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Ant-Man

2015 • PG-13 • 1h 57m • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi • Walt Disney Studios

Heroes don't get any bigger.

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3.3

7.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$57.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$180.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$518.9M

$338.7M international

Domestic Legs3.15x

Budget$130.0M

2015 Rank#14

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Cast & Crew

Full Reed filmography

Peyton Reed Director

Paul Rudd Starring

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas Starring

Michael Peña Starring

ScreenplayEdgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay, Paul Rudd Produced byKevin Feige CinematographyRussell Carpenter MusicChristophe Beck Prod. DesignShepherd Frankel StudioWalt Disney Studios SeriesAnt-Man

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 17-19 1 $57.2M — 3,856 $14,841 $57.2M

2 Jul 24-26 1 $24.9M −56.5% 3,868 $6,440 $106.2M

3 Jul 31-33 3 $12.8M −48.6% 3,322 $3,854 $132.3M

4 Aug 7-9 5 $7.9M −38.2% 2,910 $2,719 $147.5M

5 Aug 14-16 6 $5.5M −30.6% 2,306 $2,382 $157.5M

6 Aug 21-23 8 $4.1M −26.2% 2,016 $2,012 $164.5M

7 Aug 28-30 8 $3.1M −24.2% 1,690 $1,818 $169.2M

8 Sep 4-6 12 $2.9M −6.8% 1,527 $1,877 $173.2M

9 Sep 11-13 12 $1.7M −42.1% 1,354 $1,224 $176.2M

10 Sep 18-20 17 $923.0K −44.3% 977 $945 $177.6M

11 Sep 25-27 22 $353.0K −61.8% 477 $740 $178.2M

12 Oct 2-4 28 $129.9K −63.2% 195 $666 $178.5M

13 Oct 9-11 34 $98.9K −23.8% 139 $712 $178.6M

14 Oct 16-18 35 $73.3K −25.9% 99 $741 $178.8M

15 Oct 23-25 23 $237.3K +223.6% 192 $1,236 $179.0M

16 Oct 30-32 29 $172.4K −27.4% 192 $898 $179.3M

17 Nov 6-8 29 $187.4K +8.7% 181 $1,035 $179.5M

18 Nov 13-15 35 $146.4K −21.9% 161 $909 $179.8M

19 Nov 20-22 30 $98.1K −33.0% 146 $672 $179.9M

20 Nov 27-29 30 $111.6K +13.8% 131 $852 $180.1M

21 Dec 4-6 38 $50.6K −54.7% 106 $477 $180.1M

22 Dec 11-13 39 $33.8K −33.3% 71 $475 $180.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 16 #P $6.4M — $6.4M 0 $0 -1

