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The Equalizer 3Follow

2023 • R • 109 min • Action, Crime, Thriller • Columbia Pictures

The mission continues

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64

3.2

7.0

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$34.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$92.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$191.10M

Global total

Budget$70M

Domestic legs2.7x

2023 rank#28

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Fuqua filmography

Antoine Fuqua

Antoine Fuqua Director

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Starring

Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning Starring

David Denman

David Denman Starring

ScreenplayRichard Wenk Produced byTodd Black, Denzel Washington, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch CinematographyRobert Richardson MusicMarcelo Zarvos Prod. DesignNaomi Shohan SeriesThe Equalizer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 1-3 1 $34.6M — 3,965 $8,727 $34.6M

1 Labor Day wknd 1 $42.8M — 3,965 $10,798 $42.8M

2 Sep 8-10 2 $12.0M −65.3% 3,965 $3,027 $61.8M

3 Sep 15-17 3 $7.2M −39.8% 3,528 $2,049 $73.7M

4 Sep 22-24 4 $4.8M −34.3% 3,270 $1,453 $81.3M

5 Sep 29-Oct 1 8 $2.7M −43.2% 2,184 $1,236 $85.9M

6 Oct 6-8 9 $1.8M −33.3% 1,526 $1,180 $88.8M

7 Oct 13-15 9 $950.3K −47.2% 1,524 $623 $90.6M

8 Oct 20-22 12 $487.8K −48.7% 1,083 $450 $91.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 1 #1 $13.0M — $13.0M 3,965 $3,290 1

