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2018 • PG-13 • 1h 40m • Adventure, Documentary, Sport • Greenwich Entertainment

Live beyond fear.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$294K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$17.54M

Final

Worldwide total

$28.61M

$11.06M international

Domestic legs14.0x from $1.3M biggest weekend

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Cast & crew

Directed byElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin Produced byElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Evan Hayes, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Dill CinematographyClair Popkin, Jimmy Chin, Mikey Schaefer MusicMarco Beltrami StarringAlex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin, Sanni McCandless, Mikey Schaefer, Cheyne Lempe StudioGreenwich Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 28-30 24 $294.3K — 4 $73,572 $294.3K

2 Oct 5-7 12 $562.8K +91.2% 41 $13,726 $984.9K

3 Oct 12-14 16 $891.0K +58.3% 129 $6,907 $2.1M

4 Oct 19-21 12 $1.0M +16.9% 251 $4,150 $3.6M

5 Oct 26-28 16 $1.1M +10.1% 392 $2,925 $5.3M

6 Nov 2-4 18 $1.0M −11.9% 363 $2,781 $6.9M

7 Nov 9-11 19 $758.1K −24.9% 266 $2,850 $8.1M

8 Nov 16-18 18 $467.5K −38.3% 266 $1,758 $9.0M

9 Nov 23-25 18 $448.1K −4.2% 266 $1,684 $9.7M

10 Nov 30-Dec 2 19 $288.0K −35.7% 266 $1,083 $10.1M

11 Dec 7-9 19 $259.7K −9.9% 266 $976 $10.5M

12 Dec 14-16 24 $141.2K −45.6% 100 $1,412 $10.8M

13 Dec 21-23 25 $100.6K −28.8% 73 $1,378 $11.0M

14 Dec 28-30 29 $115.1K +14.4% 59 $1,950 $11.2M

15 Jan 4-6 28 $119.5K +3.8% 61 $1,959 $11.4M

16 Jan 11-13 20 $813.8K +581.1% 163 $4,993 $12.3M

17 Jan 18-20 25 $261.9K −67.8% 98 $2,672 $13.1M

18 Jan 25-27 24 $228.2K −12.9% 101 $2,260 $13.5M

19 Feb 1-3 16 $1.3M +449.8% 483 $2,598 $14.9M

20 Feb 8-10 28 $325.2K −74.1% 153 $2,126 $15.9M

21 Feb 15-17 35 $188.3K −42.1% 108 $1,743 $16.2M

22 Feb 22-24 38 $145.7K −22.6% 90 $1,619 $16.5M

23 Mar 1-3 24 $372.1K +155.4% 238 $1,564 $17.0M

24 Mar 8-10 34 $137.2K −63.1% 119 $1,153 $17.2M

25 Mar 15-17 44 $71.1K −48.2% 72 $987 $17.4M

26 Mar 22-24 45 $53.3K −25.0% 42 $1,269 $17.5M

27 Mar 29-31 51 $17.1K −68.0% 30 $569 $17.5M

28 Apr 5-7 46 $18.9K +10.6% 16 $1,180 $17.5M

29 Apr 12-14 60 $8.2K −56.4% 11 $747 $17.5M

30 Apr 19-21 95 $698 −91.5% 3 $233 $17.5M

31 Apr 26-28 98 $297 −57.4% 2 $149 $17.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 28 $104.1K — $104.1K 4 $26,024 1

