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2019 • PG • 1h 44m • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Family • Warner Bros., Legendary

🍅 68% 79%

53

3.03

6.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$54.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$144.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$433.10M

$289.00M international

Domestic legs2.65x

Budget$150M

2019 rank#17

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Cast & crew

Full Letterman filmography

Rob Letterman

Rob Letterman Director

Justice Smith

Justice Smith Starring

Kathryn Newton

Kathryn Newton Starring

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy Starring

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe Starring

ScreenplayDan Hernandez, Benji Samit, Rob Letterman, Derek Connolly StudioWarner Bros. Produced byMary Parent, Cale Boyter, Hidenaga Katakami, Don McGowan

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 10-12 1 $54.4M — 4,202 $12,941 $54.4M

2 May 17-19 3 $25.1M −53.8% 4,248 $5,911 $94.3M

3 May 24-26 4 $13.4M −46.6% 3,824 $3,506 $116.2M

4 May 31-Jun 2 7 $6.0M −55.6% 3,147 $1,892 $130.9M

5 Jun 7-9 9 $3.2M −46.5% 2,161 $1,475 $137.6M

6 Jun 14-16 13 $1.3M −59.5% 984 $1,313 $140.8M

7 Jun 21-23 — $370.2K −71.4% 366 $1,012 $142.0M

8 Jun 28-30 — $352.0K −5.0% 311 $1,131 $142.6M

9 Jul 5-7 — $223.5K −36.5% 247 $905 $143.1M

10 Jul 12-14 — $164.2K −26.5% 207 $793 $143.4M

11 Jul 19-21 — $114.0K −30.6% 165 $691 $143.6M

12 Jul 26-28 — $108.2K −5.1% 155 $698 $143.8M

13 Aug 2-4 — $66.7K −38.4% 134 $498 $144.0M

14 Aug 9-11 — $40.3K −39.6% 113 $356 $144.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 9 P $5.7M — $5.7M 0 — 0

Fri May 10 #1 $20.6M — $20.6M 4,202 $4,897 1

Sat May 11 #2 $20.4M −1.0% $40.9M 4,202 $4,847 2

Sun May 12 #2 $13.4M −34.1% $54.4M 4,202 $3,195 3

Mon May 13 #2 $3.7M −72.5% $58.1M 4,202 $879 4

Tue May 14 #2 $5.3M +44.4% $63.4M 4,202 $1,270 5

Wed May 15 #2 $3.1M −42.5% $66.5M 4,202 $731 6

Thu May 16 #2 $2.7M −11.4% $69.2M 4,202 $647 7

Fri May 17 #3 $6.2M +129.6% −69.6% $75.4M 4,248 $1,471 8

Sat May 18 #3 $10.8M +72.5% −47.1% $86.2M 4,248 $2,538 9

Sun May 19 #3 $8.1M −25.1% −39.8% $94.3M 4,248 $1,902 10

Mon May 20 #3 $2.5M −69.1% −32.4% $96.8M 4,248 $587 11

Tue May 21 #3 $2.8M +10.5% −48.3% $99.5M 4,248 $649 12

Wed May 22 #3 $1.7M −39.4% −45.6% $101.2M 4,248 $393 13

Thu May 23 #3 $1.6M −3.9% −41.1% $102.8M 4,248 $378 14

Fri May 24 #4 $3.4M +112.3% −45.4% $106.2M 3,824 $891 15

Sat May 25 #4 $5.1M +50.6% −52.4% $111.4M 3,824 $1,343 16

Sun May 26 #4 $4.9M −5.1% −39.7% $116.2M 3,824 $1,274 17

