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Arrival

2016 PG-13 1h 56m Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller Paramount Pictures

Why Are They Here?

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$100.5M
Final
Opening Weekend
$24.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.17x
Opening → Total
Budget
$47M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$202.1M
$101.6M international
2016 Rank
#29
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 11-13 3 $24.1M $24.1M 2,317 $10K 1
Nov 18-20 4 $12.1M -49.6% $43.7M 2,335 $5K 2
Nov 25-27 5 $11.5M -5.6% $62.6M 2,442 $5K 3
Dec 2-4 3 $7.3M -36.6% $73.0M 2,915 $2K 4
Dec 9-11 4 $5.6M -23.1% $81.4M 3,115 $2K 5
Dec 16-18 8 $3.0M -46.8% $86.7M 2,157 $1K 6
Dec 23-25 15 $1.1M -63.8% $89.4M 456 $2K 7
Dec 30-Jan 1 16 $1.4M +26.2% $92.2M 545 $2K 8
Jan 6-8 17 $866K -36.3% $94.1M 381 $2K 9
Jan 13-15 22 $552K -36.2% $95.1M 247 $2K 10
Jan 20-22 28 $321K -41.8% $95.7M 180 $2K 11
Jan 27-29 19 $1.5M +358.4% $97.3M 1,221 $1K 12
Feb 3-5 23 $796K -46.0% $98.6M 685 $1K 13
Feb 10-12 25 $449K -43.6% $99.4M 271 $2K 14
Feb 17-19 27 $304K -32.4% $99.9M 329 $923 15
Feb 24-26 26 $245K -19.3% $100.3M 443 $553 16
Mar 3-5 35 $89K -63.9% $100.5M 79 $1K 17

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byDenis Villeneuve
ScreenplayJon Spaihts
StarringAmy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael O'Shea Jackson Jr.
StudioParamount Pictures
Produced byShawn Levy, Dan Cohen