Sat Sep 29 $96.7K −7% $200.8K 4 $24,177 2

Sun Sep 30 $93.5K −3% $294.3K 4 $23,371 3

Mon Oct 1 $31.1K −67% $325.4K 4 $7,774 4

Tue Oct 2 $31.6K +2% $357.0K 4 $7,911 5

Wed Oct 3 $33.7K +7% $390.8K 4 $8,433 6

Thu Oct 4 $31.3K −7% $422.1K 4 $7,828 7

Fri Oct 5 #11 $226.5K +623% +118% $648.6K 41 $5,525 8

Sat Oct 6 $182.0K −20% +88% $830.6K 41 $4,439 9

Sun Oct 7 #14 $154.3K −15% +65% $984.9K 41 $3,763 10

Mon Oct 8 $78.0K −49% +151% $1.1M 41 $1,903 11

Tue Oct 9 #15 $55.6K −29% +76% $1.1M 41 $1,356 12

Wed Oct 10 #12 $69.7K +25% +107% $1.2M 41 $1,699 13

Thu Oct 11 #14 $54.8K −21% +75% $1.2M 41 $1,337 14

Fri Oct 12 #13 $321.3K +486% +42% $1.6M 129 $2,490 15

Sat Oct 13 $329.3K +2% +81% $1.9M 129 $2,552 16

Sun Oct 14 $240.5K −27% +56% $2.1M 129 $1,864 17

Mon Oct 15 #14 $112.1K −53% +44% $2.2M 129 $869 18

Tue Oct 16 $114.5K +2% +106% $2.4M 129 $887 19

Wed Oct 17 #13 $121.2K +6% +74% $2.5M 129 $939 20

Thu Oct 18 #13 $102.6K −15% +87% $2.6M 129 $795 21

Fri Oct 19 #12 $367.9K +259% +15% $3.0M 251 $1,466 22

Sat Oct 20 #12 $388.1K +5% +18% $3.3M 251 $1,546 23

Sun Oct 21 #12 $285.6K −26% +19% $3.6M 251 $1,138 24

Mon Oct 22 #11 $126.2K −56% +13% $3.8M 251 $503 25

Tue Oct 23 #13 $141.6K +12% +24% $3.9M 251 $564 26

Wed Oct 24 #11 $136.1K −4% +12% $4.0M 251 $542 27

Thu Oct 25 #11 $116.2K −15% +13% $4.1M 251 $463 28

Fri Oct 26 #15 $351.4K +203% −4% $4.5M 392 $896 29

Sat Oct 27 $445.8K +27% +15% $4.9M 533 $836 30

Sun Oct 28 #15 $349.2K −22% +22% $5.3M 392 $891 31

Mon Oct 29 #13 $138.7K −60% +10% $5.4M 392 $354 32

Tue Oct 30 #15 $168.1K +21% +19% $5.6M 392 $429 33

Wed Oct 31 #15 $129.0K −23% −5% $5.7M 392 $329 34

Thu Nov 1 #12 $155.8K +21% +34% $5.9M 392 $397 35

Fri Nov 2 $286.3K +84% −19% $6.2M 363 $789 36

Sat Nov 3 $424.0K +48% −5% $6.6M 363 $1,168 37

Sun Nov 4 #15 $299.2K −29% −14% $6.9M 363 $824 38

Mon Nov 5 $113.2K −62% −18% $7.0M 363 $312 39

Tue Nov 6 $132.6K +17% −21% $7.1M 363 $365 40

Wed Nov 7 #15 $131.3K −1% +2% $7.3M 363 $362 41

Thu Nov 8 #15 $115.2K −12% −26% $7.4M 363 $317 42

Fri Nov 9 $199.7K +73% −30% $7.6M 266 $751 43

Sat Nov 10 $318.6K +60% −25% $7.9M 266 $1,198 44

Sun Nov 11 $239.8K −25% −20% $8.1M 266 $902 45

Mon Nov 12 $130.8K −45% +15% $8.3M 266 $492 46

Tue Nov 13 $91.1K −30% −31% $8.4M 266 $342 47

Wed Nov 14 $80.4K −12% −39% $8.4M 266 $302 48

Thu Nov 15 #13 $68.5K −15% −41% $8.5M 266 $258 49

Fri Nov 16 $117.2K +71% −41% $8.6M 266 $441 50

Sat Nov 17 $197.0K +68% −38% $8.8M 266 $741 51

Sun Nov 18 $153.3K −22% −36% $9.0M 266 $576 52

Mon Nov 19 $56.0K −63% −57% $9.0M 266 $211 53

Tue Nov 20 $73.3K +31% −20% $9.1M 266 $276 54

Wed Nov 21 $77.3K +5% −4% $9.2M 266 $291 55

Thu Nov 22 $57.3K −26% −16% $9.2M 266 $215 56

