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Nerve

2016 • PG-13 • 1h 36m • Adventure, Crime, Drama • Lionsgate

We dare you.

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58

3.11

6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$9.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$38.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$85.6M

$47.0M international

Domestic Legs4.1x

Budget$20M

2016 Rank#77

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Cast & Crew

Full Joost filmography

Henry Joost Director

Emma Roberts Starring

Dave Franco Starring

Juliette Lewis Starring

ScreenplayJessica Sharzer Produced byAnthony Katagas, Allison Shearmur CinematographyMichael Simmonds Prod. DesignChris Trujillo StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 29-31 8 $9.4M — 2,538 $3,722 $15.5M

2 Aug 5-7 8 $4.9M −48.5% 2,538 $1,915 $26.9M

3 Aug 12-14 11 $2.6M −45.7% 1,777 $1,485 $33.1M

4 Aug 19-21 15 $1.2M −54.8% 859 $1,388 $35.8M

5 Aug 26-28 22 $509.7K −57.2% 455 $1,120 $36.8M

6 Sep 2-4 23 $680.3K +33.5% 761 $894 $37.6M

7 Sep 9-11 35 $141.0K −79.3% 213 $662 $38.1M

8 Sep 16-18 31 $195.9K +38.9% 244 $803 $38.3M

9 Sep 23-25 36 $111.3K −43.2% 172 $647 $38.5M

10 Sep 30-Oct 2 40 $61.9K −44.3% 126 $492 $38.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Jul 26 — $1.1M — $1.1M — — -3

