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2016 • PG • 1h 57m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The world is more giant than you can imagine.

🍅 74% 57%

66

2.78

6.3

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$55.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$199.60M

$144.20M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$140M

2016 rank#59

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Cast & crew

Full Spielberg filmography

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Director

Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance Starring

Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton Starring

Jemaine Clement

Jemaine Clement Starring

Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Hall Starring

Rafe Spall

Rafe Spall Starring

ScreenplayMelissa Mathison Produced bySteven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Sam Mercer CinematographyJanusz Kamiński Music byJohn Williams StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 1-3 4 $18.8M — 3,357 $5,593 $18.8M

2 Jul 8-10 7 $7.8M −58.4% 3,392 $2,302 $38.9M

3 Jul 15-17 9 $3.8M −51.5% 2,182 $1,737 $47.4M

4 Jul 22-24 15 $1.0M −73.3% 686 $1,476 $51.0M

5 Jul 29-31 19 $458.1K −54.8% 273 $1,678 $52.1M

6 Aug 5-7 21 $295.5K −35.5% 234 $1,263 $52.8M

7 Aug 12-14 27 $274.0K −7.3% 193 $1,420 $53.3M

8 Aug 19-21 24 $359.6K +31.3% 207 $1,737 $53.9M

9 Aug 26-28 26 $314.0K −12.7% 235 $1,336 $54.3M

10 Sep 2-4 28 $309.1K −1.5% 220 $1,405 $54.7M

11 Sep 9-11 32 $171.4K −44.6% 211 $812 $55.1M

12 Sep 16-18 34 $135.4K −21.0% 179 $756 $55.2M

13 Sep 23-25 38 $92.9K −31.4% 131 $709 $55.4M

14 Sep 30-Oct 2 46 $48.0K −48.3% 86 $559 $55.4M

15 Oct 7-9 55 $20.9K −56.5% 40 $522 $55.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 30 #P $775.0K — $775.0K — — -1

