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2016 • PG-13 • 1h 56m • Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$100.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$202.10M

$101.60M international

Domestic legs4.17x

Budget$47M

2016 rank#29

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Cast & crew

Full Villeneuve filmography

Denis Villeneuve

Denis Villeneuve Director

Amy Adams

Amy Adams Starring

Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner Starring

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker Starring

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg Starring

ScreenplayJon Spaihts Produced byShawn Levy, Dan Cohen CinematographyBradford Young MusicJóhann Jóhannsson Prod. DesignPatrice Vermette StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 11-13 3 $24.1M — 2,317 $10,390 $24.1M

2 Nov 18-20 4 $12.1M −49.6% 2,335 $5,199 $43.7M

3 Nov 25-27 5 $11.5M −5.6% 2,442 $4,691 $62.6M

4 Dec 2-4 3 $7.3M −36.6% 2,915 $2,493 $73.0M

5 Dec 9-11 4 $5.6M −23.1% 3,115 $1,794 $81.4M

6 Dec 16-18 8 $3.0M −46.8% 2,157 $1,378 $86.7M

7 Dec 23-25 15 $1.1M −63.8% 456 $2,363 $89.4M

8 Dec 30-Jan 1 16 $1.4M +26.2% 545 $2,494 $92.2M

9 Jan 6-8 17 $865.8K −36.3% 381 $2,272 $94.1M

10 Jan 13-15 22 $552.3K −36.2% 247 $2,236 $95.1M

11 Jan 20-22 28 $321.4K −41.8% 180 $1,786 $95.7M

12 Jan 27-29 19 $1.5M +358.4% 1,221 $1,207 $97.3M

13 Feb 3-5 23 $796.1K −46.0% 685 $1,162 $98.6M

14 Feb 10-12 25 $448.7K −43.6% 271 $1,656 $99.4M

15 Feb 17-19 27 $303.6K −32.4% 329 $923 $99.9M

16 Feb 24-26 26 $245.0K −19.3% 443 $553 $100.3M

17 Mar 3-5 35 $88.6K −63.9% 79 $1,121 $100.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Nov 10 #P $1.4M — $1.4M 0 $0 -1

