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The HostFollow

2013 • PG-13 • 1h 28m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Open Road Films

Choose to believe. Choose to fight. Choose to love.

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35

2.52

5.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$26.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$64.50M

$37.90M international

Domestic legs2.5x

Budget$50M

2013 rank#96

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Cast & crew

Full Niccol filmography

Andrew Niccol

Andrew Niccol Director

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan Starring

Diane Kruger

Diane Kruger Starring

Max Irons

Max Irons Starring

Jake Abel

Jake Abel Starring

William Hurt

William Hurt Starring

ScreenplayAndrew Niccol Produced byStephenie Meyer, Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz CinematographyRoberto Schaefer StudioOpen Road Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 29-31 6 $10.6M — 3,202 $3,310 $10.6M

2 Apr 5-7 8 $5.2M −51.0% 3,202 $1,624 $19.6M

3 Apr 12-14 11 $2.4M −54.2% 2,172 $1,097 $23.4M

4 Apr 19-21 14 $1.0M −58.0% 1,356 $738 $25.2M

5 Apr 26-28 19 $379.9K −62.0% 611 $622 $25.9M

6 May 3-5 22 $151.7K −60.1% 290 $523 $26.1M

7 May 10-12 22 $156.5K +3.1% 301 $520 $26.4M

8 May 17-19 28 $112.4K −28.1% 231 $487 $26.5M

9 May 24-26 48 $22.1K −80.3% 59 $374 $26.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 29 #4 $5.3M — $5.3M 3,202 $1,667 1

