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The Current WarFollow

2017 • PG-13 • 1h 48m • Biography, Drama, History • 101 Studios

Power changes everything

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55

6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$2.63M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$5.98M

Final

Worldwide total

$12.92M

$6.94M international

Domestic legs2.3x

Budget$30M

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Cast & crew

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch Starring

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon Starring

Nicholas Hoult

Nicholas Hoult Starring

Katherine Waterston

Katherine Waterston Starring

Tom Holland

Tom Holland Starring

Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen Starring

ScreenplayMichael Mitnick Produced byBasil Iwanyk, Timur Bekmambetov CinematographyChung Chung-hoon MusicDanny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans Prod. DesignJan Roelfs Studio101 Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 25-27 9 $2.6M — 1,022 $2,577 $2.6M

2 Nov 1-3 13 $1.2M −54.3% 1,082 $1,112 $4.9M

3 Nov 8-10 24 $235.5K −80.4% 403 $584 $5.7M

4 Nov 15-17 38 $45.1K −80.9% 143 $315 $5.9M

5 Nov 22-24 49 $13.5K −70.1% 35 $385 $5.9M

6 Nov 29-Dec 1 43 $15.1K +12.3% 48 $315 $5.9M

7 Dec 6-8 46 $12.2K −19.0% 60 $204 $6.0M

8 Dec 13-15 60 $3.0K −75.8% 25 $119 $6.0M

9 Dec 20-22 54 $1.2K −60.0% 10 $119 $6.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 25 #9 $950.0K — $950.0K 1,022 $930 1

Sat Oct 26 #8 $1.0M +8% $2.0M 1,022 $999 2

Sun Oct 27 #10 $662.4K −35% $2.6M 1,022 $648 3

Mon Oct 28 #9 $239.8K −64% $2.9M 1,022 $235 4

Tue Oct 29 #9 $390.3K +63% $3.3M 1,022 $382 5

Wed Oct 30 #10 $228.8K −41% $3.5M 1,022 $224 6

Thu Oct 31 #10 $252.6K +10% $3.7M 1,022 $247 7

Fri Nov 1 #15 $360.3K +43% −62% $4.1M 1,082 $333 8

Sat Nov 2 #15 $530.7K +47% −48% $4.6M 1,082 $490 9

Sun Nov 3 $312.6K −41% −53% $4.9M 1,082 $289 10

Mon Nov 4 $115.1K −63% −52% $5.1M 1,082 $106 11

Tue Nov 5 #15 $199.2K +73% −49% $5.3M 1,082 $184 12

Wed Nov 6 $129.5K −35% −43% $5.4M 1,082 $120 13

Thu Nov 7 $91.5K −29% −64% $5.5M 1,082 $85 14

Fri Nov 8 $66.1K −28% −82% $5.6M 403 $164 15

Sat Nov 9 $100.2K +52% −81% $5.7M 403 $249 16

Sun Nov 10 $69.2K −31% −78% $5.7M 403 $172 17

Mon Nov 11 $38.4K −45% −67% $5.8M 403 $95 18

Tue Nov 12 $33.6K −13% −83% $5.8M 403 $83 19

Wed Nov 13 $21.7K −35% −83% $5.8M 403 $54 20

Thu Nov 14 $20.6K −5% −78% $5.8M 403 $51 21

Fri Nov 15 $12.6K −39% −81% $5.8M 143 $88 22

Sat Nov 16 $19.9K +59% −80% $5.9M 143 $139 23

Sun Nov 17 $12.6K −37% −82% $5.9M 143 $88 24

Mon Nov 18 $5.0K −60% −87% $5.9M 143 $35 25

Tue Nov 19 $8.8K +75% −74% $5.9M 143 $61 26

Wed Nov 20 $7.1K −20% −67% $5.9M 143 $49 27

Thu Nov 21 $5.4K −23% −74% $5.9M 143 $38 28

Fri Nov 22 $4.5K −17% −64% $5.9M 35 $128 29

Sat Nov 23 $5.7K +26% −72% $5.9M 35 $162 30

Sun Nov 24 $3.3K −42% −74% $5.9M 35 $95 31

Mon Nov 25 $4.6K +38% −9% $5.9M 35 $130 32

Tue Nov 26 $2.8K −39% −68% $5.9M 35 $80 33

Wed Nov 27 $2.0K −29% −72% $5.9M 35 $56 34

Thu Nov 28 $1.7K −13% −68% $5.9M 35 $49 35

Fri Nov 29 $5.8K +237% +28% $5.9M 48 $120 36

Sat Nov 30 $6.2K +7% +9% $5.9M 48 $129 37

Sun Dec 1 $3.2K −48% −4% $5.9M 48 $66 38

Mon Dec 2 $1.6K −51% −66% $5.9M 48 $33 39

Tue Dec 3 $2.5K +63% −9% $5.9M 48 $53 40

Wed Dec 4 $1.7K −34% −15% $6.0M 48 $35 41

Thu Dec 5 $1.7K +2% −1% $6.0M 48 $35 42

Fri Dec 6 $4.0K +138% −30% $6.0M 60 $67 43

Sat Dec 7 $4.6K +14% −26% $6.0M 60 $76 44

Sun Dec 8 $3.6K −21% +14% $6.0M 60 $61 45

Mon Dec 9 $1.3K −63% −15% $6.0M 60 $22 46

Tue Dec 10 $3.0K +125% +18% $6.0M 60 $50 47

Wed Dec 11 $1.6K −45% −2% $6.0M 60 $27 48

Thu Dec 12 $1.6K −3% −7% $6.0M 60 $26 49

Fri Dec 13 $715 −55% −82% $6.0M 25 $29 50

Sat Dec 14 $1.2K +65% −74% $6.0M 25 $47 51

Sun Dec 15 $1.1K −9% −71% $6.0M 25 $43 52

Mon Dec 16 $494 −54% −63% $6.0M 25 $20 53

Tue Dec 17 $693 +40% −77% $6.0M 25 $28 54

Wed Dec 18 $534 −23% −67% $6.0M 25 $21 55

Thu Dec 19 $574 +7% −64% $6.0M 25 $23 56

Fri Dec 20 $238 −59% −67% $6.0M 10 $24 57

Sat Dec 21 $655 +175% −45% $6.0M 10 $66 58

Sun Dec 22 $293 −55% −73% $6.0M 10 $29 59

Cumulative total$6.0M

Oct 25Nov 9Nov 23Dec 8Dec 22

Weekend grossWk 9 · $1.2K

$2.6M

$1.2M

$235.5K

$45.1K

$13.5K

$15.1K

$12.2K

$3.0K

$1.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 1,082 → 10 −99.1%

1,022 open10 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −60.0%

−54.3%

W1→2

−80.4%

W2→3

−80.9%

W3→4

−70.1%

W4→5

+12.3%

W5→6

−19.0%

W6→7

−75.8%

W7→8

−60.0%

W8→9

Steepest −80.9%Biggest gain +12.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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