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Snowden

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

$8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$21.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$35.4M

$13.8M international

Domestic Legs2.7x

Budget$40M

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Cast & Crew

Full Stone filmography

Oliver Stone Director

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring

Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley Starring

Melissa Leo Starring

Zachary Quinto Starring

Tom Wilkinson Starring

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

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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