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2019 • R • 1h 59m • Drama, War • Universal Pictures

One Shot. One Day. One Story.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$576K

Limited · 11 theaters

Domestic Total

$159.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$384.7M

$225.4M international

Domestic Legs4.3x

Budget$95M

2019 Rank#17

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Cast & Crew

Full Mendes filmography

Sam Mendes Director

Mark Strong Starring

Richard Madden Starring

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch Starring

Colin Firth Starring

ScreenplaySam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns Produced bySam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall, Brian Oliver CinematographyRoger Deakins MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignDennis Gassner StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 27-29 16 $576.2K — 11 $52,383 $1.0M

2 Jan 3-5 17 $617.7K +7.2% 11 $56,154 $2.3M

3 Jan 10-12 1 $37.0M +5890.0% 3,434 $10,775 $39.7M

4 Jan 17-19 2 $22.0M −40.6% 3,612 $6,086 $76.6M

5 Jan 24-26 2 $15.9M −27.6% 3,937 $4,043 $104.0M

6 Jan 31-Feb 2 2 $9.5M −40.3% 3,987 $2,382 $119.1M

7 Feb 7-9 3 $9.2M −2.7% 3,548 $2,603 $132.8M

8 Feb 14-16 6 $8.1M −12.5% 3,084 $2,622 $144.4M

9 Feb 21-23 7 $4.2M −47.8% 2,725 $1,547 $151.8M

10 Feb 28-Mar 1 8 $2.7M −35.7% 2,232 $1,214 $155.9M

11 Mar 6-8 11 $1.3M −50.7% 1,535 $871 $158.3M

12 Mar 13-15 14 $347.0K −74.0% 766 $453 $159.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 25 #15 $251.3K — $251.3K 11 $22,842 -2

