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The Fault in Our StarsFollow

2014 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Drama, Romance • 20th Century Fox

One sick love story.

🍅 81% 84%

69

3.3

7.7

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$48.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$124.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$307.20M

$182.30M international

Domestic legs2.60x

Budget$12.0M

2014 rank#24

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Cast & crew

Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley Starring

Ansel Elgort

Ansel Elgort Starring

Nat Wolff

Nat Wolff Starring

Laura Dern

Laura Dern Starring

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe Starring

ScreenplayScott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber Produced byWyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen CinematographyBen Richardson MusicMike Mogis & Nathaniel Walcott Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 6-8 1 $48.0M — 3,173 $15,128 $48.0M

2 Jun 13-15 5 $14.8M −69.2% 3,273 $4,519 $80.8M

3 Jun 20-22 7 $8.6M −42.1% 3,340 $2,565 $98.7M

4 Jun 27-29 8 $5.1M −40.1% 2,845 $1,803 $109.9M

5 Jul 4-6 12 $2.5M −51.0% 1,865 $1,349 $115.9M

6 Jul 11-13 14 $1.5M −40.1% 1,002 $1,503 $119.6M

7 Jul 18-20 20 $816.4K −45.8% 557 $1,466 $121.6M

8 Jul 25-27 24 $483.1K −40.8% 387 $1,248 $122.7M

9 Aug 1-3 27 $316.9K −34.4% 282 $1,124 $123.4M

10 Aug 8-10 28 $201.7K −36.4% 223 $904 $123.8M

11 Aug 15-17 30 $189.7K −5.9% 206 $921 $124.2M

12 Aug 22-24 35 $135.9K −28.3% 185 $735 $124.4M

13 Aug 29-31 44 $106.5K −21.7% 131 $813 $124.6M

14 Sep 5-7 49 $75.2K −29.4% 119 $632 $124.7M

15 Sep 12-14 52 $44.0K −41.5% 85 $517 $124.8M

16 Sep 19-21 59 $22.9K −47.8% 47 $488 $124.8M

17 Sep 26-28 62 $16.1K −29.8% 38 $424 $124.9M

18 Oct 3-5 71 $7.5K −53.6% 17 $440 $124.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 5 #P $8.2M — $8.2M 0 $0 -1

Fri Jun 6 #1 $26.1M +217.8% $26.1M 3,173 $8,214 1

Sat Jun 7 #2 $12.7M −51.3% $38.7M 3,173 $3,996 2

Sun Jun 8 #2 $9.3M −27.0% $48.0M 3,173 $2,918 3

Mon Jun 9 #1 $5.1M −45.0% $53.1M 3,173 $1,606 4

Tue Jun 10 #1 $5.0M −1.8% $58.1M 3,173 $1,577 5

Wed Jun 11 #1 $4.2M −16.7% $62.3M 3,173 $1,314 6

Thu Jun 12 #1 $3.7M −11.1% $66.0M 3,173 $1,168 7

Fri Jun 13 #3 $6.4M +71.6% −75.6% $72.3M 3,273 $1,943 8

Sat Jun 14 #5 $5.7M −9.7% −54.7% $78.1M 3,273 $1,754 9

Sun Jun 15 #6 $2.7M −53.1% −70.9% $80.8M 3,273 $822 10

Mon Jun 16 #3 $2.3M −14.2% −54.7% $83.1M 3,273 $705 11

Tue Jun 17 #4 $2.6M +14.5% −47.2% $85.7M 3,273 $807 12

Wed Jun 18 #4 $2.2M −15.4% −46.4% $87.9M 3,273 $682 13

Thu Jun 19 #4 $2.2M −2.4% −41.2% $90.1M 3,273 $666 14

Fri Jun 20 #6 $3.1M +43.2% −50.9% $93.2M 3,340 $934 15

Sat Jun 21 #- $3.2M +2.3% −44.4% $96.4M 3,340 $956 16

Sun Jun 22 #- $2.3M −29.4% −16.3% $98.7M 3,340 $675 17

Mon Jun 23 #6 $1.4M −36.4% −38.0% $100.1M 3,340 $429 18

Tue Jun 24 #6 $1.8M +22.8% −33.4% $101.9M 3,340 $527 19

