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Happy Death Day

2017 • PG-13 • 1h 36m • Comedy, Horror, Mystery • Universal Pictures

Get up. Live your day. Get killed. Again.

🍅 71% 67%

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3.01

6.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$26M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$55.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$125M

$69.3M international

Domestic Legs2.1x

Budget$5M

2017 Rank#50

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Cast & Crew

Directed byChristopher Landon ScreenplayScott Lobdell Produced byJason Blum CinematographyToby Oliver Music byBear McCreary StarringJessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken, Laura Clifton, Rachel Matthews StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 13-15 1 $26.0M — 3,149 $8,269 $26.0M

2 Oct 20-22 3 $9.4M −64.0% 3,298 $2,839 $40.7M

3 Oct 27-29 4 $5.1M −45.8% 3,535 $1,437 $48.4M

4 Nov 3-5 6 $2.7M −46.8% 2,184 $1,236 $52.9M

5 Nov 10-12 9 $1.3M −53.1% 1,564 $810 $54.9M

6 Nov 17-19 19 $224.8K −82.2% 427 $526 $55.4M

7 Nov 24-26 37 $67.7K −69.9% 131 $517 $55.6M

8 Dec 1-3 45 $40.4K −40.3% 100 $404 $55.6M

9 Dec 8-10 43 $31.5K −22.0% 88 $358 $55.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 13 #1 $11.7M — $11.7M 3,149 $3,703 1

