2013 The Measured Circle's Most Profitable Movies
by Bufo_Calvin | created - 13 Jun 2013 | updated - 01 May 2014 | PublicWhile tracking a movie's box office is fascinating, The Measured Circle is also interested in how profitable a movie is.
This list of movies making a domestic gross ("dogro") of at least $40 million in the USA in 2013 ranks them in order, based on their dogro against their rumored production budgets. Certainly there are other costs (including the not inconsiderable marketing budget) and other income (including foreign box office and merchandising), but this can give us an interesting picture.
Expect studios to look at these types of results, and sometimes greenlight projects based on them (although it's hard to resist spending a $100 million on a possible blockbuster).
Note that recent releases will typically appear lower on this list than their eventual results. If they were in the top ten the weekend before the list is updated, they will normally be marked with "and counting".
Movies where the rumored production budget is not available on IMDb, but which have dogroed at least $40m in 2013 in the USA appear at the bottom of the list. They may be more profitable than many of the movies above them, but we can't do the math on them.
As a new feature, we've decided to label movies, to make this clearer.
A traditional measure of success if the dogro being twice the production budget. Using that as a starting point...
Dogro 2X production budget = "Money"
Dogro 3X production budget = "Golden"
Dogro less than 50% of production budget = "Underperformer"
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1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
PG-13 | 146 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 721,486 | Gross: $424.67M
Dogro to date: $425.0m
Reported budget: $130.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $295.0m (327%)
The Measured Circle Award: Golden
2. Despicable Me 2 (2013)
PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Gru, the world's most super-bad turned super-dad has been recruited by a team of officials to stop lethal muscle and a host of Gru's own, he has to fight back with new gadgetry, cars, and more minion madness.
Directors: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud | Stars: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove
Votes: 426,203 | Gross: $368.06M
Dogro to date: $368.0m
Reported budget: $76.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $292.0m (484%)
The Measured Circle Award: Golden
3. Frozen (I) (2013)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Fearless optimist Anna teams up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven in an epic journey to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter.
Directors: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee | Stars: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad
Votes: 663,965 | Gross: $400.74M
Dogro to date: $400.0m
Reported budget: $150.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $250.0m (267%)
The Measured Circle Award: Money
4. Iron Man Three (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
Director: Shane Black | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle
Votes: 899,458 | Gross: $409.01M
Dogro to date: $409.0m
Reported budget: $200.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $209.0m (205%)
The Measured Circle Award: Money
5. Gravity (2013)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen
Votes: 863,379 | Gross: $274.09M
Dogro to date: $274.0m
Reported budget: $100.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $174.0m (274%)
The Measured Circle Award: Money
6. Monsters University (2013)
G | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A look at the relationship between Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sully" Sullivan during their days at Monsters University, when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Director: Dan Scanlon | Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren
Votes: 390,187 | Gross: $268.49M
Dogro to date: $268.0
Reported budget: $115.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $153.0m (233%)
The Measured Circle Award: Money
7. The Conjuring (2013)
R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor
Votes: 555,056 | Gross: $137.40M
Dogro to date: $137.0m
Reported budget: $13.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $124.0m (1053%)
The Measured Circle Award: Triple Golden
8. The Heat (I) (2013)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An uptight FBI Special Agent is paired with a foul-mouthed Boston cop to take down a ruthless drug lord.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Michael McDonald, Melissa McCarthy, Demián Bichir
Votes: 181,331 | Gross: $159.58M
Dogro to date: $160.0m
Reported budget: $43.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $117.0m (372%)
The Measured Circle Award: Golden
9. We're the Millers (2013)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime
A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Ed Helms
Votes: 486,245 | Gross: $150.39M
Dogro to date: $150.0m
Reported budget: $37.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $113.0m (405%)
The Measured Circle Award: Golden
10. American Hustle (2013)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence
Votes: 500,391 | Gross: $150.12M
Dogro to date: $150.0m
Reported budget: $40.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $110.0m (375%)
The Measured Circle Award: Golden
11. Identity Thief (2013)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Mild mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Florida to confront the deceptively harmless looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity.
Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, John Cho, Amanda Peet
Votes: 140,905 | Gross: $134.51M
Dogro to date: $134.0m
Reported budget: $35.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $99.0m (383%)
The Measured Circle Award: Golden
12. The Butler (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 132 min | Biography, Drama
As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
Director: Lee Daniels | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda
Votes: 119,752 | Gross: $116.63M
Dogro to date: $116.0m
Reported budget: $30.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $86.0m (387%)
The Measured Circle Award: Golden
13. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
R | 92 min | Comedy
86-year-old Irving Zisman takes a trip from Nebraska to North Carolina to take his 8 year-old grandson, Billy, back to his real father.
Director: Jeff Tremaine | Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Jackson Nicoll, Gregorio, Georgina Cates
Votes: 98,282 | Gross: $102.00M
Dogro to date: $101.0m
Reported budget: $15.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $86.0m (673%)
The Measured Circle Award: Double Golden
14. Lone Survivor (2013)
R | 121 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster
Votes: 306,769 | Gross: $125.10M
Dogro to date: $125.0m
Reported budget: $40.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $85.0m (310%)
The Measured Circle Award: Golden
15. Furious 6 (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries: Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez
Votes: 416,989 | Gross: $238.68M
Dogro to date: $239.0m
Reported budget: $160.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $79.0m (149%)
16. Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
PG-13 | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The Lamberts believe that they have defeated the spirits that have haunted their family, but they soon discover that evil is not beaten so easily.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Lin Shaye
Votes: 188,834 | Gross: $83.59M
Dogro to date: $83.6m
Reported budget: $5.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $78.6m (1672%)
The Measured Circle Award: Quintuple Golden
17. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
PG-13 | 119 min | Comedy
With the 1970s behind him, Ron Burgundy, San Diego's former top-rated newsreader, returns to take New York City's first twenty-four-hour news channel by storm.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell
Votes: 192,348 | Gross: $127.35M
Dogro to date: $127.0m
Reported budget: $50.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $77.0m (254%)
The Measured Circle Award: Money
18. This Is the End (2013)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Six Los Angeles celebrities are stuck in James Franco's house after a series of devastating events just destroyed the city. Inside, the group not only have to face the apocalypse, but themselves.
Directors: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen | Stars: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel
Votes: 435,023 | Gross: $101.47M
Dogro to date: $101.0m
Reported budget: $32.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $69.0m (316%)
The Measured Circle Award: Golden
19. Man of Steel (2013)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien child is evacuated from his dying world and sent to Earth to live among humans. His peace is threatened when other survivors of his home planet invade Earth.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane
Votes: 812,030 | Gross: $291.05M
Dogro to date: $291.0m
Reported budget: $225.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $66.0m (129%)
20. The Purge (I) (2013)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.
Director: James DeMonaco | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane
Votes: 240,093 | Gross: $64.47M
Dogro to date: $64.4m
Reported budget: $3.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $61.4m (2147%)
The Measured Circle Award: Septuple Golden
21. Mama (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 100 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
After a young couple take in their two nieces, they suspect that a supernatural spirit named Mama has latched onto their family.
Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse
Votes: 191,095 | Gross: $71.63M
Dogro to date: $71.6m
Reported budget: $15.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $56.6m (477%)
The Measured Circle Award: Golden
22. 42 (2013)
PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, T.R. Knight, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie
Votes: 102,747 | Gross: $95.00M
Dogro to date: $95.0m
Reported budget: $40.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $55.0m (238%)
The Measured Circle Award: Money
23. Grown Ups 2 (2013)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy
After moving his family back to his hometown to be with his friends and their kids, Lenny finds out that between old bullies, new bullies, schizo bus drivers, drunk cops on skis, and four hundred costumed party crashers sometimes crazy follows you.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade
Votes: 169,523 | Gross: $133.67M
Dogro to date: $134.0m
Reported budget: $80.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $54.0m (168%)
24. The Best Man Holiday (2013)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Monica Calhoun, Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs
Votes: 16,858 | Gross: $70.53M
Dogro to date: $70.5m
Reported budget: $17.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $53.5m (415%) Golden
25. The Croods (2013)
PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.
