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War Dogs

2016 • R • 1h 54m • Biography, Comedy, Crime • Warner Bros.

An American dream

🍅 62% 69%

57

3.52

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$14.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$43.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$86.4M

$43.4M international

Domestic Legs2.9x

Budget$50M

2016 Rank#70

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Cast & Crew

Full Phillips filmography

Todd Phillips Director

Jonah Hill Starring

Miles Teller Starring

Ana de Armas Starring

Bradley Cooper Starring

Kevin Pollak Starring

ScreenplayStephen Chin, Todd Phillips, Jason Smilovic Produced byTodd Phillips, Bradley Cooper, Mark Gordon CinematographyLawrence Sher Music byCliff Martinez StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 19-21 3 $14.7M — 3,258 $4,507 $14.7M

2 Aug 26-28 7 $7.0M −52.2% 3,258 $2,155 $27.5M

3 Sep 2-4 6 $4.8M −31.5% 2,848 $1,690 $35.3M

4 Sep 9-11 12 $2.0M −57.9% 1,781 $1,138 $39.8M

5 Sep 16-18 18 $1.0M −49.4% 902 $1,136 $41.7M

6 Sep 23-25 21 $380.5K −62.9% 417 $912 $42.5M

7 Sep 30-Oct 2 28 $124.5K −67.3% 166 $750 $42.8M

8 Oct 7-9 36 $104.3K −16.3% 175 $596 $42.9M

9 Oct 14-16 48 $44.8K −57.0% 123 $364 $43.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 19 #2 $5.6M — $5.6M 3,258 $1,704 1

