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Ready Player One

2018 • PG-13 • 2h 20m • Adventure • Warner Bros.

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7.4

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$41.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$137.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$583.5M

Global total

Budget$150.0M

Domestic Legs3.3x

2018 Rank#24

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Cast & Crew

Full Spielberg filmography

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Director

Tye Sheridan Starring

Olivia Cooke Starring

Ben Mendelsohn Starring

T.J. Miller Starring

ScreenplayZak Penn, Ernest Cline · based on the play by Ernest Cline Produced byDonald De Line, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, Dan Farah CinematographyJanusz Kamiński MusicAlan Silvestri StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 30-Apr 1 1 $41.8M — 4,234 $9,865 $53.7M

2 Apr 6-8 2 $24.6M −41% 4,234 $5,815 $96.5M

3 Apr 13-15 4 $11.5M −53% 3,661 $3,146 $114.9M

4 Apr 20-22 6 $7.4M −36% 3,208 $2,312 $126.1M

5 Apr 27-29 9 $2.6M −65% 2,365 $1,083 $130.8M

6 May 4-6 12 $1.3M −48% 1,405 $946 $133.1M

7 May 11-13 16 $892.7K −33% 804 $1,110 $134.6M

8 May 18-20 18 $365.5K −59% 388 $941 $135.3M

9 May 25-27 21 $217.1K −41% 241 $900 $135.7M

10 Jun 1-3 18 $250.9K +16% 271 $925 $136.1M

11 Jun 8-10 21 $213.2K −15% 248 $859 $136.4M

12 Jun 15-17 29 $133.7K −37% 201 $665 $136.7M

13 Jun 22-24 26 $94.7K −29% 162 $584 $136.8M

14 Jun 29-Jul 1 31 $75.2K −21% 138 $545 $137.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Mar 29 #1 $11.9M — $11.9M 4,234 $2,821 -1

