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The Jungle Book

2016 • PG • 1h 46m • Action, Adventure, Drama • Walt Disney Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$103.3M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$364.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$950.7M

$586.7M international

Domestic Legs3.53x

Budget$175M

2016 Rank#5

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Cast & Crew

Full Favreau filmography

Jon Favreau Director

Bill Murray Starring

Ben Kingsley Starring

Idris Elba Starring

ScreenplayJustin Marks Produced byJon Favreau, Brigham Taylor CinematographyBill Pope MusicJohn Debney StudioWalt Disney Pictures SeriesThe Jungle Book

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 15-17 1 $103.3M — 4,028 $25,636 $103.3M

2 Apr 22-24 1 $61.5M −40.4% 4,028 $15,278 $192.2M

3 Apr 29-May 1 1 $43.7M −29.0% 4,041 $10,818 $253.4M

4 May 6-8 2 $24.5M −44.0% 4,144 $5,909 $287.6M

5 May 13-15 2 $17.1M −30.1% 3,970 $4,311 $311.1M

6 May 20-22 5 $10.9M −36.1% 3,460 $3,163 $327.4M

7 May 27-29 6 $7.1M −35.2% 2,523 $2,809 $338.6M

8 Jun 3-5 9 $4.4M −37.3% 1,990 $2,234 $347.7M

9 Jun 10-12 10 $2.8M −37.9% 1,496 $1,846 $352.7M

10 Jun 17-19 12 $1.5M −46.1% 953 $1,562 $355.9M

11 Jun 24-26 14 $1.3M −15.5% 478 $2,631 $358.0M

12 Jul 1-3 17 $643.0K −48.9% 294 $2,187 $359.5M

13 Jul 8-10 24 $252.3K −60.8% 197 $1,281 $360.2M

14 Jul 15-17 16 $517.4K +105.1% 276 $1,874 $360.9M

15 Jul 22-24 21 $406.1K −21.5% 233 $1,743 $361.6M

16 Jul 29-31 22 $308.4K −24.1% 225 $1,371 $362.2M

17 Aug 5-7 23 $216.9K −29.7% 200 $1,084 $362.6M

18 Aug 12-14 29 $188.9K −12.9% 186 $1,016 $363.0M

19 Aug 19-21 35 $129.1K −31.6% 152 $850 $363.2M

20 Aug 26-28 28 $284.3K +120.1% 352 $808 $363.6M

21 Sep 2-4 43 $114.5K −59.7% 109 $1,051 $363.8M

22 Sep 9-11 47 $52.0K −54.6% 87 $598 $363.9M

23 Sep 16-18 53 $29.1K −44.1% 57 $510 $364.0M

24 Sep 23-25 61 $13.3K −54.2% 34 $392 $364.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Apr 14 #P $4.2M — $4.2M 0 $0 -1

