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Sicario: Day of the SoldadoFollow

2018 • R • 2h 2m • Action, Crime, Drama • Columbia Pictures

Some missions need a hitman...others need a soldier.

🍅 62% 66%

61

3.26

7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$50.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$76.30M

$26.30M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$35M

2018 rank#60

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Cast & crew

Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro Starring

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin Starring

Isabela Merced

Isabela Merced Starring

Jeffrey Donovan

Jeffrey Donovan Starring

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Starring

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener Starring

ScreenplayTaylor Sheridan Produced byBasil Iwanyk, Edward L. McDonnell, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill CinematographyDariusz Wolski Music byHildur Guðnadóttir StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 29-Jul 1 3 $19.0M — 3,055 $6,222 $19.0M

2 Jul 6-8 5 $7.6M −59.9% 3,055 $2,496 $35.6M

3 Jul 13-15 8 $3.9M −49.1% 2,006 $1,935 $43.2M

4 Jul 20-22 11 $1.9M −51.5% 1,448 $1,300 $47.1M

5 Jul 27-29 17 $675.7K −64.1% 574 $1,177 $48.7M

6 Aug 3-5 21 $364.3K −46.1% 216 $1,687 $49.4M

7 Aug 10-12 34 $104.9K −71.2% 109 $963 $49.7M

8 Aug 17-19 38 $88.6K −15.5% 85 $1,043 $49.8M

9 Aug 24-26 41 $58.9K −33.6% 66 $892 $49.9M

10 Aug 31-Sep 2 49 $47.5K −19.3% 64 $742 $50.0M

11 Sep 7-9 50 $20.8K −56.2% 40 $520 $50.0M

12 Sep 14-16 60 $13.2K −36.6% 26 $507 $50.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 29 #3 $7.5M — $7.5M 3,055 $2,449 1

