28 Weeks Later (2007)

28 Weeks Later
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $28,638,916Details
International Box Office $35,593,798Details
Worldwide Box Office $64,232,714
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $25,238,932 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $25,238,932
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Six months after the original epidemic, the rage virus has all but annihilated the population of the British Isles. Nevertheless the U.S. Army declares the danger past, and American soldiers arrive to restore order and begin reconstruction. Refugees return to British soil, but one of them carries a deadly secret: The virus is not gone and is even more dangerous than before.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$9,807,292 (34.2% of total gross)
Legs:2.92 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:44.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$15,000,000 (worldwide box office is 4.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,303 opening theaters/2,305 max. theaters, 3.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $44,873,184

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 11th, 2007 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: October 9th, 2007 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and gore, language and some sexuality/nudity
Running Time: 100 minutes
Franchise: 28 Days Later
Comparisons: vs. The Purge: Election Year
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Keywords: Post Apocalypse, Zombies, Survival Horror
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Fox Atomic, DNA Films, UK Film Council, Figment Films, Sogecine, Koan
Production Countries: Spain, United Kingdom
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 177 $5,387,716 May 25, 2007 17

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 11, 2007 2 $9,807,292   2,303 $4,258   $9,807,292 1
May 18, 2007 3 $5,454,168 -44% 2,305 $2,366   $18,914,924 2
May 25, 2007 6 $2,543,831 -53% 2,013 $1,264   $23,665,081 3
Jun 1, 2007 9 $1,214,942 -52% 1,121 $1,084   $26,591,704 4
Jun 8, 2007 15 $404,339 -67% 437 $925   $27,624,093 5
Jun 15, 2007 20 $192,011 -53% 206 $932   $28,031,155 6
Jun 22, 2007 24 $114,171 -41% 184 $620   $28,249,146 7
Jun 29, 2007 31 $70,166 -39% 123 $570   $28,386,326 8
Jul 6, 2007 35 $43,474 -38% 98 $444   $28,472,453 9
Jul 13, 2007 42 $42,394 -2% 58 $731   $28,542,839 10
Jul 20, 2007 51 $20,960 -51% 39 $537   $28,586,503 11
Jul 27, 2007 59 $13,119 -37% 22 $596   $28,611,554 12
Aug 3, 2007 68 $7,565 -42% 17 $445   $28,628,783 13
Aug 10, 2007 84 $3,330 -56% 12 $278   $28,637,507 14

