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The ShallowsFollow

2016 • PG-13 • 1h 26m • Horror, Thriller, Drama • Columbia Pictures

What was once in the deep is now in the shallows.

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59

2.92

6.3

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$55.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$118.80M

$63.60M international

Domestic legs3.3x

Budget$13M

2016 rank#61

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Cast & crew

Full Collet-Serra filmography

Jaume Collet-Serra

Jaume Collet-Serra Director

Blake Lively

Blake Lively Starring

Óscar Jaenada

Óscar Jaenada Starring

Brett Cullen

Brett Cullen Starring

ScreenplayAnthony Jaswinski Produced byLynn Harris, Matti Leshem CinematographyFlavio Martínez Labiano Music byMarco Beltrami StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 24-26 4 $16.8M — 2,962 $5,672 $16.8M

2 Jul 1-3 7 $8.8M −47.8% 2,962 $2,963 $35.0M

3 Jul 8-10 9 $4.8M −45.3% 2,406 $1,997 $45.8M

4 Jul 15-17 11 $3.0M −37.4% 1,695 $1,773 $51.4M

5 Jul 22-24 18 $638.1K −78.8% 513 $1,244 $53.6M

6 Jul 29-31 26 $191.4K −70.0% 139 $1,377 $54.1M

7 Aug 5-7 39 $38.7K −79.8% 69 $561 $54.3M

8 Aug 12-14 38 $109.5K +183.1% 122 $898 $54.4M

9 Aug 19-21 42 $75.6K −31.0% 108 $700 $54.5M

10 Aug 26-28 30 $237.2K +213.8% 137 $1,731 $54.8M

11 Sep 2-4 41 $126.5K −46.6% 80 $1,582 $55.0M

12 Sep 9-11 45 $55.0K −56.5% 51 $1,079 $55.0M

13 Sep 16-18 46 $40.9K −25.7% 37 $1,105 $55.1M

14 Sep 23-25 54 $20.0K −51.0% 17 $1,178 $55.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 23 #P $1.3M — $1.3M — — -1

