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The Girl on the Train

2016 • R • 1h 52m • Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller • Universal Pictures

Everyone has secrets.

🍅 54% 62%

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2.9

6.9

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$24.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$75.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$158.0M

$82.6M international

Domestic Legs3.05x

Budget$45M

2016 Rank#41

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Cast & Crew

Directed byTate Taylor ScreenplayErin Cressida Wilson Produced byMarc Platt, Jared LeBoff CinematographyCharlotte Bruus Christensen MusicDanny Elfman StarringEmily Blunt, Hazel Markoff, Luke Evans, Rebecca Ferguson StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 7-9 1 $24.5M — 3,144 $7,804 $24.5M

2 Oct 14-16 2 $12.2M −50.1% 3,241 $3,779 $46.8M

3 Oct 21-23 5 $7.2M −41.5% 3,091 $2,318 $58.8M

4 Oct 28-30 6 $4.4M −38.8% 2,758 $1,591 $66.0M

5 Nov 4-6 9 $2.7M −38.7% 1,572 $1,712 $70.6M

6 Nov 11-13 12 $1.6M −39.1% 1,008 $1,625 $73.3M

7 Nov 18-20 17 $588.4K −64.1% 492 $1,196 $74.5M

8 Nov 25-27 25 $219.8K −62.6% 187 $1,176 $74.9M

9 Dec 2-4 26 $131.2K −40.3% 189 $694 $75.1M

10 Dec 9-11 30 $81.6K −37.8% 154 $530 $75.2M

11 Dec 16-18 33 $41.4K −49.3% 112 $369 $75.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 6 #P $1.2M — $1.2M 0 $0 -1

