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2023 • R • 3h • Biography, Drama, History • Universal Pictures

The world set his mind on fire.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend
$82.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$330.08M
Final
Worldwide total
$983.15M
Global total
Budget$100M
Domestic legs4.0x
2023 rank#5

Cast & crew

Full Nolan filmography
Christopher Nolan Christopher Nolan Director Cillian Murphy Cillian Murphy Starring Robert Downey Jr. Robert Downey Jr. Starring Emily Blunt Emily Blunt Starring Matt Damon Matt Damon Starring Florence Pugh Florence Pugh Starring
ScreenplayChristopher Nolan Produced byChristopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Hoyte van Hoytema CinematographyHoyte van Hoytema MusicLudwig Göransson Prod. DesignArthur Max

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 21-23 2 $82.5M — 3,610 $22,841 $82.5M
2 Jul 28-30 2 $46.7M −43.4% 3,647 $12,807 $174.6M
3 Aug 4-6 4 $29.1M −37.6% 3,612 $8,062 $229.0M
4 Aug 11-13 2 $18.8M −35.4% 3,761 $5,002 $264.3M
5 Aug 18-20 4 $10.7M −43.0% 3,321 $3,230 $285.4M
6 Aug 25-27 4 $8.2M −23.4% 2,872 $2,862 $299.2M
7 Sep 1-3 5 $5.8M −30.0% 2,543 $2,264 $308.8M
8 Sep 8-10 8 $3.1M −46.5% 2,091 $1,473 $315.2M
9 Sep 15-17 9 $2.1M −32.0% 1,799 $1,165 $318.6M
10 Sep 22-24 11 $1.6M −22.4% 1,459 $1,115 $321.2M
11 Sep 29-1 15 $611.9K −62.4% 622 $984 $322.5M
12 Oct 6-8 17 $441.9K −27.8% 337 $1,311 $323.2M
13 Oct 13-15 15 $313.8K −29.0% 313 $1,002 $323.7M
14 Oct 20-22 17 $189.3K −39.7% 213 $889 $324.1M
15 Oct 27-29 21 $103.2K −45.5% 125 $826 $324.2M
16 Nov 3-5 17 $513.4K +397.4% 434 $1,183 $324.8M
17 Nov 10-12 20 $95.2K −81.5% 121 $787 $325.2M
18 Nov 17-19 21 $43.2K −54.6% 104 $415 $325.3M
19 Nov 24-26 19 $28.3K −34.6% 102 $277 $325.4M
20 Dec 1-3 24 $17.1K −39.5% 101 $169 $325.4M
21 Dec 8-10 21 $362.7K +2021.5% 1,316 $276 $325.8M
22 Dec 15-17 33 $23.9K −93.4% 122 $196 $326.1M
23 Dec 22-24 36 $4.2K −82.5% 17 $246 $326.1M
24 Dec 29-31 36 $7.4K +76.5% 25 $295 $326.1M
25 Jan 5-7 44 $1.5K −79.5% 27 $56 $326.1M
26 Jan 12-14 21 $372.7K +24498.7% 139 $2,681 $326.5M
27 Jan 19-21 23 $260.2K −30.2% 254 $1,025 $327.0M
28 Jan 26-28 17 $925.0K +255.4% 1,268 $729 $328.1M
29 Feb 2-4 22 $218.9K −76.3% 579 $378 $328.7M
30 Feb 9-11 32 $55.9K −74.5% 226 $247 $328.9M
31 Feb 16-18 34 $34.7K −37.8% 159 $218 $329.0M
32 Feb 23-25 37 $28.4K −18.4% 200 $142 $329.0M
33 Mar 1-3 28 $75.4K +165.9% 453 $166 $329.1M
34 Mar 8-10 29 $110.9K +47.2% 642 $173 $329.3M
35 Mar 15-17 14 $300.8K +171.2% 1,323 $227 $329.7M
36 Feb 28-2 26 $140.2K −53.4% 80 $1,753 $330.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$321.9M
Jul 21Aug 7Aug 25Sep 11Sep 28
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.6M
$82.5M
$46.7M
$29.1M
$18.8M
$10.7M
$8.2M
$5.8M
$3.1M
$2.1M
$1.6M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 3,761 → 1,459 −61.2%
3,610 open1,459 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.4%
−43.4%
W1→2
−37.6%
W2→3
−35.4%
W3→4
−43.0%
W4→5
−23.4%
W5→6
−30.0%
W6→7
−46.5%
W7→8
−32.0%
W8→9
−22.4%
W9→10
Steepest −46.5%Best hold −22.4%

Run milestones

$300M in 39 days
$100M
Day 5
Jul 25
$200M
Day 15
Aug 4
$300M
Day 39
Aug 28

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#1 Biggest grossers never #1All-time $330.1M #2 Biggest openings not at #1All-time $82.5M #7 All-time R-rated domesticAll-time $330.1M #15 Biggest R-rated openingsAll-time $82.5M

From the analysis desk

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