The Darkest Hour (2011)

The Darkest Hour poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $21,443,494Details
International Box Office $43,183,292Details
Worldwide Box Office $64,626,786
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $5,479,174
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $3,995,975
Total $9,475,149
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$2,993,519 (14.0% of total gross)
Legs:5.15 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:33.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$34,800,000 (worldwide box office is 1.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,324 opening theaters/2,327 max. theaters, 3.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $32,285,469

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 25th, 2011 (Wide) by Summit Entertainment
International Releases: April 20th, 2012 (Wide) (Venezuela)
Video Release: April 10th, 2012 by Summit Home Video
MPA Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and some language.
(Rating bulletin 2169, 4/27/2011)
Running Time: 89 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Scene in End Credits, Visual Effects
Film format: 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D
Geographical setting: Russia
Plot point: Betrayal, Entrepreneur
Social setting: Alien Invasion
Subgenre: Action Horror
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Regency Enterprises, Summit Entertainment, New Regency, Bazelevs Company, Jacobson Company
Production Countries: United States, Russian Federation
Languages: English, Russian

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 23, 2011 9 $2,993,519   2,324 $1,288   $2,993,519 1
Dec 30, 2011 9 $4,163,241 +39% 2,327 $1,789   $13,137,963 2
Jan 6, 2012 10 $3,124,316 -25% 2,163 $1,444   $18,690,605 3
Jan 13, 2012 16 $1,079,299 -65% 1,182 $913   $20,528,473 4
Jan 20, 2012 30 $183,036 -83% 301 $608   $21,074,627 5
Jan 27, 2012 47 $42,767 -77% 87 $492   $21,171,248 6
Feb 3, 2012 52 $19,554 -54% 39 $501   $21,203,764 7
Feb 10, 2012 75 $6,880 -65% 18 $382   $21,217,489 8
Feb 17, 2012 45 $98,691 +1,334% 113 $873   $21,319,696 9
Feb 24, 2012 50 $65,568 -34% 94 $698   $21,426,805 10