Sat Aug 20 #3 $5.0M −10.3% $10.5M 3,258 $1,529 2

Sun Aug 21 #3 $4.2M −16.6% $14.7M 3,258 $1,275 3

Mon Aug 22 #3 $1.5M −63.9% $16.2M 3,258 $461 4

Tue Aug 23 #3 $1.9M +27.6% $18.1M 3,258 $588 5

Wed Aug 24 #3 $1.3M −33.0% $19.4M 3,258 $394 6

Thu Aug 25 #3 $1.1M −13.0% $20.5M 3,258 $343 7

Fri Aug 26 #5 $2.0M +79.6% −63.9% $22.5M 3,258 $615 8

Sat Aug 27 #6 $3.0M +49.5% −39.8% $25.5M 3,258 $920 9

Sun Aug 28 #7 $2.0M −32.6% −51.4% $27.5M 3,258 $620 10

Mon Aug 29 #4 $703.9K −65.2% −53.1% $28.2M 3,258 $216 11

Tue Aug 30 #5 $950.4K +35.0% −50.4% $29.2M 3,258 $292 12

Wed Aug 31 #4 $663.6K −30.2% −48.3% $29.8M 3,258 $204 13

Thu Sep 1 #6 $670.2K +1.0% −40.0% $30.5M 3,258 $206 14

Fri Sep 2 #8 $1.2M +84.4% −38.4% $31.7M 2,848 $434 15

Sat Sep 3 #8 $1.7M +39.6% −42.4% $33.5M 2,848 $606 16

Sun Sep 4 #6 $1.9M +7.3% −8.4% $35.3M 2,848 $650 17

Mon Sep 5 #7 $1.3M −30.4% +82.9% $36.6M 2,848 $452 18

Tue Sep 6 #5 $501.1K −61.1% −47.3% $37.1M 2,848 $176 19

Wed Sep 7 #6 $355.9K −29.0% −46.4% $37.5M 2,848 $125 20

Thu Sep 8 #7 $304.5K −14.4% −54.6% $37.8M 2,848 $107 21

Fri Sep 9 #11 $597.8K +96.3% −51.6% $38.4M 1,781 $336 22

Sat Sep 10 #11 $928.4K +55.3% −46.2% $39.3M 1,781 $521 23

Sun Sep 11 #12 $501.4K −46.0% −72.9% $39.8M 1,781 $282 24

Mon Sep 12 #9 $200.4K −60.0% −84.4% $40.0M 1,781 $113 25

Tue Sep 13 #9 $283.7K +41.5% −43.4% $40.3M 1,781 $159 26

Wed Sep 14 #9 $201.4K −29.0% −43.4% $40.5M 1,781 $113 27

Thu Sep 15 #10 $162.5K −19.3% −46.6% $40.7M 1,781 $91 28

Fri Sep 16 — $305.1K +87.8% −49.0% $41.0M 902 $338 29

Sat Sep 17 — $456.9K +49.8% −50.8% $41.4M 902 $507 30

Sun Sep 18 — $263.0K −42.4% −47.5% $41.7M 902 $292 31

Mon Sep 19 #13 $105.8K −59.8% −47.2% $41.8M 902 $117 32

Tue Sep 20 #15 $136.6K +29.1% −51.8% $41.9M 902 $151 33

Wed Sep 21 #15 $101.4K −25.8% −49.6% $42.0M 902 $112 34

Thu Sep 22 #14 $81.1K −20.1% −50.1% $42.1M 902 $90 35

Fri Sep 23 — $115.8K +42.8% −62.1% $42.2M 417 $278 36

Sat Sep 24 — $170.3K +47.1% −62.7% $42.4M 417 $408 37

Sun Sep 25 — $94.4K −44.6% −64.1% $42.5M 417 $226 38

Mon Sep 26 — $35.8K −62.1% −66.2% $42.5M 417 $86 39

Tue Sep 27 — $54.0K +51.0% −60.5% $42.6M 417 $129 40

Wed Sep 28 — $41.1K −23.8% −59.4% $42.6M 417 $99 41

Thu Sep 29 — $30.4K −26.0% −62.5% $42.6M 417 $73 42

Fri Sep 30 — $37.1K +21.8% −68.0% $42.7M 166 $223 43

Sat Oct 1 — $57.3K +54.6% −66.3% $42.7M 166 $345 44

Sun Oct 2 — $30.1K −47.4% −68.1% $42.8M 166 $182 45

Mon Oct 3 — $13.6K −55.0% −62.1% $42.8M 166 $82 46

Tue Oct 4 — $14.4K +6.0% −73.4% $42.8M 166 $87 47

Wed Oct 5 — $11.2K −22.2% −72.8% $42.8M 166 $67 48

Thu Oct 6 — $10.5K −6.3% −65.6% $42.8M 166 $63 49

Fri Oct 7 — $30.8K +194.2% −16.8% $42.8M 175 $176 50

Sat Oct 8 — $42.9K +39.2% −25.1% $42.9M 175 $245 51

Sun Oct 9 — $30.5K −29.0% +1.1% $42.9M 175 $174 52

Mon Oct 10 — $15.7K −48.6% +15.6% $42.9M 175 $90 53

Tue Oct 11 — $14.1K −10.4% −2.3% $43.0M 175 $80 54

Wed Oct 12 — $11.9K −15.0% +6.8% $43.0M 175 $68 55

Thu Oct 13 — $10.6K −11.4% +1.0% $43.0M 175 $60 56

Fri Oct 14 — $14.1K +33.6% −54.1% $43.0M 123 $115 57

Sat Oct 15 — $18.3K +29.4% −57.4% $43.0M 123 $149 58

Sun Oct 16 — $12.3K −32.7% −59.6% $43.0M 123 $100 59

Mon Oct 17 — $3.7K −69.9% −76.4% $43.0M 123 $30 60

Tue Oct 18 — $4.9K +32.3% −65.1% $43.0M 123 $40 61

Wed Oct 19 — $3.9K −20.0% −67.2% $43.0M 123 $32 62

Thu Oct 20 — $4.6K +16.3% −56.9% $43.0M 123 $37 63

Cumulative total$43.0M

Aug 19Sep 4Sep 19Oct 5Oct 20

Weekend grossWk 9 · $44.8K

$14.7M

$7.0M

$4.8M

$2.0M

$1.0M

$380.5K

$124.5K

$104.3K

$44.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,258 → 123 −96.2%

3,258 open123 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −57.0%

−52.2%

W1→2

−31.5%

W2→3

−57.9%

W3→4

−49.4%

W4→5

−62.9%

W5→6

−67.3%

W6→7

−16.3%

W7→8

−57.0%

W8→9

Steepest −67.3%Best hold −16.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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