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 11, 2007 2 $3,924,918     2,303 $1,704   $3,924,918 1
May 12, 2007 2 $3,552,203 -9%   2,303 $1,542   $7,477,121 2
May 13, 2007 3 $2,330,171 -34%   2,303 $1,012   $9,807,292 3
May 14, 2007 2 $1,039,384 -55%   2,303 $451   $10,846,676 4
May 15, 2007 2 $981,480 -6%   2,303 $426   $11,828,156 5
May 16, 2007 2 $856,201 -13%   2,303 $372   $12,684,357 6
May 17, 2007 3 $776,399 -9%   2,303 $337   $13,460,756 7
May 18, 2007 3 $1,665,523 +115% -58% 2,305 $723   $15,126,279 8
May 19, 2007 3 $2,112,136 +27% -41% 2,305 $916   $17,238,415 9
May 20, 2007 3 $1,676,509 -21% -28% 2,305 $727   $18,914,924 10
May 21, 2007 3 $692,523 -59% -33% 2,305 $300   $19,607,447 11
May 22, 2007 3 $572,954 -17% -42% 2,305 $249   $20,180,401 12
May 23, 2007 3 $509,876 -11% -40% 2,305 $221   $20,690,277 13
May 24, 2007 4 $430,973 -15% -44% 2,305 $187   $21,121,250 14
May 25, 2007 6 $702,591 +63% -58% 2,013 $349   $21,823,841 15
May 26, 2007 6 $900,421 +28% -57% 2,013 $447   $22,724,262 16
May 27, 2007 6 $940,819 +4% -44% 2,013 $467   $23,665,081 17
May 28, 2007 6 $736,475 -22% +6% 2,013 $366   $24,401,556 18
May 29, 2007 4 $332,269 -55% -42% 2,013 $165   $24,733,825 19
May 30, 2007 4 $316,731 -5% -38% 2,013 $157   $25,050,556 20
May 31, 2007 4 $326,206 +3% -24% 2,013 $162   $25,376,762 21
Jun 1, 2007 10 $357,881 +10% -49% 1,121 $319   $25,734,643 22
Jun 2, 2007 9 $477,993 +34% -47% 1,121 $426   $26,212,636 23
Jun 3, 2007 9 $379,068 -21% -60% 1,121 $338   $26,591,704 24
Jun 4, 2007 7 $166,926 -56% -77% 1,121 $149   $26,758,630 25
Jun 5, 2007 7 $164,522 -1% -50% 1,121 $147   $26,923,152 26
Jun 6, 2007 7 $152,636 -7% -52% 1,121 $136   $27,075,788 27
Jun 7, 2007 8 $143,966 -6% -56% 1,121 $128   $27,219,754 28
Jun 8, 2007 13 $123,989 -14% -65% 437 $284   $27,343,743 29
Jun 9, 2007 13 $169,047 +36% -65% 437 $387   $27,512,790 30
Jun 10, 2007 13 $111,303 -34% -71% 437 $255   $27,624,093 31
Jun 11, 2007 11 $56,012 -50% -66% 437 $128   $27,680,105 32
Jun 12, 2007 12 $52,706 -6% -68% 437 $121   $27,732,811 33
Jun 13, 2007 12 $53,013 +1% -65% 437 $121   $27,785,824 34
Jun 14, 2007 12 $53,320 +1% -63% 437 $122   $27,839,144 35
Jun 15, 2007 - $60,943 +14% -51% 206 $296   $27,900,087 36
Jun 16, 2007 - $80,082 +31% -53% 206 $389   $27,980,169 37
Jun 17, 2007 - $50,986 -36% -54% 206 $248   $28,031,155 38
Jun 18, 2007 - $26,869 -47% -52% 206 $130   $28,058,024 39
Jun 19, 2007 - $27,147 +1% -48% 206 $132   $28,085,171 40
Jun 20, 2007 - $25,408 -6% -52% 206 $123   $28,110,579 41
Jun 21, 2007 - $24,396 -4% -54% 206 $118   $28,134,975 42
Jun 22, 2007 - $36,427 +49% -40% 184 $198   $28,171,402 43
Jun 23, 2007 - $44,989 +24% -44% 184 $245   $28,216,391 44
Jun 24, 2007 - $32,755 -27% -36% 184 $178   $28,249,146 45
Jun 25, 2007 - $17,997 -45% -33% 184 $98   $28,267,143 46
Jun 26, 2007 - $17,508 -3% -36% 184 $95   $28,284,651 47
Jun 27, 2007 - $16,224 -7% -36% 184 $88   $28,300,875 48
Jun 28, 2007 - $15,285 -6% -37% 184 $83   $28,316,160 49
Jun 29, 2007 - $21,247 +39% -42% 123 $173   $28,337,407 50
Jun 30, 2007 - $46,970 +121% +4% 123 $382   $28,397,928 51
Jul 1, 2007 - $21,310 -55% -35% 123 $173   $28,419,238 52
Jul 2, 2007 - $16,031 -25% -11% 123 $130   $28,435,269 53
Jul 3, 2007 - $9,159 -43% -48% 111 $83   $28,444,428 54
Jul 4, 2007 - $8,285 -10% -49% 111 $75   $28,452,713 55
Jul 5, 2007 - $9,178 +11% -40% 111 $83   $28,428,979 56
Jul 6, 2007 - $13,006 +42% -39% 98 $133   $28,441,985 57
Jul 7, 2007 - $16,462 +27% -65% 98 $168   $28,458,447 58
Jul 8, 2007 - $14,006 -15% -34% 98 $143   $28,472,453 59
Jul 9, 2007 - $7,932 -43% -51% 98 $81   $28,480,385 60
Jul 10, 2007 - $7,323 -8% -20% 98 $75   $28,487,708 61
Jul 11, 2007 - $6,397 -13% -23% 98 $65   $28,494,105 62
Jul 12, 2007 - $6,340 -1% -31% 98 $65   $28,500,445 63
Jul 13, 2007 - $14,254 +125% +10% 58 $246   $28,514,699 64
Jul 14, 2007 - $16,446 +15% n/c 58 $284   $28,531,145 65
Jul 15, 2007 - $11,694 -29% -17% 58 $202   $28,542,839 66
Jul 16, 2007 - $4,902 -58% -38% 58 $85   $28,547,741 67
Jul 17, 2007 - $6,120 +25% -16% 58 $106   $28,553,861 68
Jul 18, 2007 - $5,775 -6% -10% 58 $100   $28,559,636 69
Jul 19, 2007 - $5,907 +2% -7% 58 $102   $28,565,543 70
Jul 20, 2007 - $6,507 +10% -54% 39 $167   $28,572,050 71
Jul 21, 2007 - $8,488 +30% -48% 39 $218   $28,580,538 72
Jul 22, 2007 - $5,965 -30% -49% 39 $153   $28,586,503 73
Jul 23, 2007 - $2,884 -52% -41% 39 $74   $28,589,387 74
Jul 24, 2007 - $3,197 +11% -48% 39 $82   $28,592,584 75
Jul 25, 2007 - $3,047 -5% -47% 39 $78   $28,595,631 76
Jul 26, 2007 - $2,804 -8% -53% 39 $72   $28,598,435 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 11, 2007 2 $13,460,756   2,303 $5,845   $13,460,756 1
May 18, 2007 4 $7,660,494 -43% 2,305 $3,323   $21,121,250 2
May 25, 2007 6 $4,255,512 -44% 2,013 $2,114   $25,376,762 3
Jun 1, 2007 9 $1,842,992 -57% 1,121 $1,644   $27,219,754 4
Jun 8, 2007 14 $619,390 -66% 437 $1,417   $27,839,144 5
Jun 15, 2007 20 $295,831 -52% 206 $1,436   $28,134,975 6
Jun 22, 2007 24 $181,185 -39% 184 $985   $28,316,160 7
Jun 29, 2007 32 $112,819 -38% 123 $917   $28,428,979 8
Jul 6, 2007 36 $71,466 -37% 98 $729   $28,500,445 9
Jul 13, 2007 43 $65,098 -9% 58 $1,122   $28,565,543 10
Jul 20, 2007 52 $32,892 -49% 39 $843   $28,598,435 11
Jul 27, 2007 54 $22,783 -31% 22 $1,036   $28,621,218 12
Aug 3, 2007 68 $12,959 -43% 17 $762   $28,634,177 13

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
Oct 14, 20075392,248 392,248$7,056,542$7,056,5421
Oct 21, 200710131,941-66% 524,189$2,524,876$9,581,4182
Oct 28, 20071876,096-42% 600,285$1,521,159$11,102,5773
Nov 4, 20073047,494-38% 647,779$813,572$11,916,1494
Nov 11, 20072567,398+42% 715,177$1,077,694$12,993,8435
Nov 18, 20073058,358-13% 773,535$933,144$13,926,9876