Sat Sep 2 #1 $11.0M −15% $24.1M 3,965 $2,786 2

Sun Sep 3 #1 $10.5M −5% $34.6M 3,965 $2,651 3

Mon Sep 4 #1 $8.2M −22% $42.8M 3,965 $2,071 4

Tue Sep 5 #1 $3.4M −58% $46.2M 3,965 $860 5

Wed Sep 6 #1 $2.0M −40% $48.3M 3,965 $513 6

Thu Sep 7 #1 $1.5M −26% $49.8M 3,965 $380 7

Fri Sep 8 #3 $3.5M +131% −73% $53.2M 3,965 $877 8

Sat Sep 9 #2 $5.3M +52% −52% $58.5M 3,965 $1,334 9

Sun Sep 10 #2 $3.2M −39% −69% $61.8M 3,965 $816 10

Mon Sep 11 #2 $1.1M −67% −87% $62.8M 3,965 $271 11

Tue Sep 12 #2 $1.6M +51% −52% $64.5M 3,965 $411 12

Wed Sep 13 #2 $1.1M −35% −48% $65.5M 3,965 $266 13

Thu Sep 14 #2 $918.2K −13% −39% $66.4M 3,965 $232 14

Fri Sep 15 #3 $2.1M +128% −40% $68.5M 3,528 $594 15

Sat Sep 16 #3 $3.2M +54% −39% $71.8M 3,528 $915 16

Sun Sep 17 #3 $1.9M −41% −41% $73.7M 3,528 $540 17

Mon Sep 18 #3 $658.9K −65% −39% $74.3M 3,528 $187 18

Tue Sep 19 #3 $976.0K +48% −40% $75.3M 3,528 $277 19

Wed Sep 20 #3 $645.5K −34% −39% $76.0M 3,528 $183 20

Thu Sep 21 #3 $581.9K −10% −37% $76.5M 3,528 $165 21

Fri Sep 22 #4 $1.4M +133% −35% $77.9M 3,270 $414 22

Sat Sep 23 #4 $2.1M +57% −34% $80.0M 3,270 $650 23

Sun Sep 24 #4 $1.3M −40% −33% $81.3M 3,270 $389 24

Mon Sep 25 #4 $475.5K −63% −28% $81.8M 3,270 $145 25

Tue Sep 26 #4 $643.4K +35% −34% $82.4M 3,270 $197 26

Wed Sep 27 #4 $445.1K −31% −31% $82.9M 3,270 $136 27

Thu Sep 28 #5 $375.3K −16% −36% $83.2M 3,270 $115 28

Fri Sep 29 #8 $766.4K +104% −43% $84.0M 2,184 $351 29

Sat Sep 30 #8 $1.2M +59% −43% $85.2M 2,184 $558 30

Sun Oct 1 #8 $715.9K −41% −44% $85.9M 2,184 $328 31

Mon Oct 2 #8 $255.6K −64% −46% $86.2M 2,184 $117 32

Tue Oct 3 #9 $348.8K +36% −46% $86.5M 2,184 $160 33

Wed Oct 4 #8 $233.8K −33% −47% $86.8M 2,184 $107 34

Thu Oct 5 #9 $234.9K +0% −37% $87.0M 2,184 $108 35

Fri Oct 6 #10 $517.0K +120% −33% $87.5M 1,526 $339 36

Sat Oct 7 #9 $794.7K +54% −35% $88.3M 1,526 $521 37

Sun Oct 8 #9 $489.2K −38% −32% $88.8M 1,526 $321 38

Mon Oct 9 #10 $257.6K −47% +1% $89.1M 1,526 $169 39

Tue Oct 10 #9 $220.4K −14% −37% $89.3M 1,526 $144 40

Wed Oct 11 #9 $166.9K −24% −29% $89.4M 1,526 $109 41

Thu Oct 12 #9 $159.4K −5% −32% $89.6M 1,526 $104 42

Fri Oct 13 #9 $264.7K +66% −49% $89.9M 1,524 $174 43

Sat Oct 14 #9 $443.1K +67% −44% $90.3M 1,524 $291 44

Sun Oct 15 #9 $242.5K −45% −50% $90.6M 1,524 $159 45

Mon Oct 16 #9 $118.6K −51% −54% $90.7M 1,524 $78 46

Tue Oct 17 #9 $175.2K +48% −21% $90.9M 1,524 $115 47

Wed Oct 18 #9 $114.7K −34% −31% $91.0M 1,524 $75 48

Thu Oct 19 #11 $72.5K −37% −55% $91.0M 1,524 $48 49

Fri Oct 20 #12 $137.7K +90% −48% $91.2M 1,083 $127 50

Sat Oct 21 #12 $222.5K +62% −50% $91.4M 1,083 $205 51

Sun Oct 22 #12 $127.6K −43% −47% $91.5M 1,083 $118 52

Mon Oct 23 #10 $61.6K −52% −48% $91.6M 1,083 $57 53

Tue Oct 24 #11 $90.3K +47% −48% $91.7M 1,083 $83 54

Wed Oct 25 #11 $67.7K −25% −41% $91.7M 1,083 $62 55

Thu Oct 26 #13 $36.5K −46% −50% $91.8M 1,083 $34 56

Fri Oct 27 #19 $49.3K +35% −64% $91.8M 360 $137 57

Sat Oct 28 #17 $78.8K +60% −65% $91.9M 360 $219 58

Sun Oct 29 #18 $47.6K −40% −63% $92.0M 360 $132 59

Mon Oct 30 #16 $22.7K −52% −63% $92.0M 360 $63 60

Tue Oct 31 #17 $24.1K +6% −73% $92.0M 360 $67 61

Wed Nov 1 #18 $26.1K +8% −61% $92.0M 360 $73 62

Thu Nov 2 #17 $20.5K −22% −44% $92.1M 360 $57 63

Fri Nov 3 #21 $36.1K +76% −27% $92.1M 168 $215 64

Sat Nov 4 #21 $62.0K +72% −21% $92.1M 168 $369 65

Sun Nov 5 #22 $34.6K −44% −27% $92.2M 168 $206 66

Mon Nov 6 #20 $12.8K −63% −43% $92.2M 168 $76 67

Tue Nov 7 #21 $17.8K +39% −26% $92.2M 168 $106 68

Wed Nov 8 #20 $14.2K −20% −46% $92.2M 168 $85 69

Thu Nov 9 #21 $12.1K −15% −41% $92.2M 168 $72 70

Fri Nov 10 #21 $23.9K +98% −34% $92.3M 115 $208 71

Sat Nov 11 #22 $34.6K +45% −44% $92.3M 115 $301 72

Sun Nov 12 #22 $17.3K −50% −50% $92.3M 115 $150 73

Mon Nov 13 #23 $6.9K −60% −47% $92.3M 115 $60 74

Tue Nov 14 #21 $7.9K +15% −56% $92.3M 115 $69 75

Wed Nov 15 #22 $6.9K −13% −51% $92.3M 115 $60 76

Thu Nov 16 #23 $4.1K −41% −66% $92.3M 115 $36 77

Fri Nov 17 #24 $6.9K +69% −71% $92.3M 33 $210 78

Sat Nov 18 #24 $11.9K +71% −66% $92.4M 33 $359 79

Sun Nov 19 #23 $6.2K −47% −64% $92.4M 33 $189 80

Mon Nov 20 #25 $2.3K −63% −67% $92.4M 33 $70 81

Tue Nov 21 #27 $1.1K −52% −86% $92.4M 33 $33 82

Wed Nov 22 #26 $1.2K +6% −83% $92.4M 33 $35 83

Thu Nov 23 #25 $1.2K +6% −70% $92.4M 33 $37 84

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

Cumulative total$92.2M

Sep 1Sep 18Oct 6Oct 23Nov 9

Weekend grossWk 8 · $487.8K

$34.6M

$42.8M

$12.0M

$7.2M

$4.8M

$2.7M

$1.8M

$950.3K

$487.8K

W1W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,965 → 168 −95.8%

3,965 open168 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −48.7%

−65.3%

W1→2

−39.8%

W2→3

−34.3%

W3→4

−43.2%

W4→5

−33.3%

W5→6

−47.2%

W6→7

−48.7%

W7→8

Steepest −65.3%Best hold −33.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#2 Biggest Labor Day openingsAll-time $42.8M #17 Biggest September openingsAll-time $34.6M

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