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2015 • R • 2h 27m • Biography, Drama, Music • Universal Pictures

The world's most dangerous group.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$60.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$161.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$202.20M

$41.00M international

Domestic legs2.68x

Budget$28.0M

2015 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Full Gray filmography

F. Gary Gray

F. Gary Gray Director

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

O'Shea Jackson Jr. Starring

Corey Hawkins

Corey Hawkins Starring

Aldis Hodge

Aldis Hodge Starring

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti Starring

ScreenplayJonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff Produced byIce Cube, Dr. Dre, Matt Alvarez CinematographyMatthew Libatique MusicJoseph Trapanese StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 14-16 1 $60.2M — 2,757 $21,835 $60.2M

2 Aug 21-23 1 $26.4M −56.2% 3,025 $8,715 $111.1M

3 Aug 28-30 1 $13.1M −50.2% 3,142 $4,180 $134.0M

4 Sep 4-6 2 $8.6M −34.1% 3,094 $2,795 $147.6M

5 Sep 11-13 6 $3.9M −54.6% 2,812 $1,395 $155.5M

6 Sep 18-20 9 $1.9M −51.4% 1,938 $985 $158.9M

7 Sep 25-27 16 $679.1K −64.4% 609 $1,115 $160.2M

8 Oct 2-4 22 $247.3K −63.6% 281 $880 $160.7M

9 Oct 9-11 31 $135.1K −45.4% 170 $795 $160.9M

10 Oct 16-18 37 $71.1K −47.4% 113 $630 $161.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 13 #P $5.0M — $5.0M 2,264 $2,191 -1

