Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie backdrop

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Captain Underpants: The First Epic MovieFollow

2017 • PG • 1h 29m • Animation, Action, Adventure • DreamWorks Pictures

Who Wears the Underwear Now

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3.2

6.2

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$73.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$126.40M

$52.50M international

Domestic legs3.09x

Budget$38M

2017 rank#43

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Cast & crew

Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart Starring

Thomas Middleditch

Thomas Middleditch Starring

Ed Helms

Ed Helms Starring

Nick Kroll

Nick Kroll Starring

Jordan Peele

Jordan Peele Starring

ScreenplayKen Daurio Produced byMireille Soria, Mark Swift CinematographyDamon O'Beirne MusicTheodore Shapiro Prod. DesignNate Wragg StudioDreamWorks Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 2-4 2 $23.9M — 3,434 $6,946 $23.9M

2 Jun 9-11 3 $12.2M −48.9% 3,529 $3,452 $44.4M

3 Jun 16-18 8 $7.2M −41.0% 2,968 $2,420 $57.8M

4 Jun 23-25 9 $4.3M −40.3% 2,328 $1,840 $65.7M

5 Jun 30-Jul 2 15 $1.1M −74.0% 1,452 $768 $69.3M

6 Jul 7-9 17 $332.1K −70.2% 407 $816 $70.5M

7 Jul 14-16 17 $331.7K −0.1% 277 $1,198 $71.2M

8 Jul 21-23 13 $461.1K +39.0% 291 $1,585 $71.9M

9 Jul 28-30 19 $297.5K −35.5% 267 $1,114 $72.5M

10 Aug 4-6 25 $207.5K −30.2% 229 $906 $72.9M

11 Aug 11-13 31 $145.8K −29.7% 178 $819 $73.1M

12 Aug 18-20 36 $93.1K −36.1% 157 $593 $73.3M

13 Aug 25-27 38 $94.8K +1.8% 217 $437 $73.5M

14 Sep 1-3 42 $130.1K +37.3% 144 $904 $73.6M

15 Sep 8-10 41 $55.8K −57.1% 103 $542 $73.8M

16 Sep 15-17 42 $48.0K −13.9% 83 $579 $73.8M

17 Sep 22-24 43 $32.9K −31.6% 63 $522 $73.9M

18 Sep 29-Oct 1 52 $16.9K −48.7% 40 $422 $73.9M

19 Oct 6-8 57 $12.5K −26.0% 25 $500 $73.9M

20 Oct 13-15 72 $2.8K −77.7% 38 $73 $73.9M

21 Oct 20-22 113 $232 −91.7% 2 $116 $73.9M

22 Oct 27-29 60 $17.0K +7221.1% 4 $4,246 $73.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 2 #2 $8.0M — $8.0M 3,434 $2,326 1

