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2015 • PG • 2h 0m • Drama • TriStar Pictures

Prayer is a powerful weapon.

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2.6

5.9

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$67.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$74.00M

$6.20M international

Domestic legs5.97x

Budget$3.0M

2015 rank#44

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Cast & crew

Directed byAlex Kendrick ScreenplayAlex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick Produced byStephen Kendrick CinematographyBob M. Scott MusicPaul Mills StarringPriscilla Shirer, T.C. Stallings, Karen Abercrombie StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 28-30 2 $11.4M — 1,135 $10,001 $11.4M

2 Sep 4-6 1 $9.5M −16.5% 1,526 $6,213 $24.8M

3 Sep 11-13 3 $7.8M −18.0% 1,647 $4,719 $39.6M

4 Sep 18-20 6 $6.2M −20.0% 1,945 $3,196 $49.1M

5 Sep 25-27 8 $4.2M −31.7% 1,920 $2,210 $56.0M

6 Oct 2-4 9 $2.8M −34.2% 1,746 $1,599 $60.5M

7 Oct 9-11 11 $1.9M −33.7% 1,395 $1,326 $63.6M

8 Oct 16-18 16 $928.1K −49.8% 799 $1,162 $65.4M

9 Oct 23-25 19 $495.9K −46.6% 449 $1,105 $66.3M

10 Oct 30-32 24 $329.9K −33.5% 345 $956 $66.8M

11 Nov 6-8 27 $215.4K −34.7% 247 $872 $67.2M

12 Nov 13-15 37 $130.0K −39.7% 192 $677 $67.5M

13 Nov 20-22 42 $41.4K −68.1% 95 $436 $67.5M

14 Nov 27-29 31 $92.6K +123.4% 140 $661 $67.7M

15 Dec 4-6 41 $42.0K −54.7% 108 $388 $67.7M

16 Dec 11-13 44 $22.1K −47.4% 62 $356 $67.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 27 #P $600.0K — $600.0K 1,017 $590 -1

