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The 5th WaveFollow

2016 • PG-13 • 1h 52m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Sony Pictures Releasing

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🍅 16% 38%

33

2.36

5.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$34.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$111.30M

$76.40M international

Domestic legs3.4x

Budget$38M

2016 rank#83

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Cast & crew

Full Blakeson filmography

J Blakeson

J Blakeson Director

Chloë Grace Moretz

Chloë Grace Moretz Starring

Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston Starring

Maria Bello

Maria Bello Starring

Maika Monroe

Maika Monroe Starring

ScreenplayAkiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, Susannah Grant Produced byTobey Maguire, Graham King, Lynn Harris, Matthew Plouffe CinematographyEnrique Chediak Prod. DesignJon Billington StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 22-24 6 $10.3M — 2,908 $3,551 $10.3M

2 Jan 29-31 8 $7.1M −30.8% 2,908 $2,456 $20.3M

3 Feb 5-7 11 $3.8M −47.2% 2,346 $1,609 $25.7M

4 Feb 12-14 12 $2.7M −28.4% 1,444 $1,871 $29.5M

5 Feb 19-21 15 $1.3M −51.4% 850 $1,544 $32.0M

6 Feb 26-28 18 $852.2K −35.1% 588 $1,449 $33.1M

7 Mar 4-6 27 $361.2K −57.6% 339 $1,065 $33.6M

8 Mar 11-13 28 $200.5K −44.5% 201 $997 $33.9M

9 Mar 18-20 40 $116.4K −41.9% 138 $844 $34.1M

10 Mar 25-27 35 $67.2K −42.3% 92 $731 $34.3M

11 Apr 1-3 31 $125.4K +86.6% 133 $943 $34.4M

12 Apr 8-10 31 $96.7K −22.9% 116 $834 $34.6M

13 Apr 15-17 32 $61.2K −36.7% 99 $618 $34.7M

14 Apr 22-24 35 $57.3K −6.4% 89 $644 $34.7M

15 Apr 29-May 1 42 $57.7K +0.7% 74 $780 $34.8M

16 May 6-8 40 $41.2K −28.6% 70 $588 $34.9M

17 May 13-15 45 $28.3K −31.4% 57 $496 $34.9M

18 May 20-22 56 $11.6K −59.0% 32 $362 $34.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jan 21 — $475.0K — $475.0K 2,297 $207 -1

Fri Jan 22 #6 $3.5M +634.5% $3.5M 2,908 $1,200 1

Sat Jan 23 #6 $4.4M +24.8% $7.8M 2,908 $1,498 2

Sun Jan 24 #4 $2.5M −43.0% $10.3M 2,908 $853 3

Mon Jan 25 #6 $724.7K −70.8% $11.1M 2,908 $249 4

Tue Jan 26 #6 $937.0K +29.3% $12.0M 2,908 $322 5

Wed Jan 27 #7 $601.6K −35.8% $12.6M 2,908 $207 6

Thu Jan 28 #7 $598.4K −0.5% $13.2M 2,908 $206 7

Fri Jan 29 #9 $1.9M +219.3% −45.2% $15.1M 2,908 $657 8

Sat Jan 30 #8 $3.3M +72.5% −24.3% $18.4M 2,908 $1,134 9

Sun Jan 31 #7 $1.9M −41.3% −22.0% $20.3M 2,908 $665 10

Mon Feb 1 #9 $394.7K −79.6% −45.5% $20.7M 2,908 $136 11

Tue Feb 2 #8 $538.7K +36.5% −42.5% $21.3M 2,908 $185 12

Wed Feb 3 #8 $365.4K −32.2% −39.3% $21.6M 2,908 $126 13

Thu Feb 4 #9 $335.5K −8.2% −43.9% $22.0M 2,908 $115 14

Fri Feb 5 #11 $1.1M +219.4% −43.9% $23.0M 2,346 $457 15

Sat Feb 6 #11 $2.0M +85.5% −39.7% $25.0M 2,346 $847 16

Sun Feb 7 #8 $714.5K −64.1% −63.1% $25.7M 2,346 $305 17

Mon Feb 8 #11 $305.7K −57.2% −22.5% $26.0M 2,346 $130 18

Tue Feb 9 #11 $342.5K +12.0% −36.4% $26.4M 2,346 $146 19

Wed Feb 10 #11 $240.6K −29.7% −34.1% $26.6M 2,346 $103 20

Thu Feb 11 #11 $191.5K −20.4% −42.9% $26.8M 2,346 $82 21

Fri Feb 12 #13 $531.5K +177.6% −50.4% $27.4M 1,444 $368 22

Sat Feb 13 #12 $1.0M +91.4% −48.8% $28.4M 1,444 $705 23

Sun Feb 14 #11 $1.2M +13.3% +61.3% $29.5M 1,444 $798 24

Mon Feb 15 #9 $604.2K −47.6% +97.6% $30.1M 1,444 $418 25

Tue Feb 16 #11 $229.5K −62.0% −33.0% $30.4M 1,444 $159 26

Wed Feb 17 #13 $153.1K −33.3% −36.4% $30.5M 1,444 $106 27

Thu Feb 18 #12 $136.1K −11.1% −28.9% $30.6M 1,444 $94 28

Fri Feb 19 #15 $322.8K +137.2% −39.3% $31.0M 850 $380 29

Sat Feb 20 #14 $628.9K +94.8% −38.2% $31.6M 850 $740 30

Sun Feb 21 #13 $360.7K −42.6% −68.7% $32.0M 850 $424 31

Mon Feb 22 — $66.4K −81.6% −89.0% $32.0M 850 $78 32

Tue Feb 23 — $90.2K +35.7% −60.7% $32.1M 850 $106 33

Wed Feb 24 — $71.1K −21.1% −53.6% $32.2M 850 $84 34

Thu Feb 25 — $60.8K −14.5% −55.3% $32.2M 850 $72 35

Fri Feb 26 — $211.6K +248.0% −34.4% $32.5M 588 $360 36

Sat Feb 27 — $412.1K +94.7% −34.5% $32.9M 588 $701 37

Sun Feb 28 #15 $228.5K −44.6% −36.7% $33.1M 588 $389 38

Mon Feb 29 — $41.8K −81.7% −37.0% $33.1M 588 $71 39

Tue Mar 1 — $57.8K +38.1% −35.9% $33.2M 588 $98 40

Wed Mar 2 — $46.5K −19.4% −34.6% $33.2M 588 $79 41

Thu Mar 3 — $35.1K −24.6% −42.3% $33.3M 588 $60 42

Sun Apr 3 — $125.4K — $34.4M 133 $943 73

Fri Apr 15 — $15.7K — $34.6M 99 $159 85

Sat Apr 16 — $27.9K +77.4% $34.6M 99 $282 86

Sun Apr 17 — $17.6K −36.8% $34.7M 99 $178 87

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

Cumulative total$33.3M

Jan 21Feb 1Feb 11Feb 22Mar 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $67.2K

$10.3M

$7.1M

$3.8M

$2.7M

$1.3M

$852.2K

$361.2K

$200.5K

$116.4K

$67.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,908 → 588 −79.8%

2,297 open588 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.3%

−30.8%

W1→2

−47.2%

W2→3

−28.4%

W3→4

−51.4%

W4→5

−35.1%

W5→6

−57.6%

W6→7

−44.5%

W7→8

−41.9%

W8→9

−42.3%

W9→10

Steepest −57.6%Best hold −28.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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