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Playing with FireFollow

2019 • PG • 1h 36m • Comedy, Family • Paramount Pictures

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24

2.28

5.2

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$44.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$61.20M

$16.80M international

Domestic legs3.5x

2019 rank#63

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Cast & crew

John Cena

John Cena Starring

Keegan-Michael Key

Keegan-Michael Key Starring

John Leguizamo

John Leguizamo Starring

Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert Starring

Judy Greer

Judy Greer Starring

Christian Convery

Christian Convery Starring

ScreenplayDan Ewen, Matt Lieberman Produced byTodd Garner, Sean Robins CinematographyDean Semler Music byNathan Wang StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 8-10 3 $12.7M — 3,125 $4,072 $12.7M

2 Nov 15-17 4 $8.3M −34.5% 3,125 $2,666 $25.3M

3 Nov 22-24 6 $4.5M −45.8% 2,760 $1,636 $31.5M

4 Nov 29-Dec 1 7 $4.2M −6.5% 2,679 $1,576 $39.2M

5 Dec 6-8 8 $2.0M −51.8% 2,253 $903 $42.0M

6 Dec 13-15 12 $665.0K −67.3% 1,381 $482 $43.3M

7 Dec 20-22 18 $160.8K −75.8% 287 $560 $43.7M

8 Dec 27-29 24 $166.1K +3.3% 188 $883 $44.1M

9 Jan 3-5 25 $151.7K −8.7% 156 $972 $44.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 8 #4 $3.5M — $3.5M 3,125 $1,130 1

