 1,454 $211 27

Thu Jul 25 #12 $294.6K −4% −51% $69.7M 1,454 $202 28

Fri Jul 26 #16 $275.6K −6% −61% $70.0M 676 $407 29

Sat Jul 27 #16 $393.1K +43% −62% $70.4M 676 $581 30

Sun Jul 28 #16 $245.1K −38% −63% $70.6M 676 $362 31

Mon Jul 29 #16 $121.1K −51% −60% $70.8M 676 $179 32

Tue Jul 30 #16 $143.4K +18% −61% $70.9M 676 $212 33

Wed Jul 31 #18 $87.5K −39% −72% $71.0M 516 $169 34

Thu Aug 1 #18 $87.2K n/c −70% $71.1M 516 $169 35

Fri Aug 2 $138.5K +59% −50% $71.2M 353 $392 36

Sat Aug 3 $212.7K +54% −46% $71.4M 353 $602 37

Sun Aug 4 $160.0K −25% −35% $71.6M 353 $453 38

Fri Aug 9 $51.3K — −63% $71.8M 159 $322 43

Sat Aug 10 $76.5K +49% −64% $71.9M 159 $481 44

Sun Aug 11 $34.0K −56% −79% $71.9M 159 $214 45

Fri Aug 16 $31.8K — −38% $72.1M 107 $297 50

Sat Aug 17 $45.6K +43% −40% $72.1M 107 $426 51

Sun Aug 18 $21.3K −53% −37% $72.1M 107 $199 52

Fri Aug 23 $78.8K — +148% $72.2M 229 $344 57

Sat Aug 24 $118.6K +50% +160% $72.4M 229 $518 58

Sun Aug 25 $68.3K −42% +220% $72.4M 229 $298 59

Fri Aug 30 $56.9K — −28% $72.6M 206 $276 64

Sat Aug 31 $90.0K +58% −24% $72.7M 206 $437 65

Sun Sep 1 $96.2K +7% +41% $72.8M 206 $466 66

Mon Sep 2 $61.6K −36% $72.8M 206 $299 67

Fri Sep 6 $33.4K — −41% $72.9M 168 $198 71

Sat Sep 7 $54.7K +64% −39% $73.0M 168 $325 72

Sun Sep 8 $28.4K −48% −70% $73.0M 168 $169 73

Fri Sep 13 $21.1K — −37% $73.1M 117 $180 78

Sat Sep 14 $30.6K +45% −44% $73.1M 117 $261 79

Sun Sep 15 $16.8K −45% −41% $73.1M 117 $143 80

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

Cumulative total$72.8M

Jun 28Jul 11Jul 23Aug 9Sep 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $243.1K

$24.9M

$13.5M

$6.2M

$2.4M

$913.8K

$511.2K

$161.8K

$98.7K

$265.8K

$243.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,222 → 206 −93.6%

3,222 open206 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −8.5%

−45.8%

W1→2

−54.3%

W2→3

−61.1%

W3→4

−61.9%

W4→5

−44.1%

W5→6

−68.3%

W6→7

−39.0%

W7→8

+169.2%

W8→9

−8.5%

W9→10

Steepest −68.3%Biggest gain +169.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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