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2019 • R • 2h 12m • Comedy, Thriller, Drama • Neon

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4.52

8.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$393K

Limited · 3 theaters

Domestic total

$53.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$253.70M

$199.80M international

Domestic legs20.8x from $2.6M first wide weekend

Budget$11.8M

2020 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Directed byBong Joon-ho ScreenplayBong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won Produced byKwak Sin-ae, Moon Yang-kwon, Bong Joon-ho, Jang Young-hwan CinematographyHong Kyung-pyo Film EditingYang Jin-mo Music byJung Jae-il StarringSong Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, Lee Jung-eun StudioNeon

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 11-13 14 $393.2K — 3 $131,072 $393.2K

2 Oct 18-20 11 $1.2M +207.4% 33 $36,625 $1.8M

3 Oct 25-27 12 $1.8M +51.1% 129 $14,158 $4.1M

4 Nov 1-3 9 $2.5M +39.0% 461 $5,509 $7.4M

5 Nov 8-10 13 $2.6M +2.1% 603 $4,298 $11.3M

6 Nov 15-17 14 $1.9M −28.2% 620 $3,002 $14.4M

7 Nov 22-24 15 $1.3M −32.6% 433 $2,899 $16.5M

8 Nov 29-Dec 1 16 $1.0M −19.0% 382 $2,663 $18.3M

9 Dec 6-8 13 $702.0K −31.0% 333 $2,108 $19.4M

10 Dec 13-15 13 $632.5K −9.9% 306 $2,067 $20.4M

11 Dec 20-22 12 $481.5K −23.9% 227 $2,121 $21.2M

12 Dec 27-29 17 $569.3K +18.2% 170 $3,349 $22.3M

13 Jan 3-5 15 $838.3K +47.3% 222 $3,776 $23.9M

14 Jan 10-12 14 $954.3K +13.8% 345 $2,766 $25.4M

15 Jan 17-19 14 $1.7M +79.4% 843 $2,031 $27.7M

16 Jan 24-26 12 $2.0M +15.3% 1,060 $1,862 $30.9M

17 Jan 31-Feb 2 14 $1.5M −26.0% 1,060 $1,377 $33.2M

18 Feb 7-9 11 $1.6M +12.7% 1,060 $1,553 $35.6M

19 Feb 14-16 7 $5.7M +245.3% 2,001 $2,840 $43.4M

20 Feb 21-23 8 $3.0M −47.0% 1,803 $1,670 $48.8M

21 Feb 28-Mar 1 12 $1.5M −50.1% 1,324 $1,135 $51.6M

22 Mar 6-8 15 $661.4K −56.0% 625 $1,058 $52.8M

23 Mar 13-15 16 $221.9K −66.5% 330 $672 $53.4M

279 Feb 7-9 — $356.7K — 193 $1,848 $53.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 11 #14 $128.3K — $128.3K 3 $42,757 1

