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2018 • PG-13 • 1h 42m • Drama, Mystery, Thriller • Screen Gems

No one is lost without a trace.

🍅 92% 88%

71

3.71

7.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$389K

Limited · 9 theaters

Domestic Total

$26M

Final

Worldwide Total

$75.6M

$49.6M international

Domestic Legs4.3x

Budget$880K

2018 Rank#102

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAneesh Chaganty ScreenplayAneesh Chaganty, Sev Ohanian Produced byTimur Bekmambetov, Sev Ohanian, Natalie Qasabian, Adam Sidman CinematographyJuan Sebastian Baron Music byTorin Borrowdale StarringJohn Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La, Sara Sohn StudioScreen Gems

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 24-26 22 $388.8K — 9 $43,197 $388.8K

2 Aug 31-Sep 2 4 $6.1M +1,460.4% 1,207 $5,026 $6.6M

3 Sep 7-9 5 $4.6M −24.7% 2,009 $2,275 $14.4M

4 Sep 14-16 8 $3.2M −30.4% 2,009 $1,583 $19.6M

5 Sep 21-23 10 $2.2M −32.4% 1,787 $1,204 $23.1M

6 Sep 28-30 14 $955.6K −55.6% 1,014 $942 $24.8M

7 Oct 5-7 16 $443.1K −53.6% 412 $1,076 $25.6M

8 Oct 12-14 28 $106.5K −76.0% 127 $839 $25.9M

9 Oct 19-21 53 $11.1K −89.6% 34 $327 $25.9M

10 Oct 26-28 61 $7.2K −35.3% 25 $288 $26.0M

11 Nov 2-4 48 $27.3K +279.9% 52 $525 $26.0M

12 Nov 9-11 55 $14.7K −46.1% 38 $387 $26.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 24 — $122.7K — $122.7K 9 $13,637 1

