The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $102,515,793Details
International Box Office $136,858,177
Worldwide Box Office $239,373,970
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $25,661,346
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $13,234,214
Total $38,895,560
Further financial details...

Synopsis

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first film in Columbia Pictures' three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson's literary blockbuster The Millennium Trilogy. Directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, the film is based on the first novel in the trilogy, which altogether have sold 50 million copies in 46 countries and become a worldwide phenomenon.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$12,768,604 (12.5% of total gross)
Legs:6.92 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:42.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$90,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,914 opening theaters/2,950 max. theaters, 5.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $154,317,393

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 20th, 2011 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
International Releases: January 12th, 2012 (Wide) (Switzerland)
January 13th, 2012 (Wide) (Turkey)
January 27th, 2012 (Wide) (Brazil)
January 27th, 2012 (Wide) (Central America)
February 10th, 2012 (Wide) (Japan)
Video Release: March 20th, 2012 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R for brutal violent content including rape and torture, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, and language.
(Rating bulletin 2199, 11/23/2011)
Running Time: 160 minutes
Franchise: Millennium (English)
Cast, crew, or production detail: Foreign-Language Remake
Plot point: Dysfunctional Family, News, Private Investigator, Revenge, Serial Killer, Sex Crimes, Surprise Twist, Writing and Writers
Subgenre: Crime Thriller
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Yellow Bird
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 23, 2011 3 $12,768,604   2,914 $4,382   $21,145,077 1
Dec 30, 2011 4 $14,824,577 +16% 2,914 $5,087   $55,584,881 2
Jan 6, 2012 4 $11,364,714 -23% 2,950 $3,852   $76,900,628 3
Jan 13, 2012 7 $6,660,907 -41% 2,674 $2,491   $87,841,756 4
Jan 20, 2012 11 $3,528,514 -47% 1,907 $1,850   $94,553,582 5
Jan 27, 2012 17 $2,190,290 -38% 1,202 $1,822   $98,185,403 6
Feb 3, 2012 21 $1,022,358 -53% 668 $1,530   $99,903,823 7
Feb 10, 2012 24 $493,306 -52% 269 $1,834   $100,814,095 8
Feb 17, 2012 27 $345,043 -30% 189 $1,826   $101,364,914 9
Feb 24, 2012 35 $178,163 -48% 125 $1,425   $101,701,267 10
Mar 2, 2012 24 $286,352 +61% 256 $1,119   $102,068,888 11
Mar 9, 2012 29 $173,213 -40% 211 $821   $102,363,771 12
Mar 16, 2012 46 $71,967 -58% 108 $666   $102,515,793 13

