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A Ghost StoryFollow

2017 • R • 1h 33m • Drama, Fantasy, Mystery • A24

It's all about time.

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84

6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$104K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$1.59M

Final

Worldwide total

$2.77M

$1.17M international

Domestic legs4.3x from $368K biggest weekend

Budget$100K

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Cast & crew

Directed byDavid Lowery ScreenplayDavid Lowery Produced byAdam Donaghey, James M. Johnston, Toby Halbrooks CinematographyAndrew Droz Palermo MusicDaniel Hart Prod. DesignJade Healy, Tom Walker StarringCasey Affleck, Rooney Mara, McColm Cephas Jr., Kenneisha Thompson, Grover Coulson, Liz Cardenas StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 7-9 26 $104.0K — 4 $26,008 $104.0K

2 Jul 14-16 24 $135.4K +30.2% 20 $6,772 $277.7K

3 Jul 21-23 23 $137.4K +1.4% 43 $3,195 $476.4K

4 Jul 28-30 15 $368.3K +168.1% 329 $1,119 $927.5K

5 Aug 4-6 30 $144.4K −60.8% 208 $694 $1.3M

6 Aug 11-13 47 $41.7K −71.1% 57 $732 $1.5M

7 Aug 18-20 54 $23.1K −44.8% 39 $591 $1.5M

8 Aug 25-27 69 $9.4K −59.4% 21 $446 $1.5M

9 Sep 1-3 71 $12.0K +28.3% 15 $800 $1.6M

10 Sep 8-10 75 $6.5K −45.6% 15 $435 $1.6M

11 Sep 15-17 80 $4.3K −34.3% 13 $330 $1.6M

12 Sep 22-24 86 $2.3K −46.9% 13 $175 $1.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 7 $39.5K — $39.5K 4 $9,875 1

Sat Jul 8 $37.3K −6% $76.8K 4 $9,322 2

Sun Jul 9 $27.2K −27% $104.0K 4 $6,812 3

Mon Jul 10 $10.8K −60% $114.8K 4 $2,692 4

Tue Jul 11 $10.4K −3% $125.2K 4 $2,600 5

Wed Jul 12 $9.3K −11% $134.5K 4 $2,323 6

Thu Jul 13 $7.8K −16% $142.3K 4 $1,954 7

Fri Jul 14 $49.6K +534% +25% $191.9K 20 $2,478 8

Sat Jul 15 $53.8K +9% +44% $245.7K 20 $2,691 9

Sun Jul 16 $32.0K −40% +18% $277.7K 20 $1,602 10

Mon Jul 17 $14.4K −55% +34% $292.2K 20 $721 11

Tue Jul 18 $18.7K +30% +80% $310.9K 20 $937 12

Wed Jul 19 $15.6K −17% +68% $326.5K 20 $781 13

Thu Jul 20 $12.5K −20% +60% $339.0K 20 $626 14

Fri Jul 21 $44.0K +252% −11% $383.1K 43 $1,024 15

Sat Jul 22 $53.9K +22% +0% $437.0K 43 $1,253 16

Sun Jul 23 $39.5K −27% +23% $476.4K 43 $918 17

Mon Jul 24 $19.1K −52% +32% $495.5K 43 $443 18

Tue Jul 25 $23.8K +25% +27% $519.3K 43 $554 19

Wed Jul 26 $20.4K −14% +31% $539.7K 43 $475 20

Thu Jul 27 $19.5K −4% +56% $559.2K 43 $454 21

Fri Jul 28 #15 $118.9K +510% +170% $678.2K 329 $362 22

Sat Jul 29 #14 $149.1K +25% +177% $827.3K 329 $453 23

Sun Jul 30 #15 $100.2K −33% +154% $927.5K 329 $305 24

Mon Jul 31 #14 $54.8K −45% +187% $982.3K 329 $166 25

Tue Aug 1 #15 $66.1K +21% +178% $1.0M 329 $201 26

Wed Aug 2 #14 $63.5K −4% +211% $1.1M 329 $193 27

Thu Aug 3 #14 $59.3K −7% +204% $1.2M 329 $180 28

Fri Aug 4 $41.0K −31% −66% $1.2M 208 $197 29

Sat Aug 5 $59.8K +46% −60% $1.3M 208 $288 30

Sun Aug 6 $43.6K −27% −56% $1.3M 208 $210 31

Mon Aug 7 $25.0K −43% −54% $1.3M 208 $120 32

Tue Aug 8 $26.2K +5% −60% $1.4M 208 $126 33

Wed Aug 9 $25.6K −2% −60% $1.4M 208 $123 34

Thu Aug 10 $22.0K −14% −63% $1.4M 208 $106 35

Fri Aug 11 $12.4K −43% −70% $1.4M 57 $218 36

Sat Aug 12 $18.3K +47% −69% $1.4M 57 $321 37

Sun Aug 13 $11.1K −40% −75% $1.5M 57 $194 38

Mon Aug 14 $6.6K −40% −74% $1.5M 57 $116 39

Tue Aug 15 $11.4K +73% −56% $1.5M 57 $201 40

Wed Aug 16 $7.4K −35% −71% $1.5M 57 $131 41

Thu Aug 17 $8.6K +15% −61% $1.5M 57 $150 42

Fri Aug 18 $7.3K −15% −41% $1.5M 39 $187 43

Sat Aug 19 $9.2K +26% −50% $1.5M 39 $235 44

Sun Aug 20 $6.6K −28% −40% $1.5M 39 $170 45

Mon Aug 21 $4.9K −26% −26% $1.5M 39 $125 46

Tue Aug 22 $6.1K +25% −47% $1.5M 39 $156 47

Wed Aug 23 $6.4K +5% −14% $1.5M 39 $164 48

Thu Aug 24 $5.0K −22% −42% $1.5M 39 $128 49

Fri Aug 25 $2.9K −41% −60% $1.5M 21 $140 50

Sat Aug 26 $3.8K +31% −58% $1.5M 21 $182 51

Sun Aug 27 $2.6K −32% −61% $1.5M 21 $124 52

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

Cumulative total$1.5M

Jul 7Jul 20Aug 2Aug 14Aug 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $6.5K

$104.0K

$135.4K

$137.4K

$368.3K

$144.4K

$41.7K

$23.1K

$9.4K

$12.0K

$6.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 329 → 21 −93.6%

4 open21 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −45.6%

+30.2%

W1→2

+1.4%

W2→3

+168.1%

W3→4

−60.8%

W4→5

−71.1%

W5→6

−44.8%

W6→7

−59.4%

W7→8

+28.3%

W8→9

−45.6%

W9→10

Steepest −71.1%Biggest gain +168.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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