Name: The Dark Tower
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Released: 2017
Cast: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Thu Aug 3	#P	$1.80M		—	$1.80M	—	—	-1
Fri Aug 4	#1	$7.72M		—	$7.72M	3,451	$2.2K	1
Sat Aug 5	#2	$6.74M	-12.7%	—	$14.47M	3,451	$2.0K	2
Sun Aug 6	#2	$4.69M	-30.5%	—	$19.15M	3,451	$1.4K	3
Mon Aug 7	#3	$2.06M	-56.0%	—	$21.22M	3,451	$598	4
Tue Aug 8	#3	$2.44M	+18.3%	—	$23.66M	3,451	$707	5
Wed Aug 9	#3	$1.47M	-39.9%	—	$25.12M	3,451	$425	6
Thu Aug 10	#3	$1.31M	-10.8%	—	$26.43M	3,451	$379	7
Fri Aug 11	#4	$2.31M	+76.7%	-70.1%	$28.74M	3,451	$670	8
Sat Aug 12	#3	$3.32M	+43.5%	-50.8%	$32.06M	3,451	$961	9
Sun Aug 13	#3	$2.19M	-33.9%	-53.2%	$34.25M	3,451	$635	10
Mon Aug 14	#5	$867K	-60.5%	-58.0%	$35.12M	3,451	$251	11
Tue Aug 15	#5	$1.28M	+48.2%	-47.3%	$36.40M	3,451	$372	12
Wed Aug 16	#5	$801K	-37.6%	-45.4%	$37.20M	3,451	$232	13
Thu Aug 17	#6	$681K	-15.0%	-48.0%	$37.88M	3,451	$197	14
Fri Aug 18	#9	$1.11M	+63.0%	-52.0%	$38.99M	3,143	$353	15
Sat Aug 19	#9	$1.64M	+47.6%	-50.6%	$40.63M	3,143	$521	16
Sun Aug 20	#8	$1.04M	-36.5%	-52.5%	$41.67M	3,143	$331	17
Mon Aug 21	#9	$373K	-64.2%	-57.0%	$42.05M	3,143	$119	18
Tue Aug 22	#9	$557K	+49.2%	-56.7%	$42.60M	3,143	$177	19
Wed Aug 23	#9	$376K	-32.4%	-53.1%	$42.98M	3,143	$120	20
Thu Aug 24	#9	$341K	-9.3%	-49.9%	$43.32M	3,143	$108	21
Fri Aug 25	#13	$519K	+52.1%	-53.3%	$43.84M	2,338	$222	22
Sat Aug 26	#15	$687K	+32.5%	-58.1%	$44.53M	2,338	$294	23
Sun Aug 27	#13	$482K	-29.9%	-53.7%	$45.01M	2,338	$206	24
Mon Aug 28	#13	$190K	-60.5%	-48.9%	$45.20M	2,338	$81	25
Tue Aug 29	#15	$261K	+37.1%	-53.1%	$45.46M	2,338	$112	26
Wed Aug 30	#15	$179K	-31.4%	-52.4%	$45.64M	2,338	$77	27
Thu Aug 31	#12	$194K	+8.3%	-43.1%	$45.83M	2,338	$83	28
Fri Sep 1	—	$376K	+94.1%	-27.4%	$46.21M	1,820	$207	29
Sat Sep 2	—	$622K	+65.3%	-9.4%	$46.83M	1,820	$342	30
Sun Sep 3	—	$611K	-1.9%	+26.7%	$47.44M	1,820	$335	31
Mon Sep 4	—	$385K	-37.0%	+101.9%	$47.83M	1,820	$211	32
Tue Sep 5	#13	$137K	-64.3%	-47.5%	$47.96M	1,820	$75	33
Wed Sep 6	#13	$102K	-25.5%	-42.9%	$48.07M	1,820	$56	34
Thu Sep 7	#10	$88K	-13.9%	-54.6%	$48.15M	1,820	$48	35
Fri Sep 8	#11	$227K	+158.2%	-39.6%	$48.38M	948	$240	36
Sat Sep 9	#13	$363K	+59.6%	-41.7%	$48.74M	948	$383	37
Sun Sep 10	#14	$167K	-53.9%	-72.6%	$48.91M	948	$176	38
Mon Sep 11	#15	$51K	-69.5%	-86.7%	$48.96M	948	$54	39
Tue Sep 12	#14	$86K	+68.0%	-37.6%	$49.05M	948	$90	40
Wed Sep 13	#15	$64K	-25.0%	-37.2%	$49.11M	948	$68	41
Thu Sep 14	—	$54K	-16.4%	-39.0%	$49.17M	948	$57	42
Fri Sep 15	#12	$219K	+307.2%	-3.9%	$49.38M	1,235	$177	43
Sat Sep 16	#14	$363K	+66.2%	+0.2%	$49.75M	1,235	$294	44
Sun Sep 17	#15	$176K	-51.6%	+5.3%	$49.92M	1,235	$142	45
Mon Sep 18	#12	$58K	-67.2%	+13.3%	$49.98M	1,235	$47	46
Tue Sep 19	#13	$73K	+27.1%	-14.3%	$50.05M	1,235	$59	47
Wed Sep 20	#13	$54K	-26.0%	-15.5%	$50.11M	1,235	$44	48
Thu Sep 21	—	$47K	-13.0%	-12.1%	$50.16M	1,235	$38	49
Fri Sep 22	—	$63K	+33.2%	-71.2%	$50.22M	358	$176	50
Sat Sep 23	—	$111K	+76.0%	-69.5%	$50.33M	358	$309	51
Sun Sep 24	—	$44K	-60.5%	-75.1%	$50.37M	358	$122	52
Mon Sep 25	—	$13K	-70.0%	-77.3%	$50.39M	358	$37	53
Tue Sep 26	—	$17K	+30.4%	-76.7%	$50.40M	358	$48	54
Wed Sep 27	—	$14K	-16.5%	-73.7%	$50.42M	358	$40	55
Thu Sep 28	—	$13K	-10.1%	-72.8%	$50.43M	358	$36	56
Fri Sep 29	—	$30K	+131.8%	-52.7%	$50.46M	233	$128	57
Sat Sep 30	—	$55K	+84.4%	-50.4%	$50.51M	233	$235	58
Sun Oct 1	—	$34K	-38.4%	-22.7%	$50.55M	233	$145	59
Mon Oct 2	—	$9K	-72.0%	-28.0%	$50.56M	233	$41	60
Tue Oct 3	—	$13K	+37.8%	-23.9%	$50.57M	233	$56	61
Wed Oct 4	—	$11K	-17.6%	-24.8%	$50.58M	233	$46	62
Thu Oct 5	—	$9K	-12.9%	-27.2%	$50.59M	233	$40	63
Fri Oct 6	—	$13K	+43.0%	-55.1%	$50.60M	114	$117	64
Sat Oct 7	—	$25K	+85.4%	-54.8%	$50.63M	114	$217	65
Sun Oct 8	—	$16K	-37.2%	-54.0%	$50.64M	114	$136	66
Mon Oct 9	—	$7K	-53.6%	-23.7%	$50.65M	114	$63	67
Tue Oct 10	—	$6K	-16.6%	-53.8%	$50.66M	114	$53	68
Wed Oct 11	—	$5K	-11.9%	-50.6%	$50.66M	114	$46	69
Thu Oct 12	—	$6K	+9.7%	-37.8%	$50.67M	114	$51	70
Fri Oct 13	—	$7K	+12.0%	-51.3%	$50.68M	59	$110	71
Sat Oct 14	—	$10K	+56.3%	-59.0%	$50.69M	59	$172	72
Sun Oct 15	—	$7K	-33.6%	-56.6%	$50.69M	59	$115	73

