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No Escape

2015 • R • 1h 43m • Action, Adventure, Drama • The Weinstein Company

Survive together or die together

🍅 46% 62%

38

3.12

6.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$8.1M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$27.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$42.8M

$15.6M international

Domestic Legs3.4x

Budget$5M

2015 Rank#89

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Erick Dowdle ScreenplayJohn Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle Produced byDrew Dowdle, David Lancaster, Michel Litvak CinematographyLéo Hinstin MusicMarco Beltrami Prod. DesignArvinder Greywal StarringOwen Wilson, Lake Bell, Sterling Jerins, Claire Geare, Pierce Brosnan, Thanawut Ketsaro StudioThe Weinstein Company

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 28-30 4 $8.1M — 3,355 $2,418 $10.2M

2 Sep 4-6 6 $5.5M −32.5% 3,415 $1,603 $18.5M

3 Sep 11-13 7 $2.9M −47.4% 3,022 $954 $24.2M

4 Sep 18-20 14 $1.0M −65.2% 2,054 $488 $26.2M

5 Sep 25-27 26 $207.1K −79.3% 440 $471 $26.8M

6 Oct 2-4 42 $62.4K −69.9% 104 $600 $27.0M

7 Oct 9-11 49 $29.5K −52.7% 33 $893 $27.1M

8 Oct 16-18 63 $12.3K −58.3% 27 $455 $27.1M

9 Oct 23-25 40 $50.2K +309.0% 78 $644 $27.1M

10 Oct 30-Nov 1 46 $34.7K −31.0% 73 $475 $27.2M

11 Nov 6-8 47 $36.4K +5.0% 64 $569 $27.2M

12 Nov 13-15 61 $15.6K −57.2% 31 $503 $27.3M

13 Nov 20-22 67 $5.7K −63.5% 16 $356 $27.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Aug 26 #2 $1.2M — $1.2M 3,007 $392 -2

