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Guardians of the GalaxyFollow

2014 • PG-13 • 2h 1m • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi • Walt Disney Studios

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$94.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$333.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$770.90M

$437.20M international

Domestic legs3.54x

Budget$170.0M

2014 rank#3

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Cast & crew

Full Gunn filmography

James Gunn

James Gunn Director

Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt Starring

Zoe Saldaña

Zoe Saldaña Starring

Dave Bautista

Dave Bautista Starring

Vin Diesel

Vin Diesel Starring

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper Starring

ScreenplayJames Gunn, Nicole Perlman Produced byKevin Feige CinematographyBen Davis MusicTyler Bates Prod. DesignCharles Wood StudioWalt Disney Studios SeriesGuardians of the Galaxy

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 1-3 1 $94.3M — 4,080 $23,118 $94.3M

2 Aug 8-10 2 $42.1M −55.3% 4,088 $10,305 $176.5M

3 Aug 15-17 2 $25.1M −40.4% 3,697 $6,793 $222.7M

4 Aug 22-24 1 $17.2M −31.5% 3,371 $5,103 $251.5M

5 Aug 29-31 1 $17.1M −0.7% 3,462 $4,934 $275.4M

6 Sep 5-7 1 $10.4M −39.4% 3,221 $3,216 $294.8M

7 Sep 12-14 3 $8.1M −21.8% 3,104 $2,610 $306.0M

8 Sep 19-21 6 $5.2M −35.3% 2,846 $1,842 $313.7M

9 Sep 26-28 8 $3.8M −28.2% 2,451 $1,536 $319.2M

10 Oct 3-5 9 $3.0M −20.2% 1,894 $1,587 $323.3M

11 Oct 10-12 12 $1.8M −39.3% 1,291 $1,414 $326.1M

12 Oct 17-19 13 $959.9K −47.4% 730 $1,315 $327.8M

13 Oct 24-26 18 $554.5K −42.2% 402 $1,379 $328.7M

14 Oct 31-33 21 $563.7K +1.7% 334 $1,688 $329.4M

15 Nov 7-9 18 $415.0K −26.4% 296 $1,402 $329.8M

16 Nov 14-16 23 $292.8K −29.4% 233 $1,257 $330.5M

17 Nov 21-23 20 $471.0K +60.9% 324 $1,454 $331.0M

18 Nov 28-30 17 $461.9K −1.9% 285 $1,621 $331.9M

19 Dec 5-7 22 $266.8K −42.3% 276 $967 $332.2M

20 Dec 12-14 25 $180.9K −32.2% 245 $738 $332.5M

21 Dec 19-21 30 $105.0K −42.0% 206 $510 $332.7M

22 Dec 26-28 34 $112.8K +7.4% 170 $663 $332.9M

23 Jan 2-4 38 $89.7K −20.4% 154 $583 $333.1M

24 Jan 9-11 42 $50.7K −43.5% 125 $406 $333.1M

25 Jan 16-18 52 $27.0K −46.9% 65 $415 $333.2M

26 Nov 13-15 7 $406.0K +1406.0% 1,560 $260 $333.6M

27 Nov 20-22 - $136.0K −66.5% 815 $167 $333.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 31 #P $11.2M — $11.2M 0 $0 -1

