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Kong: Skull IslandFollow

2017 • PG-13 • 1h 58m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros. Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$61.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$168.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$570.90M

$402.80M international

Domestic legs2.75x

Budget$185M

2017 rank#20

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Cast & crew

Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hiddleston Starring

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson Starring

John Goodman

John Goodman Starring

Brie Larson

Brie Larson Starring

ScreenplayDan Gilroy, Max Borenstein Produced byThomas Tull, Jon Jashni CinematographyLarry Fong MusicHenry Jackman Prod. DesignStefan Dechant StudioWarner Bros. SeriesMonsterVerse

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 10-12 1 $61.0M — 3,846 $15,867 $61.0M

2 Mar 17-19 2 $27.8M −54.4% 3,846 $7,237 $109.1M

3 Mar 24-26 3 $14.7M −47.3% 3,666 $4,002 $133.7M

4 Mar 31-Apr 2 5 $8.6M −41.5% 3,141 $2,734 $147.6M

5 Apr 7-9 7 $5.6M −35.1% 2,753 $2,025 $156.3M

6 Apr 14-16 10 $2.7M −51.4% 2,018 $1,342 $161.3M

7 Apr 21-23 14 $1.5M −44.9% 1,203 $1,240 $163.9M

8 Apr 28-30 16 $1.1M −24.8% 933 $1,202 $165.5M

9 May 5-7 18 $508.0K −54.7% 653 $778 $166.3M

10 May 12-14 22 $285.8K −43.7% 346 $826 $166.8M

11 May 19-21 - $201.3K −29.6% 238 $846 $167.1M

12 May 26-28 18 $271.2K +34.7% 246 $1,102 $167.4M

13 Jun 2-4 21 $211.9K −21.9% 208 $1,019 $167.8M

14 Jun 9-11 23 $150.2K −29.1% 171 $878 $168.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Mar 9 #P $3.7M — $3.7M 0 $0 -1