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 21, 2011 2 $5,065,496     2,914 $1,738   $5,065,496 1
Dec 22, 2011 4 $3,310,977 -35%   2,914 $1,136   $8,376,473 2
Dec 23, 2011 4 $4,630,185 +40%   2,914 $1,589   $13,006,658 3
Dec 24, 2011 4 $2,509,634 -46%   2,914 $861   $15,516,292 4
Dec 25, 2011 4 $5,628,785 +124%   2,914 $1,932   $21,145,077 5
Dec 26, 2011 5 $6,724,208 +19%   2,914 $2,308   $27,869,285 6
Dec 27, 2011 5 $4,580,128 -32%   2,914 $1,572   $32,449,413 7
Dec 28, 2011 4 $4,166,138 -9% -18% 2,914 $1,430   $36,615,551 8
Dec 29, 2011 4 $4,144,753 -1% +25% 2,914 $1,422   $40,760,304 9
Dec 30, 2011 4 $5,334,091 +29% +15% 2,914 $1,831   $46,094,395 10
Dec 31, 2011 6 $4,244,295 -20% +69% 2,914 $1,457   $50,338,690 11
Jan 1, 2012 3 $5,246,191 +24% -7% 2,914 $1,800   $55,584,881 12
Jan 2, 2012 4 $4,366,072 -17% -35% 2,914 $1,498   $59,950,953 13
Jan 3, 2012 3 $2,076,721 -52% -55% 2,914 $713   $62,027,674 14
Jan 4, 2012 3 $1,803,452 -13% -57% 2,914 $619   $63,831,126 15
Jan 5, 2012 3 $1,704,788 -5% -59% 2,914 $585   $65,535,914 16
Jan 6, 2012 4 $3,533,172 +107% -34% 2,950 $1,198   $69,069,086 17
Jan 7, 2012 4 $4,946,691 +40% +17% 2,950 $1,677   $74,015,777 18
Jan 8, 2012 4 $2,884,851 -42% -45% 2,950 $978   $76,900,628 19
Jan 9, 2012 4 $942,168 -67% -78% 2,950 $319   $77,842,796 20
Jan 10, 2012 4 $1,254,975 +33% -40% 2,950 $425   $79,097,771 21
Jan 11, 2012 3 $1,080,529 -14% -40% 2,950 $366   $80,178,300 22
Jan 12, 2012 3 $1,002,549 -7% -41% 2,950 $340   $81,180,849 23
Jan 13, 2012 7 $1,938,199 +93% -45% 2,674 $725   $83,119,048 24
Jan 14, 2012 8 $2,643,287 +36% -47% 2,674 $989   $85,762,335 25
Jan 15, 2012 7 $2,079,421 -21% -28% 2,674 $778   $87,841,756 26
Jan 16, 2012 10 $1,371,856 -34% +46% 2,674 $513   $89,213,612 27
Jan 17, 2012 5 $666,026 -51% -47% 2,674 $249   $89,879,638 28
Jan 18, 2012 5 $574,531 -14% -47% 2,674 $215   $90,454,169 29
Jan 19, 2012 5 $570,899 -1% -43% 2,674 $214   $91,025,068 30
Jan 20, 2012 11 $1,000,461 +75% -48% 1,907 $525   $92,025,529 31
Jan 21, 2012 10 $1,760,703 +76% -33% 1,907 $923   $93,786,232 32
Jan 22, 2012 12 $767,350 -56% -63% 1,907 $402   $94,553,582 33
Jan 23, 2012 11 $330,701 -57% -76% 1,907 $173   $94,884,283 34
Jan 24, 2012 10 $397,126 +20% -40% 1,907 $208   $95,281,409 35
Jan 25, 2012 11 $349,882 -12% -39% 1,907 $183   $95,631,291 36
Jan 26, 2012 10 $363,822 +4% -36% 1,907 $191   $95,995,113 37
Jan 27, 2012 16 $606,081 +67% -39% 1,907 $318   $96,601,194 38
Jan 28, 2012 17 $1,018,863 +68% -42% 1,907 $534   $97,620,057 39
Jan 29, 2012 18 $565,346 -45% -26% 1,907 $296   $98,185,403 40
Jan 30, 2012 16 $164,731 -71% -50% 1,907 $86   $98,350,134 41
Jan 31, 2012 16 $183,898 +12% -54% 1,907 $96   $98,534,032 42
Feb 1, 2012 15 $170,050 -8% -51% 1,907 $89   $98,704,082 43
Feb 2, 2012 15 $177,383 +4% -51% 1,907 $93   $98,881,465 44
Feb 3, 2012 - $316,363 +78% -48% 668 $474   $99,197,828 45
Feb 4, 2012 - $560,876 +77% -45% 668 $840   $99,758,704 46
Feb 5, 2012 - $145,119 -74% -74% 668 $217   $99,903,823 47
Feb 6, 2012 17 $96,785 -33% -41% 668 $145   $100,000,608 48
Feb 7, 2012 17 $116,866 +21% -36% 668 $175   $100,117,474 49
Feb 8, 2012 16 $99,323 -15% -42% 668 $149   $100,216,797 50
Feb 9, 2012 17 $103,992 +5% -41% 668 $156   $100,320,789 51
Feb 10, 2012 - $123,420 +19% -61% 269 $459   $100,444,209 52
Feb 11, 2012 - $232,091 +88% -59% 269 $863   $100,676,300 53
Feb 12, 2012 - $137,795 -41% -5% 269 $512   $100,814,095 54
Feb 17, 2012 - $80,461   -35% 189 $426   $101,100,332 59
Feb 18, 2012 - $145,678 +81% -37% 189 $771   $101,246,010 60
Feb 19, 2012 - $118,904 -18% -14% 189 $629   $101,364,914 61
Feb 20, 2012 - $66,176 -44%   189 $350   $101,431,090 62
Feb 24, 2012 - $48,772   -39% 125 $390   $101,571,876 66
Feb 25, 2012 - $89,905 +84% -38% 125 $719   $101,661,781 67
Feb 26, 2012 - $39,486 -56% -67% 125 $316   $101,701,267 68
Mar 2, 2012 - $74,864   +53% 256 $292   $101,857,400 73
Mar 3, 2012 - $131,563 +76% +46% 256 $514   $101,988,963 74
Mar 4, 2012 - $79,925 -39% +102% 256 $312   $102,068,888 75
Mar 9, 2012 - $48,185   -36% 211 $228   $102,238,743 80
Mar 10, 2012 - $82,167 +71% -38% 211 $389   $102,320,910 81
Mar 11, 2012 - $42,861 -48% -46% 211 $203   $102,363,771 82
Mar 16, 2012 - $21,401   -56% 108 $198   $102,465,227 87
Mar 17, 2012 - $31,162 +46% -62% 108 $289   $102,496,389 88
Mar 18, 2012 - $19,404 -38% -55% 108 $180   $102,515,793 89

