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2015 • R • 1h 36m • Action, Comedy • Lionsgate

Everyone's getting smoked.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$14.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$30.30M

$15.90M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$28M

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Cast & crew

Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg Starring

Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart Starring

Topher Grace

Topher Grace Starring

Connie Britton

Connie Britton Starring

Walton Goggins

Walton Goggins Starring

John Leguizamo

John Leguizamo Starring

ScreenplayMax Landis Produced byAnthony Bregman, Kevin Scott Frakes, David Alpert, Raj Brinder Singh CinematographyMichael Bonvillain StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 21-23 6 $5.5M — 2,778 $1,963 $5.5M

2 Aug 28-30 12 $2.9M −47.7% 2,778 $1,027 $10.5M

3 Sep 4-6 18 $1.3M −56.0% 1,729 $726 $13.1M

4 Sep 11-13 27 $343.0K −72.7% 595 $576 $14.1M

5 Sep 18-20 48 $55.7K −83.8% 184 $303 $14.3M

6 Sep 25-27 48 $47.9K −14.0% 128 $374 $14.4M

7 Oct 2-4 77 $10.9K −77.3% 49 $222 $14.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 20 — $425.0K — $425.0K — — -1

Fri Aug 21 #6 $2.1M +398.6% $2.1M 2,778 $763 1

Sat Aug 22 #6 $1.9M −10.8% $4.0M 2,778 $681 2

Sun Aug 23 #6 $1.4M −23.6% $5.5M 2,778 $520 3

Mon Aug 24 #6 $587.0K −59.4% $6.0M 2,778 $211 4

Tue Aug 25 #6 $728.6K +24.1% $6.8M 2,778 $262 5

Wed Aug 26 #7 $466.1K −36.0% $7.2M 2,778 $168 6

Thu Aug 27 #7 $452.2K −3.0% $7.7M 2,778 $163 7

Fri Aug 28 #9 $824.3K +82.3% −61.1% $8.5M 2,778 $297 8

Sat Aug 29 #12 $1.2M +44.4% −37.1% $9.7M 2,778 $428 9

Sun Aug 30 #11 $837.6K −29.6% −42.0% $10.5M 2,778 $302 10

Mon Aug 31 #8 $330.3K −60.6% −43.7% $10.9M 2,778 $119 11

Tue Sep 1 #8 $421.4K +27.6% −42.2% $11.3M 2,778 $152 12

Wed Sep 2 #9 $284.9K −32.4% −38.9% $11.6M 2,778 $103 13

Thu Sep 3 #10 $252.6K −11.3% −44.1% $11.8M 2,778 $91 14

Fri Sep 4 — $312.4K +23.7% −62.1% $12.1M 1,729 $181 15

Sat Sep 5 — $453.8K +45.3% −61.9% $12.6M 1,729 $262 16

Sun Sep 6 — $489.8K +7.9% −41.5% $13.1M 1,729 $283 17

Mon Sep 7 — $349.3K −28.7% +5.7% $13.4M 1,729 $202 18

Tue Sep 8 #14 $148.7K −57.4% −64.7% $13.6M 1,729 $86 19

Wed Sep 9 #14 $110.5K −25.7% −61.2% $13.7M 1,729 $64 20

Thu Sep 10 — $90.9K −17.7% −64.0% $13.8M 1,729 $53 21

Fri Sep 11 — $103.0K +13.3% −67.0% $13.9M 595 $173 22

Sat Sep 12 — $149.7K +45.3% −67.0% $14.0M 595 $252 23

Sun Sep 13 — $90.2K −39.8% −81.6% $14.1M 595 $152 24

Mon Sep 14 — $36.0K −60.1% −89.7% $14.2M 595 $60 25

Tue Sep 15 — $49.9K +38.7% −66.5% $14.2M 595 $84 26

Wed Sep 16 — $34.6K −30.6% −68.7% $14.2M 595 $58 27

Thu Sep 17 — $23.4K −32.5% −74.3% $14.3M 595 $39 28

Fri Sep 18 — $16.9K −27.7% −83.6% $14.3M 184 $92 29

Sat Sep 19 — $25.0K +48.2% −83.3% $14.3M 184 $136 30

Sun Sep 20 — $13.7K −45.1% −84.8% $14.3M 184 $75 31

Mon Sep 21 — $5.5K −59.8% −84.6% $14.3M 184 $30 32

Tue Sep 22 — $8.1K +46.4% −83.8% $14.3M 184 $44 33

Wed Sep 23 — $5.8K −28.3% −83.3% $14.3M 184 $31 34

Thu Sep 24 — $5.0K −13.2% −78.5% $14.4M 184 $27 35

Fri Sep 25 — $14.8K +193.6% −12.6% $14.4M 128 $115 36

Sat Sep 26 — $20.5K +38.6% −18.3% $14.4M 128 $160 37

Sun Sep 27 — $12.7K −38.1% −7.8% $14.4M 128 $99 38

Mon Sep 28 — $5.5K −56.4% +0.1% $14.4M 128 $43 39

Tue Sep 29 — $6.4K +15.6% −21.0% $14.4M 128 $50 40

Wed Sep 30 — $5.9K −8.2% +1.2% $14.4M 128 $46 41

Thu Oct 1 — $5.6K −4.0% +12.0% $14.4M 128 $44 42

Fri Oct 2 — $3.5K −37.5% −76.2% $14.4M 49 $72 43

Sat Oct 3 — $4.4K +24.7% −78.6% $14.4M 49 $90 44

Sun Oct 4 — $3.0K −32.1% −76.5% $14.4M 49 $61 45

Mon Oct 5 — $1.6K −47.7% −71.8% $14.4M 49 $32 46

Tue Oct 6 — $1.7K +9.2% −73.3% $14.4M 49 $35 47

Wed Oct 7 — $1.5K −11.2% −74.2% $14.4M 49 $31 48

Thu Oct 8 — $1.6K +6.0% −71.5% $14.4M 49 $33 49

Cumulative total$14.4M

Aug 20Sep 1Sep 14Sep 26Oct 8

Weekend grossWk 7 · $10.9K

$5.5M

$2.9M

$1.3M

$343.0K

$55.7K

$47.9K

$10.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,778 → 49 −98.2%

2,778 open49 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −77.3%

−47.7%

W1→2

−56.0%

W2→3

−72.7%

W3→4

−83.8%

W4→5

−14.0%

W5→6

−77.3%

W6→7

Steepest −83.8%Best hold −14.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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