Name: The Dog Stars
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 2026
Cast: Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, Allison Janney

Cast & Crew

Full Scott filmography

Ridley Scott Director

Jacob Elordi Starring

Josh Brolin Starring

Margaret Qualley Starring

Guy Pearce Starring

Allison Janney Starring

ScreenplayMark L. Smith Studio20th Century Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 28-30 5 $7.7M — 3,330 $2,315 $7.7M

2 Sep 4-6 10 $2.8M −64% 3,330 $833 $13.1M

3 Sep 11-13 20 $257.5K −91% 1,030 $250 $14.8M

4 Sep 18-20 30 $26.2K −90% 110 $238 $14.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 27 (p) — $850.0K — $850.0K 3,330 $255 0

Fri Aug 28 #4 $3.0M — $3.0M 3,330 $897 1

Sat Aug 29 #5 $2.8M −6% $5.8M 3,330 $840 2

Sun Aug 30 #5 $1.9M −31% $7.7M 3,330 $579 3

Mon Aug 31 #6 $619.3K −68% $8.3M 3,330 $186 4

Tue Sep 1 #5 $1.0M +63% $9.3M 3,330 $303 5

Wed Sep 2 #6 $553.1K −45% $9.9M 3,330 $166 6

Thu Sep 3 #6 $446.1K −19% $10.3M 3,330 $134 7

Fri Sep 4 #10 $719.7K +61% −76% $11.1M 3,330 $216 8

Sat Sep 5 #10 $1.0M +40% −64% $12.1M 3,330 $303 9

Sun Sep 6 #10 $1.0M +4% −46% $13.1M 3,330 $315 10

Mon Sep 7 #- $720.7K −31% +16% $13.8M 3,330 $216 11

Tue Sep 8 #- $365.6K −49% −64% $14.2M 3,330 $110 12

Wed Sep 9 #10 $224.8K −39% −59% $14.4M 3,330 $68 13

Thu Sep 10 #- $104.9K −53% −76% $14.5M 3,330 $31 14

Fri Sep 11 #- $71.1K −32% −90% $14.6M 1,030 $69 15

Sat Sep 12 #- $111.9K +57% −89% $14.7M 1,030 $109 16

Sun Sep 13 #- $74.6K −33% −93% $14.8M 1,030 $72 17

Mon Sep 14 #- $30.2K −59% −96% $14.8M 1,030 $29 18

Tue Sep 15 #- $45.8K +51% −87% $14.9M 1,030 $44 19

Wed Sep 16 #- $34.1K −25% −85% $14.9M 1,030 $33 20

Thu Sep 17 #22 $15.4K −55% −85% $14.9M 1,030 $15 21

Fri Sep 18 #28 $8.1K −47% −89% $14.9M 110 $74 22

Sat Sep 19 #28 $11.2K +38% −90% $14.9M 110 $102 23

Sun Sep 20 #28 $6.9K −39% −91% $14.9M 110 $63 24

Mon Sep 21 #19 $3.1K −54% −90% $14.9M 110 $29 25

Tue Sep 22 #18 $3.2K +1% −93% $14.9M 110 $29 26

Cumulative total$14.9M

Aug 27Sep 3Sep 9Sep 16Sep 22

Weekend grossWk 4 · $26.2K

$7.7M

$2.8M

$257.5K

$26.2K

W1W2W3W4

Theater countPeak 3,330 → 110 −96.7%

3,330 open110 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 4 · −90%

−64%

W1→2

−91%

W2→3

−90%

W3→4

Steepest −91%Best hold −64%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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