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2017 • PG • 1h 45m • Biography, Drama, Musical • 20th Century Fox

The impossible comes true.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$174.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$459.50M

$285.20M international

Domestic legs19.8x

Budget$84M

2017 rank#24

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Cast & crew

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman Starring

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams Starring

Zac Efron

Zac Efron Starring

Zendaya

Zendaya Starring

Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca Ferguson Starring

ScreenplayJenny Bicks, Bill Condon Produced byLaurence Mark, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping CinematographySeamus McGarvey MusicJohn Debney and Joseph Trapanese (score) & Pasek and Paul (songs) Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 22-24 4 $8.8M — 3,006 $2,929 $13.4M

2 Dec 29-31 4 $15.5M +76.3% 3,316 $4,681 $49.0M

3 Jan 05-07 4 $13.8M −11.3% 3,342 $4,121 $76.9M

4 Jan 12-14 6 $12.5M −9.5% 2,938 $4,244 $95.2M

5 Jan 19-21 5 $10.6M −14.6% 2,823 $3,771 $113.1M

6 Jan 26-28 4 $9.6M −10.3% 2,663 $3,586 $126.5M

7 Feb 02-04 4 $7.7M −19.4% 2,588 $2,974 $137.4M

8 Feb 09-11 5 $6.4M −16.3% 2,373 $2,715 $146.6M

9 Feb 16-18 6 $5.0M −21.9% 1,936 $2,600 $154.4M

10 Feb 23-25 9 $3.4M −32.2% 1,601 $2,131 $160.8M

11 Mar 02-04 9 $2.7M −20.8% 1,407 $1,921 $164.6M

12 Mar 09-11 13 $1.9M −29.2% 952 $2,011 $167.6M

13 Mar 16-18 14 $1.1M −40.7% 737 $1,539 $169.7M

14 Mar 23-25 $696.4K −38.6% 478 $1,457 $170.9M

15 Mar 30-01 $700.4K +0.6% 764 $917 $172.1M

16 Apr 06-08 $370.5K −47.1% 248 $1,494 $173.0M

17 Apr 13-15 $226.0K −39.0% 209 $1,082 $173.3M

18 Apr 20-22 $148.8K −34.2% 169 $880 $173.5M

19 Apr 27-29 $96.2K −35.4% 146 $659 $173.7M

20 May 04-06 $68.6K −28.7% 123 $558 $173.8M

21 May 11-13 $61.3K −10.7% 89 $688 $173.9M

22 May 18-20 $34.1K −44.3% 67 $509 $173.9M

23 May 25-27 $18.2K −46.7% 35 $520 $174.0M

24 Jun 01-03 $17.0K −6.5% 32 $532 $174.0M

25 Jun 08-10 $10.8K −36.8% 21 $513 $174.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 20 #3 $2.5M — $2.5M 3,006 $815 1