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 25, 2011 8 $2,993,519     2,324 $1,288   $2,993,519 1
Dec 26, 2011 8 $2,068,960 -31%   2,324 $890   $5,062,479 2
Dec 27, 2011 9 $1,461,990 -29%   2,324 $629   $6,524,469 3
Dec 28, 2011 9 $1,242,087 -15%   2,324 $534   $7,766,556 4
Dec 29, 2011 9 $1,208,166 -3%   2,324 $520   $8,974,722 5
Dec 30, 2011 9 $1,656,459 +37%   2,327 $712   $10,631,181 6
Dec 31, 2011 10 $1,041,303 -37%   2,327 $447   $11,672,484 7
Jan 1, 2012 9 $1,465,479 +41% -51% 2,327 $630   $13,137,963 8
Jan 2, 2012 9 $1,077,671 -26% -48% 2,327 $463   $14,215,634 9
Jan 3, 2012 9 $587,176 -46% -60% 2,327 $252   $14,802,810 10
Jan 4, 2012 9 $406,926 -31% -67% 2,327 $175   $15,209,736 11
Jan 5, 2012 9 $356,553 -12% -70% 2,327 $153   $15,566,289 12
Jan 6, 2012 11 $1,070,660 +200% -35% 2,163 $495   $16,636,949 13
Jan 7, 2012 11 $1,393,600 +30% +34% 2,163 $644   $18,030,549 14
Jan 8, 2012 10 $660,056 -53% -55% 2,163 $305   $18,690,605 15
Jan 9, 2012 11 $186,360 -72% -83% 2,163 $86   $18,876,965 16
Jan 10, 2012 12 $216,582 +16% -63% 2,163 $100   $19,093,547 17
Jan 11, 2012 12 $181,470 -16% -55% 2,163 $84   $19,275,017 18
Jan 12, 2012 12 $174,157 -4% -51% 2,163 $81   $19,449,174 19
Jan 13, 2012 - $305,381 +75% -71% 1,182 $258   $19,754,555 20
Jan 14, 2012 - $447,674 +47% -68% 1,182 $379   $20,202,229 21
Jan 15, 2012 - $326,244 -27% -51% 1,182 $276   $20,528,473 22
Jan 16, 2012 - $185,550 -43% n/c 1,182 $157   $20,714,023 23
Jan 17, 2012 - $62,900 -66% -71% 1,182 $53   $20,776,923 24
Jan 18, 2012 - $58,239 -7% -68% 1,182 $49   $20,835,162 25
Jan 19, 2012 - $56,429 -3% -68% 1,182 $48   $20,891,591 26
Jan 20, 2012 - $51,652 -8% -83% 301 $172   $20,943,243 27
Jan 21, 2012 - $89,211 +73% -80% 301 $296   $21,032,454 28
Jan 22, 2012 - $42,173 -53% -87% 301 $140   $21,074,627 29
Jan 23, 2012 - $13,405 -68% -93% 301 $45   $21,088,032 30
Jan 24, 2012 - $13,722 +2% -78% 301 $46   $21,101,754 31
Jan 25, 2012 - $13,334 -3% -77% 301 $44   $21,115,088 32
Jan 26, 2012 - $13,393 n/c -76% 301 $44   $21,128,481 33
Jan 27, 2012 - $11,873 -11% -77% 87 $136   $21,140,354 34
Jan 28, 2012 - $21,071 +77% -76% 87 $242   $21,161,425 35
Jan 29, 2012 - $9,823 -53% -77% 87 $113   $21,171,248 36
Jan 30, 2012 - $2,752 -72% -79% 87 $32   $21,174,000 37
Jan 31, 2012 - $3,749 +36% -73% 87 $43   $21,177,749 38
Feb 1, 2012 - $3,066 -18% -77% 87 $35   $21,180,815 39
Feb 2, 2012 - $3,395 +11% -75% 87 $39   $21,184,210 40
Feb 3, 2012 - $5,689 +68% -52% 39 $146   $21,189,899 41
Feb 4, 2012 - $10,159 +79% -52% 39 $260   $21,200,058 42
Feb 5, 2012 - $3,706 -64% -62% 39 $95   $21,203,764 43
Feb 6, 2012 - $1,606 -57% -42% 39 $41   $21,205,370 44
Feb 7, 2012 - $2,048 +28% -45% 39 $53   $21,207,418 45
Feb 8, 2012 - $1,635 -20% -47% 39 $42   $21,209,053 46
Feb 9, 2012 - $1,556 -5% -54% 39 $40   $21,210,609 47
Feb 10, 2012 - $1,907 +23% -66% 18 $106   $21,212,516 48
Feb 11, 2012 - $2,944 +54% -71% 18 $164   $21,215,460 49
Feb 12, 2012 - $2,029 -31% -45% 18 $113   $21,217,489 50
Feb 13, 2012 - $582 -71% -64% 18 $32   $21,218,071 51
Feb 14, 2012 - $1,360 +134% -34% 18 $76   $21,219,431 52
Feb 15, 2012 - $744 -45% -54% 18 $41   $21,220,175 53
Feb 16, 2012 - $830 +12% -47% 18 $46   $21,221,005 54
Feb 17, 2012 - $24,620 +2,866% +1,191% 113 $218   $21,245,625 55
Feb 18, 2012 - $41,466 +68% +1,308% 113 $367   $21,287,091 56
Feb 19, 2012 - $32,605 -21% +1,507% 113 $289   $21,319,696 57
Feb 20, 2012 - $17,255 -47% +2,865% 113 $153   $21,336,951 58
Feb 21, 2012 - $9,033 -48% +564% 113 $80   $21,345,984 59
Feb 22, 2012 - $7,905 -12% +963% 113 $70   $21,353,889 60
Feb 23, 2012 - $7,348 -7% +785% 113 $65   $21,361,237 61
Feb 24, 2012 - $17,439 +137% -29% 94 $186   $21,378,676 62
Feb 25, 2012 - $29,936 +72% -28% 94 $318   $21,408,612 63
Feb 26, 2012 - $18,193 -39% -44% 94 $194   $21,426,805 64
Feb 27, 2012 - $4,867 -73% -72% 94 $52   $21,431,672 65
Feb 28, 2012 - $5,259 +8% -42% 94 $56   $21,436,931 66
Feb 29, 2012 - $4,713 -10% -40% 94 $50   $21,441,644 67
Mar 1, 2012 - $1,850 -61% -75% 94 $20   $21,443,494 68

