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The Equalizer 2Follow

2018 • R • 2h 1m • Action, Crime, Mystery • Sony

Discover his fury.

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3.12

6.7

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$36.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$102.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$190.40M

$88.30M international

Domestic legs2.83x

Budget$77M

2018 rank#30

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Cast & crew

Full Fuqua filmography

Antoine Fuqua

Antoine Fuqua Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Pedro Pascal

Pedro Pascal Starring

Ashton Sanders

Ashton Sanders Starring

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman Starring

Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo Starring

ScreenplayRichard Wenk Produced byJerry Bruckheimer CinematographyOliver Wood MusicHarry Gregson-Williams StudioSony SeriesThe Equalizer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 20-22 1 $36.0M — 3,388 $10,629 $36.0M

2 Jul 27-29 3 $14.0M −61.1% 3,388 $4,138 $64.3M

3 Aug 3-5 5 $8.8M −37.5% 2,725 $3,213 $79.8M

4 Aug 10-12 8 $5.4M −38.2% 2,373 $2,279 $89.6M

5 Aug 17-19 11 $2.9M −47.1% 1,888 $1,517 $94.8M

6 Aug 24-26 12 $2.0M −29.0% 1,914 $1,062 $98.1M

7 Aug 31-Sep 2 17 $1.5M −28.2% 1,476 $989 $100.4M

8 Sep 7-9 23 $500.7K −65.7% 646 $775 $101.6M

9 Sep 14-16 30 $200.4K −60.0% 268 $748 $102.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 19 #P $3.1M — $3.1M 2,934 $1,057 -1

