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Only the BraveFollow

2017 • PG-13 • 2h 14m • Action, Biography, Drama • Sony Pictures Releasing

It’s not what stands in front of you, it’s who stands beside you

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$18.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$24.60M

$6.20M international

Domestic legs3.1x

Budget$38M

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Cast & crew

Full Kosinski filmography

Joseph Kosinski

Joseph Kosinski Director

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin Starring

Miles Teller

Miles Teller Starring

Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Starring

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly Starring

James Badge Dale

James Badge Dale Starring

ScreenplayEric Warren Singer, Ken Nolan Produced byThad Luckinbill, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Trent Luckinbill, Molly Smith CinematographyClaudio Miranda Prod. DesignKevin Kavanaugh StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 20-22 5 $6.0M — 2,577 $2,329 $6.0M

2 Oct 27-29 7 $3.5M −41.7% 2,577 $1,359 $12.0M

3 Nov 3-5 9 $1.9M −45.2% 2,073 $926 $15.3M

4 Nov 10-12 13 $936.9K −51.2% 1,207 $776 $17.1M

5 Nov 17-19 18 $242.4K −74.1% 363 $668 $17.7M

6 Nov 24-26 31 $95.8K −60.5% 134 $715 $17.9M

7 Dec 1-3 39 $54.4K −43.3% 116 $469 $17.9M

8 Dec 8-10 38 $45.5K −16.3% 100 $455 $18.0M

9 Dec 15-17 39 $19.0K −58.3% 60 $316 $18.1M

10 Dec 22-24 35 $22.1K +16.4% 86 $257 $18.1M

11 Dec 29-31 38 $42.4K +92.0% 86 $493 $18.2M

12 Jan 5-7 38 $37.1K −12.4% 69 $538 $18.3M

13 Jan 12-14 44 $23.3K −37.1% 54 $432 $18.3M

14 Jan 19-21 47 $15.5K −33.6% 43 $361 $18.3M

15 Jan 26-28 56 $9.4K −39.1% 26 $363 $18.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 19 — $305.0K — $305.0K — — -1

