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2016 • PG-13 • 1h 47m • Action, Drama, History • Lionsgate

When faced with our darkest hour, hope is not a tactic.

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3.44

7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$20.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$61.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$122.30M

$60.90M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$156M

2016 rank#53

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Cast & crew

Full Berg filmography

Peter Berg

Peter Berg Director

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg Starring

Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell Starring

John Malkovich

John Malkovich Starring

Dylan O'Brien

Dylan O'Brien Starring

ScreenplayMatthew Michael Carnahan, Matthew Sand Produced byLorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, Mark Wahlberg, David Womark StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 30-Oct 2 2 $20.2M — 3,259 $6,205 $20.2M

2 Oct 7-9 3 $11.5M −43.0% 3,259 $3,537 $38.3M

3 Oct 14-16 5 $6.4M −44.4% 3,403 $1,883 $49.4M

4 Oct 21-23 10 $3.4M −46.9% 2,828 $1,202 $55.0M

5 Oct 28-30 11 $2.1M −38.4% 2,054 $1,020 $58.4M

6 Nov 4-6 15 $750.1K −64.2% 783 $958 $59.9M

7 Nov 11-13 18 $390.5K −47.9% 390 $1,001 $60.6M

8 Nov 18-20 32 $139.9K −64.2% 201 $696 $60.8M

9 Nov 25-27 28 $185.8K +32.8% 187 $993 $61.1M

10 Dec 2-4 31 $111.9K −39.8% 166 $674 $61.3M

11 Dec 9-11 31 $75.7K −32.4% 144 $525 $61.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Sep 29 #P $860.0K — $860.0K — —

