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2017 • PG-13 • 2h 5m • Biography, Drama, History • Focus Features

Never Surrender

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$175K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$56.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$149.00M

$92.50M international

Domestic legs14.5x from $3.9M first wide weekend

Budget$30M

2017 rank#50

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Cast & crew

Full Wright filmography

Joe Wright

Joe Wright Director

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman Starring

Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn Starring

Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas Starring

Lily James

Lily James Starring

Stephen Dillane

Stephen Dillane Starring

ScreenplayAnthony McCarten Produced byTim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski CinematographyBruno Delbonnel MusicDario Marianelli Prod. DesignSarah Greenwood StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 24-26 21 $175.0K — 4 $43,752 $246.8K

2 Dec 1-3 27 $108.4K −38.1% 4 $27,093 $411.9K

3 Dec 8-10 15 $741.4K +584.1% 53 $13,989 $1.2M

4 Dec 15-17 16 $847.5K +14.3% 84 $10,090 $2.3M

5 Dec 22-24 8 $3.9M +359.2% 806 $4,829 $6.7M

6 Dec 29-31 8 $5.5M +40.9% 943 $5,817 $18.1M

7 Jan 5-7 8 $6.1M +10.3% 1,733 $3,491 $28.1M

8 Jan 12-14 10 $4.5M −26.2% 1,693 $2,636 $35.7M

9 Jan 19-21 15 $2.7M −38.8% 1,340 $2,037 $40.8M

10 Jan 26-28 18 $2.9M +5.8% 1,333 $2,166 $45.2M

11 Feb 2-4 14 $2.4M −18.1% 1,486 $1,590 $48.8M

12 Feb 9-11 15 $1.6M −32.1% 1,045 $1,536 $51.5M

13 Feb 16-18 16 $927.2K −42.2% 602 $1,540 $53.2M

14 Feb 23-25 19 $745.6K −19.6% 795 $938 $54.5M

15 Mar 2-4 16 $696.2K −6.6% 913 $762 $55.6M

16 Mar 9-11 20 $265.5K −61.9% 245 $1,084 $56.1M

17 Mar 16-18 32 $102.6K −61.4% 133 $771 $56.3M

18 Mar 23-25 46 $41.5K −59.6% 62 $669 $56.4M

19 Mar 30-Apr 1 59 $14.9K −64.0% 34 $439 $56.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 22 #- $38.5K — $38.5K 4 $9,617 -2