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 16, 2011 5 $8,376,473   2,914 $2,875   $8,376,473 1
Dec 23, 2011 4 $32,383,831 +287% 2,914 $11,113   $40,760,304 2
Dec 30, 2011 4 $24,775,610 -23% 2,914 $8,502   $65,535,914 3
Jan 6, 2012 4 $15,644,935 -37% 2,950 $5,303   $81,180,849 4
Jan 13, 2012 7 $9,844,219 -37% 2,674 $3,681   $91,025,068 5
Jan 20, 2012 11 $4,970,045 -50% 1,907 $2,606   $95,995,113 6
Jan 27, 2012 17 $2,886,352 -42% 1,907 $1,514   $98,881,464 7
Feb 3, 2012 19 $1,439,324 -50% 668 $2,155   $100,320,789 8
Feb 10, 2012 23 $699,082 -51% 269 $2,599   $101,019,871 9
Feb 17, 2012 27 $503,233 -28% 189 $2,663   $101,523,104 10
Feb 24, 2012 34 $259,432 -48% 125 $2,075   $101,782,536 11
Mar 2, 2012 21 $408,022 +57% 256 $1,594   $102,190,558 12
Mar 9, 2012 29 $253,268 -38% 211 $1,200   $102,443,826 13

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Synopsis

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first film in Columbia Pictures' three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson's literary blockbuster The Millennium Trilogy. Directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, the film is based on the first novel in the trilogy, which altogether have sold 50 million copies in 46 countries and become a worldwide phenomenon.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$12,768,604 (12.5% of total gross)
Legs:6.92 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:42.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$90,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,914 opening theaters/2,950 max. theaters, 5.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $154,317,393

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 20th, 2011 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
International Releases: January 12th, 2012 (Wide) (Switzerland)
January 13th, 2012 (Wide) (Turkey)
January 27th, 2012 (Wide) (Brazil)
January 27th, 2012 (Wide) (Central America)
February 10th, 2012 (Wide) (Japan)
Video Release: March 20th, 2012 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R for brutal violent content including rape and torture, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, and language.
(Rating bulletin 2199, 11/23/2011)
Running Time: 160 minutes
Franchise: Millennium (English)
Cast, crew, or production detail: Foreign-Language Remake
Plot point: Dysfunctional Family, News, Private Investigator, Revenge, Serial Killer, Sex Crimes, Surprise Twist, Writing and Writers
Subgenre: Crime Thriller
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Yellow Bird
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 23, 2011 3 $12,768,604   2,914 $4,382   $21,145,077 1
Dec 30, 2011 4 $14,824,577 +16% 2,914 $5,087   $55,584,881 2
Jan 6, 2012 4 $11,364,714 -23% 2,950 $3,852   $76,900,628 3
Jan 13, 2012 7 $6,660,907 -41% 2,674 $2,491   $87,841,756 4
Jan 20, 2012 11 $3,528,514 -47% 1,907 $1,850   $94,553,582 5
Jan 27, 2012 17 $2,190,290 -38% 1,202 $1,822   $98,185,403 6
Feb 3, 2012 21 $1,022,358 -53% 668 $1,530   $99,903,823 7
Feb 10, 2012 24 $493,306 -52% 269 $1,834   $100,814,095 8
Feb 17, 2012 27 $345,043 -30% 189 $1,826   $101,364,914 9
Feb 24, 2012 35 $178,163 -48% 125 $1,425   $101,701,267 10
Mar 2, 2012 24 $286,352 +61% 256 $1,119   $102,068,888 11
Mar 9, 2012 29 $173,213 -40% 211 $821   $102,363,771 12
Mar 16, 2012 46 $71,967 -58% 108 $666   $102,515,793 13

