Monday Update: On the lowest box office weekend in more than a decade and a half, Lionsgate’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard led for the second straight frame with $10.2 million.
The top 12 films earned slightly more in total than was originally projected on Sunday — $50.7 million instead of $48.8 million. Still, it was still the worst box office weekend since a September 2001 weekend falling shortly after 9/11. And with no major new wide releases debuting next weekend, the upcoming frame figures to fall even further, potentially below $40 million — something unseen in the modern era of Hollywood.
The full table of weekend actuals is at bottom, after our Sunday update with fuller numbers and analysis.
Sunday Update: Lionsgate’s action comedy The Hitman’s Bodyguard “guarded” its first place at the box office again with $10.0 million, but the top 12 films earned their lowest total in 16 years.
The top 12 films this weekend earned an estimated $48.8 million total, the lowest such sum since the weekend of September 21, 2001.
September is often the lowest grossing month at the box office anyway — 14 of the past 17 years saw their lowest-grossing weekend of the year fall in September. But that specific 2001 weekend fell shortly after the 9/11 attacks, when the country’s mood was particularly cinema-averse.
The top 12 films earned $43.5 million on that weekend, led by Hardball with $8.0 million. And since that’s in pure dollars, you’d have to go back even further than 2001 to find the last time a box office weekend earned less than the current weekend when adjusted for ticket price inflation.
After its first place debut last weekend, The Hitman’s Bodyguard fell 53 percent, about in line with expectations. That’s the lowest first-place finish since War Room topped the box office with $9.4 million in September 2015.
The action comedy starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds may also three-peat next weekend as well, since next frame will see the rare occurrence of not a single new wide release opening. If so, Hitman’s Bodyguard could potentially post the lowest weekend gross for a #1 film in the past decade, currently held by Bangkok Dangerous with $7.7 million on a quiet weekend in September 2008.
Weinstein Company’s animated Leap! started in third place with $5.0 million after a soft marketing push. Weinstein Company’s drama Wind River achieved its highest rank yet in its fourth weekend of release, with fourth place and $4.4 million following a theater expansion.
Weinstein thus posts two of the top four films this weekend, a highly unusual and impressive feat for a company outside the so-called “Big Seven studios.” In fact, non-major studios make up a noteworthy four of the top eight films this weekend.
BH Tilt’s Bruce Lee biopic Birth of a Dragon began in eighth place with $2.5 million, in line with the studio’s other recent openings like Lowriders and Sleight. Both films came about in line with pre-release projections.
Wonder Woman and Baby Driver also experienced notable bumps this weekend, following one-weekend-only theater expansions. Wonder Woman, improving from 16th to 12th place, just barely misses out on what would have been an impressive 10th weekend in the box office top 10.
Monday’s Weekend Actuals for Friday, August 25 – Sunday, August 27, 2017:
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | The Hitman’s Bodyguard | $10,262,619 | -52% | 3,377 | 0 | $3,039 | $39,826,623 | 2 | Lionsgate / Summit |
2 | Annabelle: Creation | $7,681,158 | -51% | 3,565 | 23 | $2,155 | $78,211,542 | 3 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
3 | Leap! | $4,730,038 | — | 2,575 | — | $1,837 | $4,730,038 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
4 | Wind River | $4,600,976 | 55% | 2,095 | 1401 | $2,196 | $10,116,589 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