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Robert Carlyle    Don
Rose Byrne    Scarlet

Supporting Cast

Jeremy Renner    Doyle
Harold Perrineau    Flynn
Catherine McCormack    Alice
Mackintosh Muggleton    Andy
Imogen Poots    Tammy
Idris Elba    General Stone

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

Production and Technical Credits

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo    Director
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo    Screenwriter
Rowan Joffe    Screenwriter
Jesus Olmo    Screenwriter
Enrique Lopez Lavigne    Screenwriter
Allon Reich    Producer
Enrique Lopez Lavigne    Producer
Andrew MacDonald    Producer

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October 21st, 2007

Evan Almighty was a surprise winner on this week's sales chart topping fellow new release Surf's Up in terms of sales 740,000 units to 682,000 units and in terms of dollars $12.58 million to $10.91 million. More...

DVD Rentals - Another Surfer Scores First Place

October 21st, 2007

New releases took three of the top five places including Surf's Up, which earned first place with $8.13 million. This is unusual since kids movies tend to place higher on the sales chart than the rental chart, but that was not the case here. More...

DVD Releases for October 9, 2007

October 9th, 2007

The holiday-delayed list is here, but there are not many releases I can get truly excited about. There are quite a few limited releases on this week's list that deserve to be seen, but only one rises to the level of a DVD Pick of the Week and that is Black Sheep - Unrated - Buy from Amazon. Fair warning, this movie is not for everyone, but it manages to mix the gore and giggles nearly perfectly and fans of such movies will certainly want to add it to their DVD collections. More...

International Details - Ratatouille Serves Up an International Dish

September 30th, 2007

Ratatouille opening in first place in South Africa this weekend earning $298,000 on 40 screens, which is very close to what The Simpsons Movie made in its opening there a few weeks ago. Its best market of the weekend remains France where it was down a mere 4% to $1.67 million on 655 screens over the weekend for a total of $58.63 million. At this pace, the film will reach $60 million by this time next week while topping Finding Nemo's total of nearly $65 million is increasingly in reach. Overall Ratatouille added $4.66 million on 2535 screens in 27 markets for a total of $216.42 million, which is more than Cars managed, and this film still has openings in Germany, U.K., Italy, and Scandinavia. More...

International Details - Harry Potter has 900 Million Reasons to Celebrate

September 9th, 2007

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix may have fallen out of the top five, but it was able to cross $900 million worldwide since last week making it only the tenth film to do so. Over the weekend the film added $7.08 million on 4486 screens in 53 markets for a total of $626.30 million internationally, which places the film sixth place on that chart just $16 million behind Dead Man's Chest. There's not much to report for individual markets with the film down 43% during its second weekend in Greece adding $612,000 on 129 screens for a total of $2.91 million. Its best market remains Japan at $1.67 million on 605 screens over the weekend for a total of $75.18 million after seven weeks. Meanwhile, the film continues to march towards $100 million in the U.K. and after earning $796,000 on 306 screens over the weekend it now sits at $97.89 million in total. More...

International Details - Transformers Remains Hair-raising

July 29th, 2007

The Transformers held on strong dipping just 7% to $33.77 million on 4626 screens in 41 markets for a total of $192.44 million. This includes an estimated $6.4 million from previews in the U.K. The film's only major opening of the weekend was Mexico where it placed first with $5.46 million on 410 screens pushing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix into second place. The Transformers also continued its amazing run in South Korea adding $3.12 million on 442 screens for a running tally of $46.21 million, which is like making $500 million here given the relative sizes of the two markets. More...

International Details - Pirates Still Have Some Fight Left in Them

July 15th, 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End remained in sixth place with $8.94 million on 5442 screens in 101 markets for a total of $624.93 million. Internationally the film is in fifth place all-time and should top Dead Man's Chest shortly. Worldwide, it is also in fifth place but Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone's $974.56 million seems safe. As for At World's End's individual markets, the U.K. is still ahead of Japan $80.06 million to $77.58 million. However, Japan is catching up $2.28 million on 674 screens compared to just $738,000 on 357 in the U.K. At this pace Japan will need just two weeks to become the film's biggest draw. More...

International Details - Pirates Ship Starts to Sink

July 8th, 2007

Some very interesting news on the international front this weekend regarding Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. First of all, it fell out of the top five; however, it was still able to pull in more than $10 million over the weekend. Not too long ago it was a chore to find a dozen films that cracked $1 million, while this past weekend we had 6 that earned $10 million or more. Over the weekend the film added $14.02 million on 5775 screens in 104 markets for a total of $608.89 million internationally. It is the sixth film to cross $600 million internationally and is now in fifth place on that chart. Worldwide the film has $906.89 million making it the ninth highest grosser of all time. The U.K. is still the film's best market at $78.51 million compared to second pace Japan where it has made $74.02 million. However, that gap continues to narrow with the film making $3.23 million on 691 screens in the latter and $1.37 million on 401 screens in the former. More...

International Details - 300 Makes a Late Surge

June 17th, 2007

300 returned to the international chart this week thanks entirely to its opening in Japan. In that market, the film opened in second place with $2.71 million on 452 screens over the weekend and $3.39 million including last week's premiere in Tokyo. This was enough for it to capture sixth place internationally with $2.75 million on 576 screens in 8 markets, while lifting its total to $236.89 million. More...

