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2018 • PG-13 • 1h 42m • Action, Thriller, Adventure • Universal

Don't look down

🍅 48% 67%

51

2.2

5.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$68.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$304.90M

$236.40M international

Domestic legs4.34x

Budget$125M

2018 rank#43

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Cast & crew

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Rawson Marshall Thurber

Rawson Marshall Thurber Director

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson Starring

Neve Campbell

Neve Campbell Starring

Noah Taylor

Noah Taylor Starring

ScreenplayRawson Marshall Thurber StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 13-15 3 $24.9M — 3,782 $6,585 $24.9M

2 Jul 20-22 6 $11.4M −54.4% 3,822 $2,972 $47.1M

3 Jul 27-29 9 $5.3M −53.0% 2,773 $1,926 $59.1M

4 Aug 3-5 14 $2.2M −57.9% 1,523 $1,476 $64.5M

5 Aug 10-12 19 $674.4K −70.0% 670 $1,007 $66.2M

6 Aug 17-19 20 $314.9K −53.3% 370 $851 $66.8M

7 Aug 24-26 26 $230.9K −26.7% 260 $888 $67.1M

8 Aug 31-Sep 2 33 $167.8K −27.3% 188 $892 $67.4M

9 Sep 7-9 31 $118.6K −29.3% 153 $775 $67.6M

10 Sep 14-16 38 $78.4K −33.9% 118 $664 $67.7M

11 Sep 21-23 41 $66.4K −15.3% 102 $651 $67.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 12 #P $1.9M — $1.9M 2,950 $661 -1

