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2017 • PG-13 • 1h 43m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • Universal Pictures

1700 years to build. 5500 miles long. What were they trying to keep out?

🍅 36% 42%

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2.33

5.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$45.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$334.50M

$289.30M international

Domestic legs2.4x

Budget$150M

2017 rank#59

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Cast & crew

Full Yimou filmography

Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou Director

Matt Damon

Matt Damon Starring

Pedro Pascal

Pedro Pascal Starring

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe Starring

Andy Lau

Andy Lau Starring

ScreenplayCarlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Tony Gilroy Produced byThomas Tull, Charles Roven, Jon Jashni, Peter Loehr CinematographyStuart Dryburgh, Zhao Xiaoding Music byRamin Djawadi StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 17-19 3 $18.5M — 3,325 $5,555 $18.5M

2 Feb 24-26 4 $9.1M −50.6% 3,328 $2,742 $34.8M

3 Mar 3-5 8 $3.6M −60.3% 2,314 $1,567 $41.4M

4 Mar 10-12 13 $1.3M −65.1% 1,592 $795 $43.8M

5 Mar 17-19 23 $300.1K −76.3% 439 $683 $44.8M

6 Mar 24-26 36 $95.1K −68.3% 158 $602 $45.0M

7 Mar 31-Apr 2 38 $66.9K −29.7% 104 $643 $45.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Feb 16 #P $970.0K — $970.0K 2,470 $393 -1

Fri Feb 17 #3 $5.9M — $5.9M 3,325 $1,770 1

Sat Feb 18 #3 $7.0M +19.4% $12.9M 3,325 $2,112 2

Sun Feb 19 #2 $5.6M −20.8% $18.5M 3,325 $1,673 3

Mon Feb 20 #2 $3.0M −45.4% $21.5M 3,325 $914 4

Tue Feb 21 #2 $1.9M −37.5% $23.4M 3,325 $571 5

Wed Feb 22 #4 $1.2M −36.2% $24.6M 3,325 $365 6

Thu Feb 23 #5 $1.1M −10.5% $25.7M 3,325 $327 7

Fri Feb 24 #5 $2.4M +117.2% −59.9% $28.1M 3,328 $708 8

Sat Feb 25 #4 $4.1M +73.4% −41.8% $32.2M 3,328 $1,229 9

Sun Feb 26 #4 $2.7M −34.5% −51.8% $34.8M 3,328 $805 10

Mon Feb 27 #4 $702.6K −73.8% −76.9% $35.5M 3,328 $211 11

Tue Feb 28 #4 $1.0M +47.8% −45.3% $36.6M 3,328 $312 12

Wed Mar 1 #4 $675.4K −35.0% −44.3% $37.2M 3,328 $203 13

Thu Mar 2 #5 $513.1K −24.0% −52.7% $37.8M 3,328 $154 14

Fri Mar 3 #9 $925.2K +80.3% −60.8% $38.7M 2,314 $400 15

Sat Mar 4 #8 $1.6M +75.2% −60.4% $40.3M 2,314 $700 16

Sun Mar 5 #6 $1.1M −33.3% −59.7% $41.4M 2,314 $467 17

Mon Mar 6 #8 $273.1K −74.7% −61.1% $41.7M 2,314 $118 18

Tue Mar 7 #8 $416.3K +52.4% −59.9% $42.1M 2,314 $180 19

Wed Mar 8 #8 $271.7K −34.7% −59.8% $42.3M 2,314 $117 20

Thu Mar 9 #10 $221.7K −18.4% −56.8% $42.6M 2,314 $96 21

Fri Mar 10 #14 $327.1K +47.5% −64.6% $42.9M 1,592 $205 22

Sat Mar 11 #14 $551.0K +68.5% −66.0% $43.4M 1,592 $346 23

Sun Mar 12 #11 $386.8K −29.8% −64.2% $43.8M 1,592 $243 24

Mon Mar 13 #12 $149.3K −61.4% −45.3% $44.0M 1,592 $94 25

Tue Mar 14 #10 $206.1K +38.0% −50.5% $44.2M 1,592 $129 26

Wed Mar 15 #12 $156.5K −24.1% −42.4% $44.3M 1,592 $98 27

Thu Mar 16 #14 $109.8K −29.8% −50.5% $44.5M 1,592 $69 28

Fri Mar 17 — $78.5K −28.5% −76.0% $44.5M 439 $179 29

Sat Mar 18 — $136.5K +73.8% −75.2% $44.7M 439 $311 30

Sun Mar 19 — $85.0K −37.7% −78.0% $44.8M 439 $194 31

Mon Mar 20 — $36.0K −57.7% −75.9% $44.8M 439 $82 32

Tue Mar 21 — $56.6K +57.5% −72.5% $44.9M 439 $129 33

Wed Mar 22 — $37.1K −34.4% −76.3% $44.9M 439 $85 34

Thu Mar 23 — $26.8K −27.7% −75.5% $44.9M 439 $61 35

Fri Mar 24 — $26.3K −1.9% −66.5% $44.9M 158 $167 36

Sat Mar 25 — $41.8K +58.7% −69.4% $45.0M 158 $264 37

Sun Mar 26 — $27.0K −35.4% −68.2% $45.0M 158 $171 38

Mon Mar 27 — $10.1K −62.5% −71.9% $45.0M 158 $64 39

Tue Mar 28 — $14.9K +46.8% −73.8% $45.0M 158 $94 40

Wed Mar 29 — $12.8K −14.0% −65.6% $45.0M 158 $81 41

Thu Mar 30 — $11.4K −10.4% −57.3% $45.1M 158 $72 42

Fri Mar 31 — $20.4K +78.2% −22.5% $45.1M 104 $196 43

Sat Apr 1 — $28.2K +38.4% −32.4% $45.1M 104 $272 44

Sun Apr 2 — $18.2K −35.5% −32.5% $45.1M 104 $175 45

Mon Apr 3 — $8.0K −56.4% −21.4% $45.1M 104 $76 46

Tue Apr 4 — $9.3K +17.5% −37.1% $45.1M 104 $90 47

Wed Apr 5 — $7.3K −21.7% −42.7% $45.2M 104 $70 48

Thu Apr 6 — $7.0K −4.1% −38.7% $45.2M 104 $67 49

Cumulative total$45.2M

Feb 16Feb 28Mar 13Mar 25Apr 6

Weekend grossWk 7 · $66.9K

$18.5M

$9.1M

$3.6M

$1.3M

$300.1K

$95.1K

$66.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 3,328 → 104 −96.9%

2,470 open104 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −29.7%

−50.6%

W1→2

−60.3%

W2→3

−65.1%

W3→4

−76.3%

W4→5

−68.3%

W5→6

−29.7%

W6→7

Steepest −76.3%Best hold −29.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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