Directors: Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener
Votes: 232,089 | Gross: $187.17M
Dogro to date: $187.0
Reported budget: $135.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $52.0m (139%)
26. Captain Phillips (2013)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener
Votes: 492,789 | Gross: $107.10M
Dogro to date: $107.0m
Reported budget: $55.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $52.0m (195%)
27. Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
PG-13 | 125 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley, Colin Farrell
Votes: 170,063 | Gross: $83.30M
Dogro to date: $83.3m
Reported budget: $35.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $48.3m (238%)
The Measured Circle Award: Money
28. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch
Votes: 497,126 | Gross: $228.78M
Dogro to date: $229.0m
Reported budget: $185.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $44.0m (124%)
29. Safe Haven (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders, David Lyons
Votes: 116,396 | Gross: $71.35M
Dogro to date: $71.3m
Reported budget: $28.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $43.3m (255%)
The Measured Circle Award: Money
30. Now You See Me (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 708,609 | Gross: $117.72M
Dogro to date: $118.0m
Reported budget: $74.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $43.0m (160%)
31. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he's forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational, and is churning out menacing food-animal hybrids.
Directors: Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn | Stars: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Will Forte, Neil Patrick Harris
Votes: 114,759 | Gross: $119.79M
Dogro to date: $120.0m
Reported budget: $78.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $42.0m (154%)
32. Planes (2013)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A cropdusting plane with a fear of heights lives his dream of competing in a famous around-the-world aerial race.
Director: Klay Hall | Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett
Votes: 48,660 | Gross: $90.29M
Dogro to date: $90.3m
Reported budget: $50.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $40.3m (181%)
33. Evil Dead (2013)
R | 91 min | Horror
Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.
Director: Fede Alvarez | Stars: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas, Lou Taylor Pucci
Votes: 197,325 | Gross: $54.24M
Dogro to date: $54.2m
Reported budget: $14.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $40.2m (387%)
The Measured Circle Award: Golden
34. The Great Gatsby (2013)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
A writer and wall street trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire
Votes: 597,105 | Gross: $144.84M
Dogro to date: $145.0m
Reported budget: $105.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $40.0m (138%)
35. Instructions Not Included (2013)
PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Drama
A man who has made a new life for himself and the daughter left on his doorstep 6 years ago finds his family threatened when the birth mother resurfaces.
Director: Eugenio Derbez | Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Karla Souza, Jessica Lindsey, Loreto Peralta
Votes: 32,684 | Gross: $44.47M
Dogro to date: $44.5m
Reported budget: $5.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $39.5m (890%)
The Measured Circle Award: Double Golden
36. The Call (II) (2013)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut
Votes: 129,788 | Gross: $51.87M
Dogro to date: $51.0m
Reported budget: $13.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $38.0m (392%)
The Measured Circle Award: Golden
37. A Haunted House (2013)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Malcolm and Kisha move into their dream home, then learn that a demon also resides there. When Kisha becomes possessed, Malcolm--determined to keep his sex life on track--turns to a priest, a psychic, and a ghostbusting team for help.
Director: Michael Tiddes | Stars: Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins, Marlene Forte, David Koechner
Votes: 49,900 | Gross: $40.04M
Dogro to date: $40.0m
Reported budget: $2.5m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $37.5m (1600%)
The Measured Circle Award: Quintuple Golden
38. Thor: The Dark World (2013)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When the Dark Elves attempt to plunge the universe into darkness, Thor must embark on a perilous and personal journey that will reunite him with doctor Jane Foster.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 725,236 | Gross: $206.36M
Dogro to date: $206.0m
Reported budget: $170.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $36.0m (121%)
39. Last Vegas (2013)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy
Billy, Paddy, Archie and Sam have been best friends since childhood. When Billy proposes to his much-younger girlfriend, they go to Vegas to relive their glory days. However, the decades have changed Sin City and tested their friendship.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline
Votes: 136,886 | Gross: $63.91M
Dogro to date: $63.9m
Reported budget: $28.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $35.9m (228%)
The Measured Circle Award: Money
40. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
PG-13 | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott
Votes: 705,455 | Gross: $258.37M
Dogro to date: $258.0m
Reported budget: $225.0m (not from IMDb)
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $33.0m (115%)
41. Warm Bodies (2013)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
After a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Lio Tipton
Votes: 243,642 | Gross: $66.38M
Dogro to date: $66.4m
Reported budget: $35.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $31.4m (190%)
42. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
R | 119 min | Action, Thriller
Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett
Votes: 292,431 | Gross: $98.93M
Dogro to date: $98.9m
Reported budget: $70.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $28.9m (141%)
43. Snitch (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son, who was imprisoned after being set up in a drug deal.
Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Rafi Gavron
Votes: 92,785 | Gross: $42.93M
Dogro to date: $42.9m
Reported budget: $15.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $27.9m (286%)
The Measured Circle Award: Money
44. Pain & Gain (2013)
R | 129 min | Action, Biography, Comedy
A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 229,374 | Gross: $49.88M
Dogro to date: $49.7m
Reported budget: $26.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $23.5m (191%)
45. Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
PG | 130 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis
Votes: 214,307 | Gross: $234.91M
Dogro to date: $235.0m
Reported budget: $215.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $20.0m (109%)
46. Escape from Planet Earth (2012)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet, Earth.
Director: Cal Brunker | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Rob Corddry
Votes: 26,888 | Gross: $57.01M
Dogro to date: $57.0m
Reported budget: $40.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $17.0m (143%)
47. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
R | 180 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey
Votes: 1,583,978 | Gross: $116.90M
Dogro to date: $117.0m
Reported budget: $100.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $17.0m (117%)
48. Prisoners (2013)
R | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo
Votes: 809,916 | Gross: $61.00M
Dogro to date: $61.0m
Reported budget: $46.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $15.0m (139%)
49. 2 Guns (2013)
R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Two hardened criminals get into trouble with the US border patrol after meeting with a Mexican drug lord, and then revelations start to unfold.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton
Votes: 225,410 | Gross: $75.61M
Dogro to date: $75.6m
Reported budget: $61.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $14.6m (124%)
50. The Wolverine (2013)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Wolverine comes to Japan to meet an old friend whose life he saved years ago, and gets embroiled in a conspiracy involving yakuza and mutants.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima
Votes: 492,258 | Gross: $132.56M
Dogro to date: $133.0m
Reported budget: 120.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $13.0m (111%)
51. World War Z (2013)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale
Votes: 719,651 | Gross: $202.36M
Dogro to date: $202.0m
Reported budget: $190.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $12.0m (106%)
52. The Hangover Part III (2013)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime
When one of their own is kidnapped by an angry gangster, the Wolf Pack must track down Mr. Chow, who has escaped from prison and is on the run.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha
Votes: 335,471 | Gross: $112.20M
Dogro to date: $112.0m
Reported budget: $103.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $9.0m (109%)
53. Epic (2013)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and evil is taking place. She bands together with a ragtag group of characters to save their world--and ours.
Director: Chris Wedge | Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Beyoncé, Colin Farrell
Votes: 109,915 | Gross: $107.52M
Dogro to date: $108.0m
Reported budget: $100.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $8.0m (108%)
54. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
R | 88 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Brother/sister duo Hansel and Gretel are professional witch-hunters who help innocent villagers. One day they stumble upon a case that could hold the key to their past.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Peter Stormare, Famke Janssen
Votes: 216,774 | Gross: $55.70M
Dogro to date: $55.7m
Reported budget: $50.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $5.7m (111%)
55. Riddick (2013)
R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick's past.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Mollà
Votes: 178,039 | Gross: $42.03M
Dogro to date: $42.0m
Reported budget: $38.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $4.0m (111%)
56. Free Birds (2013)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A pair of turkeys discover a time machine and decide to use it to travel to the first Thanksgiving, to take turkeys off the menu forever.
Director: Jimmy Hayward | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Dan Fogler, Amy Poehler
Votes: 26,010 | Gross: $55.75M
Dogro to date: $55.7m
Reported budget: $55.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $0.7m (111%)
57. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, Adrianne Palicki, Lee Byung-hun
Votes: 187,347 | Gross: $122.52M
Dogro to date: $123.0m
Reported budget: $130.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $-7.0m (95%)
58. The Internship (2013)
PG-13 | 119 min | Comedy
Two salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital age find their way into a coveted internship at Google, where they must compete with a group of young, tech-savvy geniuses for a shot at employment.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne, Aasif Mandvi
Votes: 215,153 | Gross: $44.67M
Dogro to date: $44.7m
Reported budget: $58.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $-13.3m (77%)
59. Gangster Squad (2013)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
It's 1949 Los Angeles, the city is run by gangsters and a malicious mobster, Mickey Cohen. Determined to end the corruption, John O'Mara assembles a team of cops, ready to take down the ruthless leader and restore peace to the city.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Giovanni Ribisi
Votes: 222,799 | Gross: $46.00M
Dogro to date: $46.0m
Reported budget: $60.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: -$14.0m (77%)
60. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
PG | 106 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In order to restore their dying safe haven, the son of Poseidon and his friends embark on a quest to the Sea of Monsters, to find the mythical Golden Fleece, all the while trying to stop an ancient evil from rising.