International Details - Box Office Broken

June 10th, 2007

With no worldwide opening this weekend, several studios tried to open / expand smaller films hoping to take advantage of the lull. Despite this influx of competition, Fracture was able to hold strong dipping just one place with sixth with $2.25 million on 1018 screens in 16 markets for a total of $22.33 million internationally. The film wasn't able to top $1 million in any single market, but came closest in France with $671,000 over the weekend for a $7.20 million running total. More...

International Details - Spidey Sinks to Second but Still Reaches Milestones

June 3rd, 2007

Spider-Man 3 earned a comfortable second place earning almost as much as the rest of the films on this list with $21.07 million on 10,365 screens in 76 markets for a total of $501.00 million. It is only the 14th film to reach that milestone while it became the 16th film to top $800 million worldwide and has already climbed into 14th place overall. The U.K. regained the lead as the best market for the film adding $2.58 million on 460 screens for a total of $61.09 million. Japan took in $2.36 million on 630 screens while France made $2.31 million on 866 screens as the only other two markets to top $2 million over the weekend and the film now has $47.79 million and $48.55 million respectively. There were a quartet of led by Brazil, ($1.29 million for the weekend and $21.55 million in total); Spain, ($1.29 million / $22.49 million); Mexico, ($1.22 million / $32.90 million); and Germany, ($1.01 million / $27.16 million). More...

International Details - Bean Takes a Holiday from the Top Five

May 27th, 2007

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Pirates set for a Memorable Memorial Day

May 24th, 2007

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Shrek Sets Records for Animated Movie

May 21st, 2007

There was another massive opening over the weekend, something we'll have to get used to this summer, but not all reports are glowing. The second $100 million opening of the month helped push the overall box office up, way up, to $182 million, which is 70% higher than last weekend. However impressive these weekly fluctuations may seem, it is the year-to-year increase of 11% that is more important. The other number of note is 15%, which is how much higher this summer is over the record-setting pace of 2004. That summer not only gave us Shrek 2, but also Spider-Man 2 and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Those three movies combined for more than $1 billion, a mark this summer's top three films should be able to top. More...

Shrek Sets His Sights on Spidey

May 17th, 2007

So far May has been softer than expected. Sure, Spider-man 3 opened with a record breaking weekend, but since then it has started tracking below expectations. Meanwhile, every other film has missed their modest expectations, some by large margins. This weekend things should get back on track with one of the most anticipated films of the year debuting tomorrow, but even here there are some warning signs. More...

International Top Five - Spidey Solid on International Scene

May 16th, 2007

Spider-Man 3's performance at the international box office at the weekend was even more dominant than its domestic performance. Over the weekend, the film added $84.27 million on 13,799 screens in 73 markets for a total of $385.43 million, which puts it on pace to become the biggest hit of the franchise by this weekend. Worldwide, the film hit $625.66 million at the end of the weekend, and should also top the previous releases before long. On the all-time charts, the film is now in 24th place and should catch the 23rd place film (Spider-Man 2), and the 22nd place film ( Spider-Man), before long while it could grab a temporary spot in the top ten. Worldwide, it currently ranks 28th with eyes on Attack of the Clones. More...

Records Fall, Falling Records Fall

May 14th, 2007

As expected, no new release came close to challenging Spider-man 3 for top spot. In fact, the four newcomers were even weaker than expected. However, while this led to a 44% drop-off from last weekend, the overall box office take of $106 million was still more than 6% higher than the same weekend last year and that's the more important figure. Next weekend there should be a big bounce as Shrek the Third should earn significantly more than that all by itself. More...

Movie Website Updates for May 6 - May 12, 2007

May 12th, 2007

Not the best week for sites as there was only one that had even a chance of winning, Surf's Up - Official Site. There were a couple others that showed potential, but they will need a little more work to win. More...

Will Spidey Sink or Swing?

May 10th, 2007

This is the only soft weekend in the month of May with new releases forced to fight for the scraps of last weekend's record breaker, which explains why we have four such films trying to split already weak box office prospects. However, none of these new releases has any real shot at unseating Spider-man 3, even though that film is expected to sink pretty far at the box office. More...

2007 Preview: May

May 1st, 2007

It's the first of May, which means it is the start of the summer blockbuster season. This year, May is dominated by sequels, and not just sequels; there are three monster franchises releasing their third installments this month. If these films were the only monster hits being released this month, I would assume that any of them would have little difficulty hitting $300 million; for that matter, all three would have a better than 50% shot at $400 million. However, it seems highly unlikely to have three $400 million movies open in one month, especially given there's never been two $400 million movies to open in the same year. But who knows, records have already fallen this year, so anything's possible. On a side note, there is a real gap between the big three and the rest of the new releases. There's a slim chance another sequel, 28 Weeks Later, could crack $100 million. However, it looks like the any of the big three releases will earn twice as much as all of the other films on this list will earn combined. More...

Movie Website Updates for March 31 - April 7, 2007

April 7th, 2007

It's the Saturday after Good Friday, which explains why this column was delayed one day. But while the Friday was good, this week's sites were mediocre, at least they were compared to high expectations. If this was January, it would be a great list. However, at this point of the year I'm expecting one potential summer blockbuster to have a major website launch each week, and that didn't happen this time. We still had an award-worthy effort with Grindhouse - Official Site. More...


