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The Boss Baby

2017 • PG • 1h 37m • Animation, Adventure, Comedy • Universal Pictures

There's a new boss in town.

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2.6

6.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$50.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$175.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$504.1M

$329.1M international

Domestic Legs3.44x

Budget$125M

2017 Rank#17

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTom McGrath ScreenplayKen Daurio Produced byUniversal Pictures MusicHans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro StarringAlec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 31-Apr 2 1 $50.2M — 3,773 $13,305 $50.2M

2 Apr 7-9 1 $26.4M −47.5% 3,829 $6,885 $89.4M

3 Apr 14-16 2 $16.0M −39.3% 3,743 $4,278 $116.8M

4 Apr 21-23 2 $12.7M −20.6% 3,697 $3,439 $137.0M

5 Apr 28-30 4 $9.4M −26.3% 3,739 $2,507 $148.8M

6 May 5-7 3 $6.0M −36.2% 3,284 $1,820 $156.5M

7 May 12-14 6 $4.5M −24.8% 2,911 $1,545 $162.3M

8 May 19-21 8 $2.8M −36.7% 2,071 $1,375 $166.2M

9 May 26-28 9 $1.7M −39.4% 1,342 $1,286 $169.0M

10 Jun 2-4 12 $621.1K −64.0% 684 $908 $170.9M

11 Jun 9-11 13 $512.4K −17.5% 432 $1,186 $171.8M

12 Jun 16-18 19 $323.4K −36.9% 260 $1,244 $172.5M

13 Jun 23-25 19 $330.8K +2.3% 241 $1,373 $173.1M

14 Jun 30-Jul 2 22 $220.6K −33.3% 215 $1,026 $173.5M

15 Jul 7-9 21 $191.1K −13.4% 195 $980 $173.9M

16 Jul 14-16 23 $140.3K −26.6% 170 $825 $174.2M

17 Jul 21-23 24 $137.3K −2.2% 163 $842 $174.5M

18 Jul 28-30 30 $96.6K −29.7% 149 $648 $174.7M

19 Aug 4-6 38 $62.9K −34.8% 120 $524 $174.8M

20 Aug 11-13 52 $26.2K −58.4% 87 $301 $174.9M

21 Aug 18-20 56 $17.6K −32.9% 109 $161 $174.9M

22 Aug 25-27 65 $11.5K −34.3% 97 $119 $174.9M

23 Sep 1-3 75 $11.0K −4.5% 90 $122 $175.0M

24 Sep 8-10 71 $8.2K −26.0% 31 $263 $175.0M

25 Sep 15-17 96 $1.5K −81.8% 13 $114 $175.0M

26 Sep 22-24 104 $524 −64.8% 5 $105 $175.0M

27 Sep 29-Oct 1 53 $15.3K +2827.3% 32 $479 $175.0M

28 Oct 6-8 109 $100 −99.3% 2 $50 $175.0M

29 Oct 20-22 92 $1.6K +1500.0% 2 $800 $175.0M

30 Oct 27-29 98 $838 −47.6% 2 $419 $175.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Mar 30 #P $1.5M — $1.5M 0 $0 -1

