Name: The Thing
Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Released: 2011
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Cast & crew

Mary Elizabeth Winstead Starring

Joel Edgerton Starring

Ulrich Thomsen Starring

Eric Christian Olsen Starring

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Starring

ScreenplayEric Heisserer Produced byEric Newman, Marc Abraham CinematographyMichel Abramowicz MusicMarco Beltrami StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 14-16 3 $8.5M — 2,996 $2,835 $8.5M

2 Oct 21-23 9 $3.1M −63.9% 2,995 $1,025 $14.0M

3 Oct 28-30 16 $857.3K −72.1% 1,394 $615 $16.1M

4 Nov 4-6 26 $265.0K −69.1% 384 $690 $16.7M

5 Nov 11-13 43 $64.9K −75.5% 141 $460 $16.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 14 #3 $3.3M — $3.3M 2,997 $1,085 1

Sat Oct 15 #3 $3.3M +2.8% $6.6M 2,997 $1,115 2

Sun Oct 16 #3 $1.9M −43.0% $8.5M 2,997 $635 3

Mon Oct 17 #3 $659.0K −65.4% $9.2M 2,997 $220 4

Tue Oct 18 #3 $748.3K +13.6% $9.9M 2,997 $250 5

Wed Oct 19 #4 $569.0K −24.0% $10.5M 2,997 $190 6

Thu Oct 20 #4 $509.3K −10.5% $11.0M 2,997 $170 7

Fri Oct 21 #9 $1.0M +97.0% −69.1% $12.0M 2,995 $335 8

Sat Oct 22 #9 $1.3M +29.9% −61.0% $13.3M 2,995 $435 9

Sun Oct 23 #9 $763.7K −41.4% −59.9% $14.0M 2,995 $255 10

Mon Oct 24 #6 $284.5K −62.7% −56.8% $14.3M 2,995 $95 11

Tue Oct 25 #7 $329.4K +15.8% −56.0% $14.7M 2,995 $110 12

Wed Oct 26 #8 $269.6K −18.2% −52.6% $14.9M 2,995 $90 13

Thu Oct 27 #8 $285.0K +5.7% −44.0% $15.2M 2,995 $95 14

Fri Oct 28 — $271.8K −4.6% −72.9% $15.5M 1,394 $195 15

Sat Oct 29 — $355.5K +30.8% −72.7% $15.8M 1,394 $255 16

Sun Oct 30 — $230.0K −35.3% −69.9% $16.1M 1,394 $165 17

Mon Oct 31 — $132.4K −42.4% −53.5% $16.2M 1,394 $95 18

Tue Nov 1 — $97.6K −26.3% −70.4% $16.3M 1,394 $70 19

Wed Nov 2 — $84.0K −13.9% −68.8% $16.4M 1,394 $60 20

Thu Nov 3 — $90.6K +7.9% −68.2% $16.5M 1,394 $65 21

Fri Nov 4 — $78.7K −13.1% −71.0% $16.6M 384 $205 22

Sat Nov 5 — $124.8K +58.5% −64.9% $16.7M 384 $325 23

Sun Nov 6 — $61.4K −50.8% −73.3% $16.7M 384 $160 24

Mon Nov 7 — $23.0K −62.5% −82.6% $16.8M 384 $60 25

Tue Nov 8 — $25.0K +8.3% −74.4% $16.8M 384 $65 26

Wed Nov 9 — $23.0K −7.8% −72.6% $16.8M 384 $60 27

Thu Nov 10 — $26.9K +16.8% −70.3% $16.8M 384 $70 28

Fri Nov 11 — $21.9K −18.4% −72.1% $16.9M 141 $155 29

Sat Nov 12 — $26.9K +22.5% −78.5% $16.9M 141 $190 30

Sun Nov 13 — $16.1K −39.9% −73.7% $16.9M 141 $115 31

Mon Nov 14 — $5.0K −69.0% −78.3% $16.9M 141 $35 32

Tue Nov 15 — $5.6K +12.7% −77.4% $16.9M 141 $40 33

Wed Nov 16 — $5.0K −11.3% −78.2% $16.9M 141 $35 34

Thu Nov 17 — $5.6K +11.3% −79.3% $16.9M 141 $40 35

Cumulative total$16.9M

Oct 14Oct 23Oct 31Nov 9Nov 17

Weekend grossWk 5 · $64.9K

$8.5M

$3.1M

$857.3K

$265.0K

$64.9K

W1W2W3W4W5

Theater countPeak 2,997 → 141 −95.3%

2,997 open141 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −75.5%

−63.9%

W1→2

−72.1%

W2→3

−69.1%

W3→4

−75.5%

W4→5

Steepest −75.5%Best hold −63.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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