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Zero Dark ThirtyFollow

2013 • R • 2h 37m • Drama, History, Thriller • Sony Pictures Releasing

The greatest manhunt in history.

🍅 91% 80%

95

3.69

7.4

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$95.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$135.00M

$38.90M international

Domestic legs3.92x

Budget$40.0M

2013 rank#36

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Cast & crew

Full Bigelow filmography

Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow Director

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain Starring

Jason Clarke

Jason Clarke Starring

Kyle Chandler

Kyle Chandler Starring

Jennifer Ehle

Jennifer Ehle Starring

Mark Strong

Mark Strong Starring

ScreenplayMark Boal Produced byKathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison CinematographyGreig Fraser MusicAlexandre Desplat StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 11-13 1 $24.4M — 2,937 $8,321 $29.9M

2 Jan 18-20 2 $15.8M −35.4% 2,946 $5,362 $54.1M

3 Jan 25-27 3 $9.7M −38.6% 2,929 $3,311 $69.8M

4 Feb 1-3 5 $5.2M −46.6% 2,871 $1,803 $77.7M

5 Feb 8-10 7 $4.0M −22.6% 2,562 $1,563 $83.6M

6 Feb 15-17 10 $3.0M −25.2% 1,522 $1,968 $87.9M

7 Feb 22-24 11 $2.2M −25.6% 1,197 $1,863 $91.5M

8 Mar 1-3 16 $1.3M −41.7% 722 $1,801 $93.6M

9 Mar 8-10 19 $673.8K −48.2% 522 $1,290 $94.6M

10 Mar 15-17 21 $431.6K −36.0% 450 $959 $95.3M

11 Mar 22-24 34 $138.4K −67.9% 215 $643 $95.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 19 #16 $124.8K — $124.8K 5 $24,969 1

