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The Light Between OceansFollow

2016 • PG-13 • 2h 12m • Drama, Romance • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Love demands everything

🍅 62% 61%

60

3.44

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$4.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$12.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$22.30M

$9.70M international

Domestic legs2.6x

Budget$20M

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Cast & crew

Full Cianfrance filmography

Derek Cianfrance

Derek Cianfrance Director

Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender Starring

Alicia Vikander

Alicia Vikander Starring

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz Starring

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown Starring

ScreenplayDerek Cianfrance Produced byDavid Heyman, Jeffrey Clifford CinematographyAdam Arkapaw MusicAlexandre Desplat Prod. DesignKaren Murphy StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 2-4 8 $4.8M — 1,500 $3,177 $4.8M

2 Sep 9-11 13 $1.8M −61.2% 1,500 $1,233 $9.5M

3 Sep 16-18 20 $785.9K −57.5% 1,133 $694 $11.2M

4 Sep 23-25 25 $278.5K −64.6% 416 $669 $11.9M

5 Sep 30-Oct 2 29 $122.0K −56.2% 176 $693 $12.2M

6 Oct 7-9 46 $45.8K −62.4% 101 $454 $12.4M

7 Oct 14-16 54 $29.2K −36.3% 61 $478 $12.4M

8 Oct 21-23 53 $39.5K +35.5% 100 $395 $12.5M

9 Oct 28-30 58 $17.7K −55.1% 100 $177 $12.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 2 #4 $1.4M — $1.4M 1,500 $936 1