Fri Mar 10 #1 $20.1M — $20.1M 3,846 $5,237 1

Sat Mar 11 #1 $23.9M +18.6% $44.0M 3,846 $6,209 2

Sun Mar 12 #1 $17.0M −28.8% $61.0M 3,846 $4,421 3

Mon Mar 13 #1 $5.3M −68.5% $66.4M 3,846 $1,391 4

Tue Mar 14 #1 $6.4M +19.7% $72.8M 3,846 $1,665 5

Wed Mar 15 #1 $4.6M −27.9% $77.4M 3,846 $1,201 6

Thu Mar 16 #1 $3.9M −16.0% $81.3M 3,846 $1,008 7

Fri Mar 17 #2 $7.3M +88.0% −63.8% $88.6M 3,846 $1,896 8

Sat Mar 18 #2 $12.3M +68.1% −48.7% $100.8M 3,846 $3,187 9

Sun Mar 19 #2 $8.3M −32.4% −51.3% $109.1M 3,846 $2,153 10

Mon Mar 20 #2 $2.2M −72.9% −58.0% $111.4M 3,846 $583 11

Tue Mar 21 #2 $3.7M +66.5% −41.6% $115.1M 3,846 $972 12

Wed Mar 22 #2 $2.1M −43.6% −54.4% $117.2M 3,846 $548 13

Thu Mar 23 #2 $1.9M −10.7% −51.5% $119.1M 3,846 $489 14

Fri Mar 24 #4 $3.7M +96.0% −49.4% $122.8M 3,666 $1,006 15

Sat Mar 25 #3 $6.5M +75.4% −47.2% $129.2M 3,666 $1,764 16

Sun Mar 26 #3 $4.5M −30.1% −45.5% $133.7M 3,666 $1,232 17

Mon Mar 27 #3 $1.3M −71.9% −43.5% $135.0M 3,666 $346 18

Tue Mar 28 #3 $1.7M +36.9% −53.5% $136.8M 3,666 $474 19

Wed Mar 29 #3 $1.2M −31.4% −43.4% $137.9M 3,666 $325 20

Thu Mar 30 #3 $1.1M −7.6% −41.4% $139.0M 3,666 $301 21

Fri Mar 31 #5 $2.4M +115.0% −35.7% $141.4M 3,141 $755 22

Sat Apr 1 #5 $3.8M +59.3% −41.6% $145.2M 3,141 $1,202 23

Sun Apr 2 #5 $2.4M −35.4% −46.0% $147.6M 3,141 $777 24

Mon Apr 3 #5 $693.2K −71.6% −45.4% $148.3M 3,141 $221 25

Tue Apr 4 #5 $1.0M +47.2% −41.2% $149.3M 3,141 $325 26

Wed Apr 5 #5 $680.1K −33.4% −43.0% $150.0M 3,141 $217 27

Thu Apr 6 #5 $700.2K +2.9% −36.5% $150.7M 3,141 $223 28

Fri Apr 7 #8 $1.5M +118.3% −35.5% $152.3M 2,753 $555 29

Sat Apr 8 #7 $2.5M +65.8% −32.9% $154.8M 2,753 $920 30

Sun Apr 9 #7 $1.5M −40.3% −38.0% $156.3M 2,753 $550 31

Mon Apr 10 #7 $507.7K −66.5% −26.8% $156.8M 2,753 $184 32

Tue Apr 11 #7 $730.1K +43.8% −28.5% $157.5M 2,753 $265 33

Wed Apr 12 #7 $532.5K −27.1% −21.7% $158.1M 2,753 $193 34

Thu Apr 13 #7 $501.2K −5.9% −28.4% $158.6M 2,753 $182 35

Fri Apr 14 #10 $920.5K +83.7% −39.8% $159.5M 2,018 $456 36

Sat Apr 15 #9 $1.1M +14.5% −58.4% $160.6M 2,018 $522 37

Sun Apr 16 #8 $732.6K −30.5% −51.6% $161.3M 2,018 $363 38

Mon Apr 17 #9 $334.1K −54.4% −34.2% $161.6M 2,018 $166 39

Tue Apr 18 #11 $319.6K −4.4% −56.2% $161.9M 2,018 $158 40

Wed Apr 19 #10 $244.5K −23.5% −54.1% $162.2M 2,018 $121 41

Thu Apr 20 #9 $241.0K −1.4% −51.9% $162.4M 2,018 $119 42

Fri Apr 21 #14 $398.2K +65.2% −56.7% $162.8M 1,203 $331 43

Sat Apr 22 #13 $710.0K +78.3% −32.7% $163.5M 1,203 $590 44

Sun Apr 23 #14 $383.2K −46.0% −47.7% $163.9M 1,203 $319 45

Mon Apr 24 #15 $109.1K −71.5% −67.4% $164.0M 1,203 $91 46

Tue Apr 25 #- $142.4K +30.5% −55.5% $164.2M 1,203 $118 47

Wed Apr 26 #15 $101.1K −29.0% −58.7% $164.3M 1,203 $84 48

Thu Apr 27 #15 $97.5K −3.6% −59.6% $164.4M 1,203 $81 49

Fri Apr 28 #- $280.4K +187.6% −29.6% $164.6M 933 $301 50

Sat Apr 29 #- $528.9K +88.6% −25.5% $165.2M 933 $567 51

Sun Apr 30 #- $312.5K −40.9% −18.5% $165.5M 933 $335 52

Mon May 1 #- $81.3K −74.0% −25.5% $165.6M 933 $87 53

Tue May 2 #- $103.5K +27.3% −27.3% $165.7M 933 $111 54

Wed May 3 #- $71.5K −30.9% −29.2% $165.7M 933 $77 55

