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The Lost City of Z

2017 • PG-13 • 2h 20m • Adventure, Biography, Drama • Bleecker Street

A man's reach should exceed his grasp... or what's a heaven for?

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78

3.43

6.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$110K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$8.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$19.4M

$10.8M international

Domestic Legs4.1x

Budget$30M

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Cast & Crew

Charlie Hunnam Starring

Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson Starring

Sienna Miller Starring

Tom Holland Starring

Angus Macfadyen

Angus Macfadyen Starring

Ian McDiarmid Starring

ScreenplayJames Gray Produced byDede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, James Gray, Anthony Katagas CinematographyDarius Khondji StudioBleecker Street

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 14-16 28 $110.2K — 4 $27,544 $110.2K

2 Apr 21-23 10 $2.1M +1825.6% 614 $3,455 $2.3M

3 Apr 28-30 12 $1.8M −14.8% 866 $2,086 $4.9M

4 May 5-7 12 $1.0M −42.7% 815 $1,271 $6.6M

5 May 12-14 16 $507.7K −51.0% 497 $1,022 $7.6M

6 May 19-21 $202.6K −60.1% 217 $933 $8.0M

7 May 26-28 24 $132.7K −34.5% 121 $1,097 $8.2M

8 Jun 2-4 35 $51.6K −61.1% 121 $427 $8.4M

9 Jun 9-11 40 $27.5K −46.7% 50 $550 $8.4M

12 Jun 30-Jul 2 41 $26.6K — 50 $533 $8.5M

13 Jul 7-9 44 $18.2K −31.6% 38 $479 $8.6M

14 Jul 14-16 51 $7.9K −56.7% 20 $394 $8.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 14 — $38.5K — $38.5K 4 $9,629 1

Sat Apr 15 — $46.0K +19.3% $84.5K 4 $11,490 2

Sun Apr 16 — $25.7K −44.1% $110.2K 4 $6,425 3

Mon Apr 17 — $11.0K −57.0% $121.2K 4 $2,762 4

Tue Apr 18 — $9.1K −17.3% $130.4K 4 $2,283 5

Wed Apr 19 — $9.6K +4.9% $139.9K 4 $2,395 6

Thu Apr 20 — $9.5K −1.0% $149.4K 4 $2,370 7

Fri Apr 21 #10 $658.2K +6842.7% +1608.9% $807.6K 866 $760 8

Sat Apr 22 #10 $920.0K +39.8% +1901.7% $1.7M 866 $1,062 9

Sun Apr 23 #10 $543.4K −40.9% +2014.3% $2.3M 866 $627 10

Mon Apr 24 #10 $191.9K −64.7% +1637.4% $2.5M 866 $222 11

Tue Apr 25 #10 $257.5K +34.2% +2720.2% $2.7M 866 $297 12

Wed Apr 26 #10 $201.1K −21.9% +1999.3% $2.9M 866 $232 13

Thu Apr 27 #10 $184.9K −8.0% +1850.7% $3.1M 866 $214 14

Fri Apr 28 #13 $471.4K +154.9% −28.4% $3.6M 866 $544 15

Sat Apr 29 #13 $800.7K +69.9% −13.0% $4.4M 866 $925 16

Sun Apr 30 #12 $534.6K −33.2% −1.6% $4.9M 866 $617 17

Mon May 1 #11 $168.0K −68.6% −12.4% $5.1M 866 $194 18

Tue May 2 #12 $220.9K +31.5% −14.2% $5.3M 866 $255 19

Wed May 3 #12 $162.8K −26.3% −19.0% $5.5M 866 $188 20

Thu May 4 #12 $131.3K −19.4% −29.0% $5.6M 866 $152 21

Fri May 5 #12 $278.4K +112.1% −40.9% $5.9M 815 $342 22

Sat May 6 #12 $457.2K +64.2% −42.9% $6.3M 815 $561 23

Sun May 7 #12 $300.3K −34.3% −43.8% $6.6M 815 $368 24

Mon May 8 #11 $102.2K −65.9% −39.2% $6.7M 815 $125 25

Tue May 9 #12 $141.1K +38.0% −36.1% $6.9M 815 $173 26

Wed May 10 #11 $112.9K −20.0% −30.7% $7.0M 815 $139 27

Thu May 11 #11 $94.9K −15.9% −27.7% $7.1M 815 $116 28

Fri May 12 — $130.3K +37.3% −53.2% $7.2M 497 $262 29

Sat May 13 — $212.9K +63.4% −53.4% $7.4M 497 $428 30

Sun May 14 — $164.5K −22.7% −45.2% $7.6M 497 $331 31

Mon May 15 #15 $52.1K −68.3% −49.0% $7.6M 497 $105 32

Tue May 16 — $65.5K +25.6% −53.6% $7.7M 497 $132 33

Wed May 17 #15 $53.2K −18.7% −52.8% $7.8M 497 $107 34

Thu May 18 — $46.1K −13.4% −51.5% $7.8M 497 $93 35

Fri May 19 — $55.2K +19.7% −57.7% $7.9M 217 $254 36

Sat May 20 — $88.0K +59.5% −58.7% $8.0M 217 $406 37

Sun May 21 — $59.4K −32.5% −63.9% $8.0M 217 $274 38

Mon May 22 — $26.8K −54.9% −48.7% $8.0M 217 $123 39

Tue May 23 — $27.8K +3.8% −57.6% $8.1M 217 $128 40

Wed May 24 — $25.1K −9.6% −52.9% $8.1M 217 $116 41

Thu May 25 — $22.5K −10.4% −51.2% $8.1M 217 $104 42

Fri May 26 — $32.9K +46.4% −40.4% $8.1M 121 $272 43

Sat May 27 — $53.3K +61.9% −39.5% $8.2M 121 $440 44

Sun May 28 — $46.5K −12.6% −21.7% $8.2M 121 $385 45

Mon May 29 — $42.8K −8.0% +60.0% $8.3M 121 $354 46

Tue May 30 — $15.9K −63.0% −42.9% $8.3M 121 $131 47

Wed May 31 — $12.7K −19.6% −49.2% $8.3M 121 $105 48

Thu Jun 1 — $9.6K −24.3% −57.1% $8.3M 121 $80 49

Fri Jun 2 — $13.2K +36.5% −60.0% $8.3M 121 $109 50

Sat Jun 3 — $22.7K +72.3% −57.4% $8.4M 121 $187 51

Sun Jun 4 — $15.8K −30.4% −66.1% $8.4M 121 $131 52

Mon Jun 5 — $6.6K −58.2% −84.6% $8.4M 121 $55 53

Tue Jun 6 — $5.8K −12.1% −63.4% $8.4M 121 $48 54

Wed Jun 7 — $7.5K +28.5% −41.5% $8.4M 121 $62 55

Thu Jun 8 — $5.8K −21.8% −39.5% $8.4M 121 $48 56

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

Cumulative total$8.4M

Apr 14Apr 28May 12May 25Jun 8

Weekend grossWk 9 · $27.5K

$110.2K

$2.1M

$1.8M

$1.0M

$507.7K

$202.6K

$132.7K

$51.6K

$27.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 866 → 121 −86.0%

4 open121 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −46.7%

+1825.6%

W1→2

−14.8%

W2→3

−42.7%

W3→4

−51.0%

W4→5

−60.1%

W5→6

−34.5%

W6→7

−61.1%

W7→8

−46.7%

W8→9

Steepest −61.1%Biggest gain +1825.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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