Sat Jun 3 #3 $8.9M +11.1% $16.9M 3,434 $2,585 2

Sun Jun 4 #2 $7.0M −21.3% $23.9M 3,434 $2,035 3

Mon Jun 5 #3 $2.0M −71.3% $25.9M 3,434 $583 4

Tue Jun 6 #3 $2.7M +34.9% $28.6M 3,434 $787 5

Wed Jun 7 #3 $1.8M −32.2% $30.4M 3,434 $533 6

Thu Jun 8 #3 $1.9M +2.4% $32.3M 3,434 $546 7

Fri Jun 9 #3 $3.6M +91.1% −55.2% $35.8M 3,529 $1,015 8

Sat Jun 10 #3 $5.0M +39.7% −43.7% $40.8M 3,529 $1,417 9

Sun Jun 11 #3 $3.6M −28.1% −48.5% $44.4M 3,529 $1,019 10

Mon Jun 12 #3 $1.4M −62.1% −31.9% $45.8M 3,529 $386 11

Tue Jun 13 #3 $2.0M +46.9% −25.9% $47.8M 3,529 $567 12

Wed Jun 14 #3 $1.5M −26.4% −19.6% $49.3M 3,529 $417 13

Thu Jun 15 #3 $1.3M −9.5% −28.9% $50.6M 3,529 $378 14

Fri Jun 16 #8 $2.2M +63.1% −39.3% $52.8M 2,968 $732 15

Sat Jun 17 #7 $2.9M +31.7% −42.7% $55.7M 2,968 $965 16

Sun Jun 18 #7 $2.1M −25.1% −40.4% $57.8M 2,968 $722 17

Mon Jun 19 #7 $921.4K −57.0% −32.4% $58.7M 2,968 $310 18

Tue Jun 20 #8 $1.2M +25.0% −42.5% $59.9M 2,968 $388 19

Wed Jun 21 #9 $757.1K −34.3% −48.6% $60.6M 2,372 $319 20

Thu Jun 22 #9 $837.5K +10.6% −37.1% $61.5M 2,372 $353 21

Fri Jun 23 #9 $1.5M +76.4% −32.0% $62.9M 2,328 $635 22

Sat Jun 24 #9 $1.6M +10.3% −43.1% $64.6M 2,328 $700 23

Sun Jun 25 #9 $1.2M −27.7% −45.1% $65.7M 2,328 $506 24

Mon Jun 26 #9 $578.7K −50.8% −37.2% $66.3M 2,328 $249 25

Tue Jun 27 #8 $827.2K +42.9% −28.2% $67.2M 2,328 $355 26

Wed Jun 28 #9 $543.2K −34.3% −28.3% $67.7M 2,328 $233 27

Thu Jun 29 #8 $449.4K −17.3% −46.3% $68.1M 2,328 $193 28

Fri Jun 30 #- $359.6K −20.0% −75.7% $68.5M 1,452 $248 29

Sat Jul 1 #- $439.0K +22.1% −73.1% $68.9M 1,452 $302 30

Sun Jul 2 #- $316.0K −28.0% −73.2% $69.3M 1,452 $218 31

Mon Jul 3 #15 $283.0K −10.4% −51.1% $69.5M 1,452 $195 32

Tue Jul 4 #15 $254.9K −9.9% −69.2% $69.8M 1,452 $176 33

Wed Jul 5 #14 $182.7K −28.3% −66.4% $70.0M 1,452 $126 34

Thu Jul 6 #11 $222.6K +21.9% −50.5% $70.2M 1,452 $153 35

Fri Jul 7 #- $111.6K −49.9% −69.0% $70.3M 407 $274 36

Sat Jul 8 #- $126.6K +13.4% −71.2% $70.4M 407 $311 37

Sun Jul 9 #- $93.9K −25.8% −70.3% $70.5M 407 $231 38

Mon Jul 10 #- $62.4K −33.5% −78.0% $70.6M 407 $153 39

Tue Jul 11 #- $79.9K +28.1% −68.6% $70.7M 407 $196 40

Wed Jul 12 #15 $70.0K −12.5% −61.7% $70.7M 407 $172 41

Thu Jul 13 #14 $83.5K +19.3% −62.5% $70.8M 407 $205 42

Fri Jul 14 #- $102.0K +22.2% −8.6% $70.9M 277 $368 43

Sat Jul 15 #- $129.7K +27.1% +2.4% $71.1M 277 $468 44

Sun Jul 16 #- $100.1K −22.8% +6.6% $71.2M 277 $361 45

Mon Jul 17 #14 $49.4K −50.6% −20.8% $71.2M 277 $178 46