Fri Aug 1 #1 $37.8M +237.9% $37.8M 4,080 $9,276 1

Sat Aug 2 #1 $31.0M −18.1% $68.8M 4,080 $7,596 2

Sun Aug 3 #1 $25.5M −17.8% $94.3M 4,080 $6,246 3

Mon Aug 4 #1 $11.7M −54.0% $106.0M 4,080 $2,873 4

Tue Aug 5 #1 $11.9M +1.6% $118.0M 4,080 $2,919 5

Wed Aug 6 #1 $8.8M −26.0% $126.8M 4,080 $2,159 6

Thu Aug 7 #1 $7.6M −13.4% $134.4M 4,080 $1,870 7

Fri Aug 8 #2 $12.3M +61.3% −67.5% $146.7M 4,088 $3,012 8

Sat Aug 9 #2 $16.9M +37.6% −45.3% $163.7M 4,088 $4,146 9

Sun Aug 10 #2 $12.9M −24.1% −49.5% $176.5M 4,088 $3,147 10

Mon Aug 11 #2 $5.3M −58.5% −54.4% $181.9M 4,088 $1,307 11

Tue Aug 12 #2 $6.6M +23.7% −44.5% $188.5M 4,088 $1,617 12

Wed Aug 13 #3 $4.8M −26.6% −44.9% $193.3M 4,088 $1,186 13

Thu Aug 14 #2 $4.2M −12.8% −44.6% $197.5M 4,088 $1,034 14

Fri Aug 15 #2 $6.9M +64.2% −43.6% $204.5M 3,697 $1,877 15

Sat Aug 16 #2 $10.4M +49.2% −38.9% $214.8M 3,697 $2,801 16

Sun Aug 17 #2 $7.8M −24.5% −39.2% $222.7M 3,697 $2,116 17

Mon Aug 18 #1 $2.9M −63.1% −46.0% $225.5M 3,697 $780 18

Tue Aug 19 #2 $3.5M +21.7% −46.9% $229.1M 3,697 $950 19

Wed Aug 20 #1 $2.6M −25.3% −45.9% $231.7M 3,697 $710 20

Thu Aug 21 #1 $2.6M −1.9% −39.1% $234.3M 3,697 $696 21

Fri Aug 22 #2 $4.8M +87.3% −30.6% $239.1M 3,371 $1,429 22

Sat Aug 23 #1 $7.5M +55.3% −27.7% $246.6M 3,371 $2,219 23

Sun Aug 24 #1 $4.9M −34.5% −37.3% $251.5M 3,371 $1,454 24

Mon Aug 25 #1 $1.7M −66.1% −42.4% $253.1M 3,371 $493 25

Tue Aug 26 #1 $2.1M +26.9% −39.9% $255.2M 3,371 $626 26

Wed Aug 27 #1 $1.5M −28.6% −42.5% $256.7M 3,371 $447 27

Thu Aug 28 #1 $1.6M +3.7% −39.3% $258.3M 3,371 $463 28

Fri Aug 29 #1 $3.8M +146.2% −20.2% $262.1M 3,462 $1,111 29

Sat Aug 30 #1 $6.2M +61.7% −16.9% $268.4M 3,462 $1,797 30

Sun Aug 31 #1 $7.0M +12.8% +43.1% $275.4M 3,462 $2,026 31

Mon Sep 1 #1 $5.8M −17.0% +250.4% $281.2M 3,462 $1,682 32

Tue Sep 2 #1 $1.4M −76.2% −34.2% $282.6M 3,462 $401 33

Wed Sep 3 #1 $974.7K −29.8% −35.3% $283.6M 3,462 $282 34

Thu Sep 4 #1 $841.1K −13.7% −46.2% $284.4M 3,462 $243 35

Fri Sep 5 #1 $2.7M +221.9% −29.6% $287.1M 3,221 $841 36

Sat Sep 6 #1 $5.1M +86.5% −18.8% $292.2M 3,221 $1,568 37

Sun Sep 7 #1 $2.6M −48.5% −62.9% $294.8M 3,221 $807 38

Mon Sep 8 #1 $721.8K −72.2% −87.6% $295.5M 3,221 $224 39

Tue Sep 9 #1 $941.7K +30.5% −32.1% $296.4M 3,221 $292 40

Wed Sep 10 #1 $728.9K −22.6% −25.2% $297.2M 3,221 $226 41

Thu Sep 11 #1 $727.2K −0.2% −13.5% $297.9M 3,221 $226 42

Fri Sep 12 #3 $2.1M +190.7% −21.9% $300.0M 3,104 $681 43

Sat Sep 13 #3 $3.9M +84.7% −22.7% $303.9M 3,104 $1,258 44

Sun Sep 14 #3 $2.1M −46.7% −19.9% $306.0M 3,104 $671 45

Mon Sep 15 #2 $578.9K −72.2% −19.8% $306.6M 3,104 $186 46

Tue Sep 16 #2 $778.9K +34.6% −17.3% $307.3M 3,104 $251 47

Wed Sep 17 #2 $586.5K −24.7% −19.5% $307.9M 3,104 $189 48

Thu Sep 18 #2 $557.6K −4.9% −23.3% $308.5M 3,104 $180 49

Fri Sep 19 #6 $1.4M +148.0% −34.6% $309.9M 2,846 $486 50

Sat Sep 20 #6 $2.5M +79.1% −36.6% $312.3M 2,846 $870 51

Sun Sep 21 #6 $1.4M −44.1% −33.6% $313.7M 2,846 $486 52

