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Darkest Hour

2017 PG-13 2h 5m Biography, Drama, History Focus Features

Never Surrender

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$56.5M
Final
Opening Weekend
$2.8M
Limited 1,108-theater
Domestic Legs
20.18x
Limited → Total
Budget
$30M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$149.0M
$92.5M international
2017 Rank
#50
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 24-26 21 $175K $247K 4 $44K 1
Dec 1-3 27 $108K -38.1% $412K 4 $27K 2
Dec 8-10 15 $741K +584.1% $1.2M 53 $14K 3
Dec 15-17 16 $848K +14.3% $2.3M 84 $10K 4
Dec 22-24 8 $3.9M +359.2% $6.7M 806 $5K 5
Dec 29-31 8 $5.5M +40.9% $18.1M 943 $6K 6
Jan 5-7 8 $6.1M +10.3% $28.1M 1,733 $3K 7
Jan 12-14 10 $4.5M -26.2% $35.7M 1,693 $3K 8
Jan 19-21 15 $2.7M -38.8% $40.8M 1,340 $2K 9
Jan 26-28 18 $2.9M +5.8% $45.2M 1,333 $2K 10
Feb 2-4 14 $2.4M -18.1% $48.8M 1,486 $2K 11
Feb 9-11 15 $1.6M -32.1% $51.5M 1,045 $2K 12
Feb 16-18 16 $927K -42.2% $53.2M 602 $2K 13
Feb 23-25 19 $746K -19.6% $54.5M 795 $938 14
Mar 2-4 16 $696K -6.6% $55.6M 913 $762 15
Mar 9-11 20 $266K -61.9% $56.1M 245 $1K 16
Mar 16-18 32 $103K -61.4% $56.3M 133 $771 17
Mar 23-25 46 $41K -59.6% $56.4M 62 $669 18
Mar 30-Apr 1 59 $15K -64.0% $56.4M 34 $439 19

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJoe Wright
ScreenplayAnthony McCarten
StarringGary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane
StudioFocus Features