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2016 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • Marvel / Disney

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$85.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$232.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$676.30M

$443.70M international

Domestic legs2.73x

Budget$165M

2016 rank#13

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Cast & crew

Full Derrickson filmography

Scott Derrickson

Scott Derrickson Director

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch Starring

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor Starring

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams Starring

Benedict Wong

Benedict Wong Starring

Mads Mikkelsen

Mads Mikkelsen Starring

ScreenplayJon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill Produced byKevin Feige CinematographyBen Davis MusicMichael Giacchino Prod. DesignCharles Wood StudioMarvel / Disney SeriesMarvel Cinematic Universe

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 4-6 1 $85.1M — 3,882 $21,911 $85.1M

2 Nov 11-13 1 $43.0M −49.5% 3,882 $11,069 $153.0M

3 Nov 18-20 2 $17.8M −58.7% 3,694 $4,808 $181.6M

4 Nov 25-27 3 $13.7M −22.7% 3,008 $4,567 $205.8M

5 Dec 2-4 5 $6.7M −51.3% 2,935 $2,278 $215.5M

6 Dec 9-11 5 $4.5M −32.1% 2,763 $1,642 $222.3M

7 Dec 16-18 9 $2.2M −51.3% 1,930 $1,146 $226.3M

8 Dec 23-25 17 $723.0K −67.3% 631 $1,146 $228.3M

9 Dec 30-Jan 1 19 $646.5K −10.6% 466 $1,387 $230.1M

10 Jan 6-8 23 $307.1K −52.5% 263 $1,168 $230.9M

11 Jan 13-15 28 $206.6K −32.7% 162 $1,276 $231.2M

12 Jan 20-22 30 $134.8K −34.8% 132 $1,021 $231.5M

13 Jan 27-29 39 $108.7K −19.4% 104 $1,045 $231.6M

14 Feb 3-5 30 $237.3K +118.4% 190 $1,249 $231.9M

15 Feb 10-12 33 $186.5K −21.4% 171 $1,091 $232.2M

16 Feb 17-19 39 $124.5K −33.3% 136 $916 $232.4M

17 Feb 24-26 40 $82.0K −34.2% 105 $781 $232.5M

18 Mar 3-5 46 $45.2K −44.9% 81 $558 $232.6M

19 Mar 10-12 55 $18.2K −59.7% 47 $387 $232.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Nov 3 #P $9.4M — $9.4M 0 $0 -1

