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Kubo and the Two Strings

2016 • PG • 1h 42m • Action, Adventure, Animation • Focus Features

Be bold. Be brave. Be epic.

3.96

7.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$48.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$77.5M

$29.5M international

Domestic Legs3.8x

Budget$55M

2016 Rank#67

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Cast & Crew

Full Knight filmography

Travis Knight Director

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron Starring

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

Ralph Fiennes Starring

Rooney Mara Starring

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Starring

ScreenplayChris Butler, Marc Haimes Produced byTravis Knight, Arianne Sutner CinematographyFrank Passingham MusicDario Marianelli StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 19-21 4 $12.6M — 3,260 $3,868 $12.6M

2 Aug 26-28 3 $7.8M −37.8% 3,279 $2,392 $24.9M

3 Sep 2-4 3 $6.4M −18.7% 2,985 $2,136 $34.2M

4 Sep 9-11 6 $3.3M −48.2% 2,335 $1,414 $40.9M

5 Sep 16-18 9 $2.5M −23.1% 1,757 $1,446 $44.3M

6 Sep 23-25 10 $1.1M −55.7% 1,209 $930 $46.0M

7 Sep 30-Oct 2 17 $469.4K −58.2% 526 $892 $46.7M

8 Oct 7-9 25 $231.7K −50.7% 251 $923 $47.1M

9 Oct 14-16 35 $114.8K −50.4% 139 $826 $47.3M

10 Oct 21-23 47 $69.8K −39.1% 102 $685 $47.4M

11 Oct 28-30 31 $140.0K +100.5% 176 $796 $47.6M

12 Nov 4-6 32 $118.9K −15.1% 149 $798 $47.8M

13 Nov 11-13 36 $92.4K −22.3% 107 $864 $47.9M

14 Nov 18-20 40 $50.0K −45.9% 88 $569 $48.0M

15 Nov 25-27 47 $23.7K −52.6% 46 $516 $48.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 18 — $515.0K — $515.0K 2,100 $245 -1