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 21, 2011 2 $5,065,496     2,914 $1,738   $5,065,496 1
Dec 22, 2011 4 $3,310,977 -35%   2,914 $1,136   $8,376,473 2
Dec 23, 2011 4 $4,630,185 +40%   2,914 $1,589   $13,006,658 3
Dec 24, 2011 4 $2,509,634 -46%   2,914 $861   $15,516,292 4
Dec 25, 2011 4 $5,628,785 +124%   2,914 $1,932   $21,145,077 5
Dec 26, 2011 5 $6,724,208 +19%   2,914 $2,308   $27,869,285 6
Dec 27, 2011 5 $4,580,128 -32%   2,914 $1,572   $32,449,413 7
Dec 28, 2011 4 $4,166,138 -9% -18% 2,914 $1,430   $36,615,551 8
Dec 29, 2011 4 $4,144,753 -1% +25% 2,914 $1,422   $40,760,304 9
Dec 30, 2011 4 $5,334,091 +29% +15% 2,914 $1,831   $46,094,395 10
Dec 31, 2011 6 $4,244,295 -20% +69% 2,914 $1,457   $50,338,690 11
Jan 1, 2012 3 $5,246,191 +24% -7% 2,914 $1,800   $55,584,881 12
Jan 2, 2012 4 $4,366,072 -17% -35% 2,914 $1,498   $59,950,953 13
Jan 3, 2012 3 $2,076,721 -52% -55% 2,914 $713   $62,027,674 14
Jan 4, 2012 3 $1,803,452 -13% -57% 2,914 $619   $63,831,126 15
Jan 5, 2012 3 $1,704,788 -5% -59% 2,914 $585   $65,535,914 16
Jan 6, 2012 4 $3,533,172 +107% -34% 2,950 $1,198   $69,069,086 17
Jan 7, 2012 4 $4,946,691 +40% +17% 2,950 $1,677   $74,015,777 18
Jan 8, 2012 4 $2,884,851 -42% -45% 2,950 $978   $76,900,628 19
Jan 9, 2012 4 $942,168 -67% -78% 2,950 $319   $77,842,796 20
Jan 10, 2012 4 $1,254,975 +33% -40% 2,950 $425   $79,097,771 21
Jan 11, 2012 3 $1,080,529 -14% -40% 2,950 $366   $80,178,300 22
Jan 12, 2012 3 $1,002,549 -7% -41% 2,950 $340   $81,180,849 23
Jan 13, 2012 7 $1,938,199 +93% -45% 2,674 $725   $83,119,048 24
Jan 14, 2012 8 $2,643,287 +36% -47% 2,674 $989   $85,762,335 25
Jan 15, 2012 7 $2,079,421 -21% -28% 2,674 $778   $87,841,756 26
Jan 16, 2012 10 $1,371,856 -34% +46% 2,674 $513   $89,213,612 27
Jan 17, 2012 5 $666,026 -51% -47% 2,674 $249   $89,879,638 28
Jan 18, 2012 5 $574,531 -14% -47% 2,674 $215   $90,454,169 29
Jan 19, 2012 5 $570,899 -1% -43% 2,674 $214   $91,025,068 30
Jan 20, 2012 11 $1,000,461 +75% -48% 1,907 $525   $92,025,529 31
Jan 21, 2012 10 $1,760,703 +76% -33% 1,907 $923   $93,786,232 32
Jan 22, 2012 12 $767,350 -56% -63% 1,907 $402   $94,553,582 33
Jan 23, 2012 11 $330,701 -57% -76% 1,907 $173   $94,884,283 34
Jan 24, 2012 10 $397,126 +20% -40% 1,907 $208   $95,281,409 35
Jan 25, 2012 11 $349,882 -12% -39% 1,907 $183   $95,631,291 36
Jan 26, 2012 10 $363,822 +4% -36% 1,907 $191   $95,995,113 37
Jan 27, 2012 16 $606,081 +67% -39% 1,907 $318   $96,601,194 38
Jan 28, 2012 17 $1,018,863 +68% -42% 1,907 $534   $97,620,057 39
Jan 29, 2012 18 $565,346 -45% -26% 1,907 $296   $98,185,403 40
Jan 30, 2012 16 $164,731 -71% -50% 1,907 $86   $98,350,134 41
