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Life

2017 • R • 1h 43m • Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller • Sony Pictures Releasing

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3.09

6.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$30.2M

Final

Worldwide Total

$101.8M

$71.6M international

Domestic Legs2.4x

Budget$58M

2017 Rank#82

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Cast & Crew

Full Espinosa filmography

Daniel Espinosa

Daniel Espinosa Director

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Starring

Ryan Reynolds Starring

Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca Ferguson Starring

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada Starring

ScreenplayRhett Reese, Paul Wernick Produced byDavid Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Julie Lynn, Bonnie Curtis CinematographySeamus McGarvey StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 24-26 4 $12.5M — 3,146 $3,974 $12.5M

2 Mar 31-Apr 2 8 $5.6M −55.6% 3,146 $1,765 $22.3M

3 Apr 7-9 12 $2.4M −57.3% 1,788 $1,326 $26.9M

4 Apr 14-16 16 $632.2K −73.3% 605 $1,045 $28.6M

5 Apr 21-23 22 $448.2K −29.1% 730 $614 $29.3M

6 Apr 28-30 25 $305.2K −31.9% 503 $607 $29.8M

7 May 5-7 37 $63.5K −79.2% 132 $481 $30.0M

8 May 12-14 39 $70.9K +11.5% 125 $567 $30.1M

9 May 19-21 $39.2K −44.7% 87 $451 $30.2M

10 May 26-29 43 $23.9K −39.1% 43 $555 $30.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Mar 23 — $800.0K — $800.0K — — -1

Fri Mar 24 #3 $4.4M +450.9% $4.4M 3,146 $1,401 1

Sat Mar 25 #4 $4.8M +10.0% $9.3M 3,146 $1,541 2

Sun Mar 26 #4 $3.2M −33.0% $12.5M 3,146 $1,032 3

Mon Mar 27 #4 $1.0M −68.2% $13.5M 3,146 $328 4

Tue Mar 28 #4 $1.4M +39.8% $15.0M 3,146 $459 5

Wed Mar 29 #5 $926.4K −35.9% $15.9M 3,146 $294 6

Thu Mar 30 #5 $837.9K −9.5% $16.7M 3,146 $266 7

Fri Mar 31 #8 $1.6M +96.9% −62.6% $18.4M 3,146 $524 8

Sat Apr 1 #8 $2.4M +44.4% −50.9% $20.8M 3,146 $757 9

Sun Apr 2 #7 $1.5M −36.2% −53.2% $22.3M 3,146 $483 10

Mon Apr 3 #7 $493.9K −67.5% −52.2% $22.8M 3,146 $157 11

Tue Apr 4 #6 $783.8K +58.7% −45.7% $23.6M 3,146 $249 12

Wed Apr 5 #6 $517.0K −34.0% −44.2% $24.1M 3,146 $164 13

Thu Apr 6 #8 $478.7K −7.4% −42.9% $24.6M 3,146 $152 14

Fri Apr 7 #12 $697.1K +45.6% −57.7% $25.3M 1,788 $390 15

Sat Apr 8 #12 $1.0M +49.6% −56.2% $26.3M 1,788 $583 16

Sun Apr 9 #12 $631.6K −39.4% −58.4% $26.9M 1,788 $353 17

Mon Apr 10 #12 $239.9K −62.0% −51.4% $27.2M 1,788 $134 18

Tue Apr 11 #12 $343.8K +43.3% −56.1% $27.5M 1,788 $192 19

Wed Apr 12 #13 $243.7K −29.1% −52.9% $27.8M 1,788 $136 20

Thu Apr 13 #13 $191.4K −21.5% −60.0% $28.0M 1,788 $107 21

Fri Apr 14 #14 $211.9K +10.7% −69.6% $28.2M 605 $350 22

Sat Apr 15 #15 $245.0K +15.6% −76.5% $28.4M 605 $405 23

Sun Apr 16 #15 $175.3K −28.4% −72.2% $28.6M 605 $290 24

Mon Apr 17 #15 $77.1K −56.0% −67.8% $28.7M 605 $127 25

Tue Apr 18 #15 $80.6K +4.5% −76.5% $28.7M 605 $133 26

Wed Apr 19 #15 $64.2K −20.4% −73.7% $28.8M 605 $106 27

Thu Apr 20 #15 $59.9K −6.6% −68.7% $28.9M 605 $99 28

Fri Apr 21 — $136.0K +126.9% −35.8% $29.0M 730 $186 29

Sat Apr 22 — $206.9K +52.1% −15.5% $29.2M 730 $283 30

Sun Apr 23 — $105.3K −49.1% −39.9% $29.3M 730 $144 31

Mon Apr 24 — $44.7K −57.5% −42.0% $29.4M 730 $61 32

Tue Apr 25 — $64.4K +43.8% −20.2% $29.4M 730 $88 33

Wed Apr 26 — $47.5K −26.2% −26.0% $29.5M 730 $65 34

Thu Apr 27 — $42.0K −11.6% −29.9% $29.5M 730 $58 35

Fri Apr 28 — $88.3K +110.3% −35.1% $29.6M 503 $176 36

Sat Apr 29 — $142.4K +61.2% −31.2% $29.8M 503 $283 37

Sun Apr 30 — $74.4K −47.7% −29.3% $29.8M 503 $148 38

Mon May 1 — $29.2K −60.7% −34.6% $29.9M 503 $58 39

Tue May 2 — $36.2K +23.8% −43.8% $29.9M 503 $72 40

Wed May 3 — $29.1K −19.6% −38.8% $29.9M 503 $58 41

Thu May 4 — $17.5K −39.9% −58.3% $29.9M 503 $35 42

Fri May 5 — $17.6K +0.7% −80.1% $30.0M 132 $133 43

Sat May 6 — $29.8K +69.3% −79.1% $30.0M 132 $226 44

Sun May 7 — $16.1K −45.9% −78.3% $30.0M 132 $122 45

Cumulative total$30.0M

Mar 23Apr 3Apr 15Apr 26May 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $23.9K

$12.5M

$5.6M

$2.4M

$632.2K

$448.2K

$305.2K

$63.5K

$70.9K

$39.2K

$23.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,146 → 132 −95.8%

3,146 open132 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.1%

−55.6%

W1→2

−57.3%

W2→3

−73.3%

W3→4

−29.1%

W4→5

−31.9%

W5→6

−79.2%

W6→7

+11.5%

W7→8

−44.7%

W8→9

−39.1%

W9→10

Steepest −79.2%Biggest gain +11.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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