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The Wandering EarthFollow

2019 • NR • 2h 6m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • CMC Pictures

🍅 70% 51%

57

5.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$1.69M

Limited · 64 theaters

Domestic total

$5.88M

Final

Worldwide total

$727.85M

$721.98M international

Domestic legs3.5x

Budget$50M

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Cast & crew

Directed byFrant Gwo ScreenplayFrant Gwo, Gong Geer, Junce Ye, Yan Dongxu, Yang Zhixue Produced byGong Geer CinematographyLiu Yin MusicRoc Chen Prod. DesignGao Ang StarringWu Jing, Qu Chuxiao, Li Guangjie, Richard Ng Man-Tat, Zhao Jinmai, Michael Kai Sui StudioCMC Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 8-10 13 $1.7M — 64 $26,333 $2.2M

2 Feb 15-17 13 $1.4M −16.0% 126 $11,229 $4.3M

3 Feb 22-24 25 $419.9K −70.3% 129 $3,255 $5.4M

4 Mar 1-3 30 $162.8K −61.2% 68 $2,395 $5.7M

5 Mar 8-10 47 $46.4K −71.5% 25 $1,854 $5.8M

6 Mar 15-17 66 $13.5K −70.8% 7 $1,935 $5.9M

7 Mar 22-24 70 $5.9K −56.5% 4 $1,473 $5.9M

8 Mar 29-31 79 $1.7K −70.3% 2 $874 $5.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Feb 5 $156.2K — $156.2K 34 $4,593 -3

Wed Feb 6 #9 $232.0K +49% $388.2K 34 $6,824 -2

Thu Feb 7 $114.0K −51% $502.2K 34 $3,353 -1

Fri Feb 8 #11 $481.4K — $983.6K 64 $7,522 1

Sat Feb 9 #15 $705.4K +47% $1.7M 64 $11,022 2

Sun Feb 10 #13 $498.5K −29% $2.2M 64 $7,789 3

Mon Feb 11 #11 $199.1K −60% $2.4M 64 $3,111 4

Tue Feb 12 #12 $189.1K −5% $2.6M 64 $2,955 5

Wed Feb 13 #13 $143.1K −24% $2.7M 64 $2,235 6

Thu Feb 14 #15 $215.3K +50% $2.9M 64 $3,364 7

Fri Feb 15 #13 $383.6K +78% −20% $3.3M 126 $3,045 8

Sat Feb 16 #13 $565.9K +48% −20% $3.9M 126 $4,491 9

Sun Feb 17 #13 $465.3K −18% −7% $4.3M 126 $3,692 10

Mon Feb 18 $296.3K −36% +49% $4.6M 126 $2,351 11

Tue Feb 19 #14 $160.8K −46% −15% $4.8M 126 $1,276 12

Wed Feb 20 $92.8K −42% −35% $4.9M 126 $737 13

Thu Feb 21 $72.6K −22% −66% $5.0M 126 $576 14

Fri Feb 22 $121.6K +68% −68% $5.1M 129 $943 15

Sat Feb 23 $184.9K +52% −67% $5.3M 129 $1,434 16

Sun Feb 24 $113.3K −39% −76% $5.4M 129 $879 17

Mon Feb 25 $31.1K −73% −89% $5.4M 129 $241 18

Tue Feb 26 $56.7K +82% −65% $5.5M 129 $440 19

Wed Feb 27 $31.0K −45% −67% $5.5M 129 $240 20

Thu Feb 28 $29.8K −4% −59% $5.5M 129 $231 21

Fri Mar 1 $40.2K +35% −67% $5.6M 67 $601 22

Sat Mar 2 $73.8K +83% −60% $5.7M 68 $1,085 23

Sun Mar 3 $48.8K −34% −57% $5.7M 68 $718 24

Mon Mar 4 $14.7K −70% −53% $5.7M 68 $216 25

Tue Mar 5 $25.0K +70% −56% $5.7M 68 $368 26

Wed Mar 6 $16.9K −33% −46% $5.8M 68 $248 27

Thu Mar 7 $9.4K −44% −68% $5.8M 68 $138 28

Fri Mar 8 $10.7K +14% −73% $5.8M 25 $427 29

Sat Mar 9 $22.1K +107% −70% $5.8M 25 $885 30

Sun Mar 10 $13.6K −39% −72% $5.8M 25 $542 31

Mon Mar 11 $5.7K −58% −62% $5.8M 25 $226 32

Tue Mar 12 $10.1K +78% −60% $5.8M 25 $402 33

Wed Mar 13 $6.9K −31% −59% $5.8M 25 $278 34

Thu Mar 14 $4.4K −37% −53% $5.8M 25 $176 35

Fri Mar 15 $3.4K −24% −68% $5.8M 7 $481 36

Sat Mar 16 $5.9K +75% −73% $5.9M 7 $840 37

Sun Mar 17 $4.3K −27% −68% $5.9M 7 $614 38

Mon Mar 18 $1.2K −71% −78% $5.9M 7 $178 39

Tue Mar 19 $3.1K +149% −69% $5.9M 7 $444 40

Wed Mar 20 $1.2K −63% −83% $5.9M 7 $165 41

Thu Mar 21 $1.4K +17% −69% $5.9M 7 $193 42

Fri Mar 22 $1.7K +23% −51% $5.9M 4 $415 43

Sat Mar 23 $2.4K +45% −59% $5.9M 4 $603 44

Sun Mar 24 $1.8K −25% −58% $5.9M 4 $455 45

Mon Mar 25 $949 −48% −24% $5.9M 4 $237 46

Tue Mar 26 $1.6K +70% −48% $5.9M 4 $404 47

Wed Mar 27 $912 −44% −21% $5.9M 4 $228 48

Thu Mar 28 $768 −16% −43% $5.9M 4 $192 49

Fri Mar 29 $215 −72% −87% $5.9M 2 $108 50

Sat Mar 30 $895 +316% −63% $5.9M 2 $448 51

Sun Mar 31 $638 −29% −65% $5.9M 2 $319 52

Mon Apr 1 $240 −62% −75% $5.9M 2 $120 53

Tue Apr 2 $343 +43% −79% $5.9M 2 $172 54

Wed Apr 3 $360 +5% −61% $5.9M 2 $180 55

Thu Apr 4 $265 −26% −65% $5.9M 2 $133 56

Cumulative total$5.9M

Feb 5Feb 20Mar 6Mar 21Apr 4

Weekend grossWk 8 · $1.7K

$1.7M

$1.4M

$419.9K

$162.8K

$46.4K

$13.5K

$5.9K

$1.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 129 → 2 −98.4%

34 open2 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −70.3%

−16.0%

W1→2

−70.3%

W2→3

−61.2%

W3→4

−71.5%

W4→5

−70.8%

W5→6

−56.5%

W6→7

−70.3%

W7→8

Steepest −71.5%Best hold −16.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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