Fri Mar 31 #1 $15.6M — $15.6M 3,773 $4,140 1

Sat Apr 1 #1 $20.1M +28.8% $35.7M 3,773 $5,332 2

Sun Apr 2 #1 $14.5M −28.1% $50.2M 3,773 $3,833 3

Mon Apr 3 #2 $3.1M −78.7% $53.3M 3,773 $817 4

Tue Apr 4 #2 $4.4M +41.8% $57.7M 3,773 $1,158 5

Wed Apr 5 #2 $2.7M −37.8% $60.4M 3,773 $721 6

Thu Apr 6 #2 $2.7M −0.7% $63.1M 3,773 $716 7

Fri Apr 7 #1 $6.9M +156.4% −55.6% $70.0M 3,829 $1,809 8

Sat Apr 8 #1 $11.8M +70.8% −41.2% $81.8M 3,829 $3,090 9

Sun Apr 9 #1 $7.6M −35.7% −47.4% $89.4M 3,829 $1,986 10

Mon Apr 10 #1 $2.2M −71.3% −29.3% $91.6M 3,829 $570 11

Tue Apr 11 #1 $3.4M +55.3% −22.5% $95.0M 3,829 $885 12

Wed Apr 12 #1 $2.7M −20.2% −0.6% $97.7M 3,829 $706 13

Thu Apr 13 #1 $3.1M +13.6% +13.7% $100.8M 3,829 $802 14

Fri Apr 14 #2 $6.5M +112.8% −5.6% $107.3M 3,743 $1,747 15

Sat Apr 15 #2 $5.6M −13.9% −52.4% $112.9M 3,743 $1,503 16

Sun Apr 16 #2 $3.8M −31.6% −49.4% $116.8M 3,743 $1,028 17

Mon Apr 17 #2 $2.8M −26.5% +29.6% $119.6M 3,743 $755 18

Tue Apr 18 #2 $1.9M −33.0% −44.1% $121.5M 3,743 $506 19

Wed Apr 19 #2 $1.4M −27.1% −49.0% $122.9M 3,743 $369 20

Thu Apr 20 #2 $1.3M −2.4% −56.2% $124.2M 3,743 $360 21

Fri Apr 21 #2 $3.2M +139.4% −50.7% $127.5M 3,697 $872 22

Sat Apr 22 #2 $5.9M +83.7% +5.2% $133.4M 3,697 $1,601 23

Sun Apr 23 #2 $3.6M −39.7% −7.3% $137.0M 3,697 $965 24

Mon Apr 24 #3 $551.4K −84.5% −80.5% $137.5M 3,697 $149 25

Tue Apr 25 #3 $848.2K +53.8% −55.2% $138.4M 3,697 $229 26

Wed Apr 26 #3 $535.7K −36.8% −61.2% $138.9M 3,697 $145 27

Thu Apr 27 #3 $526.3K −1.8% −60.9% $139.4M 3,697 $142 28

Fri Apr 28 #5 $2.0M +283.7% −37.4% $141.4M 3,739 $540 29

Sat Apr 29 #2 $4.4M +116.5% −26.2% $145.8M 3,739 $1,169 30

Sun Apr 30 #3 $3.0M −31.8% −16.4% $148.8M 3,739 $797 31

Mon May 1 #6 $418.6K −86.0% −24.1% $149.2M 3,739 $112 32

Tue May 2 #6 $606.8K +44.9% −28.5% $149.8M 3,739 $162 33

Wed May 3 #6 $379.8K −37.4% −29.1% $150.2M 3,739 $102 34

Thu May 4 #5 $367.3K −3.3% −30.2% $150.6M 3,739 $98 35

Fri May 5 #3 $1.4M +267.9% −33.1% $151.9M 3,284 $411 36

Sat May 6 #3 $2.8M +110.4% −35.0% $154.8M 3,284 $866 37

Sun May 7 #4 $1.8M −37.3% −40.2% $156.5M 3,284 $543 38

Mon May 8 #6 $273.5K −84.7% −34.7% $156.8M 3,284 $83 39

Tue May 9 #7 $409.8K +49.8% −32.5% $157.2M 3,284 $125 40

Wed May 10 #6 $282.5K −31.1% −25.6% $157.5M 3,284 $86 41

Thu May 11 #6 $276.1K −2.3% −24.8% $157.8M 3,284 $84 42

Fri May 12 #6 $970.5K +251.5% −28.2% $158.7M 2,911 $333 43