Sat Oct 12 #15 $142.0K +10.7% $270.3K 3 $47,331 2

Sun Oct 13 #15 $123.0K −13.4% $393.2K 3 $40,984 3

Mon Oct 14 #13 $55.4K −55.0% $448.6K 3 $18,462 4

Tue Oct 15 — $42.1K −24.1% $490.7K 3 $14,022 5

Wed Oct 16 #14 $57.7K +37.2% $548.4K 3 $19,241 6

Thu Oct 17 #14 $41.3K −28.5% $589.6K 3 $13,750 7

Fri Oct 18 #10 $434.5K +953.3% +238.7% $1.0M 33 $13,167 8

Sat Oct 19 #12 $436.1K +0.4% +207.1% $1.5M 33 $13,216 9

Sun Oct 20 #11 $338.0K −22.5% +174.9% $1.8M 33 $10,242 10

Mon Oct 21 #12 $112.0K −66.9% +102.2% $1.9M 33 $3,394 11

Tue Oct 22 #12 $135.1K +20.6% +221.2% $2.0M 33 $4,094 12

Wed Oct 23 #11 $120.2K −11.0% +108.3% $2.2M 33 $3,644 13

Thu Oct 24 #10 $98.2K −18.3% +138.1% $2.3M 33 $2,976 14

Fri Oct 25 #10 $568.5K +478.9% +30.8% $2.8M 129 $4,407 15

Sat Oct 26 #12 $706.8K +24.3% +62.1% $3.5M 129 $5,479 16

Sun Oct 27 #12 $551.1K −22.0% +63.1% $4.1M 129 $4,272 17

Mon Oct 28 #11 $182.4K −66.9% +62.8% $4.3M 129 $1,414 18

Tue Oct 29 #12 $233.4K +28.0% +72.7% $4.5M 129 $1,809 19

Wed Oct 30 — $200.7K −14.0% +66.9% $4.7M 129 $1,556 20

Thu Oct 31 #11 $193.9K −3.4% +97.4% $4.9M 129 $1,503 21

Fri Nov 1 #10 $734.7K +278.9% +29.2% $5.6M 461 $1,594 22

Sat Nov 2 #11 $1.0M +42.0% +47.6% $6.7M 461 $2,263 23

Sun Nov 3 #11 $761.6K −27.0% +38.2% $7.4M 461 $1,652 24

Mon Nov 4 #11 $266.5K −65.0% +46.2% $7.7M 461 $578 25

Tue Nov 5 #11 $389.2K +46.0% +66.8% $8.1M 461 $844 26

Wed Nov 6 #10 $334.7K −14.0% +66.8% $8.4M 461 $726 27

Thu Nov 7 #8 $296.6K −11.4% +52.9% $8.7M 461 $643 28

Fri Nov 8 #13 $704.3K +137.5% −4.1% $9.4M 603 $1,168 29

Sat Nov 9 #13 $1.1M +50.3% +1.5% $10.5M 603 $1,756 30

Sun Nov 10 #12 $828.7K −21.7% +8.8% $11.3M 603 $1,374 31

Mon Nov 11 #12 $397.8K −52.0% +49.2% $11.7M 603 $660 32

Tue Nov 12 #12 $314.2K −21.0% −19.3% $12.0M 603 $521 33

Wed Nov 13 #11 $273.4K −13.0% −18.3% $12.3M 603 $453 34

Thu Nov 14 #11 $254.2K −7.0% −14.3% $12.6M 603 $422 35

Fri Nov 15 #14 $499.9K +96.6% −29.0% $13.1M 620 $806 36

Sat Nov 16 #15 $825.1K +65.1% −22.1% $13.9M 620 $1,331 37

Sun Nov 17 #14 $536.3K −35.0% −35.3% $14.4M 620 $865 38

Mon Nov 18 #14 $177.0K −67.0% −55.5% $14.6M 620 $285 39

Tue Nov 19 #13 $251.3K +42.0% −20.0% $14.8M 620 $405 40

Wed Nov 20 #14 $218.6K −13.0% −20.0% $15.1M 620 $353 41

Thu Nov 21 #14 $176.9K −19.1% −30.4% $15.2M 620 $285 42

Fri Nov 22 #15 $329.8K +86.4% −34.0% $15.6M 433 $762 43

Sat Nov 23 — $528.9K +60.4% −35.9% $16.1M 433 $1,221 44

Sun Nov 24 #15 $396.7K −25.0% −26.0% $16.5M 433 $916 45

