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The CreatorFollow

2023 • PG-13 • 2h 13m • Action, Adventure, Drama • 20th Century Studios

This is a fight for our very existence.

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3.30

6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$40.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$104.30M

$63.50M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$80M

2023 rank#56

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Cast & crew

John David Washington

John David Washington Starring

Gemma Chan

Gemma Chan Starring

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe Starring

Allison Janney

Allison Janney Starring

Ralph Ineson

Ralph Ineson Starring

ScreenplayGareth Edwards, Chris Weitz Story byGareth Edwards Produced byGareth Edwards, Kiri Hart, Jim Spencer, Arnon Milchan CinematographyGreig Fraser, Oren Soffer Music byHans Zimmer Studio20th Century Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 29-Oct 1 3 $14.1M — 3,680 $3,826 $14.1M

2 Oct 6-8 4 $6.2M −55.6% 3,680 $1,697 $25.1M

3 Oct 13-15 5 $4.3M −30.6% 2,960 $1,464 $32.4M

4 Oct 20-22 7 $2.7M −38.1% 2,490 $1,077 $36.8M

5 Oct 27-29 10 $1.0M −61.8% 1,685 $608 $38.9M

6 Nov 3-5 14 $612.8K −40.2% 930 $659 $40.0M

7 Nov 10-12 — $278.3K −54.6% 460 $605 $40.6M

8 Nov 17-19 — $38.3K −86.3% 165 $232 $40.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 29 #3 $5.6M — $5.6M 3,680 $1,530 1

Sat Sep 30 #3 $5.1M −9.1% $10.8M 3,680 $1,391 2

Sun Oct 1 #3 $3.3M −35.0% $14.1M 3,680 $905 3

Mon Oct 2 #2 $1.2M −64.0% $15.3M 3,680 $326 4

Tue Oct 3 #2 $1.7M +42.6% $17.0M 3,680 $464 5

Wed Oct 4 #2 $1.0M −40.3% $18.0M 3,680 $277 6

Thu Oct 5 #3 $824.0K −19.3% $18.8M 3,680 $224 7

Fri Oct 6 #4 $1.8M +114.7% −68.6% $20.6M 3,680 $481 8

Sat Oct 7 #4 $2.6M +49.3% −48.4% $23.2M 3,680 $718 9

Sun Oct 8 #4 $1.8M −30.6% −44.9% $25.1M 3,680 $498 10

Mon Oct 9 #4 $1.0M −44.9% −15.6% $26.1M 3,680 $275 11

Tue Oct 10 #4 $865.0K −14.4% −49.4% $27.0M 3,680 $235 12

Wed Oct 11 #4 $569.5K −34.2% −44.2% $27.5M 3,680 $155 13

Thu Oct 12 #4 $585.1K +2.7% −29.0% $28.1M 3,680 $159 14

Fri Oct 13 #5 $1.2M +102.9% −32.9% $29.3M 2,960 $401 15

Sat Oct 14 #5 $1.9M +63.3% −26.6% $31.2M 2,960 $655 16

Sun Oct 15 — $1.2M −37.7% −34.1% $32.4M 2,960 $408 17

Mon Oct 16 #4 $392.7K −67.5% −61.1% $32.8M 2,960 $133 18

Tue Oct 17 #3 $576.6K +46.8% −33.3% $33.4M 2,960 $195 19

Wed Oct 18 #3 $388.5K −32.6% −31.8% $33.8M 2,960 $131 20

Thu Oct 19 #5 $362.1K −6.8% −38.1% $34.2M 2,960 $122 21

Fri Oct 20 #7 $749.0K +106.9% −36.9% $34.9M 2,490 $301 22

Sat Oct 21 #7 $1.2M +58.5% −38.8% $36.1M 2,490 $477 23

Sun Oct 22 #7 $745.8K −37.2% −38.2% $36.8M 2,490 $300 24

Mon Oct 23 #6 $237.7K −68.1% −39.5% $37.1M 2,490 $95 25

Tue Oct 24 — $331.1K +39.3% −42.6% $37.4M 2,490 $133 26

Wed Oct 25 #5 $246.2K −25.7% −36.6% $37.7M 2,490 $99 27

Thu Oct 26 #7 $188.5K −23.4% −47.9% $37.8M 2,490 $76 28

Fri Oct 27 #10 $304.6K +61.6% −59.3% $38.1M 1,685 $181 29

Sat Oct 28 #10 $428.9K +40.8% −63.9% $38.6M 1,685 $255 30

Sun Oct 29 #10 $291.0K −32.2% −61.0% $38.9M 1,685 $173 31

Mon Oct 30 #9 $127.2K −56.3% −46.5% $39.0M 1,685 $75 32

Tue Oct 31 #10 $155.4K +22.2% −53.1% $39.2M 1,685 $92 33

Wed Nov 1 #10 $142.3K −8.4% −42.2% $39.3M 1,685 $84 34

Thu Nov 2 #9 $119.9K −15.7% −36.4% $39.4M 1,685 $71 35

Fri Nov 3 — $174.8K +45.8% −42.6% $39.6M 930 $188 36

Sat Nov 4 #14 $274.5K +57.0% −36.0% $39.9M 930 $295 37

Sun Nov 5 — $163.6K −40.4% −43.8% $40.0M 930 $176 38

Mon Nov 6 — $71.1K −56.5% −44.1% $40.1M 930 $76 39

Tue Nov 7 — $104.3K +46.7% −32.9% $40.2M 930 $112 40

Wed Nov 8 — $72.2K −30.8% −49.3% $40.3M 930 $78 41

Thu Nov 9 — $55.4K −23.2% −53.8% $40.3M 930 $60 42

Fri Nov 10 — $90.8K +63.8% −48.1% $40.4M 460 $197 43

Sat Nov 11 — $116.6K +28.5% −57.5% $40.5M 460 $254 44

Sun Nov 12 — $70.8K −39.3% −56.7% $40.6M 460 $154 45

Mon Nov 13 — $36.1K −49.1% −49.3% $40.6M 460 $78 46

Tue Nov 14 — $34.7K −3.7% −66.7% $40.7M 460 $76 47

Wed Nov 15 — $28.3K −18.6% −60.8% $40.7M 460 $61 48

Thu Nov 16 — $16.2K −42.8% −70.8% $40.7M 460 $35 49

Fri Nov 17 — $11.8K −26.9% −87.0% $40.7M 165 $72 50

Sat Nov 18 — $16.3K +37.4% −86.1% $40.8M 165 $99 51

Sun Nov 19 — $10.2K −37.4% −85.6% $40.8M 165 $62 52

Mon Nov 20 — $6.2K −38.6% −82.7% $40.8M 165 $38 53

Tue Nov 21 — $6.5K +4.5% −81.2% $40.8M 165 $40 54

Cumulative total$40.8M

Sep 29Oct 12Oct 26Nov 8Nov 21

Weekend grossWk 8 · $38.3K

$14.1M

$6.2M

$4.3M

$2.7M

$1.0M

$612.8K

$278.3K

$38.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,680 → 165 −95.5%

3,680 open165 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −86.3%

−55.6%

W1→2

−30.6%

W2→3

−38.1%

W3→4

−61.8%

W4→5

−40.2%

W5→6

−54.6%

W6→7

−86.3%

W7→8

Steepest −86.3%Best hold −30.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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