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The Dark TowerFollow

2017 • PG-13 • 1h 35m • Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction • Columbia Pictures

There are other worlds than these.

🍅 16% 44%

34

2.20

5.6

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$50.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$113.50M

$62.80M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$66M

2017 rank#55

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Cast & crew

Idris Elba

Idris Elba Starring

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

Jackie Earle Haley

Jackie Earle Haley Starring

Katheryn Winnick

Katheryn Winnick Starring

ScreenplayAkiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Arcel Produced byRon Howard, Akiva Goldsman, Erica Huggins CinematographyRasmus Videbæk Music byTom Holkenborg StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 4-6 1 $19.2M — 3,451 $5,550 $19.2M

2 Aug 11-13 4 $7.8M −59.2% 3,451 $2,266 $34.3M

3 Aug 18-20 9 $3.8M −51.6% 3,143 $1,205 $41.7M

4 Aug 25-27 14 $1.7M −55.5% 2,338 $722 $45.0M

5 Sep 1-3 17 $1.6M −4.6% 1,820 $884 $47.4M

6 Sep 8-10 13 $757.2K −53.0% 948 $799 $48.9M

7 Sep 15-17 14 $757.8K +0.1% 1,235 $614 $49.9M

8 Sep 22-24 24 $217.3K −71.3% 358 $607 $50.4M

9 Sep 29-Oct 1 29 $118.4K −45.5% 233 $508 $50.5M

10 Oct 6-8 40 $53.7K −54.7% 114 $471 $50.6M

11 Oct 13-15 50 $23.4K −56.4% 59 $397 $50.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 3 #P $1.8M — $1.8M — — -1