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  8. Trailer

Synopsis

Six months after the original epidemic, the rage virus has all but annihilated the population of the British Isles. Nevertheless the U.S. Army declares the danger past, and American soldiers arrive to restore order and begin reconstruction. Refugees return to British soil, but one of them carries a deadly secret: The virus is not gone and is even more dangerous than before.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$9,807,292 (34.2% of total gross)
Legs:2.92 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:44.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$15,000,000 (worldwide box office is 4.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,303 opening theaters/2,305 max. theaters, 3.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $44,873,184

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 11th, 2007 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: October 9th, 2007 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and gore, language and some sexuality/nudity
Running Time: 100 minutes
Franchise: 28 Days Later
Comparisons: vs. The Purge: Election Year
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Keywords: Post Apocalypse, Zombies, Survival Horror
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Fox Atomic, DNA Films, UK Film Council, Figment Films, Sogecine, Koan
Production Countries: Spain, United Kingdom
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 177 $5,387,716 May 25, 2007 17

Leading Cast

Robert Carlyle    Don
Rose Byrne    Scarlet

Supporting Cast

Jeremy Renner    Doyle
Harold Perrineau    Flynn
Catherine McCormack    Alice
Mackintosh Muggleton    Andy
Imogen Poots    Tammy
Idris Elba    General Stone

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

Production and Technical Credits

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo    Director
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo    Screenwriter
Rowan Joffe    Screenwriter
Jesus Olmo    Screenwriter
Enrique Lopez Lavigne    Screenwriter
Allon Reich    Producer
Enrique Lopez Lavigne    Producer
Andrew MacDonald    Producer

DVD Sales - Evan Finally Proves Mighty

October 21st, 2007

Evan Almighty was a surprise winner on this week's sales chart topping fellow new release Surf's Up in terms of sales 740,000 units to 682,000 units and in terms of dollars $12.58 million to $10.91 million. More...

DVD Rentals - Another Surfer Scores First Place

October 21st, 2007

New releases took three of the top five places including Surf's Up, which earned first place with $8.13 million. This is unusual since kids movies tend to place higher on the sales chart than the rental chart, but that was not the case here. More...

DVD Releases for October 9, 2007

October 9th, 2007

The holiday-delayed list is here, but there are not many releases I can get truly excited about. There are quite a few limited releases on this week's list that deserve to be seen, but only one rises to the level of a DVD Pick of the Week and that is Black Sheep - Unrated - Buy from Amazon. Fair warning, this movie is not for everyone, but it manages to mix the gore and giggles nearly perfectly and fans of such movies will certainly want to add it to their DVD collections. More...

International Details - Ratatouille Serves Up an International Dish

September 30th, 2007

Ratatouille opening in first place in South Africa this weekend earning $298,000 on 40 screens, which is very close to what The Simpsons Movie made in its opening there a few weeks ago. Its best market of the weekend remains France where it was down a mere 4% to $1.67 million on 655 screens over the weekend for a total of $58.63 million. At this pace, the film will reach $60 million by this time next week while topping Finding Nemo's total of nearly $65 million is increasingly in reach. Overall Ratatouille added $4.66 million on 2535 screens in 27 markets for a total of $216.42 million, which is more than Cars managed, and this film still has openings in Germany, U.K., Italy, and Scandinavia. More...

International Details - Harry Potter has 900 Million Reasons to Celebrate

September 9th, 2007

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix may have fallen out of the top five, but it was able to cross $900 million worldwide since last week making it only the tenth film to do so. Over the weekend the film added $7.08 million on 4486 screens in 53 markets for a total of $626.30 million internationally, which places the film sixth place on that chart just $16 million behind Dead Man's Chest. There's not much to report for individual markets with the film down 43% during its second weekend in Greece adding $612,000 on 129 screens for a total of $2.91 million. Its best market remains Japan at $1.67 million on 605 screens over the weekend for a total of $75.18 million after seven weeks. Meanwhile, the film continues to march towards $100 million in the U.K. and after earning $796,000 on 306 screens over the weekend it now sits at $97.89 million in total. More...

International Details - Transformers Remains Hair-raising

July 29th, 2007

The Transformers held on strong dipping just 7% to $33.77 million on 4626 screens in 41 markets for a total of $192.44 million. This includes an estimated $6.4 million from previews in the U.K. The film's only major opening of the weekend was Mexico where it placed first with $5.46 million on 410 screens pushing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix into second place. The Transformers also continued its amazing run in South Korea adding $3.12 million on 442 screens for a running tally of $46.21 million, which is like making $500 million here given the relative sizes of the two markets. More...

International Details - Pirates Still Have Some Fight Left in Them

July 15th, 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End remained in sixth place with $8.94 million on 5442 screens in 101 markets for a total of $624.93 million. Internationally the film is in fifth place all-time and should top Dead Man's Chest shortly. Worldwide, it is also in fifth place but Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone's $974.56 million seems safe. As for At World's End's individual markets, the U.K. is still ahead of Japan $80.06 million to $77.58 million. However, Japan is catching up $2.28 million on 674 screens compared to just $738,000 on 357 in the U.K. At this pace Japan will need just two weeks to become the film's biggest draw. More...

International Details - Pirates Ship Starts to Sink

July 8th, 2007

Some very interesting news on the international front this weekend regarding Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. First of all, it fell out of the top five; however, it was still able to pull in more than $10 million over the weekend. Not too long ago it was a chore to find a dozen films that cracked $1 million, while this past weekend we had 6 that earned $10 million or more. Over the weekend the film added $14.02 million on 5775 screens in 104 markets for a total of $608.89 million internationally. It is the sixth film to cross $600 million internationally and is now in fifth place on that chart. Worldwide the film has $906.89 million making it the ninth highest grosser of all time. The U.K. is still the film's best market at $78.51 million compared to second pace Japan where it has made $74.02 million. However, that gap continues to narrow with the film making $3.23 million on 691 screens in the latter and $1.37 million on 401 screens in the former. More...