Fri Aug 14 #1 $24.1M +386.4% $24.1M 2,757 $8,750 1

Sat Aug 15 #1 $19.3M −20.0% $43.4M 2,757 $7,000 2

Sun Aug 16 #1 $16.8M −13.1% $60.2M 2,757 $6,085 3

Mon Aug 17 #1 $7.5M −55.5% $67.7M 2,757 $2,705 4

Tue Aug 18 #1 $7.3M −2.4% $74.9M 2,757 $2,640 5

Wed Aug 19 #1 $5.2M −28.0% $80.2M 2,757 $1,900 6

Thu Aug 20 #1 $4.6M −13.1% $84.7M 2,757 $1,650 7

Fri Aug 21 #1 $8.3M +81.8% −65.7% $93.0M 3,025 $2,735 8

Sat Aug 22 #1 $10.5M +27.4% −45.4% $103.5M 3,025 $3,485 9

Sun Aug 23 #1 $7.5M −28.4% −55.0% $111.1M 3,025 $2,495 10

Mon Aug 24 #1 $2.7M −63.9% −63.5% $113.8M 3,025 $900 11

Tue Aug 25 #1 $3.0M +11.7% −58.2% $116.8M 3,025 $1,005 12

Wed Aug 26 #1 $2.1M −30.9% −59.9% $118.9M 3,025 $695 13

Thu Aug 27 #1 $1.9M −7.8% −57.4% $120.9M 3,025 $640 14

Fri Aug 28 #2 $3.9M +99.6% −53.3% $124.8M 3,142 $1,230 15

Sat Aug 29 #1 $5.6M +43.9% −47.2% $130.3M 3,142 $1,770 16

Sun Aug 30 #1 $3.7M −33.3% −50.9% $134.0M 3,142 $1,180 17

Mon Aug 31 #1 $1.3M −64.0% −50.9% $135.4M 3,142 $425 18

Tue Sep 1 #1 $1.5M +11.7% −51.0% $136.8M 3,142 $475 19

Wed Sep 2 #2 $1.1M −27.3% −48.4% $137.9M 3,142 $345 20

Thu Sep 3 #1 $1.0M −7.2% −48.1% $138.9M 3,142 $320 21

Fri Sep 4 #3 $2.2M +121.6% −42.3% $141.2M 3,094 $720 22

Sat Sep 5 #2 $3.2M +42.3% −43.0% $144.3M 3,094 $1,025 23

Sun Sep 6 #2 $3.2M +2.4% −12.4% $147.6M 3,094 $1,050 24

Mon Sep 7 #3 $2.2M −32.4% +64.5% $149.8M 3,094 $710 25

Tue Sep 8 #3 $742.6K −66.2% −50.2% $150.5M 3,094 $240 26

Wed Sep 9 #3 $572.4K −22.9% −47.2% $151.1M 3,094 $185 27

Thu Sep 10 #3 $526.0K −8.1% −47.7% $151.6M 3,094 $170 28

Fri Sep 11 #5 $1.2M +127.3% −46.4% $152.8M 2,812 $425 29

Sat Sep 12 #5 $1.8M +48.2% −44.1% $154.6M 2,812 $630 30

Sun Sep 13 #5 $956.5K −46.0% −70.6% $155.5M 2,812 $340 31

Mon Sep 14 #5 $351.5K −63.3% −84.0% $155.9M 2,812 $125 32

Tue Sep 15 #5 $450.1K +28.0% −39.4% $156.3M 2,812 $160 33

Wed Sep 16 #5 $323.4K −28.1% −43.5% $156.7M 2,812 $115 34

Thu Sep 17 #5 $279.8K −13.5% −46.8% $157.0M 2,812 $100 35

Fri Sep 18 #10 $571.7K +104.3% −52.2% $157.5M 1,938 $295 36

Sat Sep 19 #9 $881.8K +54.2% −50.2% $158.4M 1,938 $455 37

Sun Sep 20 #10 $454.5K −48.5% −52.5% $158.9M 1,938 $235 38

Mon Sep 21 #9 $174.4K −61.6% −50.4% $159.0M 1,938 $90 39

Tue Sep 22 #9 $204.4K +17.2% −54.6% $159.2M 1,938 $105 40

Wed Sep 23 #9 $163.8K −19.9% −49.4% $159.4M 1,938 $85 41

Thu Sep 24 #10 $146.3K −10.7% −47.7% $159.5M 1,938 $75 42

Fri Sep 25 #- $198.1K +35.4% −65.4% $159.7M 609 $325 43

Sat Sep 26 #- $313.8K +58.4% −64.4% $160.1M 609 $515 44

Sun Sep 27 #- $146.1K −53.4% −67.9% $160.2M 609 $240 45

Mon Sep 28 #- $57.9K −60.4% −66.8% $160.3M 609 $95 46

Tue Sep 29 #- $67.0K +15.8% −67.2% $160.3M 609 $110 47

Wed Sep 30 #- $54.9K −18.0% −66.5% $160.4M 609 $90 48

Thu Oct 1 #- $42.6K −22.4% −70.9% $160.4M 609 $70 49

Fri Oct 2 #- $73.1K +71.5% −63.1% $160.5M 281 $260 50

Sat Oct 3 #- $112.4K +53.8% −64.2% $160.6M 281 $400 51

Sun Oct 4 #- $61.8K −45.0% −57.7% $160.7M 281 $220 52

Mon Oct 5 #15 $23.9K −61.4% −58.7% $160.7M 281 $85 53

Tue Oct 6 #- $25.3K +5.9% −62.2% $160.7M 281 $90 54

Wed Oct 7 #- $21.1K −16.7% −61.6% $160.7M 281 $75 55

Thu Oct 8 #- $21.0K −0.5% −50.8% $160.8M 281 $75 56

Fri Oct 9 #- $37.5K +78.6% −48.8% $160.8M 170 $220 57

Sat Oct 10 #- $61.2K +63.3% −45.6% $160.9M 170 $360 58

Sun Oct 11 #- $36.5K −40.3% −40.9% $160.9M 170 $215 59

Mon Oct 12 #- $19.6K −46.5% −18.1% $160.9M 170 $115 60

Tue Oct 13 #- $13.5K −30.7% −46.4% $160.9M 170 $80 61

Wed Oct 14 #- $12.8K −5.9% −39.5% $160.9M 170 $75 62

Thu Oct 15 #- $10.2K −20.0% −51.3% $161.0M 170 $60 63

Fri Oct 16 #- $19.8K +93.9% −47.2% $161.0M 113 $175 64

Sat Oct 17 #- $32.8K +65.7% −46.4% $161.0M 113 $290 65

Sun Oct 18 #- $18.6K −43.3% −49.1% $161.0M 113 $165 66

Mon Oct 19 #- $6.2K −66.6% −68.2% $161.0M 113 $55 67

Tue Oct 20 #- $7.9K +27.3% −41.6% $161.0M 113 $70 68

Wed Oct 21 #- $7.9K −0.1% −38.0% $161.1M 113 $70 69

Thu Oct 22 #- $7.4K −6.6% −27.6% $161.1M 113 $65 70

Cumulative total$161.1M

Aug 13Aug 31Sep 17Oct 5Oct 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $71.1K

$60.2M

$26.4M

$13.1M

$8.6M

$3.9M

$1.9M

$679.1K

$247.3K

$135.1K

$71.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,142 → 113 −96.4%

2,264 open113 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.4%

−56.2%

W1→2

−50.2%

W2→3

−34.1%

W3→4

−54.6%

W4→5

−51.4%

W5→6

−64.4%

W6→7

−63.6%

W7→8

−45.4%

W8→9

−47.4%

W9→10

Steepest −64.4%Best hold −34.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 9 days

$100M

Day 9

Aug 22

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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