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 23, 2011 9 $8,974,722   2,324 $3,862   $8,974,722 1
Dec 30, 2011 9 $6,591,567 -27% 2,327 $2,833   $15,566,289 2
Jan 6, 2012 11 $3,882,885 -41% 2,163 $1,795   $19,449,174 3
Jan 13, 2012 17 $1,442,417 -63% 1,182 $1,220   $20,891,591 4
Jan 20, 2012 31 $236,890 -84% 301 $787   $21,128,481 5
Jan 27, 2012 45 $55,729 -76% 87 $641   $21,184,210 6
Feb 3, 2012 53 $26,399 -53% 39 $677   $21,210,609 7
Feb 10, 2012 72 $10,396 -61% 18 $578   $21,221,005 8
Feb 17, 2012 47 $140,232 +1,249% 113 $1,241   $21,361,237 9
Feb 24, 2012 49 $82,257 -41% 94 $875   $21,443,494 10

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Venezuela 4/20/2012 $0 0 30 43 $739,289 12/10/2015
  
Rest of World $42,444,003
  
International Total $43,183,292 12/10/2015

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Lead Ensemble Member

Emile Hirsch    Sean
Olivia Thirlby    Natalie
Max Minghella    Ben
Rachael Taylor    Anne
Joel Kinnaman    Skyler

Supporting

Gosha Kutsenko    Matvei
Dato Bakhtadze    Sergei
Veronika Vernaskaya    Vika
Artur Smolyaninov    Yuri
Anna Roudakova    Tess

Production and Technical Credits

Chris Gorak    Director
Jon Spaihts    Screenwriter
Leslie Bohem    Story Creator
M.T. Ahern    Story Creator
Jon Spaihts    Story Creator
Tom Jacobson    Producer
Timur Bekmambetov    Producer
Arnon Milchan    Executive Producer
Monnie Wills    Executive Producer
Scott Kevan    Director of Photography
Valeri Viktorov    Production Designer
Priscilla Nedd Friendly    Editor
Fernando Villena    Editor
Tyler Bates    Composer
Jojo Villanueva    Music Supervisor
Anastasia Brown    Music Supervisor
Varya Avdyushko    Costume Designer
K.C. Colwell    First Assistant Director

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

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.


Metrics

Opening Weekend:$2,993,519 (14.0% of total gross)
Legs:5.15 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:33.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$34,800,000 (worldwide box office is 1.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,324 opening theaters/2,327 max. theaters, 3.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $32,285,469

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 25th, 2011 (Wide) by Summit Entertainment
International Releases: April 20th, 2012 (Wide) (Venezuela)
Video Release: April 10th, 2012 by Summit Home Video
MPA Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and some language.
(Rating bulletin 2169, 4/27/2011)
Running Time: 89 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Scene in End Credits, Visual Effects
Film format: 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D
Geographical setting: Russia
Plot point: Betrayal, Entrepreneur
Social setting: Alien Invasion
Subgenre: Action Horror
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Regency Enterprises, Summit Entertainment, New Regency, Bazelevs Company, Jacobson Company
Production Countries: United States, Russian Federation
Languages: English, Russian

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 23, 2011 9 $2,993,519   2,324 $1,288   $2,993,519 1
Dec 30, 2011 9 $4,163,241 +39% 2,327 $1,789   $13,137,963 2
Jan 6, 2012 10 $3,124,316 -25% 2,163 $1,444   $18,690,605 3
Jan 13, 2012 16 $1,079,299 -65% 1,182 $913   $20,528,473 4
Jan 20, 2012 30 $183,036 -83% 301 $608   $21,074,627 5
Jan 27, 2012 47 $42,767 -77% 87 $492   $21,171,248 6
Feb 3, 2012 52 $19,554 -54% 39 $501   $21,203,764 7
Feb 10, 2012 75 $6,880 -65% 18 $382   $21,217,489 8
Feb 17, 2012 45 $98,691 +1,334% 113 $873   $21,319,696 9
Feb 24, 2012 50 $65,568 -34% 94 $698   $21,426,805 10

