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2015 • R • 2h 3m • Biography, Crime, Drama • Warner Bros.

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3.2

6.9

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$62.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$100.00M

$37.40M international

Domestic legs2.76x

Budget$53.0M

2015 rank#48

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Cast & crew

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Starring

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton Starring

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon Starring

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch Starring

Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson Starring

ScreenplayMark Mallouk, Jez Butterworth Produced byJohn Lesher, Brian Oliver, Scott Cooper, Tyler Thompson, Patrick McCormick CinematographyMasanobu Takayanagi MusicTom Holkenborg Prod. DesignStefania Cella StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 18-20 2 $22.6M — 3,188 $7,100 $22.6M

2 Sep 25-27 5 $11.0M −51.3% 3,188 $3,460 $42.1M

3 Oct 2-4 6 $5.8M −47.0% 2,768 $2,112 $52.5M

4 Oct 9-11 8 $3.1M −46.7% 2,057 $1,516 $57.6M

5 Oct 16-18 12 $1.3M −59.0% 1,055 $1,211 $60.2M

6 Oct 23-25 16 $579.4K −54.6% 458 $1,265 $61.3M

7 Oct 30-32 25 $295.4K −49.0% 307 $962 $61.9M

8 Nov 6-8 31 $149.3K −49.5% 172 $868 $62.1M

9 Nov 13-15 33 $155.4K +4.1% 232 $670 $62.4M

10 Nov 20-22 37 $67.2K −56.8% 160 $420 $62.5M

11 Nov 27-29 40 $33.5K −50.2% 84 $399 $62.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Sep 17 #P $1.4M — $1.4M 0 $0 -1

