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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

$159.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$384.70M

$225.40M international

Domestic legs4.3x from $37.0M first wide weekend

Budget$95M

2019 rank#17

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Cast & crew

Full Mendes filmography

Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes Director

Mark Strong

Mark Strong Starring

Richard Madden

Richard Madden Starring

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch Starring

Colin Firth

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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