Mon Nov 25 #15 $172.6K −56.5% −2.5% $16.7M 433 $399 46

Tue Nov 26 — $200.2K +16.0% −20.3% $16.9M 433 $462 47

Wed Nov 27 — $210.2K +5.0% −3.9% $17.1M 433 $485 48

Thu Nov 28 — $182.3K −13.2% +3.1% $17.3M 433 $421 49

Fri Nov 29 — $381.9K +109.4% +15.8% $17.6M 382 $1,000 50

Sat Nov 30 — $400.2K +4.8% −24.3% $18.0M 382 $1,048 51

Sun Dec 1 — $235.1K −41.3% −40.7% $18.3M 382 $615 52

Mon Dec 2 #15 $78.6K −66.6% −54.5% $18.4M 382 $206 53

Tue Dec 3 #15 $104.2K +32.6% −48.0% $18.5M 382 $273 54

Wed Dec 4 #14 $95.8K −8.0% −54.4% $18.6M 382 $251 55

Thu Dec 5 #13 $93.9K −2.0% −48.5% $18.7M 382 $246 56

Fri Dec 6 #13 $187.1K +99.2% −51.0% $18.8M 333 $562 57

Sat Dec 7 #13 $299.3K +60.0% −25.2% $19.1M 333 $899 58

Sun Dec 8 #14 $215.5K −28.0% −8.3% $19.4M 333 $647 59

Mon Dec 9 #13 $77.0K −64.3% −2.0% $19.4M 333 $231 60

Tue Dec 10 #15 $105.5K +37.0% +1.3% $19.5M 333 $317 61

Wed Dec 11 #13 $94.7K −10.2% −1.2% $19.6M 333 $284 62

Thu Dec 12 #11 $91.8K −3.0% −2.2% $19.7M 333 $276 63

Fri Dec 13 #13 $165.0K +79.6% −11.8% $19.9M 306 $539 64

Sat Dec 14 #13 $275.0K +66.7% −8.1% $20.2M 306 $899 65

Sun Dec 15 #13 $192.5K −30.0% −10.7% $20.4M 306 $629 66

Mon Dec 16 #12 $88.5K −54.0% +15.0% $20.4M 306 $289 67

Tue Dec 17 #13 $112.5K +27.0% +6.6% $20.6M 306 $368 68

Wed Dec 18 #12 $104.6K −7.0% +10.4% $20.7M 306 $342 69

Thu Dec 19 #12 $82.6K −21.0% −10.0% $20.7M 306 $270 70

Fri Dec 20 — $119.3K +44.4% −27.7% $20.9M 227 $525 71

Sat Dec 21 — $189.6K +59.0% −31.0% $21.1M 227 $835 72

Sun Dec 22 — $172.6K −9.0% −10.3% $21.2M 227 $760 73

Mon Dec 23 #13 $129.4K −25.0% +46.2% $21.4M 227 $570 74

Tue Dec 24 #13 $111.3K −14.0% −1.0% $21.5M 227 $490 75

Wed Dec 25 — $152.5K +37.0% +45.8% $21.6M 170 $897 76

Thu Dec 26 — $155.5K +2.0% +88.3% $21.8M 170 $915 77

Fri Dec 27 — $175.8K +13.0% +47.4% $22.0M 170 $1,034 78

Sat Dec 28 — $203.9K +16.0% +7.5% $22.2M 170 $1,199 79

Sun Dec 29 — $189.6K −7.0% +9.9% $22.3M 170 $1,115 80

Mon Dec 30 — $153.6K −19.0% +18.7% $22.5M 170 $903 81

Tue Dec 31 — $135.2K −12.0% +21.4% $22.6M 170 $795 82

Wed Jan 1 — $232.5K +72.0% +52.4% $22.9M 170 $1,367 83

Thu Jan 2 — $146.5K −37.0% −5.8% $23.0M 170 $862 84

Fri Jan 3 — $247.3K +68.8% +40.7% $23.3M 222 $1,114 85

Sat Jan 4 #15 $356.0K +44.0% +74.6% $23.6M 222 $1,604 86

Sun Jan 5 — $235.0K −34.0% +23.9% $23.9M 222 $1,058 87

Mon Jan 6 #14 $126.9K −46.0% −17.4% $24.0M 222 $572 88

Tue Jan 7 #15 $151.0K +19.0% +11.7% $24.1M 222 $680 89

