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The Shape of WaterFollow

2017 • R • 2h 3m • Drama, Fantasy, Romance • 20th Century Fox

Tell Me Again About the Dream Where We Live Underwater

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$167K

Limited · 2 theaters

Domestic total

$63.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$195.20M

$131.30M international

Domestic legs21.3x from $3.0M first wide weekend

Budget$19.5M

2017 rank#46

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Cast & crew

Full Toro filmography

Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro Director

Sally Hawkins

Sally Hawkins Starring

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon Starring

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins Starring

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer Starring

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg Starring

ScreenplayGuillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor Produced byGuillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale CinematographyDan Laustsen MusicAlexandre Desplat Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 1-3 20 $166.6K — 2 $83,282 $166.6K

2 Dec 8-10 13 $1.1M +585.3% 41 $27,843 $1.4M

3 Dec 15-17 12 $1.7M +49.9% 158 $10,828 $3.6M

4 Dec 22-24 10 $3.0M +75.4% 726 $4,133 $7.6M

5 Dec 29-31 11 $3.5M +17.6% 756 $4,669 $15.7M

6 Jan 5-7 11 $3.1M −11.1% 804 $3,904 $21.7M

7 Jan 12-14 15 $2.8M −9.7% 723 $3,922 $26.6M

8 Jan 19-21 16 $2.2M −22.9% 853 $2,563 $30.2M

9 Jan 26-28 8 $5.9M +170.9% 1,854 $3,194 $37.9M

10 Feb 2-4 9 $4.4M −24.9% 2,341 $1,900 $44.7M

11 Feb 9-11 9 $3.2M −28.6% 1,780 $1,785 $49.9M

12 Feb 16-18 12 $1.7M −47.7% 957 $1,736 $53.2M

13 Feb 23-25 12 $1.3M −21.1% 721 $1,819 $55.5M

14 Mar 2-4 11 $1.5M +12.8% 832 $1,778 $57.6M

15 Mar 9-11 12 $2.3M +58.7% 1,552 $1,513 $61.1M

16 Mar 16-18 16 $793.6K −66.2% 758 $1,047 $62.8M

17 Mar 23-25 24 $262.0K −67.0% 247 $1,061 $63.4M

18 Mar 30-Apr 1 27 $95.8K −63.4% 113 $848 $63.6M

19 Apr 6-8 38 $53.5K −44.2% 80 $668 $63.8M

20 Apr 13-15 42 $34.3K −35.9% 48 $714 $63.8M

21 Apr 20-22 59 $13.9K −59.6% 30 $462 $63.8M

22 Apr 27-29 76 $3.7K −73.4% 30 $123 $63.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 1 #- $55.5K — $55.5K 2 $27,734 1

