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2015 • R • 110 min • Science Fiction, Thriller • A24

There is nothing more human than the will to survive.

🍅 92% 86%

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3.9

7.7

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$237K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$25.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$38.30M

Global total

Budget$13M

Domestic legs4.8x from $5.3M first wide weekend

2015 rank#97

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Cast & crew

Full Garland filmography

Alex Garland

Alex Garland Director

Alicia Vikander

Alicia Vikander Starring

Domhnall Gleeson

Domhnall Gleeson Starring

Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac Starring

ScreenplayAlex Garland Produced byAndrew Macdonald, Allon Reich CinematographyRob Hardy MusicGeoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury Prod. DesignMark Digby StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 10-12 18 $237.3K — 4 $59,316 $237.3K

2 Apr 17-19 15 $798.7K +237% 39 $20,478 $1.1M

3 Apr 24-26 6 $5.3M +570% 1,255 $4,263 $6.8M

4 May 1-3 7 $2.3M −57% 1,279 $1,787 $10.9M

5 May 8-10 6 $3.5M +54% 2,004 $1,752 $15.8M

6 May 15-17 9 $2.1M −40% 1,718 $1,219 $19.6M

8 May 29-31 12 $782.7K — 506 $1,547 $23.6M

9 Jun 5-7 18 $358.5K −54% 302 $1,187 $24.3M

10 Jun 12-14 19 $206.0K −43% 194 $1,062 $24.7M

11 Jun 19-21 27 $144.9K −30% 124 $1,168 $25.0M

13 Jul 3-5 33 $68.9K — 61 $1,129 $25.2M

14 Jul 10-12 42 $43.8K −36% 39 $1,122 $25.3M

15 Jul 17-19 48 $30.7K −30% 31 $991 $25.4M

16 Jul 24-26 59 $12.6K −59% 19 $663 $25.4M

17 Jul 31-Aug 2 61 $9.6K −24% 17 $563 $25.4M

18 Aug 7-9 66 $7.8K −19% 10 $776 $25.4M

19 Aug 14-16 77 $4.1K −47% 5 $827 $25.4M

20 Aug 21-23 78 $3.3K −20% 4 $831 $25.4M

21 Aug 28-30 79 $3.7K +11% 5 $738 $25.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 24 #6 $1.7M — $3.2M 1,255 $1,357 15

Sat Apr 25 #6 $2.2M +32% $5.4M 1,255 $1,791 16

Sun Apr 26 #5 $1.4M −38% $6.8M 1,255 $1,115 17

Mon Apr 27 #4 $497.0K −64% $7.3M 1,255 $396 18

Tue Apr 28 #4 $497.0K — $7.8M 1,255 $396 19

Wed Apr 29 #4 $441.0K −11% $8.3M 1,255 $351 20

Thu Apr 30 #5 $328.7K −25% $8.6M 1,255 $262 21

Fri May 1 #8 $720.0K +119% −58% $9.4M 1,279 $563 22

Mon May 4 #5 $293.0K — −41% $9.6M 1,279 $229 25

Tue May 5 #5 $339.0K +16% −32% $10.0M 1,279 $265 26

Wed May 6 #4 $334.0K −1% −24% $10.3M 1,279 $261 27

Fri May 8 #6 $950.0K — +32% $13.2M 2,004 $474 29

Mon May 11 #4 $440.0K — +50% $16.2M 2,004 $220 32

Tue May 12 #4 $510.0K +16% +50% $16.7M 2,004 $254 33

Wed May 13 #4 $420.0K −18% +26% $17.1M 2,004 $210 34

Thu May 14 #4 $330.4K −21% $17.5M 2,004 $165 35

Fri May 15 #8 $585.0K +77% −38% $18.0M 1,718 $341 36

Sat May 16 #9 $925.0K +58% $19.0M 1,718 $538 37

Sun May 17 #9 $583.7K −37% $19.6M 1,718 $340 38

Mon May 18 #7 $281.0K −52% −36% $19.8M 1,718 $164 39

Tue May 19 #7 $276.0K −2% −46% $20.1M 1,718 $161 40

Wed May 20 #7 $244.0K −12% −42% $20.4M 1,718 $142 41

Thu May 21 #8 $213.9K −12% −35% $20.6M 1,718 $125 42

Mon May 25 #12 $401.8K — +43% $22.4M 896 $448 46

Tue May 26 #12 $166.0K −59% −40% $22.5M 896 $185 47

Wed May 27 #12 $141.0K −15% −42% $22.7M 896 $157 48

Thu May 28 #11 $132.7K −6% −38% $22.8M 896 $148 49

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

Cumulative total$22.8M

Apr 24May 1May 12May 19May 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $206.0K

$237.3K

$798.7K

$5.3M

$2.3M

$3.5M

$2.1M

$782.7K

$358.5K

$206.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,004 → 896 −55.3%

1,255 open896 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43%

+237%

W1→2

+570%

W2→3

−57%

W3→4

+54%

W4→5

−40%

W5→6

−54%

W8→9

−43%

W9→10

Steepest −57%Biggest gain +570%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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