Mon Sep 22 #5 $364.0K −73.7% −37.1% $314.1M 2,846 $128 53

Tue Sep 23 #5 $448.2K +23.1% −42.5% $314.5M 2,846 $157 54

Wed Sep 24 #5 $382.9K −14.6% −34.7% $314.9M 2,846 $135 55

Thu Sep 25 #6 $476.9K +24.6% −14.5% $315.4M 2,846 $168 56

Fri Sep 26 #8 $1.0M +114.9% −25.9% $316.4M 2,451 $418 57

Sat Sep 27 #8 $1.8M +72.8% −28.5% $318.2M 2,451 $723 58

Sun Sep 28 #8 $969.4K −45.3% −29.9% $319.2M 2,451 $396 59

Mon Sep 29 #7 $284.3K −70.7% −21.9% $319.5M 2,451 $116 60

Tue Sep 30 #6 $341.1K +20.0% −23.9% $319.8M 2,451 $139 61

Wed Oct 1 #7 $273.7K −19.8% −28.5% $320.1M 2,451 $112 62

Thu Oct 2 #6 $258.1K −5.7% −45.9% $320.3M 2,451 $105 63

Fri Oct 3 #9 $801.5K +210.6% −21.8% $321.1M 1,894 $423 64

Sat Oct 4 #9 $1.5M +82.3% −17.5% $322.6M 1,894 $772 65

Sun Oct 5 #9 $742.0K −49.2% −23.5% $323.3M 1,894 $392 66

Mon Oct 6 #8 $214.3K −71.1% −24.6% $323.5M 1,894 $113 67

Tue Oct 7 #8 $270.9K +26.4% −20.6% $323.8M 1,894 $143 68

Wed Oct 8 #8 $228.9K −15.5% −16.4% $324.0M 1,894 $121 69

Thu Oct 9 #8 $224.3K −2.0% −13.1% $324.3M 1,894 $118 70

Fri Oct 10 #12 $504.2K +124.8% −37.1% $324.8M 1,291 $391 71

Sat Oct 11 #12 $818.4K +62.3% −44.0% $325.6M 1,291 $634 72

Sun Oct 12 #11 $502.2K −38.6% −32.3% $326.1M 1,291 $389 73

Mon Oct 13 #13 $309.7K −38.3% +44.5% $326.4M 1,291 $240 74

Tue Oct 14 #13 $160.9K −48.0% −40.6% $326.6M 1,291 $125 75

Wed Oct 15 #13 $143.1K −11.0% −37.5% $326.7M 1,291 $111 76

Thu Oct 16 #12 $124.2K −13.2% −44.6% $326.8M 1,291 $96 77

Fri Oct 17 #13 $280.7K +125.9% −44.3% $327.1M 730 $385 78

Sat Oct 18 #13 $451.8K +61.0% −44.8% $327.6M 730 $619 79

Sun Oct 19 #14 $227.4K −49.7% −54.7% $327.8M 730 $311 80

Mon Oct 20 #15 $79.1K −65.2% −74.5% $327.9M 730 $108 81

Tue Oct 21 #15 $83.2K +5.2% −48.3% $328.0M 730 $114 82

Wed Oct 22 #16 $70.9K −14.9% −50.5% $328.0M 730 $97 83

Thu Oct 23 #- $69.8K −1.5% −43.8% $328.1M 730 $96 84

Fri Nov 13 #- $123.0K +76.2% −56.2% $333.3M 1,560 $79 85

Sat Nov 14 #- $185.0K +50.4% −59.1% $333.5M 1,560 $119 86

Sun Nov 15 #- $98.0K −47.0% −56.9% $333.6M 1,560 $63 87

Fri Nov 20 #- $40.0K −59.2% −49.4% $333.6M 815 $49 88

Sat Nov 21 #- $63.0K +57.5% −24.3% $333.7M 815 $77 89

Sun Nov 22 #- $33.0K −47.6% −53.4% $333.7M 815 $40 90

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

Cumulative total$324.3M

Jul 31Aug 18Sep 4Sep 22Oct 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.0M

$94.3M

$42.1M

$25.1M

$17.2M

$17.1M

$10.4M

$8.1M

$5.2M

$3.8M

$3.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,088 → 1,894 −53.7%

4,080 open1,894 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.2%

−55.3%

W1→2

−40.4%

W2→3

−31.5%

W3→4

−0.7%

W4→5

−39.4%

W5→6

−21.8%

W6→7

−35.3%

W7→8

−28.2%

W8→9

−20.2%

W9→10

Steepest −55.3%Best hold −0.7%

Run milestones

$300M in 44 days

$100M

Day 4

Aug 4

$200M

Day 15

Aug 15

$300M

Day 44

Sep 13

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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