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2022 • R • 1h 47m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Lionsgate

Nicolas Cage is Nick Cage.

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3.44

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$20.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$29.10M

$8.80M international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$30M

2022 rank#53

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Cast & crew

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage Starring

Pedro Pascal

Pedro Pascal Starring

Tiffany Haddish

Tiffany Haddish Starring

Ike Barinholtz

Ike Barinholtz Starring

ScreenplayTom Gormican, Kevin Etten Produced byNicolas Cage, Mike Nilon, Kristin Burr, Kevin Turen Music byMark Isham StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 22-24 5 $7.1M — 3,036 $2,349 $7.1M

2 Apr 29-May 1 6 $3.9M −45.7% 3,036 $1,275 $13.4M

3 May 6-8 8 $1.6M −59.0% 1,331 $1,192 $16.4M

4 May 13-15 — $1.1M −33.0% 1,076 $987 $18.2M

5 May 20-22 12 $755.0K −28.9% 821 $920 $19.5M

6 May 27-29 — $200.2K −73.5% 340 $589 $20.0M

7 Jun 3-5 — $109.4K −45.4% 184 $595 $20.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Apr 21 #P $835.0K — $835.0K — —

Fri Apr 22 #5 $2.9M — $2.9M 3,036 $956 1

Sat Apr 23 #5 $2.5M −13% $5.4M 3,036 $830 2

Sun Apr 24 #5 $1.7M −32% $7.1M 3,036 $563 3

Mon Apr 25 #6 $579.2K −66% $7.7M 3,036 $191 4

Tue Apr 26 #6 $801.9K +38% $8.5M 3,036 $264 5

Wed Apr 27 #6 $550.7K −31% $9.1M 3,036 $181 6

Thu Apr 28 #6 $515.9K −6% $9.6M 3,036 $170 7

Fri Apr 29 #7 $1.1M +113% −62% $10.7M 3,036 $362 8

Sat Apr 30 #7 $1.7M +55% −32% $12.4M 3,036 $562 9

Sun May 1 #6 $1.1M −38% −38% $13.4M 3,036 $351 10

Mon May 2 #6 $355.2K −67% −39% $13.8M 3,036 $117 11

Tue May 3 #6 $508.3K +43% −37% $14.3M 3,036 $167 12

Wed May 4 #6 $349.2K −31% −37% $14.7M 3,036 $115 13

Thu May 5 #6 $200.9K −42% −61% $14.9M 3,036 $66 14

Fri May 6 #8 $424.5K +111% −61% $15.3M 1,331 $319 15

Sat May 7 #8 $601.0K +42% −65% $15.9M 1,331 $452 16

Sun May 8 #8 $560.5K −7% −47% $16.4M 3,036 $185 17

Mon May 9 #8 $167.9K −70% −53% $16.6M 3,036 $55 18

Tue May 10 #8 $214.7K +28% −58% $16.8M 3,036 $71 19

Wed May 11 #8 $173.8K −19% −50% $17.0M 3,036 $57 20

Thu May 12 #8 $161.8K −7% −19% $17.2M 3,036 $53 21

Fri May 13 #- $294.0K +82% −31% $17.5M 1,076 $273 22

Sat May 14 #- $462.3K +57% −23% $17.9M 1,076 $430 23

Sun May 15 #- $305.8K −34% −45% $18.2M 1,076 $284 24

Mon May 16 #9 $122.7K −60% −27% $18.4M 1,076 $114 25

Tue May 17 #- $154.8K +26% −28% $18.5M 1,076 $144 26

Wed May 18 #9 $122.4K −21% −30% $18.6M 1,076 $114 27

Thu May 19 #10 $106.0K −13% −34% $18.7M 1,076 $99 28

Fri May 20 #- $217.1K +105% −26% $19.0M 821 $264 29

Sat May 21 #- $324.0K +49% −30% $19.3M 821 $395 30

Sun May 22 #- $213.9K −34% −30% $19.5M 821 $261 31

Mon May 23 #- $84.7K −60% −31% $19.6M 821 $103 32

Tue May 24 #- $100.0K +18% −35% $19.7M 821 $122 33

Wed May 25 #- $83.9K −16% −31% $19.8M 821 $102 34

Thu May 26 #- $44.3K −47% −58% $19.8M 821 $54 35

Fri May 27 #- $54.4K +23% −75% $19.9M 340 $160 36

Sat May 28 #- $76.7K +41% −76% $19.9M 340 $225 37

Sun May 29 #- $69.1K −10% −68% $20.0M 340 $203 38

Mon May 30 #- $59.5K −14% −30% $20.1M 340 $175 39

Tue May 31 #- $28.9K −52% −71% $20.1M 340 $85 40

Wed Jun 1 #- $25.6K −11% −69% $20.1M 340 $75 41

Thu Jun 2 #- $21.9K −14% −50% $20.1M 340 $65 42

Fri Jun 3 #- $30.5K +39% −44% $20.2M 184 $166 43

Sat Jun 4 #- $49.0K +61% −36% $20.2M 184 $266 44

Sun Jun 5 #- $29.9K −39% −57% $20.2M 184 $163 45

Mon Jun 6 #- $12.2K −59% −79% $20.3M 184 $66 46

Tue Jun 7 #- $14.9K +22% −48% $20.3M 184 $81 47

Wed Jun 8 #- $13.1K −12% −49% $20.3M 184 $71 48

Thu Jun 9 #- $11.0K −16% −50% $20.3M 184 $60 49

Cumulative total$20.3M

Apr 21May 3May 16May 28Jun 9

Weekend grossWk 7 · $109.4K

$7.1M

$3.9M

$1.6M

$1.1M

$755.0K

$200.2K

$109.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 3,036 → 184 −93.9%

3,036 open184 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −45.4%

−45.7%

W1→2

−59.0%

W2→3

−33.0%

W3→4

−28.9%

W4→5

−73.5%

W5→6

−45.4%

W6→7

Steepest −73.5%Best hold −28.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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