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2016 • PG-13 • 2h 3m • Action, Adventure, Comedy • Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Comics

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$133.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$325.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$749.20M

$424.10M international

Domestic legs2.43x

Budget$175M

2016 rank#9

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Cast & crew

Full Ayer filmography

David Ayer

David Ayer Director

Will Smith

Will Smith Starring

Jared Leto

Jared Leto Starring

Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie Starring

Joel Kinnaman

Joel Kinnaman Starring

Viola Davis

Viola Davis Starring

ScreenplayDavid Ayer Produced byCharles Roven, Richard Suckle CinematographyRoman Vasyanov MusicSteven Price StudioWarner Bros. SeriesDC Extended Universe

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 5-7 1 $133.7M — 4,255 $31,418 $133.7M

2 Aug 12-14 1 $43.5M −67.4% 4,255 $10,232 $222.6M

3 Aug 19-21 1 $20.9M −52.1% 3,924 $5,315 $262.4M

4 Aug 26-28 2 $12.2M −41.3% 3,582 $3,419 $283.0M

5 Sep 2-4 2 $9.9M −19.1% 3,292 $3,010 $297.3M

6 Sep 9-11 4 $5.7M −42.3% 3,103 $1,844 $307.5M

7 Sep 16-18 7 $4.7M −17.8% 2,740 $1,716 $313.8M

8 Sep 23-25 8 $3.1M −33.9% 2,172 $1,431 $318.1M

9 Sep 30-Oct 2 11 $1.9M −38.3% 1,638 $1,171 $320.9M

10 Oct 7-9 12 $1.1M −41.4% 972 $1,156 $322.5M

11 Oct 14-16 15 $716.1K −36.3% 630 $1,137 $323.7M

12 Oct 21-23 20 $385.2K −46.2% 383 $1,006 $324.3M

13 Oct 28-30 24 $282.6K −26.6% 332 $851 $324.7M

14 Nov 4-6 25 $246.4K −12.8% 245 $1,006 $325.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 4 #P $20.5M — $20.5M 0 $0 -1