Fri Apr 15 #1 $32.0M — $32.0M 4,028 $7,948 1

Sat Apr 16 #1 $40.8M +27.5% $72.8M 4,028 $10,132 2

Sun Apr 17 #1 $30.4M −25.4% $103.3M 4,028 $7,556 3

Mon Apr 18 #1 $7.0M −76.9% $110.3M 4,028 $1,744 4

Tue Apr 19 #1 $9.0M +27.6% $119.2M 4,028 $2,224 5

Wed Apr 20 #1 $5.9M −34.7% $125.1M 4,028 $1,453 6

Thu Apr 21 #1 $5.6M −4.6% $130.7M 4,028 $1,385 7

Fri Apr 22 #1 $16.5M +194.8% −48.6% $147.1M 4,028 $4,085 8

Sat Apr 23 #1 $26.7M +62.4% −34.5% $173.8M 4,028 $6,633 9

Sun Apr 24 #1 $18.4M −31.2% −39.6% $192.2M 4,028 $4,560 10

Mon Apr 25 #1 $4.1M −77.4% −41.0% $196.4M 4,028 $1,029 11

Tue Apr 26 #1 $5.9M +41.4% −34.6% $202.2M 4,028 $1,455 12

Wed Apr 27 #1 $3.7M −36.9% −36.8% $205.9M 4,028 $918 13

Thu Apr 28 #1 $3.7M +1.2% −33.0% $209.7M 4,028 $929 14

Fri Apr 29 #1 $10.3M +174.7% −37.5% $219.9M 4,041 $2,543 15

Sat Apr 30 #1 $19.6M +90.9% −26.6% $239.6M 4,041 $4,855 16

Sun May 1 #1 $13.8M −29.6% −24.8% $253.4M 4,041 $3,420 17

Mon May 2 #1 $2.4M −82.6% −42.0% $255.8M 4,041 $595 18

Tue May 3 #1 $3.2M +34.1% −45.0% $259.0M 4,041 $798 19

Wed May 4 #1 $2.3M −27.6% −36.8% $261.3M 4,041 $578 20

Thu May 5 #1 $1.8M −23.8% −52.5% $263.1M 4,041 $440 21

Fri May 6 #2 $5.6M +214.4% −45.6% $268.7M 4,144 $1,350 22

Sat May 7 #2 $9.6M +71.3% −51.2% $278.3M 4,144 $2,311 23

Sun May 8 #2 $9.3M −2.7% −32.6% $287.6M 4,144 $2,249 24

Mon May 9 #2 $1.5M −83.7% −36.6% $289.1M 4,144 $368 25

Tue May 10 #2 $2.1M +34.8% −36.3% $291.2M 4,144 $496 26

Wed May 11 #2 $1.4M −31.0% −39.3% $292.6M 4,144 $342 27

Thu May 12 #2 $1.4M −1.3% −21.3% $294.0M 4,144 $338 28

Fri May 13 #3 $4.1M +192.3% −26.8% $298.1M 3,970 $1,031 29

Sat May 14 #2 $7.8M +89.9% −18.9% $305.9M 3,970 $1,957 30

Sun May 15 #2 $5.3M −32.4% −43.6% $311.1M 3,970 $1,324 31

Mon May 16 #2 $1.2M −76.3% −18.2% $312.4M 3,970 $314 32

Tue May 17 #3 $1.7M +38.6% −15.9% $314.1M 3,970 $435 33

Wed May 18 #2 $1.2M −30.3% −15.1% $315.3M 3,970 $303 34

Thu May 19 #2 $1.2M −1.1% −14.9% $316.5M 3,970 $300 35

Fri May 20 #5 $2.8M +131.1% −32.7% $319.2M 3,460 $795 36

Sat May 21 #4 $4.9M +78.6% −36.7% $324.1M 3,460 $1,421 37

Sun May 22 #4 $3.3M −33.4% −37.7% $327.4M 3,460 $947 38

Mon May 23 #4 $1.2M −64.7% −7.1% $328.6M 3,460 $335 39

Tue May 24 #5 $1.1M −4.3% −35.8% $329.7M 3,460 $320 40

Wed May 25 #5 $910.5K −17.9% −24.4% $330.6M 3,460 $263 41

Thu May 26 #4 $910.0K −0.1% −23.6% $331.5M 3,460 $263 42

Fri May 27 #6 $1.8M +98.3% −34.4% $333.3M 2,523 $715 43

Sat May 28 #6 $2.7M +47.1% −46.0% $336.0M 2,523 $1,052 44

Sun May 29 #6 $2.6M −1.0% −19.8% $338.6M 2,523 $1,041 45

Mon May 30 #5 $2.4M −7.7% +109.5% $341.0M 2,523 $961 46

