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2021 • R • 2h 10m • Adventure, Drama, Fantasy • A24

Behold the legend.

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CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$17.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$20.00M

Global release

Domestic legs2.5x

Budget$15M

2021 rank#47

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Cast & crew

Dev Patel

Dev Patel Starring

Alicia Vikander

Alicia Vikander Starring

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton Starring

ScreenplayDavid Lowery Produced byDavid Lowery, James M. Johnston, Theresa Page CinematographyAndrew Droz Palermo MusicDaniel Hart Prod. DesignJade Healy

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 30-1 (opening) 2 $6.7M — 2,790 $2,417 $6.7M

2 Aug 6-8 6 $2.6M −61.5% 2,798 $928 $12.2M

3 Aug 13-15 — $1.2M −55.3% 1,784 $650 $14.7M

4 Aug 20-22 — $569.3K −51.0% 825 $690 $15.9M

5 Aug 27-29 — $313.2K −45.0% 552 $567 $16.6M

6 Sep 3-5 12 $184.4K −41.1% 368 $501 $17.0M

7 Sep 10-12 — $95.5K −48.2% 245 $389 $17.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 29 #P $750.0K — $750.0K 2,790 $268 -1

Fri Jul 30 #2 $2.9M — $2.9M 2,790 $1,032 1

Sat Jul 31 #4 $2.2M −25% $5.1M 2,790 $778 2

Sun Aug 1 #4 $1.7M −22% $6.7M 2,790 $606 3

Mon Aug 2 #4 $786.0K −54% $7.5M 2,790 $281 4

Tue Aug 3 #4 $772.4K −2% $8.3M 2,790 $276 5

Wed Aug 4 #— $668.9K −13% $9.0M 2,790 $239 6

Thu Aug 5 #4 $553.5K −17% $9.6M 2,790 $198 7

Fri Aug 6 #6 $762.2K +38% −74% $10.3M 2,798 $272 8

Sat Aug 7 #— $1.0M +34% −53% $11.4M 2,798 $364 9

Sun Aug 8 #— $815.5K −20% −52% $12.2M 2,798 $291 10

Mon Aug 9 #— $352.0K −57% −55% $12.5M 2,798 $125 11

Tue Aug 10 #— $398.7K +13% −48% $12.9M 2,798 $142 12

Wed Aug 11 #— $364.0K −9% −46% $13.3M 2,798 $130 13

Thu Aug 12 #— $291.2K −20% −47% $13.6M 2,798 $104 14

Fri Aug 13 #— $343.6K +18% −55% $13.9M 1,784 $192 15

Sat Aug 14 #— $455.5K +33% −55% $14.4M 1,784 $255 16

Sun Aug 15 #— $362.3K −20% −56% $14.7M 1,784 $203 17

Mon Aug 16 #— $154.3K −57% −56% $14.9M 1,784 $86 18

Tue Aug 17 #— $169.9K +10% −57% $15.1M 1,784 $95 19

Wed Aug 18 #— $161.4K −5% −56% $15.2M 1,784 $90 20

Thu Aug 19 #— $150.3K −7% −48% $15.4M 1,784 $84 21

Fri Aug 20 #— $179.9K +20% −48% $15.6M 825 $218 22

Sat Aug 21 #— $219.3K +22% −52% $15.8M 825 $265 23

Sun Aug 22 #— $170.0K −23% −53% $15.9M 825 $206 24

Mon Aug 23 #— $77.7K −54% −50% $16.0M 825 $94 25

Tue Aug 24 #— $89.1K +15% −48% $16.1M 825 $107 26

Wed Aug 25 #— $82.2K −8% −49% $16.2M 825 $99 27

Thu Aug 26 #— $73.1K −11% −51% $16.3M 825 $88 28

Fri Aug 27 #— $96.9K +32% −46% $16.4M 552 $175 29

Sat Aug 28 #— $123.8K +28% −44% $16.5M 552 $224 30

Sun Aug 29 #— $92.5K −25% −46% $16.6M 552 $167 31

Mon Aug 30 #— $46.1K −50% −41% $16.6M 552 $83 32

Tue Aug 31 #— $52.1K +13% −42% $16.7M 552 $94 33

Wed Sep 1 #— $54.8K +5% −33% $16.7M 552 $99 34

Thu Sep 2 #— $40.0K −27% −45% $16.8M 552 $72 35

Fri Sep 3 #12 $51.2K +28% −47% $16.8M 368 $139 36

Sat Sep 4 #12 $67.0K +31% −46% $16.9M 368 $182 37

Sun Sep 5 #— $66.2K −1% −28% $17.0M 368 $179 38

Mon Sep 6 #— $53.0K −20% +15% $17.0M 368 $143 39

Tue Sep 7 #— $23.6K −56% −55% $17.0M 368 $64 40

Wed Sep 8 #— $24.1K +2% −56% $17.1M 368 $65 41

Thu Sep 9 #— $23.1K −4% −42% $17.1M 368 $62 42

Fri Sep 10 #— $29.0K +25% −43% $17.1M 245 $118 43

Sat Sep 11 #— $37.0K +28% −45% $17.1M 245 $150 44

Sun Sep 12 #— $29.6K −20% −55% $17.2M 245 $120 45

Cumulative total$17.2M

Jul 29Aug 9Aug 21Sep 1Sep 12

Weekend grossWk 7 · $95.5K

$6.7M

$2.6M

$1.2M

$569.3K

$313.2K

$184.4K

$95.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,798 → 245 −91.2%

2,790 open245 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −48.2%

−61.5%

W1→2

−55.3%

W2→3

−51.0%

W3→4

−45.0%

W4→5

−41.1%

W5→6

−48.2%

W6→7

Steepest −61.5%Best hold −41.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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