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Paper Towns

2015 • PG-13 • 1h 49m • Adventure, Comedy, Drama • 20th Century Fox

Get Lost. Get Found.

🍅 58% 47%

56

2.51

6.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$32.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$85.5M

$53.5M international

Domestic Legs2.5x

Budget$12M

2015 Rank#82

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Cast & Crew

Full Schreier filmography

Jake Schreier Director

Nat Wolff Starring

Cara Delevingne

Cara Delevingne Starring

Austin Abrams Starring

Justice Smith Starring

Halston Sage Starring

ScreenplayMichael H. Weber, Scott Neustadter Produced byWyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen CinematographyDavid Lanzenberg MusicRyan Lott, Twin Shadow Prod. DesignChris L. Spellman Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 24-26 6 $12.7M — 3,031 $4,174 $12.7M

2 Jul 31-Aug 2 8 $4.6M −63.3% 3,031 $1,530 $23.9M

3 Aug 7-9 15 $1.5M −68.3% 1,284 $1,145 $28.8M

4 Aug 14-16 17 $588.9K −59.9% 599 $983 $30.4M

5 Aug 21-23 21 $341.2K −42.1% 373 $915 $31.1M

6 Aug 28-30 34 $187.9K −44.9% 254 $740 $31.4M

7 Sep 4-6 36 $171.1K −8.9% 218 $785 $31.7M

8 Sep 11-13 38 $92.7K −45.8% 208 $446 $31.8M

9 Sep 18-20 46 $69.6K −24.9% 149 $467 $31.9M

10 Sep 25-27 60 $20.3K −70.9% 50 $405 $31.9M

11 Oct 2-4 66 $17.7K −12.4% 27 $657 $32.0M

12 Oct 9-11 73 $8.4K −52.7% 17 $493 $32.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 23 — $2.0M — $2.0M — — -1

Fri Jul 24 #4 $6.3M +216.4% $6.3M 3,031 $2,088 1

Sat Jul 25 #6 $3.5M −44.4% $9.8M 3,031 $1,161 2

Sun Jul 26 #6 $2.8M −20.3% $12.7M 3,031 $925 3

Mon Jul 27 #6 $1.8M −35.3% $14.5M 3,031 $598 4

Tue Jul 28 #6 $2.0M +10.5% $16.5M 3,031 $662 5

Wed Jul 29 #7 $1.4M −29.4% $17.9M 3,031 $467 6

Thu Jul 30 #7 $1.3M −5.8% $19.2M 3,031 $440 7

Fri Jul 31 #8 $1.6M +23.0% −74.1% $20.9M 3,031 $541 8

Sat Aug 1 #9 $1.7M +2.5% −52.3% $22.5M 3,031 $554 9

Sun Aug 2 #9 $1.3M −21.4% −52.9% $23.9M 3,031 $435 10

Mon Aug 3 #8 $944.6K −28.4% −47.9% $24.8M 3,031 $312 11

Tue Aug 4 #9 $1.1M +16.6% −45.1% $25.9M 3,031 $363 12

Wed Aug 5 #10 $809.3K −26.5% −42.8% $26.7M 3,031 $267 13

Thu Aug 6 #10 $645.0K −20.3% −51.6% $27.4M 3,031 $213 14

Fri Aug 7 #14 $503.4K −21.9% −69.3% $27.9M 1,284 $392 15

Sat Aug 8 #15 $550.4K +9.3% −67.2% $28.4M 1,284 $429 16

Sun Aug 9 #14 $416.0K −24.4% −68.5% $28.8M 1,284 $324 17

Mon Aug 10 #13 $272.7K −34.4% −71.1% $29.1M 1,284 $212 18

Tue Aug 11 #15 $307.4K +12.7% −72.1% $29.4M 1,284 $239 19

Wed Aug 12 #15 $226.0K −26.5% −72.1% $29.6M 1,284 $176 20

Thu Aug 13 #14 $185.8K −17.8% −71.2% $29.8M 1,284 $145 21

Fri Aug 14 — $189.9K +2.2% −62.3% $30.0M 599 $317 22

Sat Aug 15 — $241.6K +27.3% −56.1% $30.2M 599 $403 23