Fri Nov 4 #1 $32.6M — $32.6M 3,882 $8,394 1

Sat Nov 5 #1 $31.4M −3.7% $64.0M 3,882 $8,081 2

Sun Nov 6 #1 $21.1M −32.7% $85.1M 3,882 $5,436 3

Mon Nov 7 #1 $6.2M −70.6% $91.3M 3,882 $1,600 4

Tue Nov 8 #1 $7.7M +23.3% $98.9M 3,882 $1,973 5

Wed Nov 9 #1 $5.1M −33.9% $104.0M 3,882 $1,304 6

Thu Nov 10 #1 $6.0M +18.4% $110.0M 3,882 $1,544 7

Fri Nov 11 #1 $14.9M +149.0% −54.2% $124.9M 3,882 $3,845 8

Sat Nov 12 #1 $17.6M +18.0% −43.8% $142.5M 3,882 $4,537 9

Sun Nov 13 #1 $10.4M −40.8% −50.6% $153.0M 3,882 $2,687 10

Mon Nov 14 #1 $2.6M −74.7% −57.5% $155.6M 3,882 $680 11

Tue Nov 15 #1 $3.7M +40.9% −51.5% $159.3M 3,882 $958 12

Wed Nov 16 #1 $2.5M −33.6% −51.2% $161.8M 3,882 $636 13

Thu Nov 17 #1 $2.1M −15.4% −65.1% $163.9M 3,882 $538 14

Fri Nov 18 #2 $4.8M +129.6% −67.9% $168.7M 3,694 $1,299 15

Sat Nov 19 #3 $7.9M +64.0% −55.3% $176.5M 3,694 $2,130 16

Sun Nov 20 #3 $5.1M −35.3% −51.2% $181.6M 3,694 $1,379 17

Mon Nov 21 #3 $2.0M −61.4% −25.5% $183.6M 3,694 $532 18

Tue Nov 22 #3 $2.6M +34.6% −28.8% $186.2M 3,694 $716 19

Wed Nov 23 #3 $3.1M +17.9% +26.3% $189.4M 3,008 $1,037 20

Thu Nov 24 #3 $2.7M −13.9% +28.5% $192.0M 3,008 $892 21

Fri Nov 25 #3 $5.5M +104.3% +14.3% $197.5M 3,008 $1,823 22

Sat Nov 26 #3 $5.4M −1.0% −31.1% $202.9M 3,008 $1,804 23

Sun Nov 27 #4 $2.8M −47.9% −44.5% $205.8M 3,008 $941 24

Mon Nov 28 #5 $709.2K −74.9% −63.9% $206.5M 3,008 $236 25

Tue Nov 29 #5 $966.0K +36.2% −63.5% $207.5M 3,008 $321 26

Wed Nov 30 #5 $685.6K −29.0% −78.0% $208.1M 3,008 $228 27

Thu Dec 1 #5 $683.6K −0.3% −74.5% $208.8M 3,008 $227 28

Fri Dec 2 #5 $1.8M +161.8% −67.4% $210.6M 2,935 $610 29

Sat Dec 3 #4 $3.1M +73.1% −42.9% $213.7M 2,935 $1,055 30

Sun Dec 4 #4 $1.8M −42.0% −36.5% $215.5M 2,935 $612 31

Mon Dec 5 #5 $499.8K −72.2% −29.5% $216.0M 2,935 $170 32

Tue Dec 6 #5 $709.0K +41.9% −26.6% $216.7M 2,935 $242 33

Wed Dec 7 #5 $514.6K −27.4% −24.9% $217.2M 2,935 $175 34

Thu Dec 8 #5 $500.3K −2.8% −26.8% $217.7M 2,935 $170 35

Fri Dec 9 #5 $1.2M +144.0% −31.8% $219.0M 2,763 $442 36

Sat Dec 10 #5 $2.1M +73.2% −31.8% $221.1M 2,763 $765 37

Sun Dec 11 #5 $1.2M −43.2% −33.2% $222.3M 2,763 $435 38

Mon Dec 12 #5 $414.1K −65.5% −17.2% $222.7M 2,763 $150 39

Tue Dec 13 #5 $572.3K +38.2% −19.3% $223.3M 2,763 $207 40

Wed Dec 14 #5 $437.2K −23.6% −15.0% $223.7M 2,763 $158 41

Thu Dec 15 #5 $359.1K −17.9% −28.2% $224.1M 2,763 $130 42

Fri Dec 16 #9 $590.4K +64.4% −51.6% $224.6M 1,930 $306 43

Sat Dec 17 #9 $908.4K +53.9% −57.0% $225.5M 1,930 $471 44

Sun Dec 18 #9 $712.1K −21.6% −40.7% $226.3M 1,930 $369 45

Mon Dec 19 #9 $408.4K −42.7% −1.4% $226.7M 1,930 $212 46

Tue Dec 20 #9 $408.6K +0.1% −28.6% $227.1M 1,930 $212 47

Wed Dec 21 #14 $252.8K −38.1% −42.2% $227.3M 1,017 $249 48

