Synopsis
Dagny Taggart runs Taggart Transcontinental, the largest remaining railroad company in America, with intelligence, courage and integrity, despite the systematic disappearance of her best and most competent workers. She is drawn to industrialist Henry Rearden, one of the few men whose genius and commitment to his own ideas match her own. Rearden's super-strength metal alloy, Rearden Metal, holds the promise that innovation can overcome the slide into anarchy. Using the untested Rearden Metal, they rebuild the critical Taggart rail line in Colorado and pave the way for oil titan Ellis Wyatt to feed the flame of a new American Renaissance. Hope rises again, when Dagny and Rearden discover the design of a revolutionary motor based on static electricity - in an abandoned engine factory - more proof to the sinister theory that the "men of the mind" (thinkers, industrialists, scientists, artists, and other innovators) are "on strike" and vanishing from society.
Metrics
Opening Weekend: | $1,686,347 (35.5% of total gross) |
Legs: | 2.82 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
Domestic Share: | 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
Theater counts: | 299 opening theaters/465 max. theaters, 3.3 weeks average run per theater |
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $6,460,314 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
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All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,601-6,700) | 6,697 | $4,752,353 |
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 10,201-10,300) | 10,211 | $4,752,353 |
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 501-600) | 542 | $4,752,353 |
See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.
Movie Details
Domestic Releases: | April 15th, 2011 (Limited) by Rocky Mountain Pictures |
Video Release: | November 8th, 2011 by Fox Home Entertainment, released as Atlas Shrugged: Part I |
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for some sexuality. (Rating bulletin 2152, 12/22/2010) |
Running Time: | 97 minutes |
Franchise: | Atlas Shrugged |
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Keywords: | Dysfunctional Family, Conspiracy Theory, Political, Agitprop, Trains, Development Hell, Voiceover/Narration, Intertitle, Inheritance, Directing Yourself, Dystopia, Corporate Malfeasance, Government Corruption, Infidelity, Non-Chronological, Prologue, Cliffhanger Ending, Inventor, Political Drama, Near Future, Yesterday's Tomorrow, Famously Bad |
Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
Genre: | Drama |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Science Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: | Harmon Kaslow & John Aglialoro Prods |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |
Ranking on other Records and Milestones
Record | Rank | Amount | Chart Date | Days In Release |
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Biggest Opening Weekend Limited Release | 94 | $1,686,347 | Apr 15, 2011 | 3 |