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 25, 2011 8 $2,993,519     2,324 $1,288   $2,993,519 1
Dec 26, 2011 8 $2,068,960 -31%   2,324 $890   $5,062,479 2
Dec 27, 2011 9 $1,461,990 -29%   2,324 $629   $6,524,469 3
Dec 28, 2011 9 $1,242,087 -15%   2,324 $534   $7,766,556 4
Dec 29, 2011 9 $1,208,166 -3%   2,324 $520   $8,974,722 5
Dec 30, 2011 9 $1,656,459 +37%   2,327 $712   $10,631,181 6
Dec 31, 2011 10 $1,041,303 -37%   2,327 $447   $11,672,484 7
Jan 1, 2012 9 $1,465,479 +41% -51% 2,327 $630   $13,137,963 8
Jan 2, 2012 9 $1,077,671 -26% -48% 2,327 $463   $14,215,634 9
Jan 3, 2012 9 $587,176 -46% -60% 2,327 $252   $14,802,810 10
Jan 4, 2012 9 $406,926 -31% -67% 2,327 $175   $15,209,736 11
Jan 5, 2012 9 $356,553 -12% -70% 2,327 $153   $15,566,289 12
Jan 6, 2012 11 $1,070,660 +200% -35% 2,163 $495   $16,636,949 13
Jan 7, 2012 11 $1,393,600 +30% +34% 2,163 $644   $18,030,549 14
Jan 8, 2012 10 $660,056 -53% -55% 2,163 $305   $18,690,605 15
Jan 9, 2012 11 $186,360 -72% -83% 2,163 $86   $18,876,965 16
Jan 10, 2012 12 $216,582 +16% -63% 2,163 $100   $19,093,547 17
Jan 11, 2012 12 $181,470 -16% -55% 2,163 $84   $19,275,017 18
Jan 12, 2012 12 $174,157 -4% -51% 2,163 $81   $19,449,174 19
Jan 13, 2012 - $305,381 +75% -71% 1,182 $258   $19,754,555 20
Jan 14, 2012 - $447,674 +47% -68% 1,182 $379   $20,202,229 21
Jan 15, 2012 - $326,244 -27% -51% 1,182 $276   $20,528,473 22
Jan 16, 2012 - $185,550 -43% n/c 1,182 $157   $20,714,023 23
Jan 17, 2012 - $62,900 -66% -71% 1,182 $53   $20,776,923 24
Jan 18, 2012 - $58,239 -7% -68% 1,182 $49   $20,835,162 25
Jan 19, 2012 - $56,429 -3% -68% 1,182 $48   $20,891,591 26
Jan 20, 2012 - $51,652 -8% -83% 301 $172   $20,943,243 27
Jan 21, 2012 - $89,211 +73% -80% 301 $296   $21,032,454 28
Jan 22, 2012 - $42,173 -53% -87% 301 $140   $21,074,627 29
Jan 23, 2012 - $13,405 -68% -93% 301 $45   $21,088,032 30
Jan 24, 2012 - $13,722 +2% -78% 301 $46   $21,101,754 31
Jan 25, 2012 - $13,334 -3% -77% 301 $44   $21,115,088 32
Jan 26, 2012 - $13,393 n/c -76% 301 $44   $21,128,481 33
Jan 27, 2012 - $11,873 -11% -77% 87 $136   $21,140,354 34
Jan 28, 2012 - $21,071 +77% -76% 87 $242   $21,161,425 35
Jan 29, 2012 - $9,823 -53% -77% 87 $113   $21,171,248 36
Jan 30, 2012 - $2,752 -72% -79% 87 $32   $21,174,000 37
Jan 31, 2012 - $3,749 +36% -73% 87 $43   $21,177,749 38
Feb 1, 2012 - $3,066 -18% -77% 87 $35   $21,180,815 39
Feb 2, 2012 - $3,395 +11% -75% 87 $39   $21,184,210 40
Feb 3, 2012 - $5,689 +68% -52% 39 $146   $21,189,899 41
Feb 4, 2012 - $10,159 +79% -52% 39 $260   $21,200,058 42
Feb 5, 2012 - $3,706 -64% -62% 39 $95   $21,203,764 43
Feb 6, 2012 - $1,606 -57% -42% 39 $41   $21,205,370 44
Feb 7, 2012 - $2,048 +28% -45% 39 $53   $21,207,418 45
Feb 8, 2012 - $1,635 -20% -47% 39 $42   $21,209,053 46
Feb 9, 2012 - $1,556 -5% -54% 39 $40   $21,210,609 47
Feb 10, 2012 - $1,907 +23% -66% 18 $106   $21,212,516 48
Feb 11, 2012 - $2,944 +54% -71% 18 $164   $21,215,460 49
Feb 12, 2012 - $2,029 -31% -45% 18 $113   $21,217,489 50
Feb 13, 2012 - $582 -71% -64% 18 $32   $21,218,071 51
Feb 14, 2012 - $1,360 +134% -34% 18 $76   $21,219,431 52
Feb 15, 2012 - $744 -45% -54% 18 $41   $21,220,175 53
Feb 16, 2012 - $830 +12% -47% 18 $46   $21,221,005 54
Feb 17, 2012 - $24,620 +2,866% +1,191% 113 $218   $21,245,625 55
Feb 18, 2012 - $41,466 +68% +1,308% 113 $367   $21,287,091 56
Feb 19, 2012 - $32,605 -21% +1,507% 113 $289   $21,319,696 57
Feb 20, 2012 - $17,255 -47% +2,865% 113 $153   $21,336,951 58
Feb 21, 2012 - $9,033 -48% +564% 113 $80   $21,345,984 59
Feb 22, 2012 - $7,905 -12% +963% 113 $70   $21,353,889 60
Feb 23, 2012 - $7,348 -7% +785% 113 $65   $21,361,237 61
Feb 24, 2012 - $17,439 +137% -29% 94 $186   $21,378,676 62
Feb 25, 2012 - $29,936 +72% -28% 94 $318   $21,408,612 63
Feb 26, 2012 - $18,193 -39% -44% 94 $194   $21,426,805 64
Feb 27, 2012 - $4,867 -73% -72% 94 $52   $21,431,672 65
Feb 28, 2012 - $5,259 +8% -42% 94 $56   $21,436,931 66
Feb 29, 2012 - $4,713 -10% -40% 94 $50   $21,441,644 67
Mar 1, 2012 - $1,850 -61% -75% 94 $20   $21,443,494 68