Mon May 27 #4 $3.8M −21.4% +53.4% $120.1M 3,824 $1,002 18

Tue May 28 #4 $1.7M −54.6% −36.9% $121.8M 3,824 $455 19

Wed May 29 #4 $1.1M −35.8% −33.1% $122.9M 3,824 $292 20

Thu May 30 #4 $1.0M −9.6% −37.1% $123.9M 3,824 $264 21

Fri May 31 #7 $1.8M +82.8% −45.9% $125.8M 3,147 $586 22

Sat Jun 1 #7 $2.9M +55.0% −44.3% $128.6M 3,147 $909 23

Sun Jun 2 #7 $2.2M −21.3% −53.9% $130.9M 3,147 $715 24

Mon Jun 3 #7 $751.6K −66.6% −69.9% $131.6M 3,147 $239 25

Tue Jun 4 #6 $1.2M +64.2% −55.1% $132.9M 3,147 $392 26

Wed Jun 5 #7 $851.2K −31.0% −23.7% $133.7M 3,147 $270 27

Thu Jun 6 #7 $694.5K −18.4% −56.8% $134.4M 3,147 $221 28

Fri Jun 7 #9 $858.0K +23.5% −53.5% $135.3M 2,161 $397 29

Sat Jun 8 #9 $1.3M +48.8% −55.3% $136.6M 2,161 $591 30

Sun Jun 9 #9 $1.1M −17.5% −53.2% $137.6M 2,161 $487 31

Mon Jun 10 #9 $452.5K −57.0% −39.8% $138.1M 2,161 $209 32

Tue Jun 11 #9 $617.9K +36.5% −49.8% $138.7M 2,161 $286 33

Wed Jun 12 #9 $467.5K −24.3% −45.1% $139.1M 2,161 $216 34

Thu Jun 13 #9 $360.3K −22.9% −48.1% $139.5M 2,161 $167 35

Fri Jun 14 #13 $347.2K −3.6% −59.5% $139.9M 984 $353 36

Sat Jun 15 #13 $523.4K +50.7% −59.0% $140.4M 984 $532 37

Sun Jun 16 #13 $421.6K −19.4% −60.0% $140.8M 984 $428 38

Mon Jun 17 #13 $195.4K −53.7% −56.8% $141.0M 984 $199 39

Tue Jun 18 #13 $282.4K +44.5% −54.3% $141.3M 984 $287 40

Wed Jun 19 #13 $206.6K −26.8% −55.8% $141.5M 984 $210 41

Thu Jun 20 #13 $175.7K −15.0% −51.2% $141.7M 984 $179 42

Fri Jun 21 — $103.5K −41.1% −70.2% $141.8M 366 $283 43

Sat Jun 22 — $145.4K +40.5% −72.2% $141.9M 366 $397 44

Sun Jun 23 — $121.3K −16.6% −71.3% $142.0M 366 $331 45

Mon Jun 24 #16 $68.7K −43.3% −64.8% $142.1M 366 $188 46

Tue Jun 25 — $71.5K +4.1% −74.7% $142.2M 366 $195 47

Wed Jun 26 — $55.6K −22.3% −73.1% $142.2M 366 $152 48

Thu Jun 27 — $50.2K −9.6% −71.4% $142.3M 366 $137 49

Fri Jun 28 — $100.0K +99.4% −3.4% $142.4M 311 $322 50

Sat Jun 29 — $136.1K +36.1% −6.3% $142.5M 311 $438 51

Sun Jun 30 — $115.8K −14.9% −4.5% $142.6M 311 $372 52

Mon Jul 1 — $63.3K −45.4% −8.0% $142.7M 311 $203 53

Tue Jul 2 — $55.6K −12.2% −22.3% $142.7M 258 $215 54

Wed Jul 3 — $48.6K −12.7% −12.7% $142.8M 258 $188 55

Thu Jul 4 — $48.0K −0.9% −4.4% $142.8M 258 $186 56

Fri Jul 5 — $72.8K +51.7% −27.2% $142.9M 247 $295 57

Sat Jul 6 — $85.8K +17.8% −36.9% $143.0M 247 $348 58

Sun Jul 7 — $64.9K −24.4% −43.9% $143.1M 247 $263 59

Mon Jul 8 — $34.5K −46.8% −45.3% $143.1M 247 $140 60

Tue Jul 9 — $46.6K +35.0% −16.2% $143.1M 247 $189 61

Wed Jul 10 — $39.2K −15.9% −19.3% $143.2M 247 $159 62

Thu Jul 11 — $43.1K +9.8% −10.3% $143.2M 247 $174 63