Fri Aug 5 #1 $64.9M — $64.9M 4,255 $15,251 1

Sat Aug 6 #1 $38.6M −40.6% $103.5M 4,255 $9,067 2

Sun Aug 7 #1 $30.2M −21.7% $133.7M 4,255 $7,100 3

Mon Aug 8 #1 $13.1M −56.5% $146.8M 4,255 $3,089 4

Tue Aug 9 #1 $14.3M +8.5% $161.1M 4,255 $3,352 5

Wed Aug 10 #1 $9.8M −31.2% $170.9M 4,255 $2,307 6

Thu Aug 11 #1 $8.2M −16.4% $179.1M 4,255 $1,928 7

Fri Aug 12 #2 $13.1M +59.8% −79.8% $192.2M 4,255 $3,080 8

Sat Aug 13 #1 $17.5M +33.8% −54.6% $209.7M 4,255 $4,120 9

Sun Aug 14 #1 $12.9M −26.4% −57.3% $222.6M 4,255 $3,032 10

Mon Aug 15 #1 $5.0M −61.2% −61.9% $227.6M 4,255 $1,176 11

Tue Aug 16 #1 $6.2M +24.6% −56.3% $233.9M 4,255 $1,465 12

Wed Aug 17 #1 $4.1M −33.8% −58.0% $238.0M 4,255 $970 13

Thu Aug 18 #1 $3.6M −13.4% −56.5% $241.6M 4,255 $839 14

Fri Aug 19 #1 $6.0M +68.3% −54.1% $247.6M 3,924 $1,531 15

Sat Aug 20 #1 $8.6M +43.9% −50.7% $256.2M 3,924 $2,204 16

Sun Aug 21 #1 $6.2M −28.3% −51.9% $262.4M 3,924 $1,580 17

Mon Aug 22 #1 $2.1M −65.6% −57.3% $264.6M 3,924 $544 18

Tue Aug 23 #1 $2.7M +26.1% −56.8% $267.3M 3,924 $686 19

Wed Aug 24 #1 $1.8M −32.1% −55.7% $269.1M 3,924 $466 20

Thu Aug 25 #1 $1.7M −7.5% −52.7% $270.8M 3,924 $431 21

Fri Aug 26 #2 $3.3M +95.8% −44.9% $274.1M 3,582 $924 22

Sat Aug 27 #2 $5.5M +65.8% −36.5% $279.6M 3,582 $1,532 23

Sun Aug 28 #2 $3.5M −37.1% −44.3% $283.0M 3,582 $963 24

Mon Aug 29 #2 $1.1M −69.2% −50.3% $284.1M 3,582 $296 25

Tue Aug 30 #2 $1.4M +30.1% −48.7% $285.5M 3,582 $385 26

Wed Aug 31 #2 $954.7K −30.8% −47.8% $286.4M 3,582 $267 27

Thu Sep 1 #2 $1.0M +4.8% −40.8% $287.4M 3,582 $279 28

Fri Sep 2 #2 $2.3M +131.6% −30.0% $289.7M 3,292 $704 29

Sat Sep 3 #2 $3.8M +65.4% −30.2% $293.6M 3,292 $1,163 30

Sun Sep 4 #2 $3.8M −1.7% +9.1% $297.3M 3,292 $1,143 31

Mon Sep 5 #2 $2.8M −26.2% +161.7% $300.1M 3,292 $843 32

Tue Sep 6 #2 $708.2K −74.5% −48.7% $300.8M 3,292 $215 33

Wed Sep 7 #2 $500.3K −29.4% −47.6% $301.3M 3,292 $152 34

Thu Sep 8 #2 $445.0K −11.0% −55.5% $301.8M 3,292 $135 35

Fri Sep 9 #4 $1.5M +226.1% −37.3% $303.2M 3,103 $468 36

Sat Sep 10 #4 $2.8M +91.5% −27.4% $306.0M 3,103 $896 37

Sun Sep 11 #4 $1.5M −46.3% −60.4% $307.5M 3,103 $481 38

Mon Sep 12 #4 $378.6K −74.6% −86.4% $307.9M 3,103 $122 39

Tue Sep 13 #4 $504.4K +33.2% −28.8% $308.4M 3,103 $163 40

Wed Sep 14 #4 $358.1K −29.0% −28.4% $308.7M 3,103 $115 41

Thu Sep 15 #4 $350.4K −2.1% −21.3% $309.1M 3,103 $113 42

Fri Sep 16 #7 $1.2M +240.2% −17.9% $310.3M 2,740 $435 43

Sat Sep 17 #7 $2.3M +89.3% −18.8% $312.5M 2,740 $824 44

Sun Sep 18 #6 $1.3M −44.5% −16.0% $313.8M 2,740 $457 45

Mon Sep 19 #7 $305.2K −75.6% −19.4% $314.1M 2,740 $111 46

Tue Sep 20 #7 $396.1K +29.8% −21.5% $314.5M 2,740 $145 47

Wed Sep 21 #7 $294.7K −25.6% −17.7% $314.8M 2,740 $108 48

Thu Sep 22 #7 $253.2K −14.1% −27.7% $315.0M 2,740 $92 49

Fri Sep 23 #8 $805.1K +218.0% −32.5% $315.8M 2,172 $371 50

Sat Sep 24 #8 $1.5M +85.3% −33.9% $317.3M 2,172 $687 51

Sun Sep 25 #8 $811.1K −45.6% −35.3% $318.1M 2,172 $373 52

Mon Sep 26 #8 $200.1K −75.3% −34.4% $318.3M 2,172 $92 53

Tue Sep 27 #8 $253.1K +26.5% −36.1% $318.6M 2,172 $117 54

Wed Sep 28 #8 $194.4K −23.2% −34.0% $318.8M 2,172 $90 55

Thu Sep 29 #8 $161.4K −17.0% −36.3% $318.9M 2,172 $74 56

