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2022 • R • 1h 33m • Thriller/Suspense • Universal Pictures

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3.0

6.1

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$31.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$59.20M

Global total

Budget$36.0M

Domestic legs2.8x

2022 rank#44

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Cast & crew

Full Kormákur filmography

Baltasar Kormákur

Baltasar Kormákur Director

Idris Elba

Idris Elba Starring

Sharlto Copley

Sharlto Copley Starring

ScreenplayRyan Engle Produced byCess Silvera, Fabien Pruvot, George Furla, Jennifer Farrell, Randall Emmett CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot MusicSteven Price Prod. DesignIyla 'Crash' Kap

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 19-21 2 $11.6M — 3,743 $3,092 $11.6M

2 Aug 26-28 3 $4.9M −58% 3,754 $1,299 $20.1M

3 Sep 2-4 6 $4.0M −17% 3,217 $1,252 $25.8M

4 Sep 9-11 8 $1.8M −55% 2,793 $644 $29.4M

5 Sep 16-18 12 $840.7K −53% 1,664 $505 $30.8M

6 Sep 23-25 14 $379.4K −55% 750 $505 $31.4M

7 Sep 30-Oct 2 - $162.8K −57% 408 $398 $31.7M

8 Oct 7-9 - $71.7K −56% 150 $478 $31.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 18 #P $925.0K — $925.0K 2,900 $318 -1

Fri Aug 19 #2 $4.3M +366% $4.3M 3,743 $1,150 1

Sat Aug 20 #2 $4.3M −1% $8.6M 3,743 $1,144 2

Sun Aug 21 #2 $3.0M −30% $11.6M 3,743 $797 3

Mon Aug 22 #2 $914.1K −69% $12.5M 3,743 $244 4

Tue Aug 23 #2 $1.3M +42% $13.8M 3,743 $346 5

Wed Aug 24 #3 $749.3K −42% $14.5M 3,743 $200 6

Thu Aug 25 #4 $652.9K −13% −29% $15.2M 3,743 $174 7

Fri Aug 26 #5 $1.3M +102% −69% $16.5M 3,754 $351 8

Sat Aug 27 #3 $2.2M +64% −50% $18.7M 3,754 $575 9

Sun Aug 28 #4 $1.4M −35% −53% $20.1M 3,754 $372 10

Mon Aug 29 #- $396.9K −72% −57% $20.5M 3,754 $105 11

Tue Aug 30 #4 $582.1K +47% −55% $21.0M 3,754 $155 12

Wed Aug 31 #4 $381.9K −34% −49% $21.4M 3,754 $101 13

Thu Sep 1 #4 $348.7K −9% −47% $21.8M 3,754 $92 14

Fri Sep 2 #6 $762.1K +119% −42% $22.5M 3,217 $236 15

Sat Sep 3 #6 $1.8M +140% −15% $24.4M 3,217 $568 16

Sun Sep 4 #5 $1.4M −21% +3% $25.8M 3,217 $447 17

Mon Sep 5 #7 $1.0M −30% +154% $26.8M 3,217 $313 18

Tue Sep 6 #5 $331.0K −67% −43% $27.1M 3,217 $102 19

Wed Sep 7 #5 $238.0K −28% −38% $27.4M 3,217 $73 20

Thu Sep 8 #5 $191.4K −20% −45% $27.6M 3,217 $59 21

Fri Sep 9 #8 $474.5K +148% −38% $28.1M 2,793 $169 22

Sat Sep 10 #7 $842.7K +78% −54% $28.9M 2,793 $301 23

Sun Sep 11 #9 $483.5K −43% −66% $29.4M 2,793 $173 24

Mon Sep 12 #7 $135.7K −72% −87% $29.5M 2,793 $48 25

Tue Sep 13 #8 $198.2K +46% −40% $29.7M 2,793 $70 26

Wed Sep 14 #8 $138.5K −30% −42% $29.8M 2,793 $49 27

Thu Sep 15 #9 $97.3K −30% −49% $29.9M 2,793 $34 28

Fri Sep 16 #12 $226.9K +133% −52% $30.2M 1,664 $136 29

Sat Sep 17 #11 $378.5K +67% −55% $30.6M 1,664 $227 30

Sun Sep 18 #13 $235.3K −38% −51% $30.8M 1,664 $141 31

Mon Sep 19 #- $64.0K −73% −53% $30.9M 1,664 $38 32

Tue Sep 20 #- $83.8K +31% −58% $30.9M 1,664 $50 33

Wed Sep 21 #- $63.1K −25% −54% $31.0M 1,664 $37 34

Thu Sep 22 #- $54.0K −14% −45% $31.1M 1,664 $32 35

Fri Sep 23 #15 $98.1K +82% −57% $31.1M 750 $130 36

Sat Sep 24 #13 $178.5K +82% −53% $31.3M 750 $237 37

Sun Sep 25 #14 $102.8K −42% −56% $31.4M 750 $137 38

Mon Sep 26 #- $28.0K −73% −56% $31.5M 750 $37 39

Tue Sep 27 #- $32.3K +15% −62% $31.5M 750 $43 40

Wed Sep 28 #- $25.2K −22% −60% $31.5M 750 $33 41

Thu Sep 29 #- $18.2K −28% −66% $31.5M 750 $24 42

Fri Sep 30 #- $40.5K +122% −59% $31.6M 408 $99 43

Sat Oct 1 #- $79.2K +95% −56% $31.7M 408 $194 44

Sun Oct 2 #- $43.0K −46% −58% $31.7M 408 $105 45

Mon Oct 3 #- $13.0K −70% −54% $31.7M 408 $31 46

Tue Oct 4 #- $16.9K +30% −48% $31.7M 408 $41 47

Wed Oct 5 #- $12.2K −28% −52% $31.7M 408 $29 48

Thu Oct 6 #- $10.2K −16% −44% $31.7M 408 $24 49

Fri Oct 7 #- $17.5K +73% −57% $31.8M 150 $116 50

Sat Oct 8 #- $32.3K +84% −59% $31.8M 150 $215 51

Sun Oct 9 #- $21.9K −32% −49% $31.8M 150 $145 52

Mon Oct 10 #- $8.4K −62% −36% $31.8M 150 $55 53

Tue Oct 11 #- $6.8K −19% −60% $31.8M 150 $45 54

Wed Oct 12 #- $4.9K −28% −60% $31.8M 150 $32 55

Thu Oct 13 #- $4.9K +1% −52% $31.8M 150 $32 56

Cumulative total$31.8M

Aug 18Sep 1Sep 15Sep 29Oct 13

Weekend grossWk 8 · $71.7K

$11.6M

$4.9M

$4.0M

$1.8M

$840.7K

$379.4K

$162.8K

$71.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,754 → 150 −96.0%

2,900 open150 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −56%

−58%

W1→2

−17%

W2→3

−55%

W3→4

−53%

W4→5

−55%

W5→6

−57%

W6→7

−56%

W7→8

Steepest −58%Best hold −17%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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