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The ForeignerFollow

2017 • R • 1h 56m • Action, Thriller • STX Entertainment

Never push a good man too far.

🍅 66% 72%

55

3.22

7.0

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$34.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$145.40M

$111.00M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$35M

2017 rank#72

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Cast & crew

Full Campbell filmography

Martin Campbell

Martin Campbell Director

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan Starring

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan Starring

ScreenplayDavid Marconi Produced byWayne Marc Godfrey, Arthur Sarkissian, Jackie Chan, Qi Jianhong, Cathy Schulman, John Zeng, Jamie Marshall, D. Scott Lumpkin, Claire Kupchak CinematographyDavid Tattersall Music byCliff Martinez StudioSTX Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 13-15 3 $13.1M — 2,515 $5,214 $13.1M

2 Oct 20-22 6 $5.8M −55.9% 2,515 $2,301 $23.2M

3 Oct 27-29 8 $3.4M −40.5% 2,505 $1,375 $29.1M

4 Nov 3-5 11 $1.6M −53.6% 1,456 $1,096 $32.0M

5 Nov 10-12 16 $781.3K −51.1% 737 $1,060 $33.5M

6 Nov 17-19 21 $194.7K −75.1% 250 $779 $34.0M

7 Nov 24-26 34 $69.9K −64.1% 104 $673 $34.1M

8 Dec 1-3 34 $75.0K +7.2% 130 $577 $34.2M

9 Dec 8-10 32 $60.9K −18.8% 130 $468 $34.3M

10 Dec 15-17 32 $36.0K −40.9% 93 $387 $34.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 12 #P $775.0K — $775.0K — — -1