Fri Nov 11 #3 $9.4M — $9.4M 2,317 $4,041 1

Sat Nov 12 #3 $9.0M −3.4% $18.4M 2,317 $3,904 2

Sun Nov 13 #3 $5.7M −37.4% $24.1M 2,317 $2,444 3

Mon Nov 14 #2 $1.9M −67.0% $25.9M 2,317 $807 4

Tue Nov 15 #2 $2.4M +30.7% $28.4M 2,317 $1,055 5

Wed Nov 16 #2 $1.7M −30.1% $30.1M 2,317 $737 6

Thu Nov 17 #2 $1.5M −13.6% $31.6M 2,317 $637 7

Fri Nov 18 #4 $3.4M +131.7% −63.5% $35.0M 2,335 $1,465 8

Sat Nov 19 #4 $5.2M +52.8% −42.2% $40.2M 2,335 $2,239 9

Sun Nov 20 #4 $3.5M −33.2% −38.4% $43.7M 2,335 $1,495 10

Mon Nov 21 #4 $1.3M −61.4% −27.9% $45.1M 2,335 $577 11

Tue Nov 22 #4 $1.7M +28.5% −29.2% $46.8M 2,335 $741 12

Wed Nov 23 #6 $2.1M +21.5% +23.1% $48.9M 2,442 $861 13

Thu Nov 24 #5 $2.2M +5.5% +50.3% $51.1M 2,442 $908 14

Fri Nov 25 #5 $4.5M +102.6% +31.4% $55.6M 2,442 $1,840 15

Sat Nov 26 #5 $4.5M −0.4% −14.4% $60.1M 2,442 $1,833 16

Sun Nov 27 #5 $2.5M −44.5% −28.8% $62.6M 2,442 $1,017 17

Mon Nov 28 #4 $732.5K −70.5% −45.6% $63.3M 2,442 $300 18

Tue Nov 29 #4 $997.9K +36.2% −42.3% $64.3M 2,442 $409 19

Wed Nov 30 #4 $756.3K −24.2% −64.0% $65.0M 2,442 $310 20

Thu Dec 1 #4 $729.8K −3.5% −67.1% $65.8M 2,442 $299 21

Fri Dec 2 #4 $2.1M +183.0% −54.0% $67.8M 2,915 $708 22

Sat Dec 3 #3 $3.3M +59.6% −26.4% $71.1M 2,915 $1,131 23

Sun Dec 4 #3 $1.9M −42.2% −23.3% $73.0M 2,915 $654 24

Mon Dec 5 #3 $619.5K −67.5% −15.4% $73.7M 2,915 $213 25

Tue Dec 6 #4 $904.5K +46.0% −9.4% $74.6M 2,915 $310 26

Wed Dec 7 #3 $650.9K −28.0% −13.9% $75.2M 2,915 $223 27

Thu Dec 8 #3 $631.2K −3.0% −13.5% $75.9M 2,915 $217 28

Fri Dec 9 #4 $1.6M +153.7% −22.5% $77.5M 3,115 $514 29

Sat Dec 10 #4 $2.5M +58.2% −23.2% $80.0M 3,115 $813 30

Sun Dec 11 #4 $1.5M −42.6% −23.8% $81.4M 3,115 $466 31

Mon Dec 12 #4 $530.3K −63.5% −14.4% $82.0M 3,115 $170 32

Tue Dec 13 #4 $725.6K +36.8% −19.8% $82.7M 3,115 $233 33

Wed Dec 14 #4 $547.7K −24.5% −15.8% $83.2M 3,115 $176 34

Thu Dec 15 #4 $451.0K −17.7% −28.6% $83.7M 3,115 $145 35

Fri Dec 16 #8 $823.8K +82.7% −48.6% $84.5M 2,157 $382 36

Sat Dec 17 #8 $1.2M +48.2% −51.8% $85.7M 2,157 $566 37

Sun Dec 18 #8 $928.4K −23.9% −36.1% $86.7M 2,157 $430 38

Mon Dec 19 #8 $487.4K −47.5% −8.1% $87.2M 2,157 $226 39

Tue Dec 20 #8 $486.8K −0.1% −32.9% $87.6M 2,157 $226 40

Wed Dec 21 #12 $306.6K −37.0% −44.0% $87.9M 1,091 $281 41

Thu Dec 22 #12 $355.2K +15.8% −21.2% $88.3M 1,091 $326 42

Fri Dec 23 #13 $415.7K +17.0% −49.5% $88.7M 667 $623 43

Sat Dec 24 #14 $259.5K −37.6% −78.7% $89.0M 667 $389 44

Sun Dec 25 #- $402.3K +55.1% −56.7% $89.4M 456 $882 45

Mon Dec 26 #- $446.5K +11.0% −8.4% $89.8M 456 $979 46

Tue Dec 27 #- $343.1K −23.2% −29.5% $90.2M 456 $752 47

Wed Dec 28 #- $337.8K −1.5% +10.2% $90.5M 456 $741 48

Thu Dec 29 #- $325.2K −3.7% −8.4% $90.8M 456 $713 49

Fri Dec 30 #- $457.5K +40.7% +10.1% $91.3M 545 $839 50

Sat Dec 31 #- $386.3K −15.6% +48.9% $91.7M 545 $709 51

Sun Jan 1 #- $515.6K +33.5% +28.2% $92.2M 545 $946 52

Mon Jan 2 #- $489.6K −5.0% +9.7% $92.7M 545 $898 53

Tue Jan 3 #- $232.4K −52.5% −32.3% $92.9M 545 $426 54

Wed Jan 4 #15 $188.1K −19.1% −44.3% $93.1M 545 $345 55

Thu Jan 5 #15 $160.7K −14.5% −50.6% $93.3M 545 $295 56

Fri Jan 6 #- $253.8K +57.9% −44.5% $93.5M 381 $666 57

Sat Jan 7 #- $367.9K +45.0% −4.8% $93.9M 381 $966 58

Sun Jan 8 #- $244.0K −33.7% −52.7% $94.1M 381 $641 59

Mon Jan 9 #- $85.2K −65.1% −82.6% $94.2M 381 $224 60

Tue Jan 10 #- $128.6K +51.0% −44.7% $94.3M 381 $338 61

Wed Jan 11 #- $93.2K −27.5% −50.4% $94.4M 381 $245 62

Thu Jan 12 #- $85.3K −8.5% −47.0% $94.5M 381 $224 63

Fri Jan 13 #- $145.0K +70.1% −42.9% $94.7M 247 $587 64

Sat Jan 14 #- $234.8K +61.9% −36.2% $94.9M 247 $951 65

Sun Jan 15 #- $172.4K −26.6% −29.3% $95.1M 247 $698 66