Fri Aug 28 #1 $4.0M +574.8% $4.0M 1,135 $3,567 1

Sat Aug 29 #2 $3.9M −4.2% $7.9M 1,135 $3,417 2

Sun Aug 30 #2 $3.4M −11.7% $11.4M 1,135 $3,017 3

Mon Aug 31 #2 $964.6K −71.8% $12.3M 1,135 $850 4

Tue Sep 1 #2 $1.2M +26.8% $13.5M 1,135 $1,078 5

Wed Sep 2 #3 $857.7K −29.9% $14.4M 1,135 $756 6

Thu Sep 3 #2 $916.8K +6.9% $15.3M 1,135 $808 7

Fri Sep 4 #2 $2.3M +154.1% −42.5% $17.6M 1,526 $1,526 8

Sat Sep 5 #1 $3.3M +40.3% −15.8% $20.9M 1,526 $2,141 9

Sun Sep 6 #1 $3.9M +18.9% +13.4% $24.8M 1,526 $2,545 10

Mon Sep 7 #1 $3.9M +0.6% +305.2% $28.7M 1,526 $2,561 11

Tue Sep 8 #1 $1.1M −70.7% −6.5% $29.8M 1,526 $749 12

Wed Sep 9 #1 $958.0K −16.2% +11.7% $30.8M 1,526 $628 13

Thu Sep 10 #1 $984.8K +2.8% +7.4% $31.8M 1,526 $645 14

Fri Sep 11 #3 $2.2M +120.0% −7.0% $34.0M 1,647 $1,315 15

Sat Sep 12 #3 $3.2M +45.4% −3.6% $37.1M 1,647 $1,913 16

Sun Sep 13 #3 $2.5M −22.1% −36.8% $39.6M 1,647 $1,491 17

Mon Sep 14 #3 $780.9K −68.2% −80.0% $40.3M 1,647 $474 18

Tue Sep 15 #3 $1.0M +29.9% −11.3% $41.4M 1,647 $616 19

Wed Sep 16 #3 $713.1K −29.7% −25.6% $42.1M 1,647 $433 20

Thu Sep 17 #3 $769.0K +7.8% −21.9% $42.8M 1,647 $467 21

Fri Sep 18 #6 $1.8M +138.8% −15.2% $44.7M 1,945 $944 22

Sat Sep 19 #6 $2.5M +37.3% −20.0% $47.2M 1,945 $1,296 23

Sun Sep 20 #6 $1.9M −26.3% −24.3% $49.1M 1,945 $955 24

Mon Sep 21 #6 $611.3K −67.1% −21.7% $49.7M 1,945 $314 25

Tue Sep 22 #6 $832.4K +36.2% −18.0% $50.5M 1,945 $428 26

Wed Sep 23 #5 $615.0K −26.1% −13.8% $51.1M 1,945 $316 27

Thu Sep 24 #5 $611.3K −0.6% −20.5% $51.7M 1,945 $314 28

Fri Sep 25 #9 $1.3M +107.5% −30.9% $53.0M 1,920 $661 29

Sat Sep 26 #8 $1.8M +38.4% −30.4% $54.7M 1,920 $914 30

Sun Sep 27 #7 $1.2M −30.5% −34.4% $56.0M 1,920 $635 31

Mon Sep 28 #6 $413.1K −66.1% −32.4% $56.4M 1,920 $215 32

Tue Sep 29 #6 $556.1K +34.6% −33.2% $56.9M 1,920 $290 33

Wed Sep 30 #6 $413.1K −25.7% −32.8% $57.3M 1,920 $215 34

Thu Oct 1 #6 $395.0K −4.4% −35.4% $57.7M 1,920 $206 35

Fri Oct 2 #9 $782.2K +98.0% −38.3% $58.5M 1,746 $448 36

Sat Oct 3 #9 $1.2M +49.9% −33.2% $59.7M 1,746 $672 37

Sun Oct 4 #9 $868.8K −25.9% −28.7% $60.6M 1,746 $498 38

Mon Oct 5 #8 $270.4K −68.9% −34.5% $60.8M 1,746 $155 39

Tue Oct 6 #8 $346.9K +28.3% −37.6% $61.2M 1,746 $199 40

Wed Oct 7 #8 $269.6K −22.3% −34.7% $61.5M 1,746 $154 41

Thu Oct 8 #8 $264.5K −1.9% −33.0% $61.7M 1,746 $152 42

Fri Oct 9 #11 $514.0K +94.3% −34.3% $62.2M 1,395 $368 43

Sat Oct 10 #11 $769.1K +49.6% −34.4% $63.0M 1,395 $551 44

Sun Oct 11 #11 $567.1K −26.3% −34.7% $63.6M 1,395 $406 45

Mon Oct 12 #10 $300.8K −47.0% +11.2% $63.9M 1,395 $216 46

Tue Oct 13 #10 $229.4K −23.7% −33.9% $64.1M 1,395 $164 47

Wed Oct 14 #10 $188.2K −18.0% −30.2% $64.3M 1,395 $135 48

Thu Oct 15 #10 $183.8K −2.3% −30.5% $64.5M 1,395 $132 49

Fri Oct 16 #- $261.4K +42.2% −49.2% $64.7M 799 $327 50

Sat Oct 17 #- $388.5K +48.6% −49.5% $65.1M 799 $486 51

Sun Oct 18 #15 $278.3K −28.4% −50.9% $65.4M 799 $348 52

Mon Oct 19 #15 $97.9K −64.8% −67.4% $65.5M 799 $123 53

Tue Oct 20 #- $111.8K +14.1% −51.3% $65.6M 799 $140 54

Wed Oct 21 #- $93.8K −16.0% −50.1% $65.7M 799 $117 55

Thu Oct 22 #- $86.9K −7.4% −52.7% $65.8M 799 $109 56

Fri Oct 23 #- $132.1K +52.0% −49.5% $65.9M 449 $294 57

Sat Oct 24 #- $217.9K +64.9% −43.9% $66.1M 449 $485 58

Sun Oct 25 #- $145.9K −33.0% −47.6% $66.3M 449 $325 59

Mon Oct 26 #- $55.5K −61.9% −43.3% $66.3M 449 $124 60

Tue Oct 27 #- $64.3K +15.7% −42.5% $66.4M 449 $143 61

Wed Oct 28 #- $52.9K −17.7% −43.6% $66.5M 449 $118 62

Thu Oct 29 #15 $58.2K +10.1% −33.0% $66.5M 449 $130 63

Fri Oct 30 #- $89.5K +53.7% −32.2% $66.6M 345 $259 64

Sat Oct 31 #- $133.4K +49.0% −38.8% $66.7M 345 $387 65

Sun Nov 1 #- $107.1K −19.7% −26.6% $66.8M 345 $310 66

Sun Dec 6 #- $42.0K −60.8% −24.4% $67.7M 108 $388 67

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$67.7M

Aug 27Sep 13Sep 30Oct 16Dec 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $329.9K

$11.4M

$9.5M

$7.8M

$6.2M

$4.2M

$2.8M

$1.9M

$928.1K

$495.9K

$329.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,945 → 108 −94.4%

1,017 open108 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.5%

−16.5%

W1→2

−18.0%

W2→3

−20.0%

W3→4

−31.7%

W4→5

−34.2%

W5→6

−33.7%

W6→7

−49.8%

W7→8

−46.6%

W8→9

−33.5%

W9→10

Steepest −49.8%Best hold −16.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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