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2026 • R • 1h 58m • Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller • 20th Century Studios

The end of the world was just the beginning.

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49

3.0

6.4

CS C+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$15.00M

Week 5

Worldwide total

$39.36M

$24.36M international

Domestic legs1.9x

Budget$110M

2026 rank#66

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Cast & crew

Full Scott filmography

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott Director

Jacob Elordi

Jacob Elordi Starring

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin Starring

Margaret Qualley

Margaret Qualley Starring

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce Starring

Allison Janney

Allison Janney Starring

ScreenplayMark L. Smith Studio20th Century Studios

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$15.6M–$16.7M

$15.0M $16.2M $17.2M

$15.00M so far

The prediction updated after the third weekend. Based on the weekend 2 and 3 drops and factoring in other movies with similar performance, the model predicts a final range of $15.6M–$16.7M. The wider range of $15.0M–$17.2M represents about 90% of outcomes after the third weekend. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$14.8M

Baseline

Banked through 3 weekends

91%

Earned by Wk 3

Typical for this drop profile

-77%

Weekend drops

-64% then -90%

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 28-30 5 $7.7M — 3,330 $2,315 $7.7M

2 Sep 4-6 10 $2.8M −64% 3,330 $833 $13.1M

3 Sep 11-13 20 $257.5K −91% 1,030 $250 $14.8M

4 Sep 18-20 30 $26.2K −90% 110 $238 $14.9M

5 Sep 25-27 33 $9.2K −65% 100 $92 $15.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 27 (p) — $850.0K — $850.0K 3,330 $255 0

Fri Aug 28 #4 $3.0M — $3.0M 3,330 $897 1

Sat Aug 29 #5 $2.8M −6% $5.8M 3,330 $840 2

Sun Aug 30 #5 $1.9M −31% $7.7M 3,330 $579 3

Mon Aug 31 #6 $619.3K −68% $8.3M 3,330 $186 4

Tue Sep 1 #5 $1.0M +63% $9.3M 3,330 $303 5

Wed Sep 2 #6 $553.1K −45% $9.9M 3,330 $166 6

Thu Sep 3 #6 $446.1K −19% $10.3M 3,330 $134 7

Fri Sep 4 #10 $719.7K +61% −76% $11.1M 3,330 $216 8

Sat Sep 5 #10 $1.0M +40% −64% $12.1M 3,330 $303 9

Sun Sep 6 #10 $1.0M +4% −46% $13.1M 3,330 $315 10

Mon Sep 7 #- $720.7K −31% +16% $13.8M 3,330 $216 11

Tue Sep 8 #- $365.6K −49% −64% $14.2M 3,330 $110 12

Wed Sep 9 #10 $224.8K −39% −59% $14.4M 3,330 $68 13

Thu Sep 10 #- $104.9K −53% −76% $14.5M 3,330 $31 14

Fri Sep 11 #- $71.1K −32% −90% $14.6M 1,030 $69 15

Sat Sep 12 #- $111.9K +57% −89% $14.7M 1,030 $109 16

Sun Sep 13 #- $74.6K −33% −93% $14.8M 1,030 $72 17

Mon Sep 14 #- $30.2K −59% −96% $14.8M 1,030 $29 18

Tue Sep 15 #- $45.8K +51% −87% $14.9M 1,030 $44 19

Wed Sep 16 #- $34.1K −25% −85% $14.9M 1,030 $33 20

Thu Sep 17 #22 $15.4K −55% −85% $14.9M 1,030 $15 21

Fri Sep 18 #28 $8.1K −47% −89% $14.9M 110 $74 22

Sat Sep 19 #28 $11.2K +38% −90% $14.9M 110 $102 23

Sun Sep 20 #28 $6.9K −39% −91% $14.9M 110 $63 24

Mon Sep 21 #25 $3.1K −54% −90% $14.9M 110 $29 25

Tue Sep 22 #25 $3.2K +1% −93% $14.9M 110 $29 26

Wed Sep 23 #28 $2.0K −37% −94% $14.9M 110 $18 27

Thu Sep 24 #26 $1.5K −25% −90% $14.9M 110 $14 28

Fri Sep 25 #31 $3.6K +142% −56% $15.0M 100 $36 29

Sat Sep 26 #32 $3.9K +9% −65% $15.0M 100 $39 30

Sun Sep 27 #32 $1.7K −57% −75% $15.0M 100 $17 31

Mon Sep 28 #29 $1.5K −14% −53% $15.0M 100 $15 32

Tue Sep 29 #30 $1.1K −23% −64% $15.0M 100 $11 33

Wed Sep 30 #28 $1.9K +70% −3% $15.0M 100 $19 34

Thu Oct 1 #29 $1.1K −45% −29% $15.0M 100 $11 35

Cumulative total$15.0M

Aug 27Sep 5Sep 14Sep 22Oct 1

Weekend grossWk 5 · $9.2K

$7.7M

$2.8M

$257.5K

$26.2K

$9.2K

W1W2W3W4W5

Theater countPeak 3,330 → 100 −97.0%

3,330 open100 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −65%

−64%

W1→2

−91%

W2→3

−90%

W3→4

−65%

W4→5

Steepest −91%Best hold −64%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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