Fri Oct 20 #4 $2.1M +597.9% $2.1M 2,577 $826 1

Sat Oct 21 #6 $2.3M +9.5% $4.5M 2,577 $904 2

Sun Oct 22 #6 $1.5M −33.7% $6.0M 2,577 $599 3

Mon Oct 23 #5 $601.5K −61.0% $6.6M 2,577 $233 4

Tue Oct 24 #6 $857.2K +42.5% $7.5M 2,577 $333 5

Wed Oct 25 #5 $525.9K −38.7% $8.0M 2,577 $204 6

Thu Oct 26 #5 $502.8K −4.4% $8.5M 2,577 $195 7

Fri Oct 27 #8 $1.1M +110.5% −50.3% $9.5M 2,577 $411 8

Sat Oct 28 #7 $1.5M +37.9% −37.4% $11.0M 2,577 $566 9

Sun Oct 29 #7 $984.9K −32.5% −36.2% $12.0M 2,577 $382 10

Mon Oct 30 #8 $332.7K −66.2% −44.7% $12.3M 2,577 $129 11

Tue Oct 31 #6 $485.7K +46.0% −43.3% $12.8M 2,577 $188 12

Wed Nov 1 #8 $284.3K −41.5% −45.9% $13.1M 2,577 $110 13

Thu Nov 2 #7 $285.6K +0.5% −43.2% $13.4M 2,577 $111 14

Fri Nov 3 #9 $560.4K +96.2% −47.0% $13.9M 2,073 $270 15

Sat Nov 4 #9 $826.2K +47.4% −43.4% $14.8M 2,073 $399 16

Sun Nov 5 #9 $533.5K −35.4% −45.8% $15.3M 2,073 $257 17

Mon Nov 6 #9 $180.3K −66.2% −45.8% $15.5M 2,073 $87 18

Tue Nov 7 #8 $274.7K +52.3% −43.4% $15.8M 2,073 $133 19

Wed Nov 8 #7 $190.7K −30.6% −32.9% $15.9M 2,073 $92 20

Thu Nov 9 #8 $177.6K −6.8% −37.8% $16.1M 2,073 $86 21

Fri Nov 10 #12 $314.1K +76.8% −44.0% $16.4M 1,207 $260 22

Sat Nov 11 #12 $389.4K +24.0% −52.9% $16.8M 1,207 $323 23

Sun Nov 12 #12 $233.4K −40.0% −56.2% $17.1M 1,207 $193 24

Mon Nov 13 #10 $90.9K −61.0% −49.6% $17.2M 1,207 $75 25

Tue Nov 14 #11 $113.2K +24.4% −58.8% $17.3M 1,207 $94 26

Wed Nov 15 #10 $85.9K −24.1% −54.9% $17.4M 1,207 $71 27

Thu Nov 16 #11 $62.0K −27.8% −65.1% $17.4M 1,207 $51 28

Fri Nov 17 — $73.8K +19.0% −76.5% $17.5M 363 $203 29

Sat Nov 18 — $102.9K +39.4% −73.6% $17.6M 363 $284 30

Sun Nov 19 — $65.6K −36.2% −71.9% $17.7M 363 $181 31

Wed Nov 22 — $17.6K — −79.5% $17.7M 134 $131 34

Thu Nov 23 — $18.4K +4.8% −70.3% $17.8M 134 $138 35

Fri Nov 24 — $37.0K +100.6% −49.9% $17.8M 134 $276 36

Sat Nov 25 — $36.9K −0.2% −64.1% $17.8M 134 $276 37

Sun Nov 26 — $21.9K −40.7% −66.7% $17.9M 134 $163 38

Mon Nov 27 — $7.7K −64.7% $17.9M 134 $58 39

Tue Nov 28 — $11.0K +42.2% $17.9M 134 $82 40

Wed Nov 29 — $8.8K −20.1% −50.1% $17.9M 134 $66 41

Thu Nov 30 — $9.2K +4.6% −50.2% $17.9M 134 $69 42

Fri Dec 1 — $15.8K +72.2% −57.2% $17.9M 116 $137 43

Sat Dec 2 — $24.1K +51.9% −34.9% $17.9M 116 $207 44

Sun Dec 3 — $14.5K −39.8% −33.8% $17.9M 116 $125 45

Mon Dec 4 — $6.0K −58.5% −22.2% $18.0M 116 $52 46

Tue Dec 5 — $7.6K +26.2% −30.9% $18.0M 116 $65 47

Wed Dec 6 — $7.0K −7.9% −20.5% $18.0M 116 $60 48

Thu Dec 7 — $7.3K +4.6% −20.5% $18.0M 116 $63 49

Fri Dec 8 — $12.8K +75.3% −19.0% $18.0M 100 $128 50

Sat Dec 9 — $21.3K +66.0% −11.5% $18.0M 100 $213 51

Sun Dec 10 — $11.4K −46.5% −21.3% $18.0M 100 $114 52

Mon Dec 11 — $5.5K −51.7% −8.5% $18.0M 100 $55 53

Tue Dec 12 — $6.3K +14.8% −16.8% $18.0M 100 $63 54

Wed Dec 13 — $6.3K −0.6% −10.2% $18.0M 100 $63 55

Thu Dec 14 — $5.0K −19.9% −31.2% $18.0M 100 $50 56

Fri Dec 15 — $5.9K +18.1% −53.6% $18.0M 60 $99 57

Sat Dec 16 — $7.4K +24.0% −65.4% $18.1M 60 $123 58

Sun Dec 17 — $5.6K −23.4% −50.4% $18.1M 60 $94 59

Mon Dec 18 — $2.6K −53.8% −52.6% $18.1M 60 $43 60

Tue Dec 19 — $3.8K +45.9% −39.7% $18.1M 60 $63 61

Wed Dec 20 — $2.7K −27.9% −56.3% $18.1M 55 $50 62

Thu Dec 21 — $2.7K −1.9% −46.5% $18.1M 55 $49 63

Fri Dec 22 — $8.1K +200.7% +36.1% $18.1M 86 $94 64

Sat Dec 23 — $10.0K +23.3% +35.5% $18.1M 86 $116 65

Sun Dec 24 — $4.0K −60.0% −29.3% $18.1M 86 $46 66

Mon Dec 25 — $9.8K +145.2% +275.2% $18.1M 86 $114 67

Tue Dec 26 — $10.8K +10.0% +183.1% $18.1M 86 $125 68

Wed Dec 27 — $10.0K −7.4% +263.7% $18.1M 86 $116 69

Thu Dec 28 — $11.6K +16.0% +330.0% $18.1M 86 $135 70

Fri Dec 29 — $14.6K +26.3% +80.6% $18.2M 86 $170 71

Sat Dec 30 — $18.0K +23.0% +80.1% $18.2M 86 $209 72

Sun Dec 31 — $9.8K −45.7% +144.6% $18.2M 86 $114 73

Mon Jan 1 — $13.7K +40.7% +40.3% $18.2M 86 $160 74

Tue Jan 2 — $8.7K −36.4% −18.9% $18.2M 86 $102 75

Wed Jan 3 — $6.8K −22.7% −32.3% $18.2M 86 $78 76

Thu Jan 4 — $8.0K +19.2% −30.4% $18.2M 86 $94 77

Fri Jan 5 — $11.2K +39.1% −23.4% $18.2M 69 $162 78

Sat Jan 6 — $15.9K +42.0% −11.6% $18.2M 69 $230 79

Sun Jan 7 — $10.0K −36.9% +2.7% $18.3M 69 $145 80

Fri Jan 12 — $6.1K — −45.7% $18.3M 54 $113 85

Sat Jan 13 — $9.7K +58.8% −39.2% $18.3M 54 $179 86

Sun Jan 14 — $7.6K −21.3% −24.2% $18.3M 54 $141 87

Mon Jan 15 — $5.2K −32.2% $18.3M 54 $95 88

Fri Jan 19 — $4.1K — −33.3% $18.3M 43 $94 92

Sat Jan 20 — $7.4K +82.9% −23.2% $18.3M 43 $173 93

Sun Jan 21 — $4.0K −45.8% −47.1% $18.3M 43 $94 94

Mon Jan 22 — $1.4K −64.7% −72.5% $18.3M 43 $33 95

Tue Jan 23 — $1.9K +33.7% $18.3M 43 $44 96

Wed Jan 24 — $1.5K −22.9% $18.3M 43 $34 97

Thu Jan 25 — $1.6K +7.3% $18.3M 43 $37 98

Fri Jan 26 — $2.5K +59.2% −38.3% $18.3M 26 $96 99

Sat Jan 27 — $4.4K +77.2% −40.3% $18.3M 26 $171 100

Sun Jan 28 — $2.5K −43.7% −37.9% $18.3M 26 $96 101

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

Cumulative total$18.1M

Oct 19Nov 5Nov 24Dec 11Dec 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $22.1K

$6.0M

$3.5M

$1.9M

$936.9K

$242.4K

$95.8K

$54.4K

$45.5K

$19.0K

$22.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,577 → 86 −96.7%

2,577 open86 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +16.4%

−41.7%

W1→2

−45.2%

W2→3

−51.2%

W3→4

−74.1%

W4→5

−60.5%

W5→6

−43.3%

W6→7

−16.3%

W7→8

−58.3%

W8→9

+16.4%

W9→10

Steepest −74.1%Biggest gain +16.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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