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The Legend of TarzanFollow

2016 • PG-13 • 1h 50m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Warner Bros.

From Ape to King to Legend.

🍅 36% 58%

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2.5

6.2

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$38.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$126.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$356.80M

$230.20M international

Domestic legs3.32x

Budget$180M

2016 rank#23

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Yates filmography

David Yates

David Yates Director

Alexander Skarsgård

Alexander Skarsgård Starring

Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie Starring

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz Starring

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson Starring

Djimon Hounsou

Djimon Hounsou Starring

ScreenplayJohn Augustine, Adam Cozad Produced byJerry Weintraub, Kevin Turen CinematographyHenry Braham MusicRupert Gregson-Williams StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 1-3 2 $38.5M — 3,561 $10,819 $38.5M

2 Jul 8-10 2 $21.0M −45.5% 3,591 $5,850 $81.8M

3 Jul 15-17 3 $11.4M −45.5% 3,551 $3,222 $103.4M

4 Jul 22-24 7 $6.6M −42.5% 2,844 $2,312 $116.0M

5 Jul 29-31 10 $2.5M −62.5% 1,503 $1,641 $121.9M

6 Aug 5-7 14 $801.7K −67.5% 648 $1,237 $124.1M

7 Aug 12-14 22 $370.4K −53.8% 333 $1,112 $124.9M

8 Aug 19-21 23 $381.9K +3.1% 338 $1,130 $125.4M

9 Aug 26-28 27 $300.8K −21.2% 288 $1,045 $125.9M

10 Sep 2-4 30 $273.6K −9.1% 252 $1,086 $126.3M

11 Sep 9-11 29 $176.7K −35.4% 226 $782 $126.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 30 #P $2.5M — $2.5M 0 $0 -1