Tue Jul 18 #15 $64.9K +31.3% −18.8% $71.3M 277 $234 47

Wed Jul 19 #14 $59.5K −8.4% −14.9% $71.3M 277 $215 48

Thu Jul 20 #13 $67.3K +13.0% −19.4% $71.4M 277 $243 49

Fri Jul 21 #12 $140.0K +108.2% +37.2% $71.5M 291 $481 50

Sat Jul 22 #12 $184.5K +31.8% +42.3% $71.7M 291 $634 51

Sun Jul 23 #12 $136.6K −26.0% +36.5% $71.9M 291 $469 52

Mon Jul 24 #12 $73.0K −46.5% +47.7% $71.9M 291 $251 53

Tue Jul 25 #12 $85.3K +16.9% +31.4% $72.0M 291 $293 54

Wed Jul 26 #12 $69.8K −18.2% +17.3% $72.1M 291 $240 55

Thu Jul 27 #12 $65.1K −6.7% −3.2% $72.2M 291 $224 56

Fri Jul 28 #- $90.2K +38.5% −35.6% $72.2M 267 $338 57

Sat Jul 29 #- $120.1K +33.2% −34.9% $72.4M 267 $450 58

Sun Jul 30 #- $87.1K −27.5% −36.2% $72.5M 267 $326 59

Mon Jul 31 #15 $42.4K −51.3% −41.9% $72.5M 267 $159 60

Tue Aug 1 #- $52.4K +23.5% −38.6% $72.6M 267 $196 61

Wed Aug 2 #15 $53.9K +2.9% −22.8% $72.6M 267 $202 62

Thu Aug 3 #15 $53.9K +0.1% −17.2% $72.7M 267 $202 63

Fri Aug 4 #- $66.0K +22.4% −26.8% $72.7M 229 $288 64

Sat Aug 5 #- $83.2K +26.1% −30.7% $72.8M 229 $363 65

Sun Aug 6 #- $58.3K −30.0% −33.1% $72.9M 229 $255 66

Mon Aug 7 #- $36.7K −37.0% −13.4% $72.9M 229 $160 67

Tue Aug 8 #- $37.0K +0.7% −29.4% $72.9M 229 $162 68

Wed Aug 9 #- $31.7K −14.2% −41.1% $73.0M 229 $139 69

Thu Aug 10 #- $29.6K −6.8% −45.2% $73.0M 229 $129 70

Fri Aug 11 #- $44.6K +50.9% −32.4% $73.0M 178 $251 71

Sat Aug 12 #- $61.0K +36.7% −26.7% $73.1M 178 $343 72

Sun Aug 13 #- $40.2K −34.1% −31.0% $73.1M 178 $226 73

Mon Aug 14 #- $23.8K −40.8% −35.2% $73.2M 178 $134 74

Tue Aug 15 #- $27.2K +14.3% −26.4% $73.2M 178 $153 75

Wed Aug 16 #- $24.6K −9.7% −22.6% $73.2M 178 $138 76

Thu Aug 17 #- $23.8K −3.2% −19.5% $73.2M 178 $134 77

Fri Aug 18 #- $26.8K +12.5% −40.0% $73.3M 157 $170 78

Sat Aug 19 #- $39.5K +47.6% −35.2% $73.3M 157 $252 79

Sun Aug 20 #- $26.8K −32.0% −33.2% $73.3M 157 $171 80

Mon Aug 21 #- $10.1K −62.3% −57.5% $73.3M 157 $64 81

Tue Aug 22 #- $13.8K +36.7% −49.2% $73.4M 157 $88 82

Wed Aug 23 #- $10.7K −22.7% −56.5% $73.4M 157 $68 83

Thu Aug 24 #- $10.5K −1.5% −55.7% $73.4M 157 $67 84

Fri Aug 25 #- $24.5K +132.9% −8.4% $73.4M 217 $113 85

Sat Aug 26 #- $42.0K +71.1% +6.2% $73.5M 217 $193 86

Sun Aug 27 #- $28.3K −32.6% +5.3% $73.5M 217 $130 87

Mon Aug 28 #- $16.5K −41.5% +63.6% $73.5M 217 $76 88

Tue Aug 29 #- $8.0K −51.5% −42.0% $73.5M 217 $37 89

Wed Aug 30 #- $7.9K −2.0% −26.5% $73.5M 217 $36 90

Thu Aug 31 #- $7.9K +0.9% −24.7% $73.5M 217 $37 91

Fri Sep 1 #- $22.4K +182.8% −8.5% $73.5M 144 $156 92

