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
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Dec 26-Jan 1, 200953$77,101-2-$38,550$77,1011
Jan 2-832$163,733+112.4%2-$81,866$240,8342
Jan 9-1535$99,794-39.1%2-$49,897$340,6283
Jan 16-227$12,557,131+12,483.1%1,789+1,787$7,019$12,897,7594
Jan 23-2910$7,399,322-41.1%1,793+4$4,126$20,297,0815
Jan 30-Feb 514$3,506,564-52.6%1,662-131$2,109$23,803,6456
Feb 6-1219$1,848,683-47.3%858-804$2,154$25,652,3287
Feb 13-1923$1,040,260-43.7%442-416$2,353$26,692,5888
Feb 20-2626$679,412-34.7%567+125$1,198$27,372,0009
Feb 27-Mar 532$439,848-35.3%317-250$1,387$27,811,84810
Mar 6-1234$293,038-33.4%249-68$1,176$28,104,88611
Mar 13-1937$218,730-25.4%202-47$1,082$28,323,61612
Mar 20-2644$99,074-54.7%118-84$839$28,422,69013
Mar 27-Apr 244$68,359-31%80-38$854$28,491,04914
Apr 3-957$32,166-52.9%52-28$618$28,523,21515
Apr 10-1654$41,491+29%47-5$882$28,564,70616
Apr 17-2370$17,495-57.8%30-17$583$28,582,20117
Apr 24-3046$62,612+257.9%102+72$613$28,644,81318