Fri Jul 20 #2 $13.4M — $13.4M 3,388 $3,948 1

Sat Jul 21 #1 $12.7M −5.0% $26.1M 3,388 $3,751 2

Sun Jul 22 #1 $9.9M −21.9% $36.0M 3,388 $2,930 3

Mon Jul 23 #2 $3.7M −62.8% $39.7M 3,388 $1,089 4

Tue Jul 24 #3 $5.0M +35.6% $44.7M 3,388 $1,477 5

Wed Jul 25 #3 $3.1M −37.5% $47.8M 3,388 $923 6

Thu Jul 26 #3 $2.4M −23.2% $50.2M 3,388 $709 7

Fri Jul 27 #4 $4.0M +66.1% −70.2% $54.2M 3,388 $1,177 8

Sat Jul 28 #2 $5.7M +44.0% −54.8% $60.0M 3,388 $1,695 9

Sun Jul 29 #3 $4.3M −25.4% −56.8% $64.3M 3,388 $1,265 10

Mon Jul 30 #4 $1.6M −63.2% −57.3% $65.8M 3,388 $465 11

Tue Jul 31 #4 $2.3M +46.0% −54.0% $68.1M 3,388 $679 12

Wed Aug 1 #4 $1.5M −32.8% −50.6% $69.7M 3,388 $456 13

Thu Aug 2 #4 $1.4M −10.6% −42.4% $71.1M 3,388 $408 14

Fri Aug 3 #6 $2.4M +75.0% −39.4% $73.5M 2,725 $888 15

Sat Aug 4 #4 $3.7M +51.4% −36.3% $77.1M 2,725 $1,344 16

Sun Aug 5 #5 $2.7M −26.9% −37.6% $79.8M 2,725 $982 17

Mon Aug 6 #6 $1.1M −58.7% −29.9% $80.9M 2,725 $405 18

Tue Aug 7 #6 $1.4M +28.5% −38.3% $82.3M 2,725 $521 19

Wed Aug 8 #6 $1.0M −28.9% −34.8% $83.3M 2,725 $370 20

Thu Aug 9 #6 $802.5K −20.4% −42.0% $84.1M 2,725 $294 21

Fri Aug 10 #8 $1.5M +80.8% −40.0% $85.6M 2,373 $611 22

Sat Aug 11 #7 $2.4M +63.5% −35.2% $88.0M 2,373 $1,000 23

Sun Aug 12 #8 $1.6M −33.2% −40.8% $89.6M 2,373 $668 24

Mon Aug 13 #9 $578.6K −63.5% −47.6% $90.1M 2,373 $244 25

Tue Aug 14 #9 $811.3K +40.2% −42.8% $90.9M 2,373 $342 26

Wed Aug 15 #10 $521.4K −35.7% −48.3% $91.5M 2,373 $220 27

Thu Aug 16 #10 $453.3K −13.1% −43.5% $91.9M 2,373 $191 28

Fri Aug 17 #12 $773.4K +70.6% −46.7% $92.7M 1,888 $410 29

Sat Aug 18 #11 $1.3M +62.2% −47.1% $93.9M 1,888 $664 30

Sun Aug 19 #11 $835.6K −33.4% −47.3% $94.8M 1,888 $443 31

Mon Aug 20 #14 $281.8K −66.3% −51.3% $95.1M 1,888 $149 32

Tue Aug 21 #14 $418.4K +48.5% −48.4% $95.5M 1,888 $222 33

Wed Aug 22 #14 $282.4K −32.5% −45.8% $95.8M 1,888 $150 34

Thu Aug 23 #11 $255.3K −9.6% −43.7% $96.0M 1,888 $135 35

Fri Aug 24 #13 $541.6K +112.1% −30.0% $96.6M 1,914 $283 36

Sat Aug 25 #12 $908.0K +67.7% −27.6% $97.5M 1,914 $474 37

Sun Aug 26 #13 $582.6K −35.8% −30.3% $98.1M 1,914 $304 38

Mon Aug 27 #12 $244.1K −58.1% −13.4% $98.3M 1,914 $128 39

Tue Aug 28 #13 $260.2K +6.6% −37.8% $98.6M 1,914 $136 40

Wed Aug 29 #15 $179.4K −31.1% −36.5% $98.7M 1,914 $94 41

Thu Aug 30 #14 $165.1K −8.0% −35.3% $98.9M 1,914 $86 42

Fri Aug 31 #- $336.4K +103.7% −37.9% $99.2M 1,476 $228 43

Sat Sep 1 #- $563.0K +67.4% −38.0% $99.8M 1,476 $381 44

Sun Sep 2 #- $560.4K −0.5% −3.8% $100.4M 1,476 $380 45

Mon Sep 3 #- $386.8K −31.0% +58.5% $100.7M 1,476 $262 46

Tue Sep 4 #15 $145.4K −62.4% −44.1% $100.9M 1,476 $99 47

Wed Sep 5 #13 $108.2K −25.6% −39.7% $101.0M 1,476 $73 48

Thu Sep 6 #15 $85.1K −21.3% −48.4% $101.1M 1,476 $58 49

Fri Sep 7 #- $137.9K +62.0% −59.0% $101.2M 646 $213 50

Sat Sep 8 #- $239.0K +73.3% −57.6% $101.5M 646 $370 51

Sun Sep 9 #- $123.8K −48.2% −77.9% $101.6M 646 $192 52

Mon Sep 10 #- $51.9K −58.1% −86.6% $101.6M 646 $80 53

Tue Sep 11 #- $72.9K +40.5% −49.9% $101.7M 646 $113 54

Wed Sep 12 #- $50.8K −30.3% −53.1% $101.8M 646 $79 55

Thu Sep 13 #- $40.8K −19.6% −52.0% $101.8M 646 $63 56

Fri Sep 14 #- $63.3K +54.9% −54.1% $101.9M 268 $236 57

Sat Sep 15 #- $89.9K +42.1% −62.4% $102.0M 268 $335 58

Sun Sep 16 #- $47.3K −47.4% −61.8% $102.0M 268 $176 59

Mon Sep 17 #- $17.2K −63.6% −66.8% $102.0M 268 $64 60

Tue Sep 18 #- $29.3K +70.1% −59.8% $102.1M 268 $109 61

Wed Sep 19 #- $18.7K −36.2% −63.2% $102.1M 268 $70 62

Thu Sep 20 #- $14.9K −20.1% −63.4% $102.1M 268 $56 63

Cumulative total$102.1M

Jul 19Aug 4Aug 20Sep 4Sep 20

Weekend grossWk 9 · $200.4K

$36.0M

$14.0M

$8.8M

$5.4M

$2.9M

$2.0M

$1.5M

$500.7K

$200.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,388 → 268 −92.1%

2,934 open268 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −60.0%

−61.1%

W1→2

−37.5%

W2→3

−38.2%

W3→4

−47.1%

W4→5

−29.0%

W5→6

−28.2%

W6→7

−65.7%

W7→8

−60.0%

W8→9

Steepest −65.7%Best hold −28.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 45 days

$100M

Day 45

Sep 2

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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