Red Dawn (2012)

Red Dawn poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $44,806,783Details
International Box Office $3,357,367Details
Worldwide Box Office $48,164,150
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $12,766,848 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $9,109,077 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $21,875,925
Further financial details...

Synopsis

In Red Dawn, a city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky - shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$14,276,668 (31.9% of total gross)
Legs:3.14 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:93.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$65,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,725 opening theaters/2,781 max. theaters, 4.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $60,654,209

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 21st, 2012 (Wide) by Open Road
Video Release: March 5th, 2013 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense war violence and action, and for language.
(Rating bulletin 2139, 9/22/2010)
Running Time: 93 minutes
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Keywords: War, Rebellion, Guerilla Warfare, Commies, Development Hell, Collaborator
Source:Remake
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Contrafilm
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day) 103 $14,276,668 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 145 $20,343,797 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day) 90 $21,689,162 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 106 $25,053,305 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 3-Day) 40 $14,276,668 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 54 $20,343,797 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 5-Day) 36 $21,689,162 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 46 $30,906,370 Nov 23, 2012 5

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 23, 2012 7 $14,276,668   2,725 $5,239   $21,689,162 1
Nov 30, 2012 8 $6,500,245 -54% 2,781 $2,337   $31,272,953 2
Dec 7, 2012 8 $4,236,105 -35% 2,754 $1,538   $37,240,920 3
Dec 14, 2012 10 $2,408,882 -43% 2,250 $1,071   $40,904,305 4
Dec 21, 2012 15 $794,880 -67% 1,011 $786   $42,626,783 5
Dec 28, 2012 22 $391,236 -51% 425 $921   $43,393,752 6
Jan 4, 2013 29 $181,273 -54% 252 $719   $43,877,043 7
Jan 11, 2013 33 $108,033 -40% 225 $480   $44,035,839 8
Jan 18, 2013 31 $215,052 +99% 249 $864   $44,287,990 9
Jan 25, 2013 35 $150,184 -30% 205 $733   $44,537,470 10
Feb 1, 2013 40 $85,856 -43% 153 $561   $44,667,526 11
Feb 8, 2013 47 $54,198 -37% 105 $516   $44,750,615 12
Feb 15, 2013 53 $28,018 -48% 56 $500   $44,794,936 13

