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2025 • PG • 2h 40m • Fantasy / Musical / Romance • Universal Pictures

Everyone deserves the chance to fly.

🍅 91% 99%

73

3.5

7.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$112.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$475.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$758.75M

$283.75M international

Budget$150M

Domestic legs4.2x

2025 rankN/A

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Chu filmography

Jon M. Chu

Jon M. Chu Director

Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo Starring

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande Starring

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh Starring

ScreenplayWinnie Holzman, Dana Fox Produced byNot specified CinematographyNot specified MusicStephen Schwartz Prod. DesignNot specified

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$434M–$472M

$395M $453M $510M

$475.00M so far

The prediction model updated after a -28% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $395M–$510M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$338M

Baseline

Adventure Franchise — 3.00 baseline opening

0%

CinemaScore

A: Adventure avg is A

+4%

Audience

Strong — RT 99%, LB 3.50, IMDB 7.3

+9%

Seasonality

Holiday season

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

+7%

2nd Weekend

-28% drop

+6%

Genre

Adventure Franchise legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 22-24 1 $112.5M — 3,888 $28,937 $112.5M

2 Nov 29-1 2 $81.2M −27.9% 3,888 $20,878 $263.2M

3 Dec 6-8 2 $36.4M −55.1% 3,885 $9,382 $322.1M

4 Dec 13-15 2 $22.6M −37.9% 3,689 $6,140 $359.2M

5 Dec 20-22 3 $14.2M −37.5% 3,296 $4,294 $384.6M

6 Dec 27-29 4 $19.7M +39.6% 3,177 $6,217 $424.5M

7 Jan 3-5 5 $10.0M −49.5% 3,287 $3,037 $450.5M

8 Jan 10-12 8 $5.1M −48.7% 2,967 $1,726 $459.0M

9 Jan 17-19 9 $3.6M −29.7% 2,352 $1,530 $464.6M

10 Jan 24-26 13 $2.4M −34.4% 2,131 $1,107 $468.8M

11 Jan 31-2 13 $1.2M −49.2% 1,318 $909 $470.9M

12 Feb 7-9 15 $600.1K −49.9% 835 $719 $471.9M

13 Feb 14-16 18 $267.3K −55.5% 356 $751 $472.4M

14 Feb 21-23 21 $202.3K −24.3% 482 $420 $472.8M

15 Feb 28-2 23 $187.9K −7.1% 620 $303 $473.1M

16 Mar 7-9 31 $60.5K −67.8% 112 $540 $473.2M

17 Nov 14-16 11 $1.2M +1892.5% 2,195 $549 $474.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 22 #1 $46.2M — $46.2M 3,888 $11,885 1