Fri Nov 23 $179.4K +213% +53% $9.4M 266 $674 57

Sat Nov 24 $169.5K −6% −14% $9.6M 266 $637 58

Sun Nov 25 $99.2K −41% −35% $9.7M 266 $373 59

Mon Nov 26 $29.0K −71% −48% $9.7M 266 $109 60

Tue Nov 27 $32.7K +13% −55% $9.8M 266 $123 61

Wed Nov 28 $35.8K +9% −54% $9.8M 266 $134 62

Thu Nov 29 $37.5K +5% −35% $9.8M 266 $141 63

Fri Nov 30 $77.3K +106% −57% $9.9M 266 $291 64

Sat Dec 1 $125.8K +63% −26% $10.0M 266 $473 65

Sun Dec 2 $85.0K −32% −14% $10.1M 266 $319 66

Mon Dec 3 $28.1K −67% −3% $10.1M 266 $106 67

Tue Dec 4 $34.7K +23% +6% $10.2M 266 $130 68

Wed Dec 5 $41.3K +19% +15% $10.2M 266 $155 69

Thu Dec 6 $37.0K −10% −1% $10.3M 266 $139 70

Fri Dec 7 $63.1K +71% −18% $10.3M 266 $237 71

Sat Dec 8 $121.5K +93% −3% $10.4M 266 $457 72

Sun Dec 9 $75.0K −38% −12% $10.5M 266 $282 73

Mon Dec 10 $33.5K −55% +19% $10.6M 266 $126 74

Tue Dec 11 $32.7K −2% −6% $10.6M 266 $123 75

Wed Dec 12 $41.2K +26% −0% $10.6M 266 $155 76

Thu Dec 13 $40.3K −2% +9% $10.7M 266 $151 77

Fri Dec 14 $36.1K −10% −43% $10.7M 100 $361 78

Sat Dec 15 $58.0K +61% −52% $10.8M 100 $580 79

Sun Dec 16 $47.1K −19% −37% $10.8M 100 $471 80

Mon Dec 17 $18.7K −60% −44% $10.8M 100 $187 81

Tue Dec 18 $22.6K +21% −31% $10.8M 100 $226 82

Wed Dec 19 $20.0K −12% −51% $10.9M 100 $200 83

Thu Dec 20 $24.7K +23% −39% $10.9M 100 $247 84

Fri Dec 21 $26.7K +8% −26% $10.9M 73 $366 85

Sat Dec 22 $37.8K +42% −35% $11.0M 73 $518 86

Sun Dec 23 $36.0K −5% −24% $11.0M 73 $494 87

Mon Dec 24 $20.5K −43% +10% $11.0M 73 $281 88

Tue Dec 25 $26.5K +29% +17% $11.0M 73 $364 89

Wed Dec 26 $33.9K +28% +69% $11.1M 73 $464 90

Thu Dec 27 $28.8K −15% +17% $11.1M 59 $488 91

Fri Dec 28 $34.8K +21% +30% $11.1M 59 $589 92

Sat Dec 29 $39.0K +12% +3% $11.2M 59 $661 93

Sun Dec 30 $41.3K +6% +15% $11.2M 59 $700 94

Mon Dec 31 $22.6K −45% +10% $11.2M 59 $383 95

Tue Jan 1 $41.1K +82% +55% $11.3M 59 $697 96

Wed Jan 2 $23.5K −43% −31% $11.3M 59 $398 97

Thu Jan 3 $22.6K −4% −22% $11.3M 59 $382 98

Fri Jan 4 $30.1K +33% −13% $11.4M 61 $493 99

Sat Jan 5 $54.6K +81% +40% $11.4M 61 $895 100

Sun Jan 6 $34.8K −36% −16% $11.4M 61 $571 101

Mon Jan 7 $10.5K −70% −54% $11.5M 61 $172 102

Tue Jan 8 $11.3K +8% −73% $11.5M 61 $185 103

Wed Jan 9 $16.5K +46% −30% $11.5M 61 $271 104

Thu Jan 10 $24.6K +49% +9% $11.5M 61 $403 105

Fri Jan 11 $151.7K +517% +404% $11.7M 163 $931 106

Sat Jan 12 $347.8K +129% +537% $12.0M 163 $2,134 107

Sun Jan 13 $314.3K −10% +803% $12.3M 163 $1,928 108

Mon Jan 14 $113.7K −64% +985% $12.4M 163 $698 109

Tue Jan 15 $152.7K +34% +1251% $12.6M 163 $937 110

Wed Jan 16 $155.2K +2% +840% $12.7M 163 $952 111

Thu Jan 17 $109.3K −30% +344% $12.9M 163 $670 112

Fri Jan 18 $64.2K −41% −58% $12.9M 98 $655 113

Sat Jan 19 $116.4K +81% −67% $13.0M 98 $1,188 114

