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The Lazarus Effect

2015 • PG-13 • 1h 23m • Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Lionsgate

Evil will rise.

🍅 14% 23%

31

2.2

5.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$10.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$25.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$38.4M

$12.6M international

Domestic Legs2.5x

Budget$5M

2015 Rank#94

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Cast & Crew

Mark Duplass Starring

Olivia Wilde Starring

Donald Glover Starring

Evan Peters Starring

ScreenplayJeremy Slater, Luke Dawson Produced byJason Blum, Matt Kaplan, Jimmy Miller, Cody Zwieg CinematographyMichael Fimognari MusicSarah Schachner Prod. DesignMelanie Jones StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 27-Mar 1 5 $10.2M — 2,666 $3,827 $10.2M

2 Mar 6-8 8 $5.1M −50.2% 2,666 $1,904 $17.4M

3 Mar 13-15 11 $2.8M −43.9% 2,054 $1,386 $21.8M

4 Mar 20-22 13 $1.4M −51.7% 1,306 $1,053 $24.0M

5 Mar 27-29 17 $475.1K −65.5% 672 $707 $24.9M

6 Apr 3-5 28 $144.9K −69.5% 284 $510 $25.3M

7 Apr 10-12 30 $89.7K −38.0% 184 $488 $25.4M

8 Apr 17-19 39 $40.2K −55.2% 74 $544 $25.5M

9 Apr 24-26 35 $83.7K +108.2% 138 $607 $25.6M

10 May 1-3 40 $38.4K −54.1% 107 $359 $25.7M

11 May 8-10 40 $41.3K +7.6% 73 $566 $25.7M

12 May 15-17 47 $26.5K −35.9% 55 $481 $25.8M

13 May 22-24 57 $14.6K −44.8% 32 $457 $25.8M

14 May 29-31 62 $6.2K −57.8% 26 $237 $25.8M

15 Jun 5-7 70 $4.6K −25.8% 19 $241 $25.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 27 #2 $3.8M — $3.8M 2,666 $1,420 1