Fri Jun 24 #3 $6.9M — $6.9M 2,962 $2,323 1

Sat Jun 25 #4 $5.6M −19.0% $12.5M 2,962 $1,882 2

Sun Jun 26 #4 $4.3M −22.1% $16.8M 2,962 $1,467 3

Mon Jun 27 #3 $2.3M −46.5% $19.1M 2,962 $784 4

Tue Jun 28 #4 $3.0M +28.0% $22.1M 2,962 $1,003 5

Wed Jun 29 #4 $2.3M −23.0% $24.4M 2,962 $773 6

Thu Jun 30 #4 $1.9M −18.5% $26.3M 2,962 $630 7

Fri Jul 1 #7 $3.0M +59.7% −56.7% $29.2M 2,962 $1,006 8

Sat Jul 2 #7 $3.1M +3.5% −44.7% $32.3M 2,962 $1,041 9

Sun Jul 3 #7 $2.7M −12.1% −37.6% $35.0M 2,962 $916 10

Mon Jul 4 #7 $1.8M −35.4% −24.6% $36.8M 2,962 $591 11

Tue Jul 5 #7 $1.7M −1.8% −42.2% $38.5M 2,962 $580 12

Wed Jul 6 #7 $1.4M −20.3% −40.1% $39.9M 2,962 $463 13

Thu Jul 7 #7 $1.2M −15.7% −38.1% $41.0M 2,962 $390 14

Fri Jul 8 #9 $1.5M +33.7% −48.2% $42.6M 2,406 $642 15

Sat Jul 9 #9 $1.9M +22.3% −38.8% $44.5M 2,406 $785 16

Sun Jul 10 #9 $1.4M −27.4% −49.4% $45.8M 2,406 $570 17

Mon Jul 11 #9 $665.6K −51.5% −62.0% $46.5M 2,406 $277 18

Tue Jul 12 #9 $781.2K +17.4% −54.6% $47.3M 2,406 $325 19

Wed Jul 13 #10 $595.5K −23.8% −56.6% $47.9M 2,406 $248 20

Thu Jul 14 #10 $523.2K −12.1% −54.7% $48.4M 2,406 $217 21

Fri Jul 15 #11 $961.8K +83.8% −37.7% $49.4M 1,695 $567 22

Sat Jul 16 #11 $1.3M +30.0% −33.8% $50.6M 1,695 $738 23

Sun Jul 17 #11 $793.1K −36.6% −42.2% $51.4M 1,695 $468 24

Mon Jul 18 #11 $432.5K −45.5% −35.0% $51.8M 1,695 $255 25

Tue Jul 19 #11 $492.2K +13.8% −37.0% $52.3M 1,695 $290 26

Wed Jul 20 #11 $391.6K −20.4% −34.2% $52.7M 1,695 $231 27

Thu Jul 21 #11 $271.5K −30.7% −48.1% $53.0M 1,695 $160 28

Fri Jul 22 #- $202.2K −25.5% −79.0% $53.2M 513 $394 29

Sat Jul 23 #- $268.5K +32.8% −78.5% $53.5M 513 $523 30

Sun Jul 24 #- $167.4K −37.7% −78.9% $53.6M 513 $326 31

Mon Jul 25 #- $86.7K −48.2% −80.0% $53.7M 513 $169 32

Tue Jul 26 #- $92.0K +6.1% −81.3% $53.8M 513 $179 33

Wed Jul 27 #- $73.0K −20.6% −81.4% $53.9M 513 $142 34

Thu Jul 28 #- $67.8K −7.2% −75.0% $53.9M 513 $132 35

Fri Jul 29 #- $55.9K −17.5% −72.3% $54.0M 139 $402 36

Sat Jul 30 #- $72.3K +29.3% −73.1% $54.1M 139 $520 37

Sun Jul 31 #- $63.2K −12.6% −62.2% $54.1M 139 $455 38

Mon Aug 1 #- $19.2K −69.7% −77.9% $54.2M 139 $138 39

Tue Aug 2 #- $21.9K +14.3% −76.2% $54.2M 139 $158 40

Wed Aug 3 #- $20.3K −7.6% −72.3% $54.2M 139 $146 41

Thu Aug 4 #- $20.3K +0.4% −70.0% $54.2M 139 $146 42

Fri Aug 5 #- $11.0K −45.9% −80.3% $54.2M 69 $159 43

Sat Aug 6 #- $16.0K +45.7% −77.8% $54.2M 69 $232 44

Sun Aug 7 #- $11.7K −27.2% −81.5% $54.3M 69 $169 45

Mon Aug 8 #- $6.1K −47.8% −68.3% $54.3M 69 $88 46

Tue Aug 9 #- $6.5K +7.1% −70.3% $54.3M 69 $94 47

Wed Aug 10 #- $5.2K −20.5% −74.4% $54.3M 69 $75 48

Thu Aug 11 #- $5.4K +3.4% −73.7% $54.3M 69 $78 49

Fri Aug 12 #- $29.2K +444.2% +165.1% $54.3M 122 $239 50

Sat Aug 13 #- $45.7K +56.6% +185.1% $54.4M 122 $374 51

Sun Aug 14 #- $34.7K −24.0% +197.5% $54.4M 122 $284 52

Mon Aug 15 #- $14.2K −59.0% +133.9% $54.4M 122 $117 53

