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2018 • PG-13 • 2h 23m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • Warner Bros.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$67.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$335.06M

Final

Worldwide total

$1.15B

$813.80M international

Domestic legs4.94x

Budget$160M

2018 rank#14

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Cast & crew

Full Wan filmography

James Wan

James Wan Director

Jason Momoa

Jason Momoa Starring

Amber Heard

Amber Heard Starring

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson Starring

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe Starring

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Starring

ScreenplayDavid Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Will Beall Produced byPeter Safran, Deborah Snyder CinematographyDon Burgess MusicRupert Gregson-Williams Prod. DesignBill Brzeski StudioWarner Bros. SeriesDC Extended Universe

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 21-23 1 $67.9M — 4,125 $16,454 $72.6M

2 Dec 28-30 1 $52.1M −23.2% 4,125 $12,634 $189.0M

3 Jan 4-6 1 $31.0M −40.5% 4,184 $7,410 $260.0M

4 Jan 11-13 2 $17.4M −44% 3,863 $4,492 $287.9M

5 Jan 18-20 3 $10.2M −41.4% 3,475 $2,928 $304.2M

6 Jan 25-27 3 $7.3M −28.6% 3,134 $2,318 $316.5M

7 Feb 1-3 4 $4.9M −32.8% 2,926 $1,668 $323.6M

8 Feb 8-10 8 $3.2M −34.4% 2,202 $1,454 $328.4M

9 Feb 15-17 13 $1.9M −42.2% 1,264 $1,464 $331.3M

10 Feb 22-24 17 $759.7K −58.9% 741 $1,025 $332.9M

11 Mar 1-3 23 $458.2K −39.7% 434 $1,056 $333.7M

12 Mar 8-10 26 $200.0K −56.3% 303 $660 $334.0M

13 Mar 15-17 24 $292.7K +46.3% 283 $1,034 $334.4M

14 Mar 22-24 23 $228.3K −22% 253 $902 $334.8M

15 Mar 29-31 25 $141.1K −38.2% 214 $659 $335.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sat Dec 15 #5 $2.9M — $2.9M 1,225 $2,367 -1