Wed Jan 8 #14 $141.9K −6.0% −38.9% $24.3M 222 $639 90

Thu Jan 9 #12 $132.0K −7.0% −9.9% $24.4M 222 $595 91

Fri Jan 10 — $259.9K +96.9% +5.1% $24.7M 345 $753 92

Sat Jan 11 — $415.8K +60.0% +16.8% $25.1M 345 $1,205 93

Sun Jan 12 — $278.6K −33.0% +18.6% $25.4M 345 $808 94

Mon Jan 13 #14 $128.2K −54.0% +1.0% $25.5M 345 $371 95

Tue Jan 14 #14 $179.4K +40.0% +18.8% $25.7M 345 $520 96

Wed Jan 15 #15 $154.3K −14.0% +8.7% $25.8M 345 $447 97

Thu Jan 16 #14 $169.7K +10.0% +28.6% $26.0M 345 $492 98

Fri Jan 17 #14 $441.0K +159.8% +69.7% $26.4M 843 $523 99

Sat Jan 18 #13 $710.0K +61.0% +70.8% $27.1M 843 $842 100

Sun Jan 19 #14 $560.9K −21.0% +101.3% $27.7M 843 $665 101

Mon Jan 20 #13 $502.0K −10.5% +291.7% $28.2M 843 $596 102

Tue Jan 21 #12 $291.2K −42.0% +62.3% $28.5M 843 $345 103

Wed Jan 22 #11 $227.1K −22.0% +47.2% $28.7M 843 $269 104

Thu Jan 23 #11 $218.0K −4.0% +28.5% $28.9M 843 $259 105

Fri Jan 24 #11 $492.2K +125.8% +11.6% $29.4M 1,060 $464 106

Sat Jan 25 #12 $871.2K +77.0% +22.7% $30.3M 1,060 $822 107

Sun Jan 26 #12 $610.2K −30.0% +8.8% $30.9M 1,060 $576 108

Mon Jan 27 #11 $188.0K −69.2% −62.6% $31.1M 1,060 $177 109

Tue Jan 28 #11 $266.9K +42.0% −8.3% $31.4M 1,060 $252 110

Wed Jan 29 #11 $208.2K −22.0% −8.3% $31.6M 1,060 $196 111

Thu Jan 30 #11 $193.6K −7.0% −11.2% $31.8M 1,060 $183 112

Fri Jan 31 #13 $416.6K +115.2% −15.4% $32.2M 1,060 $393 113

Sat Feb 1 #14 $745.3K +78.9% −14.5% $32.9M 1,060 $703 114

Sun Feb 2 #14 $298.1K −60.0% −51.1% $33.2M 1,060 $281 115

Mon Feb 3 #13 $160.0K −46.3% −14.9% $33.4M 1,060 $151 116

Tue Feb 4 #14 $225.9K +41.2% −15.4% $33.6M 1,060 $213 117

Wed Feb 5 #14 $166.3K −26.4% −20.1% $33.8M 1,060 $157 118

Thu Feb 6 #12 $190.8K +14.8% −1.4% $34.0M 1,060 $180 119

Fri Feb 7 #12 $403.8K +111.6% −3.1% $34.4M 1,060 $381 120

Sat Feb 8 #11 $817.0K +102.3% +9.6% $35.2M 1,060 $771 121

Sun Feb 9 #12 $424.9K −48.0% +42.5% $35.6M 1,060 $401 122

Mon Feb 10 #4 $501.2K +18.0% +213.3% $36.1M 1,060 $473 123

Tue Feb 11 #4 $642.1K +28.1% +184.3% $36.8M 1,060 $606 124

Wed Feb 12 #4 $462.3K −28.0% +178.0% $37.2M 1,060 $436 125

Thu Feb 13 #4 $464.0K +0.4% +143.1% $37.7M 1,060 $438 126

Fri Feb 14 #9 $1.8M +277.7% +334.0% $39.4M 2,001 $876 127

Sat Feb 15 #7 $2.2M +26.0% +170.2% $41.6M 2,001 $1,103 128

Sun Feb 16 #7 $1.7M −22.0% +305.3% $43.4M 2,001 $861 129

Mon Feb 17 #9 $964.4K −44.0% +92.4% $44.3M 2,001 $482 130

Tue Feb 18 #7 $655.8K −32.0% +2.1% $45.0M 2,001 $328 131