Sat Sep 3 #6 $1.8M +26.9% $3.2M 1,500 $1,187 2

Sun Sep 4 #10 $1.6M −11.2% $4.8M 1,500 $1,054 3

Mon Sep 5 #6 $1.4M −10.6% $6.2M 1,500 $942 4

Tue Sep 6 #3 $608.4K −57.0% $6.8M 1,500 $406 5

Wed Sep 7 #3 $429.1K −29.5% $7.2M 1,500 $286 6

Thu Sep 8 #3 $394.3K −8.1% $7.6M 1,500 $263 7

Fri Sep 9 #12 $579.2K +46.9% −58.7% $8.2M 1,500 $386 8

Sat Sep 10 #14 $798.0K +37.8% −55.2% $9.0M 1,500 $532 9

Sun Sep 11 #14 $472.3K −40.8% −70.1% $9.5M 1,500 $315 10

Mon Sep 12 #10 $191.8K −59.4% −86.4% $9.7M 1,500 $128 11

Tue Sep 13 #6 $311.6K +62.5% −48.8% $10.0M 1,500 $208 12

Wed Sep 14 #7 $233.7K −25.0% −45.5% $10.2M 1,500 $156 13

Thu Sep 15 #7 $203.2K −13.0% −48.5% $10.4M 1,500 $135 14

Fri Sep 16 — $237.9K +17.1% −58.9% $10.6M 1,133 $210 15

Sat Sep 17 — $335.6K +41.0% −57.9% $11.0M 1,133 $296 16

Sun Sep 18 — $212.4K −36.7% −55.0% $11.2M 1,133 $187 17

Mon Sep 19 #15 $103.1K −51.5% −46.2% $11.3M 1,133 $91 18

Tue Sep 20 #12 $157.7K +52.9% −49.4% $11.4M 1,133 $139 19

Wed Sep 21 #12 $115.6K −26.7% −50.5% $11.6M 1,133 $102 20

Thu Sep 22 #11 $105.8K −8.4% −47.9% $11.7M 1,133 $93 21

Fri Sep 23 — $86.7K −18.1% −63.6% $11.8M 416 $208 22

Sat Sep 24 — $118.0K +36.1% −64.8% $11.9M 416 $284 23

Sun Sep 25 — $73.7K −37.5% −65.3% $11.9M 416 $177 24

Mon Sep 26 — $32.3K −56.2% −68.7% $12.0M 416 $78 25

Tue Sep 27 — $58.4K +80.9% −63.0% $12.0M 416 $140 26

Wed Sep 28 — $47.4K −18.9% −59.0% $12.1M 416 $114 27

Thu Sep 29 #15 $42.1K −11.2% −60.3% $12.1M 416 $101 28

Fri Sep 30 — $35.6K −15.3% −58.9% $12.2M 176 $202 29

Sat Oct 1 — $54.2K +52.2% −54.1% $12.2M 176 $308 30

Sun Oct 2 — $32.2K −40.7% −56.4% $12.2M 176 $183 31

Mon Oct 3 — $16.8K −47.7% −48.0% $12.3M 176 $95 32

Tue Oct 4 — $23.0K +36.9% −60.6% $12.3M 176 $131 33

Wed Oct 5 — $17.0K −26.2% −64.2% $12.3M 176 $96 34

Thu Oct 6 — $16.6K −2.1% −60.5% $12.3M 176 $94 35

Fri Oct 7 — $13.5K −19.0% −62.2% $12.3M 101 $133 36

Sat Oct 8 — $20.3K +50.6% −62.6% $12.4M 101 $201 37

Sun Oct 9 — $12.1K −40.3% −62.4% $12.4M 101 $120 38

Mon Oct 10 — $9.5K −21.8% −43.6% $12.4M 101 $94 39

Tue Oct 11 — $8.6K −9.4% −62.7% $12.4M 101 $85 40

Wed Oct 12 — $9.5K +10.3% −44.3% $12.4M 101 $94 41

Thu Oct 13 — $9.4K −0.6% −43.4% $12.4M 101 $93 42

Fri Oct 14 — $9.1K −3.0% −32.2% $12.4M 61 $150 43

Sat Oct 15 — $12.4K +35.8% −38.9% $12.4M 61 $203 44

Sun Oct 16 — $7.7K −38.2% −36.8% $12.4M 61 $125 45

Mon Oct 17 — $3.2K −58.7% −66.6% $12.4M 61 $52 46

Tue Oct 18 — $4.3K +37.5% −49.3% $12.4M 61 $71 47

Wed Oct 19 — $4.0K −8.0% −57.7% $12.4M 61 $66 48

Thu Oct 20 — $4.1K +1.6% −56.8% $12.5M 61 $67 49

Fri Oct 21 — $12.3K +202.0% +34.5% $12.5M 100 $123 50

Sat Oct 22 — $16.3K +32.8% +31.5% $12.5M 100 $163 51

Sun Oct 23 — $10.9K −32.8% +43.1% $12.5M 100 $110 52

Mon Oct 24 — $5.2K −52.4% +65.0% $12.5M 100 $52 53

Tue Oct 25 — $8.0K +53.0% +83.6% $12.5M 100 $80 54

Wed Oct 26 — $6.2K −21.7% +56.3% $12.5M 100 $62 55

Thu Oct 27 — $7.0K +11.4% +71.3% $12.5M 100 $70 56

Fri Oct 28 — $5.0K −27.6% −58.9% $12.5M 100 $50 57

Sat Oct 29 — $7.5K +49.6% −53.7% $12.5M 100 $75 58

Sun Oct 30 — $5.2K −31.5% −52.9% $12.5M 100 $52 59

Mon Oct 31 — $2.8K −46.5% −47.0% $12.5M 100 $28 60

Tue Nov 1 — $3.4K +23.9% −57.1% $12.5M 100 $34 61

Wed Nov 2 — $2.8K −18.8% −55.5% $12.5M 100 $28 62

Thu Nov 3 — $3.1K +11.8% −55.4% $12.5M 100 $31 63

Cumulative total$12.5M

Sep 2Sep 18Oct 3Oct 19Nov 3

Weekend grossWk 9 · $17.7K

$4.8M

$1.8M

$785.9K

$278.5K

$122.0K

$45.8K

$29.2K

$39.5K

$17.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 1,500 → 100 −93.3%

1,500 open100 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −55.1%

−61.2%

W1→2

−57.5%

W2→3

−64.6%

W3→4

−56.2%

W4→5

−62.4%

W5→6

−36.3%

W6→7

+35.5%

W7→8

−55.1%

W8→9

Steepest −64.6%Biggest gain +35.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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