International Details - 300 Makes a Late Surge

June 17th, 2007

300 returned to the international chart this week thanks entirely to its opening in Japan. In that market, the film opened in second place with $2.71 million on 452 screens over the weekend and $3.39 million including last week's premiere in Tokyo. This was enough for it to capture sixth place internationally with $2.75 million on 576 screens in 8 markets, while lifting its total to $236.89 million. More...

International Details - Box Office Broken

June 10th, 2007

With no worldwide opening this weekend, several studios tried to open / expand smaller films hoping to take advantage of the lull. Despite this influx of competition, Fracture was able to hold strong dipping just one place with sixth with $2.25 million on 1018 screens in 16 markets for a total of $22.33 million internationally. The film wasn't able to top $1 million in any single market, but came closest in France with $671,000 over the weekend for a $7.20 million running total. More...

International Details - Spidey Sinks to Second but Still Reaches Milestones

June 3rd, 2007

Spider-Man 3 earned a comfortable second place earning almost as much as the rest of the films on this list with $21.07 million on 10,365 screens in 76 markets for a total of $501.00 million. It is only the 14th film to reach that milestone while it became the 16th film to top $800 million worldwide and has already climbed into 14th place overall. The U.K. regained the lead as the best market for the film adding $2.58 million on 460 screens for a total of $61.09 million. Japan took in $2.36 million on 630 screens while France made $2.31 million on 866 screens as the only other two markets to top $2 million over the weekend and the film now has $47.79 million and $48.55 million respectively. There were a quartet of led by Brazil, ($1.29 million for the weekend and $21.55 million in total); Spain, ($1.29 million / $22.49 million); Mexico, ($1.22 million / $32.90 million); and Germany, ($1.01 million / $27.16 million). More...

International Details - Bean Takes a Holiday from the Top Five

May 27th, 2007

Mr. Bean's Holiday fell one spot out of the top five this weekend despite showing some significant growth. The film did have a few openings, including a third place $165,000 debut on 56 screens in Turkey, but its biggest market was Germany where it grew 44% to $651,000 on 577 screens for the weekend and $22.52 million in total. Overall the film added $3.47 million on 2634 screens in 43 markets for a total of $176.19 million internationally with debuts in South Korea, Japan, and China, yet to come, (and of course it doesn't open here till August). More...

Pirates set for a Memorable Memorial Day

May 24th, 2007

For the third time in four weeks there will be another $100 million opening. It's strange, for four years after Spider-Man set the record, no film matched its record-setting debut. In fact, no film really came that close. However, in the past 12 months, three films have topped that mark and another film will do the same this weekend. More...

Shrek Sets Records for Animated Movie

May 21st, 2007

There was another massive opening over the weekend, something we'll have to get used to this summer, but not all reports are glowing. The second $100 million opening of the month helped push the overall box office up, way up, to $182 million, which is 70% higher than last weekend. However impressive these weekly fluctuations may seem, it is the year-to-year increase of 11% that is more important. The other number of note is 15%, which is how much higher this summer is over the record-setting pace of 2004. That summer not only gave us Shrek 2, but also Spider-Man 2 and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Those three movies combined for more than $1 billion, a mark this summer's top three films should be able to top. More...

Shrek Sets His Sights on Spidey

May 17th, 2007

So far May has been softer than expected. Sure, Spider-man 3 opened with a record breaking weekend, but since then it has started tracking below expectations. Meanwhile, every other film has missed their modest expectations, some by large margins. This weekend things should get back on track with one of the most anticipated films of the year debuting tomorrow, but even here there are some warning signs. More...

International Top Five - Spidey Solid on International Scene

May 16th, 2007

Spider-Man 3's performance at the international box office at the weekend was even more dominant than its domestic performance. Over the weekend, the film added $84.27 million on 13,799 screens in 73 markets for a total of $385.43 million, which puts it on pace to become the biggest hit of the franchise by this weekend. Worldwide, the film hit $625.66 million at the end of the weekend, and should also top the previous releases before long. On the all-time charts, the film is now in 24th place and should catch the 23rd place film (Spider-Man 2), and the 22nd place film ( Spider-Man), before long while it could grab a temporary spot in the top ten. Worldwide, it currently ranks 28th with eyes on Attack of the Clones. More...

Records Fall, Falling Records Fall

May 14th, 2007

As expected, no new release came close to challenging Spider-man 3 for top spot. In fact, the four newcomers were even weaker than expected. However, while this led to a 44% drop-off from last weekend, the overall box office take of $106 million was still more than 6% higher than the same weekend last year and that's the more important figure. Next weekend there should be a big bounce as Shrek the Third should earn significantly more than that all by itself. More...

Movie Website Updates for May 6 - May 12, 2007

May 12th, 2007

Not the best week for sites as there was only one that had even a chance of winning, Surf's Up - Official Site. There were a couple others that showed potential, but they will need a little more work to win. More...

Will Spidey Sink or Swing?

May 10th, 2007

This is the only soft weekend in the month of May with new releases forced to fight for the scraps of last weekend's record breaker, which explains why we have four such films trying to split already weak box office prospects. However, none of these new releases has any real shot at unseating Spider-man 3, even though that film is expected to sink pretty far at the box office. More...