Tue May 31 #7 $833.1K −65.7% −24.8% $341.9M 2,523 $330 47

Wed Jun 1 #6 $692.2K −16.9% −24.0% $342.5M 2,523 $274 48

Thu Jun 2 #6 $672.8K −2.8% −26.1% $343.2M 2,523 $267 49

Fri Jun 3 #9 $1.1M +70.0% −36.6% $344.4M 1,990 $575 50

Sat Jun 4 #8 $1.8M +60.1% −31.0% $346.2M 1,990 $920 51

Sun Jun 5 #7 $1.5M −19.7% −44.0% $347.7M 1,990 $739 52

Mon Jun 6 #8 $539.5K −63.3% −77.8% $348.2M 1,990 $271 53

Tue Jun 7 #8 $661.5K +22.6% −20.6% $348.9M 1,990 $332 54

Wed Jun 8 #8 $540.6K −18.3% −21.9% $349.4M 1,990 $272 55

Thu Jun 9 #7 $519.2K −4.0% −22.8% $349.9M 1,990 $261 56

Fri Jun 10 #10 $736.1K +41.8% −35.6% $350.7M 1,496 $492 57

Sat Jun 11 #10 $1.2M +59.8% −35.7% $351.8M 1,496 $786 58

Sun Jun 12 #10 $848.5K −27.9% −42.3% $352.7M 1,496 $567 59

Mon Jun 13 #10 $378.0K −55.4% −29.9% $353.1M 1,496 $253 60

Tue Jun 14 #10 $528.6K +39.8% −20.1% $353.6M 1,496 $353 61

Wed Jun 15 #10 $464.3K −12.2% −14.1% $354.1M 1,496 $310 62

Thu Jun 16 #10 $360.0K −22.5% −30.7% $354.4M 1,496 $241 63

Fri Jun 17 #12 $410.0K +13.9% −44.3% $354.8M 953 $430 64

Sat Jun 18 #12 $548.9K +33.9% −53.3% $355.4M 953 $576 65

Sun Jun 19 #12 $529.8K −3.5% −37.6% $355.9M 953 $556 66

Mon Jun 20 #12 $204.1K −61.5% −46.0% $356.1M 953 $214 67

Tue Jun 21 #12 $253.3K +24.1% −52.1% $356.4M 953 $266 68

Wed Jun 22 #12 $221.4K −12.6% −52.3% $356.6M 953 $232 69

Thu Jun 23 #12 $195.7K −11.6% −45.6% $356.8M 953 $205 70

Fri Jun 24 #13 $426.7K +118.0% +4.1% $357.2M 478 $893 71

Sat Jun 25 #14 $530.3K +24.3% −3.4% $357.7M 478 $1,109 72

Sun Jun 26 #14 $300.8K −43.3% −43.2% $358.0M 478 $629 73

Mon Jun 27 #14 $176.5K −41.3% −13.5% $358.2M 478 $369 74

Tue Jun 28 #14 $225.9K +28.0% −10.8% $358.4M 478 $473 75

Wed Jun 29 #14 $205.3K −9.1% −7.3% $358.6M 478 $429 76

Thu Jun 30 #13 $185.4K −9.7% −5.3% $358.8M 478 $388 77

Fri Jul 1 #- $184.4K −0.6% −56.8% $359.0M 294 $627 78

Sat Jul 2 #- $249.4K +35.3% −53.0% $359.3M 294 $848 79

Sun Jul 3 #- $209.3K −16.1% −30.4% $359.5M 294 $712 80

Mon Jul 4 #- $140.5K −32.8% −20.4% $359.6M 294 $478 81

Tue Jul 5 #- $105.6K −24.9% −53.3% $359.7M 294 $359 82

Wed Jul 6 #- $99.5K −5.7% −51.5% $359.8M 294 $338 83

Thu Jul 7 #- $87.7K −11.9% −52.7% $359.9M 294 $298 84

Fri Jul 8 #- $76.8K −12.4% −58.3% $360.0M 197 $390 85

Sat Jul 9 #- $104.8K +36.4% −58.0% $360.1M 197 $532 86

Sun Jul 10 #- $70.7K −32.5% −66.2% $360.2M 197 $359 87

Mon Jul 11 #- $41.0K −42.0% −70.8% $360.2M 197 $208 88

Tue Jul 12 #- $48.0K +17.0% −54.5% $360.3M 197 $244 89

Wed Jul 13 #- $42.7K −11.1% −57.1% $360.3M 197 $217 90

Thu Jul 14 #- $40.5K −5.2% −53.8% $360.3M 197 $205 91