Wed Dec 19 #3 $1.8M — $4.7M 200 $9,000 -1

Fri Dec 21 #1 $27.7M — $32.4M 4,125 $6,723 1

Sat Dec 22 #1 $21.3M −23% $53.8M 4,125 $5,175 2

Sun Dec 23 #1 $18.8M −12% $72.6M 4,125 $4,556 3

Mon Dec 24 #1 $10.9M −42.3% $83.4M 4,125 $2,631 4

Tue Dec 25 #1 $22.0M +102.6% $105.4M 4,125 $5,329 5

Wed Dec 26 #1 $16.9M −23.1% $122.3M 4,125 $4,098 6

Thu Dec 27 #1 $14.6M −13.5% $136.9M 4,125 $3,545 7

Fri Dec 28 #1 $17.0M +16.5% −38.6% $154.0M 4,125 $4,131 8

Sat Dec 29 #1 $18.6M +9.3% −12.7% $172.6M 4,125 $4,517 9

Sun Dec 30 #1 $16.4M −11.8% −12.5% $189.0M 4,125 $3,986 10

Mon Dec 31 #1 $10.0M −39.1% −7.7% $199.1M 4,125 $2,427 11

Tue Jan 1 #1 $16.4M +63.6% −25.5% $215.4M 4,125 $3,970 12

Wed Jan 2 #1 $7.4M −54.9% −56.3% $222.8M 4,125 $1,789 13

Thu Jan 3 #1 $6.2M −15.9% −57.6% $229.0M 4,125 $1,504 14

Fri Jan 4 #1 $9.4M +51.3% −44.9% $238.4M 4,184 $2,244 15

Sat Jan 5 #1 $13.1M +39% −29.9% $251.5M 4,184 $3,120 16

Sun Jan 6 #1 $8.6M −34.4% −47.9% $260.0M 4,184 $2,046 17

Mon Jan 7 #1 $2.6M −69.8% −74.2% $262.6M 4,184 $617 18

Tue Jan 8 #1 $3.9M +49.1% −76.5% $266.5M 4,184 $921 19

Wed Jan 9 #1 $2.1M −44.6% −71.1% $268.6M 4,184 $510 20

Thu Jan 10 #1 $2.0M −6.2% −67.7% $270.6M 4,184 $479 21

Fri Jan 11 #2 $4.6M +127.6% −51.5% $275.2M 3,863 $1,179 22

Sat Jan 12 #2 $7.7M +70% −40.6% $282.9M 3,863 $2,006 23

Sun Jan 13 #2 $5.0M −34.9% −41% $287.9M 3,863 $1,307 24

Mon Jan 14 #2 $1.4M −71.8% −45% $289.4M 3,863 $368 25

Tue Jan 15 #2 $2.3M +59.6% −41.1% $291.6M 3,863 $587 26

Wed Jan 16 #3 $1.3M −43.7% −40.2% $292.9M 3,863 $331 27

Thu Jan 17 #3 $1.1M −14.6% −45.5% $294.0M 3,863 $282 28

Fri Jan 18 #3 $2.5M +132.2% −44.4% $296.5M 3,475 $729 29

Sat Jan 19 #4 $4.4M +75.3% −42.7% $301.0M 3,475 $1,278 30

Sun Jan 20 #3 $3.2M −27.9% −36.6% $304.2M 3,475 $921 31

Mon Jan 21 #6 $2.6M −19.7% +80.7% $306.8M 3,475 $739 32

Tue Jan 22 #4 $1.1M −57.1% −51.4% $307.9M 3,475 $317 33

Wed Jan 23 #4 $662.6K −39.9% −48.1% $308.5M 3,475 $191 34

Thu Jan 24 #4 $687.6K +3.8% −37% $309.2M 3,475 $198 35

Fri Jan 25 #3 $1.7M +148.8% −32.5% $310.9M 3,134 $546 36

Sat Jan 26 #3 $3.4M +100.2% −22.9% $314.3M 3,134 $1,093 37

Sun Jan 27 #3 $2.1M −37.8% −33.4% $316.5M 3,134 $680 38

Mon Jan 28 #4 $481.5K −77.4% −81.3% $317.0M 3,134 $154 39

Tue Jan 29 #4 $744.6K +54.6% −32.4% $317.7M 3,134 $238 40

Wed Jan 30 #4 $495.6K −33.4% −25.2% $318.2M 3,134 $158 41

Thu Jan 31 #4 $551.4K +11.3% −19.8% $318.7M 3,134 $176 42

Fri Feb 1 #4 $1.3M +130.8% −25.6% $320.0M 2,926 $435 43

Sat Feb 2 #4 $2.6M +104% −24.2% $322.6M 2,926 $887 44

Sun Feb 3 #4 $1.0M −61.1% −52.5% $323.6M 2,926 $346 45

Mon Feb 4 #5 $377.8K −62.6% −21.5% $324.0M 2,926 $129 46

Tue Feb 5 #5 $586.0K +55.1% −21.3% $324.6M 2,926 $200 47

Wed Feb 6 #5 $356.5K −39.2% −28.1% $324.9M 2,926 $122 48

Thu Feb 7 #6 $304.4K −14.6% −44.8% $325.2M 2,926 $104 49

Fri Feb 8 #8 $743.4K +144.2% −41.6% $326.0M 2,202 $338 50

Sat Feb 9 #8 $1.6M +109.2% −40.1% $327.5M 2,202 $706 51

Sun Feb 10 #9 $902.8K −42% −10.7% $328.4M 2,202 $410 52

Mon Feb 11 #8 $241.0K −73.3% −36.2% $328.7M 2,202 $109 53

Tue Feb 12 #9 $306.6K +27.2% −47.7% $329.0M 2,202 $139 54

Wed Feb 13 #11 $157.5K −48.6% −55.8% $329.2M 2,202 $72 55

Thu Feb 14 #11 $332.3K +110.9% +9.2% $329.5M 2,202 $151 56

Fri Feb 15 #12 $422.2K +27% −43.2% $329.9M 1,264 $334 57

Sat Feb 16 #12 $816.8K +93.4% −47.5% $330.7M 1,264 $646 58

Sun Feb 17 #12 $611.5K −25.1% −32.3% $331.3M 1,264 $484 59

Mon Feb 18 #13 $413.6K −32.4% +71.6% $331.8M 1,264 $327 60

