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The Lobster

2015 R 1h 59m Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi A24

An unconventional love story...

The Lobster Box Office

Opening Weekend
$50K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$9.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$18M
$8.8M international
Domestic Legs183.9x
Budget$4.5M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 25-27 41 $50K $50K 7 $7.1K 1
Apr 1-3 48 $40K -20.2% $127K 9 $4.4K 2
Apr 8-10 45 $40K +0.3% $185K 12 $3.3K 3
Apr 22-24 53 $22K -45.3% $306K 14 $1.6K 5
Apr 29-May 1 50 $25K +16.5% $346K 15 $1.7K 6
May 6-8 56 $12K -52.9% $376K 9 $1.3K 7
May 13-15 21 $206K +1,614.2% $591K 12 $17.1K 8
May 20-22 17 $398K +93.2% $1.08M 31 $12.8K 9
May 27-29 11 $755K +89.9% $2.01M 120 $6.3K 10
Jun 3-5 13 $1.46M +93.4% $4.01M 516 $2.8K 11
Jun 10-12 15 $995K -31.9% $5.67M 560 $1.8K 12
Jun 17-19 16 $604K -39.3% $6.76M 322 $1.9K 13
Jun 24-26 18 $404K -33.1% $7.50M 211 $1.9K 14
Jul 1-3 22 $312K -22.9% $8.06M 151 $2.1K 15
Jul 8-10 23 $264K -15.3% $8.51M 124 $2.1K 16
Jul 15-17 29 $166K -37.3% $8.79M 124 $1.3K 17
Jul 22-24 34 $97K -41.6% $8.98M 69 $1.4K 18
Jul 29-31 41 $51K -47.4% $9.08M 33 $1.5K 19
Aug 5-7 44 $23K -53.9% $9.14M 28 $838 20
Aug 12-14 53 $18K -25.1% $9.16M 11 $1.6K 21
Aug 19-21 60 $11K -39.8% $9.18M 8 $1.3K 22
Aug 26-28 74 $5K -57.4% $9.20M 7 $644 23

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byYorgos Lanthimos
ScreenplayYorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
Produced byCeci Dempsey, Ed Guiney
StarringColin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux, John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw, Olivia Colman
StudioA24

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