Daybreakers
“In 2019, the most precious natural resource... is us.”
In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.
Genres
Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Studio
Lionsgate
Language
en
Status
Released
How Daybreakers performed
Budget
$20.0M
Worldwide Gross
$51.4M
Gross Profit
$31.4M
Return
2.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$7M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Edward Dalton
Ethan Hawke
Edward Dalton
Charles Bromley
Sam Neill
Charles Bromley
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
Willem Dafoe
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
Audrey Bennett
Claudia Karvan
Audrey Bennett
Alison Bromley
Isabel Lucas
Alison Bromley
Christopher Caruso
Vince Colosimo
Christopher Caruso
Senator Turner
Jay Laga'aia
Senator Turner
Frankie Dalton
Michael Dorman
Frankie Dalton
Lisa Barrett
Harriet Minto-Day
Lisa Barrett
News Reader
Tiffany Lamb
News Reader
Colin Briggs
Mungo McKay
Colin Briggs
Ellie Landon
Emma Randall
Ellie Landon
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