Jan 31, 2012 16 $183,898 +12% -54% 1,907 $96   $98,534,032 42
Feb 1, 2012 15 $170,050 -8% -51% 1,907 $89   $98,704,082 43
Feb 2, 2012 15 $177,383 +4% -51% 1,907 $93   $98,881,465 44
Feb 3, 2012 - $316,363 +78% -48% 668 $474   $99,197,828 45
Feb 4, 2012 - $560,876 +77% -45% 668 $840   $99,758,704 46
Feb 5, 2012 - $145,119 -74% -74% 668 $217   $99,903,823 47
Feb 6, 2012 17 $96,785 -33% -41% 668 $145   $100,000,608 48
Feb 7, 2012 17 $116,866 +21% -36% 668 $175   $100,117,474 49
Feb 8, 2012 16 $99,323 -15% -42% 668 $149   $100,216,797 50
Feb 9, 2012 17 $103,992 +5% -41% 668 $156   $100,320,789 51
Feb 10, 2012 - $123,420 +19% -61% 269 $459   $100,444,209 52
Feb 11, 2012 - $232,091 +88% -59% 269 $863   $100,676,300 53
Feb 12, 2012 - $137,795 -41% -5% 269 $512   $100,814,095 54
Feb 17, 2012 - $80,461   -35% 189 $426   $101,100,332 59
Feb 18, 2012 - $145,678 +81% -37% 189 $771   $101,246,010 60
Feb 19, 2012 - $118,904 -18% -14% 189 $629   $101,364,914 61
Feb 20, 2012 - $66,176 -44%   189 $350   $101,431,090 62
Feb 24, 2012 - $48,772   -39% 125 $390   $101,571,876 66
Feb 25, 2012 - $89,905 +84% -38% 125 $719   $101,661,781 67
Feb 26, 2012 - $39,486 -56% -67% 125 $316   $101,701,267 68
Mar 2, 2012 - $74,864   +53% 256 $292   $101,857,400 73
Mar 3, 2012 - $131,563 +76% +46% 256 $514   $101,988,963 74
Mar 4, 2012 - $79,925 -39% +102% 256 $312   $102,068,888 75
Mar 9, 2012 - $48,185   -36% 211 $228   $102,238,743 80
Mar 10, 2012 - $82,167 +71% -38% 211 $389   $102,320,910 81
Mar 11, 2012 - $42,861 -48% -46% 211 $203   $102,363,771 82
Mar 16, 2012 - $21,401   -56% 108 $198   $102,465,227 87
Mar 17, 2012 - $31,162 +46% -62% 108 $289   $102,496,389 88
Mar 18, 2012 - $19,404 -38% -55% 108 $180   $102,515,793 89

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 16, 2011 5 $8,376,473   2,914 $2,875   $8,376,473 1
Dec 23, 2011 4 $32,383,831 +287% 2,914 $11,113   $40,760,304 2
Dec 30, 2011 4 $24,775,610 -23% 2,914 $8,502   $65,535,914 3
Jan 6, 2012 4 $15,644,935 -37% 2,950 $5,303   $81,180,849 4
Jan 13, 2012 7 $9,844,219 -37% 2,674 $3,681   $91,025,068 5
Jan 20, 2012 11 $4,970,045 -50% 1,907 $2,606   $95,995,113 6
Jan 27, 2012 17 $2,886,352 -42% 1,907 $1,514   $98,881,464 7
Feb 3, 2012 19 $1,439,324 -50% 668 $2,155   $100,320,789 8
Feb 10, 2012 23 $699,082 -51% 269 $2,599   $101,019,871 9
Feb 17, 2012 27 $503,233 -28% 189 $2,663   $101,523,104 10
Feb 24, 2012 34 $259,432 -48% 125 $2,075   $101,782,536 11
Mar 2, 2012 21 $408,022 +57% 256 $1,594   $102,190,558 12
Mar 9, 2012 29 $253,268 -38% 211 $1,200   $102,443,826 13

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.