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The Finest Hours

2016 • PG • 1h 56m • Action, Drama, History • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

32 survivors, room for 12.

🍅 64% 66%

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3.15

6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$10.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$27.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$49.3M

$21.7M international

Domestic Legs2.7x

Budget$70M

2016 Rank#93

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Cast & Crew

Full Gillespie filmography

Craig Gillespie

Craig Gillespie Director

Chris Pine Starring

Casey Affleck Starring

Ben Foster Starring

Eric Bana Starring

John Ortiz Starring

ScreenplayScott Silver, Eric Johnson, Paul Tamasy Produced byJim Whitaker, Dorothy Aufiero CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe MusicCarter Burwell StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jan 29-31 4 $10.3M — 3,143 $3,274 $10.3M

2 Feb 5-7 7 $4.8M −53.1% 3,143 $1,536 $18.5M

3 Feb 12-14 11 $2.7M −43.7% 1,794 $1,514 $23.2M

4 Feb 19-21 16 $1.0M −62.8% 946 $1,068 $25.5M

5 Feb 26-28 26 $434.0K −57.0% 507 $856 $26.4M

6 Mar 4-6 30 $260.0K −40.1% 218 $1,193 $26.8M

7 Mar 11-13 30 $178.5K −31.4% 142 $1,257 $27.0M

8 Mar 18-20 33 $178.4K −0.0% 176 $1,014 $27.3M

9 Mar 25-27 32 $86.8K −51.3% 123 $706 $27.5M

10 Apr 1-3 44 $52.2K −39.9% 81 $644 $27.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jan 28 — $375.0K — $375.0K — — -1

Fri Jan 29 #2 $3.3M +789.4% $3.3M 3,143 $1,061 1

Sat Jan 30 #4 $4.3M +30.1% $7.7M 3,143 $1,381 2

Sun Jan 31 #4 $2.6M −39.7% $10.3M 3,143 $832 3

Mon Feb 1 #4 $761.4K −70.9% $11.1M 3,143 $242 4

Tue Feb 2 #3 $1.1M +48.3% $12.2M 3,143 $359 5

Wed Feb 3 #4 $759.2K −32.8% $12.9M 3,143 $242 6

Thu Feb 4 #4 $726.9K −4.3% $13.7M 3,143 $231 7

Fri Feb 5 #7 $1.5M +111.4% −53.9% $15.2M 3,143 $489 8

Sat Feb 6 #7 $2.5M +63.7% −42.0% $17.7M 3,143 $800 9

Sun Feb 7 #7 $774.9K −69.2% −70.4% $18.5M 3,143 $247 10

Mon Feb 8 #5 $469.3K −39.4% −38.4% $19.0M 3,143 $149 11

Tue Feb 9 #5 $686.4K +46.3% −39.2% $19.6M 3,143 $218 12

Wed Feb 10 #5 $462.5K −32.6% −39.1% $20.1M 3,143 $147 13

Thu Feb 11 #6 $417.7K −9.7% −42.5% $20.5M 3,143 $133 14

Fri Feb 12 #11 $588.5K +40.9% −61.7% $21.1M 1,794 $328 15

Sat Feb 13 #11 $1.1M +79.7% −58.0% $22.2M 1,794 $589 16

Sun Feb 14 #12 $1.1M +1.1% +38.0% $23.2M 1,794 $596 17

Mon Feb 15 #11 $525.5K −50.9% +12.0% $23.8M 1,794 $293 18

Tue Feb 16 #9 $291.4K −44.5% −57.5% $24.1M 1,794 $162 19

Wed Feb 17 #9 $207.5K −28.8% −55.1% $24.3M 1,794 $116 20

Thu Feb 18 #9 $195.7K −5.7% −53.1% $24.5M 1,794 $109 21

Fri Feb 19 — $281.7K +43.9% −52.1% $24.7M 946 $298 22

Sat Feb 20 #15 $464.8K +65.0% −56.0% $25.2M 946 $491 23

Sun Feb 21 — $264.0K −43.2% −75.3% $25.5M 946 $279 24

Mon Feb 22 #14 $89.2K −66.2% −83.0% $25.6M 946 $94 25

Tue Feb 23 #12 $139.8K +56.7% −52.0% $25.7M 946 $148 26

Wed Feb 24 #12 $120.4K −13.9% −42.0% $25.8M 946 $127 27

Thu Feb 25 #14 $96.7K −19.7% −50.6% $25.9M 946 $102 28

Cumulative total$25.9M

Jan 28Feb 4Feb 11Feb 18Feb 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $52.2K

$10.3M

$4.8M

$2.7M

$1.0M

$434.0K

$260.0K

$178.5K

$178.4K

$86.8K

$52.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,143 → 946 −69.9%

3,143 open946 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.9%

−53.1%

W1→2

−43.7%

W2→3

−62.8%

W3→4

−57.0%

W4→5

−40.1%

W5→6

−31.4%

W6→7

−0.0%

W7→8

−51.3%

W8→9

−39.9%

W9→10

Steepest −62.8%Best hold −0.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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