Sat Nov 23 #1 $35.5M −23% $81.7M 3,888 $9,129 2

Sun Nov 24 #1 $30.8M −13% $112.5M 3,888 $7,923 3

Mon Nov 25 #1 $15.8M −49% $128.3M 3,888 $4,058 4

Tue Nov 26 #1 $16.6M +5% $144.9M 3,888 $4,279 5

Wed Nov 27 #2 $20.3M +22% $165.2M 3,888 $5,224 6

Thu Nov 28 #2 $16.8M −17% $182.0M 3,888 $4,317 7

Fri Nov 29 #2 $31.7M +89% −31% $213.8M 3,888 $8,161 8

Sat Nov 30 #2 $29.2M −8% −18% $242.9M 3,888 $7,503 9

Sun Dec 1 #2 $20.3M −31% −34% $263.2M 3,888 $5,214 10

Mon Dec 2 #2 $5.6M −72% −64% $268.8M 3,888 $1,452 11

Tue Dec 3 #2 $7.0M +23% −58% $275.8M 3,888 $1,790 12

Wed Dec 4 #1 $5.1M −27% −75% $280.9M 3,888 $1,306 13

Thu Dec 5 #1 $4.8M −6% −72% $285.7M 3,888 $1,229 14

Fri Dec 6 #2 $9.5M +99% −70% $295.2M 3,885 $2,450 15

Sat Dec 7 #2 $15.1M +59% −48% $310.3M 3,885 $3,883 16

Sun Dec 8 #2 $11.8M −21% −42% $322.1M 3,885 $3,049 17

Mon Dec 9 #1 $3.3M −72% −41% $325.5M 3,885 $862 18

Tue Dec 10 #1 $4.7M +39% −33% $330.1M 3,885 $1,200 19

Wed Dec 11 #1 $3.4M −27% −33% $333.5M 3,885 $875 20

Thu Dec 12 #1 $3.0M −11% −37% $336.5M 3,885 $778 21

Fri Dec 13 #2 $5.8M +93% −39% $342.4M 3,689 $1,581 22

Sat Dec 14 #2 $9.4M +62% −37% $351.8M 3,689 $2,560 23

Sun Dec 15 #2 $7.4M −22% −38% $359.2M 3,689 $1,999 24

Mon Dec 16 #1 $2.5M −66% −25% $361.7M 3,689 $682 25

Tue Dec 17 #1 $3.5M +39% −25% $365.2M 3,689 $945 26

Wed Dec 18 #1 $2.8M −21% −19% $368.0M 3,689 $748 27

Thu Dec 19 #1 $2.5M −11% −18% $370.4M 3,689 $668 28

Fri Dec 20 #3 $3.7M +52% −36% $374.2M 3,296 $1,134 29

Sat Dec 21 #3 $5.2M +39% −45% $379.3M 3,296 $1,573 30

Sun Dec 22 #3 $5.2M +1% −29% $384.6M 3,296 $1,587 31

Mon Dec 23 #3 $4.7M −11% +86% $389.2M 3,296 $1,419 32

Tue Dec 24 #3 $3.2M −31% −7% $392.5M 3,296 $985 33

Wed Dec 25 #5 $5.4M +66% +96% $397.9M 3,177 $1,700 34

Thu Dec 26 #4 $6.9M +28% +180% $404.8M 3,177 $2,169 35

Fri Dec 27 #4 $6.9M −1% +83% $411.6M 3,177 $2,157 36

Sat Dec 28 #4 $6.8M 0% +32% $418.5M 3,177 $2,149 37

Sun Dec 29 #4 $6.1M −11% +16% $424.5M 3,177 $1,911 38

Mon Dec 30 #3 $4.8M −22% +2% $429.3M 3,177 $1,496 39

Tue Dec 31 #4 $3.7M −23% +13% $432.9M 3,177 $1,152 40

Wed Jan 1 #5 $4.6M +26% −14% $437.6M 3,177 $1,457 41

Thu Jan 2 #5 $3.0M −36% −57% $440.6M 3,177 $937 42

Fri Jan 3 #5 $3.4M +13% −51% $443.9M 3,287 $1,020 43

Sat Jan 4 #5 $4.1M +23% −39% $448.0M 3,287 $1,257 44

Sun Jan 5 #5 $2.5M −40% −59% $450.5M 3,287 $760 45

Mon Jan 6 #6 $803.7K −68% −83% $451.3M 3,287 $245 46

Tue Jan 7 #5 $1.1M +35% −70% $452.4M 3,287 $331 47

Wed Jan 8 #5 $763.6K −30% −84% $453.2M 3,287 $232 48

Thu Jan 9 #5 $709.7K −7% −76% $453.9M 3,287 $216 49

Fri Jan 10 #8 $1.2M +63% −65% $455.1M 2,967 $390 50

Sat Jan 11 #6 $2.4M +105% −42% $457.4M 2,967 $801 51

Sun Jan 12 #6 $1.6M −33% −36% $459.0M 2,967 $535 52

Mon Jan 13 #6 $407.8K −74% −49% $459.4M 2,967 $137 53

Tue Jan 14 #6 $685.3K +68% −37% $460.1M 2,967 $231 54

Wed Jan 15 #6 $464.4K −32% −39% $460.6M 2,967 $157 55

Thu Jan 16 #6 $385.7K −17% −46% $461.0M 2,967 $130 56

Fri Jan 17 #9 $823.2K +113% −29% $461.8M 2,352 $350 57

Sat Jan 18 #8 $1.5M +87% −35% $463.3M 2,352 $654 58

Sun Jan 19 #8 $1.2M −20% −22% $464.6M 2,352 $526 59

Mon Jan 20 #7 $926.7K −25% +127% $465.5M 2,352 $394 60

Tue Jan 21 #9 $416.2K −55% −39% $465.9M 2,352 $177 61

Wed Jan 22 #9 $278.3K −33% −40% $466.2M 2,352 $118 62

Thu Jan 23 #9 $249.0K −11% −35% $466.4M 2,352 $106 63

Fri Jan 24 #13 $538.5K +116% −35% $467.0M 2,131 $253 64

Sat Jan 25 #11 $1.1M +113% −25% $468.1M 2,131 $539 65

Sun Jan 26 #10 $673.0K −41% −46% $468.8M 2,131 $316 66

Mon Jan 27 #12 $189.2K −72% −80% $469.0M 2,131 $89 67

Tue Jan 28 #11 $309.2K +63% −26% $469.3M 2,131 $145 68

Wed Jan 29 #11 $222.1K −28% −20% $469.5M 2,131 $104 69

Thu Jan 30 #13 $148.3K −33% −40% $469.7M 2,131 $70 70

