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News of the World

2020 • PG-13 • 1h 58m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Universal Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$2.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$12.7M

Final

Domestic Legs5.6x

Budget$38M

2020 Rank#28

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Cast & Crew

Full Greengrass filmography

Paul Greengrass

Paul Greengrass Director

Tom Hanks Starring

Mare Winningham

Mare Winningham Starring

Fred Hechinger Starring

ScreenplayPaul Greengrass, Luke Davies Produced byGary Goetzman, Gail Mutrux, Gregory Goodman CinematographyDariusz Wolski MusicJames Newton Howard StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 25-27 2 $2.3M — 1,900 $1,184 $2.3M

2 Jan 1-3 3 $1.7M −24.9% 1,928 $877 $5.4M

3 Jan 8-10 3 $1.2M −26.9% 1,986 $622 $7.1M

4 Jan 15-17 4 $997.9K −19.3% 1,953 $511 $8.5M

5 Jan 22-24 5 $784.3K −21.4% 1,874 $419 $9.6M

6 Jan 29-31 6 $542.3K −30.9% 1,674 $324 $10.4M

7 Feb 5-7 6 $392.0K −27.7% 1,537 $255 $10.9M

8 Feb 12-14 8 $375.8K −4.1% 1,243 $302 $11.3M

9 Feb 19-21 9 $241.8K −35.7% 1,161 $208 $11.7M

10 Feb 26-28 10 $205.6K −15.0% 992 $207 $12.0M

11 Mar 5-7 12 $157.2K −23.5% 838 $188 $12.2M

12 Mar 12-14 $78.1K −50.3% 703 $111 $12.3M

13 Mar 19-21 $77.0K −1.5% 698 $110 $12.4M

14 Mar 26-28 $114.1K +48.2% 620 $184 $12.6M

15 Apr 2-4 $11.9K −89.6% 166 $72 $12.6M

16 Apr 9-11 $16.5K +38.6% 141 $117 $12.6M

17 Apr 16-18 $26.1K +58.5% 143 $182 $12.7M

18 Apr 23-25 $7.7K −70.6% 92 $83 $12.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 25 — $1.0M — $1.0M 1,900 $526 1

