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The World's EndFollow

2013 • R • 1h 49m • Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi • Focus Features

Good food. Fine ales. Total annihilation.

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3.63

6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$26.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$47.10M

$21.10M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$20M

2013 rank#102

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Cast & crew

Full Wright filmography

Edgar Wright

Edgar Wright Director

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg Starring

Nick Frost

Nick Frost Starring

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman Starring

Paddy Considine

Paddy Considine Starring

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan Starring

Written bySimon Pegg, Edgar Wright Produced byNira Park, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner CinematographyBill Pope Music bySteven Price StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 23-25 4 $8.8M — 1,551 $5,681 $8.8M

2 Aug 30-Sep 1 8 $5.0M −42.8% 1,553 $3,243 $16.8M

3 Sep 6-8 10 $2.3M −54.0% 1,520 $1,523 $21.8M

4 Sep 13-15 12 $1.3M −43.5% 1,243 $1,052 $24.0M

5 Sep 20-22 16 $716.3K −45.2% 833 $860 $25.2M

6 Sep 27-29 28 $192.0K −73.2% 281 $683 $25.7M

7 Oct 4-6 43 $63.2K −67.1% 131 $482 $25.8M

8 Oct 11-13 52 $32.1K −49.1% 73 $440 $25.9M

9 Oct 18-20 65 $14.2K −55.8% 40 $355 $25.9M

10 Oct 25-27 60 $12.0K −15.9% 26 $460 $26.0M

11 Nov 1-3 51 $8.6K −28.2% 16 $537 $26.0M

12 Nov 8-10 64 $6.4K −25.0% 9 $716 $26.0M

13 Nov 15-17 66 $3.8K −41.1% 8 $474 $26.0M

14 Nov 22-24 69 $4.4K +16.0% 6 $734 $26.0M

15 Nov 29-Dec 1 62 $4.1K −7.9% 6 $676 $26.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 23 #3 $3.5M — $3.5M 1,551 $2,266 1