Fri Aug 4 #1 $7.7M — $7.7M 3,451 $2,238 1

Sat Aug 5 #2 $6.7M −12.7% $14.5M 3,451 $1,954 2

Sun Aug 6 #2 $4.7M −30.5% $19.2M 3,451 $1,358 3

Mon Aug 7 #3 $2.1M −56.0% $21.2M 3,451 $598 4

Tue Aug 8 #3 $2.4M +18.3% $23.7M 3,451 $707 5

Wed Aug 9 #3 $1.5M −39.9% $25.1M 3,451 $425 6

Thu Aug 10 #3 $1.3M −10.8% $26.4M 3,451 $379 7

Fri Aug 11 #4 $2.3M +76.7% −70.1% $28.7M 3,451 $670 8

Sat Aug 12 #3 $3.3M +43.5% −50.8% $32.1M 3,451 $961 9

Sun Aug 13 #3 $2.2M −33.9% −53.2% $34.3M 3,451 $635 10

Mon Aug 14 #5 $867.0K −60.5% −58.0% $35.1M 3,451 $251 11

Tue Aug 15 #5 $1.3M +48.2% −47.3% $36.4M 3,451 $372 12

Wed Aug 16 #5 $801.2K −37.6% −45.4% $37.2M 3,451 $232 13

Thu Aug 17 #6 $680.6K −15.0% −48.0% $37.9M 3,451 $197 14

Fri Aug 18 #9 $1.1M +63.0% −52.0% $39.0M 3,143 $353 15

Sat Aug 19 #9 $1.6M +47.6% −50.6% $40.6M 3,143 $521 16

Sun Aug 20 #8 $1.0M −36.5% −52.5% $41.7M 3,143 $331 17

Mon Aug 21 #9 $373.0K −64.2% −57.0% $42.0M 3,143 $119 18

Tue Aug 22 #9 $556.6K +49.2% −56.7% $42.6M 3,143 $177 19

Wed Aug 23 #9 $376.0K −32.4% −53.1% $43.0M 3,143 $120 20

Thu Aug 24 #9 $340.9K −9.3% −49.9% $43.3M 3,143 $108 21

Fri Aug 25 #13 $518.6K +52.1% −53.3% $43.8M 2,338 $222 22

Sat Aug 26 #15 $687.1K +32.5% −58.1% $44.5M 2,338 $294 23

Sun Aug 27 #13 $481.8K −29.9% −53.7% $45.0M 2,338 $206 24

Mon Aug 28 #13 $190.5K −60.5% −48.9% $45.2M 2,338 $81 25

Tue Aug 29 #15 $261.3K +37.1% −53.1% $45.5M 2,338 $112 26

Wed Aug 30 #15 $179.1K −31.4% −52.4% $45.6M 2,338 $77 27

Thu Aug 31 #12 $193.9K +8.3% −43.1% $45.8M 2,338 $83 28

Fri Sep 1 — $376.5K +94.1% −27.4% $46.2M 1,820 $207 29

Sat Sep 2 — $622.4K +65.3% −9.4% $46.8M 1,820 $342 30

Sun Sep 3 — $610.6K −1.9% +26.7% $47.4M 1,820 $335 31

Mon Sep 4 — $384.5K −37.0% +101.9% $47.8M 1,820 $211 32

Tue Sep 5 #13 $137.3K −64.3% −47.5% $48.0M 1,820 $75 33

Wed Sep 6 #13 $102.3K −25.5% −42.9% $48.1M 1,820 $56 34

Thu Sep 7 #10 $88.1K −13.9% −54.6% $48.2M 1,820 $48 35

Fri Sep 8 #11 $227.3K +158.2% −39.6% $48.4M 948 $240 36

Sat Sep 9 #13 $362.8K +59.6% −41.7% $48.7M 948 $383 37

Sun Sep 10 #14 $167.1K −53.9% −72.6% $48.9M 948 $176 38

Mon Sep 11 #15 $51.0K −69.5% −86.7% $49.0M 948 $54 39

Tue Sep 12 #14 $85.6K +68.0% −37.6% $49.0M 948 $90 40

Wed Sep 13 #15 $64.2K −25.0% −37.2% $49.1M 948 $68 41

Thu Sep 14 — $53.7K −16.4% −39.0% $49.2M 948 $57 42

Fri Sep 15 #12 $218.6K +307.2% −3.9% $49.4M 1,235 $177 43

Sat Sep 16 #14 $363.3K +66.2% +0.2% $49.7M 1,235 $294 44

Sun Sep 17 #15 $175.9K −51.6% +5.3% $49.9M 1,235 $142 45

Mon Sep 18 #12 $57.7K −67.2% +13.3% $50.0M 1,235 $47 46

Tue Sep 19 #13 $73.3K +27.1% −14.3% $50.1M 1,235 $59 47

Wed Sep 20 #13 $54.3K −26.0% −15.5% $50.1M 1,235 $44 48

Thu Sep 21 — $47.2K −13.0% −12.1% $50.2M 1,235 $38 49

Fri Sep 22 — $62.9K +33.2% −71.2% $50.2M 358 $176 50

Sat Sep 23 — $110.7K +76.0% −69.5% $50.3M 358 $309 51

Sun Sep 24 — $43.7K −60.5% −75.1% $50.4M 358 $122 52

Mon Sep 25 — $13.1K −70.0% −77.3% $50.4M 358 $37 53

Tue Sep 26 — $17.1K +30.4% −76.7% $50.4M 358 $48 54

Wed Sep 27 — $14.3K −16.5% −73.7% $50.4M 358 $40 55

Thu Sep 28 — $12.8K −10.1% −72.8% $50.4M 358 $36 56

Fri Sep 29 — $29.8K +131.8% −52.7% $50.5M 233 $128 57

Sat Sep 30 — $54.9K +84.4% −50.4% $50.5M 233 $235 58

Sun Oct 1 — $33.8K −38.4% −22.7% $50.5M 233 $145 59

Mon Oct 2 — $9.5K −72.0% −28.0% $50.6M 233 $41 60

Tue Oct 3 — $13.0K +37.8% −23.9% $50.6M 233 $56 61

Wed Oct 4 — $10.7K −17.6% −24.8% $50.6M 233 $46 62

Thu Oct 5 — $9.3K −12.9% −27.2% $50.6M 233 $40 63

Fri Oct 6 — $13.4K +43.0% −55.1% $50.6M 114 $117 64

Sat Oct 7 — $24.8K +85.4% −54.8% $50.6M 114 $217 65

Sun Oct 8 — $15.6K −37.2% −54.0% $50.6M 114 $136 66

Mon Oct 9 — $7.2K −53.6% −23.7% $50.7M 114 $63 67

Tue Oct 10 — $6.0K −16.6% −53.8% $50.7M 114 $53 68

Wed Oct 11 — $5.3K −11.9% −50.6% $50.7M 114 $46 69

Thu Oct 12 — $5.8K +9.7% −37.8% $50.7M 114 $51 70

Fri Oct 13 — $6.5K +12.0% −51.3% $50.7M 59 $110 71

Sat Oct 14 — $10.2K +56.3% −59.0% $50.7M 59 $172 72

Sun Oct 15 — $6.8K −33.6% −56.6% $50.7M 59 $115 73

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

Cumulative total$50.7M

Aug 3Aug 21Sep 7Sep 25Oct 12

Weekend grossWk 10 · $53.7K

$19.2M

$7.8M

$3.8M

$1.7M

$1.6M

$757.2K

$757.8K

$217.3K

$118.4K

$53.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,451 → 114 −96.7%

3,451 open114 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.7%

−59.2%

W1→2

−51.6%

W2→3

−55.5%

W3→4

−4.6%

W4→5

−53.0%

W5→6

+0.1%

W6→7

−71.3%

W7→8

−45.5%

W8→9

−54.7%

W9→10

Steepest −71.3%Biggest gain +0.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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