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Twisters

2024 • PG-13 • 2h 2m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • Universal Pictures

When the sky roars, they rise.

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$81.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$256.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$372.3M
Global total
Budget$155M
Domestic Legs3.16x
2024 Rank#8
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Cast & Crew

Full Chung filmography
Lee Isaac Chung Lee Isaac Chung Director Daisy Edgar-Jones Daisy Edgar-Jones Starring Glen Powell Glen Powell Starring Anthony Ramos Anthony Ramos Starring Maura Tierney Maura Tierney Starring
ScreenplayMark L. Smith, Joseph Kosinski, Michael Crichton Produced byFrank Marshall, Patrick Crowley CinematographyNot specified MusicNot specified Prod. DesignNot specified

Predicted final domestic

How the model works
$233M–$250M
$215M $241M $268M
$256.7M so far

The prediction model updated after a -57% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $215M–$268M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$244M
Baseline
Action Original — 3.00 baseline opening
-4%
CinemaScore
A-: Action avg is A
+1%
Audience
Above Avg — RT 80%, LB 3.50, IMDB 6.5
+5%
Seasonality
Summer Peak
0%
Release Day
Friday (standard)
-2%
2nd Weekend
-57% drop
-1%
Genre
Action Original legs
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 19-21 1 $81.3M — 4,151 $19,574 $81.3M
2 Jul 26-28 2 $35.0M −56.9% 4,170 $8,391 $154.6M
3 Aug 2-4 3 $22.8M −34.8% 4,009 $5,688 $195.7M
4 Aug 9-11 3 $15.0M −34.2% 3,664 $4,094 $222.3M
5 Aug 16-18 4 $8.3M −45.0% 3,388 $2,437 $237.1M
6 Aug 23-25 5 $4.2M −48.8% 3,141 $1,347 $244.7M
7 Aug 30-1 6 $3.6M −14.5% 2,876 $1,257 $250.4M
8 Sep 6-8 7 $2.0M −45.2% 2,550 $776 $253.7M
9 Sep 13-15 8 $1.2M −40.5% 2,389 $493 $255.6M
10 Sep 20-22 13 $316.5K −73.1% 2,215 $143 $256.2M
11 Sep 27-29 15 $157.5K −50.2% 1,980 $80 $256.5M
12 Oct 4-6 20 $77.1K −51.0% 1,744 $44 $256.6M
13 Oct 11-13 20 $46.5K −39.7% 1,618 $29 $256.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$256.3M
Jul 19Aug 5Aug 23Sep 9Sep 26
Weekend grossWk 10 · $316.5K
$81.3M
$35.0M
$22.8M
$15.0M
$8.3M
$4.2M
$3.6M
$2.0M
$1.2M
$316.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 4,170 → 2,215 −46.9%
4,151 open2,215 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −73.1%
−56.9%
W1→2
−34.8%
W2→3
−34.2%
W3→4
−45.0%
W4→5
−48.8%
W5→6
−14.5%
W6→7
−45.2%
W7→8
−40.5%
W8→9
−73.1%
W9→10
Steepest −73.1%Best hold −14.5%

Run milestones

$200M in 19 days
$100M
Day 5
Jul 23
$200M
Day 19
Aug 6

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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