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2016 • R • 2h 14m • Biography, Crime, Drama • Open Road Films

The only safe place is on the run.

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58

3.30

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$21.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$35.40M

$13.80M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$40M

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Cast & crew

Full Stone filmography

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone Director

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring

Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley Starring

Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo Starring

Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto Starring

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson Starring Open Road Films Studio

ScreenplayKieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone Produced byMoritz Borman, Eric Kopeloff, Philip Schulz-Deyle, Fernando Sulichin CinematographyAnthony Dod Mantle Music byCraig Armstrong StudioOpen Road Films

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 16-18 4 $8.0M — 2,443 $3,275 $8.0M

2 Sep 23-25 5 $4.1M −49.3% 2,443 $1,660 $15.1M

3 Sep 30-Oct 2 10 $2.0M −51.5% 1,821 $1,080 $18.7M

4 Oct 7-9 14 $743.2K −62.2% 1,821 $408 $20.2M

5 Oct 14-16 22 $307.7K −58.6% 343 $897 $20.9M

6 Oct 21-23 29 $169.5K −44.9% 156 $1,087 $21.2M

7 Oct 28-30 42 $77.3K −54.4% 87 $888 $21.4M

8 Nov 4-6 39 $64.5K −16.5% 115 $561 $21.5M

9 Nov 11-13 44 $47.3K −26.6% 83 $570 $21.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Sep 15 #P $390.0K — $390.0K — —

Fri Sep 16 #4 $3.0M — $3.0M 2,443 $1,247 1

Sat Sep 17 #4 $3.0M — $6.1M 2,443 $1,243 2

Sun Sep 18 #4 $1.9M −37% $8.0M 2,443 $785 3

Mon Sep 19 #3 $728.4K −62% $8.7M 2,443 $298 4

Tue Sep 20 #3 $1.0M +42% $9.8M 2,443 $423 5

Wed Sep 21 #3 $662.0K −36% $10.4M 2,443 $271 6

Thu Sep 22 #3 $569.3K −14% $11.0M 2,443 $233 7

Fri Sep 23 #6 $1.2M +114% −60% $12.2M 2,443 $498 8

Sat Sep 24 #6 $1.8M +46% −42% $14.0M 2,443 $727 9

Sun Sep 25 #5 $1.1M −40% −44% $15.1M 2,443 $436 10

Mon Sep 26 #6 $316.5K −70% −57% $15.4M 2,443 $130 11

Tue Sep 27 #5 $582.3K +84% −44% $15.9M 2,443 $238 12

Wed Sep 28 #5 $407.6K −30% −38% $16.4M 2,443 $167 13

Thu Sep 29 #5 $343.4K −16% −40% $16.7M 2,443 $141 14

Fri Sep 30 #10 $550.0K +60% −55% $17.3M 1,821 $302 15

Sat Oct 1 #11 $896.6K +63% −49% $18.1M 1,821 $492 16

Sun Oct 2 #10 $520.0K −42% −51% $18.7M 1,821 $286 17

Mon Oct 3 #10 $197.6K −62% −38% $18.9M 1,821 $109 18

Tue Oct 4 #10 $248.8K +26% −57% $19.1M 1,821 $137 19

Wed Oct 5 #9 $189.1K −24% −54% $19.3M 1,821 $104 20

Thu Oct 6 #10 $160.7K −15% −53% $19.5M 1,821 $88 21

Fri Oct 7 #14 $201.5K +25% −63% $19.7M 1,821 $111 22

Sat Oct 8 #14 $336.5K +67% −62% $20.0M 1,821 $185 23

Sun Oct 9 #14 $205.2K −39% −61% $20.2M 1,821 $113 24

Mon Oct 10 #14 $129.3K −37% −35% $20.3M 1,821 $71 25

Tue Oct 11 #14 $107.3K −17% −57% $20.4M 1,821 $59 26

Wed Oct 12 #15 $79.4K −26% −58% $20.5M 1,821 $44 27

Thu Oct 13 #14 $70.7K −11% −56% $20.6M 1,821 $39 28

Fri Oct 14 #- $82.0K +16% −59% $20.7M 343 $239 29

Sat Oct 15 #- $132.8K +62% −61% $20.8M 343 $387 30

Sun Oct 16 #- $93.0K −30% −55% $20.9M 343 $271 31

Mon Oct 17 #- $30.7K −67% −76% $20.9M 343 $89 32

Tue Oct 18 #- $47.2K +54% −56% $21.0M 343 $138 33

Wed Oct 19 #- $26.5K −44% −67% $21.0M 343 $77 34

Thu Oct 20 #- $30.2K +14% −57% $21.0M 343 $88 35

Fri Oct 21 #- $47.4K +57% −42% $21.1M 156 $304 36

Sat Oct 22 #- $78.3K +65% −41% $21.2M 156 $502 37

Sun Oct 23 #- $43.8K −44% −53% $21.2M 156 $281 38

Mon Oct 24 #- $18.0K −59% −41% $21.2M 156 $115 39

Tue Oct 25 #- $30.4K +69% −36% $21.3M 156 $195 40

Wed Oct 26 #- $20.0K −34% −24% $21.3M 156 $128 41

Thu Oct 27 #- $21.2K +6% −30% $21.3M 156 $136 42

Fri Oct 28 #- $21.0K −1% −56% $21.3M 87 $242 43

Sat Oct 29 #- $34.5K +64% −56% $21.3M 87 $397 44

Sun Oct 30 #- $21.7K −37% −50% $21.4M 87 $250 45

Mon Oct 31 #- $11.3K −48% −37% $21.4M 87 $130 46

Tue Nov 1 #- $13.7K +21% −55% $21.4M 87 $157 47

Wed Nov 2 #- $10.0K −27% −50% $21.4M 87 $115 48

Thu Nov 3 #- $9.0K −10% −58% $21.4M 87 $103 49

Fri Nov 4 #- $18.0K +100% −15% $21.4M 115 $156 50

Sat Nov 5 #- $29.5K +64% −15% $21.5M 115 $256 51

Sun Nov 6 #- $17.1K −42% −21% $21.5M 115 $149 52

Mon Nov 7 #- $7.2K −58% −36% $21.5M 115 $62 53

Tue Nov 8 #- $9.6K +34% −30% $21.5M 115 $84 54

Wed Nov 9 #- $7.5K −22% −25% $21.5M 115 $65 55

Thu Nov 10 #- $10.6K +41% +18% $21.5M 115 $92 56

Fri Nov 11 #- $16.5K +56% −8% $21.5M 83 $198 57

Sat Nov 12 #- $19.9K +21% −32% $21.6M 83 $240 58

Sun Nov 13 #- $11.0K −45% −36% $21.6M 83 $132 59

Mon Nov 14 #- $5.0K −54% −30% $21.6M 83 $61 60

Tue Nov 15 #- $8.3K +65% −14% $21.6M 83 $100 61

Wed Nov 16 #- $5.9K −29% −21% $21.6M 83 $71 62

Thu Nov 17 #- $5.9K — −44% $21.6M 83 $71 63

Cumulative total$21.6M

Sep 15Oct 1Oct 17Nov 1Nov 17

Weekend grossWk 9 · $47.3K

$8.0M

$4.1M

$2.0M

$743.2K

$307.7K

$169.5K

$77.3K

$64.5K

$47.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,443 → 83 −96.6%

2,443 open83 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −26.6%

−49.3%

W1→2

−51.5%

W2→3

−62.2%

W3→4

−58.6%

W4→5

−44.9%

W5→6

−54.4%

W6→7

−16.5%

W7→8

−26.6%

W8→9

Steepest −62.2%Best hold −16.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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