Sat Dec 2 #- $58.8K +6.0% $114.3K 2 $29,394 2

Sun Dec 3 #- $52.3K −11.0% $166.6K 2 $26,154 3

Mon Dec 4 #- $16.1K −69.2% $182.7K 2 $8,045 4

Tue Dec 5 #- $16.8K +4.5% $199.5K 2 $8,404 5

Wed Dec 6 #- $17.4K +3.5% $216.9K 2 $8,702 6

Thu Dec 7 #- $14.1K −18.7% $231.0K 2 $7,071 7

Fri Dec 8 #13 $402.8K +2748.6% +626.3% $633.9K 41 $9,826 8

Sat Dec 9 #13 $413.4K +2.6% +603.2% $1.0M 41 $10,083 9

Sun Dec 10 #13 $325.3K −21.3% +521.9% $1.4M 41 $7,934 10

Mon Dec 11 #13 $127.0K −61.0% +689.2% $1.5M 41 $3,097 11

Tue Dec 12 #13 $147.5K +16.2% +777.6% $1.6M 41 $3,598 12

Wed Dec 13 #13 $133.0K −9.9% +664.0% $1.8M 41 $3,243 13

Thu Dec 14 #13 $102.6K −22.9% +625.3% $1.9M 41 $2,502 14

Fri Dec 15 #11 $491.5K +379.2% +22.0% $2.4M 158 $3,111 15

Sat Dec 16 #13 $673.7K +37.1% +63.0% $3.0M 158 $4,264 16

Sun Dec 17 #12 $545.6K −19.0% +67.7% $3.6M 158 $3,453 17

Mon Dec 18 #12 $247.2K −54.7% +94.7% $3.8M 158 $1,565 18

Tue Dec 19 #13 $273.6K +10.6% +85.5% $4.1M 158 $1,731 19

Wed Dec 20 #14 $238.2K −12.9% +79.2% $4.4M 158 $1,508 20

Thu Dec 21 #14 $213.3K −10.5% +107.9% $4.6M 158 $1,350 21

Fri Dec 22 #10 $1.2M +442.8% +135.5% $5.7M 726 $1,594 22

Sat Dec 23 #10 $1.1M −3.6% +65.7% $6.8M 726 $1,538 23

Sun Dec 24 #10 $726.6K −34.9% +33.2% $7.6M 726 $1,001 24

Mon Dec 25 #11 $1.4M +95.4% +474.3% $9.0M 730 $1,945 25

Tue Dec 26 #11 $1.1M −19.7% +316.9% $10.1M 730 $1,562 26

Wed Dec 27 #11 $1.0M −11.2% +325.3% $11.1M 730 $1,388 27

Thu Dec 28 #11 $1.0M −1.3% +369.1% $12.1M 730 $1,370 28

Fri Dec 29 #12 $1.2M +17.7% +1.7% $13.3M 756 $1,557 29

Sat Dec 30 #11 $1.4M +15.3% +21.5% $14.7M 756 $1,795 30

Sun Dec 31 #11 $996.2K −26.6% +37.1% $15.7M 756 $1,318 31

Mon Jan 1 #10 $1.2M +19.8% −16.0% $16.9M 756 $1,578 32

Tue Jan 2 #12 $662.9K −44.4% −41.9% $17.5M 756 $877 33

Wed Jan 3 #10 $558.9K −15.7% −44.8% $18.1M 756 $739 34

Thu Jan 4 #10 $468.2K −16.2% −53.2% $18.6M 756 $619 35

Fri Jan 5 #11 $844.3K +80.4% −28.3% $19.4M 804 $1,050 36

Sat Jan 6 #11 $1.4M +60.2% −0.3% $20.8M 804 $1,683 37

Sun Jan 7 #11 $941.8K −30.4% −5.5% $21.7M 804 $1,171 38

Mon Jan 8 #10 $451.1K −52.1% −62.2% $22.1M 804 $561 39

Tue Jan 9 #8 $609.5K +35.1% −8.1% $22.8M 804 $758 40

Wed Jan 10 #8 $521.9K −14.4% −6.6% $23.3M 804 $649 41

Thu Jan 11 #8 $446.7K −14.4% −4.6% $23.7M 804 $556 42

Fri Jan 12 #13 $741.5K +66.0% −12.2% $24.5M 723 $1,026 43

Sat Jan 13 #15 $1.1M +50.9% −17.3% $25.6M 723 $1,547 44

Sun Jan 14 #15 $975.4K −12.8% +3.6% $26.6M 723 $1,349 45

Mon Jan 15 #15 $616.4K −36.8% +36.6% $27.2M 723 $853 46

Tue Jan 16 #13 $308.7K −49.9% −49.4% $27.5M 723 $427 47