Sun Aug 16 — $157.4K −34.8% −62.2% $30.4M 599 $263 24

Mon Aug 17 — $96.9K −38.5% −64.5% $30.5M 599 $162 25

Tue Aug 18 — $107.5K +11.0% −65.0% $30.6M 599 $180 26

Wed Aug 19 — $84.1K −21.8% −62.8% $30.7M 599 $140 27

Thu Aug 20 — $70.4K −16.3% −62.1% $30.8M 599 $118 28

Fri Aug 21 — $106.7K +51.5% −43.8% $30.9M 373 $286 29

Sat Aug 22 — $149.2K +39.8% −38.3% $31.0M 373 $400 30

Sun Aug 23 — $85.3K −42.8% −45.8% $31.1M 373 $229 31

Mon Aug 24 — $35.4K −58.5% −63.5% $31.1M 373 $95 32

Tue Aug 25 — $40.5K +14.5% −62.3% $31.2M 373 $109 33

Wed Aug 26 — $28.1K −30.6% −66.6% $31.2M 373 $75 34

Thu Aug 27 — $24.6K −12.6% −65.1% $31.2M 373 $66 35

Fri Aug 28 — $49.5K +101.5% −53.6% $31.3M 254 $195 36

Sat Aug 29 — $89.7K +81.5% −39.8% $31.4M 254 $353 37

Sun Aug 30 — $48.7K −45.7% −42.9% $31.4M 254 $192 38

Mon Aug 31 — $15.9K −67.3% −55.0% $31.4M 254 $63 39

Tue Sep 1 — $17.5K +9.6% −56.9% $31.5M 254 $69 40

Wed Sep 2 — $12.8K −26.8% −54.5% $31.5M 254 $50 41

Thu Sep 3 — $13.6K +6.1% −44.7% $31.5M 254 $53 42

Fri Sep 4 — $39.2K +188.8% −20.7% $31.5M 218 $180 43

Sat Sep 5 — $66.7K +70.2% −25.7% $31.6M 218 $306 44

Sun Sep 6 — $65.2K −2.3% +33.8% $31.7M 218 $299 45

Mon Sep 7 — $46.3K −29.0% +190.5% $31.7M 218 $212 46

Tue Sep 8 — $8.9K −80.8% −49.0% $31.7M 218 $41 47

Wed Sep 9 — $8.0K −10.6% −37.8% $31.7M 218 $37 48

Thu Sep 10 — $8.0K +0.1% −41.3% $31.7M 218 $37 49

Fri Sep 11 — $23.6K +196.3% −39.8% $31.7M 208 $114 50

Sat Sep 12 — $43.8K +85.6% −34.3% $31.8M 208 $211 51

Sun Sep 13 — $25.3K −42.3% −61.2% $31.8M 208 $122 52

Mon Sep 14 — $6.3K −74.9% −86.3% $31.8M 208 $30 53

Tue Sep 15 — $7.9K +24.5% −11.5% $31.8M 208 $38 54

Wed Sep 16 — $5.9K −25.6% −26.4% $31.8M 208 $28 55

Thu Sep 17 — $5.6K −3.9% −29.3% $31.8M 208 $27 56

Fri Sep 18 — $20.6K +265.3% −12.8% $31.9M 149 $138 57

Sat Sep 19 — $34.4K +67.0% −21.5% $31.9M 149 $231 58

Sun Sep 20 — $14.6K −57.5% −42.1% $31.9M 149 $98 59

Mon Sep 21 — $3.3K −77.5% −48.1% $31.9M 149 $22 60

Tue Sep 22 — $4.4K +33.7% −44.3% $31.9M 149 $30 61

Wed Sep 23 — $4.2K −5.0% −28.8% $31.9M 149 $28 62

Thu Sep 24 — $4.1K −2.7% −27.9% $31.9M 149 $27 63

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

Cumulative total$31.9M

Jul 23Aug 8Aug 24Sep 8Sep 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $20.3K

$12.7M

$4.6M

$1.5M

$588.9K

$341.2K

$187.9K

$171.1K

$92.7K

$69.6K

$20.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,031 → 149 −95.1%

3,031 open149 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −70.9%

−63.3%

W1→2

−68.3%

W2→3

−59.9%

W3→4

−42.1%

W4→5

−44.9%

W5→6

−8.9%

W6→7

−45.8%

W7→8

−24.9%

W8→9

−70.9%

W9→10

Steepest −70.9%Best hold −8.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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