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 21, 2012 5 $4,164,915     2,679 $1,555   $4,164,915 1
Nov 22, 2012 6 $3,247,579 -22%   2,679 $1,212   $7,412,494 2
Nov 23, 2012 7 $5,979,923 +84%   2,725 $2,194   $13,392,417 3
Nov 24, 2012 7 $5,516,206 -8%   2,725 $2,024   $18,908,623 4
Nov 25, 2012 7 $2,780,539 -50%   2,725 $1,020   $21,689,162 5
Nov 26, 2012 6 $820,173 -71%   2,725 $301   $22,509,335 6
Nov 27, 2012 5 $920,234 +12%   2,725 $338   $23,429,569 7
Nov 28, 2012 5 $675,154 -27% -84% 2,725 $248   $24,104,723 8
Nov 29, 2012 6 $667,985 -1% -79% 2,725 $245   $24,772,708 9
Nov 30, 2012 7 $2,061,457 +209% -66% 2,781 $741   $26,834,165 10
Dec 1, 2012 7 $2,906,026 +41% -47% 2,781 $1,045   $29,740,191 11
Dec 2, 2012 8 $1,532,762 -47% -45% 2,781 $551   $31,272,953 12
Dec 3, 2012 7 $411,133 -73% -50% 2,781 $148   $31,684,086 13
Dec 4, 2012 7 $507,657 +23% -45% 2,781 $183   $32,191,743 14
Dec 5, 2012 7 $402,628 -21% -40% 2,781 $145   $32,594,371 15
Dec 6, 2012 7 $410,444 +2% -39% 2,781 $148   $33,004,815 16
Dec 7, 2012 7 $1,299,328 +217% -37% 2,754 $472   $34,304,143 17
Dec 8, 2012 8 $1,906,411 +47% -34% 2,754 $692   $36,210,554 18
Dec 9, 2012 8 $1,030,366 -46% -33% 2,754 $374   $37,240,920 19
Dec 10, 2012 8 $296,287 -71% -28% 2,754 $108   $37,537,207 20
Dec 11, 2012 9 $365,057 +23% -28% 2,754 $133   $37,902,264 21
Dec 12, 2012 9 $298,673 -18% -26% 2,754 $108   $38,200,937 22
Dec 13, 2012 8 $294,486 -1% -28% 2,754 $107   $38,495,423 23
Dec 14, 2012 8 $697,245 +137% -46% 2,250 $310   $39,192,668 24
Dec 15, 2012 10 $1,096,795 +57% -42% 2,250 $487   $40,289,463 25
Dec 16, 2012 9 $614,842 -44% -40% 2,250 $273   $40,904,305 26
Dec 17, 2012 11 $230,197 -63% -22% 2,250 $102   $41,134,502 27
Dec 18, 2012 10 $273,232 +19% -25% 2,250 $121   $41,407,734 28
Dec 19, 2012 12 $186,029 -32% -38% 1,547 $120   $41,593,763 29
Dec 20, 2012 12 $238,140 +28% -19% 1,547 $154   $41,831,903 30
Dec 21, 2012 - $244,474 +3% -65% 1,011 $242   $42,076,377 31
Dec 22, 2012 - $306,476 +25% -72% 1,011 $303   $42,382,853 32
Dec 23, 2012 - $243,930 -20% -60% 1,011 $241   $42,626,783 33
Dec 24, 2012 - $115,477 -53% -50% 1,011 $114   $42,742,260 34
Dec 25, 2012 - $85,826 -26% -69% 402 $213   $42,828,086 35
Dec 26, 2012 - $88,313 +3% -53% 402 $220   $42,916,399 36
Dec 27, 2012 - $86,117 -2% -64% 402 $214   $43,002,516 37
Dec 28, 2012 - $129,186 +50% -47% 425 $304   $43,131,702 38
Dec 29, 2012 - $142,414 +10% -54% 425 $335   $43,274,116 39
Dec 30, 2012 - $119,636 -16% -51% 425 $281   $43,393,752 40
Dec 31, 2012 - $74,300 -38% -36% 425 $175   $43,468,052 41
Jan 1, 2013 - $117,064 +58% +36% 425 $275   $43,585,116 42
Jan 2, 2013 - $55,578 -53% -37% 425 $131   $43,640,694 43
Jan 3, 2013 - $55,076 -1% -36% 425 $130   $43,695,770 44
Jan 4, 2013 - $61,820 +12% -52% 252 $245   $43,757,590 45
Jan 5, 2013 - $79,437 +28% -44% 252 $315   $43,837,027 46
Jan 6, 2013 - $40,016 -50% -67% 252 $159   $43,877,043 47
Jan 7, 2013 - $14,190 -65% -81% 252 $56   $43,891,233 48
Jan 8, 2013 - $13,698 -3% -88% 252 $54   $43,904,931 49
Jan 9, 2013 - $11,237 -18% -80% 252 $45   $43,916,168 50
Jan 10, 2013 - $11,638 +4% -79% 252 $46   $43,927,806 51
Jan 11, 2013 - $34,734 +198% -44% 225 $154   $43,962,540 52
Jan 12, 2013 - $46,978 +35% -41% 225 $209   $44,009,518 53
Jan 13, 2013 - $26,321 -44% -34% 225 $117   $44,035,839 54
Jan 14, 2013 - $9,074 -66% -36% 225 $40   $44,044,913 55
Jan 15, 2013 - $9,911 +9% -28% 225 $44   $44,054,824 56
Jan 16, 2013 - $8,560 -14% -24% 225 $38   $44,063,384 57
Jan 17, 2013 - $9,554 +12% -18% 225 $42   $44,072,938 58
Jan 18, 2013 - $59,184 +519% +70% 249 $238   $44,132,122 59
Jan 19, 2013 - $91,473 +55% +95% 249 $367   $44,223,595 60
Jan 20, 2013 - $64,395 -30% +145% 249 $259   $44,287,990 61
Jan 21, 2013 - $49,278 -23% +443% 249 $198   $44,337,268 62
Jan 22, 2013 - $17,706 -64% +79% 249 $71   $44,354,974 63
Jan 23, 2013 - $14,679 -17% +71% 249 $59   $44,369,653 64
Jan 24, 2013 - $17,633 +20% +85% 249 $71   $44,387,286 65
Jan 25, 2013 - $39,007 +121% -34% 205 $190   $44,426,293 66
Jan 26, 2013 - $71,782 +84% -22% 205 $350   $44,498,075 67
Jan 27, 2013 - $39,395 -45% -39% 205 $192   $44,537,470 68
Jan 28, 2013 - $11,072 -72% -78% 205 $54   $44,548,542 69
Jan 29, 2013 - $11,295 +2% -36% 205 $55   $44,559,837 70
Jan 30, 2013 - $10,354 -8% -29% 205 $51   $44,570,191 71
Jan 31, 2013 - $11,479 +11% -35% 205 $56   $44,581,670 72
Feb 1, 2013 - $27,717 +141% -29% 153 $181   $44,609,387 73
Feb 2, 2013 - $44,451 +60% -38% 153 $291   $44,653,838 74
Feb 3, 2013 - $13,688 -69% -65% 153 $89   $44,667,526 75
Feb 4, 2013 - $7,263 -47% -34% 153 $47   $44,674,789 76
Feb 5, 2013 - $7,823 +8% -31% 153 $51   $44,682,612 77
Feb 6, 2013 - $6,780 -13% -35% 153 $44   $44,689,392 78
Feb 7, 2013 - $7,025 +4% -39% 153 $46   $44,696,417 79
Feb 8, 2013 - $14,928 +112% -46% 105 $142   $44,711,345 80
Feb 9, 2013 - $25,677 +72% -42% 105 $245   $44,737,022 81
Feb 10, 2013 - $13,593 -47% -1% 105 $129   $44,750,615 82
Feb 11, 2013 - $4,188 -69% -42% 105 $40   $44,754,803 83
Feb 12, 2013 - $3,334 -20% -57% 105 $32   $44,758,137 84
Feb 13, 2013 - $3,239 -3% -52% 105 $31   $44,761,376 85
Feb 14, 2013 - $5,542 +71% -21% 105 $53   $44,766,918 86
Feb 15, 2013 - $7,176 +29% -52% 56 $128   $44,774,094 87
Feb 16, 2013 - $11,952 +67% -53% 56 $213   $44,786,046 88
Feb 17, 2013 - $8,890 -26% -35% 56 $159   $44,794,936 89
Feb 18, 2013 - $5,770 -35% +38% 56 $103   $44,800,706 90
Feb 19, 2013 - $1,996 -65% -40% 56 $36   $44,802,702 91
Feb 20, 2013 - $1,850 -7% -43% 56 $33   $44,804,552 92
Feb 21, 2013 - $2,231 +21% -60% 56 $40   $44,806,783 93

