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2025 • R • 133 min • Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

Hunt him down.

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3.12

6.4

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$37.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$68.60M

Global total

Budget$110M

Domestic legs2.3x

2025 rank#49

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Cast & crew

Full Wright filmography

Edgar Wright

Edgar Wright Director

Glen Powell

Glen Powell Starring

William H. Macy

William H. Macy Starring

Lee Pace

Lee Pace Starring

Michael Cera

Michael Cera Starring

Emilia Jones

Emilia Jones Starring

ScreenplayMichael Bacall, Edgar Wright Produced bySimon Kinberg, Nira Park, Edgar Wright CinematographyChung Chung-hoon MusicSteven Price StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 14-16 2 $16.5M — 3,534 $4,668 $16.5M

2 Nov 21-23 4 $5.7M −65% 3,534 $1,619 $27.0M

3 Nov 28-30 5 $3.7M −35% 2,749 $1,351 $34.3M

4 Dec 5-7 12 $1.2M −68% 1,549 $762 $36.6M

5 Dec 12-14 — $415.4K −65% 893 $465 $37.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Nov 13 P $1.9M — $1.9M 3,000 $633 -1

Fri Nov 14 #2 $6.6M — $6.6M 3,534 $1,856 1

Sat Nov 15 #2 $6.2M −6% $12.8M 3,534 $1,752 2

Sun Nov 16 #2 $3.7M −40% $16.5M 3,534 $1,060 3

Mon Nov 17 #2 $1.0M −73% $17.5M 3,534 $284 4

Tue Nov 18 #2 $2.0M +95% $19.5M 3,534 $553 5

Wed Nov 19 #2 $980.5K −50% $20.4M 3,534 $277 6

Thu Nov 20 #2 $814.2K −17% $21.2M 3,534 $230 7

Fri Nov 21 #4 $1.7M +105% −75% $22.9M 3,534 $472 8

Sat Nov 22 #4 $2.5M +49% −60% $25.4M 3,534 $701 9

Sun Nov 23 #4 $1.6M −36% −58% $27.0M 3,534 $446 10

Mon Nov 24 #4 $773.0K −51% −23% $27.7M 3,534 $219 11

Tue Nov 25 #4 $974.3K +26% −50% $28.7M 3,534 $276 12

Wed Nov 26 #6 $839.9K −14% −14% $29.6M 3,046 $276 13

Thu Nov 27 #4 $981.9K +17% +21% $30.5M 3,046 $322 14

Fri Nov 28 #5 $1.4M +43% −16% $31.9M 2,749 $510 15

Sat Nov 29 #5 $1.5M +3% −41% $33.4M 2,749 $528 16

Sun Nov 30 #5 $861.4K −41% −45% $34.3M 2,749 $313 17

Mon Dec 1 — $264.6K −69% −66% $34.5M 2,749 $96 18

Tue Dec 2 — $410.0K +55% −58% $34.9M 2,749 $149 19

Wed Dec 3 — $300.1K −27% −64% $35.2M 2,749 $109 20

Thu Dec 4 #6 $184.7K −38% −81% $35.4M 2,749 $67 21

Fri Dec 5 — $340.7K +84% −76% $35.8M 1,549 $220 22

Sat Dec 6 — $508.0K +49% −65% $36.3M 1,549 $328 23

Sun Dec 7 — $331.9K −35% −61% $36.6M 1,549 $214 24

Mon Dec 8 — $136.5K −59% −48% $36.7M 1,549 $88 25

Tue Dec 9 — $192.0K +41% −53% $36.9M 1,549 $124 26

Wed Dec 10 — $143.8K −25% −52% $37.1M 1,549 $93 27

Thu Dec 11 — $112.2K −22% −39% $37.2M 1,549 $72 28

Fri Dec 12 — $128.2K +14% −62% $37.3M 893 $144 29

Sat Dec 13 — $184.3K +44% −64% $37.5M 893 $206 30

Sun Dec 14 — $102.8K −44% −69% $37.6M 893 $115 31

Mon Dec 15 — $52.8K −49% −61% $37.6M 893 $59 32

Tue Dec 16 — $78.0K +48% −59% $37.7M 893 $87 33

Wed Dec 17 — $70.6K −10% −51% $37.8M 893 $79 34

Thu Dec 18 — $23.2K −67% −79% $37.8M 893 $26 35

Cumulative total$37.8M

Nov 13Nov 22Dec 1Dec 9Dec 18

Weekend grossWk 5 · $415.4K

$16.5M

$5.7M

$3.7M

$1.2M

$415.4K

W1W2W3W4W5

Theater countPeak 3,534 → 893 −74.7%

3,000 open893 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −65%

−65%

W1→2

−35%

W2→3

−68%

W3→4

−65%

W4→5

Steepest −68%Best hold −35%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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