Fri Mar 30 #1 $15.0M +26% $27.0M 4,234 $3,543 1

Sat Mar 31 #1 $15.6M +4% $42.6M 4,234 $3,684 2

Sun Apr 1 #1 $11.2M −28% $53.7M 4,234 $2,635 3

Mon Apr 2 #1 $5.2M −53% $59.0M 4,234 $1,237 4

Tue Apr 3 #1 $5.4M +3% $64.3M 4,234 $1,273 5

Wed Apr 4 #1 $4.0M −26% $68.3M 4,234 $945 6

Thu Apr 5 #1 $3.5M −12% −71% $71.9M 4,234 $829 7

Fri Apr 6 #3 $6.8M +93% −55% $78.6M 4,234 $1,603 8

Sat Apr 7 #2 $11.1M +63% −29% $89.7M 4,234 $2,610 9

Sun Apr 8 #2 $6.8M −39% −39% $96.5M 4,234 $1,601 10

Mon Apr 9 #2 $1.7M −76% −68% $98.1M 4,234 $391 11

Tue Apr 10 #2 $2.3M +42% −56% $100.5M 4,234 $554 12

Wed Apr 11 #3 $1.6M −34% −61% $102.0M 4,234 $366 13

Thu Apr 12 #2 $1.4M −12% −61% $103.4M 4,234 $321 14

Fri Apr 13 #5 $3.0M +119% −56% $106.4M 3,661 $812 15

Sat Apr 14 #4 $4.9M +66% −55% $111.3M 3,661 $1,347 16

Sun Apr 15 #3 $3.6M −27% −47% $114.9M 3,661 $987 17

Mon Apr 16 #4 $955.8K −74% −42% $115.9M 3,661 $261 18

Tue Apr 17 #5 $1.1M +18% −52% $117.0M 3,661 $308 19

Wed Apr 18 #4 $830.8K −26% −46% $117.8M 3,661 $226 20

Thu Apr 19 #3 $844.6K +2% −38% $118.7M 3,661 $230 21

Fri Apr 20 #7 $1.9M +129% −35% $120.6M 3,208 $604 22

Sat Apr 21 #6 $3.4M +74% −32% $124.0M 3,208 $1,050 23

Sun Apr 22 #5 $2.1M −37% −42% $126.1M 3,208 $657 24

Mon Apr 23 #5 $548.4K −74% −43% $126.6M 3,208 $170 25

Tue Apr 24 #6 $727.4K +33% −36% $127.4M 3,208 $226 26

Wed Apr 25 #7 $542.3K −25% −35% $127.9M 3,208 $169 27

Thu Apr 26 #7 $330.0K −39% −61% $128.2M 3,208 $102 28

Fri Apr 27 #9 $646.2K +96% −67% $128.9M 2,365 $273 29

Sat Apr 28 #9 $1.1M +73% −67% $130.0M 2,365 $473 30

Sun Apr 29 #8 $796.6K −29% −62% $130.8M 2,365 $336 31

Mon Apr 30 #9 $233.1K −71% −58% $131.0M 2,365 $98 32

Tue May 1 #9 $283.6K +22% −61% $131.3M 2,365 $119 33

Wed May 2 #8 $215.2K −24% −60% $131.5M 2,365 $90 34

Thu May 3 #8 $201.1K −7% −39% $131.7M 2,365 $85 35

Fri May 4 #12 $338.5K +68% −48% $132.1M 1,405 $240 36

Sat May 5 #12 $567.9K +68% −49% $132.7M 1,405 $404 37

Sun May 6 #12 $423.7K −25% −47% $133.1M 1,405 $301 38

Mon May 7 #12 $137.7K −67% −41% $133.2M 1,405 $98 39

Tue May 8 #12 $190.0K +38% −33% $133.4M 1,405 $135 40

Wed May 9 #11 $142.0K −25% −34% $133.5M 1,405 $101 41

Thu May 10 #11 $126.6K −11% −37% $133.7M 1,405 $90 42

Fri May 11 #14 $220.5K +74% −35% $133.9M 804 $274 43

Sat May 12 #15 $387.4K +76% −32% $134.3M 804 $481 44

Sun May 13 #13 $284.8K −26% −33% $134.6M 804 $354 45

Mon May 14 #14 $90.8K −68% −34% $134.7M 804 $112 46

Tue May 15 #14 $121.1K +33% −36% $134.8M 804 $150 47

Wed May 16 #15 $100.1K −17% −30% $134.9M 804 $124 48

Thu May 17 #14 $51.0K −49% −60% $134.9M 804 $63 49

Fri May 18 #- $83.8K +64% −62% $135.0M 388 $216 50

Sat May 19 #- $160.3K +91% −59% $135.2M 388 $413 51

Sun May 20 #- $121.4K −24% −57% $135.3M 388 $312 52

Mon May 21 #- $41.8K −66% −54% $135.3M 388 $107 53

Tue May 22 #- $45.9K +10% −62% $135.4M 388 $118 54

Wed May 23 #- $38.9K −15% −61% $135.4M 388 $100 55

Thu May 24 #- $28.2K −28% −45% $135.4M 388 $72 56

Fri May 25 #- $50.9K +81% −39% $135.5M 241 $211 57

Sat May 26 #- $82.7K +62% −48% $135.6M 241 $343 58

Sun May 27 #- $83.4K +1% −31% $135.7M 241 $346 59

Mon May 28 #- $68.1K −18% +63% $135.7M 241 $282 60

Tue May 29 #- $31.1K −54% −32% $135.8M 241 $128 61

Wed May 30 #- $24.2K −22% −38% $135.8M 241 $100 62

Thu May 31 #- $22.0K −9% −22% $135.8M 241 $91 63

Fri Jun 1 #- $67.0K +205% +32% $135.9M 271 $247 64

Sat Jun 2 #- $106.5K +59% +29% $136.0M 271 $393 65

Sun Jun 3 #- $77.3K −27% −7% $136.1M 271 $285 66

Mon Jun 4 #- $34.0K −56% −50% $136.1M 271 $125 67

Tue Jun 5 #- $41.2K +21% +33% $136.1M 271 $151 68

Wed Jun 6 #- $33.3K −19% +38% $136.2M 271 $122 69

Thu Jun 7 #15 $32.3K −3% +47% $136.2M 271 $119 70

Fri Jun 8 #- $58.1K +80% −13% $136.3M 248 $234 71

Sat Jun 9 #- $87.1K +50% −18% $136.3M 248 $351 72

Sun Jun 10 #- $68.1K −22% −12% $136.4M 248 $274 73

Mon Jun 11 #- $27.8K −59% −18% $136.4M 248 $112 74

Tue Jun 12 #- $31.8K +14% −23% $136.5M 248 $128 75

Wed Jun 13 #- $26.4K −17% −21% $136.5M 248 $106 76

Thu Jun 14 #- $24.5K −7% −24% $136.5M 248 $98 77

Fri Jun 15 #- $36.7K +50% −37% $136.6M 201 $182 78

Sat Jun 16 #- $49.3K +34% −43% $136.6M 201 $245 79

Sun Jun 17 #- $47.7K −3% −30% $136.7M 201 $237 80

Mon Jun 18 #- $17.9K −63% −36% $136.7M 201 $88 81

Tue Jun 19 #- $20.3K +13% −36% $136.7M 201 $100 82

Wed Jun 20 #- $18.6K −8% −29% $136.7M 201 $92 83

Thu Jun 21 #- $18.1K −3% −26% $136.7M 201 $89 84

Fri Jun 22 #- $25.7K +42% −30% $136.8M 162 $158 85

Sat Jun 23 #- $39.8K +55% −19% $136.8M 162 $245 86

Sun Jun 24 #- $29.2K −27% −39% $136.8M 162 $180 87

Mon Jun 25 #- $12.5K −57% −30% $136.8M 162 $77 88

Tue Jun 26 #- $16.1K +29% −20% $136.9M 162 $99 89

Wed Jun 27 #- $14.4K −11% −23% $136.9M 162 $89 90

Thu Jun 28 #- $15.6K +8% −14% $136.9M 162 $96 91

Fri Jun 29 #- $20.8K +34% −19% $136.9M 138 $151 92

Sat Jun 30 #- $31.4K +50% −21% $136.9M 138 $227 93

Sun Jul 1 #- $23.0K −27% −21% $137.0M 138 $166 94

Mon Jul 2 #- $13.4K −42% +7% $137.0M 138 $96 95

Tue Jul 3 #- $13.4K +0% −17% $137.0M 138 $96 96

Wed Jul 4 #- $16.7K +25% +16% $137.0M 138 $121 97

Thu Jul 5 #- $13.3K −21% −15% $137.0M 138 $96 98

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

Cumulative total$136.2M

Mar 29Apr 16May 3May 21Jun 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $250.9K

$41.8M

$24.6M

$11.5M

$7.4M

$2.6M

$1.3M

$892.7K

$365.5K

$217.1K

$250.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,234 → 271 −93.6%

4,234 open271 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +16%

−41%

W1→2

−53%

W2→3

−36%

W3→4

−65%

W4→5

−48%

W5→6

−33%

W6→7

−59%

W7→8

−41%

W8→9

+16%

W9→10

Steepest −65%Biggest gain +16%

Run milestones

$100M in 12 days

$100M

Day 12

Apr 10

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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