Director: Thor Freudenthal | Stars: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Nathan Fillion
Votes: 126,579 | Gross: $68.56M
Dogro to date: $68.4m
Reported budget: $90.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: -$21.6m (76%)
61. Elysium (I) (2013)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga
Votes: 471,168 | Gross: $93.05M
Dogro to date: $93.1m
Reported budget: $115.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $-21.9m (81%)
62. A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller
John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.
Director: John Moore | Stars: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Votes: 215,103 | Gross: $67.35M
Dogro to date: $67.3m
Reported budget: $92.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $-24.7m (73%)
63. RED 2 (2013)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Retired CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Anthony Hopkins
Votes: 180,617 | Gross: $53.26M
Dogro to date: $53.2m
Reported budget: $84.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $-30.8m (63%)
64. Oblivion (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself.
Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko
Votes: 553,290 | Gross: $89.02M
Dogro to date: $89.0m
Reported budget: $120.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $-31.0m (74%)
65. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
PG | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
When both he and a colleague are about to lose their job, Walter takes action by embarking on an adventure more extraordinary than anything he ever imagined.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jon Daly, Kathryn Hahn
Votes: 341,019 | Gross: $58.24M
Dogro to date: $58.2m
Reported budget: $90.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $-31.8m (65%)
66. The Smurfs 2 (2013)
PG | 105 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Smurfs team up with their human friends to rescue Smurfette, who has been abducted by Gargamel, since she knows a secret spell that can turn the evil sorcerer's newest creation, creatures called "The Naughties", into real Smurfs.
Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Katy Perry, Hank Azaria
Votes: 46,038 | Gross: $71.02M
Dogro to date: $70.9m
Reported budget: $105.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $-34.1m (68%)
67. Ender's Game (2013)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 254,210 | Gross: $61.74M
Dogro to date: $60.7m
Reported budget: $110.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: -$49.3m (55%)
68. Turbo (2013)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500.
Director: David Soren | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Maya Rudolph, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 110,755 | Gross: $83.03M
Dogro to date: $83.0m
Reported budget: $135.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: -$52.0m (61%)
69. After Earth (2013)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A crash landing leaves Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded on Earth, a millennium after events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Jaden Smith, David Denman, Will Smith, Sophie Okonedo
Votes: 208,957 | Gross: $60.52M
Dogro to date: $60.5m
Reported budget: $130.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: -$69.5m (47%)
The Measured Circle Assessment: Underperformer
70. White House Down (2013)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke
Votes: 236,265 | Gross: $73.10M
Dogro to date: $73.1m
Reported budget: $150.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $-76.9m (49%)
The Measured Circle Assessment: Underperformer
71. Pacific Rim (2013)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day
Votes: 531,026 | Gross: $101.80M
Dogro to date: $102.0m
Reported budget: $190.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: -$88.0m (54%)
72. The Lone Ranger (2013)
PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Adventure, Western
Native American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 244,519 | Gross: $89.30M
Dogro to date: $89.3m
Reported budget: $215.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: -$125.7m (42%)
The Measured Circle Assessment: Underperformer
73. Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy
Votes: 147,039 | Gross: $65.19M
Dogro to date: $65.2m
Reported budget: $195.0m
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: $-129.8m (34%)
The Measured Circle Assessment: Underperformer
74. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt
Votes: 741,462 | Gross: $56.67M
Dogro to date: $56.7m
Reported budget: unknown
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: unknown
75. A Madea Christmas (2013)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on a rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Tyler Perry, Chad Michael Murray, Tika Sumpter, Larry the Cable Guy
Votes: 7,149 | Gross: $52.44M
Dogro to date: $52.5m
Reported budget: unknown
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: unknown
76. Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama
An ambitious married woman's temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Jurnee Smollett, Vanessa Williams, Brandy Norwood, Kim Kardashian
Votes: 12,436 | Gross: $51.98M
Dogro to date: $52.0m
Reported budget: unknown
Tentative dogro v production budget profit: unknown
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