Fri Jul 1 #2 $14.1M — $14.1M 3,561 $3,946 1

Sat Jul 2 #2 $12.7M −9.7% $26.7M 3,561 $3,564 2

Sun Jul 3 #2 $11.8M −7.1% $38.5M 3,561 $3,310 3

Mon Jul 4 #2 $8.1M −31.7% $46.6M 3,561 $2,262 4

Tue Jul 5 #2 $6.0M −25.5% $52.6M 3,561 $1,686 5

Wed Jul 6 #2 $4.3M −28.3% $56.9M 3,561 $1,208 6

Thu Jul 7 #2 $3.9M −9.1% $60.8M 3,561 $1,098 7

Fri Jul 8 #4 $6.2M +57.9% −56.1% $67.0M 3,591 $1,719 8

Sat Jul 9 #2 $8.5M +36.9% −33.4% $75.4M 3,591 $2,354 9

Sun Jul 10 #2 $6.4M −24.5% −45.9% $81.8M 3,591 $1,777 10

Mon Jul 11 #3 $2.5M −61.3% −69.3% $84.3M 3,591 $689 11

Tue Jul 12 #3 $3.2M +31.4% −45.9% $87.5M 3,591 $904 12

Wed Jul 13 #3 $2.3M −29.1% −46.5% $89.8M 3,591 $641 13

Thu Jul 14 #3 $2.1M −8.6% −46.2% $91.9M 3,591 $586 14

Fri Jul 15 #3 $3.4M +59.6% −45.6% $95.3M 3,551 $945 15

Sat Jul 16 #3 $4.6M +38.3% −45.1% $99.9M 3,551 $1,307 16

Sun Jul 17 #4 $3.4M −25.8% −46.1% $103.4M 3,551 $969 17

Mon Jul 18 #4 $1.5M −56.9% −40.0% $104.9M 3,551 $418 18

Tue Jul 19 #4 $2.0M +33.9% −38.8% $106.8M 3,551 $560 19

Wed Jul 20 #4 $1.4M −31.0% −40.4% $108.2M 3,551 $386 20

Thu Jul 21 #5 $1.2M −13.9% −43.9% $109.4M 3,551 $332 21

Fri Jul 22 #7 $1.9M +58.9% −44.1% $111.3M 2,844 $660 22

Sat Jul 23 #7 $2.7M +41.5% −42.8% $113.9M 2,844 $934 23

Sun Jul 24 #7 $2.0M −23.0% −40.6% $116.0M 2,844 $719 24

Mon Jul 25 #8 $902.8K −55.9% −39.1% $116.9M 2,844 $317 25

Tue Jul 26 #7 $1.1M +25.0% −43.2% $118.0M 2,844 $397 26

Wed Jul 27 #8 $812.5K −28.0% −40.7% $118.8M 2,844 $286 27

Thu Jul 28 #8 $636.8K −21.6% −46.1% $119.5M 2,844 $224 28

Fri Jul 29 #11 $688.5K +8.1% −63.3% $120.1M 1,503 $458 29

Sat Jul 30 #10 $985.1K +43.1% −62.9% $121.1M 1,503 $655 30

Sun Jul 31 #10 $793.4K −19.5% −61.2% $121.9M 1,503 $528 31

Mon Aug 1 #11 $361.0K −54.5% −60.0% $122.3M 1,503 $240 32

Tue Aug 2 #10 $444.6K +23.2% −60.6% $122.7M 1,503 $296 33

Wed Aug 3 #11 $314.1K −29.3% −61.3% $123.0M 1,503 $209 34

Thu Aug 4 #12 $212.1K −32.5% −66.7% $123.3M 1,503 $141 35

Fri Aug 5 #14 $228.4K +7.7% −66.8% $123.5M 648 $353 36

Sat Aug 6 #14 $332.4K +45.5% −66.3% $123.8M 648 $513 37

Sun Aug 7 #14 $240.9K −27.5% −69.6% $124.1M 648 $372 38

Mon Aug 8 #14 $113.5K −52.9% −68.6% $124.2M 648 $175 39

Tue Aug 9 #14 $140.0K +23.4% −68.5% $124.3M 648 $216 40

Wed Aug 10 #14 $107.6K −23.1% −65.7% $124.4M 648 $166 41

Thu Aug 11 #14 $95.8K −11.0% −54.8% $124.5M 648 $148 42

Fri Aug 12 #- $110.1K +15.0% −51.8% $124.6M 333 $331 43

Sat Aug 13 #- $160.1K +45.4% −51.8% $124.8M 333 $481 44

Sun Aug 14 #- $100.2K −37.4% −58.4% $124.9M 333 $301 45

Mon Aug 15 #- $45.1K −55.0% −60.3% $124.9M 333 $135 46

Tue Aug 16 #- $57.2K +26.8% −59.2% $125.0M 333 $172 47

Wed Aug 17 #- $40.0K −30.0% −62.8% $125.0M 333 $120 48

Thu Aug 18 #- $37.3K −6.9% −61.1% $125.1M 333 $112 49

Fri Aug 19 #- $111.4K +199.0% +1.2% $125.2M 338 $330 50

Sat Aug 20 #- $164.3K +47.5% +2.6% $125.3M 338 $486 51

Sun Aug 21 #- $106.2K −35.3% +6.0% $125.4M 338 $314 52

Mon Aug 22 #- $38.2K −64.1% −15.4% $125.5M 338 $113 53

Tue Aug 23 #- $48.0K +25.9% −16.0% $125.5M 338 $142 54

Wed Aug 24 #- $37.1K −22.8% −7.4% $125.6M 338 $110 55

Thu Aug 25 #- $36.2K −2.3% −2.8% $125.6M 338 $107 56

Fri Aug 26 #- $84.1K +132.3% −24.5% $125.7M 288 $292 57

Sat Aug 27 #- $136.2K +61.9% −17.1% $125.8M 288 $473 58

Sun Aug 28 #- $80.6K −40.8% −24.2% $125.9M 288 $280 59

Mon Aug 29 #- $27.4K −66.0% −28.2% $125.9M 288 $95 60

Tue Aug 30 #- $32.1K +17.2% −33.1% $126.0M 288 $112 61

Wed Aug 31 #- $25.4K −21.0% −31.6% $126.0M 288 $88 62

Thu Sep 1 #- $26.2K +3.2% −27.7% $126.0M 288 $91 63

Fri Sep 2 #- $64.8K +147.4% −23.0% $126.1M 252 $257 64

Sat Sep 3 #- $103.6K +60.0% −23.9% $126.2M 252 $411 65

Sun Sep 4 #- $105.2K +1.5% +30.5% $126.3M 252 $417 66

Mon Sep 5 #- $74.9K −28.7% +173.6% $126.4M 252 $297 67

Tue Sep 6 #- $18.0K −76.0% −44.0% $126.4M 252 $71 68

Wed Sep 7 #- $15.0K −16.3% −40.7% $126.4M 252 $60 69

Thu Sep 8 #- $15.1K +0.3% −42.4% $126.4M 252 $60 70

Fri Sep 9 #- $46.1K +205.3% −28.8% $126.5M 226 $204 71

Sat Sep 10 #- $83.6K +81.3% −19.4% $126.5M 226 $370 72

Sun Sep 11 #- $47.0K −43.7% −55.3% $126.6M 226 $208 73

Mon Sep 12 #- $13.2K −72.0% −82.4% $126.6M 226 $58 74

Tue Sep 13 #- $15.5K +18.0% −13.6% $126.6M 226 $69 75

Wed Sep 14 #- $14.4K −7.0% −4.0% $126.6M 226 $64 76

Thu Sep 15 #- $14.6K +1.0% −3.3% $126.6M 226 $65 77

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

Cumulative total$126.4M

Jun 30Jul 18Aug 4Aug 22Sep 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $273.6K

$38.5M

$21.0M

$11.4M

$6.6M

$2.5M

$801.7K

$370.4K

$381.9K

$300.8K

$273.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,591 → 252 −93.0%

3,561 open252 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −9.1%

−45.5%

W1→2

−45.5%

W2→3

−42.5%

W3→4

−62.5%

W4→5

−67.5%

W5→6

−53.8%

W6→7

+3.1%

W7→8

−21.2%

W8→9

−9.1%

W9→10

Steepest −67.5%Biggest gain +3.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 17 days

$100M

Day 17

Jul 17

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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