Thu Dec 21 #3 $2.1M −12.0% $4.6M 3,006 $714 2

Fri Dec 22 #4 $3.1M +46.0% $7.7M 3,006 $1,040 3

Sat Dec 23 #4 $3.5M +13.0% $11.3M 3,006 $1,177 4

Sun Dec 24 #4 $2.1M −40.0% $13.4M 3,006 $712 5

Mon Dec 25 #4 $5.6M +162.0% $19.0M 3,006 $1,864 6

Tue Dec 26 #4 $5.1M −8.0% $24.1M 3,006 $1,709 7

Wed Dec 27 #4 $4.6M −10.0% +89.0% $28.8M 3,006 $1,539 8

Thu Dec 28 #4 $4.7M +2.0% +121.0% $33.5M 3,006 $1,577 9

Fri Dec 29 #4 $5.3M +13.0% +71.0% $38.9M 3,316 $1,613 10

Sat Dec 30 #4 $5.7M +7.0% +62.0% $44.6M 3,316 $1,730 11

Sun Dec 31 #3 $4.4M −23.0% +107.0% $49.0M 3,316 $1,338 12

Mon Jan 1 #3 $5.4M +21.0% −4.0% $54.4M 3,316 $1,624 13

Tue Jan 2 #3 $3.7M −32.0% −29.0% $58.1M 3,316 $1,107 14

Wed Jan 3 #3 $2.6M −28.0% −43.0% $60.7M 3,316 $792 15

Thu Jan 4 #3 $2.4M −9.0% −50.0% $63.1M 3,316 $719 16

Fri Jan 5 #4 $4.2M +75.0% −22.0% $67.3M 3,342 $1,245 17

Sat Jan 6 #4 $5.9M +41.0% +2.0% $73.1M 3,342 $1,751 18

Sun Jan 7 #4 $3.8M −36.0% −15.0% $76.9M 3,342 $1,125 19

Mon Jan 8 #4 $1.4M −64.0% −75.0% $78.2M 3,342 $407 20

Tue Jan 9 #4 $1.9M +40.0% −48.0% $80.1M 3,342 $570 21

Wed Jan 10 #4 $1.3M −30.0% −50.0% $81.5M 3,342 $396 22

Thu Jan 11 #4 $1.3M −3.0% −46.0% $82.8M 3,342 $386 23

Fri Jan 12 #6 $3.1M +137.0% −27.0% $85.8M 2,938 $1,039 24

Sat Jan 13 #4 $5.1M +68.0% −12.0% $90.9M 2,938 $1,745 25

Sun Jan 14 #3 $4.3M −16.0% +14.0% $95.2M 2,938 $1,459 26

Mon Jan 15 #3 $3.7M −13.0% +173.0% $98.9M 2,938 $1,263 27

Tue Jan 16 #4 $1.4M −62.0% −26.0% $100.3M 2,938 $478 28

Wed Jan 17 #3 $1.0M −26.0% −21.0% $101.4M 2,938 $355 29

Thu Jan 18 #3 $1.1M +6.0% −14.0% $102.5M 2,938 $376 30

Fri Jan 19 #5 $3.0M +171.0% −2.0% $105.5M 2,823 $1,059 31

Sat Jan 20 #5 $5.0M +66.0% −3.0% $110.4M 2,823 $1,762 32

Sun Jan 21 #4 $2.7M −46.0% −37.0% $113.1M 2,823 $950 33

Mon Jan 22 #5 $847.8K −68.0% −77.0% $114.0M 2,823 $300 34

Tue Jan 23 #5 $1.3M +49.0% −10.0% $115.2M 2,823 $446 35

Wed Jan 24 #5 $851.5K −32.0% −18.0% $116.1M 2,823 $302 36

Thu Jan 25 #5 $890.3K +5.0% −19.0% $117.0M 2,823 $315 37

Fri Jan 26 #4 $2.5M +185.0% −15.0% $119.5M 2,663 $951 38

Sat Jan 27 #3 $4.4M +73.0% −12.0% $123.9M 2,663 $1,644 39

Sun Jan 28 #4 $2.6M −40.0% −2.0% $126.5M 2,663 $991 40

Mon Jan 29 #5 $706.3K −73.0% −17.0% $127.2M 2,663 $265 41

Tue Jan 30 #4 $1.0M +45.0% −19.0% $128.3M 2,663 $384 42

Wed Jan 31 #5 $683.4K −33.0% −20.0% $128.9M 2,663 $257 43

Thu Feb 1 #4 $736.8K +8.0% −17.0% $129.7M 2,663 $277 44

Fri Feb 2 #4 $2.3M +210.0% −10.0% $132.0M 2,588 $882 45

Sat Feb 3 #4 $4.0M +77.0% −8.0% $136.0M 2,588 $1,558 46

Sun Feb 4 #4 $1.4M −66.0% −48.0% $137.4M 2,588 $534 47

