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The Book of Eli -Official Trailer # 2 [HD]

The Book of Eli(2010)
Released
2010 · FILM

The Book of Eli

A hardened survivor trekking a nuclear‑scarred wasteland for water stumbles upon a despotic warlord’s town, where his literacy makes him the key to unlocking a powerful secret tome that could decide the fate of the oppressed community.

“Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.”

Directed by
Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Written by
Gary Whitta
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
118 min
ActionAdventureDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

A post-apocalyptic story in which a lone man travels across America to protect a sacred book containing the secrets to saving humanity.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 33

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Cindy MolloShot by Don BurgessScored by Claudia SarneDesigned by Gae S Buckley

Box Office

2010 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$157.1M

Budget$80.0M
Worldwide gross$157.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $94.8M — 60% of worldwide · International: $62.3M (40%)

Opening weekend: $32.8M — 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $45.0M — 47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,111 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • The Book of Elide
  • The Book of Eli - Der letzte Kämpferde
  • El libro de Elies
  • Le Livre d'Elifr
  • Codice Genesiit

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Alcon EntertainmentSilver Pictures

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