Tue Feb 19 #14 $187.1K −54.8% −39% $331.9M 1,264 $148 61

Wed Feb 20 #14 $126.0K −32.7% −20% $332.1M 1,264 $100 62

Thu Feb 21 #13 $112.2K −11% −66.2% $332.2M 1,264 $89 63

Fri Feb 22 #17 $190.3K +69.6% −54.9% $332.4M 741 $257 64

Sat Feb 23 #17 $363.1K +90.8% −55.5% $332.7M 741 $490 65

Sun Feb 24 #17 $206.3K −43.2% −66.3% $332.9M 741 $278 66

Mon Feb 25 #19 $55.5K −73.1% −86.6% $333.0M 741 $75 67

Tue Feb 26 #18 $85.3K +53.8% −54.4% $333.1M 741 $115 68

Wed Feb 27 #16 $64.5K −24.4% −48.8% $333.1M 741 $87 69

Thu Feb 28 #18 $59.4K −7.9% −47% $333.2M 741 $80 70

Fri Mar 1 #22 $111.2K +87.1% −41.6% $333.3M 434 $256 71

Sat Mar 2 #20 $220.8K +98.6% −39.2% $333.5M 434 $509 72

Sun Mar 3 #23 $126.2K −42.9% −38.9% $333.7M 434 $291 73

Mon Mar 4 #21 $41.9K −66.8% −24.6% $333.7M 434 $96 74

Tue Mar 5 #22 $61.4K +46.7% −28.1% $333.8M 434 $141 75

Wed Mar 6 #23 $42.7K −30.5% −33.8% $333.8M 434 $98 76

Thu Mar 7 #24 $32.0K −25% −46.2% $333.8M 434 $74 77

Fri Mar 8 #26 $50.2K +56.9% −54.9% $333.9M 303 $166 78

Sat Mar 9 #25 $94.6K +88.4% −57.2% $334.0M 303 $312 79

Sun Mar 10 #27 $55.2K −41.6% −56.2% $334.0M 303 $182 80

Mon Mar 11 #25 $23.4K −57.6% −44% $334.1M 303 $77 81

Tue Mar 12 #28 $30.0K +28.2% −51.1% $334.1M 303 $99 82

Wed Mar 13 #28 $23.2K −22.8% −45.7% $334.1M 303 $77 83

Thu Mar 14 #31 $22.3K −3.9% −30.4% $334.1M 303 $74 84

Fri Mar 15 #23 $82.8K +271.6% +64.9% $334.2M 283 $293 85

Sat Mar 16 #24 $128.2K +54.8% +35.5% $334.3M 283 $453 86

Sun Mar 17 #22 $81.7K −36.2% +48% $334.4M 283 $289 87

Mon Mar 18 #26 $27.4K −66.5% +16.9% $334.5M 283 $97 88

Tue Mar 19 #29 $35.7K +30.1% +18.7% $334.5M 283 $126 89

Wed Mar 20 #28 $29.1K −18.5% +25.5% $334.5M 283 $103 90

Thu Mar 21 #22 $28.2K −3.2% +26.4% $334.5M 283 $100 91

Fri Mar 22 #25 $60.9K +116.3% −26.4% $334.6M 253 $241 92

Sat Mar 23 #19 $102.4K +68.2% −20.1% $334.7M 253 $405 93

Sun Mar 24 #23 $65.0K −36.6% −20.5% $334.8M 253 $257 94

Mon Mar 25 #21 $22.3K −65.7% −18.8% $334.8M 253 $88 95

Tue Mar 26 #23 $27.8K +25% −22% $334.8M 253 $110 96

Wed Mar 27 #24 $22.1K −20.5% −24% $334.8M 253 $87 97

Thu Mar 28 #21 $22.3K +0.7% −20.9% $334.9M 253 $88 98

Fri Mar 29 #25 $37.8K +69.7% −38% $334.9M 214 $177 99

Sat Mar 30 #25 $65.3K +72.7% −36.3% $335.0M 214 $305 100

Sun Mar 31 #26 $38.0K −41.7% −41.5% $335.0M 214 $178 101

Mon Apr 1 #27 $11.8K −68.9% −47% $335.0M 214 $55 102

Tue Apr 2 #27 $14.6K +23.8% −47.5% $335.0M 214 $68 103

Wed Apr 3 #27 $12.2K −16.2% −44.6% $335.1M 214 $57 104

Thu Apr 4 #27 $11.0K −10.2% −50.6% $335.1M 214 $51 105

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$333.2M

Dec 15Jan 6Jan 24Feb 10Feb 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $759.7K

$67.9M

$52.1M

$31.0M

$17.4M

$10.2M

$7.3M

$4.9M

$3.2M

$1.9M

$759.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,184 → 741 −82.3%

1,225 open741 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −58.9%

−23.2%

W1→2

−40.5%

W2→3

−44%

W3→4

−41.4%

W4→5

−28.6%

W5→6

−32.8%

W6→7

−34.4%

W7→8

−42.2%

W8→9

−58.9%

W9→10

Steepest −58.9%Best hold −23.2%

Run milestones

$300M in 30 days

$100M

Day 5

Dec 25

$200M

Day 12

Jan 1

$300M

Day 30

Jan 19

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#3 Biggest Christmas openingsAll-time $67.9M #6 Best second-weekend holds$50M+ openers, all-time −23.2% #12 Best multipliersAll-time 4.94x #13 Biggest December openingsAll-time $67.9M #35 Biggest worldwide runsAll-time $1.15B

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