Mon Feb 5 #4 $627.2K −55.0% −11.0% $138.0M 2,588 $242 48

Tue Feb 6 #4 $885.2K +41.0% −13.0% $138.9M 2,588 $342 49

Wed Feb 7 #3 $637.7K −28.0% −7.0% $139.5M 2,588 $246 50

Thu Feb 8 #2 $614.9K −4.0% −17.0% $140.1M 2,588 $238 51

Fri Feb 9 #5 $1.6M +160.0% −30.0% $141.7M 2,373 $674 52

Sat Feb 10 #5 $3.0M +90.0% −24.0% $144.8M 2,373 $1,283 53

Sun Feb 11 #6 $1.8M −41.0% +30.0% $146.6M 2,373 $758 54

Mon Feb 12 #5 $545.5K −70.0% −13.0% $147.1M 2,373 $230 55

Tue Feb 13 #5 $689.4K +26.0% −22.0% $147.8M 2,373 $291 56

Wed Feb 14 #5 $1.1M +57.0% +69.0% $148.9M 2,373 $455 57

Thu Feb 15 #5 $484.9K −55.0% −21.0% $149.4M 2,373 $204 58

Fri Feb 16 #6 $1.3M +173.0% −17.0% $150.7M 1,936 $685 59

Sat Feb 17 #6 $2.1M +59.0% −31.0% $152.8M 1,936 $1,090 60

Sun Feb 18 #6 $1.6M −24.0% −11.0% $154.4M 1,936 $825 61

Mon Feb 19 #5 $1.5M −6.0% +174.0% $155.9M 1,936 $772 62

Tue Feb 20 #6 $609.2K −59.0% −12.0% $156.5M 1,936 $315 63

Wed Feb 21 #6 $425.7K −30.0% −61.0% $156.9M 1,936 $220 64

Thu Feb 22 #6 $426.1K 0.0% −12.0% $157.4M 1,936 $220 65

Fri Feb 23 #9 $908.7K +113.0% −31.0% $158.3M 1,601 $568 66

Sat Feb 24 #8 $1.6M +72.0% −26.0% $159.8M 1,601 $974 67

Sun Feb 25 #8 $943.5K −39.0% −41.0% $160.8M 1,601 $589 68

Mon Feb 26 #8 $259.9K −72.0% −83.0% $161.0M 1,601 $162 69

Tue Feb 27 #8 $377.5K +45.0% −38.0% $161.4M 1,601 $236 70

Wed Feb 28 #8 $264.8K −30.0% −38.0% $161.7M 1,601 $165 71

Thu Mar 1 #8 $260.8K −2.0% −39.0% $161.9M 1,601 $163 72

Fri Mar 2 #9 $714.0K +174.0% −21.0% $162.7M 1,407 $507 73

Sat Mar 3 #9 $1.3M +79.0% −18.0% $163.9M 1,407 $908 74

Sun Mar 4 #9 $712.0K −44.0% −25.0% $164.6M 1,407 $506 75

Mon Mar 5 #10 $244.5K −66.0% −6.0% $164.9M 1,407 $174 76

Tue Mar 6 #10 $317.5K +30.0% −16.0% $165.2M 1,407 $226 77

Wed Mar 7 #10 $250.2K −21.0% −6.0% $165.5M 1,407 $178 78

Thu Mar 8 #9 $243.4K −3.0% −7.0% $165.7M 1,407 $173 79

Fri Mar 9 #13 $482.1K +98.0% −32.0% $166.2M 952 $506 80

Sat Mar 10 #13 $921.5K +91.0% −28.0% $167.1M 952 $968 81

Sun Mar 11 #13 $510.5K −45.0% −28.0% $167.6M 952 $536 82

Mon Mar 12 #13 $233.2K −54.0% −5.0% $167.8M 952 $245 83

Tue Mar 13 #13 $297.7K +28.0% −6.0% $168.1M 952 $313 84

Wed Mar 14 #12 $228.1K −23.0% −9.0% $168.4M 952 $240 85

Thu Mar 15 #11 $196.1K −14.0% −19.0% $168.6M 952 $206 86

Fri Mar 16 #14 $351.4K +79.0% −27.0% $168.9M 737 $477 87

Sat Mar 17 #14 $505.8K +44.0% −45.0% $169.4M 737 $686 88

Sun Mar 18 #15 $277.0K −45.0% −46.0% $169.7M 737 $376 89

Mon Mar 19 #14 $132.4K −52.0% −43.0% $169.8M 737 $180 90

Tue Mar 20 #15 $166.0K +25.0% −44.0% $170.0M 737 $225 91

Wed Mar 21 #15 $125.7K −24.0% −45.0% $170.1M 737 $171 92