Sat Feb 28 #5 $4.4M +15.3% $8.2M 2,666 $1,637 2

Sun Mar 1 #6 $2.1M −53.0% $10.2M 2,666 $769 3

Mon Mar 2 #4 $568.0K −72.3% $10.8M 2,666 $213 4

Tue Mar 3 #5 $616.0K +8.5% $11.4M 2,666 $231 5

Wed Mar 4 #4 $447.7K −27.3% $11.8M 2,666 $168 6

Thu Mar 5 #6 $465.2K +3.9% $12.3M 2,666 $174 7

Fri Mar 6 #7 $1.6M +235.1% −58.8% $13.9M 2,666 $585 8

Sat Mar 7 #7 $2.4M +51.9% −45.8% $16.2M 2,666 $888 9

Sun Mar 8 #8 $1.1M −51.4% −44.0% $17.4M 2,666 $431 10

Mon Mar 9 #8 $386.6K −66.4% −31.9% $17.8M 2,666 $145 11

Tue Mar 10 #9 $446.2K +15.4% −27.6% $18.2M 2,666 $167 12

Wed Mar 11 #9 $367.0K −17.7% −18.0% $18.6M 2,666 $138 13

Thu Mar 12 #9 $347.8K −5.2% −25.2% $18.9M 2,666 $130 14

Fri Mar 13 #11 $915.1K +163.1% −41.3% $19.8M 2,054 $446 15

Sat Mar 14 #10 $1.3M +42.1% −45.1% $21.1M 2,054 $633 16

Sun Mar 15 #11 $631.5K −51.4% −45.1% $21.8M 2,054 $307 17

Mon Mar 16 #12 $228.4K −63.8% −40.9% $22.0M 2,054 $111 18

Tue Mar 17 #13 $247.6K +8.4% −44.5% $22.2M 2,054 $121 19

Wed Mar 18 #13 $229.1K −7.5% −37.6% $22.5M 2,054 $112 20

Thu Mar 19 #13 $177.6K −22.5% −48.9% $22.7M 2,054 $86 21

Fri Mar 20 #13 $410.1K +131.0% −55.2% $23.1M 1,306 $314 22

Sat Mar 21 #13 $658.3K +60.5% −49.4% $23.7M 1,306 $504 23

Sun Mar 22 #14 $307.1K −53.4% −51.4% $24.0M 1,306 $235 24

Mon Mar 23 #14 $115.3K −62.4% −49.5% $24.1M 1,306 $88 25

Tue Mar 24 — $125.1K +8.5% −49.5% $24.3M 1,306 $96 26

Wed Mar 25 #14 $111.0K −11.3% −51.6% $24.4M 1,306 $85 27

Thu Mar 26 #14 $80.1K −27.9% −54.9% $24.5M 1,306 $61 28

Fri Mar 27 — $151.7K +89.5% −63.0% $24.6M 672 $226 29

Sat Mar 28 — $222.8K +46.9% −66.1% $24.8M 672 $332 30

Sun Mar 29 — $100.6K −54.9% −67.2% $24.9M 672 $150 31

Mon Mar 30 — $44.2K −56.1% −61.7% $25.0M 672 $66 32

Tue Mar 31 — $48.4K +9.6% −61.3% $25.0M 672 $72 33

Wed Apr 1 — $47.9K −1.2% −56.9% $25.1M 672 $71 34

Thu Apr 2 — $41.8K −12.6% −47.7% $25.1M 672 $62 35

Fri Apr 3 — $53.8K +28.6% −64.5% $25.2M 284 $189 36

Sat Apr 4 — $58.9K +9.5% −73.6% $25.2M 284 $207 37

Sun Apr 5 — $32.2K −45.3% −68.0% $25.3M 284 $113 38

Mon Apr 6 — $20.1K −37.7% −54.6% $25.3M 284 $71 39

Tue Apr 7 — $20.9K +4.1% −56.9% $25.3M 284 $74 40

Wed Apr 8 — $15.9K −24.1% −66.9% $25.3M 284 $56 41

Thu Apr 9 — $14.1K −10.9% −66.2% $25.3M 284 $50 42

Fri Apr 10 — $26.9K +90.6% −50.0% $25.4M 184 $146 43

Sat Apr 11 — $41.6K +54.6% −29.3% $25.4M 184 $226 44

Sun Apr 12 — $21.2K −49.0% −34.1% $25.4M 184 $115 45

Mon Apr 13 — $6.9K −67.6% −65.8% $25.4M 184 $37 46

Tue Apr 14 — $8.4K +21.9% −59.9% $25.4M 184 $46 47

Wed Apr 15 — $7.2K −14.0% −54.6% $25.4M 184 $39 48

Thu Apr 16 — $5.4K −24.7% −61.6% $25.5M 184 $29 49

Fri Apr 17 — $10.9K +100.3% −59.7% $25.5M 74 $147 50

Sat Apr 18 — $20.6K +89.7% −50.5% $25.5M 74 $278 51

Sun Apr 19 — $8.8K −57.4% −58.7% $25.5M 74 $119 52

Mon Apr 20 — $3.4K −61.2% −50.5% $25.5M 74 $46 53

Tue Apr 21 — $3.0K −10.6% −63.7% $25.5M 74 $41 54

Wed Apr 22 — $3.0K −2.9% −59.0% $25.5M 74 $40 55

Thu Apr 23 — $2.5K −13.8% −53.0% $25.5M 74 $34 56

Fri Apr 24 — $21.9K +761.7% +102.1% $25.5M 138 $159 57

Sat Apr 25 — $38.6K +76.0% +87.5% $25.6M 138 $280 58