Thu Dec 26 #- $186.8K — $438.1K 11 $16,985 -1

Fri Dec 27 #- $181.1K — $619.2K 11 $16,464 1

Sat Dec 28 #- $203.2K +12.2% $822.4K 11 $18,474 2

Sun Dec 29 #- $191.9K −5.6% $1.0M 11 $17,445 3

Mon Dec 30 #- $171.8K −10.5% $1.2M 11 $15,620 4

Tue Dec 31 #- $140.0K −18.5% $1.3M 11 $12,731 5

Wed Jan 1 #- $217.0K +55.0% −13.6% $1.5M 11 $19,730 6

Thu Jan 2 #- $146.7K −32.4% −21.5% $1.7M 11 $13,333 7

Fri Jan 3 #- $190.4K +29.8% +5.1% $1.9M 11 $17,309 8

Sat Jan 4 #- $238.6K +25.3% +17.4% $2.1M 11 $21,689 9

Sun Jan 5 #- $188.7K −20.9% −1.7% $2.3M 11 $17,156 10

Mon Jan 6 #15 $112.3K −40.5% −34.6% $2.4M 11 $10,214 11

Tue Jan 7 #- $113.6K +1.1% −18.9% $2.5M 11 $10,326 12

Wed Jan 8 #15 $108.4K −4.6% −50.1% $2.6M 11 $9,853 13

Thu Jan 9 #P $3.3M — $2.6M 2,900 $1,121 -2

Thu Jan 9 #15 $79.4K −26.8% −45.9% $2.7M 11 $7,217 14

Fri Jan 10 #1 $14.0M +17487.2% +7233.2% $16.7M 3,434 $4,066 15

Sat Jan 11 #1 $13.7M −1.6% +5660.3% $30.4M 3,434 $4,002 16

Sun Jan 12 #1 $9.3M −32.4% +4825.3% $39.7M 3,434 $2,707 17

Mon Jan 13 #1 $3.2M −66.1% +2704.9% $42.9M 3,434 $918 18

Tue Jan 14 #1 $5.3M +67.8% +4556.0% $48.2M 3,434 $1,540 19

Wed Jan 15 #1 $3.4M −35.7% +3036.8% $51.6M 3,434 $990 20

Thu Jan 16 #1 $3.1M −10.1% +3748.9% $54.6M 3,434 $890 21

Fri Jan 17 #2 $6.2M +103.8% −55.4% $60.8M 3,612 $1,724 22

Sat Jan 18 #2 $9.4M +51.1% −31.5% $70.3M 3,612 $2,605 23

Sun Jan 19 #3 $6.3M −32.6% −31.7% $76.6M 3,612 $1,757 24

Mon Jan 20 #3 $4.9M −22.4% +56.2% $81.5M 3,612 $1,363 25

Tue Jan 21 #2 $2.9M −41.2% −45.2% $84.4M 3,612 $802 26

Wed Jan 22 #2 $1.9M −34.8% −44.4% $86.3M 3,612 $523 27

Thu Jan 23 #2 $1.8M −6.2% −42.0% $88.1M 3,612 $491 28

Fri Jan 24 #2 $4.0M +126.7% −35.5% $92.1M 3,937 $1,021 29

Sat Jan 25 #2 $7.3M +81.4% −22.6% $99.4M 3,937 $1,851 30

Sun Jan 26 #2 $4.6M −36.7% −27.4% $104.0M 3,937 $1,171 31

Mon Jan 27 #2 $1.2M −74.4% −76.0% $105.2M 3,937 $300 32

Tue Jan 28 #2 $1.9M +62.1% −34.0% $107.1M 3,937 $486 33

Wed Jan 29 #2 $1.3M −34.5% −33.7% $108.3M 3,937 $318 34

Thu Jan 30 #2 $1.2M −0.9% −30.0% $109.6M 3,937 $315 35

Fri Jan 31 #2 $2.8M +125.2% −30.4% $112.4M 3,987 $701 36

Sat Feb 1 #2 $5.3M +88.5% −27.7% $117.7M 3,987 $1,322 37

Sun Feb 2 #3 $1.4M −72.8% −69.0% $119.1M 3,987 $359 38

Mon Feb 3 #2 $904.5K −36.8% −23.3% $120.0M 3,987 $227 39

Tue Feb 4 #2 $1.5M +62.6% −23.1% $121.5M 3,987 $369 40

Wed Feb 5 #2 $1.1M −27.9% −15.3% $122.5M 3,987 $266 41

Thu Feb 6 #2 $1.0M −3.5% −17.5% $123.5M 3,987 $257 42

Fri Feb 7 #3 $2.3M +124.8% −17.7% $125.8M 3,548 $649 43

Sat Feb 8 #3 $4.3M +86.7% −18.5% $130.1M 3,548 $1,211 44

Sun Feb 9 #3 $2.6M −38.6% +84.4% $132.8M 3,548 $744 45

Mon Feb 10 #2 $809.8K −69.3% −10.5% $133.6M 3,548 $228 46

Tue Feb 11 #3 $1.2M +48.7% −18.1% $134.8M 3,548 $339 47

Wed Feb 12 #3 $759.9K −36.9% −28.4% $135.6M 3,548 $214 48

Thu Feb 13 #3 $771.6K +1.5% −24.6% $136.3M 3,548 $217 49

Fri Feb 14 #6 $2.5M +218.1% +6.7% $138.8M 3,084 $796 50

Sat Feb 15 #6 $3.2M +30.8% −25.3% $142.0M 3,084 $1,041 51

Sun Feb 16 #5 $2.4M −24.6% −8.3% $144.4M 3,084 $785 52

Mon Feb 17 #5 $1.4M −44.2% +66.7% $145.8M 3,084 $438 53

Tue Feb 18 #6 $768.6K −43.1% −36.2% $146.5M 3,084 $249 54

Wed Feb 19 #5 $522.4K −32.0% −31.2% $147.1M 3,084 $169 55

Thu Feb 20 #5 $536.1K +2.6% −30.5% $147.6M 3,084 $174 56

Fri Feb 21 #7 $1.2M +119.8% −52.0% $148.8M 2,725 $432 57

Sat Feb 22 #6 $1.9M +65.3% −39.3% $150.7M 2,725 $715 58

Sun Feb 23 #7 $1.1M −44.0% −54.9% $151.8M 2,725 $400 59

Mon Feb 24 #6 $315.3K −71.1% −76.6% $152.1M 2,725 $116 60

Tue Feb 25 #7 $479.6K +52.1% −37.6% $152.6M 2,725 $176 61

Wed Feb 26 #7 $306.5K −36.1% −41.3% $152.9M 2,725 $112 62

Thu Feb 27 #6 $291.3K −4.9% −45.7% $153.2M 2,725 $107 63

Fri Feb 28 #9 $700.2K +140.4% −40.6% $153.9M 2,232 $314 64

Sat Feb 29 #8 $1.3M +82.5% −34.4% $155.2M 2,232 $572 65

Sun Mar 1 #8 $732.2K −42.7% −32.9% $155.9M 2,232 $328 66

Mon Mar 2 #8 $220.9K −69.8% −30.0% $156.1M 2,232 $99 67

Tue Mar 3 #8 $329.6K +49.2% −31.3% $156.5M 2,232 $148 68

Wed Mar 4 #7 $240.0K −27.2% −21.7% $156.7M 2,232 $108 69

Thu Mar 5 #7 $226.6K −5.6% −22.2% $156.9M 2,232 $102 70

Fri Mar 6 #11 $360.3K +59.0% −48.5% $157.3M 1,535 $235 71

Sat Mar 7 #12 $641.6K +78.1% −49.8% $157.9M 1,535 $418 72

Sun Mar 8 #12 $334.9K −47.8% −54.3% $158.3M 1,535 $218 73

Mon Mar 9 #11 $138.9K −58.5% −37.1% $158.4M 1,535 $90 74

Tue Mar 10 #10 $199.6K +43.7% −39.4% $158.6M 1,535 $130 75

Wed Mar 11 #10 $146.0K −26.9% −39.2% $158.7M 1,535 $95 76

Thu Mar 12 #10 $101.6K −30.4% −55.2% $158.8M 1,535 $66 77

Fri Mar 13 #15 $98.2K −3.3% −72.7% $158.9M 766 $128 78

Sat Mar 14 #14 $156.4K +59.2% −75.6% $159.1M 766 $204 79

Sun Mar 15 #14 $92.4K −40.9% −72.4% $159.2M 766 $121 80

Mon Mar 16 #- $26.8K −71.0% −80.7% $159.2M 766 $35 81

Tue Mar 17 #- $5.9K −78.1% −97.1% $159.2M 766 $8 82

Wed Mar 18 #- $740 −87.4% −99.5% $159.2M 766 $1 83

Thu Mar 19 #- $225 −69.6% −99.8% $159.2M 766 $0 84

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

Cumulative total$156.9M

Dec 25Jan 11Jan 29Feb 16Mar 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.7M

$576.2K

$617.7K

$37.0M

$22.0M

$15.9M

$9.5M

$9.2M

$8.1M

$4.2M

$2.7M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,987 → 2,232 −44.0%

11 open2,232 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.7%

+7.2%

W1→2

+5890.0%

W2→3

−40.6%

W3→4

−27.6%

W4→5

−40.3%

W5→6

−2.7%

W6→7

−12.5%

W7→8

−47.8%

W8→9

−35.7%

W9→10

Steepest −47.8%Biggest gain +5890.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 31 days

$100M

Day 31

Jan 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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