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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2017 • PG-13 • 2h 17m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • STX Entertainment

A universe without boundaries needs heroes without limits.

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2.73

6.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$17M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$40.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$215.1M

$174.6M international

Domestic Legs2.4x

Budget$180M

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Cast & Crew

Full Besson filmography

Luc Besson Director

Dane DeHaan Starring

Cara Delevingne

Cara Delevingne Starring

Clive Owen Starring

Ethan Hawke Starring

ScreenplayLuc Besson Produced byVirginie Besson-Silla CinematographyThierry Arbogast Music byAlexandre Desplat StudioSTX Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 21-23 5 $17.0M — 3,553 $4,787 $17.0M

2 Jul 28-30 8 $6.4M −62.6% 3,553 $1,790 $30.2M

3 Aug 4-6 12 $2.4M −62.3% 1,795 $1,334 $36.1M

4 Aug 11-13 17 $901.3K −62.4% 785 $1,148 $38.4M

5 Aug 18-20 20 $397.0K −56.0% 465 $854 $39.2M

6 Aug 25-27 27 $248.3K −37.4% 318 $781 $39.7M

7 Sep 1-3 30 $250.2K +0.7% 280 $894 $40.1M

8 Sep 8-10 33 $106.9K −57.3% 229 $467 $40.3M

9 Sep 15-17 35 $79.1K −26.0% 151 $524 $40.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 20 #P $1.7M — $1.7M — —

Fri Jul 21 #3 $6.5M — $6.5M 3,553 $1,828 1

Sat Jul 22 #5 $6.0M −8% $12.5M 3,553 $1,691 2

Sun Jul 23 #5 $4.5M −25% $17.0M 3,553 $1,268 3

Mon Jul 24 #6 $1.8M −60% $18.8M 3,553 $512 4

Tue Jul 25 #6 $2.3M +25% $21.1M 3,553 $639 5

Wed Jul 26 #6 $1.4M −38% $22.5M 3,553 $394 6

Thu Jul 27 #6 $1.3M −5% $23.8M 3,553 $374 7

Fri Jul 28 #8 $1.9M +40% −71% $25.7M 3,553 $522 8

Sat Jul 29 #8 $2.6M +42% −56% $28.3M 3,553 $741 9

Sun Jul 30 #8 $1.9M −29% −58% $30.2M 3,553 $528 10

Mon Jul 31 #8 $836.9K −55% −54% $31.0M 3,553 $236 11

Tue Aug 1 #8 $1.2M +41% −48% $32.2M 3,553 $333 12

Wed Aug 2 #8 $834.7K −29% −40% $33.0M 3,553 $235 13

Thu Aug 3 #8 $700.2K −16% −47% $33.7M 3,553 $197 14

Fri Aug 4 #12 $679.9K −3% −63% $34.4M 1,795 $379 15

Sat Aug 5 #12 $984.4K +45% −63% $35.4M 1,795 $548 16

Sun Aug 6 #12 $731.0K −26% −61% $36.1M 1,795 $407 17

Mon Aug 7 #13 $365.1K −50% −56% $36.5M 1,795 $203 18

Tue Aug 8 #12 $444.2K +22% −62% $36.9M 1,795 $247 19

Wed Aug 9 #12 $291.3K −34% −65% $37.2M 1,795 $162 20

Thu Aug 10 #13 $220.1K −24% −69% $37.5M 1,795 $123 21

Fri Aug 11 #- $251.3K +14% −63% $37.7M 785 $320 22

Sat Aug 12 #- $395.3K +57% −60% $38.1M 785 $504 23

Sun Aug 13 #- $254.8K −36% −65% $38.4M 785 $325 24

Mon Aug 14 #- $109.5K −57% −70% $38.5M 785 $140 25

Tue Aug 15 #- $175.4K +60% −61% $38.6M 785 $223 26

Wed Aug 16 #- $102.3K −42% −65% $38.7M 785 $130 27

Thu Aug 17 #- $84.1K −18% −62% $38.8M 785 $107 28

Fri Aug 18 #- $115.6K +37% −54% $38.9M 465 $249 29

Sat Aug 19 #- $170.5K +47% −57% $39.1M 465 $367 30

Sun Aug 20 #- $110.9K −35% −56% $39.2M 465 $239 31

Mon Aug 21 #- $44.5K −60% −59% $39.3M 465 $96 32

Tue Aug 22 #- $73.9K +66% −58% $39.3M 465 $159 33

Wed Aug 23 #- $52.4K −29% −49% $39.4M 465 $113 34

Thu Aug 24 #- $40.2K −23% −52% $39.4M 465 $86 35

Fri Aug 25 #- $75.8K +89% −34% $39.5M 318 $238 36

Sat Aug 26 #- $100.5K +33% −41% $39.6M 318 $316 37

Sun Aug 27 #- $72.0K −28% −35% $39.7M 318 $226 38

Mon Aug 28 #- $30.4K −58% −32% $39.7M 318 $96 39

Tue Aug 29 #- $43.8K +44% −41% $39.8M 318 $138 40

Wed Aug 30 #- $30.9K −29% −41% $39.8M 318 $97 41

Thu Aug 31 #- $33.2K +7% −17% $39.8M 318 $104 42

Fri Sep 1 #- $52.4K +58% −31% $39.9M 280 $187 43

Sat Sep 2 #- $88.8K +69% −12% $40.0M 280 $317 44

Sun Sep 3 #- $108.9K +23% +51% $40.1M 280 $389 45

Mon Sep 4 #- $71.5K −34% +135% $40.1M 280 $255 46

Tue Sep 5 #- $23.5K −67% −46% $40.2M 280 $84 47

Wed Sep 6 #- $16.5K −30% −47% $40.2M 280 $59 48

Thu Sep 7 #- $15.9K −3% −52% $40.2M 280 $57 49

Fri Sep 8 #- $29.0K +82% −45% $40.2M 229 $126 50

Sat Sep 9 #- $51.4K +77% −42% $40.3M 229 $224 51

Sun Sep 10 #- $26.6K −48% −76% $40.3M 229 $116 52

Mon Sep 11 #- $10.4K −61% −85% $40.3M 229 $46 53

Tue Sep 12 #- $18.1K +73% −23% $40.3M 229 $79 54

Wed Sep 13 #- $12.8K −29% −22% $40.4M 229 $56 55

Thu Sep 14 #- $12.0K −6% −25% $40.4M 229 $52 56

Fri Sep 15 #- $21.5K +79% −26% $40.4M 151 $142 57

Sat Sep 16 #- $35.3K +64% −31% $40.4M 151 $234 58

Sun Sep 17 #- $22.3K −37% −16% $40.4M 151 $148 59

Mon Sep 18 #- $8.3K −63% −20% $40.5M 151 $55 60

Tue Sep 19 #- $11.6K +40% −36% $40.5M 151 $77 61

Wed Sep 20 #- $8.7K −25% −32% $40.5M 151 $57 62

Thu Sep 21 #- $8.5K −2% −29% $40.5M 151 $56 63

Cumulative total$40.5M

Jul 20Aug 5Aug 21Sep 5Sep 21

Weekend grossWk 9 · $79.1K

$17.0M

$6.4M

$2.4M

$901.3K

$397.0K

$248.3K

$250.2K

$106.9K

$79.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,553 → 151 −95.8%

3,553 open151 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −26.0%

−62.6%

W1→2

−62.3%

W2→3

−62.4%

W3→4

−56.0%

W4→5

−37.4%

W5→6

+0.7%

W6→7

−57.3%

W7→8

−26.0%

W8→9

Steepest −62.6%Biggest gain +0.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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