Sat May 13 #5 $2.0M +109.5% −28.5% $160.8M 2,911 $698 44

Sun May 14 #7 $1.5M −26.6% −16.2% $162.3M 2,911 $513 45

Mon May 15 #7 $247.7K −83.4% −9.5% $162.5M 2,911 $85 46

Tue May 16 #6 $347.5K +40.3% −15.2% $162.9M 2,911 $119 47

Wed May 17 #6 $248.1K −28.6% −12.2% $163.1M 2,911 $85 48

Thu May 18 #6 $233.5K −5.9% −15.4% $163.4M 2,911 $80 49

Fri May 19 #9 $594.8K +154.8% −38.7% $163.9M 2,071 $287 50

Sat May 20 #8 $1.3M +121.6% −35.2% $165.3M 2,071 $636 51

Sun May 21 #8 $935.4K −29.0% −37.3% $166.2M 2,071 $452 52

Mon May 22 #7 $345.6K −63.1% +39.5% $166.5M 2,071 $167 53

Tue May 23 #9 $262.0K −24.2% −24.6% $166.8M 2,071 $127 54

Wed May 24 #9 $218.3K −16.7% −12.0% $167.0M 2,071 $105 55

Thu May 25 #10 $230.5K +5.6% −1.3% $167.3M 2,071 $111 56

Fri May 26 #9 $421.6K +82.9% −29.1% $167.7M 1,342 $314 57

Sat May 27 #9 $674.2K +59.9% −48.8% $168.4M 1,342 $502 58

Sun May 28 #9 $630.0K −6.6% −32.7% $169.0M 1,342 $469 59

Mon May 29 #9 $735.2K +16.7% +112.7% $169.7M 1,342 $548 60

Tue May 30 #9 $224.4K −69.5% −14.4% $169.9M 1,342 $167 61

Wed May 31 #9 $192.4K −14.2% −11.8% $170.1M 1,342 $143 62

Thu Jun 1 #9 $165.6K −14.0% −28.2% $170.3M 1,342 $123 63

Fri Jun 2 #12 $173.7K +4.9% −58.8% $170.5M 684 $254 64

Sat Jun 3 #12 $257.8K +48.4% −61.8% $170.7M 684 $377 65

Sun Jun 4 #13 $189.7K −26.4% −69.9% $170.9M 684 $277 66

Mon Jun 5 #12 $96.4K −49.2% −86.9% $171.0M 684 $141 67

Tue Jun 6 #11 $114.3K +18.6% −49.1% $171.1M 684 $167 68

Wed Jun 7 #11 $95.2K −16.7% −50.5% $171.2M 684 $139 69

Thu Jun 8 #11 $83.9K −11.9% −49.3% $171.3M 684 $123 70

Fri Jun 9 #13 $157.0K +87.2% −9.6% $171.5M 432 $364 71

Sat Jun 10 #13 $221.2K +40.8% −14.2% $171.7M 432 $512 72

Sun Jun 11 #13 $134.2K −39.3% −29.3% $171.8M 432 $311 73

Mon Jun 12 #13 $74.2K −44.7% −23.0% $171.9M 432 $172 74

Tue Jun 13 #13 $103.3K +39.2% −9.6% $172.0M 432 $239 75

Wed Jun 14 #13 $88.8K −14.1% −6.8% $172.1M 432 $205 76

Thu Jun 15 #13 $79.3K −10.6% −5.4% $172.2M 432 $184 77

Fri Jun 16 #- $97.7K +23.2% −37.8% $172.3M 260 $376 78

Sat Jun 17 #- $125.7K +28.6% −43.2% $172.4M 260 $483 79

Sun Jun 18 #- $100.1K −20.3% −25.4% $172.5M 260 $385 80

Mon Jun 19 #- $54.8K −45.3% −26.2% $172.5M 260 $211 81

Tue Jun 20 #- $72.9K +33.0% −29.4% $172.6M 260 $280 82

Wed Jun 21 #- $60.3K −17.2% −32.0% $172.7M 260 $232 83

Thu Jun 22 #- $68.4K +13.4% −13.8% $172.7M 260 $263 84

Fri Jun 23 #- $111.2K +62.5% +13.8% $172.9M 241 $461 85