Thu May 4 #- $48.7K −32.0% −50.1% $165.8M 933 $52 56

Fri May 5 #- $136.8K +181.2% −51.2% $165.9M 653 $210 57

Sat May 6 #- $238.3K +74.2% −54.9% $166.2M 653 $365 58

Sun May 7 #- $132.8K −44.3% −57.5% $166.3M 653 $203 59

Mon May 8 #- $42.1K −68.3% −48.2% $166.3M 653 $65 60

Tue May 9 #- $53.1K +26.0% −48.7% $166.4M 653 $81 61

Wed May 10 #- $40.4K −23.8% −43.5% $166.4M 653 $62 62

Thu May 11 #- $37.0K −8.4% −23.9% $166.5M 653 $57 63

Fri May 12 #- $80.3K +117.0% −41.3% $166.6M 346 $232 64

Sat May 13 #- $128.5K +60.0% −46.1% $166.7M 346 $371 65

Sun May 14 #- $77.0K −40.1% −42.1% $166.8M 346 $222 66

Mon May 15 #- $22.1K −71.3% −47.6% $166.8M 346 $64 67

Tue May 16 #- $27.3K +23.8% −48.5% $166.8M 346 $79 68

Wed May 17 #- $21.9K −19.9% −45.8% $166.8M 346 $63 69

Thu May 18 #- $20.3K −7.3% −45.2% $166.9M 346 $59 70

Fri May 19 #- $59.3K +192.4% −26.1% $166.9M 238 $249 71

Sat May 20 #- $87.7K +47.9% −31.7% $167.0M 238 $369 72

Sun May 21 #- $54.2K −38.2% −29.6% $167.1M 238 $228 73

Mon May 22 #- $15.4K −71.5% −30.1% $167.1M 238 $65 74

Tue May 23 #- $15.4K −0.4% −43.7% $167.1M 238 $65 75

Wed May 24 #- $14.4K −6.3% −34.1% $167.1M 238 $61 76

Thu May 25 #- $15.6K +7.9% −23.3% $167.1M 238 $65 77

Fri May 26 #- $67.3K +332.5% +13.4% $167.2M 246 $274 78

Sat May 27 #- $105.2K +56.3% +19.9% $167.3M 246 $428 79

Sun May 28 #- $98.6K −6.3% +82.0% $167.4M 246 $401 80

Mon May 29 #- $79.8K −19.1% +416.7% $167.5M 246 $324 81

Tue May 30 #- $29.6K −62.9% +92.2% $167.5M 246 $120 82

Wed May 31 #- $24.5K −17.0% +70.2% $167.5M 246 $100 83

Thu Jun 1 #- $26.5K +8.2% +70.6% $167.5M 246 $108 84

Fri Jun 2 #- $58.1K +119.0% −13.6% $167.6M 208 $279 85

Sat Jun 3 #- $92.4K +59.0% −12.1% $167.7M 208 $444 86

Sun Jun 4 #- $61.3K −33.7% −37.9% $167.8M 208 $295 87

Mon Jun 5 #- $19.8K −67.6% −75.1% $167.8M 208 $95 88

Tue Jun 6 #- $22.7K +14.5% −23.2% $167.8M 208 $109 89

Wed Jun 7 #- $18.6K −18.0% −24.1% $167.8M 208 $90 90

Thu Jun 8 #- $19.6K +5.2% −26.2% $167.8M 208 $94 91

Fri Jun 9 #- $41.1K +109.8% −29.3% $167.9M 171 $240 92

Sat Jun 10 #- $65.6K +59.6% −29.0% $167.9M 171 $384 93

Sun Jun 11 #- $43.5K −33.7% −29.1% $168.0M 171 $254 94

Mon Jun 12 #- $14.8K −66.0% −25.4% $168.0M 171 $87 95

Tue Jun 13 #- $17.8K +20.5% −21.5% $168.0M 171 $104 96

Wed Jun 14 #- $15.4K −13.8% −17.4% $168.0M 171 $90 97

Thu Jun 15 #- $18.4K +19.5% −6.2% $168.1M 171 $107 98

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

Cumulative total$166.9M

Mar 9Mar 27Apr 13May 1May 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $285.8K

$61.0M

$27.8M

$14.7M

$8.6M

$5.6M

$2.7M

$1.5M

$1.1M

$508.0K

$285.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,846 → 346 −91.0%

3,846 open346 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.7%

−54.4%

W1→2

−47.3%

W2→3

−41.5%

W3→4

−35.1%

W4→5

−51.4%

W5→6

−44.9%

W6→7

−24.8%

W7→8

−54.7%

W8→9

−43.7%

W9→10

Steepest −54.7%Best hold −24.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 9 days

$100M

Day 9

Mar 18

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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