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2016 • R • 1h 39m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

Power Has a Price

🍅 29% 41%

34

2.2

5.4

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$23.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$63.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$117.40M

$54.10M international

Domestic legs2.71x

Budget$32M

2016 rank#50

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Cast & crew

Full Falcone filmography

Ben Falcone

Ben Falcone Director

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy Starring

Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell Starring

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage Starring

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates Starring

Tyler Labine

Tyler Labine Starring

ScreenplayBen Falcone, Melissa McCarthy StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 8-10 1 $23.6M — 3,480 $6,778 $23.6M

2 Apr 15-17 3 $10.0M −57.8% 3,495 $2,849 $40.1M

3 Apr 22-24 5 $6.2M −37.5% 3,375 $1,845 $49.7M

4 Apr 29-May 1 8 $4.3M −31.2% 2,823 $1,519 $56.1M

5 May 6-8 8 $1.9M −55.4% 1,933 $990 $59.3M

6 May 13-15 10 $1.2M −37.4% 1,350 $887 $61.2M

7 May 20-22 13 $653.5K −45.4% 672 $973 $62.3M

8 May 27-29 21 $232.2K −64.5% 231 $1,005 $62.7M

9 Jun 3-5 28 $102.9K −55.7% 157 $655 $62.9M

10 Jun 10-12 33 $80.1K −22.1% 127 $631 $63.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Apr 7 #P $985.0K — $985.0K 0 $0 -1