Wed Jun 25 #6 $1.5M −14.3% −32.5% $103.4M 3,340 $451 20

Thu Jun 26 #6 $1.4M −10.2% −37.9% $104.7M 3,340 $405 21

Fri Jun 27 #7 $1.8M +36.6% −40.8% $106.6M 2,845 $650 22

Sat Jun 28 #8 $1.7M −6.0% −45.6% $108.3M 2,845 $611 23

Sun Jun 29 #8 $1.5M −11.0% −31.4% $109.9M 2,845 $543 24

Mon Jun 30 #6 $1.0M −33.8% −28.5% $110.9M 2,845 $360 25

Tue Jul 1 #7 $1.0M +2.1% −40.6% $111.9M 2,845 $367 26

Wed Jul 2 #10 $691.2K −33.9% −54.1% $112.6M 1,866 $370 27

Thu Jul 3 #11 $767.8K +11.1% −43.3% $113.4M 1,866 $411 28

Fri Jul 4 #12 $641.6K −16.4% −65.3% $114.0M 1,865 $344 29

Sat Jul 5 #11 $1.0M +58.2% −41.6% $115.1M 1,865 $544 30

Sun Jul 6 #11 $858.6K −15.4% −44.4% $115.9M 1,865 $460 31

Mon Jul 7 #10 $557.1K −35.1% −45.6% $116.5M 1,865 $299 32

Tue Jul 8 #10 $641.3K +15.1% −38.6% $117.1M 1,865 $344 33

Wed Jul 9 #9 $512.2K −20.1% −25.9% $117.6M 1,865 $275 34

Thu Jul 10 #9 $494.3K −3.5% −35.6% $118.1M 1,865 $265 35

Fri Jul 11 #14 $498.8K +0.9% −22.2% $118.6M 1,002 $498 36

Sat Jul 12 #14 $578.6K +16.0% −43.0% $119.2M 1,002 $577 37

Sun Jul 13 #14 $428.8K −25.9% −50.1% $119.6M 1,002 $428 38

Mon Jul 14 #12 $285.3K −33.5% −48.8% $119.9M 1,002 $285 39

Tue Jul 15 #12 $343.8K +20.5% −46.4% $120.3M 1,002 $343 40

Wed Jul 16 #12 $290.4K −15.5% −43.3% $120.5M 1,002 $290 41

Thu Jul 17 #12 $233.9K −19.4% −52.7% $120.8M 1,002 $233 42

Fri Jul 18 #- $258.3K +10.4% −48.2% $121.0M 557 $464 43

Sat Jul 19 #- $323.3K +25.2% −44.1% $121.4M 557 $580 44

Sun Jul 20 #- $234.8K −27.4% −45.2% $121.6M 557 $422 45

Mon Jul 21 #15 $143.4K −38.9% −49.7% $121.7M 557 $257 46

Tue Jul 22 #15 $172.1K +20.0% −50.0% $121.9M 557 $309 47

Wed Jul 23 #16 $159.7K −7.2% −45.0% $122.1M 557 $287 48

Thu Jul 24 #15 $146.2K −8.4% −37.5% $122.2M 557 $263 49

Fri Jul 25 #- $152.1K +4.0% −41.1% $122.4M 387 $393 50

Sat Jul 26 #- $179.6K +18.1% −44.4% $122.6M 387 $464 51

Sun Jul 27 #- $151.4K −15.7% −35.5% $122.7M 387 $391 52

Mon Jul 28 #- $98.6K −34.9% −31.3% $122.8M 387 $255 53

Tue Jul 29 #- $103.4K +4.9% −39.9% $122.9M 387 $267 54

Wed Jul 30 #- $93.3K −9.8% −41.6% $123.0M 387 $241 55

Thu Jul 31 #- $87.5K −6.1% −40.1% $123.1M 387 $226 56

Fri Aug 1 #- $97.1K +10.9% −36.2% $123.2M 282 $344 57

Sat Aug 2 #- $123.5K +27.2% −31.2% $123.3M 282 $438 58

Sun Aug 3 #- $96.3K −22.0% −36.4% $123.4M 282 $342 59

Mon Aug 4 #- $59.4K −38.4% −39.8% $123.5M 282 $211 60

Tue Aug 5 #- $65.6K +10.5% −36.6% $123.5M 282 $233 61

Wed Aug 6 #- $60.4K −7.9% −35.2% $123.6M 282 $214 62

Thu Aug 7 #- $55.8K −7.6% −36.2% $123.6M 282 $198 63

Fri Aug 8 #- $64.3K +15.2% −33.8% $123.7M 223 $288 64

Sat Aug 9 #- $79.5K +23.7% −35.6% $123.8M 223 $357 65

Sun Aug 10 #- $57.9K −27.2% −39.9% $123.8M 223 $260 66

Mon Aug 11 #- $38.9K −32.7% −34.4% $123.9M 223 $175 67

Tue Aug 12 #- $43.6K +11.9% −33.6% $123.9M 223 $195 68

Wed Aug 13 #- $35.1K −19.4% −41.8% $124.0M 223 $158 69

Thu Aug 14 #- $32.9K −6.3% −41.0% $124.0M 223 $148 70

Fri Aug 15 #- $57.7K +75.0% −10.3% $124.1M 206 $280 71