Fri Jul 17 #1 $22.6M +253.9% $22.6M 3,856 $5,874 1

Sat Jul 18 #2 $19.5M −14.1% $42.1M 3,856 $5,048 2

Sun Jul 19 #1 $15.1M −22.4% $57.2M 3,856 $3,919 3

Mon Jul 20 #1 $6.4M −57.6% $63.6M 3,856 $1,661 4

Tue Jul 21 #2 $7.9M +22.6% $71.5M 3,856 $2,037 5

Wed Jul 22 #2 $5.1M −34.8% $76.6M 3,856 $1,328 6

Thu Jul 23 #2 $4.7M −8.1% $81.3M 3,856 $1,221 7

Fri Jul 24 #2 $7.3M +54.1% −68.0% $88.6M 3,868 $1,875 8

Sat Jul 25 #1 $9.9M +35.9% −49.4% $98.4M 3,868 $2,547 9

Sun Jul 26 #1 $7.8M −20.8% −48.4% $106.2M 3,868 $2,017 10

Mon Jul 27 #1 $3.3M −57.4% −48.1% $109.5M 3,868 $859 11

Tue Jul 28 #1 $4.3M +28.4% −45.7% $113.8M 3,868 $1,103 12

Wed Jul 29 #2 $3.0M −29.5% −41.3% $116.8M 3,868 $777 13

Thu Jul 30 #2 $2.7M −9.7% −42.3% $119.5M 3,868 $702 14

Fri Jul 31 #3 $3.7M +35.6% −49.3% $123.2M 3,322 $1,108 15

Sat Aug 1 #3 $5.1M +38.9% −48.1% $128.3M 3,322 $1,539 16

Sun Aug 2 #3 $4.0M −21.6% −48.6% $132.3M 3,322 $1,207 17

Mon Aug 3 #3 $1.9M −52.9% −43.2% $134.2M 3,322 $568 18

Tue Aug 4 #3 $2.2M +18.5% −47.6% $136.5M 3,322 $673 19

Wed Aug 5 #4 $1.6M −26.3% −45.1% $138.1M 3,322 $496 20

Thu Aug 6 #3 $1.5M −8.7% −44.6% $139.6M 3,322 $453 21

Fri Aug 7 #5 $2.3M +51.4% −38.1% $141.9M 2,910 $783 22

Sat Aug 8 #5 $3.3M +43.0% −36.3% $145.1M 2,910 $1,120 23

Sun Aug 9 #5 $2.4M −27.2% −40.8% $147.5M 2,910 $816 24

Mon Aug 10 #6 $1.1M −53.9% −42.1% $148.6M 2,910 $376 25

Tue Aug 11 #5 $1.5M +39.0% −32.1% $150.1M 2,910 $522 26

Wed Aug 12 #5 $990.8K −34.8% −39.9% $151.1M 2,910 $340 27

Thu Aug 13 #5 $925.2K −6.6% −38.5% $152.1M 2,910 $318 28

Fri Aug 14 #6 $1.5M +66.2% −32.5% $153.6M 2,306 $667 29

Sat Aug 15 #6 $2.3M +48.9% −29.7% $155.9M 2,306 $993 30

Sun Aug 16 #6 $1.7M −27.3% −29.8% $157.5M 2,306 $722 31

Mon Aug 17 #7 $686.2K −58.8% −37.2% $158.2M 2,306 $298 32

Tue Aug 18 #7 $919.5K +34.0% −39.5% $159.1M 2,306 $399 33

Wed Aug 19 #7 $660.6K −28.2% −33.3% $159.8M 2,306 $286 34

Thu Aug 20 #7 $626.4K −5.2% −32.3% $160.4M 2,306 $272 35

Fri Aug 21 #8 $1.2M +85.9% −24.3% $161.6M 2,016 $578 36

Sat Aug 22 #8 $1.7M +49.6% −24.0% $163.3M 2,016 $864 37

Sun Aug 23 #9 $1.1M −34.0% −30.9% $164.5M 2,016 $570 38

Mon Aug 24 #9 $391.1K −66.0% −43.0% $164.9M 2,016 $194 39

Tue Aug 25 #9 $524.0K +34.0% −43.0% $165.4M 2,016 $260 40

Wed Aug 26 #11 $361.9K −30.9% −45.2% $165.8M 2,016 $180 41

Thu Aug 27 #9 $363.7K +0.5% −41.9% $166.1M 2,016 $180 42

Fri Aug 28 #11 $780.3K +114.5% −33.0% $166.9M 1,690 $462 43

Sat Aug 29 #8 $1.4M +81.1% −18.8% $168.3M 1,690 $836 44

Sun Aug 30 #8 $879.4K −37.8% −23.5% $169.2M 1,690 $520 45

Mon Aug 31 #12 $279.3K −68.2% −28.6% $169.5M 1,690 $165 46

Tue Sep 1 #10 $327.6K +17.3% −37.5% $169.8M 1,690 $194 47

Wed Sep 2 #13 $241.4K −26.3% −33.3% $170.1M 1,690 $143 48

Thu Sep 3 #11 $248.8K +3.1% −31.6% $170.3M 1,690 $147 49

Fri Sep 4 #12 $633.6K +154.6% −18.8% $170.9M 1,527 $415 50

Sat Sep 5 #11 $1.1M +75.4% −21.4% $172.0M 1,527 $728 51

Sun Sep 6 #11 $1.1M +0.9% +27.4% $173.2M 1,527 $734 52

Mon Sep 7 #11 $903.4K −19.4% +223.5% $174.1M 1,527 $592 53

Tue Sep 8 #11 $189.4K −79.0% −42.2% $174.3M 1,527 $124 54

Wed Sep 9 #12 $136.7K −27.8% −43.4% $174.4M 1,527 $90 55

Thu Sep 10 #12 $129.4K −5.4% −48.0% $174.5M 1,527 $85 56

Fri Sep 11 #12 $402.3K +211.0% −36.5% $174.9M 1,354 $297 57

Sat Sep 12 #9 $811.7K +101.8% −27.0% $175.7M 1,354 $599 58

Sun Sep 13 #13 $443.9K −45.3% −60.4% $176.2M 1,354 $328 59

Mon Sep 14 #11 $127.1K −71.4% −85.9% $176.3M 1,354 $94 60

Tue Sep 15 #13 $139.4K +9.7% −26.4% $176.5M 1,354 $103 61

Wed Sep 16 #12 $107.6K −22.8% −21.3% $176.6M 1,354 $79 62

Thu Sep 17 #11 $91.8K −14.7% −29.1% $176.7M 1,354 $68 63

Fri Sep 18 #13 $227.9K +148.4% −43.3% $176.9M 977 $233 64

Sat Sep 19 #14 $448.5K +96.8% −44.7% $177.3M 977 $459 65

Sun Sep 20 #- $246.5K −45.0% −44.5% $177.6M 977 $252 66

Mon Sep 21 #- $65.2K −73.6% −48.7% $177.6M 977 $67 67

Tue Sep 22 #- $86.0K +32.0% −38.3% $177.7M 977 $88 68

Wed Sep 23 #13 $87.9K +2.2% −18.3% $177.8M 977 $90 69

Thu Sep 24 #- $66.4K −24.4% −27.6% $177.9M 977 $68 70

Fri Sep 25 #- $96.6K +45.4% −57.6% $178.0M 477 $202 71

Sat Sep 26 #- $169.2K +75.3% −62.3% $178.1M 477 $355 72

Sun Sep 27 #- $87.2K −48.5% −64.6% $178.2M 477 $183 73

Mon Sep 28 #- $30.6K −65.0% −53.1% $178.3M 477 $64 74

Tue Sep 29 #- $35.9K +17.5% −58.3% $178.3M 477 $75 75

Wed Sep 30 #- $29.6K −17.4% −66.3% $178.3M 477 $62 76

Thu Oct 1 #- $24.7K −16.6% −62.7% $178.4M 477 $52 77

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

Cumulative total$177.9M

Jul 16Aug 3Aug 20Sep 7Sep 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $923.0K

$57.2M

$24.9M

$12.8M

$7.9M

$5.5M

$4.1M

$3.1M

$2.9M

$1.7M

$923.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,868 → 977 −74.7%

3,856 open977 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.3%

−56.5% W1→2

−48.6% W2→3

−38.2% W3→4

−30.6% W4→5

−26.2% W5→6

−24.2% W6→7

−6.8% W7→8

−42.1% W8→9

−44.3% W9→10

Steepest −56.5%Best hold −6.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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