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Train to Busan

2016 • R • 1h 58m • Action, Horror, Thriller • Well Go USA

Life-or-death survival begins.

🍅 95% 89% MC 73 LB 3.99 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$285K
Limited · 27 theaters
Domestic Total
$2.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$95.6M
$93.5M international
Domestic Legs7.5x
Budget$8.5M
2016 Rank#215
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Cast & Crew

Directed byYeon Sang-ho Written byPark Joo-suk StarringGong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee StudioNext Entertainment World
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 22-24 23 $284.8K — 27 $10,547 $284.8K
2 Jul 29-31 24 $228.4K −19.8% 29 $7,875 $716.4K
3 Aug 5-7 25 $190.9K −16.4% 36 $5,303 $1.1M
4 Aug 12-14 35 $129.2K −32.3% 28 $4,613 $1.4M
5 Aug 19-21 41 $81.5K −36.9% 21 $3,879 $1.5M
6 Aug 26-28 46 $54.8K −32.7% 19 $2,885 $1.6M
7 Sep 2-4 47 $65.9K +20.1% 15 $4,391 $1.7M
8 Sep 9-11 39 $67.3K +2.1% 16 $4,204 $1.9M
9 Sep 16-18 44 $50.0K −25.7% 20 $2,500 $1.9M
10 Sep 23-25 45 $30.1K −39.7% 20 $1,507 $2.0M
11 Sep 30-Oct 2 61 $13.4K −55.6% 10 $1,338 $2.0M
12 Oct 7-9 94 $2.5K −81.1% 4 $632 $2.0M
14 Oct 21-23 83 $6.5K — 4 $1,618 $2.1M
15 Oct 28-30 75 $4.5K −31.0% 5 $893 $2.1M
16 Nov 4-6 49 $31.0K +594.6% 19 $1,633 $2.1M
17 Nov 11-13 59 $9.6K −69.2% 6 $1,594 $2.1M
20 Dec 2-4 91 $1.1K — 1 $1,114 $2.1M
25 Jan 6-8 56 $1.9K — 2 $937 $2.1M
26 Jan 13-15 62 $567 −69.7% 2 $284 $2.1M
27 Jan 20-22 70 $426 −24.9% 1 $426 $2.1M
28 Jan 27-29 67 $378 −11.3% 1 $378 $2.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $30.1K
$284.8K
$228.4K
$190.9K
$129.2K
$81.5K
$54.8K
$65.9K
$67.3K
$50.0K
$30.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.7%
−19.8%
W1→2
−16.4%
W2→3
−32.3%
W3→4
−36.9%
W4→5
−32.7%
W5→6
+20.1%
W6→7
+2.1%
W7→8
−25.7%
W8→9
−39.7%
W9→10
Steepest −39.7%Biggest gain +20.1%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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