Sat Aug 16 #- $75.1K +30.3% −5.5% $124.1M 206 $365 72

Sun Aug 17 #- $56.9K −24.2% −1.6% $124.2M 206 $276 73

Mon Aug 18 #- $26.8K −53.0% −31.3% $124.2M 206 $130 74

Tue Aug 19 #- $29.5K +10.4% −32.3% $124.2M 206 $143 75

Wed Aug 20 #- $26.9K −8.8% −23.4% $124.3M 206 $131 76

Thu Aug 21 #- $25.1K −6.9% −23.9% $124.3M 206 $122 77

Fri Aug 22 #- $42.4K +69.2% −26.4% $124.3M 185 $229 78

Sat Aug 23 #- $58.0K +36.6% −22.8% $124.4M 185 $313 79

Sun Aug 24 #- $35.5K −38.7% −37.6% $124.4M 185 $192 80

Mon Aug 25 #- $14.5K −59.2% −45.9% $124.4M 185 $78 81

Tue Aug 26 #- $15.7K +8.2% −47.0% $124.5M 185 $85 82

Wed Aug 27 #- $15.3K −2.3% −43.2% $124.5M 185 $83 83

Thu Aug 28 #- $14.9K −2.8% −40.7% $124.5M 185 $80 84

Fri Aug 29 #- $25.9K +74.4% −38.9% $124.5M 131 $198 85

Sat Aug 30 #- $41.0K +58.3% −29.2% $124.6M 131 $313 86

Sun Aug 31 #- $39.5K −3.7% +11.3% $124.6M 131 $302 87

Mon Sep 1 #- $28.9K −26.8% +99.8% $124.6M 131 $221 88

Tue Sep 2 #- $7.9K −72.8% −49.7% $124.6M 131 $60 89

Wed Sep 3 #- $6.6K −15.7% −56.6% $124.6M 131 $51 90

Thu Sep 4 #- $8.1K +21.5% −45.7% $124.6M 131 $62 91

Fri Sep 5 #- $22.4K +177.1% −13.8% $124.7M 119 $188 92

Sat Sep 6 #- $35.8K +60.3% −12.7% $124.7M 119 $301 93

Sun Sep 7 #- $17.0K −52.4% −56.9% $124.7M 119 $143 94

Mon Sep 8 #- $4.9K −71.5% −83.2% $124.7M 119 $41 95

Tue Sep 9 #- $6.9K +42.8% −11.9% $124.7M 119 $58 96

Wed Sep 10 #- $6.0K −13.9% −10.1% $124.7M 119 $50 97

Thu Sep 11 #- $6.8K +13.2% −16.2% $124.7M 119 $57 98

Fri Sep 12 #- $12.6K +86.4% −43.7% $124.8M 85 $148 99

Sat Sep 13 #- $20.3K +61.4% −43.2% $124.8M 85 $239 100

Sun Sep 14 #- $11.0K −45.7% −35.2% $124.8M 85 $130 101

Mon Sep 15 #- $3.6K −67.5% −26.2% $124.8M 85 $42 102

Tue Sep 16 #- $3.7K +2.8% −46.8% $124.8M 85 $43 103

Wed Sep 17 #- $3.9K +6.8% −34.1% $124.8M 85 $46 104

Thu Sep 18 #- $3.7K −6.1% −45.3% $124.8M 85 $43 105

Fri Sep 19 #- $7.4K +99.9% −41.3% $124.8M 47 $157 106

Sat Sep 20 #- $10.9K +47.3% −46.4% $124.8M 47 $232 107

Sun Sep 21 #- $4.6K −57.3% −57.9% $124.8M 47 $99 108

Mon Sep 22 #- $1.2K −74.0% −66.2% $124.8M 47 $26 109

Tue Sep 23 #- $1.6K +31.0% −57.0% $124.8M 47 $34 110

Wed Sep 24 #- $1.6K −0.4% −59.9% $124.8M 47 $34 111

Thu Sep 25 #- $1.6K +3.1% −56.0% $124.8M 47 $35 112

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

Cumulative total$124.0M

Jun 5Jun 23Jul 10Jul 28Aug 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $201.7K

$48.0M

$14.8M

$8.6M

$5.1M

$2.5M

$1.5M

$816.4K

$483.1K

$316.9K

$201.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,340 → 223 −93.3%

3,173 open223 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.4%

−69.2%

W1→2

−42.1%

W2→3

−40.1%

W3→4

−51.0%

W4→5

−40.1%

W5→6

−45.8%

W6→7

−40.8%

W7→8

−34.4%

W8→9

−36.4%

W9→10

Steepest −69.2%Best hold −34.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 18 days

$100M

Day 18

Jun 23

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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