Defiance

Jewish brothers in German-occupied Eastern Europe escape into a Belorussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-combatants.

Grosses

Domestic (55.9%)
$28,644,813
Summary Details
DistributorParamount Vantage
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Opening$123,513
2 theaters
Budget$32,000,000
Release Date (Wide)Dec 31, 2008 (Jan 16, 2009) - Apr 30, 2009
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 17 min
GenresAction Drama History Thriller War
In Release366 days/52 weeks
Widest Release1,793 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jan 2-432$123,513-2-$61,756$200,6141
Jan 9-1135$68,183-44.8%2-$34,091$309,0172
Jan 16-188$8,911,827+12,970.5%1,789+1,787$4,981$9,252,4553
Jan 16-19
MLK wknd
8$10,510,082-1,789-$5,874$10,850,710-
Jan 23-2511$5,666,785-36.4%1,793+4$3,160$18,564,5444
Jan 30-Feb 114$2,503,514-55.8%1,662-131$1,506$22,800,5955
Feb 6-819$1,393,322-44.3%858-804$1,623$25,196,9676
Feb 13-1522$714,404-48.7%442-416$1,616$26,366,7327
Feb 13-16
Presidents' Day wknd
23$860,240-442-$1,946$26,512,568-
Feb 20-2228$484,134-32.2%567+125$853$27,176,7228
Feb 27-Mar 132$319,636-34%317-250$1,008$27,691,6369
Mar 6-834$209,810-34.4%249-68$842$28,021,65810
Mar 13-1537$155,864-25.7%202-47$771$28,260,75011
Mar 20-2244$67,367-56.8%118-84$570$28,390,98312
Mar 27-2941$48,982-27.3%80-38$612$28,471,67213
Apr 3-555$23,635-51.7%52-28$454$28,514,68414
Apr 10-1253$28,762+21.7%47-5$611$28,551,97715
Apr 10-13
Easter wknd
34$32,563-47-$692$28,555,778-
Apr 17-1971$10,819-62.4%30-17$360$28,575,52516
Apr 24-2645$40,672+275.9%102+72$398$28,622,87317