Sat Dec 26 — $769.9K −23.0% $1.8M 1,900 $405 2

Sun Dec 27 — $480.2K −37.6% $2.3M 1,900 $253 3

Mon Dec 28 — $300.4K −37.4% $2.6M 1,900 $158 4

Tue Dec 29 — $331.0K +10.2% $2.9M 1,900 $174 5

Wed Dec 30 — $320.2K −3.3% $3.2M 1,900 $169 6

Thu Dec 31 — $515.1K +60.9% $3.7M 1,900 $271 7

Fri Jan 1 — $605.7K +17.6% −39.4% $4.3M 1,928 $314 8

Sat Jan 2 — $728.4K +20.2% −5.4% $5.1M 1,928 $378 9

Sun Jan 3 — $356.1K −51.1% −25.9% $5.4M 1,928 $185 10

Mon Jan 4 — $108.9K −69.4% −63.7% $5.5M 1,928 $56 11

Tue Jan 5 — $146.8K +34.8% −55.6% $5.7M 1,928 $76 12

Wed Jan 6 — $86.9K −40.8% −72.9% $5.7M 1,928 $45 13

Thu Jan 7 — $111.0K +27.8% −78.4% $5.9M 1,928 $58 14

Fri Jan 8 — $396.2K +256.9% −34.6% $6.3M 1,928 $205 15

Sat Jan 9 — $560.2K +41.4% −23.1% $6.8M 1,928 $291 16

Sun Jan 10 — $279.8K −50.1% −21.4% $7.1M 1,928 $145 17

Mon Jan 11 — $64.4K −77.0% −40.9% $7.2M 1,928 $33 18

Tue Jan 12 — $123.2K +91.3% −16.1% $7.3M 1,928 $64 19

Wed Jan 13 — $81.2K −34.1% −6.5% $7.4M 1,928 $42 20

Thu Jan 14 — $88.4K +8.9% −20.4% $7.5M 1,928 $46 21

Fri Jan 15 — $308.3K +248.7% −22.2% $7.8M 1,953 $158 22

Sat Jan 16 — $431.4K +40.0% −23.0% $8.2M 1,953 $221 23

Sun Jan 17 — $258.2K −40.2% −7.7% $8.5M 1,953 $132 24

Mon Jan 18 — $182.3K −29.4% +183.1% $8.6M 1,953 $93 25

Tue Jan 19 — $88.1K −51.7% −28.5% $8.7M 1,953 $45 26

Wed Jan 20 — $52.1K −40.8% −35.8% $8.8M 1,953 $27 27

Thu Jan 21 — $67.1K +28.8% −24.1% $8.8M 1,953 $34 28

Fri Jan 22 — $248.4K +270.0% −19.4% $9.1M 1,874 $133 29

Sat Jan 23 — $389.4K +56.7% −9.7% $9.5M 1,874 $208 30

Sun Jan 24 — $146.5K −62.4% −43.3% $9.6M 1,874 $78 31

Mon Jan 25 — $41.1K −71.9% −77.4% $9.7M 1,874 $22 32

Tue Jan 26 — $61.2K +48.8% −30.5% $9.7M 1,874 $33 33

Wed Jan 27 — $42.1K −31.2% −19.2% $9.8M 1,874 $22 34

Thu Jan 28 — $46.3K +10.0% −31.0% $9.8M 1,874 $25 35

Fri Jan 29 — $157.2K +239.3% −36.7% $10.0M 1,674 $94 36

Sat Jan 30 — $250.7K +59.5% −35.6% $10.2M 1,674 $150 37

Sun Jan 31 — $134.4K −46.4% −8.2% $10.4M 1,674 $80 38

Mon Feb 1 — $23.1K −82.8% −43.9% $10.4M 1,674 $14 39

Tue Feb 2 — $44.1K +91.2% −27.9% $10.4M 1,674 $26 40

Wed Feb 3 — $29.1K −33.9% −30.8% $10.5M 1,674 $17 41

Thu Feb 4 — $28.2K −3.3% −39.2% $10.5M 1,674 $17 42

Fri Feb 5 — $128.6K +356.5% −18.2% $10.6M 1,537 $84 43

Sat Feb 6 — $203.2K +58.0% −18.9% $10.8M 1,537 $132 44

Sun Feb 7 — $60.2K −70.4% −55.2% $10.9M 1,537 $39 45

Mon Feb 8 — $20.3K −66.2% −11.9% $10.9M 1,537 $13 46

Tue Feb 9 — $28.0K +37.8% −36.5% $10.9M 1,537 $18 47

Wed Feb 10 — $20.0K −28.5% −31.3% $10.9M 1,537 $13 48

Thu Feb 11 — $28.4K +42.0% +0.9% $11.0M 1,537 $19 49

Fri Feb 12 — $85.3K +199.9% −33.7% $11.1M 1,243 $69 50

Sat Feb 13 — $154.3K +80.9% −24.1% $11.2M 1,243 $124 51

Sun Feb 14 — $136.2K −11.7% +126.4% $11.3M 1,243 $110 52

Mon Feb 15 — $64.4K −52.8% +216.7% $11.4M 1,243 $52 53

Tue Feb 16 — $20.3K −68.4% −27.5% $11.4M 1,243 $16 54

Wed Feb 17 — $12.2K −39.8% −39.0% $11.4M 1,243 $10 55

Thu Feb 18 — $16.3K +33.1% −42.8% $11.5M 1,243 $13 56

Fri Feb 19 — $65.0K +299.0% −23.8% $11.5M 1,161 $56 57

Sat Feb 20 — $113.5K +74.7% −26.4% $11.6M 1,161 $98 58

Sun Feb 21 — $63.4K −44.2% −53.5% $11.7M 1,161 $55 59

Mon Feb 22 — $11.9K −81.2% −81.5% $11.7M 1,161 $10 60

Tue Feb 23 — $19.2K +61.6% −5.4% $11.7M 1,161 $17 61

Wed Feb 24 — $14.0K −27.0% +14.8% $11.7M 1,161 $12 62

Thu Feb 25 — $16.1K +14.5% −1.3% $11.8M 1,161 $14 63

Fri Feb 26 — $55.4K +244.7% −14.7% $11.8M 992 $56 64

Sat Feb 27 — $92.0K +66.0% −19.0% $11.9M 992 $93 65

Sun Feb 28 — $58.2K −36.7% −8.1% $12.0M 992 $59 66

Mon Mar 1 — $12.1K −79.3% +1.5% $12.0M 992 $12 67

Tue Mar 2 — $20.2K +67.2% +5.0% $12.0M 992 $20 68

