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The Shape of Water

2017 R 2h 3m Drama, Fantasy, Romance 20th Century Fox

Tell Me Again About the Dream Where We Live Underwater

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$63.9M
Final
Opening Weekend
$3.3M
Limited 5-day opening
Domestic Legs
19.36x
Limited → Total
Budget
$19.5M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$195.2M
$131.3M international
2017 Rank
#46
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 1-3 20 $167K $167K 2 $83K 1
Dec 8-10 13 $1.1M +585.3% $1.4M 41 $28K 2
Dec 15-17 12 $1.7M +49.9% $3.6M 158 $11K 3
Dec 22-24 10 $3.0M +75.4% $7.6M 726 $4K 4
Dec 29-31 11 $3.5M +17.6% $15.7M 756 $5K 5
Jan 5-7 11 $3.1M -11.1% $21.7M 804 $4K 6
Jan 12-14 15 $2.8M -9.7% $26.6M 723 $4K 7
Jan 19-21 16 $2.2M -22.9% $30.2M 853 $3K 8
Jan 26-28 8 $5.9M +170.9% $37.9M 1,854 $3K 9
Feb 2-4 9 $4.4M -24.9% $44.7M 2,341 $2K 10
Feb 9-11 9 $3.2M -28.6% $49.9M 1,780 $2K 11
Feb 16-18 12 $1.7M -47.7% $53.2M 957 $2K 12
Feb 23-25 12 $1.3M -21.1% $55.5M 721 $2K 13
Mar 2-4 11 $1.5M +12.8% $57.6M 832 $2K 14
Mar 9-11 12 $2.3M +58.7% $61.1M 1,552 $2K 15
Mar 16-18 16 $794K -66.2% $62.8M 758 $1K 16
Mar 23-25 24 $262K -67.0% $63.4M 247 $1K 17
Mar 30-Apr 1 27 $96K -63.4% $63.6M 113 $848 18
Apr 6-8 38 $53K -44.2% $63.8M 80 $668 19
Apr 13-15 42 $34K -35.9% $63.8M 48 $714 20
Apr 20-22 59 $14K -59.6% $63.8M 30 $462 21
Apr 27-29 76 $4K -73.4% $63.9M 30 $123 22

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byGuillermo del Toro
ScreenplayGuillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
Produced byGuillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
CinematographyDan Laustsen
MusicAlexandre Desplat
StarringSally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer
Studio20th Century Fox