Sat Jun 24 #- $127.9K +15.1% +1.8% $173.0M 241 $531 86

Sun Jun 25 #- $91.7K −28.3% −8.4% $173.1M 241 $381 87

Mon Jun 26 #- $49.0K −46.6% −10.7% $173.1M 241 $203 88

Tue Jun 27 #- $67.2K +37.4% −7.7% $173.2M 241 $279 89

Wed Jun 28 #- $59.3K −11.8% −1.7% $173.3M 241 $246 90

Thu Jun 29 #- $55.2K −7.0% −19.4% $173.3M 241 $229 91

Fri Jun 30 #- $71.9K +30.3% −35.4% $173.4M 215 $334 92

Sat Jul 1 #- $83.6K +16.4% −34.6% $173.5M 215 $389 93

Sun Jul 2 #- $65.1K −22.2% −29.0% $173.5M 215 $303 94

Mon Jul 3 #- $51.5K −20.9% +5.2% $173.6M 215 $240 95

Tue Jul 4 #- $43.4K −15.7% −35.4% $173.6M 215 $202 96

Wed Jul 5 #- $42.0K −3.3% −29.2% $173.7M 215 $195 97

Thu Jul 6 #- $53.6K +27.8% −2.7% $173.7M 215 $250 98

Fri Jul 7 #- $61.1K +13.9% −15.0% $173.8M 195 $313 99

Sat Jul 8 #- $77.0K +26.0% −7.9% $173.9M 195 $395 100

Sun Jul 9 #- $53.0K −31.1% −18.5% $173.9M 195 $272 101

Mon Jul 10 #- $32.0K −39.7% −38.0% $173.9M 195 $164 102

Tue Jul 11 #- $40.8K +27.8% −5.9% $174.0M 195 $209 103

Wed Jul 12 #- $39.8K −2.6% −5.2% $174.0M 195 $204 104

Thu Jul 13 #- $38.8K −2.4% −27.6% $174.1M 195 $199 105

Fri Jul 14 #- $45.4K +16.9% −25.7% $174.1M 170 $267 106

Sat Jul 15 #- $55.9K +23.2% −27.4% $174.2M 170 $329 107

Sun Jul 16 #- $39.0K −30.2% −26.4% $174.2M 170 $230 108

Mon Jul 17 #- $24.1K −38.2% −24.5% $174.2M 170 $142 109

Tue Jul 18 #- $29.8K +23.5% −27.0% $174.3M 170 $175 110

Wed Jul 19 #- $29.2K −1.9% −26.5% $174.3M 170 $172 111

Thu Jul 20 #- $31.7K +8.5% −18.3% $174.3M 170 $187 112

Fri Jul 21 #- $42.9K +35.2% −5.5% $174.4M 163 $263 113

Sat Jul 22 #- $55.3K +28.9% −1.1% $174.4M 163 $339 114

Sun Jul 23 #- $39.1K −29.3% +0.2% $174.5M 163 $240 115

Mon Jul 24 #- $24.6K −37.0% +2.1% $174.5M 163 $151 116

Tue Jul 25 #- $29.0K +17.9% −2.6% $174.5M 163 $178 117

Wed Jul 26 #- $28.2K −2.7% −3.4% $174.5M 163 $173 118

Thu Jul 27 #- $28.5K +0.9% −10.1% $174.6M 163 $175 119

Fri Jul 28 #- $32.1K +12.5% −25.2% $174.6M 149 $215 120

Sat Jul 29 #- $38.8K +21.0% −29.8% $174.6M 149 $261 121

Sun Jul 30 #- $25.7K −33.9% −34.4% $174.7M 149 $172 122

Mon Jul 31 #- $14.4K −44.0% −41.7% $174.7M 149 $96 123

Tue Aug 1 #- $23.1K +61.1% −20.3% $174.7M 149 $155 124

Wed Aug 2 #- $20.1K −13.1% −28.8% $174.7M 149 $135 125

Thu Aug 3 #- $22.7K +12.7% −20.5% $174.7M 149 $152 126

Fri Aug 4 #- $19.7K −13.0% −38.5% $174.8M 120 $164 127

Sat Aug 5 #- $24.5K +24.5% −36.8% $174.8M 120 $205 128