Sat Aug 25 — $147.0K +19.8% $269.7K 9 $16,330 2

Sun Aug 26 — $119.1K −19.0% $388.8K 9 $13,229 3

Mon Aug 27 — $29.7K −75.1% $418.5K 9 $3,298 4

Tue Aug 28 — $34.2K +15.3% $452.7K 9 $3,803 5

Wed Aug 29 — $31.3K −8.6% $484.0K 9 $3,477 6

Thu Aug 30 — $24.5K −21.7% $508.5K 9 $2,722 7

Fri Aug 31 #3 $2.0M +7,901.7% +1,497.5% $2.5M 1,207 $1,624 8

Sat Sep 1 #6 $1.9M −1.5% +1,213.6% $4.4M 1,207 $1,599 9

Sun Sep 2 #5 $2.2M +12.7% +1,727.0% $6.6M 1,207 $1,802 10

Mon Sep 3 #6 $1.5M −28.8% +5,116.5% $8.1M 1,207 $1,283 11

Tue Sep 4 #3 $787.4K −49.2% +2,200.4% $8.9M 1,207 $652 12

Wed Sep 5 #2 $535.7K −32.0% +1,611.8% $9.4M 1,207 $444 13

Thu Sep 6 #5 $349.5K −34.7% +1,326.6% $9.8M 1,207 $290 14

Fri Sep 7 #4 $1.4M +308.3% −27.2% $11.2M 2,009 $710 15

Sat Sep 8 #5 $2.0M +36.7% +1.0% $13.2M 2,009 $971 16

Sun Sep 9 #5 $1.2M −38.8% −45.2% $14.4M 2,009 $594 17

Mon Sep 10 #4 $542.5K −54.5% −65.0% $14.9M 2,009 $270 18

Tue Sep 11 #4 $657.2K +21.1% −16.5% $15.6M 2,009 $327 19

Wed Sep 12 #4 $444.1K −32.4% −17.1% $16.0M 2,009 $221 20

Thu Sep 13 #4 $410.9K −7.5% +17.6% $16.4M 2,009 $205 21

Fri Sep 14 #8 $1.0M +145.2% −29.4% $17.4M 2,009 $501 22

Sat Sep 15 #8 $1.4M +35.8% −29.8% $18.8M 2,009 $681 23

Sun Sep 16 #8 $803.6K −41.3% −32.6% $19.6M 2,009 $400 24

Mon Sep 17 #7 $260.1K −67.6% −52.1% $19.9M 2,009 $129 25

Tue Sep 18 #7 $532.6K +104.8% −19.0% $20.4M 2,009 $265 26

Wed Sep 19 #8 $308.1K −42.1% −30.6% $20.7M 2,009 $153 27

Thu Sep 20 #7 $238.9K −22.5% −41.9% $20.9M 2,009 $119 28

Fri Sep 21 #10 $651.3K +172.6% −35.3% $21.6M 1,787 $364 29

Sat Sep 22 #10 $970.3K +49.0% −29.1% $22.6M 1,787 $543 30

Sun Sep 23 #11 $529.2K −45.5% −34.1% $23.1M 1,787 $296 31

Mon Sep 24 #10 $180.3K −65.9% −30.7% $23.3M 1,787 $101 32

Tue Sep 25 #11 $296.8K +64.6% −44.3% $23.6M 1,787 $166 33

Wed Sep 26 #11 $182.1K −38.6% −40.9% $23.8M 1,787 $102 34

Thu Sep 27 #11 $133.2K −26.9% −44.2% $23.9M 1,787 $75 35

Fri Sep 28 #13 $281.6K +111.4% −56.8% $24.2M 1,014 $278 36

Sat Sep 29 #14 $429.4K +52.5% −55.7% $24.6M 1,014 $423 37

Sun Sep 30 #13 $244.6K −43.0% −53.8% $24.8M 1,014 $241 38

Mon Oct 1 #13 $85.3K −65.1% −52.7% $24.9M 1,014 $84 39

Tue Oct 2 #14 $132.5K +55.4% −55.3% $25.1M 1,014 $131 40

Wed Oct 3 #12 $90.3K −31.8% −50.4% $25.1M 1,014 $89 41

Thu Oct 4 #14 $59.4K −34.2% −55.4% $25.2M 1,014 $59 42

Fri Oct 5 #14 $144.3K +143.0% −48.7% $25.4M 412 $350 43

Sat Oct 6 #15 $185.7K +28.7% −56.7% $25.5M 412 $451 44

Sun Oct 7 — $113.1K −39.1% −53.8% $25.6M 412 $274 45

Mon Oct 8 — $50.3K −55.5% −41.0% $25.7M 412 $122 46

Tue Oct 9 — $45.4K −9.8% −65.8% $25.7M 412 $110 47

Wed Oct 10 — $32.1K −29.3% −64.5% $25.8M 412 $78 48

Thu Oct 11 — $26.2K −18.3% −55.9% $25.8M 412 $64 49

Fri Oct 12 — $37.6K +43.6% −73.9% $25.8M 127 $296 50

Sat Oct 13 — $53.5K +42.1% −71.2% $25.9M 127 $421 51

Sun Oct 14 — $15.4K −71.2% −86.4% $25.9M 127 $121 52

Mon Oct 15 — $5.4K −65.2% −89.4% $25.9M 127 $42 53

Tue Oct 16 — $7.2K +33.9% −84.2% $25.9M 127 $56 54

Wed Oct 17 — $5.5K −23.8% −83.0% $25.9M 127 $43 55

Thu Oct 18 — $4.8K −12.0% −81.7% $25.9M 127 $38 56

Fri Oct 19 — $3.5K −26.5% −90.6% $25.9M 34 $104 57

Sat Oct 20 — $4.6K +31.4% −91.3% $25.9M 34 $136 58

Sun Oct 21 — $2.9K −36.6% −80.9% $25.9M 34 $86 59

Mon Oct 22 — $2.2K −23.9% −58.2% $25.9M 34 $66 60

Tue Oct 23 — $1.1K −49.6% −84.3% $25.9M 34 $33 61

Wed Oct 24 — $995 −11.9% −81.8% $25.9M 34 $29 62

Thu Oct 25 — $1.4K +43.2% −70.3% $25.9M 34 $42 63

Fri Oct 26 — $1.9K +29.8% −47.6% $26.0M 25 $74 64

Sat Oct 27 — $3.0K +60.8% −35.9% $26.0M 25 $119 65

Sun Oct 28 — $2.4K −20.3% −19.4% $26.0M 25 $95 66

Mon Oct 29 — $1.2K −50.9% −48.0% $26.0M 25 $47 67

Tue Oct 30 — $1.0K −10.5% −7.7% $26.0M 25 $42 68

Wed Oct 31 — $1.5K +45.7% +52.6% $26.0M 25 $61 69

Thu Nov 1 — $1.2K −18.1% −12.8% $26.0M 25 $50 70

Fri Nov 2 — $7.3K +486.8% +294.3% $26.0M 52 $140 71

Sat Nov 3 — $12.1K +65.5% +305.8% $26.0M 52 $232 72

Sun Nov 4 — $8.0K −34.0% +236.0% $26.0M 52 $153 73

Mon Nov 5 — $2.6K −67.8% +120.1% $26.0M 52 $49 74

Tue Nov 6 — $3.0K +18.2% +190.6% $26.0M 52 $58 75

Wed Nov 7 — $2.6K −13.6% +72.3% $26.0M 52 $50 76

Thu Nov 8 — $2.8K +8.9% +129.2% $26.0M 52 $55 77

Fri Nov 9 — $4.1K +45.3% −43.3% $26.0M 38 $109 78

Sat Nov 10 — $6.3K +51.5% −48.1% $26.0M 38 $165 79

Sun Nov 11 — $4.3K −31.2% −45.8% $26.0M 38 $114 80

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

Cumulative total$26.0M

Aug 24Sep 10Sep 28Oct 15Nov 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $7.2K

$388.8K

$6.1M

$4.6M

$3.2M

$2.2M

$955.6K

$443.1K

$106.5K

$11.1K

$7.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,009 → 25 −98.8%

9 open25 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.3%

+1,460.4%

W1→2

−24.7%

W2→3

−30.4%

W3→4

−32.4%

W4→5

−55.6%

W5→6

−53.6%

W6→7

−76.0%

W7→8

−89.6%

W8→9

−35.3%

W9→10

Steepest −89.6%Biggest gain +1,460.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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