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In the Heart of the SeaFollow

2015 • PG-13 • 2h 1m • Action, Adventure, Biography • Warner Bros.

Based on the incredible true story that inspired Moby Dick

🍅 42% 54%

47

3.11

6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$25.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$94.30M

$69.30M international

Domestic legs2.3x

Budget$100M

2015 rank#96

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Cast & crew

Full Howard filmography

Ron Howard

Ron Howard Director

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth Starring

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy Starring

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson Starring

Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw Starring

Tom Holland

Tom Holland Starring

ScreenplayCharles Leavitt Produced byRon Howard, Brian Grazer, Joe Roth, Paula Weinstein CinematographyAnthony Dod Mantle StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 11-13 2 $11.1M — 3,103 $3,562 $11.1M

2 Dec 18-20 8 $3.5M −68.5% 3,103 $1,123 $18.6M

3 Dec 25-27 19 $965.8K −72.3% 685 $1,410 $22.3M

4 Jan 1-3 20 $686.8K −28.9% 533 $1,289 $23.8M

5 Jan 8-10 27 $180.0K −73.8% 222 $811 $24.2M

6 Jan 15-17 29 $187.2K +4.0% 236 $793 $24.5M

7 Jan 22-24 33 $136.0K −27.3% 202 $673 $24.7M

8 Jan 29-31 41 $100.5K −26.1% 155 $649 $24.9M

9 Feb 5-7 42 $69.8K −30.6% 131 $533 $25.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 10 — $575.0K — $575.0K — — -1