Sat Nov 9 #2 $5.3M +49.6% $8.8M 3,125 $1,690 2

Sun Nov 10 #2 $3.9M −26.0% $12.7M 3,125 $1,251 3

Mon Nov 11 #2 $2.3M −41.5% $15.0M 3,125 $732 4

Tue Nov 12 #5 $994.8K −56.5% $16.0M 3,125 $318 5

Wed Nov 13 #7 $472.1K −52.5% $16.5M 3,125 $151 6

Thu Nov 14 #7 $469.7K −0.5% $16.9M 3,125 $150 7

Fri Nov 15 #5 $1.9M +303.5% −46.3% $18.8M 3,125 $606 8

Sat Nov 16 #2 $4.0M +111.2% −24.2% $22.8M 3,125 $1,281 9

Sun Nov 17 #2 $2.4M −39.2% −37.7% $25.3M 3,125 $779 10

Mon Nov 18 #10 $328.6K −86.5% −85.6% $25.6M 3,125 $105 11

Tue Nov 19 #8 $717.0K +118.2% −27.9% $26.3M 3,125 $229 12

Wed Nov 20 #9 $361.1K −49.6% −23.5% $26.7M 3,125 $116 13

Thu Nov 21 #10 $319.4K −11.5% −32.0% $27.0M 3,125 $102 14

Fri Nov 22 #6 $1.1M +236.0% −43.4% $28.1M 2,760 $389 15

Sat Nov 23 #5 $2.1M +93.4% −48.1% $30.2M 2,760 $752 16

Sun Nov 24 #5 $1.4M −34.2% −43.9% $31.5M 2,760 $495 17

Mon Nov 25 #5 $607.5K −55.5% +84.9% $32.1M 2,760 $220 18

Tue Nov 26 #5 $1.1M +73.5% +47.0% $33.2M 2,760 $382 19

Wed Nov 27 #6 $1.0M −1.3% +188.0% $34.2M 2,679 $388 20

Thu Nov 28 #8 $791.2K −23.9% +147.7% $35.0M 2,679 $295 21

Fri Nov 29 #8 $1.7M +110.1% +54.9% $36.7M 2,679 $620 22

Sat Nov 30 #7 $1.7M −0.5% −20.4% $38.3M 2,679 $617 23

Sun Dec 1 #7 $905.3K −45.2% −33.7% $39.2M 2,679 $338 24

Mon Dec 2 #8 $176.0K −80.6% −71.0% $39.4M 2,679 $66 25

Tue Dec 3 #10 $260.4K +47.9% −75.3% $39.7M 2,679 $97 26

Wed Dec 4 #10 $162.7K −37.5% −84.4% $39.8M 2,679 $61 27

Thu Dec 5 #10 $147.1K −9.6% −81.4% $40.0M 2,679 $55 28

Fri Dec 6 #9 $460.6K +213.0% −72.3% $40.4M 2,253 $204 29

Sat Dec 7 #8 $947.4K +105.7% −42.7% $41.4M 2,253 $420 30

Sun Dec 8 #8 $625.4K −34.0% −30.9% $42.0M 2,253 $278 31

Mon Dec 9 #9 $121.9K −80.5% −30.8% $42.1M 2,253 $54 32

Tue Dec 10 #10 $220.0K +80.5% −15.5% $42.4M 2,253 $98 33

Wed Dec 11 #9 $142.8K −35.1% −12.3% $42.5M 2,253 $63 34

Thu Dec 12 #10 $94.4K −33.9% −35.8% $42.6M 2,253 $42 35

Fri Dec 13 #14 $154.7K +63.8% −66.4% $42.7M 1,381 $112 36

Sat Dec 14 #12 $315.2K +103.8% −66.7% $43.1M 1,381 $228 37

Sun Dec 15 #12 $195.1K −38.1% −68.8% $43.3M 1,381 $141 38

Mon Dec 16 #- $63.1K −67.7% −48.2% $43.3M 1,381 $46 39

Tue Dec 17 #15 $100.1K +58.7% −54.5% $43.4M 1,381 $72 40

Wed Dec 18 #14 $79.5K −20.6% −44.3% $43.5M 1,381 $58 41

Thu Dec 19 #13 $70.6K −11.1% −25.2% $43.6M 1,381 $51 42

Fri Dec 20 #- $50.4K −28.6% −67.4% $43.6M 287 $176 43

Sat Dec 21 #- $60.3K +19.6% −80.9% $43.7M 287 $210 44

Sun Dec 22 #- $50.1K −17.0% −74.3% $43.7M 287 $174 45

Mon Dec 23 #- $47.6K −4.9% −24.5% $43.8M 287 $166 46

Tue Dec 24 #- $31.7K −33.3% −68.3% $43.8M 287 $111 47

Wed Dec 25 #- $42.2K +33.0% −46.9% $43.9M 188 $225 48

Thu Dec 26 #- $47.4K +12.4% −32.8% $43.9M 188 $252 49

Fri Dec 27 #- $56.4K +18.9% +11.9% $44.0M 188 $300 50

Sat Dec 28 #- $61.8K +9.6% +2.5% $44.0M 188 $329 51

Sun Dec 29 #- $47.9K −22.5% −4.4% $44.1M 188 $255 52

Mon Dec 30 #- $40.2K −16.0% −15.6% $44.1M 188 $214 53

Tue Dec 31 #- $42.2K +5.1% +33.1% $44.2M 188 $225 54

Wed Jan 1 #- $63.5K +50.3% +50.4% $44.2M 188 $338 55

Thu Jan 2 #- $40.4K −36.4% −14.9% $44.3M 188 $215 56

Fri Jan 3 #- $51.0K +26.4% −9.5% $44.3M 156 $327 57

Sat Jan 4 #- $61.7K +20.8% −0.2% $44.4M 156 $395 58

Sun Jan 5 #- $39.0K −36.8% −18.6% $44.4M 156 $250 59

Mon Jan 6 #- $14.6K −62.5% −63.6% $44.4M 156 $94 60

Tue Jan 7 #- $12.2K −16.6% −71.1% $44.4M 156 $78 61

Wed Jan 8 #- $9.7K −20.6% −84.7% $44.4M 156 $62 62

Thu Jan 9 #- $8.4K −13.0% −79.1% $44.5M 156 $54 63

Cumulative total$44.5M

Nov 8Nov 24Dec 9Dec 25Jan 9

Weekend grossWk 9 · $151.7K

$12.7M

$8.3M

$4.5M

$4.2M

$2.0M

$665.0K

$160.8K

$166.1K

$151.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,125 → 156 −95.0%

3,125 open156 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −8.7%

−34.5%

W1→2

−45.8%

W2→3

−6.5%

W3→4

−51.8%

W4→5

−67.3%

W5→6

−75.8%

W6→7

+3.3%

W7→8

−8.7%

W8→9

Steepest −75.8%Biggest gain +3.3%

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