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2016 • R • 2h 7m • Action, Crime, Drama • Warner Bros. Pictures

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🍅 53% 76%

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3.0

7.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$24.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$86.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$155.60M

$69.30M international

Domestic legs3.49x

Budget$40M

2016 rank#36

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Cast & crew

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck Starring

Anna Kendrick

Anna Kendrick Starring

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons Starring

Jon Bernthal

Jon Bernthal Starring

Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor Starring

ScreenplayBill Dubuque Produced byLynette Howell Taylor, Mark Williams CinematographySeamus McGarvey MusicMark Isham Written byBill Dubuque StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 14-16 1 $24.7M — 3,332 $7,416 $24.7M

2 Oct 21-23 4 $13.6M −44.8% 3,332 $4,095 $47.5M

3 Oct 28-30 4 $8.5M −37.8% 3,402 $2,493 $61.3M

4 Nov 4-6 6 $5.9M −30.8% 2,688 $2,185 $70.8M

5 Nov 11-13 6 $4.4M −24.9% 2,342 $1,884 $77.6M

6 Nov 18-20 9 $2.2M −51.1% 1,423 $1,515 $81.3M

7 Nov 25-27 15 $1.0M −51.7% 556 $1,875 $83.2M

8 Dec 2-4 15 $748.7K −28.2% 608 $1,231 $84.2M

9 Dec 9-11 20 $440.0K −41.2% 455 $967 $85.0M

10 Dec 16-18 21 $155.6K −64.6% 252 $618 $85.3M

11 Dec 23-25 27 $116.5K −25.1% 222 $525 $85.5M

12 Dec 30-Jan 1 22 $194.0K +66.5% 222 $874 $85.9M

13 Jan 6-8 26 $130.4K −32.8% 181 $720 $86.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 13 #P $1.4M — $1.4M 0 $0 -1

