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Ghost in the Shell

2017 • PG-13 • 1h 47m • Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure • Paramount Pictures

There's nothing sadder than a puppet without a ghost.

🍅 42% 51%

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2.63

6.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$18.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$40.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$167.9M

$127.3M international

Domestic Legs2.2x

Budget$110M

2017 Rank#68

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Cast & Crew

Full Sanders filmography

Rupert Sanders Director

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson Starring

Michael Pitt Starring

Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche Starring

Takeshi Kitano Starring

ScreenplayJamie Moss, William Wheeler, Ehren Kruger Produced byAvi Arad, Ari Arad, Steven Paul, Michael Costigan CinematographyJess Hall Music byClint Mansell, Lorne Balfe StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 31-Apr 2 3 $18.7M — 3,440 $5,429 $18.7M

2 Apr 7-9 5 $7.3M −60.9% 3,440 $2,124 $31.5M

3 Apr 14-16 11 $2.5M −66.3% 2,135 $1,154 $37.1M

4 Apr 21-23 19 $883.3K −64.2% 913 $967 $39.1M

5 Apr 28-30 24 $436.4K −50.6% 456 $957 $39.9M

6 May 5-7 31 $115.6K −73.5% 211 $548 $40.3M

7 May 12-14 35 $101.5K −12.2% 188 $540 $40.4M

8 May 19-21 - $53.9K −46.9% 124 $435 $40.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 31 #3 $7.7M — $7.7M 3,440 $2,227 1

Sat Apr 1 #3 $6.7M −12.8% $14.3M 3,440 $1,943 2

Sun Apr 2 #3 $4.3M −35.2% $18.7M 3,440 $1,259 3

Mon Apr 3 #3 $1.3M −69.4% $20.0M 3,440 $385 4

Tue Apr 4 #3 $1.9M +45.2% $21.9M 3,440 $559 5

Wed Apr 5 #3 $1.1M −40.3% $23.1M 3,440 $334 6

Thu Apr 6 #3 $1.2M +0.2% $24.2M 3,440 $335 7

Fri Apr 7 #5 $2.1M +84.6% −72.3% $26.3M 3,440 $618 8

Sat Apr 8 #5 $3.2M +48.7% −52.7% $29.5M 3,440 $919 9

Sun Apr 9 #5 $2.0M −36.1% −53.4% $31.5M 3,440 $587 10

Mon Apr 10 #5 $724.2K −64.2% −45.3% $32.3M 3,440 $211 11

Tue Apr 11 #5 $1.1M +45.0% −45.4% $33.3M 3,440 $305 12

Wed Apr 12 #5 $718.9K −31.5% −37.4% $34.0M 3,440 $209 13

Thu Apr 13 #5 $600.0K −16.5% −47.9% $34.6M 3,440 $174 14

Fri Apr 14 #11 $832.6K +38.7% −60.8% $35.5M 2,135 $390 15

Sat Apr 15 #11 $956.1K +14.8% −69.7% $36.4M 2,135 $448 16

Sun Apr 16 #10 $675.3K −29.4% −66.6% $37.1M 2,135 $316 17

Mon Apr 17 #10 $313.4K −53.6% −56.7% $37.4M 2,135 $147 18

Tue Apr 18 #9 $342.2K +9.2% −67.4% $37.7M 2,135 $160 19

Wed Apr 19 #9 $248.7K −27.3% −65.4% $38.0M 2,135 $116 20

Thu Apr 20 #10 $240.1K −3.5% −60.0% $38.2M 2,135 $112 21

Fri Apr 21 - $251.8K +4.9% −69.8% $38.5M 913 $276 22

Sat Apr 22 - $391.1K +55.3% −59.1% $38.9M 913 $428 23

Sun Apr 23 - $240.4K −38.5% −64.4% $39.1M 913 $263 24

Mon Apr 24 - $91.1K −62.1% −70.9% $39.2M 913 $100 25

Tue Apr 25 - $128.4K +40.9% −62.5% $39.3M 913 $141 26

Wed Apr 26 - $91.3K −28.9% −63.3% $39.4M 913 $100 27

Thu Apr 27 - $86.1K −5.6% −64.1% $39.5M 913 $94 28

Fri Apr 28 - $114.4K +32.8% −54.6% $39.6M 456 $251 29

Sat Apr 29 - $193.5K +69.2% −50.5% $39.8M 456 $424 30

Sun Apr 30 - $128.5K −33.6% −46.5% $39.9M 456 $282 31

Mon May 1 - $48.4K −62.4% −46.9% $40.0M 456 $106 32

Tue May 2 - $69.0K +42.8% −46.2% $40.1M 456 $151 33

Wed May 3 - $44.4K −35.8% −51.4% $40.1M 456 $97 34

Thu May 4 - $26.9K −39.4% −68.8% $40.1M 456 $59 35

Fri May 5 - $29.3K +9.2% −74.4% $40.2M 211 $139 36

Sat May 6 - $50.6K +72.5% −73.9% $40.2M 211 $240 37

Sun May 7 - $35.7K −29.5% −72.3% $40.3M 211 $169 38

Mon May 8 - $15.8K −55.7% −67.4% $40.3M 211 $75 39

Tue May 9 - $23.5K +49.1% −65.9% $40.3M 211 $112 40

Wed May 10 - $17.6K −25.2% −60.3% $40.3M 211 $83 41

Thu May 11 - $14.2K −19.2% −47.0% $40.3M 211 $67 42

Fri May 12 - $27.9K +96.3% −4.7% $40.4M 188 $149 43

Sat May 13 - $42.6K +52.5% −15.7% $40.4M 188 $227 44

Sun May 14 - $30.9K −27.5% −13.3% $40.4M 188 $164 45

Mon May 15 - $13.3K −57.0% −15.8% $40.4M 188 $71 46

Tue May 16 - $16.0K +20.1% −32.2% $40.5M 188 $85 47

Wed May 17 - $12.9K −19.1% −26.7% $40.5M 188 $69 48

Thu May 18 - $12.0K −6.9% −15.6% $40.5M 188 $64 49

Fri May 19 - $13.9K +15.4% −50.4% $40.5M 124 $112 50

Sat May 20 - $22.7K +63.6% −46.8% $40.5M 124 $183 51

Sun May 21 - $17.4K −23.4% −43.7% $40.5M 124 $140 52

Mon May 22 - $7.8K −55.3% −41.6% $40.5M 124 $63 53

Tue May 23 - $7.7K −1.1% −51.9% $40.5M 124 $62 54

Wed May 24 - $6.9K −10.0% −46.4% $40.6M 124 $56 55

Thu May 25 - $8.2K +18.5% −31.8% $40.6M 124 $66 56

Cumulative total$40.6M

Mar 31Apr 14Apr 28May 11May 25

Weekend grossWk 8 · $53.9K

$18.7M

$7.3M

$2.5M

$883.3K

$436.4K

$115.6K

$101.5K

$53.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,440 → 124 −96.4%

3,440 open124 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −46.9%

−60.9%

W1→2

−66.3%

W2→3

−64.2%

W3→4

−50.6%

W4→5

−73.5%

W5→6

−12.2%

W6→7

−46.9%

W7→8

Steepest −73.5%Best hold −12.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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