2007 Preview: May

May 1st, 2007

It's the first of May, which means it is the start of the summer blockbuster season. This year, May is dominated by sequels, and not just sequels; there are three monster franchises releasing their third installments this month. If these films were the only monster hits being released this month, I would assume that any of them would have little difficulty hitting $300 million; for that matter, all three would have a better than 50% shot at $400 million. However, it seems highly unlikely to have three $400 million movies open in one month, especially given there's never been two $400 million movies to open in the same year. But who knows, records have already fallen this year, so anything's possible. On a side note, there is a real gap between the big three and the rest of the new releases. There's a slim chance another sequel, 28 Weeks Later, could crack $100 million. However, it looks like the any of the big three releases will earn twice as much as all of the other films on this list will earn combined. More...

Movie Website Updates for March 31 - April 7, 2007

April 7th, 2007

It's the Saturday after Good Friday, which explains why this column was delayed one day. But while the Friday was good, this week's sites were mediocre, at least they were compared to high expectations. If this was January, it would be a great list. However, at this point of the year I'm expecting one potential summer blockbuster to have a major website launch each week, and that didn't happen this time. We still had an award-worthy effort with Grindhouse - Official Site. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 11, 2007 2 $9,807,292   2,303 $4,258   $9,807,292 1
May 18, 2007 3 $5,454,168 -44% 2,305 $2,366   $18,914,924 2
May 25, 2007 6 $2,543,831 -53% 2,013 $1,264   $23,665,081 3
Jun 1, 2007 9 $1,214,942 -52% 1,121 $1,084   $26,591,704 4
Jun 8, 2007 15 $404,339 -67% 437 $925   $27,624,093 5
Jun 15, 2007 20 $192,011 -53% 206 $932   $28,031,155 6
Jun 22, 2007 24 $114,171 -41% 184 $620   $28,249,146 7
Jun 29, 2007 31 $70,166 -39% 123 $570   $28,386,326 8
Jul 6, 2007 35 $43,474 -38% 98 $444   $28,472,453 9
Jul 13, 2007 42 $42,394 -2% 58 $731   $28,542,839 10
Jul 20, 2007 51 $20,960 -51% 39 $537   $28,586,503 11
Jul 27, 2007 59 $13,119 -37% 22 $596   $28,611,554 12
Aug 3, 2007 68 $7,565 -42% 17 $445   $28,628,783 13
Aug 10, 2007 84 $3,330 -56% 12 $278   $28,637,507 14