Mon Jan 16 #- $117.9K −31.6% +38.4% $95.2M 247 $477 67

Tue Jan 17 #- $65.4K −44.5% −49.2% $95.3M 247 $265 68

Wed Jan 18 #- $49.4K −24.5% −47.0% $95.3M 247 $200 69

Thu Jan 19 #- $44.2K −10.5% −48.2% $95.3M 247 $179 70

Fri Jan 20 #- $86.3K +95.4% −40.5% $95.4M 180 $479 71

Sat Jan 21 #- $147.1K +70.5% −37.4% $95.6M 180 $817 72

Sun Jan 22 #- $88.1K −40.1% −48.9% $95.7M 180 $489 73

Mon Jan 23 #- $30.5K −65.3% −74.1% $95.7M 180 $170 74

Tue Jan 24 #- $53.7K +76.0% −17.8% $95.8M 180 $299 75

Wed Jan 25 #- $51.8K −3.5% +5.0% $95.8M 180 $288 76

Thu Jan 26 #- $48.1K −7.2% +8.9% $95.9M 180 $267 77

Fri Jan 27 #- $391.8K +715.1% +354.2% $96.2M 1,221 $321 78

Sat Jan 28 #- $695.6K +77.5% +373.0% $96.9M 1,221 $570 79

Sun Jan 29 #- $386.0K −44.5% +338.3% $97.3M 1,221 $316 80

Mon Jan 30 #- $117.7K −69.5% +285.5% $97.4M 1,221 $96 81

Tue Jan 31 #- $150.8K +28.1% +180.6% $97.6M 1,221 $123 82

Wed Feb 1 #- $122.8K −18.5% +137.0% $97.7M 1,221 $101 83

Thu Feb 2 #- $121.7K −0.9% +153.2% $97.8M 1,221 $100 84

Fri Feb 3 #- $239.1K +96.4% −39.0% $98.1M 685 $349 85

Sat Feb 4 #- $417.4K +74.6% −40.0% $98.5M 685 $609 86

Sun Feb 5 #- $139.7K −66.5% −63.8% $98.6M 685 $204 87

Mon Feb 6 #- $79.4K −43.2% −32.5% $98.7M 685 $116 88

Tue Feb 7 #- $95.7K +20.5% −36.5% $98.8M 685 $140 89

Wed Feb 8 #- $79.5K −17.0% −35.3% $98.9M 685 $116 90

Thu Feb 9 #- $65.4K −17.7% −46.3% $99.0M 685 $96 91

Fri Feb 10 #- $114.3K +74.8% −52.2% $99.1M 271 $422 92

Sat Feb 11 #- $212.1K +85.5% −49.2% $99.3M 271 $783 93

Sun Feb 12 #- $122.3K −42.3% −12.5% $99.4M 271 $451 94

Mon Feb 13 #- $43.1K −64.8% −45.7% $99.4M 271 $159 95

Tue Feb 14 #- $79.5K +84.5% −16.9% $99.5M 271 $294 96

Wed Feb 15 #- $39.0K −51.0% −50.9% $99.6M 271 $144 97

Thu Feb 16 #- $34.2K −12.4% −47.8% $99.6M 271 $126 98

Fri Feb 17 #- $92.9K +171.9% −18.8% $99.7M 329 $282 99

Sat Feb 18 #- $128.2K +38.1% −39.5% $99.8M 329 $390 100

Sun Feb 19 #- $82.5K −35.7% −32.6% $99.9M 329 $251 101

Mon Feb 20 #- $75.3K −8.7% +74.7% $100.0M 329 $229 102

Tue Feb 21 #- $45.6K −39.4% −42.7% $100.0M 329 $139 103

Wed Feb 22 #- $39.8K −12.7% +2.1% $100.1M 329 $121 104

Thu Feb 23 #- $23.9K −39.9% −29.9% $100.1M 329 $73 105

Fri Feb 24 #- $93.8K +291.8% +0.9% $100.2M 443 $212 106

Sat Feb 25 #- $83.8K −10.6% −34.7% $100.3M 443 $189 107

Sun Feb 26 #- $67.5K −19.4% −18.1% $100.3M 443 $152 108

Mon Feb 27 #- $19.3K −71.3% −74.3% $100.4M 443 $44 109

Tue Feb 28 #- $23.3K +20.6% −48.8% $100.4M 443 $53 110

Wed Mar 1 #- $19.8K −15.3% −50.3% $100.4M 443 $45 111

Thu Mar 2 #- $14.8K −24.9% −38.0% $100.4M 443 $34 112

Fri Mar 3 #- $25.0K +68.4% −73.3% $100.4M 79 $316 113

Sat Mar 4 #- $39.0K +56.1% −53.4% $100.5M 79 $494 114

Sun Mar 5 #- $24.6K −37.0% −63.6% $100.5M 79 $311 115

Mon Mar 6 #- $9.4K −61.6% −51.2% $100.5M 79 $119 116

Tue Mar 7 #- $13.8K +46.2% −40.9% $100.5M 79 $175 117

Wed Mar 8 #- $10.4K −25.0% −47.6% $100.5M 79 $131 118

Thu Mar 9 #- $11.2K +8.1% −24.6% $100.5M 79 $142 119

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

Cumulative total$95.3M

Nov 10Nov 28Dec 15Jan 2Jan 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $552.3K

$24.1M

$12.1M

$11.5M

$7.3M

$5.6M

$3.0M

$1.1M

$1.4M

$865.8K

$552.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,115 → 247 −92.1%

2,317 open247 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.2%

−49.6%

W1→2

−5.6%

W2→3

−36.6%

W3→4

−23.1%

W4→5

−46.8%

W5→6

−63.8%

W6→7

+26.2%

W7→8

−36.3%

W8→9

−36.2%

W9→10

Steepest −63.8%Biggest gain +26.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 103 days

$100M

Day 103

Feb 21

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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