Sun Jan 20 $81.3K −30% −74% $13.1M 98 $830 115

Mon Jan 21 $58.2K −28% −49% $13.2M 98 $594 116

Tue Jan 22 $29.3K −50% −81% $13.2M 98 $299 117

Wed Jan 23 $28.8K −2% −81% $13.2M 98 $294 118

Thu Jan 24 $34.9K +21% −68% $13.3M 98 $356 119

Fri Jan 25 $46.8K +34% −27% $13.3M 101 $464 120

Sat Jan 26 $102.5K +119% −12% $13.4M 101 $1,015 121

Sun Jan 27 $78.9K −23% −3% $13.5M 101 $781 122

Mon Jan 28 $18.4K −77% −68% $13.5M 101 $182 123

Tue Jan 29 $26.0K +41% −11% $13.5M 101 $257 124

Wed Jan 30 $23.2K −11% −20% $13.6M 101 $229 125

Thu Jan 31 $31.6K +36% −10% $13.6M 101 $313 126

Fri Feb 1 $301.8K +855% +544% $13.9M 483 $625 127

Sat Feb 2 $681.8K +126% +565% $14.6M 483 $1,412 128

Sun Feb 3 $271.3K −60% +244% $14.9M 483 $562 129

Mon Feb 4 #11 $184.1K −32% +900% $15.0M 483 $381 130

Tue Feb 5 $214.6K +17% +725% $15.3M 483 $444 131

Wed Feb 6 #8 $266.1K +24% +1048% $15.5M 483 $551 132

Thu Feb 7 $88.3K −67% +180% $15.6M 483 $183 133

Fri Feb 8 $72.5K −18% −76% $15.7M 153 $474 134

Sat Feb 9 $143.6K +98% −79% $15.8M 153 $938 135

Sun Feb 10 $109.1K −24% −60% $15.9M 153 $713 136

Mon Feb 11 $31.4K −71% −83% $16.0M 153 $205 137

Tue Feb 12 $29.4K −6% −86% $16.0M 153 $192 138

Wed Feb 13 $35.6K +21% −87% $16.0M 153 $233 139

Thu Feb 14 $28.0K −21% −68% $16.1M 153 $183 140

Fri Feb 15 $38.0K +36% −48% $16.1M 108 $352 141

Sat Feb 16 $76.5K +101% −47% $16.2M 108 $709 142

Sun Feb 17 $73.7K −4% −32% $16.2M 108 $683 143

Mon Feb 18 $46.0K −38% +47% $16.3M 108 $426 144

Tue Feb 19 $19.8K −57% −33% $16.3M 108 $183 145

Wed Feb 20 $19.7K −1% −45% $16.3M 108 $182 146

Thu Feb 21 $17.5K −11% −37% $16.3M 108 $162 147

Fri Feb 22 $32.2K +84% −15% $16.4M 90 $358 148

Sat Feb 23 $67.5K +109% −12% $16.4M 90 $750 149

Sun Feb 24 $46.0K −32% −38% $16.5M 90 $511 150

Mon Feb 25 $17.3K −62% −62% $16.5M 90 $192 151

Tue Feb 26 $21.3K +23% +8% $16.5M 90 $237 152

Wed Feb 27 $23.3K +9% +18% $16.6M 90 $258 153

Thu Feb 28 $26.2K +12% +50% $16.6M 90 $291 154

Fri Mar 1 $75.7K +189% +135% $16.7M 238 $318 155

Sat Mar 2 $178.6K +136% +165% $16.8M 238 $750 156

Sun Mar 3 $117.8K −34% +156% $17.0M 238 $495 157

Mon Mar 4 $32.8K −72% +90% $17.0M 238 $138 158

Tue Mar 5 $39.2K +19% +84% $17.0M 238 $165 159

Wed Mar 6 $42.4K +8% +82% $17.1M 238 $178 160

Thu Mar 7 $28.5K −33% +9% $17.1M 238 $120 161

Fri Mar 8 $31.6K +11% −58% $17.1M 119 $266 162

Sat Mar 9 $65.1K +106% −64% $17.2M 119 $547 163

Sun Mar 10 $40.4K −38% −66% $17.2M 119 $340 164

Mon Mar 11 $13.6K −66% −59% $17.2M 119 $114 165

Tue Mar 12 $15.2K +11% −61% $17.3M 119 $127 166

Wed Mar 13 $13.9K −8% −67% $17.3M 119 $117 167

Thu Mar 14 $12.7K −9% −56% $17.3M 119 $106 168

Fri Mar 15 $20.1K +59% −37% $17.3M 72 $279 169

Sat Mar 16 $32.4K +62% −50% $17.3M 72 $450 170