Fri Apr 8 #1 $8.1M — $8.1M 3,480 $2,327 1

Sat Apr 9 #2 $9.8M +20.5% $17.9M 3,480 $2,804 2

Sun Apr 10 #2 $5.7M −41.3% $23.6M 3,480 $1,646 3

Mon Apr 11 #1 $1.6M −71.6% $25.2M 3,480 $468 4

Tue Apr 12 #1 $2.3M +43.1% $27.5M 3,480 $669 5

Wed Apr 13 #1 $1.4M −39.8% $28.9M 3,480 $403 6

Thu Apr 14 #1 $1.2M −11.8% $30.2M 3,480 $355 7

Fri Apr 15 #3 $3.1M +150.4% −61.8% $33.3M 3,495 $886 8

Sat Apr 16 #3 $4.4M +43.5% −54.5% $37.7M 3,495 $1,271 9

Sun Apr 17 #4 $2.4M −45.5% −57.7% $40.1M 3,495 $693 10

Mon Apr 18 #3 $725.3K −70.0% −55.5% $40.9M 3,495 $208 11

Tue Apr 19 #3 $1.1M +44.9% −54.9% $41.9M 3,495 $301 12

Wed Apr 20 #3 $767.8K −26.9% −45.2% $42.7M 3,495 $220 13

Thu Apr 21 #3 $743.7K −3.1% −39.8% $43.4M 3,495 $213 14

Fri Apr 22 #4 $1.9M +158.4% −37.9% $45.3M 3,375 $569 15

Sat Apr 23 #5 $2.8M +46.0% −36.9% $48.2M 3,375 $831 16

Sun Apr 24 #6 $1.5M −46.5% −38.0% $49.7M 3,375 $445 17

Mon Apr 25 #4 $488.7K −67.4% −32.6% $50.1M 3,375 $145 18

Tue Apr 26 #4 $706.3K +44.5% −32.8% $50.9M 3,375 $209 19

Wed Apr 27 #4 $519.5K −26.5% −32.3% $51.4M 3,375 $154 20

Thu Apr 28 #5 $490.3K −5.6% −34.1% $51.9M 3,375 $145 21

Fri Apr 29 #8 $1.2M +144.4% −37.6% $53.1M 2,823 $424 22

Sat Apr 30 #8 $2.0M +65.3% −29.4% $55.0M 2,823 $702 23

Sun May 1 #9 $1.1M −44.1% −26.2% $56.1M 2,823 $392 24

Mon May 2 #6 $294.9K −73.4% −39.7% $56.4M 2,823 $104 25

Tue May 3 #6 $392.8K +33.2% −44.4% $56.8M 2,823 $139 26

Wed May 4 #6 $314.9K −19.8% −39.4% $57.2M 2,823 $112 27

Thu May 5 #7 $202.0K −35.8% −58.8% $57.4M 2,823 $72 28

Fri May 6 #8 $462.0K +128.7% −61.4% $57.8M 1,933 $239 29

Sat May 7 #8 $733.4K +58.7% −63.0% $58.5M 1,933 $379 30

Sun May 8 #8 $718.0K −2.1% −35.2% $59.3M 1,933 $371 31

Mon May 9 #8 $170.6K −76.2% −42.1% $59.4M 1,933 $88 32

Tue May 10 #8 $225.4K +32.1% −42.6% $59.7M 1,933 $117 33

Wed May 11 #8 $164.0K −27.2% −47.9% $59.8M 1,933 $85 34

Thu May 12 #8 $135.8K −17.2% −32.8% $60.0M 1,933 $70 35

Fri May 13 #10 $327.8K +141.3% −29.1% $60.3M 1,350 $243 36

Sat May 14 #10 $562.9K +71.7% −23.3% $60.9M 1,350 $417 37

Sun May 15 #10 $307.1K −45.4% −57.2% $61.2M 1,350 $227 38

Mon May 16 #10 $110.0K −64.2% −35.5% $61.3M 1,350 $82 39

Tue May 17 #10 $151.2K +37.4% −32.9% $61.4M 1,350 $112 40

Wed May 18 #10 $113.0K −25.3% −31.1% $61.5M 1,350 $84 41

Thu May 19 #10 $69.9K −38.1% −48.5% $61.6M 1,350 $52 42

Fri May 20 #12 $185.9K +166.1% −43.3% $61.8M 672 $277 43

Sat May 21 #12 $281.9K +51.6% −49.9% $62.1M 672 $419 44

Sun May 22 #12 $185.8K −34.1% −39.5% $62.3M 672 $276 45

Mon May 23 #13 $55.2K −70.3% −49.8% $62.3M 672 $82 46

Tue May 24 #14 $61.9K +12.0% −59.1% $62.4M 672 $92 47

Wed May 25 #14 $49.0K −20.8% −56.6% $62.4M 672 $73 48

Thu May 26 #- $37.0K −24.5% −47.0% $62.5M 672 $55 49

Fri May 27 #- $59.3K +60.3% −68.1% $62.5M 231 $257 50

Sat May 28 #- $87.2K +47.0% −69.1% $62.6M 231 $378 51

Sun May 29 #- $85.7K −1.8% −53.9% $62.7M 231 $371 52

Mon May 30 #- $44.6K −47.9% −19.3% $62.7M 231 $193 53

Tue May 31 #- $21.3K −52.2% −65.5% $62.8M 231 $92 54

Wed Jun 1 #- $18.9K −11.5% −61.5% $62.8M 231 $82 55

Thu Jun 2 #- $20.6K +9.2% −44.3% $62.8M 231 $89 56

Fri Jun 3 #- $30.7K +48.7% −48.3% $62.8M 157 $195 57

Sat Jun 4 #- $45.3K +47.7% −48.1% $62.9M 157 $288 58

Sun Jun 5 #- $26.9K −40.5% −68.6% $62.9M 157 $171 59

Mon Jun 6 #- $12.2K −54.9% −72.7% $62.9M 157 $77 60

Tue Jun 7 #- $14.8K +22.2% −30.4% $62.9M 157 $95 61

Wed Jun 8 #- $12.8K −14.1% −32.5% $62.9M 157 $81 62

Thu Jun 9 #- $14.3K +12.4% −30.5% $63.0M 157 $91 63

Fri Jun 10 #- $24.1K +68.2% −21.4% $63.0M 127 $190 64

Sat Jun 11 #- $35.4K +46.7% −21.9% $63.0M 127 $278 65

Sun Jun 12 #- $20.7K −41.6% −23.3% $63.0M 127 $163 66

Mon Jun 13 #- $9.9K −52.2% −18.6% $63.0M 127 $78 67

Tue Jun 14 #- $11.9K +20.7% −19.6% $63.1M 127 $94 68

Wed Jun 15 #- $10.8K −9.8% −15.5% $63.1M 127 $85 69

Thu Jun 16 #- $10.2K −5.2% −28.7% $63.1M 127 $80 70

Cumulative total$63.1M

Apr 7Apr 25May 12May 30Jun 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $80.1K

$23.6M

$10.0M

$6.2M

$4.3M

$1.9M

$1.2M

$653.5K

$232.2K

$102.9K

$80.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,495 → 127 −96.4%

3,480 open127 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.1%

−57.8%

W1→2

−37.5%

W2→3

−31.2%

W3→4

−55.4%

W4→5

−37.4%

W5→6

−45.4%

W6→7

−64.5%

W7→8

−55.7%

W8→9

−22.1%

W9→10

Steepest −64.5%Best hold −22.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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