5 | Logan Lucky | $4,241,548 | -44% | 3,031 | 0 | $1,399 | $14,908,962 | 2 | Bleeker Street |
6 | Dunkirk | $3,948,142 | -40% | 2,774 | -497 | $1,423 | $172,477,172 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
7 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $2,820,476 | -34% | 2,122 | -219 | $1,329 | $318,938,558 | 8 | Sony / Columbia |
8 | Birth Of The Dragon | $2,702,430 | — | 1,618 | — | $1,670 | $2,702,430 | 1 | OTL Releasing |
9 | The Emoji Movie | $2,508,570 | -44% | 2,374 | -417 | $1,057 | $76,590,041 | 5 | Sony / Columbia |
10 | Girls Trip | $2,361,435 | -40% | 1,777 | -233 | $1,329 | $108,166,960 | 6 | Universal |
11 | The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature | $2,315,095 | -55% | 3,090 | -913 | $749 | $22,549,821 | 3 | Open Road |
12 | Despicable Me 3 | $1,750,380 | -16% | 2,116 | 565 | $827 | $254,603,760 | 9 | Universal |
13 | The Dark Tower | $1,687,471 | -55% | 2,338 | -805 | $722 | $45,007,046 | 4 | Sony / Columbia |
14 | Wonder Woman | $1,675,201 | 53% | 2,210 | 1407 | $758 | $406,193,262 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
15 | Kidnap | $1,502,453 | -49% | 1,693 | -652 | $887 | $27,171,791 | 4 | Aviron Pictures |
16 | The Glass Castle | $1,388,562 | -46% | 1,298 | -163 | $1,070 | $12,500,415 | 3 | LionsgateLionsgate |
17 | Baby Driver | $1,207,442 | 41% | 1,757 | 1074 | $687 | $103,346,388 | 9 | Sony / TriStar |
18 | War for the Planet of the Apes | $913,199 | -55% | 1,114 | -494 | $820 | $142,787,094 | 7 | Fox |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | All Saints | $1,514,278 | — | 846 | — | $1,790 | $1,514,278 | 1 | Sony Pictures |
2 | Atomic Blonde | $859,195 | -61% | 989 | -639 | $869 | $49,029,630 | 5 | Focus Features |
3 | Ingrid Goes West | $782,988 | 193% | 647 | 621 | $1,210 | $1,322,738 | 3 | Neon |
4 | The Big Sick | $730,631 | -27% | 706 | 88 | $1,035 | $39,212,024 | 10 | Lionsgate |
5 | Good Time | $581,403 | 251% | 721 | 701 | $806 | $999,867 | 3 | A24 |
6 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D | $552,773 | — | 371 | — | $1,490 | $552,773 | 1 | Distrib Films |
7 | Detroit | $252,975 | -70% | 525 | -903 | $482 | $16,174,661 | 5 | Annapurna Pictures |
8 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | $248,339 | -37% | 318 | -147 | $781 | $39,687,685 | 6 | EuropaCorp/STXfilms |
9 | A Gentleman | $191,530 | — | 135 | — | $1,419 | $191,530 | 1 | FIP |
10 | The Only Living Boy In New York | $180,679 | 110% | 289 | 223 | $625 | $390,908 | 3 | Roadside Attractions / Amazon Studios |
11 | Cars 3 | $168,443 | -32% | 214 | -33 | $787 | $149,065,597 | 11 | Disney |
12 | Menashe | $162,736 | -25% | 103 | 17 | $1,580 | $963,819 | 5 | A24 |
13 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $129,932 | -30% | 165 | -19 | $787 | $172,026,581 | 14 | Disney |
14 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | $118,152 | -37% | 299 | 104 | $395 | $389,386,420 | 17 | Disney |
15 | 47 Meters Down | $117,980 | -29% | 312 | 166 | $378 | $43,754,544 | 11 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
16 | Captain Underpants | $94,771 | 2% | 217 | 60 | $437 | $73,479,393 | 13 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
17 | An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power | $83,951 | -75% | 127 | -387 | $661 | $3,329,343 | 5 | Paramount |
18 | Step | $67,113 | -67% | 118 | -188 | $569 | $973,703 | 4 | Fox Searchlight |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | A Taxi Driver | $136,929 | -47% | 36 | -5 | $3,804 | $1,140,496 | 3 | Well Go USA |
2 | The Trip to Spain | $122,085 | 90% | 54 | 35 | $2,261 | $272,338 | 3 | IFC Films |
3 | Patti Cake$ | $102,258 | 51% | 59 | 45 | $1,733 | $194,652 | 2 | Fox Searchlight |
4 | Wolf Warrior 2 | $93,339 | -52% | 39 | -11 | $2,393 | $2,539,306 | 5 | The H Collective |
5 | Maudie | $85,617 | -22% | 96 | -28 | $892 | $5,775,577 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
