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2017 • R • 2h 23m • Crime, Drama, History • Annapurna Pictures

It's time we knew

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3.69

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$350K

Limited · 20 theaters

Domestic total

$16.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$26.00M

$9.20M international

Domestic legs2.4x from $7.1M first wide weekend

Budget$40M

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Cast & crew

Full Bigelow filmography

Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow Director

John Boyega

John Boyega Starring

Will Poulter

Will Poulter Starring

Anthony Mackie

Anthony Mackie Starring

Jack Reynor

Jack Reynor Starring

ScreenplayMark Boal Produced byKathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison, Mark Boal, Colin Wilson CinematographyBarry Ackroyd MusicJames Newton Howard Prod. DesignJeremy Hindle StudioAnnapurna Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 28-30 16 $350.2K — 20 $17,510 $350.2K

2 Aug 4-6 8 $7.1M +1934.8% 3,007 $2,370 $7.6M

3 Aug 11-13 13 $2.9M −59.5% 3,007 $961 $13.3M

4 Aug 18-20 18 $856.8K −70.3% 1,428 $600 $15.5M

5 Aug 25-27 26 $253.0K −70.5% 525 $482 $16.2M

6 Sep 1-3 36 $203.3K −19.6% 331 $614 $16.5M

7 Sep 8-10 43 $52.6K −74.1% 151 $348 $16.7M

8 Sep 15-17 50 $22.9K −56.5% 91 $251 $16.8M

9 Sep 22-24 65 $9.0K −60.4% 44 $206 $16.8M

10 Sep 29-Oct 1 77 $3.7K −59.5% 21 $175 $16.8M

11 Oct 6-8 88 $1.6K −57.5% 11 $142 $16.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 28 #14 $132.2K — $132.2K 20 $6,609 1