Thu Dec 20 #17 $104.2K −17% $229.0K 5 $20,832 2

Fri Dec 21 $115.5K +11% $344.5K 5 $23,095 3

Sat Dec 22 $154.7K +34% $499.2K 5 $30,939 4

Sun Dec 23 $147.0K −5% $646.2K 5 $29,395 5

Mon Dec 24 $110.5K −25% $756.7K 5 $22,105 6

Tue Dec 25 $112.1K +1% $868.8K 5 $22,418 7

Wed Dec 26 $87.0K −22% −30% $955.8K 5 $17,407 8

Thu Dec 27 $96.8K +11% −7% $1.1M 5 $19,350 9

Fri Dec 28 $94.1K −3% −19% $1.1M 5 $18,816 10

Sat Dec 29 $111.8K +19% −28% $1.3M 5 $22,356 11

Sun Dec 30 $110.6K −1% −25% $1.4M 5 $22,110 12

Mon Dec 31 $73.7K −33% −33% $1.4M 5 $14,749 13

Tue Jan 1 $116.3K +58% +4% $1.6M 5 $23,267 14

Wed Jan 2 $77.6K −33% −11% $1.6M 5 $15,520 15

Thu Jan 3 $73.5K −5% −24% $1.7M 5 $14,691 16

Fri Jan 4 #16 $813.4K +1,007% +765% $2.5M 60 $13,557 17

Sat Jan 5 #17 $1.1M +31% +850% $3.6M 60 $17,692 18

Sun Jan 6 #13 $821.0K −23% +643% $4.4M 60 $13,683 19

Mon Jan 7 #13 $242.1K −71% +228% $4.6M 60 $4,034 20

Tue Jan 8 #14 $280.8K +16% +141% $4.9M 60 $4,679 21

Wed Jan 9 #12 $273.7K −3% +253% $5.2M 60 $4,561 22

Thu Jan 10 #13 $278.1K +2% +279% $5.5M 60 $4,635 23

Fri Jan 11 #1 $9.0M +3,148% +1,011% $14.5M 2,937 $3,075 24

Sat Jan 12 #1 $9.4M +4% +781% $23.9M 2,937 $3,185 25

Sun Jan 13 #1 $6.1M −35% +637% $29.9M 2,937 $2,060 26

Mon Jan 14 #1 $2.3M −62% +851% $32.2M 2,937 $784 27

Tue Jan 15 #1 $2.4M +6% +770% $34.7M 2,937 $832 28

Wed Jan 16 #1 $1.8M −24% +575% $36.5M 2,937 $629 29

Thu Jan 17 #1 $1.8M −1% +558% $38.3M 2,937 $623 30

Fri Jan 18 #2 $4.5M +148% −50% $42.9M 2,946 $1,539 31

Sat Jan 19 #2 $7.3M +61% −22% $50.2M 2,946 $2,472 32

Sun Jan 20 #2 $4.0M −45% −34% $54.1M 2,946 $1,350 33

Mon Jan 21 #2 $2.8M −30% +22% $56.9M 2,946 $951 34

Tue Jan 22 #2 $1.2M −57% −51% $58.1M 2,946 $408 35

Wed Jan 23 #2 $954.7K −21% −48% $59.1M 2,946 $324 36

Thu Jan 24 #2 $1.0M +5% −45% $60.1M 2,946 $340 37

Fri Jan 25 #4 $2.3M +133% −49% $62.4M 2,929 $796 38

Sat Jan 26 #3 $4.7M +101% −36% $67.1M 2,929 $1,603 39

Sun Jan 27 #3 $2.7M −43% −33% $69.8M 2,929 $912 40

Mon Jan 28 #4 $640.0K −76% −77% $70.4M 2,929 $218 41

Tue Jan 29 #3 $780.3K +22% −35% $71.2M 2,929 $266 42

Wed Jan 30 #3 $617.8K −21% −35% $71.8M 2,929 $210 43

Thu Jan 31 #3 $655.5K +6% −35% $72.5M 2,929 $223 44

Fri Feb 1 #6 $1.6M +148% −30% $74.1M 2,871 $566 45

Sat Feb 2 #5 $2.9M +77% −39% $77.0M 2,871 $1,002 46

Sun Feb 3 #6 $670.8K −77% −75% $77.7M 2,871 $233 47

Mon Feb 4 #4 $435.4K −35% −32% $78.1M 2,871 $151 48

Tue Feb 5 #4 $538.5K +24% −31% $78.6M 2,871 $187 49

Wed Feb 6 #4 $463.2K −14% −25% $79.1M 2,871 $161 50

Thu Feb 7 #4 $449.5K −3% −31% $79.6M 2,871 $156 51

Fri Feb 8 #7 $963.1K +114% −41% $80.5M 2,562 $375 52

Sat Feb 9 #7 $1.9M +101% −33% $82.5M 2,562 $754 53

Sun Feb 10 #6 $1.1M −42% +66% $83.6M 2,562 $433 54

Mon Feb 11 #6 $327.7K −71% −25% $83.9M 2,562 $127 55

Tue Feb 12 #6 $348.4K +6% −35% $84.2M 2,562 $136 56

Wed Feb 13 #6 $283.4K −19% −39% $84.5M 2,562 $110 57

Thu Feb 14 #10 $401.8K +42% −11% $84.9M 2,562 $156 58

Fri Feb 15 #11 $672.1K +67% −30% $85.6M 1,527 $440 59

Sat Feb 16 #10 $1.3M +91% −34% $86.9M 1,527 $838 60

Sun Feb 17 #10 $1.0M −19% −6% $87.9M 1,527 $683 61

Mon Feb 18 #10 $606.4K −42% +85% $88.5M 1,527 $397 62

Tue Feb 19 #10 $261.7K −57% −25% $88.8M 1,527 $171 63

Wed Feb 20 #10 $254.7K −3% −10% $89.0M 1,527 $166 64

Thu Feb 21 #9 $261.6K +3% −35% $89.3M 1,527 $171 65

Fri Feb 22 #11 $575.7K +120% −14% $89.9M 1,197 $480 66

Sat Feb 23 #11 $1.1M +99% −11% $91.0M 1,197 $957 67

Sun Feb 24 #11 $508.6K −56% −51% $91.5M 1,197 $424 68

Mon Feb 25 #13 $182.9K −64% −70% $91.7M 1,197 $152 69

Tue Feb 26 #13 $205.2K +12% −22% $91.9M 1,197 $171 70

Wed Feb 27 #13 $173.9K −15% −32% $92.1M 1,197 $145 71

Thu Feb 28 #13 $173.0K −1% −34% $92.3M 1,197 $144 72

Fri Mar 1 #15 $331.1K +91% −42% $92.6M 722 $458 73

Sat Mar 2 #15 $639.2K +93% −44% $93.2M 722 $885 74

Sun Mar 3 #15 $330.4K −48% −35% $93.6M 722 $457 75

Mon Mar 4 #15 $92.6K −72% −49% $93.7M 722 $128 76

Tue Mar 5 #16 $97.0K +5% −53% $93.8M 722 $134 77

Wed Mar 6 #15 $101.3K +4% −42% $93.9M 722 $140 78

Thu Mar 7 #17 $88.9K −12% −49% $94.0M 722 $123 79

Fri Mar 8 $176.6K +99% −47% $94.1M 522 $338 80

Sat Mar 9 $327.2K +85% −49% $94.5M 522 $626 81

Sun Mar 10 $170.0K −48% −49% $94.6M 522 $325 82

Mon Mar 11 $61.1K −64% −34% $94.7M 522 $117 83

Tue Mar 12 $73.7K +21% −24% $94.8M 522 $141 84

Wed Mar 13 $59.4K −19% −41% $94.8M 522 $113 85

Thu Mar 14 $60.2K +1% −32% $94.9M 522 $115 86

Fri Mar 15 $120.3K +100% −32% $95.0M 450 $267 87

Sat Mar 16 $202.3K +68% −38% $95.2M 450 $449 88

Sun Mar 17 $109.0K −46% −36% $95.3M 450 $242 89

Mon Mar 18 $39.3K −64% −36% $95.4M 450 $87 90

Tue Mar 19 $45.2K +15% −39% $95.4M 450 $100 91

Wed Mar 20 $41.4K −8% −30% $95.4M 450 $92 92

Thu Mar 21 $36.3K −12% −40% $95.5M 450 $80 93

Fri Mar 22 $38.0K +5% −68% $95.5M 215 $176 94

Sat Mar 23 $64.4K +69% −68% $95.6M 215 $299 95

Sun Mar 24 $36.0K −44% −67% $95.6M 215 $167 96

Fri Mar 29 $14.8K — −61% $95.7M 91 $162 101

Sat Mar 30 $19.1K +29% −70% $95.7M 91 $209 102

Sun Mar 31 $11.3K −41% −69% $95.7M 91 $124 103

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

Cumulative total$91.9M

Dec 19Jan 5Jan 23Feb 9Feb 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $431.6K

$24.4M

$15.8M

$9.7M

$5.2M

$4.0M

$3.0M

$2.2M

$1.3M

$673.8K

$431.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,946 → 1,197 −59.4%

5 open1,197 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.0%

−35.4%

W1→2

−38.6%

W2→3

−46.6%

W3→4

−22.6%

W4→5

−25.2%

W5→6

−25.6%

W6→7

−41.7%

W7→8

−48.2%

W8→9

−36.0%

W9→10

Steepest −48.2%Best hold −22.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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