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2019 • PG-13 • 2h 10m • Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery • Lionsgate

Hell, any of them could have done it.

🍅 97% 92%

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4.1

7.9

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$26.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$165.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$312.90M

$147.50M international

Domestic legs6.17x

Budget$40M

2019 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Full Johnson filmography

Rian Johnson

Rian Johnson Director

Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig Starring

Chris Evans

Chris Evans Starring

Ana de Armas

Ana de Armas Starring

Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis Starring

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon Starring

ScreenplayRian Johnson Produced byRian Johnson, Ram Bergman CinematographySteve Yedlin MusicNathan Johnson Prod. DesignDavid Crank StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 29-Dec 1 2 $26.8M — 3,461 $7,735 $41.4M

2 Dec 6-8 2 $14.2M −46.9% 3,461 $4,108 $63.6M

3 Dec 13-15 3 $9.1M −35.7% 3,413 $2,678 $78.8M

4 Dec 20-22 5 $6.5M −28.8% 2,535 $2,565 $90.0M

5 Dec 27-29 6 $9.9M +51.9% 2,022 $4,884 $110.3M

6 Jan 3-5 7 $8.9M −9.7% 2,142 $4,163 $130.1M

7 Jan 10-12 9 $5.6M −36.9% 2,060 $2,731 $139.5M

8 Jan 17-19 8 $4.3M −23.9% 1,667 $2,568 $146.0M

9 Jan 24-26 10 $3.5M −17.3% 1,667 $2,123 $151.8M

10 Jan 31-Feb 2 11 $2.6M −27.1% 1,555 $1,659 $155.6M

11 Feb 7-9 10 $2.3M −10.9% 1,443 $1,592 $158.9M

12 Feb 14-16 12 $2.1M −7.4% 1,154 $1,843 $161.8M

13 Feb 21-23 16 $1.1M −49.7% 949 $1,127 $163.7M

14 Feb 28-Mar 1 18 $626.0K −41.5% 670 $934 $164.7M

15 Mar 6-8 21 $294.6K −52.9% 401 $735 $165.2M

16 Mar 13-15 21 $86.3K −70.7% 221 $390 $165.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 27 #2 $8.5M — $8.5M 3,391 $2,499 1