Thu Nov 23 #- $33.3K — $71.8K 4 $8,322 -1

Fri Nov 24 #- $61.2K — $133.0K 4 $15,307 1

Sat Nov 25 #- $65.6K +7.1% $198.6K 4 $16,399 2

Sun Nov 26 #- $48.2K −26.5% $246.8K 4 $12,045 3

Mon Nov 27 #- $14.2K −70.5% $261.0K 4 $3,559 4

Tue Nov 28 #- $13.5K −5.1% $274.5K 4 $3,376 5

Wed Nov 29 #- $14.7K +8.8% −61.8% $289.2K 4 $3,673 6

Thu Nov 30 #- $14.3K −2.7% −57.1% $303.5K 4 $3,573 7

Fri Dec 1 #- $24.3K +70.3% −60.3% $327.8K 4 $6,084 8

Sat Dec 2 #- $48.1K +97.9% −26.6% $376.0K 4 $12,038 9

Sun Dec 3 #- $35.9K −25.5% −25.5% $411.9K 4 $8,972 10

Mon Dec 4 #- $11.0K −69.4% −23.0% $422.8K 4 $2,742 11

Tue Dec 5 #- $10.0K −9.0% −26.1% $432.8K 4 $2,494 12

Wed Dec 6 #- $10.5K +5.0% −28.7% $443.3K 4 $2,619 13

Thu Dec 7 #- $11.6K +11.1% −18.6% $454.9K 4 $2,910 14

Fri Dec 8 #- $209.6K +1701.2% +761.5% $664.6K 53 $3,956 15

Sat Dec 9 #15 $315.3K +50.4% +554.8% $979.9K 53 $5,949 16

Sun Dec 10 #15 $216.5K −31.3% +503.2% $1.2M 53 $4,084 17

Mon Dec 11 #- $69.5K −67.9% +533.8% $1.3M 53 $1,311 18

Tue Dec 12 #- $79.2K +14.0% +694.4% $1.3M 53 $1,495 19

Wed Dec 13 #- $76.4K −3.6% +629.0% $1.4M 53 $1,441 20

Thu Dec 14 #15 $69.4K −9.1% +496.5% $1.5M 53 $1,310 21

Fri Dec 15 #- $211.9K +205.2% +1.1% $1.7M 84 $2,522 22

Sat Dec 16 #- $368.1K +73.7% +16.7% $2.1M 84 $4,382 23

Sun Dec 17 #- $267.5K −27.3% +23.6% $2.3M 84 $3,185 24

Mon Dec 18 #- $116.3K −56.5% +67.3% $2.5M 84 $1,385 25

Tue Dec 19 #- $136.0K +16.9% +71.6% $2.6M 84 $1,619 26

Wed Dec 20 #- $132.4K −2.6% +73.4% $2.7M 84 $1,576 27

Thu Dec 21 #- $130.0K −1.8% +87.3% $2.9M 84 $1,548 28

Fri Dec 22 #8 $1.4M +995.4% +572.1% $4.3M 806 $1,767 29

Sat Dec 23 #8 $1.5M +7.5% +315.7% $5.8M 806 $1,899 30

Sun Dec 24 #8 $937.6K −38.7% +250.5% $6.7M 806 $1,163 31

Mon Dec 25 #10 $1.6M +73.0% +1295.1% $8.4M 806 $2,013 32

Tue Dec 26 #9 $1.5M −6.4% +1016.4% $9.9M 806 $1,884 33

Wed Dec 27 #9 $1.4M −9.0% +943.3% $11.3M 806 $1,714 34

Thu Dec 28 #9 $1.4M −0.1% +961.6% $12.6M 806 $1,712 35

Fri Dec 29 #8 $1.7M +26.6% +22.7% $14.4M 943 $1,853 36

Sat Dec 30 #8 $2.0M +12.5% +28.5% $16.4M 943 $2,085 37

Sun Dec 31 #7 $1.8M −9.9% +89.0% $18.1M 943 $1,879 38

Mon Jan 1 #9 $1.5M −13.9% −6.0% $19.7M 943 $1,617 39

Tue Jan 2 #8 $936.1K −38.6% −38.3% $20.6M 943 $993 40

Wed Jan 3 #7 $778.5K −16.8% −43.6% $21.4M 943 $826 41

Thu Jan 4 #7 $663.4K −14.8% −51.9% $22.0M 943 $704 42

Fri Jan 5 #8 $1.8M +175.3% +4.5% $23.9M 1,733 $1,054 43

Sat Jan 6 #8 $2.6M +42.6% +32.5% $26.5M 1,733 $1,503 44

Sun Jan 7 #9 $1.6M −37.9% −8.7% $28.1M 1,733 $934 45

Mon Jan 8 #6 $611.9K −62.2% −59.9% $28.7M 1,733 $353 46

Tue Jan 9 #6 $974.8K +59.3% +4.1% $29.7M 1,733 $562 47

Wed Jan 10 #5 $797.3K −18.2% +2.4% $30.5M 1,733 $460 48

Thu Jan 11 #5 $745.2K −6.5% +12.3% $31.2M 1,733 $430 49

Fri Jan 12 #10 $1.2M +67.1% −31.8% $32.5M 1,693 $735 50

Sat Jan 13 #10 $1.8M +46.3% −30.1% $34.3M 1,693 $1,076 51

Sun Jan 14 #10 $1.4M −23.4% −13.7% $35.7M 1,693 $824 52

Mon Jan 15 #12 $953.0K −31.7% +55.7% $36.6M 1,693 $563 53

Tue Jan 16 #9 $526.4K −44.8% −46.0% $37.2M 1,693 $311 54

Wed Jan 17 #8 $438.4K −16.7% −45.0% $37.6M 1,693 $259 55

Thu Jan 18 #8 $467.0K +6.5% −37.3% $38.1M 1,693 $276 56

Fri Jan 19 #- $802.9K +71.9% −35.5% $38.9M 1,340 $599 57

Sat Jan 20 #14 $1.3M +65.5% −27.1% $40.2M 1,340 $992 58

Sun Jan 21 #- $598.0K −55.0% −57.2% $40.8M 1,340 $446 59

Mon Jan 22 #11 $293.0K −51.0% −69.3% $41.1M 1,340 $219 60

Tue Jan 23 #12 $447.5K +52.7% −15.0% $41.5M 1,340 $334 61

Wed Jan 24 #10 $385.9K −13.8% −12.0% $41.9M 1,340 $288 62

Thu Jan 25 #11 $393.1K +1.9% −15.8% $42.3M 1,340 $293 63

Fri Jan 26 #- $756.1K +92.4% −5.8% $43.1M 1,333 $567 64

Sat Jan 27 #- $1.3M +65.8% −5.7% $44.3M 1,333 $940 65