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 16, 2012 8 $7,412,494   2,679 $2,767   $7,412,494 1
Nov 23, 2012 7 $17,360,214 +134% 2,725 $6,371   $24,772,708 2
Nov 30, 2012 8 $8,232,107 -53% 2,781 $2,960   $33,004,815 3
Dec 7, 2012 8 $5,490,608 -33% 2,754 $1,994   $38,495,423 4
Dec 14, 2012 9 $3,336,480 -39% 2,250 $1,483   $41,831,903 5
Dec 21, 2012 19 $1,170,613 -65% 402 $2,912   $43,002,516 6
Dec 28, 2012 23 $693,254 -41% 425 $1,631   $43,695,770 7
Jan 4, 2013 32 $232,036 -67% 252 $921   $43,927,806 8
Jan 11, 2013 33 $145,132 -37% 225 $645   $44,072,938 9
Jan 18, 2013 32 $314,348 +117% 249 $1,262   $44,387,286 10
Jan 25, 2013 35 $194,384 -38% 205 $948   $44,581,670 11
Feb 1, 2013 41 $114,747 -41% 153 $750   $44,696,417 12
Feb 8, 2013 51 $70,501 -39% 105 $671   $44,766,918 13
Feb 15, 2013 54 $39,865 -43% 56 $712   $44,806,783 14

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Mar 10, 20133284,420 284,420$4,911,933$4,911,9331
Mar 17, 20135118,335-58% 402,755$2,361,967$7,273,9002
Mar 24, 2013949,288-58% 452,043$983,788$8,257,6883
Mar 31, 20132352,217+6% 504,260$1,042,251$9,299,9394
Apr 7, 20131728,183-46% 532,443$562,533$9,862,4725
Apr 21, 20132920,751 563,603$336,789$10,407,0257

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Mar 10, 20133197,639 197,639$4,557,560$4,557,5601
Mar 17, 2013559,886-70% 257,525$1,496,549$6,054,1092
Mar 24, 20131127,011-55% 284,536$674,997$6,729,1063
Mar 31, 20131829,648+10% 314,184$740,916$7,470,0224

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Leading Cast

Chris Hemsworth    Jed Eckert
Josh Peck    Matt Eckert
Adrianne Palicki    Toni
Josh Hutcherson    Robert
Isabel Lucas    Erica

Supporting Cast

Connor Cruise    Daryl
Edwin Hodge    Danny
Alyssa Diaz    Julie
Julian Alcaraz    Greg
Will Yun Lee    Captain Cho
Jeffrey Dean Morgan    Tanner
Brett Cullen    Tom Echert
Fernando Chien    Lt. Pak
Michael Beach    Major Jenkins
Kenneth Choi    Smith

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Dan Bradley    Director
Beau Flynn    Producer
Tripp Vinson    Producer
Kevin Halloran    Executive Producer
Vincent Newman    Executive Producer
Carl Ellsworth    Screenwriter
Jeremy Passmore    Screenwriter
Dominic Watkins    Production Designer
Tom Reta    Supervising Art Director
Gina Cranham    Art Director
Mitchell Amundsen    Director of Photography
Catherine George    Costume Designer
Daniel B. Clancy    Set Decorator
Kirk Francis    Production Sound Mixer
Mark Byers    Special FX Supervisor
Darrin Prescott    Stunt Coordinator
Jon Barton    Military Coordinator
Mark Ellis    Football Coordinator
Liz Ralston    Visual FX Producer
Thomas J. Smith    Visual FX Supervisor
Ramin Djawadi    Composer
Dana Sano    Music Supervisor
Scott Rogers    Second Unit Director
Joe Camp III    Assistant Director
Deborah Aquila    Casting
Tricia Wood    Casting Director

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Blu-ray Sales: March 17th, 2013: Lively Starts for Guardians and Pi

April 29th, 2013

New releases did better on Blu-ray than they did on DVD with eight films charting on the March 17th, 2013 edition of the Blu-ray sales chart. They were led by Rise of the Guardians, which sold 584,000 units / $11.77 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 42%, which is strong, for a kids movie. More...

