''Unbroken'' opened in the United States on December 25, 2014 across 3,131 theaters and grossed $15.59 million on its opening day (including previews) which is the third-biggest Christmas Day debut ever, behind ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]'' ($18 million), and ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' ($24 million) and the fifth-biggest Christmas Day gross ever.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web | url = http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/12/26/christmas-box-office-unbroken-into-the-woods-score-above-selma-american-sniper-score-below/ | title = Christmas Box Office: 'Unbroken,' 'Into The Woods' Score Above, 'Selma,' 'American Sniper' Score Below | author = Scott Mendelson | publisher = ''[[Forbes]]'' | date = December 26, 2014 | accessdate = December 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://deadline.com/2014/12/christmas-box-office-into-the-woods-unbroken-the-interview-1201336253/ | title = ‘Unbroken’ Leads But ‘Into The Woods’ Back In Race – Christmas B.O. Update | author = Anthony D'Alessandro and Brian Brooks | publisher = Deadlone.com | date = December 26, 2014 | accessdate = December 27, 2014}}</ref> The film was among one of the four [[wide release|widely released]] film on December 25, 2014. The other three being [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Into the Woods (film)|Into the Woods]]''(2,478 theaters), [[Paramount Pictures]]' ''[[The Gambler (2014 film)|The Gambler]]'' (2,478 theaters) and [[The Weinstein Company|TWC]]'s ''[[Big Eyes]]'' (1,307 theaters).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/12/27/friday-box-office-jolies-unbroken-tops-into-the-woods-the-interview-drops-hard/ | title = Friday Box Office: Jolie's 'Unbroken' Tops 'Into The Woods,' 'The Interview' Drops Hard | author = Scott Mendelson | publisher = ''Forbes'' | date = December 27, 2014 | accessdate = December 28, 2014}}</ref> It earned $31,748,000 in its traditional three-day opening weekend (including its revenue from Christmas Day it earned $47.3 million) debuting at #2 at the box office behind ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' which is the fourth biggest among World World II theme movies. It was the eighth film that earned $25 million plus in its debut weekend for Universal Pictures and the fifth $30 million plus debut for an "original" movie following ''[[Lone Survivor]]'', ''[[Ride Along]]'', ''[[Neighbors]]'' and ''[[Lucy (2014 film)|Lucy]]'' <ref name="OW">{{cite web | url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3986&p=.htm | title = Weekend Report: 'Hobbit,' 'Unbroken,' 'Into the Woods' Score on Final Weekend of 2014 | author = Ray Subers | publisher = Box Office Mojo | date = December 28, 2014 | accessdate = December 29, 2014}}</ref> In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave ''Unbroken'' an average grade of A- on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="OW"/>