Fri Jan 31 #13 $270.4K +82% −50% $469.9M 1,318 $205 71

Sat Feb 1 #12 $559.1K +107% −51% $470.5M 1,318 $424 72

Sun Feb 2 #11 $368.9K −34% −45% $470.9M 1,318 $280 73

Mon Feb 3 #13 $86.4K −77% −54% $470.9M 1,318 $66 74

Tue Feb 4 #13 $148.7K +72% −52% $471.1M 1,318 $113 75

Wed Feb 5 #12 $96.5K −35% −57% $471.2M 1,318 $73 76

Thu Feb 6 #11 $82.4K −15% −44% $471.3M 1,318 $63 77

Fri Feb 7 #15 $161.7K +96% −40% $471.4M 835 $194 78

Sat Feb 8 #15 $296.5K +83% −47% $471.7M 835 $355 79

Sun Feb 9 #14 $141.8K −52% −62% $471.9M 835 $170 80

Mon Feb 10 #16 $60.6K −57% −30% $471.9M 835 $73 81

Tue Feb 11 #15 $90.2K +49% −39% $472.0M 835 $108 82

Wed Feb 12 #15 $67.9K −25% −30% $472.1M 835 $81 83

Thu Feb 13 #15 $41.6K −39% −49% $472.1M 835 $50 84

Fri Feb 14 #18 $85.4K +105% −47% $472.2M 356 $240 85

Sat Feb 15 #18 $96.0K +12% −68% $472.3M 356 $270 86

Sun Feb 16 #18 $85.9K −11% −39% $472.4M 356 $241 87

Mon Feb 17 #18 $77.1K −10% +27% $472.5M 356 $217 88

Tue Feb 18 #17 $37.0K −52% −59% $472.5M 356 $104 89

Wed Feb 19 #17 $29.0K −22% −57% $472.5M 356 $81 90

Thu Feb 20 #17 $25.8K −11% −38% $472.6M 356 $72 91

Fri Feb 21 #21 $37.8K +46% −56% $472.6M 482 $78 92

Sat Feb 22 #21 $114.6K +204% +19% $472.7M 482 $238 93

Sun Feb 23 #21 $50.0K −56% −42% $472.8M 482 $104 94

Mon Feb 24 #23 $14.3K −71% −81% $472.8M 482 $30 95

Tue Feb 25 #21 $32.4K +126% −13% $472.8M 482 $67 96

Wed Feb 26 #22 $15.6K −52% −46% $472.8M 482 $32 97

Thu Feb 27 #18 $33.7K +116% +31% $472.9M 482 $70 98

Fri Feb 28 #23 $40.9K +22% +8% $472.9M 620 $66 99

Sat Mar 1 #23 $104.5K +155% −9% $473.0M 620 $168 100

Sun Mar 2 #25 $42.5K −59% −15% $473.1M 620 $69 101

Mon Mar 3 #25 $15.0K −65% +5% $473.1M 620 $24 102

Tue Mar 4 #26 $23.2K +55% −28% $473.1M 620 $37 103

Wed Mar 5 #26 $17.0K −27% +9% $473.1M 620 $27 104

Thu Mar 6 #25 $14.0K −18% −58% $473.1M 620 $23 105

Fri Mar 7 #31 $13.1K −6% −68% $473.1M 112 $117 106

Sat Mar 8 #31 $26.7K +103% −74% $473.2M 112 $238 107

Sun Mar 9 #28 $20.7K −23% −51% $473.2M 112 $185 108

Mon Mar 10 #29 $8.7K −58% −42% $473.2M 112 $78 109

Tue Mar 11 #28 $13.7K +57% −41% $473.2M 112 $122 110

Wed Mar 12 #29 $10.6K −22% −38% $473.2M 112 $95 111

Thu Mar 13 #25 $11.4K +7% −19% $473.2M 112 $102 112

Fri Nov 14 #11 $321.2K +2721% +2348% $473.6M 2,195 $146 358

Sat Nov 15 #11 $519.1K +62% +1845% $474.1M 2,195 $236 359

Sun Nov 16 #11 $365.0K −30% +1665% $474.4M 2,195 $166 360

Mon Nov 17 #11 $123.6K −66% +1317% $474.6M 2,195 $56 361

Tue Nov 18 #11 $195.1K +58% +1327% $474.8M 2,195 $89 362

Wed Nov 19 #12 $166.2K −15% +1464% $474.9M 2,195 $76 363

Thu Nov 20 #12 $62.6K −62% +450% $475.0M 2,195 $29 364

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

Cumulative total$469.7M

Nov 22Dec 9Dec 27Jan 13Jan 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.4M

$112.5M

$81.2M

$36.4M

$22.6M

$14.2M

$19.7M

$10.0M

$5.1M

$3.6M

$2.4M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,888 → 2,131 −45.2%

3,888 open2,131 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.4%

−27.9%

W1→2

−55.1%

W2→3

−37.9%

W3→4

−37.5%

W4→5

+39.6%

W5→6

−49.5%

W6→7

−48.7%

W7→8

−29.7%

W8→9

−34.4%

W9→10

Steepest −55.1%Biggest gain +39.6%

Run milestones

$400M in 35 days

$100M

Day 3

Nov 24

$200M

Day 8

Nov 29

$300M

Day 16

Dec 7

$400M

Day 35

Dec 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#2 Best second-weekend holds$100M+ openers, all-time −27.9% #8 Biggest 6th weekendsAll-time $19.7M #10 All-time PG-rated domesticAll-time $475.0M #12 Biggest November openingsAll-time $112.5M #17 Biggest second weekendsAll-time $81.2M #18 Biggest PG-rated openingsAll-time $114.2M

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