6 | Gook | $71,111 | 163% | 24 | 22 | $2,963 | $105,145 | 2 | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
7 | Columbus | $63,843 | 50% | 22 | 10 | $2,902 | $237,890 | 4 | Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship |
8 | Wish Upon | $48,273 | 46% | 67 | 23 | $720 | $14,110,745 | 7 | Broad Green Pictures |
9 | The House (2017) | $47,153 | -47% | 95 | -43 | $496 | $25,563,273 | 9 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
10 | Beach Rats | $46,451 | — | 3 | — | $15,484 | $46,451 | 1 | Neon |
11 | The Midwife | $36,056 | -9% | 34 | -5 | $1,060 | $465,246 | 6 | Music Box Films |
12 | Megan Leavey | $32,790 | -20% | 52 | -7 | $631 | $13,164,582 | 12 | Bleeker Street |
13 | Crown Heights | $30,944 | 3% | 10 | 7 | $3,094 | $61,117 | 2 | IFC Films |
14 | Brigsby Bear | $30,640 | -78% | 95 | -313 | $323 | $459,295 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
15 | The Adventurers | $27,184 | -60% | 11 | -6 | $2,471 | $134,073 | 2 | Well Go USA |
16 | Marjorie Prime | $24,013 | 16% | 10 | 4 | $2,401 | $54,903 | 2 | FilmRise Releasing |
17 | The Battleship Island | $23,928 | -55% | 22 | 0 | $1,088 | $1,104,957 | 5 | CJ Entertainment |
18 | The Little Hours | $21,408 | -36% | 26 | -13 | $823 | $1,550,538 | 9 | Gunpowder & Sky |
19 | Lost in Paris | $19,798 | 22% | 17 | -1 | $1,165 | $536,443 | 11 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
20 | Whose Streets? | $19,244 | -24% | 37 | 10 | $520 | $123,618 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
21 | Lady Macbeth | $17,739 | -51% | 41 | -45 | $433 | $1,050,998 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
22 | Landline | $16,399 | -65% | 32 | -31 | $512 | $897,212 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
23 | Rough Night | $14,888 | -55% | 59 | -18 | $252 | $22,092,592 | 11 | Sony |
24 | The Fencer | $13,943 | 194% | 5 | 1 | $2,789 | $39,726 | 6 | CFI Releasing |
25 | The Hero | $13,583 | -11% | 37 | -1 | $367 | $4,021,833 | 12 | The Orchard |
26 | Polina | $12,588 | — | 2 | — | $6,294 | $12,588 | 1 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
27 | The Boss Baby | $11,539 | -34% | 97 | -12 | $119 | $174,940,107 | 22 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
28 | Beatriz at Dinner | $10,260 | -38% | 19 | -6 | $540 | $7,032,466 | 12 | Roadside Attractions |
29 | Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World | $10,160 | 108% | 10 | 3 | $1,016 | $88,420 | 5 | Kino Lorber |
30 | Once Upon A Time | $10,054 | -83% | 8 | -36 | $1,257 | $464,984 | 3 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
31 | A Ghost Story | $9,357 | -59% | 21 | -18 | $446 | $1,544,924 | 8 | A24 |
32 | Lemon | $8,668 | 46% | 13 | 11 | $667 | $16,698 | 2 | Magnolia |
33 | Alien: Covenant | $6,370 | 14% | 29 | -9 | $220 | $74,255,908 | 15 | Fox |
34 | We Love You, Sally Carmichael! | $5,595 | -26% | 10 | 0 | $560 | $91,951 | 4 | Purdie Distribution |
35 | Sidemen: Long Road to Glory | $5,180 | -15% | 3 | 2 | $1,727 | $13,727 | 2 | Abramorama |
36 | Legend of the Naga Pearls | $5,122 | — | 4 | — | $1,281 | $5,122 | 1 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
37 | The Villainess | $4,238 | — | 2 | — | $2,119 | $4,238 | 1 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
38 | It Comes At Night | $4,118 | 96% | 7 | 4 | $588 | $13,882,461 | 12 | A24 |
39 | The Nile Hilton Incident | $3,905 | -31% | 2 | 0 | $1,953 | $27,881 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
40 | From The Land Of The Moon | $3,313 | -19% | 6 | -1 | $552 | $45,457 | 5 | IFC Films |
41 | Donnie Darko (15th Anniversary Re-Release) | $3,081 | — | 1 | — | $3,081 | $205,796 | 22 | Arrow Films |
42 | Love, Kennedy | $2,997 | -36% | 9 | -1 | $333 | $383,669 | 13 | Purdie Distribution |
43 | False Confessions | $2,371 | 299% | 3 | 1 | $790 | $27,534 | 7 | Big World Pictures |