Thu Mar 22 #14 $120.8K −4.0% −38.0% $170.2M 737 $164 93

Fri Mar 23 $202.3K +67.0% −42.0% $170.5M 478 $423 94

Sat Mar 24 $313.0K +55.0% −38.0% $170.8M 478 $655 95

Sun Mar 25 $181.1K −42.0% −35.0% $170.9M 478 $379 96

Mon Mar 26 $100.3K −45.0% −24.0% $171.0M 478 $210 97

Tue Mar 27 $136.8K +36.0% −18.0% $171.2M 478 $286 98

Wed Mar 28 $89.5K −35.0% −29.0% $171.3M 478 $187 99

Thu Mar 29 $97.8K +9.0% −19.0% $171.4M 478 $205 100

Fri Mar 30 $271.8K +178.0% +34.0% $171.6M 764 $356 101

Sat Mar 31 $258.4K −5.0% −17.0% $171.9M 764 $338 102

Sun Apr 1 $170.2K −34.0% −6.0% $172.1M 764 $223 103

Mon Apr 2 $144.1K −15.0% +44.0% $172.2M 764 $189 104

Tue Apr 3 $152.2K +6.0% +11.0% $172.4M 764 $199 105

Wed Apr 4 $126.7K −17.0% +42.0% $172.5M 764 $166 106

Thu Apr 5 $98.5K −22.0% +1.0% $172.6M 764 $129 107

Fri Apr 6 $112.8K +14.0% −58.0% $172.7M 248 $455 108

Sat Apr 7 $173.1K +53.0% −33.0% $172.9M 248 $698 109

Sun Apr 8 $84.6K −51.0% −50.0% $173.0M 248 $341 110

Mon Apr 9 $25.3K −70.0% −82.0% $173.0M 248 $102 111

Tue Apr 10 $32.1K +27.0% −79.0% $173.0M 248 $130 112

Wed Apr 11 $25.8K −20.0% −80.0% $173.0M 248 $104 113

Thu Apr 12 $25.4K −2.0% −74.0% $173.1M 248 $102 114

Fri Apr 13 $64.1K +152.0% −43.0% $173.1M 209 $306 115

Sat Apr 14 $104.9K +64.0% −39.0% $173.2M 209 $502 116

Sun Apr 15 $57.1K −46.0% −32.0% $173.3M 209 $273 117

Mon Apr 16 $20.9K −63.0% −17.0% $173.3M 209 $100 118

Tue Apr 17 $22.1K +6.0% −31.0% $173.3M 209 $106 119

Wed Apr 18 $17.9K −19.0% −31.0% $173.4M 209 $86 120

Thu Apr 19 $18.2K +1.0% −28.0% $173.4M 209 $87 121

Fri Apr 20 $43.0K +136.0% −33.0% $173.4M 169 $254 122

Sat Apr 21 $71.1K +65.0% −32.0% $173.5M 169 $421 123

Sun Apr 22 $34.7K −51.0% −39.0% $173.5M 169 $205 124

Mon Apr 23 $9.8K −72.0% −53.0% $173.5M 169 $58 125

Tue Apr 24 $16.4K +69.0% −26.0% $173.6M 169 $97 126

Wed Apr 25 $13.4K −18.0% −25.0% $173.6M 169 $79 127

Thu Apr 26 $15.4K +15.0% −15.0% $173.6M 169 $91 128

Fri Apr 27 $27.9K +81.0% −35.0% $173.6M 146 $191 129

Sat Apr 28 $43.9K +58.0% −38.0% $173.7M 146 $301 130

Sun Apr 29 $24.4K −44.0% −30.0% $173.7M 146 $167 131

Mon Apr 30 $10.0K −59.0% +3.0% $173.7M 146 $69 132

Tue May 1 $11.9K +19.0% −28.0% $173.7M 146 $81 133

Wed May 2 $10.7K −10.0% −21.0% $173.7M 146 $73 134

Thu May 3 $12.3K +15.0% −20.0% $173.7M 146 $84 135

Fri May 4 $19.3K +57.0% −31.0% $173.7M 123 $157 136

Sat May 5 $26.1K +35.0% −41.0% $173.8M 123 $212 137

Sun May 6 $23.3K −11.0% −5.0% $173.8M 123 $189 138

Mon May 7 $7.2K −69.0% −28.0% $173.8M 123 $59 139

Tue May 8 $8.3K +16.0% −30.0% $173.8M 123 $68 140

Wed May 9 $6.6K −20.0% −38.0% $173.8M 123 $54 141

