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2016 • R • 1h 48m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • 20th Century Fox

Prepare To Tolerate Me

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$132.43M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$363.07M
Final
Worldwide total
$781.90M
$418.90M international
Domestic legs2.7x
Budget$58M
2016 rank#6

Cast & crew

Ryan Reynolds Ryan Reynolds Starring Morena Baccarin Morena Baccarin Starring Ed Skrein Ed Skrein Starring T.J. Miller T.J. Miller Starring
ScreenplayRhett Reese, Paul Wernick Produced bySimon Kinberg, Lauren Shuler Donner, Ryan Reynolds CinematographyKen Seng MusicTom Holkenborg Studio20th Century Fox SeriesDeadpool

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 12-14 1 $132.4M — 3,558 $37,222 $132.4M
2 Feb 19-21 1 $56.5M −57.4% 3,722 $15,172 $236.9M
3 Feb 26-28 1 $31.1M −44.9% 3,856 $8,069 $285.3M
4 Mar 4-6 3 $16.7M −46.2% 3,624 $4,615 $311.5M
5 Mar 11-13 3 $10.9M −34.6% 3,331 $3,285 $328.2M
6 Mar 18-20 5 $8.0M −26.8% 2,924 $2,740 $341.0M
7 Mar 25-27 7 $4.9M −38.9% 2,336 $2,097 $349.4M
8 Apr 1-3 10 $3.5M −29.4% 1,968 $1,756 $355.1M
9 Apr 8-10 11 $2.1M −39.7% 1,435 $1,453 $358.4M
10 Apr 15-17 15 $974.7K −53.3% 791 $1,232 $360.1M
11 Apr 22-24 14 $680.5K −30.2% 594 $1,146 $361.1M
12 Apr 29-May 1 20 $432.9K −36.4% 409 $1,058 $361.8M
13 May 6-8 20 $238.3K −45.0% 335 $711 $362.2M
14 May 13-15 22 $198.9K −16.5% 262 $759 $362.5M
15 May 20-22 28 $123.2K −38.1% 192 $641 $362.7M
16 May 27-29 26 $140.1K +13.8% 140 $1,001 $362.9M
17 Jun 3-5 32 $50.5K −63.9% 69 $732 $363.0M
18 Jun 10-12 45 $21.5K −57.5% 36 $597 $363.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$360.5M
Feb 11Feb 29Mar 17Apr 4Apr 21
Weekend grossWk 10 · $974.7K
$132.4M
$56.5M
$31.1M
$16.7M
$10.9M
$8.0M
$4.9M
$3.5M
$2.1M
$974.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 3,856 → 791 −79.5%
2,975 open791 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53.3%
−57.4%
W1→2
−44.9%
W2→3
−46.2%
W3→4
−34.6%
W4→5
−26.8%
W5→6
−38.9%
W6→7
−29.4%
W7→8
−39.7%
W8→9
−53.3%
W9→10
Steepest −57.4%Best hold −26.8%

Run milestones

$300M in 23 days
$100M
Day 3
Feb 14
$200M
Day 9
Feb 20
$300M
Day 23
Mar 5

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#2 Biggest R-rated openingsAll-time $132.4M #2 Biggest February openingsAll-time $132.4M #4 All-time R-rated domesticAll-time $363.1M #50 Biggest opening weekendsAll-time $132.4M

From the analysis desk

Ordered by how prominently this film features · all articles
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