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Captain FantasticFollow

2016 • R • 1h 59m • Comedy, Drama • Bleecker Street

He prepared them for everything except the outside world.

🍅 82% 85%

72

3.95

7.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$93.8K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$5.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$21.30M

$15.50M international

Domestic legs5.6x from $1.1M biggest weekend

Budget$5M

2016 rank#166

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Cast & crew

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen Starring

Frank Langella

Frank Langella Starring

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn Starring

Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn Starring

Written byMatt Ross Produced byLynette Howell Taylor, Jamie Patricof, Shivani Rawat, Monica Levinson, Nimitt Mankad CinematographyStéphane Fontaine Music byAlex Somers StudioBleecker Street

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 8-10 34 $93.8K — 4 $23,456 $93.8K

2 Jul 15-17 20 $288.9K +207.9% 36 $8,025 $417.7K

3 Jul 22-24 19 $597.8K +106.9% 104 $5,749 $1.1M

4 Jul 29-31 14 $1.1M +77.5% 550 $1,929 $2.5M

5 Aug 5-7 15 $589.2K −44.5% 363 $1,623 $3.6M

6 Aug 12-14 24 $349.1K −40.7% 175 $1,995 $4.3M

7 Aug 19-21 26 $238.2K −31.8% 153 $1,557 $4.7M

8 Aug 26-28 31 $207.0K −13.1% 122 $1,696 $5.0M

9 Sep 2-4 33 $153.4K −25.9% 122 $1,257 $5.3M

10 Sep 9-11 37 $90.4K −41.1% 94 $961 $5.5M

11 Sep 16-18 41 $76.3K −15.5% 83 $920 $5.6M

12 Sep 23-25 44 $55.4K −27.4% 55 $1,007 $5.7M

13 Sep 30-Oct 2 50 $37.3K −32.7% 43 $867 $5.8M

14 Oct 7-9 52 $22.8K −39.0% 26 $875 $5.8M

15 Oct 14-16 56 $25.2K +10.7% 39 $646 $5.8M

16 Oct 21-23 72 $11.8K −53.2% 17 $694 $5.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 8 #- $29.7K — $29.7K 4 $7,430 1

