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American Assassin

2017 • R • 1h 52m • Action, Thriller • Lionsgate

Assassins aren't born. They're made.

🍅 34% 61%

45

2.89

6.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$14.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$36.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$68.3M

$32.1M international

Domestic Legs2.4x

Budget$63M

2017 Rank#71

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Cast & Crew

Dylan O'Brien Starring

Michael Keaton Starring

Taylor Kitsch Starring

Sanaa Lathan Starring

David Suchet Starring

ScreenplayEdward Zwick, Stephen Schiff, Marshall Herskovitz, Michael Finch Produced byLorenzo di Bonaventura, Nick Wechsler CinematographyEnrique Chediak StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 15-17 2 $14.8M — 3,154 $4,707 $14.8M

2 Sep 22-24 4 $6.3M −57.9% 3,154 $1,983 $26.2M

3 Sep 29-Oct 1 7 $3.3M −47.0% 3,020 $1,098 $31.9M

4 Oct 6-8 11 $1.4M −58.1% 1,656 $838 $34.4M

5 Oct 13-15 15 $520.6K −62.5% 820 $635 $35.6M

6 Oct 20-22 25 $163.3K −68.6% 312 $523 $36.0M

7 Oct 27-29 39 $70.4K −56.9% 175 $402 $36.1M

8 Nov 3-5 38 $78.3K +11.2% 159 $493 $36.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Sep 14 — $915.0K — $915.0K 2,400 $381 -1

Fri Sep 15 #2 $5.8M +532.1% $5.8M 3,154 $1,834 1

Sat Sep 16 #2 $5.5M −5.3% $11.3M 3,154 $1,736 2

Sun Sep 17 #2 $3.6M −34.5% $14.8M 3,154 $1,138 3

Mon Sep 18 #2 $1.3M −64.2% $16.1M 3,154 $407 4

Tue Sep 19 #2 $1.8M +40.3% $17.9M 3,154 $571 5

Wed Sep 20 #2 $1.1M −39.7% $19.0M 3,154 $344 6

Thu Sep 21 #2 $910.0K −16.2% $19.9M 3,154 $289 7

Fri Sep 22 #4 $1.9M +104.4% −67.8% $21.8M 3,154 $590 8

Sat Sep 23 #4 $2.7M +46.5% −50.2% $24.5M 3,154 $864 9

Sun Sep 24 #4 $1.7M −38.7% −53.4% $26.2M 3,154 $530 10

Mon Sep 25 #4 $537.6K −67.8% −58.1% $26.7M 3,154 $170 11

Tue Sep 26 #5 $816.7K +51.9% −54.7% $27.5M 3,154 $259 12

Wed Sep 27 #4 $553.0K −32.3% −49.1% $28.1M 3,154 $175 13

Thu Sep 28 #4 $456.2K −17.5% −49.9% $28.5M 3,154 $145 14

Fri Sep 29 #7 $945.3K +107.2% −49.2% $29.5M 3,020 $313 15

Sat Sep 30 #6 $1.5M +57.2% −45.5% $31.0M 3,020 $492 16

Sun Oct 1 #6 $884.5K −40.5% −47.1% $31.9M 3,020 $293 17

Mon Oct 2 #6 $272.1K −69.2% −49.4% $32.1M 3,020 $90 18

Tue Oct 3 #6 $417.2K +53.3% −48.9% $32.6M 3,020 $138 19

Wed Oct 4 #8 $285.6K −31.5% −48.4% $32.8M 3,020 $95 20

Thu Oct 5 #7 $222.3K −22.2% −51.3% $33.1M 3,020 $74 21

Fri Oct 6 #11 $369.4K +66.2% −60.9% $33.4M 1,656 $223 22

Sat Oct 7 #11 $575.6K +55.8% −61.3% $34.0M 1,656 $348 23

Sun Oct 8 #11 $443.3K −23.0% −49.9% $34.4M 1,656 $268 24

Mon Oct 9 #11 $227.3K −48.7% −16.4% $34.7M 1,656 $137 25

Tue Oct 10 #11 $175.8K −22.7% −57.9% $34.9M 1,656 $106 26

Wed Oct 11 #11 $134.2K −23.7% −53.0% $35.0M 1,656 $81 27

Thu Oct 12 #11 $95.6K −28.7% −57.0% $35.1M 1,656 $58 28

Fri Oct 13 #15 $147.8K +54.6% −60.0% $35.2M 820 $180 29

Sat Oct 14 #15 $228.7K +54.7% −60.3% $35.5M 820 $279 30

Sun Oct 15 #15 $144.1K −37.0% −67.5% $35.6M 820 $176 31

Mon Oct 16 #15 $53.5K −62.9% −76.5% $35.7M 820 $65 32

Tue Oct 17 #15 $65.7K +22.8% −62.6% $35.7M 820 $80 33

Wed Oct 18 #15 $46.4K −29.4% −65.4% $35.8M 820 $57 34

Thu Oct 19 #15 $40.4K −12.9% −57.7% $35.8M 820 $49 35

Fri Oct 20 — $46.6K +15.2% −68.5% $35.9M 312 $149 36

Sat Oct 21 — $76.6K +64.6% −66.5% $35.9M 312 $246 37

Sun Oct 22 — $40.1K −47.7% −72.2% $36.0M 312 $128 38

Mon Oct 23 — $16.5K −58.7% −69.1% $36.0M 312 $53 39

Tue Oct 24 — $19.0K +15.1% −71.0% $36.0M 312 $61 40

Wed Oct 25 — $14.4K −24.6% −69.1% $36.0M 312 $46 41

Thu Oct 26 — $14.1K −1.7% −65.1% $36.0M 312 $45 42

Fri Oct 27 — $22.5K +59.8% −51.6% $36.1M 175 $129 43

Sat Oct 28 — $30.9K +36.9% −59.7% $36.1M 175 $176 44

Sun Oct 29 — $17.0K −44.9% −57.5% $36.1M 175 $97 45

Mon Oct 30 — $7.0K −59.0% −57.8% $36.1M 175 $40 46

Tue Oct 31 — $8.9K +28.0% −53.0% $36.1M 175 $51 47

Wed Nov 1 — $6.4K −28.6% −55.6% $36.1M 175 $36 48

Thu Nov 2 — $6.9K +7.6% −51.4% $36.1M 175 $39 49

Fri Nov 3 — $21.5K +213.4% −4.6% $36.2M 159 $135 50

Sat Nov 4 — $33.4K +55.4% +8.3% $36.2M 159 $210 51

Sun Nov 5 — $23.4K −30.1% +37.3% $36.2M 159 $147 52

Mon Nov 6 — $8.3K −64.6% +18.4% $36.2M 159 $52 53

Tue Nov 7 — $9.9K +20.0% +11.1% $36.2M 159 $62 54

Wed Nov 8 — $8.1K −18.6% +26.7% $36.2M 159 $51 55

Thu Nov 9 — $9.0K +10.9% +30.6% $36.2M 159 $56 56

Cumulative total$36.2M

Sep 14Sep 28Oct 12Oct 26Nov 9

Weekend grossWk 8 · $78.3K

$14.8M

$6.3M

$3.3M

$1.4M

$520.6K

$163.3K

$70.4K

$78.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,154 → 159 −95.0%

2,400 open159 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · +11.2%

−57.9%

W1→2

−47.0%

W2→3

−58.1%

W3→4

−62.5%

W4→5

−68.6%

W5→6

−56.9%

W6→7

+11.2%

W7→8

Steepest −68.6%Biggest gain +11.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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