Fri Dec 11 #1 $3.8M +569.5% $3.8M 3,103 $1,241 1

Sat Dec 12 #4 $4.3M +12.3% $8.2M 3,103 $1,393 2

Sun Dec 13 #3 $2.9M −33.3% $11.1M 3,103 $929 3

Mon Dec 14 #1 $1.1M −63.4% $12.1M 3,103 $339 4

Tue Dec 15 #1 $1.4M +29.3% $13.5M 3,103 $439 5

Wed Dec 16 #2 $937.3K −31.2% $14.4M 3,103 $302 6

Thu Dec 17 #2 $728.9K −22.2% $15.1M 3,103 $235 7

Fri Dec 18 #8 $985.4K +35.2% −74.4% $16.1M 3,103 $318 8

Sat Dec 19 #8 $1.4M +43.5% −67.3% $17.5M 3,103 $456 9

Sun Dec 20 #8 $1.1M −23.3% −62.3% $18.6M 3,103 $350 10

Mon Dec 21 #8 $624.5K −42.4% −40.7% $19.2M 3,103 $201 11

Tue Dec 22 #8 $816.4K +30.7% −40.1% $20.1M 3,103 $263 12

Wed Dec 23 #9 $704.3K −13.7% −24.9% $20.8M 3,103 $227 13

Thu Dec 24 #8 $552.9K −21.5% −24.1% $21.3M 3,103 $178 14

Fri Dec 25 — $328.1K −40.7% −66.7% $21.6M 685 $479 15

Sat Dec 26 — $362.4K +10.5% −74.4% $22.0M 685 $529 16

Sun Dec 27 — $275.3K −24.0% −74.6% $22.3M 685 $402 17

Mon Dec 28 — $197.2K −28.4% −68.4% $22.5M 685 $288 18

Tue Dec 29 — $207.4K +5.2% −74.6% $22.7M 685 $303 19

Wed Dec 30 — $185.4K −10.6% −73.7% $22.9M 685 $271 20

Thu Dec 31 — $190.2K +2.6% −65.6% $23.1M 685 $278 21

Fri Jan 1 — $270.4K +42.2% −17.6% $23.3M 533 $507 22

Sat Jan 2 — $270.7K +0.1% −25.3% $23.6M 533 $508 23

Sun Jan 3 — $145.6K −46.2% −47.1% $23.8M 533 $273 24

Mon Jan 4 — $63.4K −56.5% −67.9% $23.8M 533 $119 25

Tue Jan 5 — $72.9K +15.0% −64.9% $23.9M 533 $137 26

Wed Jan 6 — $64.4K −11.6% −65.3% $24.0M 533 $121 27

Thu Jan 7 — $52.2K −19.0% −72.6% $24.0M 533 $98 28

Fri Jan 8 — $51.7K −1.0% −80.9% $24.1M 222 $233 29

Sat Jan 9 — $81.5K +57.9% −69.9% $24.1M 222 $367 30

Sun Jan 10 — $46.8K −42.6% −67.8% $24.2M 222 $211 31

Mon Jan 11 — $17.2K −63.3% −72.9% $24.2M 222 $77 32

Tue Jan 12 — $22.4K +30.2% −69.3% $24.2M 222 $101 33

Wed Jan 13 — $20.2K −9.7% −68.7% $24.2M 222 $91 34

Thu Jan 14 — $22.2K +10.0% −57.4% $24.3M 222 $100 35

Fri Jan 15 — $50.8K +128.6% −1.7% $24.3M 236 $215 36

Sat Jan 16 — $77.4K +52.4% −5.1% $24.4M 236 $328 37

Sun Jan 17 — $59.0K −23.7% +26.0% $24.5M 236 $250 38

Mon Jan 18 — $50.2K −15.0% +192.1% $24.5M 236 $213 39

Tue Jan 19 — $23.6K −53.0% +5.5% $24.5M 236 $100 40

Wed Jan 20 — $18.4K −22.0% −8.9% $24.5M 236 $78 41

Thu Jan 21 — $21.4K +16.3% −3.7% $24.6M 236 $91 42

Fri Jan 22 — $38.4K +79.5% −24.4% $24.6M 202 $190 43

Sat Jan 23 — $65.6K +70.9% −15.2% $24.7M 202 $325 44

Sun Jan 24 — $32.0K −51.3% −45.8% $24.7M 202 $158 45

Mon Jan 25 — $13.1K −59.0% −73.9% $24.7M 202 $65 46

Tue Jan 26 — $17.0K +30.0% −27.7% $24.7M 202 $84 47

Wed Jan 27 — $14.0K −18.0% −24.0% $24.7M 202 $69 48

Thu Jan 28 — $14.4K +3.4% −32.5% $24.8M 202 $72 49

Fri Jan 29 — $26.5K +83.7% −30.9% $24.8M 155 $171 50

Sat Jan 30 — $41.9K +57.8% −36.2% $24.8M 155 $270 51

Sun Jan 31 — $32.1K −23.4% +0.4% $24.9M 155 $207 52

Mon Feb 1 — $13.5K −58.0% +2.8% $24.9M 155 $87 53

Tue Feb 2 — $16.2K +20.0% −5.1% $24.9M 155 $104 54

Wed Feb 3 — $12.5K −23.0% −10.9% $24.9M 155 $80 55

Thu Feb 4 — $12.8K +3.0% −11.2% $24.9M 155 $83 56

Fri Feb 5 — $21.7K +68.8% −18.4% $24.9M 131 $165 57

Sat Feb 6 — $31.8K +47.1% −24.0% $25.0M 131 $243 58

Sun Feb 7 — $16.3K −48.8% −49.2% $25.0M 131 $124 59

Mon Feb 8 — $9.0K −45.0% −33.5% $25.0M 131 $68 60

Tue Feb 9 — $9.3K +4.0% −42.4% $25.0M 131 $71 61

Wed Feb 10 — $7.8K −15.9% −37.1% $25.0M 131 $60 62

Thu Feb 11 — $9.0K +15.0% −29.7% $25.0M 131 $69 63

Cumulative total$25.0M

Dec 10Dec 26Jan 11Jan 26Feb 11

Weekend grossWk 9 · $69.8K

$11.1M

$3.5M

$965.8K

$686.8K

$180.0K

$187.2K

$136.0K

$100.5K

$69.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,103 → 131 −95.8%

3,103 open131 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −30.6%

−68.5%

W1→2

−72.3%

W2→3

−28.9%

W3→4

−73.8%

W4→5

+4.0%

W5→6

−27.3%

W6→7

−26.1%

W7→8

−30.6%

W8→9

Steepest −73.8%Biggest gain +4.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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