Fri Aug 19 #5 $4.1M +688.6% $4.1M 3,260 $1,246 1

Sat Aug 20 #5 $4.8M +19.1% $8.9M 3,260 $1,484 2

Sun Aug 21 #4 $3.7M −23.3% $12.6M 3,260 $1,138 3

Mon Aug 22 #4 $1.1M −71.0% $13.7M 3,260 $330 4

Tue Aug 23 #4 $1.5M +40.9% $15.2M 3,260 $466 5

Wed Aug 24 #6 $928.7K −38.8% $16.1M 3,260 $285 6

Thu Aug 25 #6 $879.4K −5.3% $17.0M 3,260 $270 7

Fri Aug 26 #6 $2.0M +122.3% −51.9% $19.0M 3,279 $596 8

Sat Aug 27 #3 $3.4M +75.2% −29.2% $22.4M 3,279 $1,044 9

Sun Aug 28 #3 $2.5M −28.0% −33.6% $24.9M 3,279 $752 10

Mon Aug 29 #5 $660.1K −73.2% −38.7% $25.5M 3,279 $201 11

Tue Aug 30 #4 $1.0M +52.1% −33.9% $26.5M 3,279 $306 12

Wed Aug 31 #5 $649.0K −35.4% −30.1% $27.2M 3,279 $198 13

Thu Sep 1 #5 $692.3K +6.7% −21.3% $27.9M 3,279 $211 14

Fri Sep 2 #5 $1.4M +102.4% −28.3% $29.3M 2,985 $469 15

Sat Sep 3 #3 $2.5M +78.6% −26.9% $31.8M 2,985 $838 16

Sun Sep 4 #3 $2.5M −1.2% +0.3% $34.2M 2,985 $828 17

Mon Sep 5 #3 $2.4M −3.3% +261.9% $36.6M 2,985 $800 18

Tue Sep 6 #8 $465.2K −80.5% −53.7% $37.1M 2,985 $156 19

Wed Sep 7 #9 $286.7K −38.4% −55.8% $37.4M 2,985 $96 20

Thu Sep 8 #9 $240.2K −16.2% −65.3% $37.6M 2,985 $80 21

Fri Sep 9 #10 $670.1K +179.0% −52.2% $38.3M 2,335 $287 22

Sat Sep 10 #6 $1.6M +137.3% −36.5% $39.9M 2,335 $681 23

Sun Sep 11 #5 $1.0M −34.5% −57.9% $40.9M 2,335 $446 24

Mon Sep 12 #7 $208.3K −80.0% −91.3% $41.1M 2,335 $89 25

Tue Sep 13 #10 $264.4K +27.0% −43.2% $41.4M 2,335 $113 26

Wed Sep 14 #10 $177.2K −33.0% −38.2% $41.6M 2,335 $76 27

Thu Sep 15 #9 $162.7K −8.2% −32.3% $41.7M 2,335 $70 28

Fri Sep 16 #12 $509.3K +213.0% −24.0% $42.2M 1,757 $290 29

Sat Sep 17 #9 $1.2M +133.7% −25.1% $43.4M 1,757 $678 30

Sun Sep 18 #9 $840.4K −29.4% −19.3% $44.3M 1,757 $478 31

Mon Sep 19 #10 $146.6K −82.6% −29.6% $44.4M 1,757 $83 32

Tue Sep 20 #10 $185.1K +26.3% −30.0% $44.6M 1,757 $105 33

Wed Sep 21 #10 $138.9K −25.0% −21.6% $44.7M 1,757 $79 34

Thu Sep 22 #10 $108.9K −21.6% −33.1% $44.9M 1,757 $62 35

Fri Sep 23 #12 $255.4K +134.5% −49.9% $45.1M 1,209 $211 36

Sat Sep 24 #10 $510.5K +99.9% −57.1% $45.6M 1,209 $422 37

Sun Sep 25 #10 $358.5K −29.8% −57.3% $46.0M 1,209 $297 38

Mon Sep 26 #12 $75.2K −79.0% −48.7% $46.1M 1,209 $62 39

Tue Sep 27 #12 $91.2K +21.2% −50.7% $46.1M 1,209 $75 40

Wed Sep 28 #12 $75.8K −16.9% −45.5% $46.2M 1,209 $63 41

Thu Sep 29 #13 $55.6K −26.6% −48.9% $46.3M 1,209 $46 42

Fri Sep 30 — $92.4K +66.2% −63.8% $46.4M 526 $176 43

Sat Oct 1 — $223.9K +142.4% −56.1% $46.6M 526 $426 44

Sun Oct 2 #15 $153.1K −31.6% −57.3% $46.7M 526 $291 45

Mon Oct 3 #15 $50.5K −67.1% −32.9% $46.8M 526 $96 46

Tue Oct 4 — $43.4K −14.1% −52.5% $46.8M 526 $82 47

Wed Oct 5 — $27.6K −36.4% −63.6% $46.9M 526 $52 48

Thu Oct 6 — $29.5K +6.9% −47.0% $46.9M 526 $56 49

Fri Oct 7 — $53.5K +81.6% −42.1% $46.9M 251 $213 50

Sat Oct 8 — $98.6K +84.3% −56.0% $47.0M 251 $393 51

Sun Oct 9 — $79.5K −19.3% −48.1% $47.1M 251 $317 52

Mon Oct 10 — $43.5K −45.3% −13.8% $47.2M 251 $173 53

Tue Oct 11 — $21.5K −50.7% −50.5% $47.2M 251 $86 54

Wed Oct 12 — $22.5K +4.7% −18.5% $47.2M 251 $89 55

Thu Oct 13 — $18.5K −17.5% −37.1% $47.2M 251 $74 56

Fri Oct 14 — $25.4K +37.1% −52.5% $47.3M 139 $183 57