Sat Jul 9 #- $40.2K +35% $69.9K 4 $10,044 2

Sun Jul 10 #- $23.9K −40% $93.8K 4 $5,981 3

Mon Jul 11 #- $8.7K −64% $102.5K 4 $2,177 4

Tue Jul 12 #- $9.1K +4% $111.6K 4 $2,268 5

Wed Jul 13 #- $9.2K +2% $120.8K 4 $2,309 6

Thu Jul 14 #- $8.0K −14% $128.8K 4 $1,996 7

Fri Jul 15 #- $77.1K +866% +159% $205.9K 36 $2,142 8

Sat Jul 16 #- $125.5K +63% +212% $331.4K 36 $3,486 9

Sun Jul 17 #- $86.3K −31% +261% $417.7K 36 $2,396 10

Mon Jul 18 #- $32.2K −63% +270% $449.9K 36 $895 11

Tue Jul 19 #- $33.6K +4% +270% $483.5K 36 $933 12

Wed Jul 20 #- $33.1K −2% +258% $516.6K 36 $918 13

Thu Jul 21 #- $30.7K −7% +284% $547.3K 36 $852 14

Fri Jul 22 #- $160.0K +422% +107% $707.3K 104 $1,538 15

Sat Jul 23 #- $259.2K +62% +107% $966.5K 104 $2,493 16

Sun Jul 24 #- $178.6K −31% +107% $1.1M 104 $1,718 17

Mon Jul 25 #- $66.1K −63% +105% $1.2M 104 $635 18

Tue Jul 26 #- $73.1K +11% +118% $1.3M 104 $703 19

Wed Jul 27 #- $63.5K −13% +92% $1.3M 104 $611 20

Thu Jul 28 #- $54.0K −15% +76% $1.4M 104 $519 21

Fri Jul 29 #14 $287.7K +433% +80% $1.7M 550 $523 22

Sat Jul 30 #14 $439.3K +53% +69% $2.1M 550 $799 23

Sun Jul 31 #14 $334.1K −24% +87% $2.5M 550 $607 24

Mon Aug 1 #14 $130.3K −61% +97% $2.6M 550 $237 25

Tue Aug 2 #14 $154.7K +19% +112% $2.7M 550 $281 26

Wed Aug 3 #14 $130.5K −16% +105% $2.9M 550 $237 27

Thu Aug 4 #14 $118.7K −9% +120% $3.0M 550 $216 28

Fri Aug 5 #15 $147.1K +24% −49% $3.1M 363 $405 29

Sat Aug 6 #15 $264.7K +80% −40% $3.4M 363 $729 30

Sun Aug 7 #15 $177.3K −33% −47% $3.6M 363 $488 31

Mon Aug 8 #15 $74.8K −58% −43% $3.7M 363 $206 32

Tue Aug 9 #15 $91.6K +22% −41% $3.8M 363 $252 33

Wed Aug 10 #15 $92.1K +1% −29% $3.8M 363 $254 34

Thu Aug 11 #15 $80.8K −12% −32% $3.9M 363 $223 35

Fri Aug 12 #- $90.3K +12% −39% $4.0M 175 $516 36

Sat Aug 13 #- $151.2K +67% −43% $4.2M 175 $864 37

Sun Aug 14 #- $107.7K −29% −39% $4.3M 175 $615 38

Mon Aug 15 #- $40.8K −62% −45% $4.3M 175 $233 39

Tue Aug 16 #- $51.1K +25% −44% $4.4M 175 $292 40

Wed Aug 17 #- $44.5K −13% −52% $4.4M 175 $254 41

Thu Aug 18 #- $43.2K −3% −47% $4.5M 175 $247 42

Fri Aug 19 #- $63.8K +48% −29% $4.5M 153 $417 43

Sat Aug 20 #- $100.2K +57% −34% $4.6M 153 $655 44

Sun Aug 21 #- $74.2K −26% −31% $4.7M 153 $485 45

Mon Aug 22 #- $31.4K −58% −23% $4.7M 153 $205 46

Tue Aug 23 #- $40.2K +28% −21% $4.8M 153 $263 47

Wed Aug 24 #- $34.5K −14% −22% $4.8M 153 $225 48

Thu Aug 25 #- $36.3K +5% −16% $4.8M 153 $237 49

Fri Aug 26 #- $49.6K +37% −22% $4.9M 122 $407 50

Sat Aug 27 #- $79.8K +61% −20% $5.0M 122 $654 51

Sun Aug 28 #- $77.5K −3% +4% $5.0M 122 $635 52

Mon Aug 29 #- $22.3K −71% −29% $5.1M 122 $183 53

Tue Aug 30 #- $28.8K +29% −28% $5.1M 122 $236 54

Wed Aug 31 #- $27.1K −6% −22% $5.1M 122 $222 55

Thu Sep 1 #- $29.1K +8% −20% $5.1M 122 $238 56

Fri Sep 2 #- $40.5K +39% −18% $5.2M 122 $332 57

Sat Sep 3 #- $59.1K +46% −26% $5.2M 122 $485 58

Sun Sep 4 #- $53.8K −9% −31% $5.3M 122 $441 59

Mon Sep 5 #- $45.7K −15% +105% $5.3M 122 $375 60

Tue Sep 6 #- $16.2K −65% −44% $5.4M 122 $133 61

Wed Sep 7 #- $16.0K −1% −41% $5.4M 122 $131 62