Fri Jul 1 #4 $7.1M — $7.1M 3,357 $2,110 1

Sat Jul 2 #4 $6.3M −11.6% $13.3M 3,357 $1,865 2

Sun Jul 3 #5 $5.4M −13.3% $18.8M 3,357 $1,618 3

Mon Jul 4 #5 $3.9M −27.4% $22.7M 3,357 $1,174 4

Tue Jul 5 #4 $3.4M −12.9% $26.1M 3,357 $1,022 5

Wed Jul 6 #4 $2.7M −22.5% $28.8M 3,357 $792 6

Thu Jul 7 #4 $2.3M −12.5% $31.1M 3,357 $693 7

Fri Jul 8 #6 $2.5M +6.8% −64.9% $33.6M 3,392 $733 8

Sat Jul 9 #8 $3.1M +24.8% −50.4% $36.7M 3,392 $915 9

Sun Jul 10 #8 $2.2M −28.4% −59.1% $38.9M 3,392 $655 10

Mon Jul 11 #6 $1.0M −54.0% −74.1% $40.0M 3,392 $301 11

Tue Jul 12 #6 $1.5M +43.0% −57.4% $41.4M 3,392 $431 12

Wed Jul 13 #6 $1.1M −26.2% −59.4% $42.5M 3,392 $318 13

Thu Jul 14 #6 $1.1M +0.2% −53.5% $43.6M 3,392 $319 14

Fri Jul 15 #9 $1.2M +7.2% −53.3% $44.7M 2,182 $531 15

Sat Jul 16 #9 $1.5M +30.8% −51.1% $46.3M 2,182 $695 16

Sun Jul 17 #9 $1.1M −26.5% −49.9% $47.4M 2,182 $510 17

Mon Jul 18 #8 $598.6K −46.2% −41.4% $48.0M 2,182 $274 18

Tue Jul 19 #8 $815.0K +36.1% −44.3% $48.8M 2,182 $374 19

Wed Jul 20 #8 $616.4K −24.4% −42.9% $49.4M 2,182 $282 20

Thu Jul 21 #7 $534.0K −13.4% −50.6% $49.9M 2,182 $245 21

Fri Jul 22 #15 $299.1K −44.0% −74.2% $50.2M 686 $436 22

Sat Jul 23 #15 $400.7K +34.0% −73.6% $50.6M 686 $584 23

Sun Jul 24 #15 $312.8K −21.9% −71.9% $51.0M 686 $456 24

Mon Jul 25 #15 $183.0K −41.5% −69.4% $51.1M 686 $267 25

Tue Jul 26 #14 $211.3K +15.4% −74.1% $51.3M 686 $308 26

Wed Jul 27 #15 $172.2K −18.5% −72.1% $51.5M 620 $278 27

Thu Jul 28 #13 $166.1K −3.6% −68.9% $51.7M 620 $268 28

Fri Jul 29 — $142.9K −14.0% −52.2% $51.8M 273 $523 29

Sat Jul 30 — $176.0K +23.2% −56.1% $52.0M 273 $645 30

Sun Jul 31 — $139.2K −20.9% −55.5% $52.1M 273 $510 31

Mon Aug 1 — $82.3K −40.9% −55.1% $52.2M 273 $301 32

Tue Aug 2 — $99.1K +20.4% −53.1% $52.3M 273 $363 33

Wed Aug 3 — $90.9K −8.3% −47.2% $52.4M 273 $333 34

Thu Aug 4 — $78.2K −14.0% −52.9% $52.5M 273 $286 35

Fri Aug 5 — $91.4K +16.9% −36.0% $52.6M 234 $391 36

Sat Aug 6 — $116.9K +27.9% −33.6% $52.7M 234 $500 37

Sun Aug 7 — $87.2K −25.4% −37.3% $52.8M 234 $373 38

Mon Aug 8 — $56.1K −35.7% −31.8% $52.8M 234 $240 39

Tue Aug 9 — $67.2K +19.8% −32.1% $52.9M 234 $287 40

Wed Aug 10 — $63.3K −5.9% −30.4% $53.0M 234 $271 41

Thu Aug 11 — $51.6K −18.6% −34.1% $53.0M 234 $220 42

Fri Aug 12 — $88.3K +71.2% −3.4% $53.1M 193 $457 43

Sat Aug 13 — $112.2K +27.1% −4.0% $53.2M 193 $581 44

Sun Aug 14 — $73.5K −34.5% −15.8% $53.3M 193 $381 45

Mon Aug 15 — $43.6K −40.7% −22.3% $53.3M 193 $226 46

Tue Aug 16 — $55.5K +27.3% −17.5% $53.4M 193 $288 47

Wed Aug 17 — $53.0K −4.5% −16.2% $53.5M 193 $275 48

Thu Aug 18 — $47.8K −9.8% −7.2% $53.5M 193 $248 49

Fri Aug 19 — $105.2K +120.0% +19.2% $53.6M 207 $508 50

Sat Aug 20 — $163.6K +55.5% +45.8% $53.8M 207 $790 51

Sun Aug 21 — $90.8K −44.5% +23.6% $53.9M 207 $439 52

Mon Aug 22 — $35.1K −61.4% −19.5% $53.9M 207 $170 53

Tue Aug 23 — $38.8K +10.5% −30.1% $53.9M 207 $187 54

Wed Aug 24 — $34.0K −12.3% −35.8% $54.0M 207 $164 55

Thu Aug 25 — $33.6K −1.1% −29.7% $54.0M 207 $163 56

Fri Aug 26 — $91.8K +173.0% −12.7% $54.1M 235 $391 57

Sat Aug 27 — $141.5K +54.1% −13.5% $54.2M 235 $602 58

