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.

Summary Details
Distributor
Opening$297,011
48 theaters
Budget$45,000,000
Release DateAug 21, 2008
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 45 min
GenresAction Sci-Fi Thriller
In Release133 days/19 weeks
Widest Release48 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Aug 21-24
Beijing Olympics
2$297,011-48-$6,187$297,0111
Aug 28-313$185,736-37.5%48-$3,869$591,6022
Sep 4-73$78,656-57.7%48-$1,638$707,4133
Sep 11-144$55,664-29.2%48-$1,159$790,6334
Sep 18-216$37,252-33.1%40-8$931$854,1775
Sep 25-288$17,545-52.9%40-$438$883,9336
Oct 2-5-$5,812-66.9%14-26$415$885,9327
Oct 9-1216$1,434-75.3%6-8$239$889,5468
Oct 16-1913$2,229+55.4%5-1$445$892,1889
Oct 23-2626$110-95.1%1-4$110$905,86110