Sun Jan 28 #- $877.5K −30.0% +46.7% $45.2M 1,333 $658 66

Mon Jan 29 #14 $284.5K −67.6% −2.9% $45.5M 1,333 $213 67

Tue Jan 30 #15 $352.4K +23.8% −21.3% $45.8M 1,333 $264 68

Wed Jan 31 #13 $290.4K −17.6% −24.7% $46.1M 1,333 $218 69

Thu Feb 1 #12 $296.6K +2.1% −24.5% $46.4M 1,333 $222 70

Fri Feb 2 #13 $711.5K +139.9% −5.9% $47.1M 1,486 $479 71

Sat Feb 3 #14 $1.2M +72.8% −1.9% $48.4M 1,486 $827 72

Sun Feb 4 #- $421.8K −65.7% −51.9% $48.8M 1,486 $284 73

Mon Feb 5 #12 $243.0K −42.4% −14.6% $49.0M 1,486 $163 74

Tue Feb 6 #12 $328.4K +35.2% −6.8% $49.4M 1,486 $221 75

Wed Feb 7 #12 $263.8K −19.7% −9.2% $49.6M 1,486 $178 76

Thu Feb 8 #11 $258.8K −1.9% −12.7% $49.9M 1,486 $174 77

Fri Feb 9 #15 $388.1K +50.0% −45.4% $50.3M 1,045 $371 78

Sat Feb 10 #15 $732.1K +88.6% −40.5% $51.0M 1,045 $701 79

Sun Feb 11 #- $484.7K −33.8% +14.9% $51.5M 1,045 $464 80

Mon Feb 12 #15 $166.5K −65.6% −31.5% $51.7M 1,045 $159 81

Tue Feb 13 #14 $203.5K +22.2% −38.0% $51.9M 1,045 $195 82

Wed Feb 14 #- $241.0K +18.4% −8.6% $52.1M 1,045 $231 83

Thu Feb 15 #14 $145.6K −39.6% −43.8% $52.2M 1,045 $139 84

Fri Feb 16 #- $219.3K +50.7% −43.5% $52.5M 602 $364 85

Sat Feb 17 #15 $390.5K +78.1% −46.7% $52.9M 602 $649 86

Sun Feb 18 #- $317.4K −18.7% −34.5% $53.2M 602 $527 87

Mon Feb 19 #14 $226.0K −28.8% +35.7% $53.4M 602 $375 88

Tue Feb 20 #15 $121.7K −46.2% −40.2% $53.5M 602 $202 89

Wed Feb 21 #14 $108.2K −11.1% −55.1% $53.6M 602 $180 90

Thu Feb 22 #14 $95.1K −12.1% −34.7% $53.7M 602 $158 91

Fri Feb 23 #- $161.4K +69.7% −26.4% $53.9M 795 $203 92

Sat Feb 24 #- $374.4K +132.0% −4.1% $54.3M 795 $471 93

Sun Feb 25 #- $209.9K −43.9% −33.9% $54.5M 795 $264 94

Mon Feb 26 #- $85.0K −59.5% −62.4% $54.6M 795 $107 95

Tue Feb 27 #- $90.6K +6.5% −25.5% $54.6M 795 $114 96

Wed Feb 28 #14 $110.5K +21.9% +2.1% $54.8M 795 $139 97

Thu Mar 1 #14 $102.7K −7.1% +7.9% $54.9M 795 $129 98

Fri Mar 2 #- $135.1K +31.6% −16.3% $55.0M 913 $148 99

Sat Mar 3 #15 $417.7K +209.2% +11.6% $55.4M 913 $458 100

Sun Mar 4 #- $143.3K −65.7% −31.7% $55.6M 913 $157 101

Mon Mar 5 #- $61.9K −56.8% −27.2% $55.6M 913 $68 102

Tue Mar 6 #- $75.1K +21.4% −17.1% $55.7M 913 $82 103

Wed Mar 7 #- $74.9K −0.4% −32.2% $55.8M 913 $82 104

Thu Mar 8 #- $60.5K −19.2% −41.1% $55.8M 913 $66 105

Fri Mar 9 #- $67.9K +12.2% −49.8% $55.9M 245 $277 106

Sat Mar 10 #- $126.0K +85.6% −69.8% $56.0M 245 $514 107

Sun Mar 11 #- $71.7K −43.1% −50.0% $56.1M 245 $293 108

Mon Mar 12 #- $29.5K −58.9% −52.4% $56.1M 245 $120 109

Tue Mar 13 #- $35.4K +20.1% −52.9% $56.2M 245 $145 110

Wed Mar 14 #- $27.5K −22.5% −63.3% $56.2M 245 $112 111

Thu Mar 15 #- $25.8K −6.1% −57.4% $56.2M 245 $105 112

Fri Mar 16 #- $27.5K +6.6% −59.5% $56.2M 133 $207 113

Sat Mar 17 #- $46.1K +67.7% −63.4% $56.3M 133 $347 114

Sun Mar 18 #- $29.0K −37.1% −59.6% $56.3M 133 $218 115

Mon Mar 19 #- $13.3K −54.1% −54.8% $56.3M 133 $100 116

Tue Mar 20 #- $14.6K +9.3% −58.9% $56.3M 133 $109 117

Wed Mar 21 #- $11.5K −21.1% −58.2% $56.3M 133 $86 118

Thu Mar 22 #- $12.9K +12.6% −49.9% $56.4M 133 $97 119

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

Cumulative total$46.4M

Nov 22Dec 10Dec 28Jan 14Feb 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.9M

$175.0K

$108.4K

$741.4K

$847.5K

$3.9M

$5.5M

$6.1M

$4.5M

$2.7M

$2.9M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,733 → 1,333 −23.1%

4 open1,333 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +5.8%

−38.1%

W1→2

+584.1%

W2→3

+14.3%

W3→4

+359.2%

W4→5

+40.9%

W5→6

+10.3%

W6→7

−26.2%

W7→8

−38.8%

W8→9

+5.8%

W9→10

Steepest −38.8%Biggest gain +584.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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