Sat Sep 2 #- $49.4K +120.3% +17.7% $73.6M 144 $343 93

Sun Sep 3 #- $58.3K +17.9% +106.0% $73.6M 144 $405 94

Mon Sep 4 #- $38.9K −33.2% +135.0% $73.7M 144 $270 95

Tue Sep 5 #- $4.4K −88.8% −45.7% $73.7M 144 $30 96

Wed Sep 6 #- $3.0K −31.7% −62.2% $73.7M 144 $21 97

Thu Sep 7 #- $2.6K −14.0% −67.8% $73.7M 144 $18 98

Fri Sep 8 #- $10.5K +309.8% −53.3% $73.7M 103 $102 99

Sat Sep 9 #- $28.8K +175.2% −41.7% $73.7M 103 $280 100

Sun Sep 10 #- $16.5K −42.7% −71.7% $73.8M 103 $160 101

Mon Sep 11 #- $2.1K −87.1% −94.5% $73.8M 103 $21 102

Tue Sep 12 #- $3.7K +71.9% −16.0% $73.8M 103 $35 103

Wed Sep 13 #- $3.2K −13.6% +6.3% $73.8M 103 $31 104

Thu Sep 14 #- $3.0K −4.4% +18.2% $73.8M 103 $29 105

Fri Sep 15 #- $10.3K +241.4% −1.5% $73.8M 83 $124 106

Sat Sep 16 #- $22.3K +116.2% −22.6% $73.8M 83 $269 107

Sun Sep 17 #- $15.4K −30.7% −6.5% $73.8M 83 $186 108

Mon Sep 18 #- $2.1K −86.4% −1.0% $73.8M 83 $25 109

Tue Sep 19 #- $2.2K +5.4% −39.3% $73.8M 83 $27 110

Wed Sep 20 #- $2.1K −5.9% −33.9% $73.8M 83 $25 111

Thu Sep 21 #- $2.6K +24.6% −13.8% $73.8M 83 $31 112

Fri Sep 22 #- $8.1K +211.8% −21.3% $73.8M 63 $129 113

Sat Sep 23 #- $15.1K +85.8% −32.4% $73.8M 63 $239 114

Sun Sep 24 #- $9.7K −35.6% −37.2% $73.9M 63 $154 115

Mon Sep 25 #- $1.6K −83.1% −22.1% $73.9M 63 $26 116

Tue Sep 26 #- $1.9K +14.5% −15.3% $73.9M 63 $30 117

Wed Sep 27 #- $1.9K +0.5% −9.6% $73.9M 63 $30 118

Thu Sep 28 #- $1.7K −11.2% −35.6% $73.9M 63 $27 119

Fri Sep 29 #- $3.3K +98.3% −59.0% $73.9M 40 $83 120

Sat Sep 30 #- $7.9K +137.7% −47.6% $73.9M 40 $198 121

Sun Oct 1 #- $5.7K −28.5% −41.8% $73.9M 40 $141 122

Mon Oct 2 #- $694 −87.7% −57.7% $73.9M 40 $17 123

Tue Oct 3 #- $793 +14.3% −57.8% $73.9M 40 $20 124

Wed Oct 4 #- $724 −8.7% −61.7% $73.9M 40 $18 125

Thu Oct 5 #- $870 +20.2% −48.1% $73.9M 40 $22 126

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

Cumulative total$73.0M

Jun 2Jun 19Jul 7Jul 24Aug 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $207.5K

$23.9M

$12.2M

$7.2M

$4.3M

$1.1M

$332.1K

$331.7K

$461.1K

$297.5K

$207.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,529 → 229 −93.5%

3,434 open229 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.2%

−48.9%

W1→2

−41.0%

W2→3

−40.3%

W3→4

−74.0%

W4→5

−70.2%

W5→6

−0.1%

W6→7

+39.0%

W7→8

−35.5%

W8→9

−30.2%

W9→10

Steepest −74.0%Biggest gain +39.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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