Sat Jun 30 #3 $6.2M −17.4% $13.7M 3,055 $2,024 2

Sun Jul 1 #3 $5.3M −13.6% $19.0M 3,055 $1,749 3

Mon Jul 2 #3 $2.2M −59.7% $21.2M 3,055 $704 4

Tue Jul 3 #3 $2.6M +20.1% $23.7M 3,055 $846 5

Wed Jul 4 #4 $2.6M −0.2% $26.3M 3,055 $844 6

Thu Jul 5 #4 $1.7M −34.8% $28.0M 3,055 $550 7

Fri Jul 6 #5 $2.3M +35.8% −69.5% $30.3M 3,055 $748 8

Sat Jul 7 #5 $2.9M +26.9% −53.1% $33.2M 3,055 $949 9

Sun Jul 8 #5 $2.4M −15.7% −54.3% $35.6M 3,055 $799 10

Mon Jul 9 #5 $926.7K −62.1% −56.9% $36.6M 3,055 $303 11

Tue Jul 10 #6 $1.2M +27.5% −54.3% $37.7M 3,055 $387 12

Wed Jul 11 #5 $853.6K −27.8% −66.9% $38.6M 3,055 $279 13

Thu Jul 12 #5 $761.5K −10.8% −54.7% $39.4M 3,055 $249 14

Fri Jul 13 #8 $1.0M +36.3% −54.6% $40.4M 2,006 $517 15

Sat Jul 14 #7 $1.6M +50.5% −46.1% $41.9M 2,006 $778 16

Sun Jul 15 #7 $1.3M −17.9% −47.5% $43.2M 2,006 $639 17

Mon Jul 16 #8 $494.5K −61.4% −46.6% $43.7M 2,006 $246 18

Tue Jul 17 #9 $646.1K +30.7% −45.3% $44.4M 2,006 $322 19

Wed Jul 18 #8 $480.6K −25.6% −43.7% $44.9M 2,006 $240 20

Thu Jul 19 #8 $353.1K −26.5% −53.6% $45.2M 2,006 $176 21

Fri Jul 20 #11 $516.2K +46.2% −50.3% $45.7M 1,448 $357 22

Sat Jul 21 #11 $759.5K +47.1% −51.4% $46.5M 1,448 $525 23

Sun Jul 22 #11 $606.4K −20.2% −52.7% $47.1M 1,448 $419 24

Mon Jul 23 #13 $239.4K −60.5% −51.6% $47.3M 1,448 $165 25

Tue Jul 24 #13 $297.5K +24.3% −54.0% $47.6M 1,448 $205 26

Wed Jul 25 #13 $250.2K −15.9% −47.9% $47.9M 1,448 $173 27

Thu Jul 26 #12 $176.1K −29.6% −50.1% $48.1M 1,448 $122 28

Fri Jul 27 — $188.1K +6.8% −63.6% $48.2M 574 $328 29

Sat Jul 28 — $282.2K +50.0% −62.8% $48.5M 574 $492 30

Sun Jul 29 — $205.4K −27.2% −66.1% $48.7M 574 $358 31

Mon Jul 30 — $85.2K −58.5% −64.4% $48.8M 574 $148 32

Tue Jul 31 — $105.0K +23.3% −64.7% $48.9M 574 $183 33

Wed Aug 1 — $85.5K −18.5% −65.8% $49.0M 574 $149 34

Thu Aug 2 — $70.1K −18.1% −60.2% $49.1M 574 $122 35

Fri Aug 3 — $97.7K +39.4% −48.1% $49.2M 216 $452 36

Sat Aug 4 — $144.9K +48.3% −48.6% $49.3M 216 $671 37

Sun Aug 5 — $121.7K −16.0% −40.7% $49.4M 216 $564 38

Mon Aug 6 — $40.7K −66.6% −52.2% $49.5M 216 $188 39

Tue Aug 7 — $41.5K +2.1% −60.5% $49.5M 216 $192 40

Wed Aug 8 — $38.4K −7.4% −55.1% $49.6M 216 $178 41

Thu Aug 9 — $35.4K −7.9% −49.5% $49.6M 216 $164 42

Fri Aug 10 — $23.8K −32.8% −75.7% $49.6M 109 $218 43

Sat Aug 11 — $47.9K +101.3% −67.0% $49.7M 109 $439 44

Sun Aug 12 — $33.3K −30.5% −72.7% $49.7M 109 $305 45

Mon Aug 13 — $11.2K −66.4% −72.5% $49.7M 109 $102 46

Tue Aug 14 — $15.1K +35.1% −63.7% $49.7M 109 $138 47

Wed Aug 15 — $12.0K −20.2% −68.6% $49.7M 109 $111 48

Thu Aug 16 — $10.6K −12.1% −70.1% $49.7M 109 $97 49

Fri Aug 17 — $22.4K +111.4% −5.9% $49.8M 85 $263 50

Sat Aug 18 — $39.4K +76.1% −17.7% $49.8M 85 $464 51

Sun Aug 19 — $26.8K −31.9% −19.3% $49.8M 85 $316 52

Mon Aug 20 — $9.4K −65.2% −16.3% $49.8M 85 $110 53

Tue Aug 21 — $10.6K +12.9% −30.0% $49.9M 85 $124 54

Wed Aug 22 — $9.3K −11.8% −22.7% $49.9M 85 $110 55

Thu Aug 23 — $8.4K −9.6% −20.5% $49.9M 85 $99 56

Fri Aug 24 — $16.6K +97.4% −25.7% $49.9M 66 $252 57

Sat Aug 25 — $25.9K +56.0% −34.2% $49.9M 66 $393 58

Sun Aug 26 — $16.3K −37.1% −39.3% $49.9M 66 $247 59

Mon Aug 27 — $5.4K −67.1% −42.7% $49.9M 66 $81 60

Tue Aug 28 — $6.2K +15.5% −41.3% $49.9M 66 $94 61

Wed Aug 29 — $5.1K −18.0% −45.5% $49.9M 66 $77 62

Thu Aug 30 — $5.4K +7.1% −35.4% $50.0M 66 $82 63

Fri Aug 31 — $11.0K +103.1% −33.6% $50.0M 64 $173 64

Sat Sep 1 — $19.1K +73.1% −26.3% $50.0M 64 $299 65

Sun Sep 2 — $17.3K −9.4% +6.3% $50.0M 64 $271 66

Mon Sep 3 — $12.3K −29.2% +128.6% $50.0M 64 $192 67

Tue Sep 4 — $3.4K −72.5% −45.6% $50.0M 64 $53 68

Wed Sep 5 — $3.1K −8.5% −39.3% $50.0M 64 $48 69

Thu Sep 6 — $2.6K −14.7% −51.6% $50.0M 64 $41 70

Fri Sep 7 — $5.0K +89.6% −54.8% $50.0M 40 $125 71

Sat Sep 8 — $9.2K +85.0% −51.7% $50.0M 40 $231 72

Sun Sep 9 — $6.6K −28.6% −62.0% $50.0M 40 $165 73

Mon Sep 10 — $2.6K −60.5% −78.8% $50.0M 40 $65 74

Tue Sep 11 — $2.5K −5.3% −27.0% $50.0M 40 $62 75

Wed Sep 12 — $2.1K −13.5% −31.0% $50.1M 40 $53 76

Thu Sep 13 — $2.0K −5.6% −23.6% $50.1M 40 $50 77

Fri Sep 14 — $3.6K +77.7% −28.4% $50.1M 26 $137 78

Sat Sep 15 — $5.0K +39.8% −45.9% $50.1M 26 $192 79

Sun Sep 16 — $4.6K −7.4% −29.8% $50.1M 26 $178 80

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

Cumulative total$50.0M

Jun 29Jul 16Aug 3Aug 20Sep 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $47.5K

$19.0M

$7.6M

$3.9M

$1.9M

$675.7K

$364.3K

$104.9K

$88.6K

$58.9K

$47.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,055 → 64 −97.9%

3,055 open64 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.3%

−59.9%

W1→2

−49.1%

W2→3

−51.5%

W3→4

−64.1%

W4→5

−46.1%

W5→6

−71.2%

W6→7

−15.5%

W7→8

−33.6%

W8→9

−19.3%

W9→10

Steepest −71.2%Best hold −15.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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