Fri Oct 14 #1 $9.1M — $9.1M 3,332 $2,723 1

Sat Oct 15 #1 $9.6M +5.4% $18.6M 3,332 $2,870 2

Sun Oct 16 #1 $6.1M −36.4% $24.7M 3,332 $1,824 3

Mon Oct 17 #1 $2.2M −63.2% $26.9M 3,332 $670 4

Tue Oct 18 #1 $3.1M +39.1% $30.1M 3,332 $932 5

Wed Oct 19 #1 $1.8M −40.7% $31.9M 3,332 $553 6

Thu Oct 20 #1 $2.0M +8.8% $33.9M 3,332 $601 7

Fri Oct 21 #4 $4.4M +119.3% −51.6% $38.3M 3,332 $1,319 8

Sat Oct 22 #3 $5.9M +34.2% −38.3% $44.2M 3,332 $1,770 9

Sun Oct 23 #3 $3.4M −43.1% −44.8% $47.5M 3,332 $1,006 10

Mon Oct 24 #3 $1.2M −64.0% −46.0% $48.7M 3,332 $362 11

Tue Oct 25 #3 $1.6M +34.6% −47.7% $50.4M 3,332 $488 12

Wed Oct 26 #3 $1.2M −28.0% −36.4% $51.5M 3,332 $351 13

Thu Oct 27 #3 $1.2M +6.1% −38.0% $52.8M 3,332 $373 14

Fri Oct 28 #4 $2.5M +103.4% −42.5% $55.3M 3,402 $742 15

Sat Oct 29 #4 $3.7M +46.7% −37.2% $59.0M 3,402 $1,089 16

Sun Oct 30 #4 $2.3M −39.3% −32.9% $61.3M 3,402 $662 17

Mon Oct 31 #5 $1.0M −55.5% −17.1% $62.3M 3,402 $294 18

Tue Nov 1 #4 $1.1M +8.5% −33.2% $63.4M 3,402 $319 19

Wed Nov 2 #3 $750.3K −30.9% −35.9% $64.1M 3,402 $221 20

Thu Nov 3 #2 $807.4K +7.6% −35.0% $64.9M 3,402 $237 21

Fri Nov 4 #6 $1.8M +117.7% −30.4% $66.7M 2,688 $654 22

Sat Nov 5 #6 $2.6M +49.3% −29.2% $69.3M 2,688 $976 23

Sun Nov 6 #6 $1.5M −43.1% −33.7% $70.8M 2,688 $555 24

Mon Nov 7 #4 $511.2K −65.7% −48.9% $71.3M 2,688 $190 25

Tue Nov 8 #7 $670.1K +31.1% −38.3% $72.0M 2,688 $249 26

Wed Nov 9 #4 $573.8K −14.4% −23.5% $72.5M 2,688 $213 27

Thu Nov 10 #4 $620.2K +8.1% −23.2% $73.2M 2,688 $231 28

Fri Nov 11 #6 $1.5M +145.8% −13.3% $74.7M 2,342 $651 29

Sat Nov 12 #6 $1.9M +25.1% −27.3% $76.6M 2,342 $814 30

Sun Nov 13 #6 $980.1K −48.6% −34.3% $77.6M 2,342 $419 31

Mon Nov 14 #6 $363.0K −63.0% −29.0% $77.9M 2,342 $155 32

Tue Nov 15 #6 $524.6K +44.5% −21.7% $78.5M 2,342 $224 33

Wed Nov 16 #6 $402.2K −23.3% −29.9% $78.9M 2,342 $172 34

Thu Nov 17 #6 $279.2K −30.6% −55.0% $79.1M 2,342 $119 35

Fri Nov 18 #9 $605.6K +116.9% −60.3% $79.7M 1,423 $426 36

Sat Nov 19 #8 $970.6K +60.3% −49.1% $80.7M 1,423 $682 37

Sun Nov 20 #9 $580.3K −40.2% −40.8% $81.3M 1,423 $408 38

Mon Nov 21 #8 $260.4K −55.1% −28.3% $81.6M 1,423 $183 39

Tue Nov 22 #9 $229.3K −12.0% −56.3% $81.8M 1,423 $161 40

Wed Nov 23 #- $181.3K −20.9% −54.9% $82.0M 556 $326 41

Thu Nov 24 #14 $201.9K +11.3% −27.7% $82.2M 556 $363 42

Fri Nov 25 #15 $415.8K +106.0% −31.3% $82.6M 556 $748 43

Sat Nov 26 #15 $428.6K +3.1% −55.8% $83.0M 556 $771 44

Sun Nov 27 #- $198.1K −53.8% −65.9% $83.2M 556 $356 45

Mon Nov 28 #- $70.5K −64.4% −72.9% $83.3M 556 $127 46

Tue Nov 29 #- $90.6K +28.6% −60.5% $83.4M 556 $163 47

Wed Nov 30 #- $65.2K −28.0% −64.0% $83.4M 556 $117 48

Thu Dec 1 #- $60.2K −7.7% −70.2% $83.5M 556 $108 49

Fri Dec 2 #15 $216.2K +259.0% −48.0% $83.7M 608 $356 50

Sat Dec 3 #15 $346.3K +60.2% −19.2% $84.1M 608 $570 51

