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2023 • PG-13 • 2h 30m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

One last stand.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$118.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$359.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$845.60M

Global total

Budget$250M

Domestic legs3.0x

2023 rank#4

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Cast & crew

Full Gunn filmography

James Gunn

James Gunn Director

Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt Starring

Zoe Saldaña

Zoe Saldaña Starring

Dave Bautista

Dave Bautista Starring

Karen Gillan

Karen Gillan Starring

ScreenplayJames Gunn Produced byKevin Feige CinematographyHenry Braham MusicJohn Murphy Prod. DesignRichard Hoover SeriesGuardians of the Galaxy

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 5-7 1 $118.4M — 4,450 $26,610 $118.4M

2 May 12-14 1 $62.0M −47.6% 4,450 $13,935 $214.7M

3 May 19-21 2 $32.4M −47.7% 4,450 $7,283 $267.0M

4 May 26-28 3 $20.8M −35.8% 3,940 $5,283 $300.3M

5 Jun 2-4 4 $10.7M −48.7% 3,580 $2,983 $323.2M

6 Jun 9-11 5 $7.2M −32.3% 3,175 $2,277 $335.6M

7 Jun 16-18 7 $5.3M −26.8% 2,260 $2,340 $344.6M

8 Jun 23-25 8 $3.5M −34.4% 2,010 $1,725 $351.1M

9 Jun 30-2 11 $2.0M −41.7% 1,165 $1,735 $355.1M

10 Jul 7-9 14 $992.5K −50.9% 735 $1,350 $357.6M

11 Jul 14-16 15 $459.2K −53.7% 405 $1,134 $358.5M

12 Jul 21-23 20 $126.7K −72.4% 125 $1,013 $358.9M

13 Jul 28-30 23 $39.8K −68.6% 50 $795 $359.0M

14 Aug 4-6 26 $25.4K −36.1% 33 $770 $359.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 5 #1 $48.1M — $48.1M 4,450 $10,810 1

