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
DistributorUnited International Pictures
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Opening$336,573
94 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 Release94 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Aug 21-24
Beijing Olympics
2$336,573-94-$3,580$336,5731
Aug 28-313$167,874-50.1%69-25$2,432$606,0842
Sep 4-76$55,998-66.6%58-11$965$706,7743
Sep 11-148$19,915-64.4%45-13$442$745,3094
Sep 18-2111$8,270-58.5%30-15$275$761,3095
Sep 25-2815$1,417-82.9%12-18$118$766,5196
Oct 2-520$267-81.2%3-9$89$774,7417