Sun Dec 4 #- $186.2K −46.2% −6.0% $84.2M 608 $306 52

Mon Dec 5 #- $68.2K −63.3% −3.2% $84.3M 608 $112 53

Tue Dec 6 #- $100.3K +47.0% +10.7% $84.4M 608 $165 54

Wed Dec 7 #- $70.0K −30.2% +7.3% $84.5M 608 $115 55

Thu Dec 8 #- $59.5K −15.0% −1.2% $84.5M 608 $98 56

Fri Dec 9 #- $130.4K +119.1% −39.7% $84.7M 455 $287 57

Sat Dec 10 #- $204.8K +57.1% −40.9% $84.9M 455 $450 58

Sun Dec 11 #- $104.8K −48.8% −43.7% $85.0M 455 $230 59

Mon Dec 12 #- $45.2K −56.8% −33.7% $85.0M 455 $99 60

Tue Dec 13 #- $57.8K +27.9% −42.3% $85.1M 455 $127 61

Wed Dec 14 #- $44.0K −24.0% −37.2% $85.1M 455 $97 62

Thu Dec 15 #- $35.2K −19.9% −40.9% $85.2M 455 $77 63

Fri Dec 16 #- $43.1K +22.4% −67.0% $85.2M 252 $171 64

Sat Dec 17 #- $68.2K +58.3% −66.7% $85.3M 252 $271 65

Sun Dec 18 #- $44.4K −34.9% −57.7% $85.3M 252 $176 66

Mon Dec 19 #- $30.5K −31.3% −32.7% $85.4M 252 $121 67

Tue Dec 20 #- $25.2K −17.3% −56.5% $85.4M 252 $100 68

Wed Dec 21 #- $14.6K −42.0% −66.8% $85.4M 155 $94 69

Thu Dec 22 #- $15.1K +3.6% −57.0% $85.4M 155 $98 70

Fri Dec 23 #- $39.4K +160.3% −8.6% $85.4M 222 $177 71

Sat Dec 24 #- $23.6K −40.1% −65.4% $85.5M 222 $106 72

Sun Dec 25 #- $53.6K +127.4% +20.8% $85.5M 222 $241 73

Mon Dec 26 #- $69.3K +29.3% +127.4% $85.6M 222 $312 74

Tue Dec 27 #- $50.5K −27.1% +100.6% $85.6M 222 $228 75

Wed Dec 28 #- $47.6K −5.7% +226.3% $85.7M 222 $215 76

Thu Dec 29 #- $48.4K +1.7% +220.4% $85.7M 222 $218 77

Fri Dec 30 #- $63.8K +31.7% +62.1% $85.8M 222 $287 78

Sat Dec 31 #- $55.0K −13.8% +133.4% $85.9M 222 $248 79

Sun Jan 1 #- $75.2K +36.7% +40.4% $85.9M 222 $339 80

Mon Jan 2 #- $61.2K −18.6% −11.7% $86.0M 222 $276 81

Tue Jan 3 #- $27.8K −54.6% −45.1% $86.0M 222 $125 82

Wed Jan 4 #- $23.9K −14.0% −49.9% $86.0M 222 $108 83

Thu Jan 5 #- $22.9K −4.1% −52.7% $86.1M 222 $103 84

Fri Jan 6 #- $36.1K +57.7% −43.4% $86.1M 181 $199 85

Sat Jan 7 #- $57.1K +58.1% +3.7% $86.2M 181 $315 86

Sun Jan 8 #- $37.2K −34.8% −50.5% $86.2M 181 $206 87

Mon Jan 9 #- $13.5K −63.8% −78.0% $86.2M 181 $74 88

Tue Jan 10 #- $17.3K +28.8% −37.6% $86.2M 181 $96 89

Wed Jan 11 #- $14.7K −15.5% −38.6% $86.2M 181 $81 90

Thu Jan 12 #- $16.6K +13.1% −27.6% $86.3M 181 $92 91

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

Cumulative total$85.4M

Oct 13Oct 31Nov 17Dec 5Dec 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $155.6K

$24.7M

$13.6M

$8.5M

$5.9M

$4.4M

$2.2M

$1.0M

$748.7K

$440.0K

$155.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,402 → 155 −95.4%

3,332 open155 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −64.6%

−44.8%

W1→2

−37.8%

W2→3

−30.8%

W3→4

−24.9%

W4→5

−51.1%

W5→6

−51.7%

W6→7

−28.2%

W7→8

−41.2%

W8→9

−64.6%

W9→10

Steepest −64.6%Best hold −24.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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