Thu Dec 22 #13 $288.2K +14.0% −19.7% $227.6M 1,017 $283 49

Fri Dec 23 #15 $270.3K −6.2% −54.2% $227.9M 631 $428 50

Sat Dec 24 #15 $175.3K −35.2% −80.7% $228.1M 631 $278 51

Sun Dec 25 #- $277.4K +58.3% −61.0% $228.3M 631 $440 52

Mon Dec 26 #- $333.8K +20.3% −18.3% $228.7M 631 $529 53

Tue Dec 27 #- $302.1K −9.5% −26.1% $229.0M 631 $479 54

Wed Dec 28 #- $243.6K −19.4% −3.6% $229.2M 631 $386 55

Thu Dec 29 #- $240.0K −1.5% −16.8% $229.5M 631 $380 56

Fri Dec 30 #- $233.0K −2.9% −13.8% $229.7M 466 $500 57

Sat Dec 31 #- $182.0K −21.9% +3.8% $229.9M 466 $391 58

Sun Jan 1 #- $231.5K +27.2% −16.6% $230.1M 466 $497 59

Mon Jan 2 #- $215.3K −7.0% −35.5% $230.3M 466 $462 60

Tue Jan 3 #- $113.8K −47.2% −62.3% $230.4M 466 $244 61

Wed Jan 4 #- $79.4K −30.2% −67.4% $230.5M 466 $170 62

Thu Jan 5 #- $74.7K −5.9% −68.9% $230.6M 466 $160 63

Fri Jan 6 #- $89.9K +20.3% −61.4% $230.7M 263 $342 64

Sat Jan 7 #- $136.9K +52.3% −24.8% $230.8M 263 $521 65

Sun Jan 8 #- $80.2K −41.4% −65.3% $230.9M 263 $305 66

Mon Jan 9 #- $31.2K −61.1% −85.5% $230.9M 263 $119 67

Tue Jan 10 #- $44.7K +42.9% −60.7% $231.0M 263 $170 68

Wed Jan 11 #- $30.8K −31.0% −61.2% $231.0M 263 $117 69

Thu Jan 12 #- $30.7K −0.5% −59.0% $231.0M 263 $117 70

Fri Jan 13 #- $51.3K +67.1% −43.0% $231.1M 162 $316 71

Sat Jan 14 #- $91.1K +77.6% −33.5% $231.2M 162 $562 72

Sun Jan 15 #- $64.3K −29.4% −19.8% $231.2M 162 $397 73

Mon Jan 16 #- $50.7K −21.2% +62.2% $231.3M 162 $313 74

Tue Jan 17 #- $19.4K −61.8% −56.6% $231.3M 162 $120 75

Wed Jan 18 #- $16.1K −16.9% −47.8% $231.3M 162 $99 76

Thu Jan 19 #- $17.2K +6.7% −44.0% $231.3M 162 $106 77

Fri Jan 20 #- $36.7K +113.7% −28.4% $231.4M 132 $278 78

Sat Jan 21 #- $64.5K +75.8% −29.1% $231.4M 132 $489 79

Sun Jan 22 #- $33.5K −48.0% −47.9% $231.5M 132 $254 80

Mon Jan 23 #- $11.2K −66.7% −77.9% $231.5M 132 $85 81

Tue Jan 24 #- $14.2K +27.2% −26.6% $231.5M 132 $108 82

Wed Jan 25 #- $11.9K −16.2% −26.0% $231.5M 132 $90 83

Thu Jan 26 #- $13.6K +14.4% −20.6% $231.5M 132 $103 84

Fri Jan 27 #- $28.9K +111.8% −21.3% $231.6M 104 $278 85

Sat Jan 28 #- $51.1K +77.0% −20.8% $231.6M 104 $492 86

Sun Jan 29 #- $28.6K −44.0% −14.6% $231.6M 104 $275 87

Mon Jan 30 #- $7.1K −75.1% −36.2% $231.6M 104 $69 88

Tue Jan 31 #- $10.1K +41.5% −29.1% $231.7M 104 $97 89

Wed Feb 1 #- $7.7K −24.1% −35.7% $231.7M 104 $74 90

Thu Feb 2 #- $8.4K +9.5% −38.5% $231.7M 104 $81 91

Fri Feb 3 #- $67.9K +709.6% +134.9% $231.7M 190 $357 92

Sat Feb 4 #- $122.8K +81.0% +140.2% $231.9M 190 $646 93

Sun Feb 5 #- $46.6K −62.1% +62.7% $231.9M 190 $245 94

Mon Feb 6 #- $21.7K −53.3% +205.0% $231.9M 190 $114 95

Tue Feb 7 #- $26.3K +21.0% +160.9% $232.0M 190 $139 96

Wed Feb 8 #- $19.5K −25.9% +154.8% $232.0M 190 $103 97

