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2018 • PG-13 • 2h 14m • Drama • 20th Century Fox

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$51.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$216.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$879.10M
Global total
Budget$55.0M
Domestic legs4.2x
2018 rank#8

Cast & crew

Directed byBryan Singer ScreenplayAnthony McCarten Produced byGraham King, Jim Beach CinematographyNewton Thomas Sigel Prod. DesignAaron Haye StarringRami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 2-4 1 $51.1M — 4,000 $12,765 $51.1M
2 Nov 9-11 2 $31.2M −39% 4,000 $7,800 $100.4M
3 Nov 16-18 3 $16.0M −49% 3,810 $4,210 $128.2M
4 Nov 23-25 5 $14.0M −13% 2,927 $4,783 $152.2M
5 Nov 30-Dec 2 5 $8.0M −43% 3,007 $2,663 $164.3M
6 Dec 7-9 5 $6.1M −23% 2,953 $2,079 $173.7M
7 Dec 14-16 7 $4.3M −30% 2,213 $1,949 $180.6M
8 Dec 21-23 12 $2.0M −55% 1,168 $1,679 $184.8M
9 Dec 28-30 13 $2.4M +20% 868 $2,707 $189.2M
10 Jan 4-6 11 $2.4M +1% 1,080 $2,192 $193.6M
11 Jan 11-13 11 $3.2M +35% 1,334 $2,400 $198.5M
12 Jan 18-20 12 $2.3M −28% 1,177 $1,955 $202.0M
13 Jan 25-27 14 $2.5M +8% 1,423 $1,738 $205.8M
14 Feb 1-3 13 $1.8M −27% 1,354 $1,342 $208.6M
15 Feb 8-10 16 $1.3M −28% 839 $1,551 $210.6M
16 Feb 15-17 16 $979.9K −25% 562 $1,743 $212.0M
17 Feb 22-24 19 $624.5K −36% 424 $1,472 $213.1M
18 Mar 1-3 17 $961.9K +54% 839 $1,146 $214.5M
19 Mar 8-10 21 $378.4K −61% 386 $980 $215.2M
20 Mar 15-17 27 $214.1K −43% 256 $836 $215.7M
21 Mar 22-24 27 $138.9K −35% 174 $798 $215.9M
22 Mar 29-31 34 $68.4K −51% 101 $677 $216.1M
23 Apr 5-7 35 $50.0K −27% 58 $862 $216.2M
24 Apr 12-14 46 $27.8K −44% 31 $896 $216.2M
25 Apr 19-21 56 $20.5K −26% 24 $852 $216.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$195.3M
Nov 1Nov 19Dec 6Dec 24Jan 10
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.4M
$51.1M
$31.2M
$16.0M
$14.0M
$8.0M
$6.1M
$4.3M
$2.0M
$2.4M
$2.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 4,000 → 1,080 −73.0%
4,000 open1,080 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +1%
−39%
W1→2
−49%
W2→3
−13%
W3→4
−43%
W4→5
−23%
W5→6
−30%
W6→7
−55%
W7→8
+20%
W8→9
+1%
W9→10
Steepest −55%Biggest gain +20%

Run milestones

$200M in 78 days
$100M
Day 10
Nov 11
$200M
Day 78
Jan 18

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

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