Sat Oct 15 — $49.7K +95.7% −49.6% $47.3M 139 $358 58

Sun Oct 16 — $39.7K −20.2% −50.1% $47.3M 139 $285 59

Mon Oct 17 — $7.7K −80.7% −82.4% $47.4M 139 $55 60

Tue Oct 18 — $7.5K −1.7% −64.9% $47.4M 139 $54 61

Wed Oct 19 — $6.2K −18.0% −72.5% $47.4M 139 $44 62

Thu Oct 20 — $10.3K +67.0% −44.3% $47.4M 139 $74 63

Fri Oct 21 — $17.3K +67.3% −32.0% $47.4M 102 $169 64

Sat Oct 22 — $31.6K +83.3% −36.4% $47.4M 102 $310 65

Sun Oct 23 — $21.0K −33.8% −47.2% $47.4M 102 $205 66

Mon Oct 24 — $7.8K −62.6% +2.2% $47.5M 102 $77 67

Tue Oct 25 — $5.5K −30.4% −27.6% $47.5M 102 $53 68

Wed Oct 26 — $6.1K +11.4% −1.6% $47.5M 102 $60 69

Thu Oct 27 — $5.0K −17.6% −51.5% $47.5M 102 $49 70

Fri Oct 28 — $31.8K +534.7% +84.1% $47.5M 176 $181 71

Sat Oct 29 — $59.2K +86.4% +87.2% $47.6M 176 $336 72

Sun Oct 30 — $49.0K −17.2% +134.1% $47.6M 176 $279 73

Mon Oct 31 — $10.5K −78.6% +33.8% $47.6M 176 $60 74

Tue Nov 1 — $11.7K +11.4% +114.0% $47.6M 176 $66 75

Wed Nov 2 — $10.1K −13.3% +66.7% $47.6M 176 $58 76

Thu Nov 3 — $9.9K −2.5% +97.2% $47.7M 176 $56 77

Fri Nov 4 — $26.6K +170.0% −16.1% $47.7M 149 $179 78

Sat Nov 5 — $53.9K +102.1% −9.0% $47.7M 149 $362 79

Sun Nov 6 — $38.4K −28.7% −21.7% $47.8M 149 $258 80

Mon Nov 7 — $7.0K −81.7% −33.0% $47.8M 149 $47 81

Tue Nov 8 — $10.9K +54.6% −7.0% $47.8M 149 $73 82

Wed Nov 9 — $7.3K −33.0% −28.1% $47.8M 149 $49 83

Thu Nov 10 — $10.1K +38.9% +2.4% $47.8M 149 $68 84

Fri Nov 11 — $31.1K +208.1% +16.8% $47.8M 107 $291 85

Sat Nov 12 — $36.2K +16.3% −32.8% $47.9M 107 $338 86

Sun Nov 13 — $25.1K −30.6% −34.6% $47.9M 107 $235 87

Mon Nov 14 — $4.3K −82.8% −38.6% $47.9M 107 $40 88

Tue Nov 15 — $5.0K +16.6% −53.7% $47.9M 107 $47 89

Wed Nov 16 — $4.7K −7.0% −35.8% $47.9M 107 $44 90

Thu Nov 17 — $4.6K −0.5% −54.0% $47.9M 107 $43 91

Fri Nov 18 — $10.4K +123.0% −66.7% $47.9M 88 $118 92

Sat Nov 19 — $22.1K +113.0% −39.0% $48.0M 88 $251 93

Sun Nov 20 — $17.6K −20.3% −29.9% $48.0M 88 $200 94

Mon Nov 21 — $7.6K −56.6% +77.1% $48.0M 88 $87 95

Tue Nov 22 — $9.9K +29.2% +96.2% $48.0M 88 $112 96

Wed Nov 23 — $5.6K −42.8% +20.7% $48.0M 46 $123 97

Thu Nov 24 — $2.6K −53.5% −43.6% $48.0M 46 $57 98

Fri Nov 25 — $8.0K +205.5% −22.7% $48.0M 46 $174 99

Sat Nov 26 — $9.6K +20.4% −56.3% $48.0M 46 $210 100

Sun Nov 27 — $6.1K −37.2% −65.6% $48.0M 46 $132 101

Mon Nov 28 — $693 −88.6% −90.9% $48.0M 46 $15 102

Tue Nov 29 — $936 +35.1% −90.5% $48.0M 46 $20 103

Wed Nov 30 — $816 −12.8% −85.5% $48.0M 46 $18 104

Thu Dec 1 — $1.4K +66.9% −48.1% $48.0M 46 $30 105

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

Cumulative total$47.5M

Aug 18Sep 5Sep 22Oct 10Oct 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $69.8K

$12.6M

$7.8M

$6.4M

$3.3M

$2.5M

$1.1M

$469.4K

$231.7K

$114.8K

$69.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,279 → 102 −96.9%

2,100 open102 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.1%

−37.8%

W1→2

−18.7%

W2→3

−48.2%

W3→4

−23.1%

W4→5

−55.7%

W5→6

−58.2%

W6→7

−50.7%

W7→8

−50.4%

W8→9

−39.1%

W9→10

Steepest −58.2%Best hold −18.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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