Sat Aug 24 #5 $3.1M −11% $6.6M 1,551 $2,015 2

Sun Aug 25 #5 $2.2M −31% $8.8M 1,551 $1,400 3

Mon Aug 26 #5 $808.5K −63% $9.6M 1,551 $521 4

Tue Aug 27 #6 $886.6K +10% $10.5M 1,551 $572 5

Wed Aug 28 #6 $663.7K −25% $11.2M 1,551 $428 6

Thu Aug 29 #6 $638.6K −4% $11.8M 1,551 $412 7

Fri Aug 30 #9 $1.3M +110% −62% $13.2M 1,553 $863 8

Sat Aug 31 #8 $1.8M +35% −42% $15.0M 1,553 $1,164 9

Sun Sep 1 #8 $1.9M +4% −13% $16.8M 1,553 $1,215 10

Mon Sep 2 #9 $1.5M −22% +82% $18.3M 1,553 $950 11

Tue Sep 3 #7 $461.0K −69% −48% $18.8M 1,553 $297 12

Wed Sep 4 #6 $359.8K −22% −46% $19.1M 1,553 $232 13

Thu Sep 5 #7 $328.2K −9% −49% $19.5M 1,553 $211 14

Fri Sep 6 #- $703.2K +114% −48% $20.2M 1,520 $463 15

Sat Sep 7 #- $1.0M +48% −42% $21.2M 1,520 $687 16

Sun Sep 8 #- $567.1K −46% −70% $21.8M 1,520 $373 17

Mon Sep 9 #6 $199.3K −65% −86% $22.0M 1,520 $131 18

Tue Sep 10 #6 $266.4K +34% −42% $22.2M 1,520 $175 19

Wed Sep 11 #6 $222.9K −16% −38% $22.5M 1,520 $147 20

Thu Sep 12 #6 $191.9K −14% −42% $22.7M 1,520 $126 21

Fri Sep 13 #- $411.1K +114% −42% $23.1M 1,243 $331 22

Sat Sep 14 #- $576.0K +40% −45% $23.7M 1,243 $463 23

Sun Sep 15 #- $321.1K −44% −43% $24.0M 1,243 $258 24

Mon Sep 16 #9 $129.0K −60% −35% $24.1M 1,243 $104 25

Tue Sep 17 #9 $154.0K +19% −42% $24.3M 1,243 $124 26

Wed Sep 18 #9 $129.6K −16% −42% $24.4M 1,243 $104 27

Thu Sep 19 #9 $122.0K −6% −36% $24.5M 1,243 $98 28

Fri Sep 20 #- $210.9K +73% −49% $24.7M 833 $253 29

Sat Sep 21 #- $337.4K +60% −41% $25.1M 833 $405 30

Sun Sep 22 #- $168.1K −50% −48% $25.2M 833 $202 31

Mon Sep 23 #- $66.9K −60% −48% $25.3M 833 $80 32

Tue Sep 24 #- $77.6K +16% −50% $25.4M 833 $93 33

Wed Sep 25 #- $69.0K −11% −47% $25.4M 833 $83 34

Thu Sep 26 #- $65.5K −5% −46% $25.5M 833 $79 35

Fri Sep 27 #- $58.6K −10% −72% $25.6M 281 $209 36

Sat Sep 28 #- $88.1K +50% −74% $25.6M 281 $313 37

Sun Sep 29 #- $45.3K −49% −73% $25.7M 281 $161 38

Mon Sep 30 #- $19.2K −58% −71% $25.7M 281 $68 39

Tue Oct 1 #- $23.3K +22% −70% $25.7M 281 $83 40

Wed Oct 2 #- $19.0K −18% −72% $25.8M 281 $68 41

Thu Oct 3 #- $19.3K +1% −71% $25.8M 281 $69 42

Fri Oct 4 #- $19.2K −1% −67% $25.8M 131 $146 43

Sat Oct 5 #- $27.4K +43% −69% $25.8M 131 $209 44

Sun Oct 6 #- $16.7K −39% −63% $25.8M 131 $127 45

Mon Oct 7 #- $7.4K −56% −61% $25.8M 131 $57 46

Tue Oct 8 #- $9.4K +27% −60% $25.9M 131 $72 47

Wed Oct 9 #- $7.3K −22% −62% $25.9M 131 $56 48

Thu Oct 10 #- $8.1K +11% −58% $25.9M 131 $62 49

Fri Oct 11 #- $9.5K +17% −51% $25.9M 73 $130 50

Sat Oct 12 #- $15.0K +58% −45% $25.9M 73 $205 51

Sun Oct 13 #- $7.7K −48% −54% $25.9M 73 $106 52

Mon Oct 14 #- $5.4K −29% −26% $25.9M 73 $75 53

Tue Oct 15 #- $4.0K −27% −58% $25.9M 73 $55 54

Wed Oct 16 #- $4.0K +1% −45% $25.9M 73 $55 55

Thu Oct 17 #- $3.8K −6% −53% $25.9M 73 $52 56

Fri Oct 18 #- $4.8K +28% −49% $25.9M 40 $120 57