Fri Oct 7 #1 $9.3M — $9.3M 3,144 $2,946 1

Sat Oct 8 #1 $9.5M +3.0% $18.8M 3,144 $3,033 2

Sun Oct 9 #1 $5.7M −39.8% $24.5M 3,144 $1,825 3

Mon Oct 10 #1 $3.1M −46.0% $27.6M 3,144 $985 4

Tue Oct 11 #1 $3.0M −4.5% $30.6M 3,144 $940 5

Wed Oct 12 #1 $2.1M −27.5% $32.7M 3,144 $682 6

Thu Oct 13 #1 $1.9M −13.6% $34.6M 3,144 $589 7

Fri Oct 14 #3 $3.9M +112.5% −57.5% $38.5M 3,241 $1,214 8

Sat Oct 15 #2 $5.1M +30.4% −46.2% $43.6M 3,241 $1,583 9

Sun Oct 16 #2 $3.2M −38.0% −44.5% $46.8M 3,241 $982 10

Mon Oct 17 #2 $1.1M −65.4% −64.5% $47.9M 3,241 $340 11

Tue Oct 18 #2 $1.6M +43.3% −46.7% $49.5M 3,241 $487 12

Wed Oct 19 #2 $1.0M −35.5% −52.6% $50.5M 3,241 $314 13

Thu Oct 20 #2 $1.1M +8.9% −40.2% $51.6M 3,241 $341 14

Fri Oct 21 #5 $2.4M +112.6% −40.2% $54.0M 3,091 $761 15

Sat Oct 22 #5 $3.1M +32.3% −39.3% $57.1M 3,091 $1,007 16

Sun Oct 23 #5 $1.7M −45.3% −46.6% $58.8M 3,091 $550 17

Mon Oct 24 #5 $630.1K −63.0% −42.7% $59.4M 3,091 $204 18

Tue Oct 25 #5 $880.9K +39.8% −44.1% $60.3M 3,091 $285 19

Wed Oct 26 #5 $655.1K −25.6% −35.6% $61.0M 3,091 $212 20

Thu Oct 27 #5 $684.1K +4.4% −38.2% $61.6M 3,091 $221 21

Fri Oct 28 #6 $1.4M +98.6% −42.3% $63.0M 2,758 $493 22

Sat Oct 29 #6 $1.9M +37.8% −39.9% $64.9M 2,758 $679 23

Sun Oct 30 #7 $1.2M −38.2% −32.0% $66.0M 2,758 $419 24

Mon Oct 31 #6 $472.4K −59.1% −25.0% $66.5M 2,758 $171 25

Tue Nov 1 #6 $581.6K +23.1% −34.0% $67.1M 2,758 $211 26

Wed Nov 2 #5 $433.8K −25.4% −33.8% $67.5M 2,758 $157 27

Thu Nov 3 #5 $434.0K +0.0% −36.6% $68.0M 2,758 $157 28

Fri Nov 4 #9 $830.2K +91.3% −38.9% $68.8M 1,572 $528 29

Sat Nov 5 #9 $1.2M +46.9% −34.8% $70.0M 1,572 $776 30

Sun Nov 6 #9 $640.7K −47.5% −44.6% $70.6M 1,572 $408 31

Mon Nov 7 #9 $235.6K −63.2% −50.1% $70.9M 1,572 $150 32

Tue Nov 8 #9 $288.3K +22.4% −50.4% $71.2M 1,572 $183 33

Wed Nov 9 #8 $258.0K −10.5% −40.5% $71.4M 1,572 $164 34

Thu Nov 10 #9 $273.2K +5.9% −37.0% $71.7M 1,572 $174 35

Fri Nov 11 #12 $574.3K +110.2% −30.8% $72.3M 1,008 $570 36

Sat Nov 12 #12 $719.2K +25.2% −41.0% $73.0M 1,008 $713 37

Sun Nov 13 #11 $344.4K −52.1% −46.2% $73.3M 1,008 $342 38

Mon Nov 14 #11 $125.2K −63.7% −46.9% $73.5M 1,008 $124 39

Tue Nov 15 #11 $181.7K +45.2% −37.0% $73.6M 1,008 $180 40

Wed Nov 16 #11 $138.1K −24.0% −46.5% $73.8M 1,008 $137 41

Thu Nov 17 #12 $95.1K −31.1% −65.2% $73.9M 1,008 $94 42

Fri Nov 18 #- $160.2K +68.5% −72.1% $74.0M 492 $326 43

Sat Nov 19 #- $276.1K +72.3% −61.6% $74.3M 492 $561 44

Sun Nov 20 #- $152.1K −44.9% −55.8% $74.5M 492 $309 45

Mon Nov 21 #- $68.1K −55.2% −45.6% $74.5M 492 $138 46

Tue Nov 22 #- $61.2K −10.1% −66.3% $74.6M 492 $124 47

Wed Nov 23 #- $33.3K −45.7% −75.9% $74.6M 492 $68 48

Thu Nov 24 #- $29.4K −11.4% −69.0% $74.7M 492 $60 49

Fri Nov 25 #- $80.4K +172.9% −49.8% $74.7M 187 $430 50

Sat Nov 26 #- $93.4K +16.3% −66.2% $74.8M 187 $500 51

Sun Nov 27 #- $46.0K −50.7% −69.7% $74.9M 187 $246 52

Mon Nov 28 #- $15.9K −65.5% −76.6% $74.9M 187 $85 53

Tue Nov 29 #- $22.3K +40.4% −63.5% $74.9M 187 $119 54

Wed Nov 30 #- $18.8K −16.1% −43.6% $74.9M 187 $100 55

Thu Dec 1 #- $15.7K −16.3% −46.7% $75.0M 187 $84 56

Fri Dec 2 #- $39.9K +154.1% −50.4% $75.0M 177 $225 57

Sat Dec 3 #- $59.2K +48.5% −36.6% $75.1M 189 $313 58

Sun Dec 4 #- $32.1K −45.7% −30.2% $75.1M 189 $170 59

Mon Dec 5 #- $13.2K −58.8% −16.8% $75.1M 189 $70 60

Tue Dec 6 #- $21.3K +60.6% −4.8% $75.1M 189 $112 61

Wed Dec 7 #- $14.0K −34.3% −25.5% $75.1M 189 $74 62

Thu Dec 8 #- $12.8K −8.6% −18.6% $75.1M 189 $68 63

Fri Dec 9 #- $25.9K +102.6% −35.1% $75.2M 154 $168 64

Sat Dec 10 #- $35.4K +36.9% −40.2% $75.2M 154 $230 65

Sun Dec 11 #- $20.3K −42.6% −36.8% $75.2M 154 $132 66

Mon Dec 12 #- $10.3K −49.1% −21.8% $75.2M 154 $67 67

Tue Dec 13 #- $12.6K +21.7% −40.8% $75.3M 154 $82 68

Wed Dec 14 #- $10.7K −15.3% −23.7% $75.3M 154 $69 69

Thu Dec 15 #- $8.3K −22.4% −35.2% $75.3M 154 $54 70

Fri Dec 16 #- $11.9K +43.9% −53.9% $75.3M 112 $106 71

Sat Dec 17 #- $16.8K +41.1% −52.5% $75.3M 112 $150 72

Sun Dec 18 #- $12.7K −24.7% −37.7% $75.3M 112 $113 73

Mon Dec 19 #- $8.3K −34.3% −19.6% $75.3M 112 $74 74

Tue Dec 20 #- $10.0K +19.7% −20.9% $75.3M 112 $89 75

Wed Dec 21 #- $8.3K −16.4% −21.9% $75.3M 112 $74 76

Thu Dec 22 #- $9.3K +12.3% +12.9% $75.3M 112 $83 77

Fri Dec 23 #- $47.6K +409.6% +299.9% $75.4M 112 $425 78

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

Cumulative total$75.3M

Oct 6Oct 24Nov 10Nov 28Dec 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $81.6K

$24.5M

$12.2M

$7.2M

$4.4M

$2.7M

$1.6M

$588.4K

$219.8K

$131.2K

$81.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,241 → 154 −95.2%

3,144 open154 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.8%

−50.1% W1→2

−41.5% W2→3

−38.8% W3→4

−38.7% W4→5

−39.1% W5→6

−64.1% W6→7

−62.6% W7→8

−40.3% W8→9

−37.8% W9→10

Steepest −64.1%Best hold −37.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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