Wed Jan 17 #13 $266.8K −13.6% −48.9% $27.7M 723 $369 48

Thu Jan 18 #13 $259.8K −2.6% −41.9% $28.0M 723 $359 49

Fri Jan 19 #- $617.1K +137.6% −16.8% $28.6M 853 $723 50

Sat Jan 20 #- $970.1K +57.2% −13.3% $29.6M 853 $1,137 51

Sun Jan 21 #- $599.1K −38.2% −38.6% $30.2M 853 $702 52

Mon Jan 22 #- $245.8K −59.0% −60.1% $30.4M 853 $288 53

Tue Jan 23 #10 $502.7K +104.5% +62.8% $30.9M 853 $589 54

Wed Jan 24 #6 $536.1K +6.6% +100.9% $31.5M 853 $628 55

Thu Jan 25 #8 $498.8K −7.0% +92.0% $32.0M 853 $585 56

Fri Jan 26 #8 $1.6M +220.5% +159.0% $33.6M 1,854 $862 57

Sat Jan 27 #9 $2.5M +57.5% +159.4% $36.1M 1,854 $1,358 58

Sun Jan 28 #9 $1.8M −28.2% +201.7% $37.9M 1,854 $975 59

Mon Jan 29 #8 $564.2K −68.8% +129.5% $38.5M 1,854 $304 60

Tue Jan 30 #8 $716.1K +26.9% +42.5% $39.2M 1,854 $386 61

Wed Jan 31 #8 $563.4K −21.3% +5.1% $39.7M 1,854 $304 62

Thu Feb 1 #8 $535.0K −5.0% +7.3% $40.3M 1,854 $289 63

Fri Feb 2 #9 $1.3M +147.0% −17.3% $41.6M 2,341 $565 64

Sat Feb 3 #9 $2.2M +69.2% −11.1% $43.8M 2,341 $955 65

Sun Feb 4 #5 $890.5K −60.2% −50.7% $44.7M 2,341 $380 66

Mon Feb 5 #9 $448.3K −49.7% −20.5% $45.2M 2,341 $191 67

Tue Feb 6 #7 $661.6K +47.6% −7.6% $45.8M 2,341 $283 68

Wed Feb 7 #7 $475.7K −28.1% −15.6% $46.3M 2,341 $203 69

Thu Feb 8 #7 $451.6K −5.1% −15.6% $46.8M 2,341 $193 70

Fri Feb 9 #9 $781.0K +72.9% −40.9% $47.5M 1,780 $439 71

Sat Feb 10 #9 $1.4M +81.9% −36.5% $49.0M 1,780 $798 72

Sun Feb 11 #9 $975.5K −31.3% +9.5% $49.9M 1,780 $548 73

Mon Feb 12 #9 $317.2K −67.5% −29.2% $50.3M 1,780 $178 74

Tue Feb 13 #10 $402.2K +26.8% −39.2% $50.7M 1,780 $226 75

Wed Feb 14 #9 $655.9K +63.1% +37.9% $51.3M 1,780 $368 76

Thu Feb 15 #10 $260.5K −60.3% −42.3% $51.6M 1,780 $146 77

Fri Feb 16 #12 $387.7K +48.8% −50.4% $52.0M 957 $405 78

Sat Feb 17 #12 $690.3K +78.0% −51.4% $52.7M 957 $721 79

Sun Feb 18 #11 $583.0K −15.5% −40.2% $53.2M 957 $609 80

Mon Feb 19 #11 $394.1K −32.4% +24.2% $53.6M 957 $412 81

Tue Feb 20 #13 $207.8K −47.3% −48.3% $53.8M 957 $217 82

Wed Feb 21 #11 $175.9K −15.3% −73.2% $54.0M 957 $184 83

Thu Feb 22 #9 $168.4K −4.3% −35.4% $54.2M 957 $176 84

Fri Feb 23 #12 $307.0K +82.3% −20.8% $54.5M 721 $426 85

Sat Feb 24 #12 $634.9K +106.8% −8.0% $55.1M 721 $881 86

Sun Feb 25 #12 $369.4K −41.8% −36.6% $55.5M 721 $512 87

Mon Feb 26 #10 $153.2K −58.5% −61.1% $55.7M 721 $212 88

Tue Feb 27 #12 $164.5K +7.4% −20.9% $55.8M 721 $228 89

Wed Feb 28 #9 $161.0K −2.1% −8.5% $56.0M 721 $223 90

Thu Mar 1 #9 $154.3K −4.1% −8.3% $56.1M 721 $214 91

Fri Mar 2 #12 $344.1K +122.9% +12.1% $56.5M 832 $414 92