Fri Jul 15 #- $146.9K +263.1% +91.2% $360.5M 276 $532 92

Sat Jul 16 #- $208.6K +42.0% +99.1% $360.7M 276 $756 93

Sun Jul 17 #- $161.8K −22.4% +128.9% $360.9M 276 $586 94

Mon Jul 18 #14 $84.2K −48.0% +105.1% $360.9M 276 $305 95

Tue Jul 19 #15 $102.9K +22.3% +114.4% $361.0M 276 $373 96

Wed Jul 20 #14 $93.7K −8.9% +119.5% $361.1M 276 $340 97

Thu Jul 21 #13 $96.4K +2.8% +138.2% $361.2M 276 $349 98

Fri Jul 22 #- $117.8K +22.2% −19.8% $361.3M 233 $506 99

Sat Jul 23 #- $163.7K +39.0% −21.5% $361.5M 233 $703 100

Sun Jul 24 #- $124.6K −23.9% −23.0% $361.6M 233 $535 101

Mon Jul 25 #- $65.3K −47.6% −22.4% $361.7M 233 $280 102

Tue Jul 26 #- $77.8K +19.1% −24.4% $361.8M 233 $334 103

Wed Jul 27 #- $65.1K −16.4% −30.6% $361.8M 233 $279 104

Thu Jul 28 #- $66.8K +2.6% −30.7% $361.9M 233 $287 105

Fri Jul 29 #- $88.9K +33.2% −24.5% $362.0M 225 $395 106

Sat Jul 30 #- $124.6K +40.1% −23.9% $362.1M 225 $554 107

Sun Jul 31 #- $94.8K −23.9% −23.9% $362.2M 225 $421 108

Mon Aug 1 #- $47.3K −50.1% −27.5% $362.3M 225 $210 109

Tue Aug 2 #- $59.1K +24.7% −24.1% $362.3M 225 $262 110

Wed Aug 3 #- $51.2K −13.3% −21.3% $362.4M 225 $228 111

Thu Aug 4 #- $51.4K +0.3% −23.0% $362.4M 225 $228 112

Fri Aug 5 #- $60.1K +17.0% −32.5% $362.5M 200 $300 113

Sat Aug 6 #- $90.6K +50.9% −27.3% $362.6M 200 $453 114

Sun Aug 7 #- $66.2K −27.0% −30.2% $362.6M 200 $331 115

Mon Aug 8 #- $33.4K −49.6% −29.6% $362.7M 200 $167 116

Tue Aug 9 #- $40.9K +22.5% −30.8% $362.7M 200 $204 117

Wed Aug 10 #- $41.9K +2.6% −18.1% $362.8M 200 $210 118

Thu Aug 11 #- $39.3K −6.3% −23.5% $362.8M 200 $196 119

Fri Aug 12 #- $51.8K +31.8% −13.8% $362.9M 186 $278 120

Sat Aug 13 #- $79.5K +53.5% −12.3% $362.9M 186 $427 121

Sun Aug 14 #- $57.6K −27.5% −12.9% $363.0M 186 $310 122

Mon Aug 15 #- $23.2K −59.8% −30.5% $363.0M 186 $125 123

Tue Aug 16 #- $28.8K +24.4% −29.4% $363.0M 186 $155 124

Wed Aug 17 #- $26.5K −8.1% −36.8% $363.1M 186 $142 125

Thu Aug 18 #- $24.0K −9.3% −38.9% $363.1M 186 $129 126

Fri Aug 19 #- $34.8K +44.9% −32.8% $363.1M 152 $229 127

Sat Aug 20 #- $58.8K +68.9% −26.1% $363.2M 152 $387 128

Sun Aug 21 #- $35.6K −39.5% −38.3% $363.2M 152 $234 129

Mon Aug 22 #- $11.3K −68.2% −51.2% $363.2M 152 $74 130

Tue Aug 23 #- $14.1K +24.5% −51.1% $363.2M 152 $93 131

Wed Aug 24 #- $12.8K −9.5% −51.9% $363.3M 152 $84 132

Thu Aug 25 #- $14.7K +15.3% −38.8% $363.3M 152 $97 133

Fri Aug 26 #- $55.0K +274.3% +58.1% $363.3M 352 $156 134

Sat Aug 27 #- $127.6K +131.8% +117.1% $363.5M 352 $362 135

Sun Aug 28 #- $101.6K −20.3% +185.7% $363.6M 352 $289 136