Sun Aug 28 — $80.7K −43.0% −11.2% $54.3M 235 $343 59

Mon Aug 29 — $26.9K −66.7% −23.4% $54.3M 235 $114 60

Tue Aug 30 — $30.2K +12.3% −22.2% $54.4M 235 $128 61

Wed Aug 31 — $27.9K −7.6% −18.0% $54.4M 235 $119 62

Thu Sep 1 — $26.6K −4.6% −20.9% $54.4M 235 $113 63

Fri Sep 2 — $74.7K +180.8% −18.7% $54.5M 220 $340 64

Sat Sep 3 — $119.6K +60.1% −15.5% $54.6M 220 $544 65

Sun Sep 4 — $114.8K −4.0% +42.4% $54.7M 220 $522 66

Mon Sep 5 — $118.8K +3.5% +342.1% $54.9M 220 $540 67

Tue Sep 6 — $17.4K −85.3% −42.2% $54.9M 220 $79 68

Wed Sep 7 — $10.3K −40.7% −62.9% $54.9M 220 $47 69

Thu Sep 8 — $11.8K +13.7% −55.8% $54.9M 220 $53 70

Fri Sep 9 — $41.5K +252.9% −44.5% $54.9M 211 $197 71

Sat Sep 10 — $82.4K +98.6% −31.1% $55.0M 211 $391 72

Sun Sep 11 — $47.5K −42.3% −58.6% $55.1M 211 $225 73

Mon Sep 12 — $9.4K −80.2% −92.1% $55.1M 211 $45 74

Tue Sep 13 — $10.8K +14.4% −38.3% $55.1M 211 $51 75

Wed Sep 14 — $10.2K −5.3% −1.4% $55.1M 211 $48 76

Thu Sep 15 — $10.6K +3.8% −10.0% $55.1M 211 $50 77

Fri Sep 16 — $32.7K +208.9% −21.3% $55.1M 179 $183 78

Sat Sep 17 — $67.1K +105.3% −18.6% $55.2M 179 $375 79

Sun Sep 18 — $35.7K −46.8% −25.0% $55.2M 179 $199 80

Mon Sep 19 — $6.8K −80.8% −27.3% $55.3M 179 $38 81

Tue Sep 20 — $7.0K +1.8% −35.3% $55.3M 179 $39 82

Wed Sep 21 — $7.2K +3.8% −29.1% $55.3M 179 $40 83

Thu Sep 22 — $6.6K −8.9% −37.7% $55.3M 179 $37 84

Fri Sep 23 — $23.7K +259.8% −27.5% $55.3M 131 $181 85

Sat Sep 24 — $43.7K +84.2% −34.9% $55.3M 131 $333 86

Sun Sep 25 — $25.6K −41.5% −28.3% $55.4M 131 $195 87

Mon Sep 26 — $5.8K −77.4% −15.4% $55.4M 131 $44 88

Tue Sep 27 — $5.5K −5.5% −21.5% $55.4M 131 $42 89

Wed Sep 28 — $5.0K −8.2% −30.6% $55.4M 131 $38 90

Thu Sep 29 — $5.5K +9.5% −16.6% $55.4M 131 $42 91

Fri Sep 30 — $11.8K +115.0% −50.2% $55.4M 86 $137 92

Sat Oct 1 — $21.8K +84.3% −50.2% $55.4M 86 $253 93

Sun Oct 2 — $14.5K −33.5% −43.3% $55.4M 86 $168 94

Mon Oct 3 — $3.5K −75.9% −39.6% $55.4M 86 $41 95

Tue Oct 4 — $3.2K −8.3% −41.4% $55.4M 86 $37 96

Wed Oct 5 — $3.7K +15.8% −26.0% $55.4M 86 $43 97

Thu Oct 6 — $4.7K +25.6% −15.1% $55.5M 86 $54 98

Fri Oct 7 — $6.2K +32.1% −47.9% $55.5M 40 $154 99

Sat Oct 8 — $9.1K +47.5% −58.3% $55.5M 40 $227 100

Sun Oct 9 — $5.7K −37.6% −60.9% $55.5M 40 $142 101

Mon Oct 10 — $3.6K −36.4% +3.1% $55.5M 40 $90 102

Tue Oct 11 — $2.6K −27.4% −18.4% $55.5M 40 $65 103

Wed Oct 12 — $2.2K −14.4% −39.7% $55.5M 40 $56 104

Thu Oct 13 — $2.6K +18.4% −43.1% $55.5M 40 $66 105

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

Cumulative total$54.9M

Jun 30Jul 18Aug 4Aug 22Sep 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $309.1K

$18.8M

$7.8M

$3.8M

$1.0M

$458.1K

$295.5K

$274.0K

$359.6K

$314.0K

$309.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,392 → 220 −93.5%

3,357 open220 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −1.5%

−58.4%

W1→2

−51.5%

W2→3

−73.3%

W3→4

−54.8%

W4→5

−35.5%

W5→6

−7.3%

W6→7

+31.3%

W7→8

−12.7%

W8→9

−1.5%

W9→10

Steepest −73.3%Biggest gain +31.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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