Wed Jul 27 #3 $3.7M +238.9% $3.7M 2,538 $1,469 -2

Thu Jul 28 #3 $2.3M −37.7% $6.1M 2,538 $916 -1

Fri Jul 29 #7 $3.2M +37.9% $9.3M 2,538 $1,262 1

Sat Jul 30 #8 $3.4M +4.8% $12.6M 2,538 $1,323 2

Sun Jul 31 #8 $2.9M −14.1% $15.5M 2,538 $1,137 3

Mon Aug 1 #5 $1.8M −39.3% $17.2M 2,538 $690 4

Tue Aug 2 #6 $2.0M +17.1% $19.3M 2,538 $808 5

Wed Aug 3 #6 $1.5M −28.0% $20.8M 2,538 $582 6

Thu Aug 4 #6 $1.2M −17.6% $22.0M 2,538 $479 7

Fri Aug 5 #8 $1.6M +31.8% −49.9% $23.6M 2,538 $632 8

Sat Aug 6 #9 $1.8M +13.1% −46.0% $25.4M 2,538 $715 9

Sun Aug 7 #8 $1.4M −20.3% −49.9% $26.9M 2,538 $569 10

Mon Aug 8 #6 $908.2K −37.1% −48.1% $27.8M 2,538 $358 11

Tue Aug 9 #7 $1.1M +23.2% −45.4% $28.9M 2,538 $441 12

Wed Aug 10 #7 $874.6K −21.8% −40.7% $29.8M 2,538 $345 13

Thu Aug 11 #7 $696.9K −20.3% −42.7% $30.4M 2,538 $275 14

Fri Aug 12 #11 $836.0K +20.0% −47.9% $31.3M 1,777 $470 15

Sat Aug 13 #11 $1.1M +26.8% −41.5% $32.3M 1,777 $597 16

Sun Aug 14 #11 $742.9K −29.9% −48.6% $33.1M 1,777 $418 17

Mon Aug 15 #11 $414.1K −44.3% −54.4% $33.5M 1,777 $233 18

Tue Aug 16 #10 $535.7K +29.4% −52.1% $34.0M 1,777 $301 19

Wed Aug 17 #11 $352.6K −34.2% −59.7% $34.4M 1,777 $198 20

Thu Aug 18 #13 $212.9K −39.6% −69.5% $34.6M 1,777 $120 21

Fri Aug 19 #14 $368.5K +73.1% −55.9% $35.0M 859 $429 22

Sat Aug 20 #15 $521.1K +41.4% −50.9% $35.5M 859 $607 23

Sun Aug 21 #15 $302.4K −42.0% −59.3% $35.8M 859 $352 24

Mon Aug 22 #15 $134.0K −55.7% −67.7% $35.9M 859 $156 25

Tue Aug 23 #15 $159.9K +19.4% −70.2% $36.1M 859 $186 26

Wed Aug 24 — $115.7K −27.6% −67.2% $36.2M 859 $135 27

Thu Aug 25 — $73.8K −36.3% −65.4% $36.3M 859 $86 28

Fri Aug 26 — $146.6K +98.8% −60.2% $36.4M 455 $322 29

Sat Aug 27 — $247.0K +68.5% −52.6% $36.7M 455 $543 30

Sun Aug 28 — $116.0K −53.0% −61.6% $36.8M 455 $255 31

Mon Aug 29 — $40.2K −65.4% −70.0% $36.8M 455 $88 32

Tue Aug 30 — $54.2K +34.8% −66.1% $36.9M 455 $119 33

Wed Aug 31 — $32.2K −40.6% −72.2% $36.9M 455 $71 34

Thu Sep 1 — $34.5K +7.1% −53.2% $36.9M 455 $76 35

Fri Sep 2 — $155.4K +350.6% +6.0% $37.1M 761 $204 36

Sat Sep 3 — $265.6K +70.9% +7.5% $37.4M 761 $349 37

Sun Sep 4 — $259.3K −2.4% +123.5% $37.6M 761 $341 38

Mon Sep 5 — $171.3K −34.0% +325.9% $37.8M 761 $225 39

Tue Sep 6 — $57.3K −66.5% +5.7% $37.9M 761 $75 40

Wed Sep 7 — $38.5K −32.9% +19.5% $37.9M 761 $51 41

Thu Sep 8 — $33.4K −13.1% −3.1% $37.9M 761 $44 42

Fri Sep 9 — $40.3K +20.7% −74.0% $38.0M 213 $189 43

Sat Sep 10 — $71.0K +76.0% −73.3% $38.0M 213 $333 44

Sun Sep 11 — $29.7K −58.1% −88.5% $38.1M 213 $140 45

Mon Sep 12 — $7.5K −74.6% −95.6% $38.1M 213 $35 46

Tue Sep 13 — $13.4K +77.9% −76.6% $38.1M 213 $63 47

Wed Sep 14 — $8.6K −35.9% −77.6% $38.1M 213 $40 48

Thu Sep 15 — $7.4K −13.9% −77.8% $38.1M 213 $35 49

Fri Sep 16 — $60.8K +720.8% +50.8% $38.2M 244 $249 50

Sat Sep 17 — $91.0K +49.6% +28.3% $38.3M 244 $373 51

Sun Sep 18 — $44.1K −51.6% +48.2% $38.3M 244 $181 52

Mon Sep 19 — $11.6K −73.7% +54.0% $38.3M 244 $48 53

Tue Sep 20 — $15.5K +33.5% +15.5% $38.3M 244 $63 54

Wed Sep 21 — $11.7K −24.7% +35.7% $38.3M 244 $48 55

Thu Sep 22 — $13.2K +12.9% +77.8% $38.4M 244 $54 56

Fri Sep 23 — $31.6K +139.9% −48.1% $38.4M 172 $184 57

Sat Sep 24 — $51.0K +61.6% −43.9% $38.4M 172 $297 58

Sun Sep 25 — $28.6K −43.9% −35.0% $38.5M 172 $166 59

Mon Sep 26 — $8.3K −70.9% −28.1% $38.5M 172 $48 60

Tue Sep 27 — $9.9K +18.9% −35.9% $38.5M 172 $58 61

Wed Sep 28 — $7.7K −21.9% −33.6% $38.5M 172 $45 62

Thu Sep 29 — $7.7K −1.0% −41.8% $38.5M 172 $45 63

Fri Sep 30 — $17.1K +122.8% −45.9% $38.5M 126 $136 64

Sat Oct 1 — $28.6K +67.7% −43.9% $38.5M 126 $227 65

Sun Oct 2 — $16.2K −43.3% −43.3% $38.6M 126 $129 66

Mon Oct 3 — $5.0K −69.4% −40.5% $38.6M 126 $39 67

Tue Oct 4 — $5.4K +8.8% −45.5% $38.6M 126 $43 68

Wed Oct 5 — $5.2K −3.1% −32.4% $38.6M 126 $42 69

Thu Oct 6 — $5.6K +7.7% −26.4% $38.6M 126 $45 70

Cumulative total$38.6M

Jul 26Aug 13Aug 31Sep 18Oct 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $61.9K

$9.4M

$4.9M

$2.6M

$1.2M

$509.7K

$680.3K

$141.0K

$195.9K

$111.3K

$61.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,538 → 126 −95.0%

2,538 open126 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.3%

−48.5%

W1→2

−45.7%

W2→3

−54.8%

W3→4

−57.2%

W4→5

+33.5%

W5→6

−79.3%

W6→7

+38.9%

W7→8

−43.2%

W8→9

−44.3%

W9→10

Steepest −79.3%Biggest gain +38.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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