Thu Nov 28 #2 $6.2M −27.2% $14.6M 3,391 $1,820 2

Fri Nov 29 #2 $10.7M +73.3% $25.3M 3,461 $3,090 3

Sat Nov 30 #2 $10.3M −3.6% $35.7M 3,461 $2,979 4

Sun Dec 1 #2 $5.8M −44.1% $41.4M 3,461 $1,665 5

Mon Dec 2 #2 $1.7M −70.4% $43.1M 3,461 $494 6

Tue Dec 3 #2 $2.8M +62.1% $45.9M 3,461 $800 7

Wed Dec 4 #2 $1.7M −37.3% −79.5% $47.6M 3,461 $502 8

Thu Dec 5 #2 $1.7M −1.6% −72.3% $49.3M 3,461 $494 9

Fri Dec 6 #2 $4.1M +141.6% −61.4% $53.5M 3,461 $1,193 10

Sat Dec 7 #2 $6.2M +51.1% −39.5% $59.7M 3,461 $1,802 11

Sun Dec 8 #2 $3.9M −38.3% −33.2% $63.6M 3,461 $1,113 12

Mon Dec 9 #2 $1.3M −66.5% −24.4% $64.8M 3,461 $373 13

Tue Dec 10 #2 $2.2M +68.8% −21.3% $67.0M 3,461 $630 14

Wed Dec 11 #2 $1.4M −35.9% −19.6% $68.4M 3,461 $403 15

Thu Dec 12 #2 $1.3M −9.9% −26.4% $69.7M 3,461 $363 16

Fri Dec 13 #3 $2.6M +109.4% −36.2% $72.3M 3,413 $772 17

Sat Dec 14 #3 $4.0M +53% −35.4% $76.3M 3,413 $1,181 18

Sun Dec 15 #3 $2.5M −38.7% −35.8% $78.8M 3,413 $725 19

Mon Dec 16 #3 $1.0M −59.6% −22.5% $79.8M 3,413 $293 20

Tue Dec 17 #3 $1.6M +58.2% −27.4% $81.4M 3,413 $464 21

Wed Dec 18 #3 $1.1M −28.1% −18.4% $82.5M 3,413 $334 22

Thu Dec 19 #3 $911.6K −19.9% −27.5% $83.4M 3,413 $267 23

Fri Dec 20 #6 $1.8M +92% −33.6% $85.2M 2,535 $690 24

Sat Dec 21 #4 $2.5M +42.7% −38.1% $87.7M 2,535 $985 25

Sun Dec 22 #4 $2.3M −9.7% −8.8% $90.0M 2,535 $890 26

Mon Dec 23 #4 $1.8M −19.5% +81.5% $91.8M 2,535 $716 27

Tue Dec 24 #4 $1.8M +0.4% +15.2% $93.6M 2,535 $719 28

Wed Dec 25 #7 $3.7M +100.2% +220.6% $97.2M 2,022 $1,805 29

Thu Dec 26 #7 $3.2M −12.7% +249.8% $100.4M 2,022 $1,577 30

Fri Dec 27 #7 $3.3M +3.8% +89.1% $103.7M 2,022 $1,637 31

Sat Dec 28 #6 $3.5M +5.3% +39.6% $107.2M 2,022 $1,724 32

Sun Dec 29 #6 $3.1M −11.6% +36.6% $110.3M 2,022 $1,523 33

Mon Dec 30 #6 $2.5M −19.4% +36.7% $112.8M 2,022 $1,227 34

Tue Dec 31 #6 $2.9M +17.8% +60.3% $115.7M 2,022 $1,446 35

Wed Jan 1 #6 $3.5M +19.4% −4.4% $119.2M 2,022 $1,726 36

Thu Jan 2 #6 $2.0M −42.7% −37.2% $121.2M 2,022 $990 37

Fri Jan 3 #7 $2.9M +46.4% −11.5% $124.1M 2,142 $1,368 38

Sat Jan 4 #7 $3.8M +28.8% +8.3% $127.9M 2,142 $1,762 39

Sun Jan 5 #7 $2.2M −41.4% −28.2% $130.1M 2,142 $1,033 40

Mon Jan 6 #5 $878.5K −60.3% −64.6% $131.0M 2,142 $410 41

Tue Jan 7 #4 $1.2M +41.5% −57.5% $132.2M 2,142 $580 42

Wed Jan 8 #4 $875.2K −29.6% −74.9% $133.1M 2,142 $409 43

Thu Jan 9 #4 $780.6K −10.8% −61% $133.9M 2,142 $364 44

Fri Jan 10 #8 $1.7M +111.5% −43.6% $135.5M 2,060 $802 45

Sat Jan 11 #9 $2.5M +53% −33.1% $138.1M 2,060 $1,226 46

Sun Jan 12 #10 $1.4M −42.7% −34.6% $139.5M 2,060 $702 47

Mon Jan 13 #8 $427.2K −70.5% −51.4% $139.9M 2,060 $207 48

Tue Jan 14 #8 $750.5K +75.7% −39.6% $140.7M 2,060 $364 49

Wed Jan 15 #8 $509.2K −32.1% −41.8% $141.2M 2,060 $247 50

Thu Jan 16 #8 $468.9K −7.9% −39.9% $141.7M 2,060 $228 51

Fri Jan 17 #9 $1.1M +142.2% −31.2% $142.8M 1,667 $681 52

Sat Jan 18 #8 $1.8M +61.7% −27.3% $144.6M 1,667 $1,102 53

Sun Jan 19 #9 $1.3M −28.8% −9.6% $146.0M 1,667 $785 54

Mon Jan 20 #10 $1.0M −20% +144.9% $147.0M 1,667 $628 55

Tue Jan 21 #9 $520.6K −50.2% −30.6% $147.5M 1,667 $312 56

Wed Jan 22 #8 $351.3K −32.5% −31% $147.9M 1,667 $211 57

Thu Jan 23 #8 $340.0K −3.2% −27.5% $148.2M 1,667 $204 58

Fri Jan 24 #10 $928.1K +173% −18.3% $149.1M 1,667 $557 59

Sat Jan 25 #10 $1.7M +83.1% −7.5% $150.8M 1,667 $1,019 60

Sun Jan 26 #10 $911.4K −46.4% −30.3% $151.8M 1,667 $547 61

Mon Jan 27 #10 $252.5K −72.3% −75.9% $152.0M 1,667 $151 62

Tue Jan 28 #10 $411.3K +62.9% −21% $152.4M 1,667 $247 63

Wed Jan 29 #10 $283.4K −31.1% −19.3% $152.7M 1,667 $170 64

