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The Nice Guys

2016 • R • 1h 56m • Action, Comedy, Crime • Warner Bros.

They're not that nice.

🍅 91% 79%

70

3.83

7.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$36.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$71.3M

$35M international

Domestic Legs3.2x

Budget$50M

2016 Rank#79

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Cast & Crew

Full Black filmography

Shane Black Director

Russell Crowe Starring

Ryan Gosling Starring

Angourie Rice Starring

Matt Bomer Starring

Margaret Qualley

Margaret Qualley Starring

Written byShane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi Produced byJoel Silver CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 20-22 4 $11.2M — 2,865 $3,910 $11.2M

2 May 27-29 7 $6.5M −41.8% 2,865 $2,274 $21.9M

3 Jun 3-5 10 $3.5M −47.0% 1,888 $1,829 $29.1M

4 Jun 10-12 12 $2.0M −43.2% 1,147 $1,709 $32.5M

5 Jun 17-19 14 $822.3K −58.0% 522 $1,575 $34.2M

6 Jun 24-26 19 $400.3K −51.3% 291 $1,376 $35.0M

7 Jul 1-3 23 $294.5K −26.4% 264 $1,116 $35.5M

8 Jul 8-10 26 $192.8K −34.5% 212 $910 $35.9M

9 Jul 15-17 34 $103.9K −46.1% 144 $722 $36.1M

10 Jul 22-24 41 $53.7K −48.3% 76 $707 $36.2M

11 Jul 29-31 47 $22.2K −58.6% 44 $505 $36.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 20 #4 $3.9M — $3.9M 2,865 $1,360 1

