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A Simple Favor

2018 • R • 1h 56m • Comedy, Crime, Mystery • Lionsgate

Can you keep a secret?

🍅 84% 72%

67

3.14

6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$16M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$53.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$97.6M

$44.1M international

Domestic Legs3.3x

Budget$20M

2018 Rank#56

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Cast & Crew

Full Feig filmography

Paul Feig Director

Anna Kendrick Starring

Blake Lively Starring

Henry Golding Starring

Rupert Friend Starring

Linda Cardellini

Linda Cardellini Starring

ScreenplayJessica Sharzer Based on“A Simple Favor” by Darcey Bell Produced byPaul Feig, Jessie Henderson CinematographyJohn Schwartzman Music byTheodore Shapiro Edited byBrent White StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 14-16 3 $16.0M — 3,102 $5,162 $16.0M

2 Sep 21-23 2 $10.3M −36.0% 3,102 $3,305 $32.4M

3 Sep 28-30 4 $6.5M −36.2% 3,073 $2,128 $43.0M

4 Oct 5-7 6 $3.4M −47.6% 2,408 $1,422 $49.0M

5 Oct 12-14 11 $1.3M −61.2% 1,452 $916 $52.0M

6 Oct 19-21 19 $359.9K −72.9% 492 $731 $52.9M

7 Oct 26-28 28 $150.6K −58.2% 222 $678 $53.2M

8 Nov 2-4 36 $65.6K −56.4% 102 $643 $53.4M

9 Nov 9-11 36 $69.0K +5.2% 127 $543 $53.5M

10 Nov 16-18 42 $33.9K −50.9% 101 $335 $53.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 14 #2 $6.0M — $6.0M 3,102 $1,920 1

