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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016 • PG-13 • 2h 31m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Comics

Who Will Win?

🍅 27% 61%

44

2.4

6.4

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$166.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$330.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$874.4M

$544.0M international

Domestic Legs1.99x

Budget$250M

2016 Rank#8

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Cast & Crew

Full Snyder filmography

Zack Snyder Director

Ben Affleck Starring

Henry Cavill Starring

Gal Gadot Starring

Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg Starring

ScreenplayChris Terrio, Joss Whedon, David S. Goyer Produced byCharles Roven, Deborah Snyder CinematographyLarry Fong MusicHans Zimmer & Junkie XL Prod. DesignPatrick Tatopoulos StudioWarner Bros. SeriesSuperman

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 25-27 1 $166.0M — 4,242 $39,134 $166.0M

2 Apr 1-3 1 $51.3M −69.1% 4,256 $12,062 $260.4M

3 Apr 8-10 2 $23.4M −54.5% 4,102 $5,696 $296.6M

4 Apr 15-17 4 $9.0M −61.4% 3,505 $2,576 $311.3M

5 Apr 22-24 6 $5.5M −39.1% 3,066 $1,795 $319.5M

6 Apr 29-May 1 9 $3.9M −29.7% 2,330 $1,661 $325.2M

7 May 6-8 10 $1.1M −72.9% 1,593 $659 $327.3M

8 May 13-15 13 $520.8K −50.4% 744 $700 $328.2M

9 May 20-22 22 $310.9K −40.3% 321 $968 $328.7M

10 May 27-29 14 $517.7K +66.5% 361 $1,434 $329.4M

11 Jun 3-5 17 $286.2K −44.7% 270 $1,060 $329.9M

12 Jun 10-12 22 $193.8K −32.3% 215 $901 $330.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Mar 24 #P $27.7M — $27.7M 0 $0 -1