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 11, 2007 2 $3,924,918     2,303 $1,704   $3,924,918 1
May 12, 2007 2 $3,552,203 -9%   2,303 $1,542   $7,477,121 2
May 13, 2007 3 $2,330,171 -34%   2,303 $1,012   $9,807,292 3
May 14, 2007 2 $1,039,384 -55%   2,303 $451   $10,846,676 4
May 15, 2007 2 $981,480 -6%   2,303 $426   $11,828,156 5
May 16, 2007 2 $856,201 -13%   2,303 $372   $12,684,357 6
May 17, 2007 3 $776,399 -9%   2,303 $337   $13,460,756 7
May 18, 2007 3 $1,665,523 +115% -58% 2,305 $723   $15,126,279 8
May 19, 2007 3 $2,112,136 +27% -41% 2,305 $916   $17,238,415 9
May 20, 2007 3 $1,676,509 -21% -28% 2,305 $727   $18,914,924 10
May 21, 2007 3 $692,523 -59% -33% 2,305 $300   $19,607,447 11
May 22, 2007 3 $572,954 -17% -42% 2,305 $249   $20,180,401 12
May 23, 2007 3 $509,876 -11% -40% 2,305 $221   $20,690,277 13
May 24, 2007 4 $430,973 -15% -44% 2,305 $187   $21,121,250 14
May 25, 2007 6 $702,591 +63% -58% 2,013 $349   $21,823,841 15
May 26, 2007 6 $900,421 +28% -57% 2,013 $447   $22,724,262 16
May 27, 2007 6 $940,819 +4% -44% 2,013 $467   $23,665,081 17
May 28, 2007 6 $736,475 -22% +6% 2,013 $366   $24,401,556 18
May 29, 2007 4 $332,269 -55% -42% 2,013 $165   $24,733,825 19
May 30, 2007 4 $316,731 -5% -38% 2,013 $157   $25,050,556 20
May 31, 2007 4 $326,206 +3% -24% 2,013 $162   $25,376,762 21
Jun 1, 2007 10 $357,881 +10% -49% 1,121 $319   $25,734,643 22
Jun 2, 2007 9 $477,993 +34% -47% 1,121 $426   $26,212,636 23
Jun 3, 2007 9 $379,068 -21% -60% 1,121 $338   $26,591,704 24
Jun 4, 2007 7 $166,926 -56% -77% 1,121 $149   $26,758,630 25
Jun 5, 2007 7 $164,522 -1% -50% 1,121 $147   $26,923,152 26
Jun 6, 2007 7 $152,636 -7% -52% 1,121 $136   $27,075,788 27
Jun 7, 2007 8 $143,966 -6% -56% 1,121 $128   $27,219,754 28
Jun 8, 2007 13 $123,989 -14% -65% 437 $284   $27,343,743 29
Jun 9, 2007 13 $169,047 +36% -65% 437 $387   $27,512,790 30
Jun 10, 2007 13 $111,303 -34% -71% 437 $255   $27,624,093 31
Jun 11, 2007 11 $56,012 -50% -66% 437 $128   $27,680,105 32
Jun 12, 2007 12 $52,706 -6% -68% 437 $121   $27,732,811 33
Jun 13, 2007 12 $53,013 +1% -65% 437 $121   $27,785,824 34
Jun 14, 2007 12 $53,320 +1% -63% 437 $122   $27,839,144 35
Jun 15, 2007 - $60,943 +14% -51% 206 $296   $27,900,087 36
Jun 16, 2007 - $80,082 +31% -53% 206 $389   $27,980,169 37
Jun 17, 2007 - $50,986 -36% -54% 206 $248   $28,031,155 38
Jun 18, 2007 - $26,869 -47% -52% 206 $130   $28,058,024 39
Jun 19, 2007 - $27,147 +1% -48% 206 $132   $28,085,171 40
Jun 20, 2007 - $25,408 -6% -52% 206 $123   $28,110,579 41
Jun 21, 2007 - $24,396 -4% -54% 206 $118   $28,134,975 42
Jun 22, 2007 - $36,427 +49% -40% 184 $198   $28,171,402 43
Jun 23, 2007 - $44,989 +24% -44% 184 $245   $28,216,391 44
Jun 24, 2007 - $32,755 -27% -36% 184 $178   $28,249,146 45
Jun 25, 2007 - $17,997 -45% -33% 184 $98   $28,267,143 46
Jun 26, 2007 - $17,508 -3% -36% 184 $95   $28,284,651 47
Jun 27, 2007 - $16,224 -7% -36% 184 $88   $28,300,875 48
Jun 28, 2007 - $15,285 -6% -37% 184 $83   $28,316,160 49
Jun 29, 2007 - $21,247 +39% -42% 123 $173   $28,337,407 50
Jun 30, 2007 - $46,970 +121% +4% 123 $382   $28,397,928 51
Jul 1, 2007 - $21,310 -55% -35% 123 $173   $28,419,238 52
Jul 2, 2007 - $16,031 -25% -11% 123 $130   $28,435,269 53
Jul 3, 2007 - $9,159 -43% -48% 111 $83   $28,444,428 54
Jul 4, 2007 - $8,285 -10% -49% 111 $75   $28,452,713 55
Jul 5, 2007 - $9,178 +11% -40% 111 $83   $28,428,979 56
Jul 6, 2007 - $13,006 +42% -39% 98 $133   $28,441,985 57
Jul 7, 2007 - $16,462 +27% -65% 98 $168   $28,458,447 58
Jul 8, 2007 - $14,006 -15% -34% 98 $143   $28,472,453 59
Jul 9, 2007 - $7,932 -43% -51% 98 $81   $28,480,385 60
Jul 10, 2007 - $7,323 -8% -20% 98 $75   $28,487,708 61
Jul 11, 2007 - $6,397 -13% -23% 98 $65   $28,494,105 62
Jul 12, 2007 - $6,340 -1% -31% 98 $65   $28,500,445 63
Jul 13, 2007 - $14,254 +125% +10% 58 $246   $28,514,699 64
Jul 14, 2007 - $16,446 +15% n/c 58 $284   $28,531,145 65
Jul 15, 2007 - $11,694 -29% -17% 58 $202   $28,542,839 66
Jul 16, 2007 - $4,902 -58% -38% 58 $85   $28,547,741 67
Jul 17, 2007 - $6,120 +25% -16% 58 $106   $28,553,861 68
Jul 18, 2007 - $5,775 -6% -10% 58 $100   $28,559,636 69
Jul 19, 2007 - $5,907 +2% -7% 58 $102   $28,565,543 70
Jul 20, 2007 - $6,507 +10% -54% 39 $167   $28,572,050 71
Jul 21, 2007 - $8,488 +30% -48% 39 $218   $28,580,538 72
Jul 22, 2007 - $5,965 -30% -49% 39 $153   $28,586,503 73
Jul 23, 2007 - $2,884 -52% -41% 39 $74   $28,589,387 74
Jul 24, 2007 - $3,197 +11% -48% 39 $82   $28,592,584 75
Jul 25, 2007 - $3,047 -5% -47% 39 $78   $28,595,631 76
Jul 26, 2007 - $2,804 -8% -53% 39 $72   $28,598,435 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 11, 2007 2 $13,460,756   2,303 $5,845   $13,460,756 1
May 18, 2007 4 $7,660,494 -43% 2,305 $3,323   $21,121,250 2
May 25, 2007 6 $4,255,512 -44% 2,013 $2,114   $25,376,762 3
Jun 1, 2007 9 $1,842,992 -57% 1,121 $1,644   $27,219,754 4
Jun 8, 2007 14 $619,390 -66% 437 $1,417   $27,839,144 5
Jun 15, 2007 20 $295,831 -52% 206 $1,436   $28,134,975 6
Jun 22, 2007 24 $181,185 -39% 184 $985   $28,316,160 7
Jun 29, 2007 32 $112,819 -38% 123 $917   $28,428,979 8
Jul 6, 2007 36 $71,466 -37% 98 $729   $28,500,445 9
Jul 13, 2007 43 $65,098 -9% 58 $1,122   $28,565,543 10
Jul 20, 2007 52 $32,892 -49% 39 $843   $28,598,435 11
Jul 27, 2007 54 $22,783 -31% 22 $1,036   $28,621,218 12
Aug 3, 2007 68 $12,959 -43% 17 $762   $28,634,177 13

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
Oct 14, 20075392,248 392,248$7,056,542$7,056,5421
Oct 21, 200710131,941-66% 524,189$2,524,876$9,581,4182
Oct 28, 20071876,096-42% 600,285$1,521,159$11,102,5773
Nov 4, 20073047,494-38% 647,779$813,572$11,916,1494
Nov 11, 20072567,398+42% 715,177$1,077,694$12,993,8435
Nov 18, 20073058,358-13% 773,535$933,144$13,926,9876

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