Thu Feb 9 #- $20.9K +7.2% +149.4% $232.0M 190 $110 98

Fri Feb 10 #- $47.0K +124.8% −30.8% $232.0M 171 $275 99

Sat Feb 11 #- $85.8K +82.6% −30.1% $232.1M 171 $502 100

Sun Feb 12 #- $53.7K −37.4% +15.3% $232.2M 171 $314 101

Mon Feb 13 #- $15.7K −70.8% −27.8% $232.2M 171 $92 102

Tue Feb 14 #- $26.5K +68.6% +0.5% $232.2M 171 $155 103

Wed Feb 15 #- $14.5K −45.4% −25.9% $232.2M 171 $85 104

Thu Feb 16 #- $16.4K +13.7% −21.4% $232.3M 171 $96 105

Fri Feb 17 #- $29.6K +80.0% −37.0% $232.3M 136 $218 106

Sat Feb 18 #- $54.3K +83.5% −36.7% $232.3M 136 $399 107

Sun Feb 19 #- $40.6K −25.2% −24.4% $232.4M 136 $299 108

Mon Feb 20 #- $30.9K −23.9% +97.0% $232.4M 136 $227 109

Tue Feb 21 #- $11.3K −63.6% −57.4% $232.4M 136 $83 110

Wed Feb 22 #- $9.2K −18.3% −36.3% $232.4M 136 $68 111

Thu Feb 23 #- $10.7K +16.6% −34.7% $232.4M 136 $79 112

Fri Feb 24 #- $20.6K +92.1% −30.3% $232.5M 105 $196 113

Sat Feb 25 #- $37.8K +83.5% −30.3% $232.5M 105 $360 114

Sun Feb 26 #- $23.5K −37.9% −42.1% $232.5M 105 $224 115

Mon Feb 27 #- $5.9K −74.7% −80.8% $232.5M 105 $57 116

Tue Feb 28 #- $6.9K +15.7% −39.0% $232.5M 105 $65 117

Wed Mar 1 #- $5.7K −17.3% −38.3% $232.5M 105 $54 118

Thu Mar 2 #- $6.4K +13.3% −40.0% $232.6M 105 $61 119

Fri Mar 3 #- $10.6K +64.2% −48.7% $232.6M 81 $131 120

Sat Mar 4 #- $21.1K +99.9% −44.1% $232.6M 81 $261 121

Sun Mar 5 #- $13.5K −36.2% −42.7% $232.6M 81 $166 122

Mon Mar 6 #- $3.9K −70.9% −34.0% $232.6M 81 $48 123

Tue Mar 7 #- $4.1K +4.5% −40.4% $232.6M 81 $51 124

Wed Mar 8 #- $3.4K −17.9% −40.8% $232.6M 81 $42 125

Thu Mar 9 #- $4.0K +19.9% −37.4% $232.6M 81 $50 126

Fri Mar 10 #- $4.6K +13.8% −56.6% $232.6M 47 $98 127

Sat Mar 11 #- $8.1K +77.1% −61.6% $232.6M 47 $173 128

Sun Mar 12 #- $5.5K −32.5% −59.3% $232.6M 47 $117 129

Mon Mar 13 #- $2.4K −56.9% −39.7% $232.6M 47 $50 130

Tue Mar 14 #- $2.9K +23.6% −28.7% $232.6M 47 $62 131

Wed Mar 15 #- $2.7K −6.7% −19.0% $232.6M 47 $58 132

Thu Mar 16 #- $3.2K +17.2% −20.8% $232.6M 47 $68 133

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

Cumulative total$231.0M

Nov 3Nov 21Dec 8Dec 26Jan 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $307.1K

$85.1M

$43.0M

$17.8M

$13.7M

$6.7M

$4.5M

$2.2M

$723.0K

$646.5K

$307.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,882 → 263 −93.2%

3,882 open263 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −52.5%

−49.5%

W1→2

−58.7%

W2→3

−22.7%

W3→4

−51.3%

W4→5

−32.1%

W5→6

−51.3%

W6→7

−67.3%

W7→8

−10.6%

W8→9

−52.5%

W9→10

Steepest −67.3%Best hold −10.6%

Run milestones

$200M in 23 days

$100M

Day 6

Nov 9

$200M

Day 23

Nov 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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