Sat Oct 19 #- $6.4K +33% −57% $25.9M 40 $160 58

Sun Oct 20 #- $3.0K −53% −61% $25.9M 40 $75 59

Mon Oct 21 #- $2.0K −34% −64% $25.9M 40 $49 60

Tue Oct 22 #- $2.3K +19% −41% $25.9M 40 $59 61

Wed Oct 23 #- $2.6K +12% −34% $25.9M 40 $66 62

Thu Oct 24 #- $2.5K −5% −34% $25.9M 40 $62 63

Fri Oct 25 #- $3.8K +52% −21% $25.9M 26 $146 64

Sat Oct 26 #- $5.4K +43% −15% $26.0M 26 $208 65

Sun Oct 27 #- $2.7K −49% −9% $26.0M 26 $106 66

Mon Oct 28 #- $1.8K −33% −7% $26.0M 26 $71 67

Tue Oct 29 #- $2.1K +14% −11% $26.0M 26 $81 68

Wed Oct 30 #- $1.9K −8% −27% $26.0M 26 $74 69

Thu Oct 31 #- $1.2K −39% −53% $26.0M 26 $45 70

Fri Nov 1 #- $2.7K +134% −28% $26.0M 16 $172 71

Sat Nov 2 #- $3.9K +43% −28% $26.0M 16 $245 72

Sun Nov 3 #- $1.9K −51% −30% $26.0M 16 $120 73

Mon Nov 4 #- $1.2K −39% −37% $26.0M 16 $73 74

Tue Nov 5 #- $1.1K −4% −47% $26.0M 16 $70 75

Wed Nov 6 #- $1.3K +15% −33% $26.0M 16 $80 76

Thu Nov 7 #- $1.2K −8% $26.0M 16 $74 77

Fri Nov 8 #- $2.3K +96% −16% $26.0M 9 $257 78

Sat Nov 9 #- $2.8K +21% −28% $26.0M 9 $312 79

Sun Nov 10 #- $1.3K −53% −31% $26.0M 9 $148 80

Mon Nov 11 #- $1.0K −21% −10% $26.0M 9 $116 81

Tue Nov 12 #- $611 −42% −45% $26.0M 9 $68 82

Wed Nov 13 #- $608 — −53% $26.0M 9 $68 83

Thu Nov 14 #- $1.1K +85% −4% $26.0M 9 $125 84

Fri Nov 15 #- $1.2K +4% −49% $26.0M 8 $147 85

Sat Nov 16 #- $1.7K +45% −39% $26.0M 8 $213 86

Sun Nov 17 #- $919 −46% −31% $26.0M 8 $115 87

Mon Nov 18 #- $292 −68% −72% $26.0M 8 $36 88

Tue Nov 19 #- $490 +68% −20% $26.0M 8 $61 89

Wed Nov 20 #- $646 +32% +6% $26.0M 8 $81 90

Thu Nov 21 #- $662 +2% −41% $26.0M 8 $83 91

Fri Nov 22 #- $1.3K +98% +12% $26.0M 6 $218 92

Sat Nov 23 #- $2.3K +72% +32% $26.0M 6 $375 93

Sun Nov 24 #- $840 −63% −9% $26.0M 6 $140 94

Mon Nov 25 #- $340 −60% +16% $26.0M 6 $57 95

Tue Nov 26 #- $804 +136% +64% $26.0M 6 $134 96

Wed Nov 27 #- $826 +3% +28% $26.0M 6 $138 97

Thu Nov 28 #- $900 +9% +36% $26.0M 6 $150 98

Fri Nov 29 #- $1.4K +58% +9% $26.0M 6 $238 99

Sat Nov 30 #- $1.5K +8% −32% $26.0M 6 $256 100

Sun Dec 1 #- $1.1K −29% +30% $26.0M 6 $182 101

Mon Dec 2 #- $335 −69% −1% $26.0M 6 $56 102

Tue Dec 3 #- $523 +56% −35% $26.0M 6 $87 103

Wed Dec 4 #- $482 −8% −42% $26.0M 6 $80 104

Thu Dec 5 #- $362 −25% −60% $26.0M 6 $60 105

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

Cumulative total$26.0M

Aug 23Sep 9Sep 27Oct 14Oct 31

Weekend grossWk 10 · $12.0K

$8.8M

$5.0M

$2.3M

$1.3M

$716.3K

$192.0K

$63.2K

$32.1K

$14.2K

$12.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,553 → 26 −98.3%

1,551 open26 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.9%

−42.8%

W1→2

−54.0%

W2→3

−43.5%

W3→4

−45.2%

W4→5

−73.2%

W5→6

−67.1%

W6→7

−49.1%

W7→8

−55.8%

W8→9

−15.9%

W9→10

Steepest −73.2%Best hold −15.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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