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Aug 4-6	1	$19.15M	—	$19.15M	3,451	$5.5K	1
Aug 11-13	4	$7.82M	-59.2%	$34.25M	3,451	$2.3K	2
Aug 18-20	9	$3.79M	-51.6%	$41.67M	3,143	$1.2K	3
Aug 25-27	14	$1.69M	-55.5%	$45.01M	2,338	$722	4
Sep 1-3	17	$1.61M	-4.6%	$47.44M	1,820	$884	5
Sep 8-10	13	$757K	-53.0%	$48.91M	948	$799	6
Sep 15-17	14	$758K	+0.1%	$49.92M	1,235	$614	7
Sep 22-24	24	$217K	-71.3%	$50.37M	358	$607	8
Sep 29-Oct 1	29	$118K	-45.5%	$50.55M	233	$508	9
Oct 6-8	40	$54K	-54.7%	$50.64M	114	$471	10
Oct 13-15	50	$23K	-56.4%	$50.69M	59	$397	11

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byNikolaj Arcel

ScreenplayAkiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Arcel

Produced byRon Howard, Akiva Goldsman, Erica Huggins

CinematographyRasmus Videbæk

Music byTom Holkenborg

StarringIdris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz, Abbey Lee, Jackie Earle Haley, Katheryn Winnick

StudioColumbia Pictures

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