Fri Jul 12 — $47.6K +10.6% −34.6% $143.3M 207 $230 64

Sat Jul 13 — $64.4K +35.1% −25.0% $143.3M 207 $311 65

Sun Jul 14 — $52.2K −18.9% −19.6% $143.4M 207 $252 66

Mon Jul 15 — $27.1K −48.1% −21.5% $143.4M 207 $131 67

Tue Jul 16 — $36.3K +34.1% −22.0% $143.5M 207 $175 68

Wed Jul 17 — $37.3K +2.6% −5.0% $143.5M 207 $180 69

Thu Jul 18 — $35.2K −5.5% −18.2% $143.5M 207 $170 70

Fri Jul 19 — $34.1K −3.1% −28.3% $143.6M 165 $207 71

Sat Jul 20 — $46.1K +35.1% −28.4% $143.6M 165 $280 72

Sun Jul 21 — $33.8K −26.7% −35.2% $143.6M 165 $205 73

Mon Jul 22 — $18.4K −45.6% −32.1% $143.7M 165 $111 74

Tue Jul 23 — $24.7K +34.5% −32.0% $143.7M 165 $150 75

Wed Jul 24 — $22.1K −10.5% −40.7% $143.7M 165 $134 76

Thu Jul 25 — $22.7K +2.5% −35.6% $143.7M 165 $137 77

Fri Jul 26 — $29.6K +30.4% −13.3% $143.8M 155 $191 78

Sat Jul 27 — $44.7K +51.2% −3.0% $143.8M 155 $289 79

Sun Jul 28 — $33.9K −24.3% −35.2% $143.8M 155 $218 80

Mon Jul 29 — $17.3K −49.1% −6.2% $143.9M 155 $111 81

Tue Jul 30 — $23.0K +33.6% −6.9% $143.9M 155 $149 82

Wed Jul 31 — $19.5K −15.5% −12.1% $143.9M 155 $126 83

Thu Aug 1 — $17.2K −11.5% −24.1% $143.9M 155 $111 84

Fri Aug 2 — $20.0K +16.3% −32.4% $143.9M 134 $149 85

Sat Aug 3 — $27.8K +39.0% −37.8% $144.0M 134 $208 86

Sun Aug 4 — $18.9K −32.3% −44.3% $144.0M 134 $141 87

Mon Aug 5 — $12.3K −34.5% −9.7% $144.0M 134 $92 88

Tue Aug 6 — $16.3K +31.6% −29.4% $144.0M 134 $121 89

Wed Aug 7 — $12.6K −22.5% −36.1% $144.0M 134 $94 90

Thu Aug 8 — $14.2K +12.7% −17.5% $144.0M 134 $106 91

Fri Aug 9 — $11.8K −16.6% −40.9% $144.1M 113 $105 92

Sat Aug 10 — $17.0K +43.2% −39.1% $144.1M 113 $150 93

Sun Aug 11 — $11.5K −32.2% −39.5% $144.1M 113 $102 94

Mon Aug 12 — $6.1K −46.8% −50.5% $144.1M 113 $54 95

Tue Aug 13 — $7.1K +15.8% −56.4% $144.1M 113 $63 96

Wed Aug 14 — $5.3K −25.7% −58.3% $144.1M 113 $47 97

Thu Aug 15 — $6.0K +14.7% +13.6% $144.1M 113 $53 98

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

Cumulative total$143.5M

May 9May 27Jun 13Jul 1Jul 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $164.2K

$54.4M

$25.1M

$13.4M

$6.0M

$3.2M

$1.3M

$370.2K

$352.0K

$223.5K

$164.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,248 → 207 −95.1%

4,202 open207 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.5%

−53.8%

W1→2

−46.6%

W2→3

−55.6%

W3→4

−46.5%

W4→5

−59.5%

W5→6

−71.4%

W6→7

−5.0%

W7→8

−36.5%

W8→9

−26.5%

W9→10

Steepest −71.4%Best hold −5.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 13 days

$100M

Day 13

May 22

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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