Death Race
Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
DistributorUniversal Pictures
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Opening$12,621,090
2,532 theaters
2,532 theaters
Budget$45,000,000
Release DateAug 22, 2008
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Oct 16, 2008
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 45 min
GenresAction
Sci-Fi
Thriller
In Release132 days/18 weeks
Widest Release2,586 theaters
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| Date | Rank | Weekend | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Weekend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22-24 Beijing Olympics | 3 | $12,621,090 | - | 2,532 | - | $4,984 | $12,621,090 | 1 |
| Aug 29-31 | 6 | $6,304,635 | -50% | 2,537 | +5 | $2,485 | $23,154,165 | 2 |
| Aug 29-Sep 1 Labor Day wknd | 6 | $7,889,755 | - | 2,537 | - | $3,109 | $24,739,285 | 1 |
| Sep 5-7 | 7 | $3,710,915 | -41.1% | 2,586 | +49 | $1,435 | $29,909,125 | 3 |
| Sep 12-14 | 10 | $2,056,415 | -44.6% | 2,007 | -579 | $1,024 | $33,232,495 | 4 |
| Sep 19-21 | 13 | $1,036,105 | -49.6% | 1,240 | -767 | $835 | $34,918,855 | 5 |
| Sep 26-28 | 22 | $410,150 | -60.4% | 667 | -573 | $614 | $35,638,800 | 6 |
| Oct 3-5 | 32 | $160,945 | -60.8% | 266 | -401 | $605 | $35,939,585 | 7 |
| Oct 10-12 | 41 | $69,580 | -56.8% | 142 | -124 | $490 | $36,064,910 | 8 |
| Oct 10-13 Indig. Peoples' Day wknd | 36 | $80,940 | - | 142 | - | $570 | $36,076,270 | - |