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 23, 2011 9 $8,974,722   2,324 $3,862   $8,974,722 1
Dec 30, 2011 9 $6,591,567 -27% 2,327 $2,833   $15,566,289 2
Jan 6, 2012 11 $3,882,885 -41% 2,163 $1,795   $19,449,174 3
Jan 13, 2012 17 $1,442,417 -63% 1,182 $1,220   $20,891,591 4
Jan 20, 2012 31 $236,890 -84% 301 $787   $21,128,481 5
Jan 27, 2012 45 $55,729 -76% 87 $641   $21,184,210 6
Feb 3, 2012 53 $26,399 -53% 39 $677   $21,210,609 7
Feb 10, 2012 72 $10,396 -61% 18 $578   $21,221,005 8
Feb 17, 2012 47 $140,232 +1,249% 113 $1,241   $21,361,237 9
Feb 24, 2012 49 $82,257 -41% 94 $875   $21,443,494 10

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Venezuela 4/20/2012 $0 0 30 43 $739,289 12/10/2015
  
Rest of World $42,444,003
  
International Total $43,183,292 12/10/2015

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Lead Ensemble Member

Emile Hirsch    Sean
Olivia Thirlby    Natalie
Max Minghella    Ben
Rachael Taylor    Anne
Joel Kinnaman    Skyler

Supporting

Gosha Kutsenko    Matvei
Dato Bakhtadze    Sergei
Veronika Vernaskaya    Vika
Artur Smolyaninov    Yuri
Anna Roudakova    Tess

Production and Technical Credits

Chris Gorak    Director
Jon Spaihts    Screenwriter
Leslie Bohem    Story Creator
M.T. Ahern    Story Creator
Jon Spaihts    Story Creator
Tom Jacobson    Producer
Timur Bekmambetov    Producer
Arnon Milchan    Executive Producer
Monnie Wills    Executive Producer
Scott Kevan    Director of Photography
Valeri Viktorov    Production Designer
Priscilla Nedd Friendly    Editor
Fernando Villena    Editor
Tyler Bates    Composer
Jojo Villanueva    Music Supervisor
Anastasia Brown    Music Supervisor
Varya Avdyushko    Costume Designer
K.C. Colwell    First Assistant Director

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

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.