Sun Aug 6 #- $18.7K −23.9% −27.2% $174.8M 120 $156 129

Mon Aug 7 #- $11.9K −36.2% −17.0% $174.8M 120 $99 130

Tue Aug 8 #- $13.2K +10.5% −43.1% $174.8M 120 $110 131

Wed Aug 9 #- $11.3K −14.3% −43.9% $174.8M 120 $94 132

Thu Aug 10 #- $10.9K −3.6% −52.0% $174.9M 120 $91 133

Fri Aug 11 #- $7.5K −30.9% −61.9% $174.9M 87 $86 134

Sat Aug 12 #- $10.7K +42.6% −56.3% $174.9M 87 $123 135

Sun Aug 13 #- $8.0K −25.8% −57.4% $174.9M 87 $91 136

Mon Aug 14 #- $4.8K −39.8% −59.8% $174.9M 87 $55 137

Tue Aug 15 #- $5.6K +16.3% −57.7% $174.9M 87 $64 138

Wed Aug 16 #- $5.3K −5.2% −53.2% $174.9M 87 $61 139

Thu Aug 17 #- $6.6K +24.4% −39.7% $174.9M 87 $75 140

Fri Aug 18 #- $5.7K −13.1% −24.1% $174.9M 109 $52 141

Sat Aug 19 #- $6.3K +10.5% −41.2% $174.9M 109 $58 142

Sun Aug 20 #- $5.6K −11.6% −30.0% $174.9M 109 $51 143

Mon Aug 21 #- $1.7K −70.3% −65.4% $174.9M 109 $15 144

Tue Aug 22 #- $2.4K +47.3% −56.2% $174.9M 109 $22 145

Wed Aug 23 #- $2.1K −13.5% −60.1% $174.9M 109 $19 146

Thu Aug 24 #- $2.0K −5.6% −69.7% $174.9M 109 $18 147

Fri Aug 25 #- $5.1K +156.9% −10.3% $174.9M 97 $53 148

Sat Aug 26 #- $3.4K −32.7% −45.4% $174.9M 97 $35 149

Sun Aug 27 #- $3.0K −13.3% −46.4% $174.9M 97 $31 150

Mon Aug 28 #- $3.8K +28.2% +131.2% $174.9M 97 $39 151

Tue Aug 29 #- $5.9K +54.5% +142.6% $174.9M 97 $61 152

Wed Aug 30 #- $1.2K −79.8% −43.2% $175.0M 97 $12 153

Thu Aug 31 #- $1.3K +6.0% −36.3% $175.0M 97 $13 154

Fri Sep 1 #- $4.4K +247.1% −13.9% $175.0M 90 $49 155

Sat Sep 2 #- $3.1K −28.7% −8.8% $175.0M 90 $35 156

Sun Sep 3 #- $3.5K +10.9% +16.7% $175.0M 90 $39 157

Mon Sep 4 #- $3.3K −4.6% −13.1% $175.0M 90 $37 158

Tue Sep 5 #- $339 −89.8% −94.3% $175.0M 90 $4 159

Wed Sep 6 #- $215 −36.6% −82.0% $175.0M 90 $2 160

Thu Sep 7 #- $228 +6.0% −82.0% $175.0M 90 $3 161

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

Cumulative total$171.3M

Mar 30Apr 17May 4May 22Jun 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $621.1K

$50.2M

$26.4M

$16.0M

$12.7M

$9.4M

$6.0M

$4.5M

$2.8M

$1.7M

$621.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,829 → 684 −82.1%

3,773 open684 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −64.0%

−47.5% W1→2

−39.3% W2→3

−20.6% W3→4

−26.3% W4→5

−36.2% W5→6

−24.8% W6→7

−36.7% W7→8

−39.4% W8→9

−64.0% W9→10

Steepest −64.0%Best hold −20.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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