Thu Sep 8 #- $16.6K +4% −43% $5.4M 122 $136 63

Fri Sep 9 #- $24.0K +44% −41% $5.4M 94 $256 64

Sat Sep 10 #- $41.3K +72% −30% $5.5M 94 $440 65

Sun Sep 11 #- $25.0K −40% −53% $5.5M 94 $266 66

Mon Sep 12 #- $8.0K −68% −82% $5.5M 94 $86 67

Tue Sep 13 #- $9.1K +13% −44% $5.5M 94 $97 68

Wed Sep 14 #- $13.0K +42% −19% $5.5M 94 $138 69

Thu Sep 15 #- $11.8K −9% −29% $5.5M 94 $126 70

Fri Sep 16 #- $20.1K +70% −16% $5.5M 83 $242 71

Sat Sep 17 #- $35.2K +75% −15% $5.6M 83 $424 72

Sun Sep 18 #- $21.1K −40% −16% $5.6M 83 $254 73

Mon Sep 19 #- $8.5K −60% +6% $5.6M 83 $102 74

Tue Sep 20 #- $9.2K +9% +2% $5.6M 83 $111 75

Wed Sep 21 #- $8.7K −6% −33% $5.6M 83 $105 76

Thu Sep 22 #- $12.3K +41% +4% $5.6M 83 $148 77

Fri Sep 23 #- $14.9K +21% −26% $5.7M 55 $271 78

Sat Sep 24 #- $25.3K +70% −28% $5.7M 55 $460 79

Sun Sep 25 #- $15.2K −40% −28% $5.7M 55 $276 80

Mon Sep 26 #- $4.9K −68% −42% $5.7M 55 $90 81

Tue Sep 27 #- $7.3K +48% −21% $5.7M 55 $133 82

Wed Sep 28 #- $6.8K −7% −22% $5.7M 55 $123 83

Thu Sep 29 #- $7.3K +8% −41% $5.7M 55 $133 84

Fri Sep 30 #- $9.0K +22% −40% $5.7M 43 $208 85

Sat Oct 1 #- $18.2K +104% −28% $5.8M 43 $424 86

Sun Oct 2 #- $10.1K −45% −34% $5.8M 43 $234 87

Mon Oct 3 #- $5.4K −47% +9% $5.8M 43 $125 88

Tue Oct 4 #- $4.4K −18% −40% $5.8M 43 $102 89

Wed Oct 5 #- $4.0K −10% −42% $5.8M 43 $92 90

Thu Oct 6 #- $9.3K +134% +26% $5.8M 43 $215 91

Fri Oct 7 #- $4.9K −47% −46% $5.8M 26 $187 92

Sat Oct 8 #- $11.1K +127% −39% $5.8M 26 $425 93

Sun Oct 9 #- $6.8K −38% −32% $5.8M 26 $263 94

Mon Oct 10 #- $4.4K −36% −18% $5.8M 26 $169 95

Tue Oct 11 #- $2.8K −36% −36% $5.8M 26 $109 96

Wed Oct 12 #- $2.5K −10% −36% $5.8M 26 $97 97

Thu Oct 13 #- $2.8K +11% −70% $5.8M 26 $108 98

Fri Oct 14 #- $7.4K +164% +53% $5.8M 39 $191 99

Sat Oct 15 #- $10.7K +44% −3% $5.8M 39 $275 100

Sun Oct 16 #- $7.0K −35% +3% $5.8M 39 $180 101

Mon Oct 17 #- $6.4K −9% +46% $5.9M 39 $164 102

Tue Oct 18 #- $4.2K −35% +48% $5.9M 39 $107 103

Wed Oct 19 #- $2.3K −45% −9% $5.9M 39 $59 104

Thu Oct 20 #- $3.4K +46% +20% $5.9M 39 $87 105

Fri Oct 21 #- $3.6K +6% −52% $5.9M 17 $211 106

Sat Oct 22 #- $5.1K +41% −53% $5.9M 17 $299 107

Sun Oct 23 #- $3.1K −38% −55% $5.9M 17 $184 108

Mon Oct 24 #- $1.2K −63% −82% $5.9M 17 $68 109

Tue Oct 25 #- $791 −32% −81% $5.9M 17 $47 110

Wed Oct 26 #- $1.6K +96% −33% $5.9M 17 $91 111

Thu Oct 27 #- $1.3K −15% −61% $5.9M 17 $78 112

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

Cumulative total$5.5M

Jul 8Jul 25Aug 12Aug 29Sep 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $90.4K

$93.8K

$288.9K

$597.8K

$1.1M

$589.2K

$349.1K

$238.2K

$207.0K

$153.4K

$90.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 550 → 94 −82.9%

4 open94 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.1%

+207.9%

W1→2

+106.9%

W2→3

+77.5%

W3→4

−44.5%

W4→5

−40.7%

W5→6

−31.8%

W6→7

−13.1%

W7→8

−25.9%

W8→9

−41.1%

W9→10

Steepest −44.5%Biggest gain +207.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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