Sat Mar 3 #10 $779.7K +126.6% +22.8% $57.3M 832 $937 93

Sun Mar 4 #12 $355.6K −54.4% −3.7% $57.6M 832 $427 94

Mon Mar 5 #9 $286.6K −19.4% +87.1% $57.9M 832 $344 95

Tue Mar 6 #9 $331.4K +15.6% +101.5% $58.2M 832 $398 96

Wed Mar 7 #9 $270.7K −18.3% +68.2% $58.5M 832 $325 97

Thu Mar 8 #10 $239.4K −11.6% +55.1% $58.7M 832 $288 98

Fri Mar 9 #12 $631.6K +163.9% +83.6% $59.4M 1,552 $407 99

Sat Mar 10 #11 $1.1M +70.0% +37.7% $60.4M 1,552 $692 100

Sun Mar 11 #12 $642.0K −40.2% +80.6% $61.1M 1,552 $414 101

Mon Mar 12 #12 $241.9K −62.3% −15.6% $61.3M 1,552 $156 102

Tue Mar 13 #12 $304.6K +25.9% −8.1% $61.6M 1,552 $196 103

Wed Mar 14 #13 $224.1K −26.5% −17.2% $61.9M 1,552 $144 104

Thu Mar 15 #13 $177.2K −20.9% −26.0% $62.0M 1,552 $114 105

Fri Mar 16 #- $228.5K +28.9% −63.8% $62.3M 758 $301 106

Sat Mar 17 #- $341.7K +49.6% −68.2% $62.6M 758 $451 107

Sun Mar 18 #- $223.4K −34.6% −65.2% $62.8M 758 $295 108

Mon Mar 19 #- $80.2K −64.1% −66.9% $62.9M 758 $106 109

Tue Mar 20 #- $106.2K +32.4% −65.2% $63.0M 758 $140 110

Wed Mar 21 #- $82.3K −22.4% −63.3% $63.1M 758 $109 111

Thu Mar 22 #- $77.3K −6.2% −56.4% $63.2M 758 $102 112

Fri Mar 23 #- $70.8K −8.4% −69.0% $63.2M 247 $287 113

Sat Mar 24 #- $119.0K +68.1% −65.2% $63.4M 247 $482 114

Sun Mar 25 #- $72.2K −39.4% −67.7% $63.4M 247 $292 115

Mon Mar 26 #- $28.4K −60.7% −64.6% $63.5M 247 $115 116

Tue Mar 27 #- $35.7K +25.8% −66.4% $63.5M 247 $144 117

Wed Mar 28 #- $25.8K −27.6% −68.6% $63.5M 247 $105 118

Thu Mar 29 #- $24.7K −4.3% −68.0% $63.5M 247 $100 119

Fri Mar 30 #- $31.3K +26.7% −55.8% $63.6M 113 $277 120

Sat Mar 31 #- $36.0K +14.9% −69.8% $63.6M 113 $319 121

Sun Apr 1 #- $28.5K −21.0% −60.6% $63.6M 113 $252 122

Mon Apr 2 #- $13.5K −52.6% −52.4% $63.7M 113 $119 123

Tue Apr 3 #- $14.1K +4.6% −60.4% $63.7M 113 $125 124

Wed Apr 4 #- $14.3K +1.5% −44.5% $63.7M 113 $127 125

Thu Apr 5 #- $12.3K −14.4% −50.4% $63.7M 113 $109 126

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

Cumulative total$46.8M

Dec 1Dec 18Jan 5Jan 22Feb 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.4M

$166.6K

$1.1M

$1.7M

$3.0M

$3.5M

$3.1M

$2.8M

$2.2M

$5.9M

$4.4M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,341 → 2,341 +0.0%

2 open2,341 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.9%

+585.3%

W1→2

+49.9%

W2→3

+75.4%

W3→4

+17.6%

W4→5

−11.1%

W5→6

−9.7%

W6→7

−22.9%

W7→8

+170.9%

W8→9

−24.9%

W9→10

Steepest −24.9%Biggest gain +585.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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