44 | Paris Can Wait | $2,203 | -65% | 8 | -5 | $275 | $5,608,745 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
45 | The Exception | $1,988 | -1% | 13 | 11 | $153 | $707,952 | 13 | A24 |
46 | KEDi | $1,960 | — | 4 | — | $490 | $2,807,328 | 29 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
47 | The Wound | $1,898 | -35% | 1 | 0 | $1,898 | $23,857 | 2 | Kino Lorber |
48 | Served Like a Girl | $1,844 | — | 4 | — | $461 | $1,844 | 1 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
49 | Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk | $1,386 | -13% | 2 | -1 | $693 | $32,549 | 5 | Abramorama |
50 | Dawson City: Frozen Time | $1,366 | 3% | 4 | -1 | $342 | $111,619 | 12 | Kino Lorber Films |
51 | City of Ghosts | $1,334 | 11% | 9 | -3 | $148 | $124,490 | 8 | IFC Films / Amazon |
52 | Slack Bay | $1,209 | -49% | 2 | 0 | $605 | $106,920 | 19 | Kino Lorber Films |
53 | Il Boom | $574 | — | 2 | — | $287 | $43,470 | 11 | Rialto Pictures |
54 | 13 Minutes | $554 | -90% | 2 | -15 | $277 | $147,315 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
55 | Moka | $536 | 80% | 2 | 1 | $268 | $118,813 | 11 | Film Movement |
56 | I Am The Blues | $535 | -42% | 1 | -2 | $535 | $24,787 | 7 | Film Movement |
57 | Like Crazy | $440 | — | 1 | — | $440 | $107,362 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
58 | Hidden Figures | $350 | 40% | 1 | 0 | $350 | $169,379,046 | 36 | Fox |
59 | Clash | $334 | — | 1 | — | $334 | $17,194 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
60 | Red Christmas | $280 | — | 1 | — | $280 | $280 | 1 | Artsploitation |
61 | After Love | $222 | -49% | 1 | 0 | $222 | $2,740 | 3 | Distrib Films |
62 | The Untamed | $159 | -63% | 1 | 0 | $159 | $24,032 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
63 | Person to Person | $123 | -95% | 2 | -3 | $62 | $45,086 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
64 | The Ornithologist | $98 | 21% | 1 | 0 | $98 | $46,331 | 10 | Strand Releasing |
65 | Pop Aye | $75 | -95% | 2 | -3 | $38 | $62,363 | 9 | Kino Lorber |
Sunday’s Studio Weekend Estimates for Friday, August 25 – Sunday, August 27, 2017:
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Hitman’s Bodyguard | $10,050,000 | -53% | 3,377 | 0 | $2,976 | $39,614,004 | 2 | Lionsgate / Summit |
2 | Annabelle: Creation | $7,350,000 | -53% | 3,565 | 23 | $2,062 | $77,880,384 | 3 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
3 | Leap! | $5,015,500 | — | 2,575 | — | $1,948 | $5,015,500 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
4 | Wind River | $4,410,610 | 48% | 2,095 | 1401 | $2,105 | $9,926,223 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
5 | Logan Lucky | $4,366,894 | -43% | 3,031 | 0 | $1,441 | $15,034,308 | 2 | Bleeker Street |
6 | Dunkirk | $3,950,000 | -40% | 2,774 | -497 | $1,424 | $172,479,030 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
7 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $2,725,000 | -36% | 2,122 | -219 | $1,284 | $318,843,082 | 8 | Sony / Columbia |
8 | Birth Of The Dragon | $2,501,100 | — | 1,618 | — | $1,546 | $2,501,100 | 1 | OTL Releasing |
9 | The Emoji Movie | $2,350,000 | -47% | 2,374 | -417 | $990 | $76,431,471 | 5 | Sony / Columbia |
10 | Girls Trip | $2,266,745 | -42% | 1,777 | -233 | $1,276 | $108,072,270 | 6 | Universal |
11 | The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature | $2,208,876 | -57% | 3,090 | -913 | $715 | $22,443,602 | 3 | Open Road |
12 | Wonder Woman | $1,685,000 | 54% | 2,210 | 1407 | $762 | $406,203,061 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
13 | Despicable Me 3 | $1,633,375 | -21% | 2,116 | 565 | $772 | $254,486,755 | 9 | Universal |
14 | The Dark Tower | $1,615,000 | -57% | 2,338 | -805 | $691 | $44,934,575 | 4 | Sony / Columbia |
15 | Kidnap | $1,505,000 | -49% | 1,693 | -652 | $889 | $27,174,338 | 4 | Aviron Pictures |
