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Darkest Hour

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

Never Surrender

Darkest Hour Box Office

Opening Weekend
$2.8M
Limited 1,108-theater
Domestic Total
$56.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$149.0M
$92.5M international
Domestic Legs20.18x
Budget$30M
2017 Rank#50
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 24-26 21 $175K $247K 4 $43.8K 1
Dec 1-3 27 $108K -38.1% $412K 4 $27.1K 2
Dec 8-10 15 $741K +584.1% $1.20M 53 $14.0K 3
Dec 15-17 16 $848K +14.3% $2.34M 84 $10.1K 4
Dec 22-24 8 $3.89M +359.2% $6.75M 806 $4.8K 5
Dec 29-31 8 $5.49M +40.9% $18.13M 943 $5.8K 6
Jan 5-7 8 $6.05M +10.3% $28.09M 1,733 $3.5K 7
Jan 12-14 10 $4.46M -26.2% $35.68M 1,693 $2.6K 8
Jan 19-21 15 $2.73M -38.8% $40.79M 1,340 $2.0K 9
Jan 26-28 18 $2.89M +5.8% $45.20M 1,333 $2.2K 10
Feb 2-4 14 $2.36M -18.1% $48.79M 1,486 $1.6K 11
Feb 9-11 15 $1.60M -32.1% $51.49M 1,045 $1.5K 12
Feb 16-18 16 $927K -42.2% $53.17M 602 $1.5K 13
Feb 23-25 19 $746K -19.6% $54.47M 795 $938 14
Mar 2-4 16 $696K -6.6% $55.55M 913 $762 15
Mar 9-11 20 $266K -61.9% $56.09M 245 $1.1K 16
Mar 16-18 32 $103K -61.4% $56.31M 133 $771 17
Mar 23-25 46 $41K -59.6% $56.40M 62 $669 18
Mar 30-Apr 1 59 $15K -64.0% $56.44M 34 $439 19

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJoe Wright
ScreenplayAnthony McCarten
Produced byTim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski
CinematographyBruno Delbonnel
MusicDario Marianelli
Prod. DesignSarah Greenwood
StarringGary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane
StudioFocus Features

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