DVD Sales: March 17th, 2013: Guardians Golden, Pi Rather Lifeless

April 29th, 2013

There were not a lot of new releases on the March 17th, 2013 edition of the DVD sales chart, but one of them took top spot. Rise of the Guardians sold 804,000 units and generated $12.45 million in sales. This is a solid opening for this type of release. More...

Blu-ray Sales: March 10th, 2013: Wreck-Ralph Towers Above Competition

April 24th, 2013

Wreck-It Ralph led a group of five new releases earning first place on the March 10th, 2013 edition of the Blu-ray sales chart. The film sold 1.01 million units and generated $28.29 million in opening week sales, for an opening week Blu-ray share of 50%. This is is amazing for a kids film. Granted, it does have a high nerd nostalgia factor, which helped on Blu-ray, but this is still impressive. More...

DVD Sales: March 10th, 2013: Saga Stays Supreme

April 24th, 2013

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 remained on top spot on the March 10th, 2013 edition of the DVD sales chart, while there were seven new releases to put in an appearance in the top 30. Part 2 sold an additional 1.35 million units / $20.23 million during its first full week of release for early totals of 3.47 million units / $51.87 million. It is the best selling DVD of the year. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 5th, 2013

March 5th, 2013

It's a strange week for home market releases. On the one hand, there are some terrific films that should do really well. On the other hand, after the top couple of titles, the quality of the releases plummets really fast. By the time we get outside of the top ten, we start to get mostly filler. The best film coming out this week is Schindler's List, which makes its Blu-ray debut this week. It is absolutely a must have; however, the Blu-ray is shovelware, which precludes it from being the Pick of the Week. The release that gets that honor is Wreck-It Ralph on either Blu-ray or 3D. It is worth paying the extra money for 3D, but not a lot of people have made the leap to 3D just yet. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Dawn Still Breaking Bank

December 3rd, 2012

It was a close race for top spot as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 just held off Skyfall by less than $1 million. Unfortunately, the best new release, Killing Them Softly, failed to match low expectations, while The Collection barely managed a spot in the top ten. The overall box office fell 45% to $114 million. However, as sharp as that decline was, it was still 41% higher than the same weekend last year and December begins with 2012 ahead of 2011 by 5.9% at $9.91 billion to $9.36 billion. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Moviegoers Fill Up on Leftovers

November 26th, 2012

The Thanksgiving long weekend was stronger than anticipated with nearly every film topping predictions, some by pretty big margins. In fact, some earned more over three days than they were expected to earn over five days. Despite this, the box office was actually down 17% from last weekend to $208 million over the three-day portion of the weekend. This was 26% higher than the three-day portion of last year's Thanksgiving long weekend. Over five days, the box office pulled in $291 million, which is the most ever for a Thanksgiving weekend and 25% higher than last year. Year-to-date, 2012 has pulled in $9.75 billion, which is 5.5% higher than last year's running tally of $9.24 billion. If 2012 can simply match 2011 the rest of the way, then we will set a new all-time yearly box office total with about $10.7 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Twilight and Bond Lead Record-Setting Thanksgiving

November 25th, 2012

As expected, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 and Skyfall are dominating the Thanksgiving charts, and, with some help from three new releases and two strong holdovers, will produce the most lucrative Thanksgiving holiday in history. All told, we should see something a little over $200 million in revenue for the three-day portion of the weekend, placing it in the top 20 weekends of all time. Breaking Dawn, Part 2 is tracking about in line with Part 1 at this point in its run. In contrast, Skyfall is well ahead of James Bond's previous outing, and has become the first Bond movie to top $200 million domestically (before adjusting for inflation). More...

Weekend Predictions: New Releases Fight for Table Scraps

November 21st, 2012

It's the beginning of Thanksgiving long weekend tonight, which means it is a busy day for new releases. There are three new releases opening wide, plus another film that is expanding wide enough that is has a shot at the top ten. Unfortunately for the new films, there's little hope any of them will top The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 over the weekend. In fact, there's a chance none of them will top Skyfall for second place. Rise of the Guardians is the only one with a real shot at second place, while Life of Pi and Red Dawn will be in a tough battle for fifth place. Finally, Silver Linings Playbook is expanding to more than 400 theaters and could grab tenth place. The box office last year looks very similar to the box office potential this year. With a little luck, there will be mostly pleasant surprises rather than serious disappointments and 2012 will have another solid win. More...

2012 Preview: November

November 1st, 2012

October was pretty good with a few films really crushing expectations, which made up for the few duds that opened at the end. 2012 gained about $100 million over 2011 during the month of October. We really needed this success and hopefully November will continue this push forward. However, November is a bit of a weird month. There are five weekends, but only eight true wide releases, half of which open on the Thanksgiving long weekend, leaving the other four weeks with just one true wide release each. There are a couple others opening in the semi-wide level and another opening in limited release with a planned wide release, but even so, it is not a busy month. That said, it is a case of quality over quantity. There are four films that are pretty much guaranteed to reach $100 million, one of which should reach $300 million. By comparison, last November only produced one $100 million film. Granted, that film was The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, which made nearly $300 million, which is a huge number no matter how you look at it. But this year, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 should top that number and with the other $100 million movies pulling in more than $400 million combined, it should be a very profitable month at the box office. More...