Fri Jul 13 #2 $9.2M — $9.2M 3,782 $2,445 1

Sat Jul 14 #3 $9.0M −2.5% $18.3M 3,782 $2,385 2

Sun Jul 15 #3 $6.6M −26.4% $24.9M 3,782 $1,755 3

Mon Jul 16 #3 $2.6M −61.3% $27.5M 3,782 $678 4

Tue Jul 17 #3 $4.1M +59.5% $31.6M 3,782 $1,082 5

Wed Jul 18 #3 $2.3M −43.1% $33.9M 3,782 $616 6

Thu Jul 19 #4 $1.9M −18.6% $35.8M 3,782 $502 7

Fri Jul 20 #6 $3.2M +66.8% −65.8% $39.0M 3,822 $828 8

Sat Jul 21 #7 $4.6M +44.9% −49.2% $43.5M 3,822 $1,199 9

Sun Jul 22 #7 $3.6M −21.2% −45.6% $47.1M 3,822 $945 10

Mon Jul 23 #7 $1.5M −57.9% −40.8% $48.7M 3,822 $398 11

Tue Jul 24 #6 $2.4M +55.0% −42.4% $51.0M 3,822 $616 12

Wed Jul 25 #7 $1.6M −32.6% −31.9% $52.6M 3,822 $415 13

Thu Jul 26 #7 $1.1M −28.2% −40.0% $53.7M 3,822 $298 14

Fri Jul 27 #9 $1.6M +36.8% −50.8% $55.3M 2,773 $562 15

Sat Jul 28 #9 $2.2M +41.3% −52.0% $57.5M 2,773 $794 16

Sun Jul 29 #9 $1.6M −28.2% −56.2% $59.1M 2,773 $570 17

Mon Jul 30 #9 $701.3K −55.7% −53.9% $59.8M 2,773 $253 18

Tue Jul 31 #9 $1.1M +58.2% −52.9% $60.9M 2,773 $400 19

Wed Aug 1 #9 $783.0K −29.4% −50.6% $61.7M 2,773 $282 20

Thu Aug 2 #9 $545.1K −30.4% −52.1% $62.2M 2,773 $197 21

Fri Aug 3 #14 $650.2K +19.3% −58.3% $62.9M 1,523 $427 22

Sat Aug 4 #13 $955.4K +46.9% −56.6% $63.8M 1,523 $627 23

Sun Aug 5 #14 $642.1K −32.8% −59.4% $64.5M 1,523 $422 24

Mon Aug 6 #14 $283.9K −55.8% −59.5% $64.8M 1,523 $186 25

Tue Aug 7 #13 $384.4K +35.4% −65.4% $65.1M 1,523 $252 26

Wed Aug 8 #15 $217.5K −43.4% −72.2% $65.4M 1,523 $143 27

Thu Aug 9 #15 $147.2K −32.3% −73.0% $65.5M 1,523 $97 28

Fri Aug 10 #- $188.1K +27.8% −71.1% $65.7M 670 $281 29

Sat Aug 11 #- $296.0K +57.3% −69.0% $66.0M 670 $442 30

Sun Aug 12 #- $190.4K −35.7% −70.4% $66.2M 670 $284 31

Mon Aug 13 #- $67.5K −64.5% −76.2% $66.3M 670 $101 32

Tue Aug 14 #- $107.0K +58.3% −72.2% $66.4M 670 $160 33

Wed Aug 15 #- $55.9K −47.8% −74.3% $66.4M 670 $83 34

Thu Aug 16 #- $42.1K −24.6% −71.4% $66.5M 670 $63 35

Fri Aug 17 #- $83.9K +99.1% −55.4% $66.5M 370 $227 36

Sat Aug 18 #- $144.1K +71.7% −51.3% $66.7M 370 $390 37

Sun Aug 19 #- $86.8K −39.8% −54.4% $66.8M 370 $235 38

Mon Aug 20 #- $28.5K −67.2% −57.8% $66.8M 370 $77 39

Tue Aug 21 #- $41.1K +44.3% −61.5% $66.8M 370 $111 40

Wed Aug 22 #- $29.2K −29.0% −47.7% $66.9M 370 $79 41

Thu Aug 23 #- $25.0K −14.4% −40.6% $66.9M 370 $68 42

Fri Aug 24 #- $64.3K +157.1% −23.3% $67.0M 260 $247 43

Sat Aug 25 #- $106.0K +64.8% −26.4% $67.1M 260 $408 44

Sun Aug 26 #- $60.6K −42.9% −30.2% $67.1M 260 $233 45

Mon Aug 27 #- $17.7K −70.7% −37.8% $67.1M 260 $68 46

Tue Aug 28 #- $24.5K +38.2% −40.5% $67.2M 260 $94 47

Wed Aug 29 #- $18.2K −25.8% −37.8% $67.2M 260 $70 48

Thu Aug 30 #- $17.0K −6.4% −32.0% $67.2M 260 $65 49

Fri Aug 31 #- $34.9K +105.4% −45.7% $67.2M 188 $186 50

Sat Sep 1 #- $64.3K +83.9% −39.4% $67.3M 188 $342 51

Sun Sep 2 #- $68.6K +6.7% +13.2% $67.4M 188 $365 52

Mon Sep 3 #- $49.7K −27.6% +180.2% $67.4M 188 $264 53

Tue Sep 4 #- $11.8K −76.2% −51.7% $67.4M 188 $63 54

Wed Sep 5 #- $9.6K −19.1% −47.3% $67.4M 188 $51 55

Thu Sep 6 #- $9.5K −0.3% −43.9% $67.5M 188 $51 56

Fri Sep 7 #- $27.6K +189.0% −21.1% $67.5M 153 $180 57

Sat Sep 8 #- $58.1K +110.8% −9.5% $67.5M 153 $380 58

Sun Sep 9 #- $32.9K −43.5% −52.1% $67.6M 153 $215 59

Mon Sep 10 #- $8.5K −74.1% −82.9% $67.6M 153 $56 60

Tue Sep 11 #- $10.5K +23.8% −11.1% $67.6M 153 $69 61

Wed Sep 12 #- $8.0K −23.8% −16.2% $67.6M 153 $52 62

Thu Sep 13 #- $8.0K +0.2% −15.8% $67.6M 153 $53 63

Fri Sep 14 #- $18.6K +130.9% −32.7% $67.6M 118 $157 64

Sat Sep 15 #- $34.2K +84.4% −41.2% $67.7M 118 $290 65

Sun Sep 16 #- $25.6K −25.0% −21.9% $67.7M 118 $217 66

Mon Sep 17 #- $5.6K −78.3% −34.6% $67.7M 118 $47 67

Tue Sep 18 #- $8.0K +44.2% −23.8% $67.7M 118 $68 68

Wed Sep 19 #- $6.5K −19.5% −19.6% $67.7M 118 $55 69

Thu Sep 20 #- $6.1K −4.9% −23.6% $67.7M 118 $52 70

Fri Sep 21 #- $15.6K +155.0% −15.7% $67.7M 102 $153 71

Sat Sep 22 #- $32.1K +105.4% −6.1% $67.8M 102 $315 72

Sun Sep 23 #- $18.6K −42.0% −27.3% $67.8M 102 $183 73

Mon Sep 24 #- $4.1K −77.9% −25.8% $67.8M 102 $40 74

Tue Sep 25 #- $5.2K +26.5% −34.9% $67.8M 102 $51 75

Wed Sep 26 #- $4.5K −13.6% −30.1% $67.8M 102 $44 76

Thu Sep 27 #- $4.5K −0.6% −26.9% $67.8M 102 $44 77

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

Cumulative total$67.7M

Jul 12Jul 30Aug 16Sep 3Sep 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $78.4K

$24.9M

$11.4M

$5.3M

$2.2M

$674.4K

$314.9K

$230.9K

$167.8K

$118.6K

$78.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,822 → 118 −96.9%

2,950 open118 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.9%

−54.4%

W1→2

−53.0%

W2→3

−57.9%

W3→4

−70.0%

W4→5

−53.3%

W5→6

−26.7%

W6→7

−27.3%

W7→8

−29.3%

W8→9

−33.9%

W9→10

Steepest −70.0%Best hold −26.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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