Wed Mar 3 — $14.8K −26.7% +5.5% $12.0M 992 $15 69

Thu Mar 4 — $17.6K +18.8% +9.5% $12.0M 992 $18 70

Fri Mar 5 — $49.0K +178.8% −11.5% $12.1M 838 $59 71

Sat Mar 6 — $68.0K +38.8% −26.0% $12.2M 838 $81 72

Sun Mar 7 — $40.1K −41.0% −31.1% $12.2M 838 $48 73

Mon Mar 8 — $7.9K −80.2% −34.3% $12.2M 838 $9 74

Tue Mar 9 — $9.2K +15.5% −54.6% $12.2M 838 $11 75

Wed Mar 10 — $7.8K −15.3% −47.6% $12.2M 838 $9 76

Thu Mar 11 — $8.5K +10.1% −51.4% $12.2M 838 $10 77

Fri Mar 12 — $22.0K +157.8% −55.1% $12.2M 703 $31 78

Sat Mar 13 — $32.9K +49.3% −51.7% $12.3M 703 $47 79

Sun Mar 14 — $23.2K −29.4% −42.2% $12.3M 703 $33 80

Mon Mar 15 — $8.8K −62.1% +10.8% $12.3M 703 $13 81

Tue Mar 16 — $8.1K −7.5% −11.2% $12.3M 703 $12 82

Wed Mar 17 — $7.0K −13.4% −9.2% $12.3M 703 $10 83

Thu Mar 18 — $10.4K +48.3% +22.3% $12.3M 703 $15 84

Fri Mar 19 — $23.4K +123.6% +6.1% $12.4M 698 $33 85

Sat Mar 20 — $31.7K +35.5% −3.7% $12.4M 698 $45 86

Sun Mar 21 — $21.9K −30.7% −5.5% $12.4M 698 $31 87

Mon Mar 22 — $6.4K −70.9% −27.5% $12.4M 698 $9 88

Tue Mar 23 — $7.9K +24.5% −2.5% $12.4M 698 $11 89

Wed Mar 24 — $6.4K −19.3% −9.1% $12.4M 698 $9 90

Thu Mar 25 — $10.6K +65.9% +1.7% $12.4M 698 $15 91

Fri Mar 26 — $40.6K +281.7% +73.6% $12.5M 620 $65 92

Sat Mar 27 — $50.8K +25.3% +60.4% $12.5M 620 $82 93

Sun Mar 28 — $22.7K −55.2% +3.7% $12.6M 620 $37 94

Mon Mar 29 — $4.1K −82.1% −36.2% $12.6M 620 $7 95

Tue Mar 30 — $7.4K +82.1% −6.6% $12.6M 620 $12 96

Wed Mar 31 — $4.2K −42.8% −33.8% $12.6M 620 $7 97

Thu Apr 1 — $12.9K +204.2% +21.4% $12.6M 620 $21 98

Fri Apr 2 — $4.9K −62.4% −88.0% $12.6M 166 $29 99

Sat Apr 3 — $4.0K −18.1% −92.2% $12.6M 166 $24 100

Sun Apr 4 — $3.0K −23.3% −86.6% $12.6M 166 $18 101

Mon Apr 5 — $990 −67.5% −75.7% $12.6M 166 $6 102

Tue Apr 6 — $1.1K +14.6% −84.7% $12.6M 166 $7 103

Wed Apr 7 — $855 −24.7% −79.8% $12.6M 166 $5 104

Thu Apr 8 — $1.5K +74.3% −88.4% $12.6M 166 $9 105

Fri Apr 9 — $6.7K +348.7% +37.7% $12.6M 141 $47 106

Sat Apr 10 — $6.8K +1.1% +70.1% $12.6M 141 $48 107

Sun Apr 11 — $3.0K −55.4% −1.1% $12.6M 141 $21 108

Mon Apr 12 — $1.2K −61.7% +16.7% $12.6M 141 $8 109

Tue Apr 13 — $1.0K −12.1% −10.6% $12.6M 141 $7 110

Wed Apr 14 — $1.1K +3.9% +23.4% $12.6M 141 $7 111

Thu Apr 15 — $1.2K +13.7% −19.5% $12.6M 141 $9 112

Fri Apr 16 — $8.0K +565.8% +19.5% $12.6M 143 $56 113

Sat Apr 17 — $12.8K +59.6% +88.7% $12.6M 143 $89 114

Sun Apr 18 — $5.3K −58.1% +77.4% $12.7M 143 $37 115

Mon Apr 19 — $930 −82.6% −19.5% $12.7M 143 $7 116

Tue Apr 20 — $1.1K +23.7% +13.3% $12.7M 143 $8 117

Wed Apr 21 — $1.2K +7.8% +17.5% $12.7M 143 $9 118

Thu Apr 22 — $1.6K +30.6% +35.0% $12.7M 143 $11 119

Fri Apr 23 — $1.3K −17.6% −83.3% $12.7M 92 $15 120

Sat Apr 24 — $4.2K +211.6% −67.4% $12.7M 92 $45 121

Sun Apr 25 — $2.2K −47.7% −59.3% $12.7M 92 $24 122

Mon Apr 26 — $1.1K −48.3% +21.0% $12.7M 92 $12 123

Tue Apr 27 — $620 −44.9% −46.1% $12.7M 92 $7 124

Wed Apr 28 — $395 −36.3% −68.1% $12.7M 92 $4 125

Thu Apr 29 — $1.2K +194.9% −28.1% $12.7M 92 $13 126

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

Cumulative total$12.0M

Dec 25Jan 11Jan 29Feb 15Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $205.6K

$2.3M

$1.7M

$1.2M

$997.9K

$784.3K

$542.3K

$392.0K

$375.8K

$241.8K

$205.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,953 → 992 −49.2%

1,900 open992 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.0%

−24.9%

W1→2

−26.9%

W2→3

−19.3%

W3→4

−21.4%

W4→5

−30.9%

W5→6

−27.7%

W6→7

−4.1%

W7→8

−35.7%

W8→9

−15.0%

W9→10

Steepest −35.7%Best hold −4.1%

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