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Synopsis

In Red Dawn, a city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky - shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$14,276,668 (31.9% of total gross)
Legs:3.14 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:93.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$65,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,725 opening theaters/2,781 max. theaters, 4.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $60,654,209

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 21st, 2012 (Wide) by Open Road
Video Release: March 5th, 2013 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense war violence and action, and for language.
(Rating bulletin 2139, 9/22/2010)
Running Time: 93 minutes
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Keywords: War, Rebellion, Guerilla Warfare, Commies, Development Hell, Collaborator
Source:Remake
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Contrafilm
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day) 103 $14,276,668 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 145 $20,343,797 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day) 90 $21,689,162 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 106 $25,053,305 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 3-Day) 40 $14,276,668 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 54 $20,343,797 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 5-Day) 36 $21,689,162 Nov 23, 2012 5
Thanksgiving (Opening, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 46 $30,906,370 Nov 23, 2012 5

Leading Cast

Chris Hemsworth    Jed Eckert
Josh Peck    Matt Eckert
Adrianne Palicki    Toni
Josh Hutcherson    Robert
Isabel Lucas    Erica

Supporting Cast

Connor Cruise    Daryl
Edwin Hodge    Danny
Alyssa Diaz    Julie
Julian Alcaraz    Greg
Will Yun Lee    Captain Cho
Jeffrey Dean Morgan    Tanner
Brett Cullen    Tom Echert
Fernando Chien    Lt. Pak
Michael Beach    Major Jenkins
Kenneth Choi    Smith

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Dan Bradley    Director
Beau Flynn    Producer
Tripp Vinson    Producer
Kevin Halloran    Executive Producer
Vincent Newman    Executive Producer
Carl Ellsworth    Screenwriter
Jeremy Passmore    Screenwriter
Dominic Watkins    Production Designer
Tom Reta    Supervising Art Director
Gina Cranham    Art Director
Mitchell Amundsen    Director of Photography
Catherine George    Costume Designer
Daniel B. Clancy    Set Decorator
Kirk Francis    Production Sound Mixer
Mark Byers    Special FX Supervisor
Darrin Prescott    Stunt Coordinator
Jon Barton    Military Coordinator
Mark Ellis    Football Coordinator
Liz Ralston    Visual FX Producer
Thomas J. Smith    Visual FX Supervisor
Ramin Djawadi    Composer
Dana Sano    Music Supervisor
Scott Rogers    Second Unit Director
Joe Camp III    Assistant Director
Deborah Aquila    Casting
Tricia Wood    Casting Director

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Blu-ray Sales: March 17th, 2013: Lively Starts for Guardians and Pi

April 29th, 2013

New releases did better on Blu-ray than they did on DVD with eight films charting on the March 17th, 2013 edition of the Blu-ray sales chart. They were led by Rise of the Guardians, which sold 584,000 units / $11.77 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 42%, which is strong, for a kids movie. More...

DVD Sales: March 17th, 2013: Guardians Golden, Pi Rather Lifeless

April 29th, 2013

There were not a lot of new releases on the March 17th, 2013 edition of the DVD sales chart, but one of them took top spot. Rise of the Guardians sold 804,000 units and generated $12.45 million in sales. This is a solid opening for this type of release. More...

Blu-ray Sales: March 10th, 2013: Wreck-Ralph Towers Above Competition

April 24th, 2013

Wreck-It Ralph led a group of five new releases earning first place on the March 10th, 2013 edition of the Blu-ray sales chart. The film sold 1.01 million units and generated $28.29 million in opening week sales, for an opening week Blu-ray share of 50%. This is is amazing for a kids film. Granted, it does have a high nerd nostalgia factor, which helped on Blu-ray, but this is still impressive. More...

DVD Sales: March 10th, 2013: Saga Stays Supreme

April 24th, 2013

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 remained on top spot on the March 10th, 2013 edition of the DVD sales chart, while there were seven new releases to put in an appearance in the top 30. Part 2 sold an additional 1.35 million units / $20.23 million during its first full week of release for early totals of 3.47 million units / $51.87 million. It is the best selling DVD of the year. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 5th, 2013

March 5th, 2013

It's a strange week for home market releases. On the one hand, there are some terrific films that should do really well. On the other hand, after the top couple of titles, the quality of the releases plummets really fast. By the time we get outside of the top ten, we start to get mostly filler. The best film coming out this week is Schindler's List, which makes its Blu-ray debut this week. It is absolutely a must have; however, the Blu-ray is shovelware, which precludes it from being the Pick of the Week. The release that gets that honor is Wreck-It Ralph on either Blu-ray or 3D. It is worth paying the extra money for 3D, but not a lot of people have made the leap to 3D just yet. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Dawn Still Breaking Bank

December 3rd, 2012

It was a close race for top spot as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 just held off Skyfall by less than $1 million. Unfortunately, the best new release, Killing Them Softly, failed to match low expectations, while The Collection barely managed a spot in the top ten. The overall box office fell 45% to $114 million. However, as sharp as that decline was, it was still 41% higher than the same weekend last year and December begins with 2012 ahead of 2011 by 5.9% at $9.91 billion to $9.36 billion. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Moviegoers Fill Up on Leftovers