Fri Sep 30 #2 $7.1M — $7.1M 3,259 $2,169 1

Sat Oct 1 #2 $8.3M +17% $15.4M 3,259 $2,547 2

Sun Oct 2 #2 $4.9M −41% $20.2M 3,259 $1,490 3

Mon Oct 3 #2 $1.6M −67% $21.8M 3,259 $490 4

Tue Oct 4 #2 $2.2M +37% $24.0M 3,259 $672 5

Wed Oct 5 #1 $1.4M −35% $25.4M 3,259 $438 6

Thu Oct 6 #1 $1.3M −7% $26.8M 3,259 $408 7

Fri Oct 7 #3 $3.3M +151% −53% $30.1M 3,259 $1,023 8

Sat Oct 8 #3 $5.1M +54% −38% $35.3M 3,259 $1,579 9

Sun Oct 9 #3 $3.0M −41% −37% $38.3M 3,259 $934 10

Mon Oct 10 #4 $1.5M −50% −4% $39.8M 3,259 $468 11

Tue Oct 11 #3 $1.3M −12% −39% $41.2M 3,259 $410 12

Wed Oct 12 #3 $1.0M −25% −29% $42.2M 3,259 $309 13

Thu Oct 13 #3 $818.5K −19% −38% $43.0M 3,259 $251 14

Fri Oct 14 #5 $1.9M +128% −44% $44.9M 3,403 $549 15

Sat Oct 15 #5 $2.9M +53% −44% $47.7M 3,403 $840 16

Sun Oct 16 #6 $1.7M −41% −45% $49.4M 3,403 $494 17

Mon Oct 17 #5 $515.9K −69% −66% $49.9M 3,403 $152 18

Tue Oct 18 #5 $751.7K +46% −44% $50.7M 3,403 $221 19

Wed Oct 19 #5 $479.5K −36% −52% $51.1M 3,403 $141 20

Thu Oct 20 #5 $505.5K +5% −38% $51.6M 3,403 $149 21

Fri Oct 21 #9 $1.1M +114% −42% $52.7M 2,828 $383 22

Sat Oct 22 #10 $1.5M +41% −46% $54.3M 2,828 $541 23

Sun Oct 23 #10 $787.8K −48% −53% $55.0M 2,828 $279 24

Mon Oct 24 #9 $267.2K −66% −48% $55.3M 2,828 $94 25

Tue Oct 25 #9 $381.3K +43% −49% $55.7M 2,828 $135 26

Wed Oct 26 #8 $276.6K −27% −42% $56.0M 2,828 $98 27

Thu Oct 27 #8 $289.9K +5% −43% $56.3M 2,828 $103 28

Fri Oct 28 #11 $627.0K +116% −42% $56.9M 2,054 $305 29

Sat Oct 29 #10 $937.7K +50% −39% $57.8M 2,054 $457 30

Sun Oct 30 #11 $529.4K −44% −33% $58.4M 2,054 $258 31

Mon Oct 31 #9 $238.1K −55% −11% $58.6M 2,054 $116 32

Tue Nov 1 #10 $244.9K +3% −36% $58.8M 2,054 $119 33

Wed Nov 2 #9 $177.8K −27% −36% $59.0M 2,054 $87 34

Thu Nov 3 #9 $153.9K −13% −47% $59.2M 2,054 $75 35

Fri Nov 4 #14 $220.9K +43% −65% $59.4M 783 $282 36

Sat Nov 5 #14 $347.5K +57% −63% $59.7M 783 $444 37

Sun Nov 6 #15 $181.7K −48% −66% $59.9M 783 $232 38

Mon Nov 7 #13 $62.6K −66% −74% $60.0M 783 $80 39

Tue Nov 8 #15 $77.3K +24% −68% $60.1M 783 $99 40

Wed Nov 9 #13 $63.5K −18% −64% $60.1M 783 $81 41

Thu Nov 10 #13 $67.7K +6% −56% $60.2M 783 $86 42

Fri Nov 11 #- $140.2K +107% −37% $60.3M 390 $360 43

Sat Nov 12 #- $170.1K +21% −51% $60.5M 390 $436 44

Sun Nov 13 #- $80.1K −53% −56% $60.6M 390 $205 45

Mon Nov 14 #- $27.5K −66% −56% $60.6M 390 $71 46

Tue Nov 15 #- $39.3K +43% −49% $60.6M 390 $101 47

Wed Nov 16 #- $30.9K −21% −51% $60.7M 390 $79 48

Thu Nov 17 #- $23.2K −25% −66% $60.7M 390 $60 49

Fri Nov 18 #- $40.0K +72% −71% $60.7M 201 $199 50

Sat Nov 19 #- $63.7K +59% −63% $60.8M 201 $317 51

Sun Nov 20 #- $36.1K −43% −55% $60.8M 201 $180 52

Mon Nov 21 #- $16.9K −53% −38% $60.9M 201 $84 53

Tue Nov 22 #- $18.4K +8% −53% $60.9M 201 $91 54

Wed Nov 23 #- $28.4K +55% −8% $60.9M 200 $142 55

Thu Nov 24 #- $23.8K −16% +2% $60.9M 200 $119 56

Fri Nov 25 #- $70.2K +195% +75% $61.0M 187 $375 57

Sat Nov 26 #- $74.4K +6% +17% $61.1M 187 $398 58

Sun Nov 27 #- $41.2K −45% +14% $61.1M 187 $220 59

Mon Nov 28 #- $12.6K −70% −26% $61.1M 187 $67 60

Tue Nov 29 #- $17.6K +40% −4% $61.1M 187 $94 61

Wed Nov 30 #- $14.5K −17% −49% $61.2M 187 $78 62

Thu Dec 1 #- $13.7K −6% −42% $61.2M 187 $73 63

Fri Dec 2 #- $31.0K +127% −56% $61.2M 166 $187 64

Sat Dec 3 #- $50.8K +64% −32% $61.3M 166 $306 65

Sun Dec 4 #- $30.1K −41% −27% $61.3M 166 $182 66

Mon Dec 5 #- $9.3K −69% −26% $61.3M 166 $56 67

Tue Dec 6 #- $11.4K +24% −35% $61.3M 166 $69 68

Wed Dec 7 #- $10.2K −11% −30% $61.3M 166 $62 69

Thu Dec 8 #- $10.2K — −26% $61.3M 166 $61 70

Fri Dec 9 #- $22.5K +121% −27% $61.3M 144 $156 71

Sat Dec 10 #- $33.0K +47% −35% $61.4M 144 $229 72

Sun Dec 11 #- $20.1K −39% −33% $61.4M 144 $140 73

Mon Dec 12 #- $7.1K −65% −23% $61.4M 144 $49 74

Tue Dec 13 #- $8.7K +22% −24% $61.4M 144 $60 75

Wed Dec 14 #- $7.8K −10% −23% $61.4M 144 $54 76

Thu Dec 15 #- $8.2K +5% −19% $61.4M 144 $57 77

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

Cumulative total$61.3M

Sep 29Oct 17Nov 3Nov 21Dec 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $111.9K

$20.2M

$11.5M

$6.4M

$3.4M

$2.1M

$750.1K

$390.5K

$139.9K

$185.8K

$111.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,403 → 166 −95.1%

3,259 open166 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.8%

−43.0%

W1→2

−44.4%

W2→3

−46.9%

W3→4

−38.4%

W4→5

−64.2%

W5→6

−47.9%

W6→7

−64.2%

W7→8

+32.8%

W8→9

−39.8%

W9→10

Steepest −64.2%Biggest gain +32.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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