Sat Sep 15 #3 $6.3M +5.9% $12.3M 3,102 $2,033 2

Sun Sep 16 #3 $3.7M −40.6% $16.0M 3,102 $1,208 3

Mon Sep 17 #3 $1.3M −66.0% $17.3M 3,102 $411 4

Tue Sep 18 #2 $2.3M +80.0% $19.6M 3,102 $741 5

Wed Sep 19 #2 $1.3M −42.0% $20.9M 3,102 $429 6

Thu Sep 20 #1 $1.2M −6.5% $22.2M 3,102 $401 7

Fri Sep 21 #2 $3.3M +162.8% −45.1% $25.4M 3,102 $1,055 8

Sat Sep 22 #3 $4.4M +35.6% −29.7% $29.9M 3,102 $1,430 9

Sun Sep 23 #3 $2.5M −42.6% −32.1% $32.4M 3,102 $820 10

Mon Sep 24 #2 $821.9K −67.7% −35.6% $33.2M 3,102 $265 11

Tue Sep 25 #2 $1.4M +73.4% −38.0% $34.7M 3,102 $459 12

Wed Sep 26 #2 $1.0M −27.1% −22.0% $35.7M 3,102 $335 13

Thu Sep 27 #2 $767.1K −26.1% −38.4% $36.5M 3,102 $247 14

Fri Sep 28 #4 $2.1M +172.9% −36.0% $38.6M 3,073 $681 15

Sat Sep 29 #4 $2.8M +35.5% −36.1% $41.4M 3,073 $923 16

Sun Sep 30 #4 $1.6M −43.2% −36.7% $43.0M 3,073 $524 17

Mon Oct 1 #4 $536.4K −66.7% −34.7% $43.5M 3,073 $175 18

Tue Oct 2 #5 $916.9K +70.9% −35.7% $44.5M 3,073 $298 19

Wed Oct 3 #4 $556.2K −39.3% −46.4% $45.0M 3,073 $181 20

Thu Oct 4 #3 $562.4K +1.1% −26.7% $45.6M 3,073 $183 21

Fri Oct 5 #6 $1.0M +85.1% −50.3% $46.6M 2,408 $432 22

Sat Oct 6 #6 $1.4M +34.9% −50.5% $48.0M 2,408 $583 23

Sun Oct 7 #6 $979.1K −30.3% −39.2% $49.0M 2,408 $407 24

Mon Oct 8 #6 $505.9K −48.3% −5.7% $49.5M 2,408 $210 25

Tue Oct 9 #6 $465.0K −8.1% −49.3% $50.0M 2,408 $193 26

Wed Oct 10 #6 $337.1K −27.5% −39.4% $50.3M 2,408 $140 27

Thu Oct 11 #6 $345.2K +2.4% −38.6% $50.7M 2,408 $143 28

Fri Oct 12 #10 $420.6K +21.8% −59.6% $51.1M 1,452 $290 29

Sat Oct 13 #11 $589.4K +40.1% −58.0% $51.7M 1,452 $406 30

Sun Oct 14 #11 $319.7K −45.8% −67.3% $52.0M 1,452 $220 31

Mon Oct 15 #11 $136.5K −57.3% −73.0% $52.1M 1,452 $94 32

Tue Oct 16 #11 $185.6K +36.0% −60.1% $52.3M 1,452 $128 33

Wed Oct 17 #11 $130.1K −29.9% −61.4% $52.4M 1,452 $90 34

Thu Oct 18 #14 $102.3K −21.3% −70.4% $52.5M 1,452 $70 35

Fri Oct 19 - $110.6K +8.0% −73.7% $52.7M 492 $225 36

Sat Oct 20 - $157.8K +42.7% −73.2% $52.8M 492 $321 37

Sun Oct 21 - $91.5K −42.0% −71.4% $52.9M 492 $186 38

Mon Oct 22 - $38.6K −57.8% −71.7% $52.9M 492 $78 39

Tue Oct 23 - $52.1K +35.0% −71.9% $53.0M 492 $106 40

Wed Oct 24 - $43.4K −16.7% −66.6% $53.0M 492 $88 41

Thu Oct 25 - $39.7K −8.6% −61.2% $53.1M 492 $81 42

Fri Oct 26 - $44.9K +13.2% −59.4% $53.1M 222 $202 43

Sat Oct 27 - $63.7K +41.9% −59.6% $53.2M 222 $287 44

Sun Oct 28 - $42.0K −34.2% −54.2% $53.2M 222 $189 45

Mon Oct 29 - $14.7K −64.9% −61.9% $53.2M 222 $66 46

Tue Oct 30 - $21.3K +44.6% −59.2% $53.3M 222 $96 47

Wed Oct 31 - $17.9K −15.6% −58.6% $53.3M 222 $81 48

Thu Nov 1 - $16.6K −7.2% −58.0% $53.3M 222 $75 49

Fri Nov 2 - $19.3K +15.7% −57.1% $53.3M 102 $189 50

Sat Nov 3 - $30.3K +57.1% −52.5% $53.3M 102 $297 51

Sun Nov 4 - $16.1K −46.8% −61.6% $53.4M 102 $158 52

Mon Nov 5 - $6.9K −56.9% −52.9% $53.4M 102 $68 53

Tue Nov 6 - $10.1K +46.0% −52.4% $53.4M 102 $99 54

Wed Nov 7 - $8.1K −20.3% −55.0% $53.4M 102 $79 55

Thu Nov 8 - $8.0K −0.6% −51.8% $53.4M 102 $79 56

Fri Nov 9 - $19.3K +140.1% −0.0% $53.4M 127 $152 57

Sat Nov 10 - $29.1K +51.3% −3.7% $53.4M 127 $229 58

Sun Nov 11 - $20.6K −29.2% +28.0% $53.5M 127 $162 59

Mon Nov 12 - $10.4K −49.5% +50.1% $53.5M 127 $82 60

Tue Nov 13 - $8.0K −23.0% −20.9% $53.5M 127 $63 61

Wed Nov 14 - $6.5K −18.5% −19.1% $53.5M 127 $51 62

Thu Nov 15 - $6.9K +6.4% −13.4% $53.5M 127 $55 63

Fri Nov 16 - $10.1K +45.0% −47.7% $53.5M 101 $100 64

Sat Nov 17 - $13.4K +33.3% −53.9% $53.5M 101 $133 65

Sun Nov 18 - $10.4K −22.8% −49.7% $53.5M 101 $103 66

Mon Nov 19 - $5.0K −52.1% −52.3% $53.5M 101 $49 67

Tue Nov 20 - $7.4K +49.3% −7.3% $53.5M 101 $73 68

Wed Nov 21 - $3.6K −52.0% −45.5% $53.5M 101 $35 69

Thu Nov 22 - $2.6K −26.8% −62.4% $53.5M 101 $26 70

Cumulative total$53.5M

Sep 14Oct 1Oct 19Nov 5Nov 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $33.9K

$16.0M

$10.3M

$6.5M

$3.4M

$1.3M

$359.9K

$150.6K

$65.6K

$69.0K

$33.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,102 → 101 −96.7%

3,102 open101 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −50.9%

−36.0%

W1→2

−36.2%

W2→3

−47.6%

W3→4

−61.2%

W4→5

−72.9%

W5→6

−58.2%

W6→7

−56.4%

W7→8

+5.2%

W8→9

−50.9%

W9→10

Steepest −72.9%Biggest gain +5.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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