November 26th, 2012

The Thanksgiving long weekend was stronger than anticipated with nearly every film topping predictions, some by pretty big margins. In fact, some earned more over three days than they were expected to earn over five days. Despite this, the box office was actually down 17% from last weekend to $208 million over the three-day portion of the weekend. This was 26% higher than the three-day portion of last year's Thanksgiving long weekend. Over five days, the box office pulled in $291 million, which is the most ever for a Thanksgiving weekend and 25% higher than last year. Year-to-date, 2012 has pulled in $9.75 billion, which is 5.5% higher than last year's running tally of $9.24 billion. If 2012 can simply match 2011 the rest of the way, then we will set a new all-time yearly box office total with about $10.7 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Twilight and Bond Lead Record-Setting Thanksgiving

November 25th, 2012

As expected, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 and Skyfall are dominating the Thanksgiving charts, and, with some help from three new releases and two strong holdovers, will produce the most lucrative Thanksgiving holiday in history. All told, we should see something a little over $200 million in revenue for the three-day portion of the weekend, placing it in the top 20 weekends of all time. Breaking Dawn, Part 2 is tracking about in line with Part 1 at this point in its run. In contrast, Skyfall is well ahead of James Bond's previous outing, and has become the first Bond movie to top $200 million domestically (before adjusting for inflation). More...

Weekend Predictions: New Releases Fight for Table Scraps

November 21st, 2012

It's the beginning of Thanksgiving long weekend tonight, which means it is a busy day for new releases. There are three new releases opening wide, plus another film that is expanding wide enough that is has a shot at the top ten. Unfortunately for the new films, there's little hope any of them will top The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 over the weekend. In fact, there's a chance none of them will top Skyfall for second place. Rise of the Guardians is the only one with a real shot at second place, while Life of Pi and Red Dawn will be in a tough battle for fifth place. Finally, Silver Linings Playbook is expanding to more than 400 theaters and could grab tenth place. The box office last year looks very similar to the box office potential this year. With a little luck, there will be mostly pleasant surprises rather than serious disappointments and 2012 will have another solid win. More...

2012 Preview: November

November 1st, 2012

October was pretty good with a few films really crushing expectations, which made up for the few duds that opened at the end. 2012 gained about $100 million over 2011 during the month of October. We really needed this success and hopefully November will continue this push forward. However, November is a bit of a weird month. There are five weekends, but only eight true wide releases, half of which open on the Thanksgiving long weekend, leaving the other four weeks with just one true wide release each. There are a couple others opening in the semi-wide level and another opening in limited release with a planned wide release, but even so, it is not a busy month. That said, it is a case of quality over quantity. There are four films that are pretty much guaranteed to reach $100 million, one of which should reach $300 million. By comparison, last November only produced one $100 million film. Granted, that film was The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, which made nearly $300 million, which is a huge number no matter how you look at it. But this year, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 should top that number and with the other $100 million movies pulling in more than $400 million combined, it should be a very profitable month at the box office. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 23, 2012 7 $14,276,668   2,725 $5,239   $21,689,162 1
Nov 30, 2012 8 $6,500,245 -54% 2,781 $2,337   $31,272,953 2
Dec 7, 2012 8 $4,236,105 -35% 2,754 $1,538   $37,240,920 3
Dec 14, 2012 10 $2,408,882 -43% 2,250 $1,071   $40,904,305 4
Dec 21, 2012 15 $794,880 -67% 1,011 $786   $42,626,783 5
Dec 28, 2012 22 $391,236 -51% 425 $921   $43,393,752 6
Jan 4, 2013 29 $181,273 -54% 252 $719   $43,877,043 7
Jan 11, 2013 33 $108,033 -40% 225 $480   $44,035,839 8
Jan 18, 2013 31 $215,052 +99% 249 $864   $44,287,990 9
Jan 25, 2013 35 $150,184 -30% 205 $733   $44,537,470 10
Feb 1, 2013 40 $85,856 -43% 153 $561   $44,667,526 11
Feb 8, 2013 47 $54,198 -37% 105 $516   $44,750,615 12
Feb 15, 2013 53 $28,018 -48% 56 $500   $44,794,936 13

