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The Circle

2017 • PG-13 • 1h 50m • Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi • STX Entertainment

Knowing is good. Knowing everything is better.

🍅 16% 21%

43

2.08

5.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$9.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$20.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$45.5M

$25.0M international

Domestic Legs2.3x

Budget$18M

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Cast & Crew

Full Ponsoldt filmography

James Ponsoldt Director

Emma Watson Starring

Tom Hanks Starring

John Boyega Starring

Karen Gillan Starring

Patton Oswalt Starring

ScreenplayJames Ponsoldt, Dave Eggers Produced byTom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Anthony Bregman, Walter F. Parkes CinematographyMatthew Libatique MusicDanny Elfman StudioSTX Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 28-30 5 $9.0M — 3,163 $2,856 $9.0M

2 May 5-7 6 $4.0M −56.2% 3,163 $1,252 $15.7M

3 May 12-14 9 $1.8M −55.0% 2,132 $835 $18.9M

4 May 19-21 $451.2K −74.7% 647 $697 $20.0M

5 May 26-28 28 $118.8K −73.7% 208 $571 $20.3M

6 Jun 2-4 33 $54.3K −54.3% 91 $597 $20.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Apr 27 — $430.0K — $430.0K — — -1

Fri Apr 28 #4 $3.2M +641.1% $3.2M 3,163 $1,007 1

Sat Apr 29 #4 $3.7M +16.6% $6.9M 3,163 $1,175 2

Sun Apr 30 #5 $2.1M −42.7% $9.0M 3,163 $674 3

Mon May 1 #3 $616.7K −71.1% $9.7M 3,163 $195 4

Tue May 2 #4 $1.0M +65.8% $10.7M 3,163 $323 5

Wed May 3 #3 $546.5K −46.6% $11.2M 3,163 $173 6

Thu May 4 #3 $474.9K −13.1% $11.7M 3,163 $150 7

Fri May 5 #6 $1.2M +144.0% −63.6% $12.9M 3,163 $366 8

Sat May 6 #5 $1.8M +54.6% −51.8% $14.6M 3,163 $566 9

Sun May 7 #7 $1.0M −43.6% −52.6% $15.7M 3,163 $319 10

Mon May 8 #5 $318.8K −68.4% −48.3% $16.0M 3,163 $101 11

Tue May 9 #4 $546.4K +71.4% −46.6% $16.5M 3,163 $173 12

Wed May 10 #5 $345.7K −36.7% −36.7% $16.9M 3,163 $109 13

Thu May 11 #5 $297.6K −13.9% −37.4% $17.2M 3,163 $94 14

Fri May 12 #9 $488.2K +64.1% −57.9% $17.7M 2,132 $229 15

Sat May 13 #9 $735.4K +50.6% −58.9% $18.4M 2,132 $345 16

Sun May 14 #10 $557.1K −24.2% −44.8% $18.9M 2,132 $261 17

Mon May 15 #9 $152.7K −72.6% −52.1% $19.1M 2,132 $72 18

Tue May 16 #8 $226.0K +48.0% −58.6% $19.3M 2,132 $106 19

Wed May 17 #8 $147.6K −34.7% −57.3% $19.5M 2,132 $69 20

Thu May 18 #9 $109.2K −26.0% −63.3% $19.6M 2,132 $51 21

Fri May 19 #15 $127.7K +16.9% −73.8% $19.7M 647 $197 22

Sat May 20 #15 $200.2K +56.8% −72.8% $19.9M 647 $309 23

Sun May 21 #15 $123.3K −38.4% −77.9% $20.0M 647 $191 24

Mon May 22 #15 $61.4K −50.3% −59.8% $20.1M 647 $95 25

Tue May 23 #14 $67.4K +9.9% −70.2% $20.2M 647 $104 26

Wed May 24 — $42.2K −37.5% −71.4% $20.2M 647 $65 27

Thu May 25 — $28.8K −31.6% −73.6% $20.2M 647 $45 28

Fri May 26 — $31.1K +7.8% −75.7% $20.3M 208 $149 29

Sat May 27 — $46.4K +49.1% −76.8% $20.3M 208 $223 30

Sun May 28 — $41.3K −10.8% −66.5% $20.3M 208 $199 31

Mon May 29 — $36.4K −12.0% −40.7% $20.4M 208 $175 32

Tue May 30 — $15.7K −56.8% −76.7% $20.4M 208 $76 33

Wed May 31 — $12.0K −23.8% −71.6% $20.4M 208 $58 34

Thu Jun 1 — $9.3K −22.0% −67.6% $20.4M 208 $45 35

Fri Jun 2 — $13.2K +40.9% −57.6% $20.4M 91 $145 36

Sat Jun 3 — $25.9K +97.0% −44.0% $20.5M 91 $285 37

Sun Jun 4 — $15.2K −41.5% −63.3% $20.5M 91 $167 38

Mon Jun 5 — $4.8K −68.2% −86.7% $20.5M 91 $53 39

Tue Jun 6 — $7.6K +57.6% −51.7% $20.5M 91 $84 40

Wed Jun 7 — $5.1K −33.3% −57.7% $20.5M 91 $56 41

Thu Jun 8 — $4.0K −20.3% −56.8% $20.5M 91 $44 42

Cumulative total$20.5M

Apr 27May 8May 18May 29Jun 8

Weekend grossWk 6 · $54.3K

$9.0M

$4.0M

$1.8M

$451.2K

$118.8K

$54.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Theater countPeak 3,163 → 91 −97.1%

3,163 open91 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −54.3%

−56.2%

W1→2

−55.0%

W2→3

−74.7%

W3→4

−73.7%

W4→5

−54.3%

W5→6

Steepest −74.7%Best hold −54.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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