Sat Oct 14 #1 $9.4M −19.7% $21.0M 3,149 $2,973 2

Sun Oct 15 #1 $5.0M −46.4% $26.0M 3,149 $1,593 3

Mon Oct 16 #2 $1.4M −72.8% $27.4M 3,149 $434 4

Tue Oct 17 #2 $1.7M +26.4% $29.1M 3,149 $549 5

Wed Oct 18 #2 $1.1M −38.7% $30.2M 3,149 $336 6

Thu Oct 19 #2 $1.1M +5.4% $31.3M 3,149 $355 7

Fri Oct 20 #3 $3.0M +167.8% −74.4% $34.3M 3,298 $906 8

Sat Oct 21 #3 $4.1M +37.0% −56.3% $38.4M 3,298 $1,242 9

Sun Oct 22 #3 $2.3M −44.4% −54.6% $40.7M 3,298 $691 10

Mon Oct 23 #4 $644.2K −71.7% −52.9% $41.3M 3,298 $195 11

Tue Oct 24 #4 $883.0K +37.1% −48.9% $42.2M 3,298 $268 12

Wed Oct 25 #4 $565.8K −35.9% −46.6% $42.8M 3,298 $172 13

Thu Oct 26 #4 $529.7K −6.4% −52.6% $43.3M 3,298 $161 14

Fri Oct 27 #4 $1.5M +191.4% −48.4% $44.8M 3,535 $437 15

Sat Oct 28 #4 $2.2M +44.7% −45.5% $47.1M 3,535 $632 16

Sun Oct 29 #4 $1.3M −41.7% −42.9% $48.4M 3,535 $368 17

Mon Oct 30 #4 $439.3K −66.3% −31.8% $48.8M 3,535 $124 18

Tue Oct 31 #3 $696.5K +58.5% −21.1% $49.5M 3,535 $197 19

Wed Nov 1 #6 $329.2K −52.7% −41.8% $49.8M 3,413 $96 20

Thu Nov 2 #6 $314.2K −4.6% −40.7% $50.2M 3,413 $92 21

Fri Nov 3 #6 $786.4K +150.3% −49.1% $50.9M 2,184 $360 22

Sat Nov 4 #6 $1.3M +62.4% −42.8% $52.2M 2,184 $585 23

Sun Nov 5 #7 $636.3K −50.2% −51.1% $52.9M 2,184 $291 24

Mon Nov 6 #7 $216.0K −66.1% −50.8% $53.1M 2,184 $99 25

Tue Nov 7 #9 $245.7K +13.8% −64.7% $53.3M 2,184 $113 26

Wed Nov 8 #11 $151.8K −38.2% −53.9% $53.5M 2,184 $69 27

Thu Nov 9 #9 $174.9K +15.2% −44.3% $53.6M 2,184 $80 28

Fri Nov 10 #8 $449.6K +157.1% −42.8% $54.1M 1,564 $287 29

Sat Nov 11 #9 $568.5K +26.4% −55.5% $54.7M 1,564 $364 30

Sun Nov 12 #11 $248.3K −56.3% −61.0% $54.9M 1,564 $159 31

Mon Nov 13 #15 $69.8K −71.9% −67.7% $55.0M 1,564 $45 32

Tue Nov 14 #15 $90.2K +29.2% −63.3% $55.1M 1,564 $58 33

Wed Nov 15 #14 $66.5K −26.2% −56.2% $55.1M 1,564 $43 34

Thu Nov 16 — $38.5K −42.1% −78.0% $55.2M 1,564 $25 35

Fri Nov 17 — $62.0K +61.0% −86.2% $55.2M 427 $145 36

Sat Nov 18 — $106.5K +71.8% −81.3% $55.3M 427 $250 37

Sun Nov 19 — $56.2K −47.2% −77.3% $55.4M 427 $132 38

Mon Nov 20 #15 $40.3K −28.3% −42.3% $55.4M 427 $94 39

Tue Nov 21 — $30.6K −24.1% −66.1% $55.5M 427 $72 40

Wed Nov 22 — $20.6K −32.6% −69.0% $55.5M 265 $78 41

Thu Nov 23 — $13.8K −33.1% −64.2% $55.5M 265 $52 42

Fri Nov 24 — $25.1K +81.6% −59.6% $55.5M 131 $191 43

Sat Nov 25 — $28.1K +12.3% −73.6% $55.6M 131 $215 44

Sun Nov 26 — $14.5K −48.4% −74.2% $55.6M 131 $111 45

Mon Nov 27 — $4.5K −69.0% −88.8% $55.6M 131 $34 46

Tue Nov 28 — $4.4K −2.6% −85.6% $55.6M 131 $34 47

Wed Nov 29 — $3.9K −11.3% −81.1% $55.6M 131 $30 48

Thu Nov 30 — $3.9K +0.9% −71.5% $55.6M 131 $30 49

Fri Dec 1 — $10.1K +156.6% −59.7% $55.6M 100 $101 50

Sat Dec 2 — $19.5K +93.4% −30.7% $55.6M 100 $195 51

Sun Dec 3 — $10.8K −44.5% −25.5% $55.6M 100 $108 52

Mon Dec 4 — $3.2K −70.3% −28.7% $55.6M 100 $32 53

Tue Dec 5 — $3.5K +8.9% −20.4% $55.6M 100 $35 54

Wed Dec 6 — $3.2K −8.3% −17.7% $55.6M 100 $32 55

Thu Dec 7 — $3.2K +0.2% −18.3% $55.6M 100 $32 56

Fri Dec 8 — $7.9K +145.5% −21.9% $55.6M 88 $90 57

Sat Dec 9 — $15.5K +97.0% −20.4% $55.7M 88 $176 58

Sun Dec 10 — $8.1K −47.7% −25.0% $55.7M 88 $92 59

Mon Dec 11 — $2.7K −66.8% −16.0% $55.7M 88 $31 60

Tue Dec 12 — $2.7K −0.6% −23.3% $55.7M 88 $30 61

Wed Dec 13 — $2.8K +5.4% −11.9% $55.7M 88 $32 62

Thu Dec 14 — $2.8K +0.5% −11.5% $55.7M 88 $32 63

Cumulative total$55.7M

Oct 13Oct 29Nov 13Nov 29Dec 14

Weekend grossWk 9 · $31.5K

$26.0M

$9.4M

$5.1M

$2.7M

$1.3M

$224.8K

$67.7K

$40.4K

$31.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,535 → 88 −97.5%

3,149 open88 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −22.0%

−64.0%

W1→2

−45.8%

W2→3

−46.8%

W3→4

−53.1%

W4→5

−82.2%

W5→6

−69.9%

W6→7

−40.3%

W7→8

−22.0%

W8→9

Steepest −82.2%Best hold −22.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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