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The 5th Wave

2016 PG-13 1h 52m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Sony Pictures Releasing

Protect your own.

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$10.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$34.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$111.3M
$76.4M international
Domestic Legs3.4x
Budget$38M
2016 Rank#83
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Cast & Crew

Chloë Grace Moretz Chloë Grace Moretz Starring Ron Livingston Ron Livingston Starring Maria Bello Maria Bello Starring Maika Monroe Maika Monroe Starring
ScreenplayAkiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, Susannah Grant Produced byTobey Maguire, Graham King, Lynn Harris, Matthew Plouffe CinematographyEnrique Chediak Prod. DesignJon Billington StudioSony Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jan 22-24 6 $10.3M 2,908 $3,551 $10.3M
2 Jan 29-31 8 $7.1M −30.8% 2,908 $2,456 $20.3M
3 Feb 5-7 11 $3.8M −47.2% 2,346 $1,609 $25.7M
4 Feb 12-14 12 $2.7M −28.4% 1,444 $1,871 $29.5M
5 Feb 19-21 15 $1.3M −51.4% 850 $1,544 $32.0M
6 Feb 26-28 18 $852.2K −35.1% 588 $1,449 $33.1M
7 Mar 4-6 27 $361.2K −57.6% 339 $1,065 $33.6M
8 Mar 11-13 28 $200.5K −44.5% 201 $997 $33.9M
9 Mar 18-20 40 $116.4K −41.9% 138 $844 $34.1M
10 Mar 25-27 35 $67.2K −42.3% 92 $731 $34.3M
11 Apr 1-3 31 $125.4K +86.6% 133 $943 $34.4M
12 Apr 8-10 31 $96.7K −22.9% 116 $834 $34.6M
13 Apr 15-17 32 $61.2K −36.7% 99 $618 $34.7M
14 Apr 22-24 35 $57.3K −6.4% 89 $644 $34.7M
15 Apr 29-May 1 42 $57.7K +0.7% 74 $780 $34.8M
16 May 6-8 40 $41.2K −28.6% 70 $588 $34.9M
17 May 13-15 45 $28.3K −31.4% 57 $496 $34.9M
18 May 20-22 56 $11.6K −59.0% 32 $362 $34.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$33.3M
Jan 21Feb 1Feb 11Feb 22Mar 3
Weekend grossWk 10 · $67.2K
$10.3M
$7.1M
$3.8M
$2.7M
$1.3M
$852.2K
$361.2K
$200.5K
$116.4K
$67.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 2,908 → 588 −79.8%
2,297 open588 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.3%
−30.8%
W1→2
−47.2%
W2→3
−28.4%
W3→4
−51.4%
W4→5
−35.1%
W5→6
−57.6%
W6→7
−44.5%
W7→8
−41.9%
W8→9
−42.3%
W9→10
Steepest −57.6%Best hold −28.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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