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 21, 2012 5 $4,164,915     2,679 $1,555   $4,164,915 1
Nov 22, 2012 6 $3,247,579 -22%   2,679 $1,212   $7,412,494 2
Nov 23, 2012 7 $5,979,923 +84%   2,725 $2,194   $13,392,417 3
Nov 24, 2012 7 $5,516,206 -8%   2,725 $2,024   $18,908,623 4
Nov 25, 2012 7 $2,780,539 -50%   2,725 $1,020   $21,689,162 5
Nov 26, 2012 6 $820,173 -71%   2,725 $301   $22,509,335 6
Nov 27, 2012 5 $920,234 +12%   2,725 $338   $23,429,569 7
Nov 28, 2012 5 $675,154 -27% -84% 2,725 $248   $24,104,723 8
Nov 29, 2012 6 $667,985 -1% -79% 2,725 $245   $24,772,708 9
Nov 30, 2012 7 $2,061,457 +209% -66% 2,781 $741   $26,834,165 10
Dec 1, 2012 7 $2,906,026 +41% -47% 2,781 $1,045   $29,740,191 11
Dec 2, 2012 8 $1,532,762 -47% -45% 2,781 $551   $31,272,953 12
Dec 3, 2012 7 $411,133 -73% -50% 2,781 $148   $31,684,086 13
Dec 4, 2012 7 $507,657 +23% -45% 2,781 $183   $32,191,743 14
Dec 5, 2012 7 $402,628 -21% -40% 2,781 $145   $32,594,371 15
Dec 6, 2012 7 $410,444 +2% -39% 2,781 $148   $33,004,815 16
Dec 7, 2012 7 $1,299,328 +217% -37% 2,754 $472   $34,304,143 17
Dec 8, 2012 8 $1,906,411 +47% -34% 2,754 $692   $36,210,554 18
Dec 9, 2012 8 $1,030,366 -46% -33% 2,754 $374   $37,240,920 19
Dec 10, 2012 8 $296,287 -71% -28% 2,754 $108   $37,537,207 20
Dec 11, 2012 9 $365,057 +23% -28% 2,754 $133   $37,902,264 21
Dec 12, 2012 9 $298,673 -18% -26% 2,754 $108   $38,200,937 22
Dec 13, 2012 8 $294,486 -1% -28% 2,754 $107   $38,495,423 23
Dec 14, 2012 8 $697,245 +137% -46% 2,250 $310   $39,192,668 24
Dec 15, 2012 10 $1,096,795 +57% -42% 2,250 $487   $40,289,463 25
Dec 16, 2012 9 $614,842 -44% -40% 2,250 $273   $40,904,305 26
Dec 17, 2012 11 $230,197 -63% -22% 2,250 $102   $41,134,502 27
Dec 18, 2012 10 $273,232 +19% -25% 2,250 $121   $41,407,734 28
Dec 19, 2012 12 $186,029 -32% -38% 1,547 $120   $41,593,763 29
Dec 20, 2012 12 $238,140 +28% -19% 1,547 $154   $41,831,903 30
Dec 21, 2012 - $244,474 +3% -65% 1,011 $242   $42,076,377 31
Dec 22, 2012 - $306,476 +25% -72% 1,011 $303   $42,382,853 32
Dec 23, 2012 - $243,930 -20% -60% 1,011 $241   $42,626,783 33
Dec 24, 2012 - $115,477 -53% -50% 1,011 $114   $42,742,260 34
Dec 25, 2012 - $85,826 -26% -69% 402 $213   $42,828,086 35
Dec 26, 2012 - $88,313 +3% -53% 402 $220   $42,916,399 36
Dec 27, 2012 - $86,117 -2% -64% 402 $214   $43,002,516 37
Dec 28, 2012 - $129,186 +50% -47% 425 $304   $43,131,702 38
Dec 29, 2012 - $142,414 +10% -54% 425 $335   $43,274,116 39
Dec 30, 2012 - $119,636 -16% -51% 425 $281   $43,393,752 40
Dec 31, 2012 - $74,300 -38% -36% 425 $175   $43,468,052 41
Jan 1, 2013 - $117,064 +58% +36% 425 $275   $43,585,116 42
Jan 2, 2013 - $55,578 -53% -37% 425 $131   $43,640,694 43
Jan 3, 2013 - $55,076 -1% -36% 425 $130   $43,695,770 44
Jan 4, 2013 - $61,820 +12% -52% 252 $245   $43,757,590 45
Jan 5, 2013 - $79,437 +28% -44% 252 $315   $43,837,027 46
Jan 6, 2013 - $40,016 -50% -67% 252 $159   $43,877,043 47
Jan 7, 2013 - $14,190 -65% -81% 252 $56   $43,891,233 48
Jan 8, 2013 - $13,698 -3% -88% 252 $54   $43,904,931 49
Jan 9, 2013 - $11,237 -18% -80% 252 $45   $43,916,168 50
Jan 10, 2013 - $11,638 +4% -79% 252 $46   $43,927,806 51
Jan 11, 2013 - $34,734 +198% -44% 225 $154   $43,962,540 52
Jan 12, 2013 - $46,978 +35% -41% 225 $209   $44,009,518 53
Jan 13, 2013 - $26,321 -44% -34% 225 $117   $44,035,839 54
Jan 14, 2013 - $9,074 -66% -36% 225 $40   $44,044,913 55
Jan 15, 2013 - $9,911 +9% -28% 225 $44   $44,054,824 56
Jan 16, 2013 - $8,560 -14% -24% 225 $38   $44,063,384 57
Jan 17, 2013 - $9,554 +12% -18% 225 $42   $44,072,938 58
Jan 18, 2013 - $59,184 +519% +70% 249 $238   $44,132,122 59
Jan 19, 2013 - $91,473 +55% +95% 249 $367   $44,223,595 60
Jan 20, 2013 - $64,395 -30% +145% 249 $259   $44,287,990 61
Jan 21, 2013 - $49,278 -23% +443% 249 $198   $44,337,268 62
Jan 22, 2013 - $17,706 -64% +79% 249 $71   $44,354,974 63
Jan 23, 2013 - $14,679 -17% +71% 249 $59   $44,369,653 64
Jan 24, 2013 - $17,633 +20% +85% 249 $71   $44,387,286 65
Jan 25, 2013 - $39,007 +121% -34% 205 $190   $44,426,293 66
Jan 26, 2013 - $71,782 +84% -22% 205 $350   $44,498,075 67
Jan 27, 2013 - $39,395 -45% -39% 205 $192   $44,537,470 68
Jan 28, 2013 - $11,072 -72% -78% 205 $54   $44,548,542 69
Jan 29, 2013 - $11,295 +2% -36% 205 $55   $44,559,837 70
Jan 30, 2013 - $10,354 -8% -29% 205 $51   $44,570,191 71
Jan 31, 2013 - $11,479 +11% -35% 205 $56   $44,581,670 72
Feb 1, 2013 - $27,717 +141% -29% 153 $181   $44,609,387 73
Feb 2, 2013 - $44,451 +60% -38% 153 $291   $44,653,838 74
Feb 3, 2013 - $13,688 -69% -65% 153 $89   $44,667,526 75
Feb 4, 2013 - $7,263 -47% -34% 153 $47   $44,674,789 76
Feb 5, 2013 - $7,823 +8% -31% 153 $51   $44,682,612 77
Feb 6, 2013 - $6,780 -13% -35% 153 $44   $44,689,392 78
Feb 7, 2013 - $7,025 +4% -39% 153 $46   $44,696,417 79
Feb 8, 2013 - $14,928 +112% -46% 105 $142   $44,711,345 80
Feb 9, 2013 - $25,677 +72% -42% 105 $245   $44,737,022 81
Feb 10, 2013 - $13,593 -47% -1% 105 $129   $44,750,615 82
Feb 11, 2013 - $4,188 -69% -42% 105 $40   $44,754,803 83
Feb 12, 2013 - $3,334 -20% -57% 105 $32   $44,758,137 84
Feb 13, 2013 - $3,239 -3% -52% 105 $31   $44,761,376 85
Feb 14, 2013 - $5,542 +71% -21% 105 $53   $44,766,918 86
Feb 15, 2013 - $7,176 +29% -52% 56 $128   $44,774,094 87
Feb 16, 2013 - $11,952 +67% -53% 56 $213   $44,786,046 88
Feb 17, 2013 - $8,890 -26% -35% 56 $159   $44,794,936 89
Feb 18, 2013 - $5,770 -35% +38% 56 $103   $44,800,706 90
Feb 19, 2013 - $1,996 -65% -40% 56 $36   $44,802,702 91
Feb 20, 2013 - $1,850 -7% -43% 56 $33   $44,804,552 92
Feb 21, 2013 - $2,231 +21% -60% 56 $40   $44,806,783 93