Thu Aug 27 #3 $881.7K −25.2% $2.1M 3,007 $293 -1

Fri Aug 28 #3 $2.4M +176.7% $4.5M 3,355 $727 1

Sat Aug 29 #4 $3.4M +41.0% $7.9M 3,355 $1,025 2

Sun Aug 30 #4 $2.2M −35.1% $10.2M 3,355 $665 3

Mon Aug 31 #4 $689.4K −69.1% $10.9M 3,355 $205 4

Tue Sep 1 #3 $982.4K +42.5% $11.8M 3,355 $293 5

Wed Sep 2 #5 $602.7K −38.6% $12.4M 3,355 $180 6

Thu Sep 3 #5 $554.4K −8.0% $13.0M 3,355 $165 7

Fri Sep 4 #6 $1.3M +140.9% −45.3% $14.3M 3,415 $391 8

Sat Sep 5 #5 $2.0M +51.3% −41.2% $16.4M 3,415 $592 9

Sun Sep 6 #5 $2.1M +4.7% −5.1% $18.5M 3,415 $620 10

Mon Sep 7 #6 $1.5M −27.5% +122.6% $20.0M 3,415 $449 11

Tue Sep 8 #5 $530.0K −65.5% −46.1% $20.5M 3,415 $155 12

Wed Sep 9 #6 $386.4K −27.1% −35.9% $20.9M 3,415 $113 13

Thu Sep 10 #6 $350.1K −9.4% −36.8% $21.3M 3,415 $103 14

Fri Sep 11 #7 $818.2K +133.7% −38.7% $22.1M 3,022 $271 15

Sat Sep 12 #6 $1.3M +60.2% −35.2% $23.4M 3,022 $434 16

Sun Sep 13 #8 $752.5K −42.6% −64.5% $24.2M 3,022 $249 17

Mon Sep 14 #8 $254.1K −66.2% −83.4% $24.4M 3,022 $84 18

Tue Sep 15 #8 $368.1K +44.9% −30.5% $24.8M 3,022 $122 19

Wed Sep 16 #8 $245.3K −33.4% −36.5% $25.0M 3,022 $81 20

Thu Sep 17 #7 $193.7K −21.0% −44.7% $25.2M 3,022 $64 21

Fri Sep 18 #12 $292.1K +50.8% −64.3% $25.5M 2,054 $142 22

Sat Sep 19 #11 $458.9K +57.1% −65.0% $26.0M 2,054 $223 23

Sun Sep 20 #15 $250.7K −45.4% −66.7% $26.2M 2,054 $122 24

Mon Sep 21 #12 $91.9K −63.3% −63.8% $26.3M 2,054 $45 25

Tue Sep 22 #12 $138.2K +50.3% −62.5% $26.5M 2,054 $67 26

Wed Sep 23 #12 $100.2K −27.5% −59.2% $26.6M 2,054 $49 27

Thu Sep 24 #12 $88.6K −11.5% −54.3% $26.6M 2,054 $43 28

Fri Sep 25 — $60.8K −31.4% −79.2% $26.7M 440 $138 29

Sat Sep 26 — $95.0K +56.3% −79.3% $26.8M 440 $216 30

Sun Sep 27 — $51.3K −46.1% −79.6% $26.8M 440 $117 31

Mon Sep 28 — $20.8K −59.5% −77.4% $26.9M 440 $47 32

Tue Sep 29 — $30.8K +48.5% −77.7% $26.9M 440 $70 33

Wed Sep 30 — $20.0K −35.1% −80.0% $26.9M 440 $45 34

Thu Oct 1 — $16.9K −15.5% −80.9% $26.9M 440 $38 35

Fri Oct 2 — $22.3K +32.3% −63.3% $27.0M 104 $215 36

Sat Oct 3 — $28.2K +26.2% −70.3% $27.0M 104 $271 37

Sun Oct 4 — $11.8K −58.0% −76.9% $27.0M 104 $114 38

Mon Oct 5 — $4.6K −61.1% −77.8% $27.0M 104 $44 39

Tue Oct 6 — $6.7K +44.7% −78.4% $27.0M 104 $64 40

Wed Oct 7 — $5.5K −17.8% −72.6% $27.0M 104 $53 41

Thu Oct 8 — $6.5K +18.4% −61.6% $27.0M 104 $62 42

Fri Oct 9 — $10.2K +57.0% −54.4% $27.0M 33 $309 43

Sat Oct 10 — $12.2K +19.7% −56.8% $27.0M 33 $369 44

Sun Oct 11 — $7.1K −41.7% −40.0% $27.1M 33 $215 45

Mon Oct 12 — $2.6K −63.2% −43.2% $27.1M 33 $79 46

Tue Oct 13 — $3.0K +16.5% −54.2% $27.1M 33 $92 47

Wed Oct 14 — $2.6K −15.2% −52.8% $27.1M 33 $78 48

Thu Oct 15 — $2.4K −6.2% −62.6% $27.1M 33 $73 49

Fri Oct 16 — $4.0K +66.7% −60.3% $27.1M 27 $150 50

Sat Oct 17 — $5.1K +26.3% −58.1% $27.1M 27 $189 51

Sun Oct 18 — $3.1K −38.6% −55.9% $27.1M 27 $116 52

Mon Oct 19 — $938 −70.1% −64.2% $27.1M 27 $35 53

Tue Oct 20 — $1.5K +56.5% −51.9% $27.1M 27 $54 54

Wed Oct 21 — $1.5K +2.8% −41.6% $27.1M 27 $56 55

Thu Oct 22 — $1.4K −6.1% −41.6% $27.1M 27 $52 56

Fri Oct 23 — $13.0K +815.5% +221.0% $27.1M 78 $166 57

Sat Oct 24 — $21.3K +64.4% +317.8% $27.1M 78 $273 58

Sun Oct 25 — $15.9K −25.4% +408.1% $27.1M 78 $204 59

Mon Oct 26 — $5.5K −65.7% +482.4% $27.1M 78 $70 60

Tue Oct 27 — $6.2K +13.5% +322.5% $27.1M 78 $80 61

Wed Oct 28 — $5.1K −17.8% +238.0% $27.1M 78 $65 62

Thu Oct 29 — $5.2K +2.3% +268.0% $27.2M 78 $67 63

Fri Oct 30 — $9.5K +82.6% −26.6% $27.2M 73 $130 64

Sat Oct 31 — $12.5K +30.8% −41.6% $27.2M 73 $171 65

Sun Nov 1 — $12.7K +1.8% −20.3% $27.2M 73 $174 66

Mon Nov 2 — $4.0K −68.6% −27.2% $27.2M 73 $54 67

Tue Nov 3 — $4.8K +21.3% −22.2% $27.2M 73 $66 68

Wed Nov 4 — $3.9K −19.4% −23.7% $27.2M 73 $53 69

Thu Nov 5 — $4.3K +10.7% −17.4% $27.2M 73 $59 70

Fri Nov 6 — $9.5K +120.6% −0.2% $27.2M 64 $149 71

Sat Nov 7 — $15.6K +63.6% +24.9% $27.2M 64 $243 72

Sun Nov 8 — $11.3K −27.1% −10.6% $27.2M 64 $177 73

Mon Nov 9 — $3.5K −69.4% −12.7% $27.2M 64 $54 74

Tue Nov 10 — $4.7K +35.8% −2.3% $27.2M 64 $74 75

Wed Nov 11 — $6.9K +45.8% +76.5% $27.3M 64 $107 76

Thu Nov 12 — $3.7K −46.3% −14.4% $27.3M 64 $58 77

Fri Nov 13 — $3.7K +0.5% −61.0% $27.3M 31 $120 78

Sat Nov 14 — $6.6K +78.4% −57.5% $27.3M 31 $213 79

Sun Nov 15 — $5.3K −20.5% −53.6% $27.3M 31 $170 80

Mon Nov 16 — $1.6K −69.6% −54.0% $27.3M 31 $52 81

Tue Nov 17 — $1.7K +5.4% −64.3% $27.3M 31 $54 82

Wed Nov 18 — $1.5K −13.2% −78.7% $27.3M 31 $47 83

Thu Nov 19 — $1.4K −3.7% −61.9% $27.3M 31 $45 84

Fri Nov 20 — $1.5K +6.3% −59.7% $27.3M 16 $93 85

Sat Nov 21 — $2.1K +39.0% −68.6% $27.3M 16 $130 86

Sun Nov 22 — $2.1K +2.0% −59.7% $27.3M 16 $132 87

Mon Nov 23 — $1.1K −49.2% −32.6% $27.3M 16 $67 88

Tue Nov 24 — $1.2K +10.4% −29.4% $27.3M 16 $74 89

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

Cumulative total$27.2M

Aug 26Sep 13Oct 1Oct 18Nov 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $34.7K

$8.1M

$5.5M

$2.9M

$1.0M

$207.1K

$62.4K

$29.5K

$12.3K

$50.2K

$34.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,415 → 73 −97.9%

3,007 open73 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −31.0%

−32.5%

W1→2

−47.4%

W2→3

−65.2%

W3→4

−79.3%

W4→5

−69.9%

W5→6

−52.7%

W6→7

−58.3%

W7→8

+309.0%

W8→9

−31.0%

W9→10

Steepest −79.3%Biggest gain +309.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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