The Book of Eli
“Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.”
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Genres
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Studio
Alcon Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Book of Eli performed
Budget
$80.0M
Worldwide Gross
$157.1M
Gross Profit
$77.1M
Return
2.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$21M
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
Eli
Denzel Washington
Eli
Carnegie
Gary Oldman
Carnegie
Solara
Mila Kunis
Solara
Redridge
Ray Stevenson
Redridge
Claudia
Jennifer Beals
Claudia
George
Michael Gambon
George
Engineer
Tom Waits
Engineer
Martha
Frances de la Tour
Martha
Martz
Evan Jones
Martz
Hoyt
Joe Pingue
Hoyt
Highjacker Leader
Chris Browning
Highjacker Leader
Hijacker
Richard Cetrone
Hijacker
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