Sat May 21 #5 $4.4M +14.0% $8.3M 2,865 $1,550 2

Sun May 22 #5 $2.9M −35.5% $11.2M 2,865 $1,000 3

Mon May 23 #5 $1.1M −61.0% $12.3M 2,865 $390 4

Tue May 24 #4 $1.3M +16.4% $13.6M 2,865 $454 5

Wed May 25 #4 $920.9K −29.2% $14.5M 2,865 $321 6

Thu May 26 #5 $820.4K −10.9% $15.4M 2,865 $286 7

Fri May 27 #7 $1.8M +116.1% −54.5% $17.1M 2,865 $619 8

Sat May 28 #7 $2.4M +36.6% −45.5% $19.6M 2,865 $845 9

Sun May 29 #7 $2.3M −4.0% −19.0% $21.9M 2,865 $811 10

Mon May 30 #7 $1.7M −25.2% +55.4% $23.6M 2,865 $606 11

Tue May 31 #6 $833.9K −52.0% −35.9% $24.5M 2,865 $291 12

Wed Jun 1 #7 $640.1K −23.2% −30.5% $25.1M 2,865 $223 13

Thu Jun 2 #7 $509.7K −20.4% −37.9% $25.6M 2,865 $178 14

Fri Jun 3 #10 $955.4K +87.4% −46.1% $26.6M 1,888 $506 15

Sat Jun 4 #10 $1.5M +55.7% −38.5% $28.0M 1,888 $788 16

Sun Jun 5 #10 $1.0M −32.1% −56.5% $29.1M 1,888 $535 17

Mon Jun 6 #10 $373.1K −63.1% −78.5% $29.4M 1,888 $198 18

Tue Jun 7 #10 $473.9K +27.0% −43.2% $29.9M 1,888 $251 19

Wed Jun 8 #10 $364.9K −23.0% −43.0% $30.3M 1,888 $193 20

Thu Jun 9 #10 $276.1K −24.3% −45.8% $30.5M 1,888 $146 21

Fri Jun 10 #12 $553.1K +100.3% −42.1% $31.1M 1,147 $482 22

Sat Jun 11 #11 $925.9K +67.4% −37.8% $32.0M 1,147 $807 23

Sun Jun 12 #12 $481.1K −48.0% −52.4% $32.5M 1,147 $419 24

Mon Jun 13 #13 $201.0K −58.2% −46.1% $32.7M 1,147 $175 25

Tue Jun 14 #13 $274.4K +36.5% −42.1% $33.0M 1,147 $239 26

Wed Jun 15 #14 $235.6K −14.2% −35.4% $33.2M 1,147 $205 27

Thu Jun 16 #13 $150.7K −36.0% −45.4% $33.4M 1,147 $131 28

Fri Jun 17 #14 $240.0K +59.2% −56.6% $33.6M 522 $460 29

Sat Jun 18 #14 $345.1K +43.8% −62.7% $33.9M 522 $661 30

Sun Jun 19 #13 $237.3K −31.2% −50.7% $34.2M 522 $455 31

Mon Jun 20 #14 $107.2K −54.8% −46.7% $34.3M 522 $205 32

Tue Jun 21 #15 $110.9K +3.4% −59.6% $34.4M 522 $212 33

Wed Jun 22 #15 $100.8K −9.1% −57.2% $34.5M 522 $193 34

Thu Jun 23 — $80.6K −20.0% −46.5% $34.6M 522 $154 35

Fri Jun 24 — $114.5K +42.1% −52.3% $34.7M 291 $394 36

Sat Jun 25 — $179.2K +56.5% −48.1% $34.9M 291 $616 37

Sun Jun 26 — $106.7K −40.5% −55.0% $35.0M 291 $367 38

Mon Jun 27 — $51.2K −52.0% −52.2% $35.0M 291 $176 39

Tue Jun 28 — $68.1K +33.0% −38.6% $35.1M 291 $234 40

Wed Jun 29 — $62.3K −8.5% −38.1% $35.2M 291 $214 41

Thu Jun 30 — $50.2K −19.5% −37.8% $35.2M 291 $172 42

Fri Jul 1 — $83.0K +65.5% −27.5% $35.3M 264 $314 43

Sat Jul 2 — $111.2K +33.9% −37.9% $35.4M 264 $421 44

Sun Jul 3 — $100.3K −9.8% −6.0% $35.5M 264 $380 45

Mon Jul 4 — $59.6K −40.6% +16.4% $35.6M 264 $226 46

Tue Jul 5 — $42.0K −29.5% −38.3% $35.6M 264 $159 47

Wed Jul 6 — $40.1K −4.6% −35.7% $35.7M 264 $152 48

Thu Jul 7 — $37.1K −7.5% −26.1% $35.7M 264 $140 49

Fri Jul 8 — $56.2K +51.6% −32.3% $35.7M 212 $265 50

Sat Jul 9 — $82.8K +47.3% −25.5% $35.8M 212 $391 51

Sun Jul 10 — $53.8K −35.0% −46.3% $35.9M 212 $254 52

Mon Jul 11 — $23.8K −55.9% −60.1% $35.9M 212 $112 53

Tue Jul 12 — $28.7K +21.0% −31.6% $35.9M 212 $136 54

Wed Jul 13 — $24.7K −14.0% −38.3% $36.0M 212 $117 55

Thu Jul 14 — $22.3K −10.0% −40.0% $36.0M 212 $105 56

Fri Jul 15 — $29.7K +33.3% −47.3% $36.0M 144 $206 57

Sat Jul 16 — $45.1K +52.1% −45.5% $36.1M 144 $313 58

Sun Jul 17 — $29.1K −35.4% −45.9% $36.1M 144 $202 59

Mon Jul 18 — $14.9K −49.0% −37.5% $36.1M 144 $103 60

Tue Jul 19 — $16.4K +10.3% −43.0% $36.1M 144 $114 61

Wed Jul 20 — $14.2K −13.7% −42.8% $36.1M 144 $98 62

Thu Jul 21 — $13.4K −5.0% −39.6% $36.1M 144 $93 63

Fri Jul 22 — $16.8K +24.6% −43.5% $36.2M 76 $220 64

Sat Jul 23 — $21.8K +30.3% −51.6% $36.2M 76 $287 65

Sun Jul 24 — $15.1K −30.7% −48.1% $36.2M 76 $199 66

Mon Jul 25 — $7.0K −53.6% −52.8% $36.2M 76 $92 67

Tue Jul 26 — $6.6K −6.4% −59.9% $36.2M 76 $86 68

Wed Jul 27 — $6.1K −6.8% −56.8% $36.2M 76 $81 69

Thu Jul 28 — $5.3K −13.6% −60.7% $36.2M 76 $70 70

Fri Jul 29 — $6.1K +15.3% −63.6% $36.2M 44 $138 71

Sat Jul 30 — $9.0K +48.5% −58.6% $36.2M 44 $206 72

Sun Jul 31 — $7.1K −21.8% −53.2% $36.2M 44 $161 73

Mon Aug 1 — $3.1K −56.0% −55.6% $36.3M 44 $71 74

Tue Aug 2 — $4.2K +36.0% −35.5% $36.3M 44 $96 75

Wed Aug 3 — $3.2K −25.1% −48.2% $36.3M 44 $72 76

Thu Aug 4 — $4.0K +26.6% −24.0% $36.3M 44 $91 77

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

Cumulative total$36.2M

May 20Jun 6Jun 24Jul 11Jul 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $53.7K

$11.2M

$6.5M

$3.5M

$2.0M

$822.3K

$400.3K

$294.5K

$192.8K

$103.9K

$53.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,865 → 76 −97.3%

2,865 open76 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.3%

−41.8%

W1→2

−47.0%

W2→3

−43.2%

W3→4

−58.0%

W4→5

−51.3%

W5→6

−26.4%

W6→7

−34.5%

W7→8

−46.1%

W8→9

−48.3%

W9→10

Steepest −58.0%Best hold −26.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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