Thu Jan 30 #10 $282.7K −0.2% −16.9% $153.0M 1,667 $170 65

Fri Jan 31 #11 $776.2K +174.6% −16.4% $153.8M 1,555 $499 66

Sat Feb 1 #10 $1.4M +82.7% −16.6% $155.2M 1,555 $912 67

Sun Feb 2 #12 $384.9K −72.9% −57.8% $155.6M 1,555 $247 68

Mon Feb 3 #12 $205.8K −46.5% −18.5% $155.8M 1,555 $132 69

Tue Feb 4 #11 $345.4K +67.8% −16% $156.1M 1,555 $222 70

Wed Feb 5 #10 $244.0K −29.4% −13.9% $156.4M 1,555 $157 71

Thu Feb 6 #9 $232.5K −4.7% −17.7% $156.6M 1,555 $150 72

Fri Feb 7 #8 $637.3K +174.1% −17.9% $157.2M 1,443 $442 73

Sat Feb 8 #9 $1.1M +74% −21.8% $158.3M 1,443 $769 74

Sun Feb 9 #10 $551.3K −50.3% +43.2% $158.9M 1,443 $382 75

Mon Feb 10 #11 $174.2K −68.4% −15.4% $159.1M 1,443 $121 76

Tue Feb 11 #10 $272.6K +56.5% −21.1% $159.3M 1,443 $189 77

Wed Feb 12 #11 $180.3K −33.8% −26.1% $159.5M 1,443 $125 78

Thu Feb 13 #10 $194.7K +8% −16.3% $159.7M 1,443 $135 79

Fri Feb 14 #12 $725.2K +272.6% +13.8% $160.4M 1,154 $628 80

Sat Feb 15 #12 $823.6K +13.6% −25.7% $161.3M 1,154 $714 81

Sun Feb 16 #12 $577.7K −29.9% +4.8% $161.8M 1,154 $501 82

Mon Feb 17 #13 $339.7K −41.2% +95% $162.2M 1,154 $294 83

Tue Feb 18 #14 $195.0K −42.6% −28.5% $162.4M 1,154 $169 84

Wed Feb 19 #14 $135.9K −30.3% −24.6% $162.5M 1,154 $118 85

Thu Feb 20 #14 $131.0K −3.6% −32.7% $162.6M 1,154 $114 86

Fri Feb 21 #16 $316.6K +141.7% −56.3% $163.0M 949 $334 87

Sat Feb 22 #16 $517.5K +63.4% −37.2% $163.5M 949 $545 88

Sun Feb 23 #16 $235.2K −54.5% −59.3% $163.7M 949 $248 89

Mon Feb 24 #16 $71.8K −69.5% −78.9% $163.8M 949 $76 90

Tue Feb 25 #16 $103.7K +44.4% −46.8% $163.9M 949 $109 91

Wed Feb 26 #17 $73.9K −28.7% −45.6% $164.0M 949 $78 92

Thu Feb 27 #17 $67.2K −9.1% −48.7% $164.0M 949 $71 93

Fri Feb 28 #18 $171.3K +154.9% −45.9% $164.2M 670 $256 94

Sat Feb 29 #18 $304.6K +77.8% −41.1% $164.5M 670 $455 95

Sun Mar 1 #19 $150.1K −50.7% −36.2% $164.7M 670 $224 96

Mon Mar 2 #18 $47.4K −68.4% −34% $164.7M 670 $71 97

Tue Mar 3 #19 $69.8K +47.2% −32.7% $164.8M 670 $104 98

Wed Mar 4 #18 $48.4K −30.7% −34.5% $164.8M 670 $72 99

Thu Mar 5 #18 $45.5K −6% −32.3% $164.9M 670 $68 100

Fri Mar 6 #21 $83.7K +83.9% −51.1% $164.9M 401 $209 101

Sat Mar 7 #21 $145.2K +73.5% −52.3% $165.1M 401 $362 102

Sun Mar 8 #22 $65.6K −54.9% −56.3% $165.2M 401 $164 103

Mon Mar 9 #23 $22.8K −65.2% −51.8% $165.2M 401 $57 104

Tue Mar 10 #22 $38.1K +67% −45.4% $165.2M 401 $95 105

Wed Mar 11 #20 $29.8K −22% −38.5% $165.2M 401 $74 106

Thu Mar 12 #20 $22.0K −26% −51.6% $165.3M 401 $55 107

Fri Mar 13 #21 $27.2K +23.7% −67.5% $165.3M 221 $123 108

Sat Mar 14 #20 $39.8K +46.2% −72.6% $165.3M 221 $180 109

Sun Mar 15 #22 $19.3K −51.6% −70.6% $165.4M 221 $87 110

Mon Mar 16 #22 $5.6K −70.8% −75.3% $165.4M 221 $26 111

Tue Mar 17 #25 $1.1K −80.8% −97.2% $165.4M 221 $5 112

Wed Mar 18 #21 $268 −75.2% −99.1% $165.4M 221 $1 113

Thu Mar 19 #21 $200 −25.4% −99.1% $165.4M 221 $1 114

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

Cumulative total$156.1M

Nov 27Dec 14Jan 1Jan 18Feb 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.6M

$26.8M

$14.2M

$9.1M

$6.5M

$9.9M

$8.9M

$5.6M

$4.3M

$3.5M

$2.6M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,461 → 1,555 −55.1%

3,391 open1,555 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.1%

−46.9%

W1→2

−35.7%

W2→3

−28.8%

W3→4

+51.9%

W4→5

−9.7%

W5→6

−36.9%

W6→7

−23.9%

W7→8

−17.3%

W8→9

−27.1%

W9→10

Steepest −46.9%Biggest gain +51.9%

Run milestones

$100M in 30 days

$100M

Day 30

Dec 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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