Mon Aug 29 #- $30.6K −69.9% +170.0% $363.6M 352 $87 137

Tue Aug 30 #- $36.0K +17.7% +155.2% $363.6M 352 $102 138

Wed Aug 31 #- $31.9K −11.3% +150.2% $363.7M 352 $91 139

Thu Sep 1 #- $38.7K +21.1% +162.9% $363.7M 352 $110 140

Fri Sep 2 #- $27.5K −28.9% −50.0% $363.7M 109 $252 141

Sat Sep 3 #- $46.5K +69.0% −63.6% $363.8M 109 $426 142

Sun Sep 4 #- $40.6K −12.7% −60.1% $363.8M 109 $372 143

Mon Sep 5 #- $55.5K +36.7% +81.4% $363.9M 109 $509 144

Tue Sep 6 #- $6.1K −88.9% −82.9% $363.9M 109 $56 145

Wed Sep 7 #- $4.6K −25.3% −85.6% $363.9M 109 $42 146

Thu Sep 8 #- $5.6K +21.6% −85.6% $363.9M 109 $51 147

Fri Sep 9 #- $12.4K +123.0% −54.7% $363.9M 87 $143 148

Sat Sep 10 #- $27.0K +116.5% −42.0% $363.9M 87 $310 149

Sun Sep 11 #- $12.6K −53.2% −68.9% $363.9M 87 $145 150

Mon Sep 12 #- $3.1K −75.3% −94.4% $363.9M 87 $36 151

Tue Sep 13 #- $3.7K +16.9% −40.5% $363.9M 87 $42 152

Wed Sep 14 #- $2.6K −29.7% −44.1% $363.9M 87 $30 153

Thu Sep 15 #- $4.1K +58.0% −27.4% $363.9M 87 $47 154

Fri Sep 16 #- $7.2K +77.9% −42.0% $364.0M 57 $127 155

Sat Sep 17 #- $15.8K +118.5% −41.5% $364.0M 57 $277 156

Sun Sep 18 #- $6.1K −61.3% −51.7% $364.0M 57 $107 157

Mon Sep 19 #- $1.6K −74.5% −50.3% $364.0M 57 $27 158

Tue Sep 20 #- $1.3K −14.0% −63.5% $364.0M 57 $23 159

Wed Sep 21 #- $1.2K −7.1% −51.7% $364.0M 57 $22 160

Thu Sep 22 #- $2.2K +78.5% −45.5% $364.0M 57 $39 161

Fri Sep 23 #- $4.6K +107.5% −36.4% $364.0M 34 $135 162

Sat Sep 24 #- $5.5K +18.9% −65.4% $364.0M 34 $160 163

Sun Sep 25 #- $3.3K −39.7% −46.1% $364.0M 34 $97 164

Mon Sep 26 #- $1.4K −57.1% −9.1% $364.0M 34 $42 165

Tue Sep 27 #- $1.0K −27.4% −23.2% $364.0M 34 $30 166

Wed Sep 28 #- $926 −9.7% −25.3% $364.0M 34 $27 167

Thu Sep 29 #- $1.8K +97.0% −17.5% $364.0M 34 $54 168

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

Cumulative total$356.8M

Apr 14May 2May 19Jun 6Jun 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M

$103.3M

$61.5M

$43.7M

$24.5M

$17.1M

$10.9M

$7.1M

$4.4M

$2.8M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,144 → 953 −77.0%

4,028 open953 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.1%

−40.4% W1→2

−29.0% W2→3

−44.0% W3→4

−30.1% W4→5

−36.1% W5→6

−35.2% W6→7

−37.3% W7→8

−37.9% W8→9

−46.1% W9→10

Steepest −46.1%Best hold −29.0%

Run milestones

$300M in 30 days

$100M

Day 3

Apr 17

$200M

Day 12

Apr 26

$300M

Day 30

May 14

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records →

#7 Biggest April openingsAll-time $103.3M #10 Best second-weekend holds$100M+ openers, all-time −40.4%

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