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The Courier

2020 • PG-13 • 1h 51m • Drama, History, Mystery • SunnyMarch

Based on the incredible true story of a businessman turned spy.

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65

3.41

7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$1.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$6.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$20.9M

$14.2M international

Domestic Legs3.5x

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Cast & Crew

Directed byDominic Cooke ScreenplayTom O'Connor Produced byBen Browning, Rory Aitken, Ben Pugh, Adam Ackland CinematographySean Bobbitt MusicAbel Korzeniowski Prod. DesignSuzie Davies StarringBenedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright, Kirill Pirogov StudioSunnyMarch

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 19-21 4 $1.9M — 1,433 $1,316 $1.9M

2 Mar 26-28 5 $1.0M −44.4% 1,641 $640 $3.5M

3 Apr 2-4 7 $449.0K −57.2% 1,322 $340 $4.3M

4 Apr 9-11 8 $437.3K −2.6% 1,007 $434 $4.9M

5 Apr 16-18 9 $440.4K +0.7% 923 $477 $5.5M

6 Apr 23-25 10 $294.2K −33.2% 714 $412 $6.0M

7 Apr 30-May 2 15 $146.2K −50.3% 391 $374 $6.2M

8 May 7-9 $97.4K −33.4% 280 $348 $6.4M

9 May 14-16 $50.7K −47.9% 137 $370 $6.5M

10 May 21-23 $41.9K −17.4% 108 $388 $6.5M

11 May 28-30 $17.9K −57.2% 60 $299 $6.6M

12 Jun 4-6 $8.3K −53.8% 20 $414 $6.6M

13 Jun 11-13 $6.3K −24.4% 13 $481 $6.6M

14 Jun 18-20 $5.7K −8.8% 12 $476 $6.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 19 — $672.0K — $672.0K 1,433 $469 1