Sat Jul 29 #15 $126.1K −4.6% $258.3K 20 $6,305 2

Sun Jul 30 — $91.9K −27.1% $350.2K 20 $4,596 3

Mon Jul 31 — $39.1K −57.5% $389.3K 20 $1,953 4

Tue Aug 1 — $44.2K +13.1% $433.5K 20 $2,210 5

Wed Aug 2 — $46.4K +5.0% $479.9K 20 $2,321 6

Thu Aug 3 — $35.6K −23.3% $515.5K 20 $1,780 7

Fri Aug 4 #6 $2.6M +7333.4% +1902.7% $3.2M 3,007 $880 8

Sat Aug 5 #8 $2.6M −0.1% +1996.1% $5.8M 3,007 $879 9

Sun Aug 6 #9 $1.8M −30.6% +1896.8% $7.6M 3,007 $610 10

Mon Aug 7 #10 $786.0K −57.2% +1911.8% $8.4M 3,007 $261 11

Tue Aug 8 #10 $920.1K +17.1% +1981.8% $9.3M 3,007 $306 12

Wed Aug 9 #10 $571.5K −37.9% +1131.4% $9.9M 3,007 $190 13

Thu Aug 10 #10 $492.8K −13.8% +1283.8% $10.4M 3,007 $164 14

Fri Aug 11 #13 $852.2K +72.9% −67.8% $11.3M 3,007 $283 15

Sat Aug 12 #13 $1.2M +45.6% −53.0% $12.5M 3,007 $413 16

Sun Aug 13 #13 $795.5K −35.9% −56.7% $13.3M 3,007 $265 17

Mon Aug 14 #13 $338.6K −57.4% −56.9% $13.6M 3,007 $113 18

Tue Aug 15 #13 $476.1K +40.6% −48.3% $14.1M 3,007 $158 19

Wed Aug 16 #13 $306.7K −35.6% −46.3% $14.4M 3,007 $102 20

Thu Aug 17 #13 $246.8K −19.5% −49.9% $14.7M 3,007 $82 21

Fri Aug 18 — $255.8K +3.6% −70.0% $14.9M 1,428 $179 22

Sat Aug 19 — $359.9K +40.7% −71.0% $15.3M 1,428 $252 23

Sun Aug 20 — $241.0K −33.0% −69.7% $15.5M 1,428 $169 24

Mon Aug 21 — $91.6K −62.0% −73.0% $15.6M 1,428 $64 25

Tue Aug 22 — $130.4K +42.4% −72.6% $15.7M 1,428 $91 26

Wed Aug 23 — $93.1K −28.6% −69.6% $15.8M 1,428 $65 27

Thu Aug 24 — $81.4K −12.6% −67.0% $15.9M 1,428 $57 28

Fri Aug 25 — $80.9K −0.6% −68.4% $16.0M 525 $154 29

Sat Aug 26 — $90.3K +11.5% −74.9% $16.1M 525 $172 30

Sun Aug 27 — $81.8K −9.4% −66.1% $16.2M 525 $156 31

Mon Aug 28 — $35.4K −56.7% −61.4% $16.2M 525 $67 32

Tue Aug 29 — $46.8K +32.3% −64.1% $16.3M 525 $89 33

Wed Aug 30 — $32.3K −31.1% −65.3% $16.3M 525 $61 34

Thu Aug 31 — $33.8K +4.7% −58.5% $16.3M 525 $64 35

Fri Sep 1 — $50.3K +49.0% −37.8% $16.4M 331 $152 36

Sat Sep 2 — $76.1K +51.1% −15.8% $16.4M 331 $230 37

Sun Sep 3 — $76.9K +1.1% −5.9% $16.5M 331 $232 38

Mon Sep 4 — $61.6K −19.9% +74.2% $16.6M 331 $186 39

Tue Sep 5 — $23.0K −62.7% −50.8% $16.6M 331 $70 40

Wed Sep 6 — $16.1K −30.0% −50.0% $16.6M 331 $49 41

Thu Sep 7 — $13.7K −15.2% −59.6% $16.6M 331 $41 42

Fri Sep 8 — $14.0K +2.1% −72.3% $16.7M 151 $92 43

Sat Sep 9 — $24.9K +78.3% −67.3% $16.7M 151 $165 44

Sun Sep 10 — $13.7K −44.9% −82.2% $16.7M 151 $91 45

Mon Sep 11 — $10.7K −22.3% −82.7% $16.7M 151 $71 46

Tue Sep 12 — $9.7K −8.7% −57.8% $16.7M 151 $64 47

Wed Sep 13 — $8.1K −16.5% −49.6% $16.7M 151 $54 48

Thu Sep 14 — $5.9K −27.6% −57.0% $16.7M 151 $39 49

Fri Sep 15 — $6.4K +8.6% −54.3% $16.7M 91 $70 50

Sat Sep 16 — $10.3K +62.1% −58.4% $16.7M 91 $114 51

Sun Sep 17 — $6.1K −40.8% −55.3% $16.8M 91 $67 52

Mon Sep 18 — $2.6K −57.1% −75.3% $16.8M 91 $29 53

Tue Sep 19 — $5.7K +115.7% −41.6% $16.8M 91 $62 54

Wed Sep 20 — $4.0K −30.2% −51.2% $16.8M 91 $43 55

Thu Sep 21 — $3.1K −21.2% −47.0% $16.8M 91 $34 56

Fri Sep 22 — $2.4K −22.3% −62.0% $16.8M 44 $55 57

Sat Sep 23 — $4.0K +63.8% −61.6% $16.8M 44 $90 58

Sun Sep 24 — $2.7K −33.1% −56.7% $16.8M 44 $60 59

Mon Sep 25 — $1.8K −32.8% −32.1% $16.8M 44 $41 60

Tue Sep 26 — $1.6K −12.2% −72.4% $16.8M 44 $36 61

Wed Sep 27 — $1.4K −8.3% −63.7% $16.8M 44 $33 62

Thu Sep 28 — $1.1K −21.3% −63.7% $16.8M 44 $26 63

Fri Sep 29 — $812 −28.2% −66.5% $16.8M 21 $39 64

Sat Sep 30 — $1.8K +118.1% −55.4% $16.8M 21 $84 65

Sun Oct 1 — $1.1K −38.8% −59.2% $16.8M 21 $52 66

Mon Oct 2 — $530 −51.1% −70.3% $16.8M 21 $25 67

Tue Oct 3 — $615 +16.0% −60.8% $16.8M 21 $29 68

Wed Oct 4 — $794 +29.1% −44.8% $16.8M 21 $38 69

Thu Oct 5 — $559 −29.6% −50.6% $16.8M 21 $27 70

Fri Oct 6 — $664 +18.8% −18.2% $16.8M 11 $60 71

Sat Oct 7 — $328 −50.6% −81.5% $16.8M 11 $30 72

Sun Oct 8 — $568 +73.2% −47.6% $16.8M 11 $52 73

Mon Oct 9 — $294 −48.2% −44.5% $16.8M 11 $27 74

Tue Oct 10 — $405 +37.8% −34.1% $16.8M 11 $37 75

Wed Oct 11 — $303 −25.2% −61.8% $16.8M 11 $28 76

Thu Oct 12 — $643 +112.2% +15.0% $16.8M 11 $58 77

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

Cumulative total$16.8M

Jul 28Aug 14Sep 1Sep 18Oct 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.7K

$350.2K

$7.1M

$2.9M

$856.8K

$253.0K

$203.3K

$52.6K

$22.9K

$9.0K

$3.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,007 → 21 −99.3%

20 open21 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −59.5%

+1934.8%

W1→2

−59.5%

W2→3

−70.3%

W3→4

−70.5%

W4→5

−19.6%

W5→6

−74.1%

W6→7

−56.5%

W7→8

−60.4%

W8→9

−59.5%

W9→10

Steepest −74.1%Biggest gain +1934.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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