Sat Mar 30 #6 $3.5M −34.7% $8.8M 3,202 $1,089 2

Sun Mar 31 #6 $1.8M −49.1% $10.6M 3,202 $555 3

Mon Apr 1 #6 $1.2M −32.4% $11.8M 3,202 $375 4

Tue Apr 2 #6 $1.0M −14.0% $12.8M 3,202 $323 5

Wed Apr 3 #6 $795.3K −23.0% $13.6M 3,202 $248 6

Thu Apr 4 #6 $796.4K +0.1% $14.4M 3,202 $249 7

Fri Apr 5 #8 $1.8M +131.4% −65.5% $16.3M 3,202 $576 8

Sat Apr 6 #8 $2.2M +19.0% −37.1% $18.5M 3,202 $685 9

Sun Apr 7 #8 $1.2M −47.0% −34.5% $19.6M 3,202 $363 10

Mon Apr 8 #8 $319.4K −72.5% −73.4% $19.9M 3,202 $100 11

Tue Apr 9 #8 $428.0K +34.0% −58.6% $20.4M 3,202 $134 12

Wed Apr 10 #8 $325.5K −24.0% −59.1% $20.7M 3,202 $102 13

Thu Apr 11 #8 $348.2K +7.0% −56.3% $21.0M 3,202 $109 14

Fri Apr 12 #11 $748.0K +114.8% −59.4% $21.8M 2,172 $344 15

Sat Apr 13 #11 $1.1M +42.0% −51.6% $22.9M 2,172 $489 16

Sun Apr 14 #11 $573.0K −46.0% −50.7% $23.4M 2,172 $264 17

Mon Apr 15 #11 $171.9K −70.0% −46.2% $23.6M 2,172 $79 18

Tue Apr 16 #11 $220.0K +28.0% −48.6% $23.8M 2,172 $101 19

Wed Apr 17 #11 $176.0K −20.0% −45.9% $24.0M 2,172 $81 20

Thu Apr 18 #11 $182.3K +3.6% −47.6% $24.2M 2,172 $84 21

Fri Apr 19 — $308.1K +69.0% −58.8% $24.5M 1,356 $227 22

Sat Apr 20 — $460.0K +49.3% −56.7% $24.9M 1,356 $339 23

Sun Apr 21 — $232.0K −49.6% −59.5% $25.2M 1,356 $171 24

Mon Apr 22 — $71.9K −69.0% −58.2% $25.3M 1,356 $53 25

Tue Apr 23 — $87.0K +21.0% −60.4% $25.3M 1,356 $64 26

Wed Apr 24 — $75.0K −13.8% −57.4% $25.4M 1,356 $55 27

Thu Apr 25 — $74.2K −1.1% −59.3% $25.5M 1,356 $55 28

Fri Apr 26 — $118.0K +59.0% −61.7% $25.6M 611 $193 29

Sat Apr 27 — $172.3K +46.0% −62.5% $25.8M 611 $282 30

Sun Apr 28 — $89.6K −48.0% −61.4% $25.9M 611 $147 31

Mon Apr 29 — $31.4K −65.0% −56.4% $25.9M 611 $51 32

Tue Apr 30 — $34.2K +9.0% −60.7% $25.9M 611 $56 33

Wed May 1 — $31.0K −9.2% −58.6% $26.0M 611 $51 34

Thu May 2 — $28.5K −8.0% −61.6% $26.0M 611 $47 35

Fri May 3 — $49.6K +73.8% −58.0% $26.0M 290 $171 36

Sat May 4 — $69.5K +40.0% −59.7% $26.1M 290 $240 37

Sun May 5 — $32.6K −53.0% −63.6% $26.1M 290 $113 38

Mon May 6 — $15.3K −53.1% −51.2% $26.2M 290 $53 39

Tue May 7 — $18.8K +23.0% −44.9% $26.2M 290 $65 40

Wed May 8 — $15.1K −20.0% −51.5% $26.2M 290 $52 41

Thu May 9 — $16.6K +10.0% −42.0% $26.2M 290 $57 42

Fri May 10 — $44.8K +170.6% −9.6% $26.3M 301 $149 43

Sat May 11 — $67.2K +50.0% −3.2% $26.3M 301 $223 44

Sun May 12 — $44.4K −34.0% +35.9% $26.4M 301 $147 45

Mon May 13 — $15.5K −65.0% +1.5% $26.4M 301 $52 46

Tue May 14 — $17.1K +10.0% −9.3% $26.4M 301 $57 47

Wed May 15 — $15.0K −12.0% −0.2% $26.4M 301 $50 48

Thu May 16 — $16.1K +7.0% −2.9% $26.4M 301 $53 49

Fri May 17 — $34.1K +112.1% −23.9% $26.5M 231 $148 50

Sat May 18 — $50.8K +49.0% −24.4% $26.5M 231 $220 51

Sun May 19 — $27.5K −46.0% −38.1% $26.5M 231 $119 52

Mon May 20 — $11.0K −60.0% −29.3% $26.6M 231 $48 53

Tue May 21 — $10.9K −1.0% −36.4% $26.6M 231 $47 54

Wed May 22 — $10.5K −3.0% −29.9% $26.6M 231 $46 55

Thu May 23 — $12.8K +21.0% −20.7% $26.6M 231 $55 56

Fri May 24 — $7.6K −40.7% −77.8% $26.6M 59 $128 57

Sat May 25 — $9.1K +20.0% −82.1% $26.6M 59 $154 58

Sun May 26 — $5.4K −40.0% −80.2% $26.6M 59 $92 59

Mon May 27 — $7.6K +38.6% −31.2% $26.6M 59 $128 60

Tue May 28 — $3.3K −56.7% −69.9% $26.6M 59 $55 61

Wed May 29 — $3.4K +4.8% −67.5% $26.6M 59 $58 62

Cumulative total$26.6M

Mar 29Apr 13Apr 29May 14May 29

Weekend grossWk 9 · $22.1K

$10.6M

$5.2M

$2.4M

$1.0M

$379.9K

$151.7K

$156.5K

$112.4K

$22.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,202 → 59 −98.2%

3,202 open59 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −80.3%

−51.0%

W1→2

−54.2%

W2→3

−58.0%

W3→4

−62.0%

W4→5

−60.1%

W5→6

+3.1%

W6→7

−28.1%

W7→8

−80.3%

W8→9

Steepest −80.3%Biggest gain +3.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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