Tue Aug 16 #- $14.8K +4.1% +127.3% $54.4M 122 $121 54

Wed Aug 17 #- $13.3K −10.2% +156.8% $54.4M 122 $109 55

Thu Aug 18 #- $13.4K +0.9% +150.6% $54.4M 122 $110 56

Fri Aug 19 #- $21.3K +59.0% −26.8% $54.5M 108 $198 57

Sat Aug 20 #- $32.7K +53.3% −28.3% $54.5M 108 $303 58

Sun Aug 21 #- $21.5K −34.4% −38.1% $54.5M 108 $199 59

Mon Aug 22 #- $7.8K −63.7% −45.2% $54.5M 108 $72 60

Tue Aug 23 #- $7.2K −7.3% −51.2% $54.5M 108 $67 61

Wed Aug 24 #- $7.0K −2.9% −47.2% $54.5M 108 $65 62

Thu Aug 25 #- $6.9K −1.5% −48.5% $54.6M 108 $64 63

Fri Aug 26 #- $83.4K +1105.7% +290.8% $54.6M 137 $609 64

Sat Aug 27 #- $116.5K +39.7% +256.0% $54.8M 137 $851 65

Sun Aug 28 #- $37.2K −68.1% +73.1% $54.8M 137 $271 66

Mon Aug 29 #- $13.4K −63.9% +72.1% $54.8M 137 $98 67

Tue Aug 30 #- $13.7K +1.7% +89.0% $54.8M 137 $100 68

Wed Aug 31 #- $10.3K −24.5% +46.9% $54.8M 137 $75 69

Thu Sep 1 #- $12.4K +20.2% +79.2% $54.8M 137 $91 70

Fri Sep 2 #- $26.0K +109.4% −68.9% $54.9M 80 $325 71

Sat Sep 3 #- $47.2K +81.8% −59.5% $54.9M 80 $590 72

Sun Sep 4 #- $53.4K +13.0% +43.4% $55.0M 80 $667 73

Mon Sep 5 #- $14.0K −73.8% +4.1% $55.0M 80 $175 74

Tue Sep 6 #- $4.5K −68.0% −67.2% $55.0M 80 $56 75

Wed Sep 7 #- $4.4K −2.2% −57.5% $55.0M 80 $55 76

Thu Sep 8 #- $4.6K +5.4% −62.8% $55.0M 80 $58 77

Fri Sep 9 #- $21.1K +356.4% −18.8% $55.0M 51 $413 78

Sat Sep 10 #- $25.2K +19.7% −46.5% $55.0M 51 $495 79

Sun Sep 11 #- $8.7K −65.5% −83.7% $55.0M 51 $171 80

Mon Sep 12 #- $2.3K −73.5% −83.4% $55.0M 51 $45 81

Tue Sep 13 #- $2.6K +12.8% −41.7% $55.1M 51 $51 82

Wed Sep 14 #- $2.3K −11.6% −47.4% $55.1M 51 $45 83

Thu Sep 15 #- $2.1K −9.6% −54.9% $55.1M 51 $41 84

Fri Sep 16 #- $15.1K +625.7% −28.3% $55.1M 37 $409 85

Sat Sep 17 #- $20.7K +36.7% −18.1% $55.1M 37 $559 86

Sun Sep 18 #- $5.1K −75.4% −41.6% $55.1M 37 $138 87

Mon Sep 19 #- $1.3K −75.4% −45.9% $55.1M 37 $34 88

Tue Sep 20 #- $1.3K +1.8% −51.2% $55.1M 37 $34 89

Wed Sep 21 #- $1.2K −5.5% −47.8% $55.1M 37 $33 90

Thu Sep 22 #- $1.3K +5.6% −39.0% $55.1M 37 $34 91

Fri Sep 23 #- $5.9K +361.3% −61.2% $55.1M 17 $345 92

Sat Sep 24 #- $10.1K +72.6% −51.1% $55.1M 17 $595 93

Sun Sep 25 #- $4.0K −60.1% −20.7% $55.1M 17 $237 94

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

Cumulative total$54.8M

Jun 23Jul 11Jul 28Aug 15Sep 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $237.2K

$16.8M

$8.8M

$4.8M

$3.0M

$638.1K

$191.4K

$38.7K

$109.5K

$75.6K

$237.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,962 → 137 −95.4%

2,962 open137 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +213.8%

−47.8%

W1→2

−45.3%

W2→3

−37.4%

W3→4

−78.8%

W4→5

−70.0%

W5→6

−79.8%

W6→7

+183.1%

W7→8

−31.0%

W8→9

+213.8%

W9→10

Steepest −79.8%Biggest gain +213.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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