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 16, 2012 8 $7,412,494   2,679 $2,767   $7,412,494 1
Nov 23, 2012 7 $17,360,214 +134% 2,725 $6,371   $24,772,708 2
Nov 30, 2012 8 $8,232,107 -53% 2,781 $2,960   $33,004,815 3
Dec 7, 2012 8 $5,490,608 -33% 2,754 $1,994   $38,495,423 4
Dec 14, 2012 9 $3,336,480 -39% 2,250 $1,483   $41,831,903 5
Dec 21, 2012 19 $1,170,613 -65% 402 $2,912   $43,002,516 6
Dec 28, 2012 23 $693,254 -41% 425 $1,631   $43,695,770 7
Jan 4, 2013 32 $232,036 -67% 252 $921   $43,927,806 8
Jan 11, 2013 33 $145,132 -37% 225 $645   $44,072,938 9
Jan 18, 2013 32 $314,348 +117% 249 $1,262   $44,387,286 10
Jan 25, 2013 35 $194,384 -38% 205 $948   $44,581,670 11
Feb 1, 2013 41 $114,747 -41% 153 $750   $44,696,417 12
Feb 8, 2013 51 $70,501 -39% 105 $671   $44,766,918 13
Feb 15, 2013 54 $39,865 -43% 56 $712   $44,806,783 14

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Mar 10, 20133284,420 284,420$4,911,933$4,911,9331
Mar 17, 20135118,335-58% 402,755$2,361,967$7,273,9002
Mar 24, 2013949,288-58% 452,043$983,788$8,257,6883
Mar 31, 20132352,217+6% 504,260$1,042,251$9,299,9394
Apr 7, 20131728,183-46% 532,443$562,533$9,862,4725
Apr 21, 20132920,751 563,603$336,789$10,407,0257

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Mar 10, 20133197,639 197,639$4,557,560$4,557,5601
Mar 17, 2013559,886-70% 257,525$1,496,549$6,054,1092
Mar 24, 20131127,011-55% 284,536$674,997$6,729,1063
Mar 31, 20131829,648+10% 314,184$740,916$7,470,0224

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