Wed Feb 19 #6 $426.3K −35.0% −7.8% $45.4M 2,001 $213 132

Thu Feb 20 #6 $405.0K −5.0% −12.7% $45.8M 2,001 $202 133

Fri Feb 21 #10 $845.7K +108.8% −51.7% $46.7M 1,803 $469 134

Sat Feb 22 #9 $1.4M +61.0% −38.3% $48.0M 1,803 $755 135

Sun Feb 23 #8 $803.3K −41.0% −53.4% $48.8M 1,803 $446 136

Mon Feb 24 #8 $275.2K −65.7% −71.5% $49.1M 1,803 $153 137

Tue Feb 25 #8 $426.6K +55.0% −34.9% $49.5M 1,803 $237 138

Wed Feb 26 #8 $275.9K −35.3% −35.3% $49.8M 1,803 $153 139

Thu Feb 27 #8 $237.3K −14.0% −41.4% $50.0M 1,803 $132 140

Fri Feb 28 #12 $415.9K +75.3% −50.8% $50.5M 1,324 $314 141

Sat Feb 29 #12 $682.0K +64.0% −49.9% $51.1M 1,324 $515 142

Sun Mar 1 #12 $405.2K −40.6% −49.6% $51.6M 1,324 $306 143

Mon Mar 2 — $137.2K −66.1% −50.1% $51.7M 1,324 $104 144

Tue Mar 3 #12 $204.5K +49.0% −52.1% $51.9M 1,324 $154 145

Wed Mar 4 #12 $145.2K −29.0% −47.4% $52.0M 1,324 $110 146

Thu Mar 5 #12 $136.5K −6.0% −42.5% $52.2M 1,324 $103 147

Fri Mar 6 #15 $185.3K +35.8% −55.4% $52.4M 625 $297 148

Sat Mar 7 #15 $313.2K +69.0% −54.1% $52.7M 625 $501 149

Sun Mar 8 #15 $162.9K −48.0% −59.8% $52.8M 625 $261 150

Mon Mar 9 — $66.8K −59.0% −51.3% $52.9M 625 $107 151

Tue Mar 10 — $107.5K +61.0% −47.4% $53.0M 625 $172 152

Wed Mar 11 — $80.6K −25.0% −44.5% $53.1M 625 $129 153

Thu Mar 12 #14 $58.1K −28.0% −57.5% $53.1M 625 $93 154

Fri Mar 13 — $69.9K +20.4% −62.3% $53.2M 330 $212 155

Sat Mar 14 — $102.7K +47.0% −67.2% $53.3M 330 $311 156

Sun Mar 15 — $49.3K −52.0% −69.7% $53.4M 330 $149 157

Fri Feb 7 — $146.0K — $53.5M 193 $756 1947

Sat Feb 8 — $121.3K −16.9% $53.7M 193 $628 1948

Sun Feb 9 #15 $89.5K −26.2% $53.7M 193 $464 1949

Mon Feb 10 — $44.3K −50.5% $53.8M 193 $230 1950

Tue Feb 11 — $42.3K −4.7% $53.8M 193 $219 1951

Wed Feb 12 — $30.8K −27.0% $53.9M 193 $160 1952

Thu Feb 13 — $4.0K −87.0% $53.9M 193 $21 1953

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

Cumulative total$20.7M

Oct 11Oct 28Nov 15Dec 2Dec 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $632.5K

$393.2K

$1.2M

$1.8M

$2.5M

$2.6M

$1.9M

$1.3M

$1.0M

$702.0K

$632.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 620 → 306 −50.6%

3 open306 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −9.9%

+207.4%

W1→2

+51.1%

W2→3

+39.0%

W3→4

+2.1%

W4→5

−28.2%

W5→6

−32.6%

W6→7

−19.0%

W7→8

−31.0%

W8→9

−9.9%

W9→10

Steepest −32.6%Biggest gain +207.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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