Thu May 10 $9.3K +40.0% −24.0% $173.8M 123 $76 142

Fri May 11 $15.4K +65.0% −20.0% $173.8M 89 $173 143

Sat May 12 $22.7K +48.0% −13.0% $173.9M 89 $255 144

Sun May 13 $23.2K +2.0% 0.0% $173.9M 89 $261 145

Mon May 14 $7.4K −68.0% +3.0% $173.9M 89 $84 146

Tue May 15 $9.0K +21.0% +8.0% $173.9M 89 $101 147

Wed May 16 $5.5K −39.0% −18.0% $173.9M 89 $61 148

Thu May 17 $9.3K +70.0% −1.0% $173.9M 89 $104 149

Fri May 18 $12.4K +34.0% −19.0% $173.9M 67 $185 150

Sat May 19 $13.2K +7.0% −42.0% $173.9M 67 $198 151

Sun May 20 $8.5K −36.0% −63.0% $173.9M 67 $127 152

Mon May 21 $4.0K −53.0% −46.0% $174.0M 67 $60 153

Tue May 22 $5.1K +28.0% −43.0% $174.0M 67 $77 154

Wed May 23 $4.3K −17.0% −21.0% $174.0M 67 $64 155

Thu May 24 $5.0K +16.0% −46.0% $174.0M 67 $74 156

Fri May 25 $4.4K −13.0% −65.0% $174.0M 35 $125 157

Sat May 26 $7.3K +68.0% −45.0% $174.0M 35 $209 158

Sun May 27 $6.5K −11.0% −23.0% $174.0M 35 $187 159

Mon May 28 $6.5K −1.0% +61.0% $174.0M 35 $185 160

Tue May 29 $3.3K −48.0% −35.0% $174.0M 35 $95 161

Wed May 30 $2.8K −17.0% −35.0% $174.0M 35 $79 162

Thu May 31 $3.1K +13.0% −37.0% $174.0M 35 $90 163

Fri Jun 1 $5.1K +61.0% +16.0% $174.0M 32 $158 164

Sat Jun 2 $6.8K +34.0% −8.0% $174.0M 32 $211 165

Sun Jun 3 $5.2K −23.0% −20.0% $174.0M 32 $163 166

Mon Jun 4 $2.0K −61.0% −69.0% $174.0M 32 $64 167

Tue Jun 5 $3.3K +64.0% 0.0% $174.0M 32 $104 168

Wed Jun 6 $2.2K −35.0% −22.0% $174.0M 32 $68 169

Thu Jun 7 $2.4K +9.0% −24.0% $174.0M 32 $74 170

Fri Jun 8 $2.7K +13.0% −47.0% $174.0M 21 $128 171

Sat Jun 9 $5.0K +85.0% −26.0% $174.0M 21 $237 172

Sun Jun 10 $3.1K −38.0% −41.0% $174.0M 21 $147 173

Mon Jun 11 $1.7K −45.0% −16.0% $174.0M 21 $81 174

Tue Jun 12 $2.1K +25.0% −36.0% $174.0M 21 $102 175

Wed Jun 13 $2.1K −3.0% −5.0% $174.0M 21 $98 176

Thu Jun 14 $1.9K −6.0% −19.0% $174.0M 21 $92 177

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

Cumulative total$161.4M

Dec 20Jan 6Jan 24Feb 10Feb 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.4M

$8.8M

$15.5M

$13.8M

$12.5M

$10.6M

$9.6M

$7.7M

$6.4M

$5.0M

$3.4M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,342 → 1,601 −52.1%

3,006 open1,601 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.2%

+76.3%

W1→2

−11.3%

W2→3

−9.5%

W3→4

−14.6%

W4→5

−10.3%

W5→6

−19.4%

W6→7

−16.3%

W7→8

−21.9%

W8→9

−32.2%

W9→10

Steepest −32.2%Biggest gain +76.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 28 days

$100M

Day 28

Jan 16

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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