Sat Mar 20 — $779.9K +16.1% $1.5M 1,433 $544 2

Sun Mar 21 — $434.0K −44.4% $1.9M 1,433 $303 3

Mon Mar 22 — $116.3K −73.2% $2.0M 1,433 $81 4

Tue Mar 23 — $188.5K +62.1% $2.2M 1,433 $132 5

Wed Mar 24 — $132.2K −29.9% $2.3M 1,433 $92 6

Thu Mar 25 — $114.9K −13.1% $2.4M 1,433 $80 7

Fri Mar 26 — $344.6K +199.9% −48.7% $2.8M 1,641 $210 8

Sat Mar 27 — $435.4K +26.3% −44.2% $3.2M 1,641 $265 9

Sun Mar 28 — $269.4K −38.1% −37.9% $3.5M 1,641 $164 10

Mon Mar 29 — $72.9K −72.9% −37.3% $3.6M 1,641 $44 11

Tue Mar 30 — $102.5K +40.5% −45.7% $3.7M 1,641 $62 12

Wed Mar 31 — $67.0K −34.6% −49.3% $3.7M 1,641 $41 13

Thu Apr 1 — $76.2K +13.7% −33.7% $3.8M 1,641 $46 14

Fri Apr 2 — $165.1K +116.7% −52.1% $4.0M 1,322 $125 15

Sat Apr 3 — $175.2K +6.1% −59.8% $4.1M 1,322 $133 16

Sun Apr 4 — $108.7K −38.0% −59.7% $4.3M 1,322 $82 17

Mon Apr 5 — $45.4K −58.2% −37.8% $4.3M 1,322 $34 18

Tue Apr 6 — $57.4K +26.4% −44.0% $4.4M 1,322 $43 19

Wed Apr 7 — $55.4K −3.4% −17.2% $4.4M 1,322 $42 20

Thu Apr 8 — $58.3K +5.2% −23.4% $4.5M 1,322 $44 21

Fri Apr 9 — $134.7K +130.9% −18.4% $4.6M 1,007 $134 22

Sat Apr 10 — $192.8K +43.1% +10.0% $4.8M 1,007 $191 23

Sun Apr 11 — $109.8K −43.1% +1.0% $4.9M 1,007 $109 24

Mon Apr 12 — $36.9K −66.4% −18.7% $4.9M 1,007 $37 25

Tue Apr 13 — $45.8K +24.1% −20.2% $5.0M 1,007 $45 26

Wed Apr 14 — $43.9K −4.2% −20.9% $5.0M 1,007 $44 27

Thu Apr 15 — $50.9K +16.1% −12.7% $5.1M 1,007 $51 28

Fri Apr 16 — $146.9K +188.6% +9.1% $5.2M 923 $159 29

Sat Apr 17 — $197.7K +34.5% +2.5% $5.4M 923 $214 30

Sun Apr 18 — $95.8K −51.6% −12.8% $5.5M 923 $104 31

Mon Apr 19 — $34.3K −64.2% −7.1% $5.6M 923 $37 32

Tue Apr 20 — $44.2K +29.0% −3.4% $5.6M 923 $48 33

Wed Apr 21 — $41.0K −7.2% −6.5% $5.6M 923 $44 34

Thu Apr 22 — $31.9K −22.2% −37.3% $5.7M 923 $35 35

Fri Apr 23 — $93.3K +192.3% −36.5% $5.8M 714 $131 36

Sat Apr 24 — $132.2K +41.7% −33.1% $5.9M 714 $185 37

Sun Apr 25 — $68.8K −48.0% −28.2% $6.0M 714 $96 38

Mon Apr 26 — $27.1K −60.6% −21.0% $6.0M 714 $38 39

Tue Apr 27 — $34.0K +25.7% −23.1% $6.0M 714 $48 40

Wed Apr 28 — $28.6K −15.8% −30.2% $6.1M 714 $40 41

Thu Apr 29 — $26.4K −7.8% −17.3% $6.1M 714 $37 42

Fri Apr 30 — $44.7K +69.5% −52.0% $6.1M 391 $114 43

Sat May 1 — $65.7K +47.0% −50.3% $6.2M 391 $168 44

Sun May 2 — $35.7K −45.7% −48.1% $6.2M 391 $91 45

Mon May 3 — $13.2K −63.0% −51.2% $6.2M 391 $34 46

Tue May 4 — $17.0K +28.7% −50.0% $6.3M 391 $43 47

Wed May 5 — $13.6K −20.2% −52.6% $6.3M 391 $35 48

Thu May 6 — $13.3K −2.1% −49.7% $6.3M 391 $34 49

Fri May 7 — $27.9K +110.1% −37.7% $6.3M 280 $100 50

Sat May 8 — $37.5K +34.5% −43.0% $6.4M 280 $134 51

Sun May 9 — $32.0K −14.8% −10.5% $6.4M 280 $114 52

Mon May 10 — $8.0K −75.0% −39.5% $6.4M 280 $29 53

Tue May 11 — $9.8K +22.5% −42.4% $6.4M 280 $35 54

Wed May 12 — $9.7K −0.5% −28.2% $6.4M 280 $35 55

Thu May 13 — $8.0K −18.2% −40.1% $6.4M 280 $28 56

Fri May 14 — $16.9K +112.9% −39.3% $6.4M 137 $124 57

Sat May 15 — $22.5K +32.7% −40.1% $6.5M 137 $164 58

Sun May 16 — $11.3K −49.7% −64.6% $6.5M 137 $82 59

Mon May 17 — $3.6K −68.1% −54.8% $6.5M 137 $26 60

Tue May 18 — $5.8K +61.1% −40.6% $6.5M 137 $42 61

Wed May 19 — $4.4K −24.0% −54.6% $6.5M 137 $32 62

Thu May 20 — $4.9K +10.5% −38.6% $6.5M 137 $36 63

Fri May 21 — $15.0K +206.7% −11.6% $6.5M 108 $139 64

Sat May 22 — $18.9K +26.5% −15.7% $6.5M 108 $175 65

Sun May 23 — $8.0K −57.9% −29.5% $6.5M 108 $74 66

Mon May 24 — $4.2K −47.4% +16.2% $6.5M 108 $39 67

Tue May 25 — $6.6K +57.7% +13.8% $6.5M 108 $61 68

Wed May 26 — $3.3K −50.1% −25.2% $6.5M 108 $31 69

Thu May 27 — $2.7K −17.7% −44.3% $6.6M 108 $25 70

Fri May 28 — $5.1K +87.6% −65.9% $6.6M 60 $85 71

Sat May 29 — $7.2K +40.7% −62.1% $6.6M 60 $120 72

Sun May 30 — $5.6K −21.5% −29.3% $6.6M 60 $94 73

Mon May 31 — $6.0K +6.9% +43.5% $6.6M 60 $100 74

Tue Jun 1 — $1.7K −71.3% −73.9% $6.6M 60 $29 75

Wed Jun 2 — $1.8K +4.0% −45.5% $6.6M 60 $30 76

Thu Jun 3 — $2.1K +17.3% −22.4% $6.6M 60 $35 77

Fri Jun 4 — $2.9K +37.6% −43.1% $6.6M 20 $145 78

Sat Jun 5 — $3.7K +27.0% −48.6% $6.6M 20 $184 79

Sun Jun 6 — $1.7K −54.4% −70.1% $6.6M 20 $84 80

Mon Jun 7 — $688 −59.1% −88.6% $6.6M 20 $34 81

Tue Jun 8 — $794 +15.4% −54.1% $6.6M 20 $40 82

Wed Jun 9 — $2.5K +212.8% +38.1% $6.6M 20 $124 83

Thu Jun 10 — $1.5K −39.3% −28.6% $6.6M 20 $75 84

Fri Jun 11 — $1.9K +24.5% −35.4% $6.6M 13 $144 85

Sat Jun 12 — $2.7K +43.1% −27.2% $6.6M 13 $206 86

Sun Jun 13 — $1.7K −36.7% +0.9% $6.6M 13 $131 87

Mon Jun 14 — $767 −54.8% +11.5% $6.6M 13 $59 88

Tue Jun 15 — $965 +25.8% +21.5% $6.6M 13 $74 89

Wed Jun 16 — $935 −3.1% −62.4% $6.6M 13 $72 90

Thu Jun 17 — $1.1K +20.1% −25.5% $6.6M 13 $86 91

Fri Jun 18 — $1.6K +40.3% −16.0% $6.6M 12 $131 92

Sat Jun 19 — $2.5K +58.9% −6.7% $6.6M 12 $209 93

Sun Jun 20 — $1.6K −35.0% −4.2% $6.6M 12 $136 94

Mon Jun 21 — $501 −69.2% −34.7% $6.6M 12 $42 95

Tue Jun 22 — $713 +42.3% −26.1% $6.6M 12 $59 96

Wed Jun 23 — $489 −31.4% −47.7% $6.6M 12 $41 97

Thu Jun 24 — $537 +9.8% −52.2% $6.6M 12 $45 98

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

Cumulative total$6.6M

Mar 19Apr 5Apr 23May 10May 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $41.9K

$1.9M

$1.0M

$449.0K

$437.3K

$440.4K

$294.2K

$146.2K

$97.4K

$50.7K

$41.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,641 → 108 −93.4%

1,433 open108 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −17.4%

−44.4%

W1→2

−57.2%

W2→3

−2.6%

W3→4

+0.7%

W4→5

−33.2%

W5→6

−50.3%

W6→7

−33.4%

W7→8

−47.9%

W8→9

−17.4%

W9→10

Steepest −57.2%Biggest gain +0.7%

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