16 | The Glass Castle | $1,375,000 | -46% | 1,298 | -163 | $1,059 | $12,486,853 | 3 | LionsgateLionsgate |
17 | Baby Driver | $1,150,000 | 34% | 1,757 | 1074 | $655 | $103,288,946 | 9 | Sony / TriStar |
18 | War for the Planet of the Apes | $880,000 | -56% | 1,114 | -494 | $790 | $142,753,895 | 7 | Fox |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | All Saints | $1,550,000 | — | 846 | — | $1,832 | $1,550,000 | 1 | Sony Pictures |
2 | Atomic Blonde | $861,875 | -60% | 989 | -639 | $871 | $49,032,310 | 5 | Focus Features |
3 | Ingrid Goes West | $781,750 | 192% | 647 | 621 | $1,208 | $1,321,500 | 3 | Neon |
4 | The Big Sick | $745,000 | -26% | 706 | 88 | $1,055 | $39,226,393 | 10 | Lionsgate |
5 | Good Time | $610,890 | 269% | 721 | 701 | $847 | $1,029,354 | 3 | A24 |
6 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D | $582,300 | — | 386 | — | $1,509 | $582,300 | 1 | Distrib Films |
7 | Detroit | $231,000 | -73% | 525 | -903 | $440 | $16,152,686 | 5 | Annapurna Pictures |
8 | A Gentleman | $195,000 | — | 135 | — | $1,444 | $195,000 | 1 | FIP |
9 | Cars 3 | $192,000 | -23% | 214 | -33 | $897 | $149,089,154 | 11 | Disney |
10 | The Only Living Boy In New York | $175,627 | 104% | 289 | 223 | $608 | $385,856 | 3 | Roadside Attractions / Amazon Studios |
11 | Menashe | $172,510 | -20% | 103 | 17 | $1,675 | $973,593 | 5 | A24 |
12 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $129,000 | -30% | 165 | -19 | $782 | $172,025,649 | 14 | Disney |
13 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | $117,000 | -38% | 299 | 104 | $391 | $389,385,268 | 17 | Disney |
14 | 47 Meters Down | $115,000 | -31% | 307 | 161 | $375 | $43,751,564 | 11 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
15 | An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power | $80,000 | -76% | 127 | -387 | $630 | $3,325,392 | 5 | Paramount |
16 | Step | $66,000 | -68% | 118 | -188 | $559 | $972,590 | 4 | Fox Searchlight |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | The Trip to Spain | $132,048 | 105% | 56 | 37 | $2,358 | $283,482 | 3 | IFC Films |
2 | Patti Cake$ | $105,000 | 55% | 59 | 45 | $1,780 | $197,394 | 2 | Fox Searchlight |
3 | Maudie | $91,051 | -17% | 96 | -28 | $948 | $5,781,011 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
4 | Gook | $75,734 | 180% | 24 | 22 | $3,156 | $109,768 | 2 | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
5 | Columbus | $68,680 | 62% | 22 | 10 | $3,122 | $242,727 | 4 | Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship |
6 | Beach Rats | $45,008 | — | 3 | — | $15,003 | $45,008 | 1 | Neon |
7 | Crown Heights | $32,800 | 9% | 10 | 7 | $3,280 | $69,790 | 2 | IFC Films |
8 | Brigsby Bear | $30,118 | -79% | 94 | -314 | $320 | $458,773 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
9 | Marjorie Prime | $23,000 | 11% | 10 | 4 | $2,300 | $53,890 | 2 | FilmRise Releasing |
10 | The Little Hours | $21,408 | -36% | 26 | -13 | $823 | $1,550,538 | 9 | Gunpowder & Sky |
11 | Lady Macbeth | $19,650 | -46% | 41 | -45 | $479 | $1,052,909 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
12 | Lost in Paris | $19,000 | 17% | 16 | -2 | $1,188 | $535,645 | 11 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
13 | The Hero | $15,498 | 2% | 37 | -1 | $419 | $4,023,748 | 12 | The Orchard |
14 | Polina | $13,250 | — | 2 | — | $6,625 | $13,250 | 1 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
15 | The Fencer | $11,874 | 150% | 5 | 1 | $2,375 | $37,658 | 6 | CFI Releasing |
16 | We Love You, Sally Carmichael! | $5,625 | -25% | 10 | 0 | $563 | $91,981 | 4 | Purdie Distribution |
17 | Love, Kennedy | $2,840 | -40% | 8 | -2 | $355 | $383,512 | 13 | Purdie Distribution |
18 | Served Like a Girl | $1,221 | — | 4 | — | $305 | $1,221 | 1 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
19 | Red Christmas | $1,000 | — | 1 | — | $1,000 | $1,000 | 1 | Artsploitation |
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