Fri Sep 30 #11 $490.1K +203.7% −39.1% $319.4M 1,638 $299 57

Sat Oct 1 #10 $917.1K +87.1% −38.5% $320.3M 1,638 $560 58

Sun Oct 2 #11 $510.1K −44.4% −37.1% $320.9M 1,638 $311 59

Mon Oct 3 #11 $162.4K −68.2% −18.9% $321.0M 1,638 $99 60

Tue Oct 4 #12 $161.3K −0.7% −36.3% $321.2M 1,638 $98 61

Wed Oct 5 #12 $127.2K −21.1% −34.6% $321.3M 1,638 $78 62

Thu Oct 6 #11 $115.1K −9.5% −28.7% $321.4M 1,638 $70 63

Fri Oct 7 #12 $298.5K +159.3% −39.1% $321.7M 972 $307 64

Sat Oct 8 #12 $497.8K +66.8% −45.7% $322.2M 972 $512 65

Sun Oct 9 #12 $327.3K −34.3% −35.8% $322.5M 972 $337 66

Mon Oct 10 #12 $150.2K −54.1% −7.5% $322.7M 972 $155 67

Tue Oct 11 #15 $102.4K −31.8% −36.5% $322.8M 972 $105 68

Wed Oct 12 #14 $91.2K −11.0% −28.4% $322.9M 972 $94 69

Thu Oct 13 #15 $69.4K −23.9% −39.7% $323.0M 972 $71 70

Fri Oct 14 #- $186.2K +168.4% −37.6% $323.1M 630 $296 71

Sat Oct 15 #15 $333.9K +79.3% −32.9% $323.5M 630 $530 72

Sun Oct 16 #15 $196.0K −41.3% −40.1% $323.7M 630 $311 73

Mon Oct 17 #- $55.0K −71.9% −63.4% $323.7M 630 $87 74

Tue Oct 18 #- $57.3K +4.3% −44.0% $323.8M 630 $91 75

Wed Oct 19 #- $48.4K −15.5% −46.9% $323.8M 630 $77 76

Thu Oct 20 #- $48.4K +0.0% −30.2% $323.9M 630 $77 77

Fri Oct 21 #- $105.8K +118.5% −43.2% $324.0M 383 $276 78

Sat Oct 22 #- $174.2K +64.6% −47.8% $324.2M 383 $455 79

Sun Oct 23 #- $105.2K −39.6% −46.4% $324.3M 383 $275 80

Mon Oct 24 #- $31.1K −70.4% −43.4% $324.3M 383 $81 81

Tue Oct 25 #- $31.7K +1.9% −44.7% $324.3M 383 $83 82

Wed Oct 26 #- $27.2K −14.3% −43.9% $324.4M 383 $71 83

Thu Oct 27 #- $29.4K +8.3% −39.3% $324.4M 383 $77 84

Fri Oct 28 #- $75.1K +155.2% −29.1% $324.5M 332 $226 85

Sat Oct 29 #- $125.7K +67.4% −27.9% $324.6M 332 $379 86

Sun Oct 30 #- $81.9K −34.9% −22.1% $324.7M 332 $247 87

Mon Oct 31 #- $27.0K −67.0% −13.1% $324.7M 332 $81 88

Tue Nov 1 #- $27.9K +3.2% −12.0% $324.7M 332 $84 89

Wed Nov 2 #- $24.2K −13.1% −10.9% $324.8M 332 $73 90

Thu Nov 3 #- $23.1K −4.5% −21.4% $324.8M 332 $70 91

Fri Nov 4 #- $62.8K +171.7% −16.3% $324.8M 245 $256 92

Sat Nov 5 #- $118.1K +88.0% −6.0% $325.0M 245 $482 93

Sun Nov 6 #- $65.4K −44.6% −20.1% $325.0M 245 $267 94

Mon Nov 7 #- $18.1K −72.3% −32.9% $325.0M 245 $74 95

Tue Nov 8 #- $21.2K +17.2% −23.8% $325.1M 245 $87 96

Wed Nov 9 #- $15.7K −26.0% −35.1% $325.1M 245 $64 97

Thu Nov 10 #- $23.2K +47.8% +0.4% $325.1M 245 $95 98

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

Cumulative total$323.0M

Aug 4Aug 22Sep 8Sep 26Oct 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M

$133.7M

$43.5M

$20.9M

$12.2M

$9.9M

$5.7M

$4.7M

$3.1M

$1.9M

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,255 → 972 −77.2%

4,255 open972 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.4%

−67.4%

W1→2

−52.1%

W2→3

−41.3%

W3→4

−19.1%

W4→5

−42.3%

W5→6

−17.8%

W6→7

−33.9%

W7→8

−38.3%

W8→9

−41.4%

W9→10

Steepest −67.4%Best hold −17.8%

Run milestones

$300M in 32 days

$100M

Day 2

Aug 6

$200M

Day 9

Aug 13

$300M

Day 32

Sep 5

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#1 Biggest August openingsAll-time $133.7M #49 Biggest opening weekendsAll-time $133.7M

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