Sun Apr 26 — $23.2K −39.9% +164.4% $25.6M 138 $168 59

Mon Apr 27 — $7.5K −67.5% +121.6% $25.6M 138 $55 60

Tue Apr 28 — $7.3K −3.3% +139.8% $25.6M 138 $53 61

Wed Apr 29 — $6.2K −14.4% +111.3% $25.6M 138 $45 62

Thu Apr 30 — $6.1K −2.5% +138.9% $25.6M 138 $44 63

Fri May 1 — $11.1K +82.5% −49.4% $25.6M 107 $104 64

Sat May 2 — $13.7K +23.1% −64.6% $25.6M 107 $128 65

Sun May 3 — $13.6K −0.2% −41.2% $25.7M 107 $127 66

Mon May 4 — $4.4K −67.6% −41.3% $25.7M 107 $41 67

Tue May 5 — $3.8K −13.9% −47.8% $25.7M 107 $36 68

Wed May 6 — $4.3K +12.3% −31.5% $25.7M 107 $40 69

Thu May 7 — $4.7K +10.1% −22.6% $25.7M 107 $44 70

Fri May 8 — $11.1K +135.6% −0.1% $25.7M 73 $152 71

Sat May 9 — $18.9K +70.2% +38.1% $25.7M 73 $259 72

Sun May 10 — $11.4K −39.8% −16.8% $25.7M 73 $156 73

Mon May 11 — $3.4K −70.3% −23.7% $25.7M 74 $46 74

Tue May 12 — $3.5K +4.2% −7.6% $25.7M 74 $48 75

Wed May 13 — $3.7K +4.2% −14.3% $25.7M 74 $50 76

Thu May 14 — $3.4K −7.0% −27.6% $25.7M 74 $46 77

Fri May 15 — $6.8K +99.5% −38.7% $25.7M 55 $124 78

Sat May 16 — $12.1K +78.3% −35.8% $25.7M 55 $220 79

Sun May 17 — $7.6K −37.6% −33.5% $25.8M 55 $137 80

Mon May 18 — $2.8K −63.4% −18.2% $25.8M 55 $50 81

Tue May 19 — $2.2K −18.9% −36.3% $25.8M 55 $41 82

Wed May 20 — $2.5K +11.7% −31.7% $25.8M 55 $46 83

Thu May 21 — $2.9K +15.3% −15.3% $25.8M 55 $52 84

Fri May 22 — $3.2K +9.9% −53.3% $25.8M 32 $99 85

Sat May 23 — $5.1K +62.1% −57.6% $25.8M 32 $161 86

Sun May 24 — $6.3K +22.8% −16.5% $25.8M 32 $197 87

Mon May 25 — $4.0K −36.5% +45.0% $25.8M 32 $125 88

Tue May 26 — $1.1K −72.0% −50.0% $25.8M 32 $35 89

Wed May 27 — $1.2K +5.7% −52.7% $25.8M 32 $37 90

Thu May 28 — $1.4K +18.0% −51.6% $25.8M 32 $44 91

Fri May 29 — $1.4K −1.8% −56.7% $25.8M 26 $53 92

Sat May 30 — $2.7K +94.1% −48.2% $25.8M 26 $102 93

Sun May 31 — $2.1K −20.2% −66.3% $25.8M 26 $82 94

Mon Jun 1 — $815 −61.7% −79.7% $25.8M 26 $31 95

Tue Jun 2 — $794 −2.6% −29.2% $25.8M 26 $31 96

Wed Jun 3 — $819 +3.1% −30.9% $25.8M 26 $32 97

Thu Jun 4 — $975 +19.0% −30.3% $25.8M 26 $38 98

Fri Jun 5 — $1.1K +13.5% −19.4% $25.8M 19 $58 99

Sat Jun 6 — $1.6K +42.3% −40.9% $25.8M 19 $83 100

Sun Jun 7 — $1.9K +20.1% −11.1% $25.8M 19 $100 101

Mon Jun 8 — $688 −63.6% −15.6% $25.8M 19 $36 102

Tue Jun 9 — $515 −25.1% −35.1% $25.8M 19 $27 103

Wed Jun 10 — $801 +55.5% −2.2% $25.8M 19 $42 104

Thu Jun 11 — $523 −34.7% −46.4% $25.8M 19 $28 105

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

Cumulative total$25.7M

Feb 27Mar 16Apr 3Apr 20May 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $38.4K

$10.2M

$5.1M

$2.8M

$1.4M

$475.1K

$144.9K

$89.7K

$40.2K

$83.7K

$38.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,666 → 107 −96.0%

2,666 open107 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.1%

−50.2%

W1→2

−43.9%

W2→3

−51.7%

W3→4

−65.5%

W4→5

−69.5%

W5→6

−38.0%

W6→7

−55.2%

W7→8

+108.2%

W8→9

−54.1%

W9→10

Steepest −69.5%Biggest gain +108.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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