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2016 • R • 1h 58m • Horror, Thriller • Broad Green Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$589K

3-day opening

Domestic total

$1.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$3.60M

$2.20M international

Domestic legs2.3x

Budget$7.5M

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Cast & crew

Full Refn filmography

Nicolas Winding Refn

Nicolas Winding Refn Director

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning Starring

Jena Malone

Jena Malone Starring

Bella Heathcote

Bella Heathcote Starring

Desmond Harrington

Desmond Harrington Starring

ScreenplayMary Laws, Polly Stenham, Nicolas Winding Refn Produced byLene Børglum, Nicolas Winding Refn, Sidonie Dumas, Vincent Maraval CinematographyNatasha Braier MusicCliff Martinez Prod. DesignElliott Hostetter StudioBroad Green Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 24-26 15 $589.0K — 783 $752 $589.0K

2 Jul 1-3 28 $137.1K −76.7% 185 $741 $1.1M

3 Jul 8-10 45 $43.7K −68.1% 16 $2,732 $1.2M

4 Jul 15-17 48 $20.7K −52.6% 16 $1,295 $1.3M

5 Jul 22-24 60 $10.9K −47.5% 7 $1,555 $1.3M

6 Jul 29-31 68 $3.8K −65.2% 6 $631 $1.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 24 #15 $240.3K — $240.3K 783 $306 1

Sat Jun 25 #- $196.2K −18% $436.5K 783 $250 2

Sun Jun 26 #15 $152.5K −22% $589.0K 783 $194 3

Mon Jun 27 #15 $96.5K −37% $685.5K 783 $123 4

Tue Jun 28 #- $112.9K +17% $798.4K 783 $144 5

Wed Jun 29 #- $97.4K −14% $895.8K 783 $124 6

Thu Jun 30 #- $65.9K −32% $961.7K 783 $84 7

Fri Jul 1 #- $42.8K −35% −82% $1.0M 185 $231 8

Sat Jul 2 #- $45.8K +7% −77% $1.1M 185 $247 9

Sun Jul 3 #- $48.6K +6% −68% $1.1M 185 $262 10

Mon Jul 4 #- $23.7K −51% −75% $1.1M 185 $128 11

Tue Jul 5 #- $25.7K +8% −77% $1.1M 185 $139 12

Wed Jul 6 #- $22.7K −12% −77% $1.2M 185 $122 13

Thu Jul 7 #- $20.8K −8% −68% $1.2M 185 $112 14

Fri Jul 8 #- $13.2K −37% −69% $1.2M 16 $822 15

Sat Jul 9 #- $16.3K +24% −64% $1.2M 16 $1,019 16

Sun Jul 10 #- $14.3K −13% −71% $1.2M 16 $890 17

Mon Jul 11 #- $7.9K −44% −67% $1.2M 16 $494 18

Tue Jul 12 #- $9.4K +19% −63% $1.3M 16 $586 19

Wed Jul 13 #- $7.8K −17% −66% $1.3M 16 $488 20

Thu Jul 14 #- $8.4K +8% −60% $1.3M 16 $526 21

Fri Jul 15 #- $4.7K −44% −65% $1.3M 16 $292 22

Sat Jul 16 #- $7.6K +63% −53% $1.3M 16 $475 23

Sun Jul 17 #- $8.4K +11% −41% $1.3M 16 $527 24

Mon Jul 18 #- $3.9K −54% −51% $1.3M 16 $244 25

Tue Jul 19 #- $4.0K +3% −57% $1.3M 16 $252 26

Wed Jul 20 #- $3.9K −3% −50% $1.3M 16 $244 27

Thu Jul 21 #- $2.3K −40% −72% $1.3M 16 $146 28

Fri Jul 22 #- $2.9K +23% −39% $1.3M 7 $409 29

Sat Jul 23 #- $4.1K +44% −46% $1.3M 7 $587 30

Sun Jul 24 #- $3.9K −5% −54% $1.3M 7 $558 31

Mon Jul 25 #- $3.4K −14% −14% $1.3M 7 $482 32

Tue Jul 26 #- $4.6K +37% +14% $1.3M 7 $659 33

Wed Jul 27 #- $2.2K −52% −44% $1.3M 7 $315 34

Thu Jul 28 #- $2.0K −8% −13% $1.3M 7 $291 35

Fri Jul 29 #- $963 −53% −66% $1.3M 6 $160 36

Sat Jul 30 #- $2.0K +108% −51% $1.3M 6 $334 37

Sun Jul 31 #- $818 −59% −79% $1.3M 6 $136 38

Mon Aug 1 #- $556 −32% −84% $1.3M 6 $92 39

Tue Aug 2 #- $426 −23% −91% $1.3M 6 $71 40

Wed Aug 3 #- $885 +108% −60% $1.3M 6 $147 41

Thu Aug 4 #- $430 −51% −79% $1.3M 6 $71 42

Cumulative total$1.3M

Jun 24Jul 4Jul 15Jul 25Aug 4

Weekend grossWk 6 · $3.8K

$589.0K

$137.1K

$43.7K

$20.7K

$10.9K

$3.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Theater countPeak 783 → 6 −99.2%

783 open6 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −65.2%

−76.7%

W1→2

−68.1%

W2→3

−52.6%

W3→4

−47.5%

W4→5

−65.2%

W5→6

Steepest −76.7%Best hold −47.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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