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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

Compare to other movies
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

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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Profitability

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
StarringSally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer
Studio20th Century Fox