Sat May 6 #1 $38.9M −19% $87.0M 4,450 $8,736 2

Sun May 7 #1 $31.4M −19% $118.4M 4,450 $7,064 3

Mon May 8 #1 $8.9M −72% $127.3M 4,450 $2,006 4

Tue May 9 #1 $11.1M +24% $138.4M 4,450 $2,490 5

Wed May 10 #1 $7.1M −36% $145.5M 4,450 $1,600 6

Thu May 11 #1 $7.2M +1% $152.7M 4,450 $1,609 7

Fri May 12 #1 $15.6M +118% −68% $168.3M 4,450 $3,509 8

Sat May 13 #1 $26.1M +67% −33% $194.4M 4,450 $5,869 9

Sun May 14 #1 $20.3M −22% −35% $214.7M 4,450 $4,556 10

Mon May 15 #1 $5.2M −74% −42% $219.9M 4,450 $1,165 11

Tue May 16 #1 $6.4M +24% −42% $226.3M 4,450 $1,449 12

Wed May 17 #1 $4.5M −30% −37% $230.8M 4,450 $1,012 13

Thu May 18 #1 $3.7M −18% −48% $234.5M 4,450 $831 14

Fri May 19 #2 $8.5M +129% −46% $243.0M 4,450 $1,900 15

Sat May 20 #2 $14.0M +66% −46% $257.0M 4,450 $3,145 16

Sun May 21 #2 $10.0M −29% −51% $267.0M 4,450 $2,238 17

Mon May 22 #2 $3.5M −65% −32% $270.5M 4,450 $794 18

Tue May 23 #2 $3.6M +1% −45% $274.1M 4,450 $802 19

Wed May 24 #2 $2.8M −22% −38% $276.8M 4,450 $623 20

Thu May 25 #2 $2.7M −4% −28% $279.5M 4,450 $596 21

Fri May 26 #3 $5.5M +109% −34% $285.0M 3,940 $1,408 22

Sat May 27 #3 $7.7M +38% −45% $292.7M 3,940 $1,946 23

Sun May 28 #3 $7.6M −1% −24% $300.3M 3,940 $1,929 24

Mon May 29 #2 $6.0M −21% +70% $306.3M 3,940 $1,527 25

Tue May 30 #3 $2.6M −58% −28% $308.9M 3,940 $648 26

Wed May 31 #2 $2.0M −21% −27% $310.9M 3,940 $514 27

Thu Jun 1 #2 $1.6M −20% −39% $312.5M 3,940 $413 28

Fri Jun 2 #4 $2.9M +80% −47% $315.4M 3,580 $818 29

Sat Jun 3 #4 $4.4M +51% −42% $319.9M 3,580 $1,235 30

Sun Jun 4 #3 $3.3M −25% −56% $323.2M 3,580 $930 31

Mon Jun 5 #4 $1.2M −63% −79% $324.4M 3,580 $347 32

Tue Jun 6 #4 $1.6M +25% −39% $326.0M 3,580 $434 33

Wed Jun 7 #4 $1.2M −22% −40% $327.2M 3,580 $340 34

Thu Jun 8 #4 $1.2M −4% −28% $328.4M 3,580 $326 35

Fri Jun 9 #5 $2.0M +73% −31% $330.4M 3,175 $638 36

Sat Jun 10 #4 $2.9M +43% −35% $333.3M 3,175 $909 37

Sun Jun 11 #4 $2.3M −20% −30% $335.6M 3,175 $730 38

Mon Jun 12 #5 $920.7K −60% −26% $336.5M 3,175 $290 39

Tue Jun 13 #5 $1.1M +25% −26% $337.7M 3,175 $361 40

Wed Jun 14 #5 $937.8K −18% −23% $338.6M 3,175 $295 41

Thu Jun 15 #5 $753.5K −20% −36% $339.4M 3,175 $237 42

Fri Jun 16 #7 $1.3M +67% −38% $340.6M 2,260 $557 43

Sat Jun 17 #7 $1.8M +46% −36% $342.5M 2,260 $812 44

Sun Jun 18 #6 $2.2M +20% −5% $344.6M 2,260 $970 45

Mon Jun 19 #7 $1.0M −54% +10% $345.7M 2,260 $448 46

Tue Jun 20 #7 $749.8K −26% −35% $346.4M 2,260 $332 47

Wed Jun 21 #6 $626.4K −16% −33% $347.0M 2,260 $277 48

Thu Jun 22 #7 $568.7K −9% −25% $347.6M 2,260 $252 49

Fri Jun 23 #8 $987.3K +74% −22% $348.6M 2,010 $491 50

Sat Jun 24 #8 $1.4M +45% −22% $350.0M 2,010 $712 51

Sun Jun 25 #8 $1.0M −27% −52% $351.1M 2,010 $522 52

Mon Jun 26 #8 $500.5K −52% −51% $351.6M 2,010 $249 53

Tue Jun 27 #8 $613.8K +23% −18% $352.2M 2,010 $305 54

Wed Jun 28 #8 $501.4K −18% −20% $352.7M 2,010 $249 55

Thu Jun 29 #8 $388.7K −22% −32% $353.1M 2,010 $193 56

Fri Jun 30 #11 $529.1K +36% −46% $353.6M 1,165 $454 57

