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2016 • PG-13 • 2h 3m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Paramount Pictures

Brother against brother. Slave against empire.

🍅 24% 52%

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2.6

5.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$26.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$91.70M

$65.30M international

Domestic legs2.4x

Budget$95M

2016 rank#97

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Cast & crew

Full Bekmambetov filmography

Timur Bekmambetov

Timur Bekmambetov Director

Jack Huston

Jack Huston Starring

Toby Kebbell

Toby Kebbell Starring

Rodrigo Santoro

Rodrigo Santoro Starring

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman Starring

Nazanin Boniadi

Nazanin Boniadi Starring

ScreenplayJohn Ridley, Keith R. Clarke Produced byMark Burnett, Sean Daniel, Duncan Henderson, Joni Levin CinematographyOliver Wood MusicMarco Beltrami StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 19-21 6 $11.2M — 3,084 $3,633 $11.2M

2 Aug 26-28 10 $4.6M −59.3% 3,084 $1,479 $19.6M

3 Sep 2-4 15 $2.2M −51.7% 2,167 $1,016 $23.7M

4 Sep 9-11 21 $571.8K −74.0% 974 $587 $25.6M

5 Sep 16-18 28 $231.8K −59.5% 438 $529 $26.0M

6 Sep 23-25 35 $128.9K −44.4% 240 $537 $26.3M

7 Sep 30-Oct 2 43 $52.4K −59.4% 124 $423 $26.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 19 #4 $4.1M — $4.1M 3,084 $1,341 1

Sat Aug 20 #6 $4.1M −0.2% $8.3M 3,084 $1,338 2

Sun Aug 21 #6 $2.9M −28.6% $11.2M 3,084 $955 3

Mon Aug 22 #6 $937.8K −68.1% $12.1M 3,084 $304 4

Tue Aug 23 #6 $1.4M +44.7% $13.5M 3,084 $440 5

Wed Aug 24 #7 $780.2K −42.5% $14.3M 3,084 $253 6

Thu Aug 25 #7 $744.2K −4.6% $15.0M 3,084 $241 7

Fri Aug 26 #10 $1.3M +76.4% −68.3% $16.3M 3,084 $426 8

Sat Aug 27 #10 $1.9M +48.4% −52.8% $18.3M 3,084 $632 9

Sun Aug 28 #10 $1.3M −33.3% −55.8% $19.6M 3,084 $422 10

Mon Aug 29 #10 $432.2K −66.8% −53.9% $20.0M 3,084 $140 11

Tue Aug 30 #9 $670.7K +55.2% −50.6% $20.7M 3,084 $217 12

Wed Aug 31 #11 $404.7K −39.7% −48.1% $21.1M 3,084 $131 13

Thu Sep 1 #11 $416.8K +3.0% −44.0% $21.5M 3,084 $135 14

Fri Sep 2 — $568.3K +36.3% −56.7% $22.1M 2,167 $262 15

Sat Sep 3 — $810.2K +42.6% −58.4% $22.9M 2,167 $374 16

Sun Sep 4 — $823.2K +1.6% −36.7% $23.7M 2,167 $380 17

Mon Sep 5 — $743.6K −9.7% +72.0% $24.5M 2,167 $343 18

Tue Sep 6 #15 $234.2K −68.5% −65.1% $24.7M 2,167 $108 19

Wed Sep 7 — $158.1K −32.5% −60.9% $24.8M 2,167 $73 20

Thu Sep 8 #14 $155.6K −1.6% −62.7% $25.0M 2,167 $72 21

Fri Sep 9 — $161.0K +3.5% −71.7% $25.2M 974 $165 22

Sat Sep 10 — $254.2K +57.8% −68.6% $25.4M 974 $261 23

Sun Sep 11 — $156.6K −38.4% −81.0% $25.6M 974 $161 24

Mon Sep 12 — $53.9K −65.6% −92.7% $25.6M 974 $55 25

Tue Sep 13 — $76.1K +41.0% −67.5% $25.7M 974 $78 26

Wed Sep 14 — $55.9K −26.6% −64.7% $25.8M 974 $57 27

Thu Sep 15 — $50.8K −9.0% −67.3% $25.8M 974 $52 28

Fri Sep 16 — $66.5K +30.8% −58.7% $25.9M 438 $152 29

Sat Sep 17 — $99.1K +49.1% −61.0% $26.0M 438 $226 30

Sun Sep 18 — $66.1K −33.3% −57.8% $26.0M 438 $151 31

Mon Sep 19 — $24.8K −62.5% −54.0% $26.1M 438 $57 32

Tue Sep 20 — $31.2K +25.9% −59.0% $26.1M 438 $71 33

Wed Sep 21 — $24.5K −21.6% −56.2% $26.1M 438 $56 34

Thu Sep 22 — $23.1K −5.6% −54.5% $26.1M 438 $53 35

Fri Sep 23 — $39.2K +69.7% −41.0% $26.2M 240 $163 36

Sat Sep 24 — $53.6K +36.5% −46.0% $26.2M 240 $223 37

Sun Sep 25 — $36.1K −32.5% −45.4% $26.3M 240 $151 38

Mon Sep 26 — $12.5K −65.5% −49.8% $26.3M 240 $52 39

Tue Sep 27 — $18.3K +46.8% −41.4% $26.3M 240 $76 40

Wed Sep 28 — $14.0K −23.5% −42.9% $26.3M 240 $58 41

Thu Sep 29 — $13.5K −3.6% −41.7% $26.3M 240 $56 42

Fri Sep 30 — $15.5K +15.0% −60.5% $26.3M 124 $125 43

Sat Oct 1 — $22.2K +43.0% −58.6% $26.4M 124 $179 44

Sun Oct 2 — $14.7K −33.6% −59.2% $26.4M 124 $119 45

Mon Oct 3 — $6.0K −59.5% −52.1% $26.4M 124 $48 46

Tue Oct 4 — $6.6K +10.0% −64.1% $26.4M 124 $53 47

Wed Oct 5 — $5.7K −12.7% −59.0% $26.4M 124 $46 48

Thu Oct 6 — $7.5K +31.7% −44.1% $26.4M 124 $61 49

Cumulative total$26.4M

Aug 19Aug 31Sep 12Sep 24Oct 6

Weekend grossWk 7 · $52.4K

$11.2M

$4.6M

$2.2M

$571.8K

$231.8K

$128.9K

$52.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 3,084 → 124 −96.0%

3,084 open124 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −59.4%

−59.3%

W1→2

−51.7%

W2→3

−74.0%

W3→4

−59.5%

W4→5

−44.4%

W5→6

−59.4%

W6→7

Steepest −74.0%Best hold −44.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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