Fri Sep 18 #2 $8.8M +526.7% $8.8M 3,188 $2,752 1

Sat Sep 19 #2 $8.8M −0.1% $17.5M 3,188 $2,750 2

Sun Sep 20 #2 $5.1M −41.9% $22.6M 3,188 $1,598 3

Mon Sep 21 #1 $2.1M −58.1% $24.8M 3,188 $669 4

Tue Sep 22 #1 $2.7M +27.1% $27.5M 3,188 $851 5

Wed Sep 23 #1 $2.0M −27.2% $29.5M 3,188 $619 6

Thu Sep 24 #1 $1.6M −16.8% $31.1M 3,188 $515 7

Fri Sep 25 #5 $3.5M +114.0% −59.9% $34.6M 3,188 $1,103 8

Sat Sep 26 #5 $4.9M +40.2% −43.8% $39.5M 3,188 $1,545 9

Sun Sep 27 #5 $2.6M −47.4% −49.2% $42.1M 3,188 $812 10

Mon Sep 28 #4 $1.0M −59.6% −50.9% $43.2M 3,188 $328 11

Tue Sep 29 #4 $1.4M +37.8% −46.8% $44.6M 3,188 $452 12

Wed Sep 30 #3 $1.1M −21.4% −42.6% $45.8M 3,188 $355 13

Thu Oct 1 #3 $863.9K −23.8% −47.4% $46.6M 3,188 $271 14

Fri Oct 2 #6 $1.8M +110.1% −48.3% $48.4M 2,768 $656 15

Sat Oct 3 #6 $2.6M +45.2% −46.5% $51.1M 2,768 $952 16

Sun Oct 4 #7 $1.4M −47.1% −46.1% $52.5M 2,768 $504 17

Mon Oct 5 #5 $501.1K −64.1% −52.1% $53.0M 2,768 $181 18

Tue Oct 6 #7 $602.3K +20.2% −58.2% $53.6M 2,768 $218 19

Wed Oct 7 #5 $457.1K −24.1% −59.7% $54.0M 2,768 $165 20

Thu Oct 8 #6 $416.1K −9.0% −51.8% $54.4M 2,768 $150 21

Fri Oct 9 #8 $949.8K +128.3% −47.7% $55.4M 2,057 $462 22

Sat Oct 10 #8 $1.4M +43.1% −48.4% $56.7M 2,057 $661 23

Sun Oct 11 #9 $809.4K −40.5% −42.0% $57.6M 2,057 $393 24

Mon Oct 12 #8 $477.3K −41.0% −4.7% $58.0M 2,057 $232 25

Tue Oct 13 #8 $373.1K −21.8% −38.1% $58.4M 2,057 $181 26

Wed Oct 14 #8 $309.3K −17.1% −32.3% $58.7M 2,057 $150 27

Thu Oct 15 #8 $234.8K −24.1% −43.6% $59.0M 2,057 $114 28

Fri Oct 16 #12 $388.2K +65.3% −59.1% $59.3M 1,055 $368 29

Sat Oct 17 #12 $568.6K +46.4% −58.2% $59.9M 1,055 $539 30

Sun Oct 18 #14 $320.6K −43.6% −60.4% $60.2M 1,055 $304 31

Mon Oct 19 #11 $131.4K −59.0% −72.5% $60.4M 1,055 $125 32

Tue Oct 20 #12 $153.5K +16.8% −58.9% $60.5M 1,055 $145 33

Wed Oct 21 #13 $124.3K −19.0% −59.8% $60.6M 1,055 $118 34

Thu Oct 22 #12 $100.5K −19.2% −57.2% $60.7M 1,055 $95 35

Fri Oct 23 #- $170.2K +69.4% −56.2% $60.9M 458 $372 36

Sat Oct 24 #- $274.2K +61.1% −51.8% $61.2M 458 $599 37

Sun Oct 25 #- $135.0K −50.8% −57.9% $61.3M 458 $295 38

Mon Oct 26 #- $58.1K −57.0% −55.8% $61.4M 458 $127 39

Tue Oct 27 #- $66.6K +14.7% −56.6% $61.4M 458 $145 40

Wed Oct 28 #15 $63.2K −5.0% −49.1% $61.5M 458 $138 41

Thu Oct 29 #- $51.8K −18.0% −48.4% $61.6M 458 $113 42

Fri Oct 30 #- $84.7K +63.4% −50.2% $61.6M 307 $276 43

Sat Oct 31 #- $113.2K +33.6% −58.7% $61.8M 307 $369 44

Sun Nov 1 #- $97.5K −13.9% −27.8% $61.9M 307 $318 45

Mon Nov 2 #- $35.1K −64.0% −39.6% $61.9M 307 $114 46

Tue Nov 3 #- $38.3K +9.1% −42.5% $61.9M 307 $125 47

Wed Nov 4 #- $31.5K −17.8% −50.2% $62.0M 307 $103 48

Thu Nov 5 #- $27.1K −14.0% −47.8% $62.0M 307 $88 49

Fri Nov 6 #- $46.4K +71.5% −45.2% $62.0M 172 $270 50

Sat Nov 7 #- $70.6K +52.0% −37.7% $62.1M 172 $410 51

Sun Nov 8 #- $32.2K −54.3% −66.9% $62.1M 172 $187 52

Mon Nov 9 #- $14.6K −54.9% −58.5% $62.1M 172 $85 53

Tue Nov 10 #- $19.0K +30.6% −50.3% $62.2M 172 $111 54

Wed Nov 11 #- $31.4K +64.9% −0.4% $62.2M 172 $182 55

Thu Nov 12 #- $15.1K −52.0% −44.4% $62.2M 172 $88 56

Fri Nov 13 #- $48.7K +223.6% +4.9% $62.3M 232 $210 57

Sat Nov 14 #- $70.8K +45.3% +0.2% $62.3M 232 $305 58

Sun Nov 15 #- $35.9K −49.2% +11.5% $62.4M 232 $155 59

Mon Nov 16 #- $16.7K −53.7% +14.4% $62.4M 232 $72 60

Tue Nov 17 #- $18.5K +11.0% −2.8% $62.4M 232 $80 61

Wed Nov 18 #- $15.9K −14.0% −49.3% $62.4M 232 $69 62

Thu Nov 19 #- $15.4K −3.0% +2.5% $62.4M 232 $66 63

Fri Nov 20 #- $20.0K +29.5% −59.0% $62.5M 160 $125 64

Sat Nov 21 #- $28.6K +43.1% −59.6% $62.5M 160 $179 65

Sun Nov 22 #- $18.6K −34.9% −48.3% $62.5M 160 $116 66

Mon Nov 23 #- $7.7K −58.4% −53.5% $62.5M 160 $48 67

Tue Nov 24 #- $9.5K +23.0% −48.5% $62.5M 160 $60 68

Wed Nov 25 #- $5.6K −41.5% −65.0% $62.5M 125 $45 69

Thu Nov 26 #- $3.6K −35.2% −76.6% $62.5M 125 $29 70

Fri Nov 27 #- $12.7K +251.2% −36.5% $62.5M 84 $151 71

Sat Nov 28 #- $14.1K +10.8% −50.8% $62.6M 84 $167 72

Sun Nov 29 #- $6.7K −52.0% −63.7% $62.6M 84 $80 73

Mon Nov 30 #- $2.9K −57.0% −62.5% $62.6M 84 $35 74

Tue Dec 1 #- $3.8K +29.7% −60.5% $62.6M 84 $45 75

Wed Dec 2 #- $2.9K −22.2% −47.5% $62.6M 84 $35 76

Thu Dec 3 #- $2.5K −13.0% −29.5% $62.6M 84 $30 77

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

Cumulative total$62.5M

Sep 17Oct 5Oct 22Nov 9Nov 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $67.2K

$22.6M

$11.0M

$5.8M

$3.1M

$1.3M

$579.4K

$295.4K

$149.3K

$155.4K

$67.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,188 → 125 −96.1%

3,188 open125 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −56.8%

−51.3%

W1→2

−47.0%

W2→3

−46.7%

W3→4

−59.0%

W4→5

−54.6%

W5→6

−49.0%

W6→7

−49.5%

W7→8

+4.1%

W8→9

−56.8%

W9→10

Steepest −59.0%Biggest gain +4.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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