Sat Jul 1 #10 $723.8K +37% −49% $354.3M 1,165 $621 58

Sun Jul 2 #10 $768.0K +6% −27% $355.1M 1,165 $659 59

Mon Jul 3 #10 $523.3K −32% +5% $355.6M 1,165 $449 60

Tue Jul 4 #11 $437.8K −16% −29% $356.1M 1,165 $376 61

Wed Jul 5 #12 $275.2K −37% −45% $356.3M 1,165 $236 62

Thu Jul 6 #11 $244.7K −11% −37% $356.6M 1,165 $210 63

Fri Jul 7 #14 $288.5K +18% −45% $356.9M 735 $392 64

Sat Jul 8 #13 $414.5K +44% −43% $357.3M 735 $564 65

Sun Jul 9 #14 $289.5K −30% −62% $357.6M 735 $394 66

Mon Jul 10 #14 $145.3K −50% −72% $357.7M 735 $198 67

Tue Jul 11 #14 $118.7K −18% −73% $357.8M 735 $161 68

Wed Jul 12 #15 $94.9K −20% −66% $357.9M 735 $129 69

Thu Jul 13 #15 $100.3K +6% −59% $358.0M 735 $137 70

Fri Jul 14 #15 $128.8K +28% −55% $358.2M 405 $318 71

Sat Jul 15 #15 $192.8K +50% −53% $358.4M 405 $476 72

Sun Jul 16 #15 $137.6K −29% −52% $358.5M 405 $340 73

Mon Jul 17 #15 $63.5K −54% −56% $358.6M 405 $157 74

Tue Jul 18 #15 $78.5K +24% −34% $358.6M 405 $194 75

Wed Jul 19 #16 $59.6K −24% −37% $358.7M 405 $147 76

Thu Jul 20 #15 $36.6K −39% −63% $358.7M 405 $90 77

Fri Jul 21 #20 $34.6K −6% −73% $358.8M 125 $276 78

Sat Jul 22 #18 $52.8K +53% −73% $358.8M 125 $422 79

Sun Jul 23 #18 $39.3K −26% −71% $358.9M 125 $314 80

Mon Jul 24 #20 $13.2K −66% −79% $358.9M 125 $106 81

Tue Jul 25 #19 $19.4K +47% −75% $358.9M 125 $155 82

Wed Jul 26 #18 $16.0K −18% −73% $358.9M 125 $128 83

Thu Jul 27 #19 $10.4K −35% −72% $358.9M 125 $83 84

Fri Jul 28 #23 $13.2K +28% −62% $358.9M 50 $264 85

Sat Jul 29 #24 $16.8K +28% −68% $358.9M 50 $337 86

Sun Jul 30 #22 $9.7K −42% −75% $359.0M 50 $194 87

Mon Jul 31 #23 $4.6K −52% −65% $359.0M 50 $93 88

Tue Aug 1 #25 $3.7K −20% −81% $359.0M 50 $74 89

Wed Aug 2 #25 $2.9K −22% −82% $359.0M 50 $58 90

Thu Aug 3 #24 $3.5K +22% −66% $359.0M 50 $70 91

Fri Aug 4 #26 $9.0K +157% −32% $359.0M 33 $273 92

Sat Aug 5 #25 $12.3K +36% −27% $359.0M 33 $372 93

Sun Aug 6 #26 $4.1K −66% −58% $359.0M 33 $125 94

Mon Aug 7 #27 $994 −76% −79% $359.0M 33 $30 95

Tue Aug 8 #29 $935 −6% −75% $359.0M 33 $28 96

Wed Aug 9 #28 $604 −35% −79% $359.0M 33 $18 97

Thu Aug 10 #28 $1.1K +79% −69% $359.0M 33 $33 98

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

Cumulative total$358.0M

May 5May 22Jun 9Jun 26Jul 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $992.5K

$118.4M

$62.0M

$32.4M

$20.8M

$10.7M

$7.2M

$5.3M

$3.5M

$2.0M

$992.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,450 → 735 −83.5%

4,450 open735 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.9%

−47.6%

W1→2

−47.7%

W2→3

−35.8%

W3→4

−48.7%

W4→5

−32.3%

W5→6

−26.8%

W6→7

−34.4%

W7→8

−41.7%

W8→9

−50.9%

W9→10

Steepest −50.9%Best hold −26.8%

Run milestones

$300M in 24 days

$100M

Day 3

May 7

$200M

Day 10

May 14

$300M

Day 24

May 28

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#13 Biggest May openingsAll-time $118.4M #18 Best second-weekend holds$100M+ openers, all-time −47.6%

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