Fri Oct 13 #2 $4.8M — $4.8M 2,515 $1,896 1

Sat Oct 14 #3 $4.9M +3.4% $9.7M 2,515 $1,961 2

Sun Oct 15 #3 $3.4M −30.8% $13.1M 2,515 $1,357 3

Mon Oct 16 #3 $1.1M −68.8% $14.2M 2,515 $423 4

Tue Oct 17 #3 $1.5M +44.4% $15.7M 2,515 $611 5

Wed Oct 18 #3 $867.6K −43.6% $16.6M 2,515 $345 6

Thu Oct 19 #3 $812.1K −6.4% $17.4M 2,515 $323 7

Fri Oct 20 #6 $1.7M +105.1% −65.1% $19.1M 2,515 $662 8

Sat Oct 21 #5 $2.4M +47.0% −50.3% $21.5M 2,515 $974 9

Sun Oct 22 #5 $1.7M −31.6% −51.0% $23.2M 2,515 $665 10

Mon Oct 23 #6 $562.3K −66.4% −47.2% $23.7M 2,515 $224 11

Tue Oct 24 #5 $864.0K +53.7% −43.8% $24.6M 2,515 $344 12

Wed Oct 25 #6 $524.5K −39.3% −39.5% $25.1M 2,515 $209 13

Thu Oct 26 #6 $484.8K −7.6% −40.3% $25.6M 2,515 $193 14

Fri Oct 27 #9 $941.0K +94.1% −43.5% $26.6M 2,505 $376 15

Sat Oct 28 #6 $1.5M +55.6% −40.2% $28.0M 2,505 $584 16

Sun Oct 29 #6 $1.0M −29.1% −37.9% $29.1M 2,505 $415 17

Mon Oct 30 #7 $334.0K −67.8% −40.6% $29.4M 2,505 $133 18

Tue Oct 31 #7 $479.4K +43.5% −44.5% $29.9M 2,505 $191 19

Wed Nov 1 #7 $285.5K −40.4% −45.6% $30.2M 2,505 $114 20

Thu Nov 2 #9 $238.3K −16.6% −50.8% $30.4M 2,505 $95 21

Fri Nov 3 #11 $426.1K +78.8% −54.7% $30.8M 1,456 $293 22

Sat Nov 4 #10 $693.1K +62.7% −52.7% $31.5M 1,456 $476 23

Sun Nov 5 #11 $477.3K −31.1% −54.0% $32.0M 1,456 $328 24

Mon Nov 6 #11 $154.0K −67.7% −53.9% $32.1M 1,456 $106 25

Tue Nov 7 #11 $240.1K +55.9% −49.9% $32.4M 1,456 $165 26

Wed Nov 8 #9 $165.7K −31.0% −42.0% $32.6M 1,456 $114 27

Thu Nov 9 #11 $138.9K −16.2% −41.7% $32.7M 1,456 $95 28

Fri Nov 10 #15 $226.6K +63.1% −46.8% $32.9M 737 $307 29

Sat Nov 11 #14 $329.6K +45.5% −52.4% $33.2M 737 $447 30

Sun Nov 12 #13 $225.1K −31.7% −52.8% $33.5M 737 $305 31

Mon Nov 13 #12 $80.5K −64.2% −47.7% $33.6M 737 $109 32

Tue Nov 14 #12 $107.3K +33.3% −55.3% $33.7M 737 $146 33

Wed Nov 15 #15 $65.7K −38.8% −60.4% $33.7M 737 $89 34

Thu Nov 16 #- $41.6K −36.6% −70.0% $33.8M 737 $56 35

Fri Nov 17 #- $49.7K +19.4% −78.1% $33.8M 250 $199 36

Sat Nov 18 #- $84.6K +70.3% −74.3% $33.9M 250 $339 37

Sun Nov 19 #- $60.4K −28.7% −73.2% $34.0M 250 $241 38

Mon Nov 20 #- $25.1K −58.4% −68.8% $34.0M 250 $100 39

Tue Nov 21 #- $24.2K −3.5% −77.4% $34.0M 250 $97 40

Wed Nov 22 #- $15.6K −35.6% −76.2% $34.0M 250 $62 41

Thu Nov 23 #- $13.4K −14.2% −67.8% $34.0M 250 $54 42

Fri Nov 24 #- $23.7K +76.8% −52.3% $34.1M 104 $228 43

Sat Nov 25 #- $28.4K +20.1% −66.4% $34.1M 104 $274 44

Sun Nov 26 #- $17.8K −37.4% −70.5% $34.1M 104 $171 45

Mon Nov 27 #- $6.0K −66.4% −76.2% $34.1M 104 $58 46

Tue Nov 28 #- $9.3K +55.8% −61.5% $34.1M 104 $90 47

Wed Nov 29 #- $6.6K −29.4% −57.8% $34.1M 104 $63 48

Thu Nov 30 #- $6.2K −5.3% −53.5% $34.1M 104 $60 49

Fri Dec 1 #- $19.3K +209.9% −18.4% $34.2M 130 $149 50

Sat Dec 2 #- $32.9K +70.5% +15.8% $34.2M 130 $253 51

Sun Dec 3 #- $22.7K −31.0% +27.6% $34.2M 130 $175 52

Mon Dec 4 #- $7.6K −66.8% +26.2% $34.2M 130 $58 53

Tue Dec 5 #- $9.7K +28.5% +4.1% $34.2M 130 $75 54

Wed Dec 6 #- $7.4K −24.1% +11.8% $34.2M 130 $57 55

Thu Dec 7 #- $7.2K −1.6% +16.2% $34.2M 130 $56 56

Fri Dec 8 #- $16.5K +127.7% −14.6% $34.3M 130 $127 57

Sat Dec 9 #- $26.6K +61.5% −19.1% $34.3M 130 $205 58

Sun Dec 10 #- $17.7K −33.5% −22.0% $34.3M 130 $136 59

Mon Dec 11 #- $6.6K −63.0% −13.2% $34.3M 130 $50 60

Tue Dec 12 #- $8.3K +27.2% −14.1% $34.3M 130 $64 61

Wed Dec 13 #- $6.6K −20.6% −10.1% $34.3M 130 $51 62

Thu Dec 14 #- $6.5K −2.5% −10.9% $34.3M 130 $50 63

Fri Dec 15 #- $9.7K +49.8% −41.4% $34.3M 93 $104 64

Sat Dec 16 #- $14.5K +49.6% −45.7% $34.4M 93 $156 65

Sun Dec 17 #- $11.8K −18.3% −33.3% $34.4M 93 $127 66

Mon Dec 18 #- $5.0K −57.8% −23.9% $34.4M 93 $54 67

Tue Dec 19 #- $5.9K +18.0% −29.4% $34.4M 93 $63 68

Wed Dec 20 #- $5.0K −15.5% −24.9% $34.4M 93 $53 69

Thu Dec 21 #- $5.4K +9.2% −15.8% $34.4M 93 $58 70

Cumulative total$34.4M

Oct 12Oct 30Nov 16Dec 4Dec 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $36.0K

$13.1M

$5.8M

$3.4M

$1.6M

$781.3K

$194.7K

$69.9K

$75.0K

$60.9K

$36.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,515 → 93 −96.3%

2,515 open93 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.9%

−55.9%

W1→2

−40.5%

W2→3

−53.6%

W3→4

−51.1%

W4→5

−75.1%

W5→6

−64.1%

W6→7

+7.2%

W7→8

−18.8%

W8→9

−40.9%

W9→10

Steepest −75.1%Biggest gain +7.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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