Fri Mar 25 #1 $81.6M — $81.6M 4,242 $19,226 1

Sat Mar 26 #1 $50.7M −37.9% $132.2M 4,242 $11,942 2

Sun Mar 27 #1 $33.8M −33.3% $166.0M 4,242 $7,966 3

Mon Mar 28 #1 $15.0M −55.5% $181.0M 4,242 $3,546 4

Tue Mar 29 #1 $12.2M −19.0% $193.2M 4,242 $2,871 5

Wed Mar 30 #1 $8.1M −33.5% $201.3M 4,242 $1,910 6

Thu Mar 31 #1 $7.7M −4.4% $209.1M 4,242 $1,825 7

Fri Apr 1 #1 $15.0M +93.9% −81.6% $224.1M 4,256 $3,528 8

Sat Apr 2 #1 $22.3M +48.8% −55.9% $246.4M 4,256 $5,248 9

Sun Apr 3 #1 $14.0M −37.4% −58.6% $260.4M 4,256 $3,286 10

Mon Apr 4 #1 $3.2M −77.2% −78.8% $263.6M 4,256 $750 11

Tue Apr 5 #1 $4.1M +28.1% −66.4% $267.7M 4,256 $961 12

Wed Apr 6 #1 $2.8M −30.5% −64.9% $270.5M 4,256 $667 13

Thu Apr 7 #1 $2.7M −4.2% −64.9% $273.3M 4,256 $639 14

Fri Apr 8 #2 $6.1M +123.1% −59.6% $279.3M 4,102 $1,480 15

Sat Apr 9 #1 $10.7M +75.6% −52.3% $290.0M 4,102 $2,599 16

Sun Apr 10 #1 $6.6M −37.8% −52.6% $296.6M 4,102 $1,616 17

Mon Apr 11 #2 $1.5M −77.8% −53.8% $298.1M 4,102 $359 18

Tue Apr 12 #2 $1.9M +26.6% −54.3% $300.0M 4,102 $455 19

Wed Apr 13 #2 $1.2M −33.3% −56.1% $301.2M 4,102 $304 20

Thu Apr 14 #2 $1.1M −11.7% −59.6% $302.3M 4,102 $268 21

Fri Apr 15 #4 $2.4M +120.4% −60.0% $304.7M 3,505 $692 22

Sat Apr 16 #4 $4.1M +68.3% −61.7% $308.8M 3,505 $1,165 23

Sun Apr 17 #3 $2.5M −38.3% −62.0% $311.3M 3,505 $719 24

Mon Apr 18 #4 $650.1K −74.2% −55.9% $312.0M 3,505 $185 25

Tue Apr 19 #4 $800.3K +23.1% −57.1% $312.8M 3,505 $228 26

Wed Apr 20 #4 $601.1K −24.9% −51.7% $313.4M 3,505 $171 27

Thu Apr 21 #4 $600.1K −0.2% −45.5% $314.0M 3,505 $171 28

Fri Apr 22 #6 $1.5M +145.5% −39.3% $315.5M 3,066 $480 29

Sat Apr 23 #6 $2.5M +69.1% −39.0% $317.9M 3,066 $812 30

Sun Apr 24 #5 $1.5M −38.2% −38.9% $319.5M 3,066 $502 31

Mon Apr 25 #6 $434.9K −71.7% −33.1% $319.9M 3,066 $142 32

Tue Apr 26 #6 $577.3K +32.8% −27.9% $320.5M 3,066 $188 33

Wed Apr 27 #6 $421.4K −27.0% −29.9% $320.9M 3,066 $137 34

Thu Apr 28 #6 $405.3K −3.8% −32.5% $321.3M 3,066 $132 35

Fri Apr 29 #9 $939.6K +131.8% −36.2% $322.3M 2,330 $403 36

Sat Apr 30 #9 $1.8M +91.6% −27.7% $324.1M 2,330 $773 37

Sun May 1 #8 $1.1M −37.3% −26.6% $325.2M 2,330 $485 38

Mon May 2 #7 $266.1K −76.4% −38.8% $325.5M 2,330 $114 39

Tue May 3 #8 $335.3K +26.0% −41.9% $325.8M 2,330 $144 40

Wed May 4 #8 $261.6K −22.0% −37.9% $326.1M 2,330 $112 41

Thu May 5 #8 $150.1K −42.6% −63.0% $326.2M 2,330 $64 42

Fri May 6 #10 $303.5K +102.2% −67.7% $326.5M 1,593 $191 43

Sat May 7 #10 $457.8K +50.8% −74.6% $327.0M 1,593 $287 44

Sun May 8 #11 $289.1K −36.8% −74.4% $327.3M 1,593 $182 45

Mon May 9 #9 $102.9K −64.4% −61.3% $327.4M 1,593 $65 46

Tue May 10 #10 $125.6K +22.0% −62.6% $327.5M 1,593 $79 47

Wed May 11 #9 $101.1K −19.5% −61.3% $327.6M 1,593 $63 48

Thu May 12 #9 $94.0K −7.0% −37.3% $327.7M 1,593 $59 49

Fri May 13 #12 $138.5K +47.3% −54.4% $327.8M 744 $186 50

Sat May 14 #13 $242.3K +74.9% −47.1% $328.1M 744 $326 51

Sun May 15 #14 $140.1K −42.2% −51.6% $328.2M 744 $188 52

Mon May 16 #13 $52.2K −62.7% −49.3% $328.3M 744 $70 53

Tue May 17 #14 $65.3K +25.0% −48.0% $328.3M 744 $88 54

Wed May 18 #14 $52.2K −20.0% −48.4% $328.4M 744 $70 55

Thu May 19 #13 $47.2K −9.5% −49.8% $328.4M 744 $63 56

Fri May 20 #- $82.9K +75.4% −40.2% $328.5M 321 $258 57

Sat May 21 #- $145.0K +75.0% −40.1% $328.6M 321 $452 58

Sun May 22 #- $83.0K −42.8% −40.8% $328.7M 321 $258 59

Mon May 23 #- $30.1K −63.7% −42.3% $328.8M 321 $94 60

Tue May 24 #- $30.4K +1.0% −53.4% $328.8M 321 $95 61

Wed May 25 #- $29.5K −3.0% −43.5% $328.8M 321 $92 62

Thu May 26 #- $26.0K −12.0% −45.0% $328.8M 321 $81 63

Fri May 27 #13 $133.5K +414.0% +61.1% $329.0M 361 $370 64

Sat May 28 #13 $201.6K +51.0% +39.0% $329.2M 361 $559 65

Sun May 29 #13 $182.6K −9.5% +120.1% $329.4M 361 $506 66

Mon May 30 #13 $117.7K −35.5% +290.6% $329.5M 361 $326 67

Tue May 31 #13 $48.3K −59.0% +58.6% $329.5M 361 $134 68

Wed Jun 1 #14 $44.3K −8.1% +50.2% $329.6M 361 $123 69

Thu Jun 2 #13 $47.9K +8.0% +84.3% $329.6M 361 $133 70

Fri Jun 3 #- $79.3K +65.7% −40.6% $329.7M 270 $294 71

Sat Jun 4 #- $125.2K +57.9% −37.9% $329.8M 270 $464 72

Sun Jun 5 #- $81.6K −34.8% −55.3% $329.9M 270 $302 73

Mon Jun 6 #- $35.1K −57.0% −70.2% $329.9M 270 $130 74

Tue Jun 7 #- $40.0K +14.0% −17.1% $330.0M 270 $148 75

Wed Jun 8 #- $34.8K −13.0% −21.5% $330.0M 270 $129 76

Thu Jun 9 #- $39.3K +13.0% −17.8% $330.1M 270 $146 77

Fri Jun 10 #- $53.1K +34.9% −33.1% $330.1M 215 $247 78

Sat Jun 11 #- $83.9K +58.1% −33.0% $330.2M 215 $390 79

Sun Jun 12 #- $56.9K −32.2% −30.3% $330.2M 215 $265 80

Mon Jun 13 #- $23.3K −59.0% −33.6% $330.3M 215 $108 81

Tue Jun 14 #- $29.6K +27.0% −26.0% $330.3M 215 $138 82

Wed Jun 15 #- $29.0K −2.0% −16.6% $330.3M 215 $135 83

Thu Jun 16 #- $29.2K +0.5% −25.9% $330.4M 215 $136 84

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

Cumulative total$329.6M

Mar 24Apr 11Apr 28May 16Jun 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $517.7K

$166.0M

$51.3M

$23.4M

$9.0M

$5.5M

$3.9M

$1.1M

$520.8K

$310.9K

$517.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,256 → 361 −91.5%

4,242 open361 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +66.5%

−69.1% W1→2

−54.5% W2→3

−61.4% W3→4

−39.1% W4→5

−29.7% W5→6

−72.9% W6→7

−50.4% W7→8

−40.3% W8→9

+66.5% W9→10

Steepest −72.9%Best hold −29.7%

Run milestones

$300M in 20 days

$100M

Day 2

Mar 26

$200M

Day 6

Mar 30

$300M

Day 20

Apr 13

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records →

#2 Biggest March openingsAll-time $166.0M #17 Biggest single daysAll-time $81.6M #17 Biggest PG-13-rated openingsAll-time $166.0M #18 Fastest to $100M domesticAll-time 2 days

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