Sun Mar 17 $18.5K −43% −54% $17.4M 72 $258 171

Mon Mar 18 $7.8K −58% −43% $17.4M 72 $109 172

Tue Mar 19 $7.0K −10% −54% $17.4M 72 $97 173

Wed Mar 20 $9.6K +38% −31% $17.4M 72 $134 174

Thu Mar 21 $11.8K +23% −7% $17.4M 72 $164 175

Fri Mar 22 $8.1K −31% −59% $17.4M 42 $194 176

Sat Mar 23 $26.2K +221% −19% $17.4M 42 $623 177

Sun Mar 24 $19.0K −27% +2% $17.5M 42 $452 178

Mon Mar 25 $4.5K −76% −42% $17.5M 42 $107 179

Tue Mar 26 $5.2K +16% −25% $17.5M 42 $124 180

Wed Mar 27 $6.5K +25% −32% $17.5M 42 $156 181

Thu Mar 28 $6.7K +3% −43% $17.5M 42 $161 182

Fri Mar 29 $6.0K −11% −26% $17.5M 30 $200 183

Sat Mar 30 $7.5K +25% −71% $17.5M 30 $249 184

Sun Mar 31 $3.6K −52% −81% $17.5M 30 $119 185

Mon Apr 1 $1.6K −54% −63% $17.5M 30 $55 186

Tue Apr 2 $2.0K +22% −62% $17.5M 30 $67 187

Wed Apr 3 $1.5K −27% −78% $17.5M 30 $49 188

Thu Apr 4 $2.8K +92% −58% $17.5M 30 $94 189

Fri Apr 5 $2.3K −18% −62% $17.5M 16 $144 190

Sat Apr 6 $8.2K +255% +9% $17.5M 16 $512 191

Sun Apr 7 $8.4K +2% +134% $17.5M 16 $524 192

Mon Apr 8 $1.2K −85% −24% $17.5M 16 $78 193

Tue Apr 9 $1.1K −10% −44% $17.5M 16 $70 194

Wed Apr 10 $2.7K +139% +84% $17.5M 16 $168 195

Thu Apr 11 $692 −74% −75% $17.5M 16 $43 196

Fri Apr 12 $1.0K +47% −56% $17.5M 11 $92 197

Sat Apr 13 $3.9K +287% −52% $17.5M 11 $358 198

Sun Apr 14 $3.3K −17% −61% $17.5M 11 $297 199

Mon Apr 15 $445 −86% −64% $17.5M 11 $40 200

Tue Apr 16 $483 +9% −57% $17.5M 11 $44 201

Wed Apr 17 $470 −3% −82% $17.5M 11 $43 202

Thu Apr 18 $516 +10% −25% $17.5M 11 $47 203

Fri Apr 19 $165 −68% −84% $17.5M 3 $55 204

Sat Apr 20 $397 +141% −90% $17.5M 3 $132 205

Sun Apr 21 $136 −66% −96% $17.5M 3 $45 206

Mon Apr 22 $1.5K +982% +231% $17.5M 3 $491 207

Tue Apr 23 $136 −91% −72% $17.5M 3 $45 208

Wed Apr 24 $2.3K +1604% +393% $17.5M 3 $773 209

Thu Apr 25 $142 −94% −72% $17.5M 3 $47 210

Fri Apr 26 $72 −49% −56% $17.5M 2 $36 211

Sat Apr 27 $157 +118% −60% $17.5M 2 $79 212

Sun Apr 28 $68 −57% −50% $17.5M 2 $34 213

Mon Apr 29 $141 +107% −90% $17.5M 2 $71 214

Wed May 1 $1.1K — −55% $17.5M 2 $526 216

Thu May 2 $161 −85% +13% $17.5M 2 $81 217

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

Cumulative total$10.3M

Sep 28Oct 15Nov 2Nov 19Dec 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $288.0K

$294.3K

$562.8K

$891.0K

$1.0M

$1.1M

$1.0M

$758.1K

$467.5K

$448.1K

$288.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 533 → 266 −50.1%

4 open266 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.7%

+91.2%

W1→2

+58.3%

W2→3

+16.9%

W3→4

+10.1%

W4→5

−11.9%

W5→6

−24.9%

W6→7

−38.3%

W7→8

−4.2%

W8→9

−35.7%

W9→10

Steepest −38.3%Biggest gain +91.2%

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