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2024 • R • 158 min • Biography, Drama, Music • Searchlight Pictures

The Bob Dylan Story

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3.8

7.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$75.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$140.50M

Global total

Budget$70M

Domestic legs6.4x

2024 rank#28

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Mangold filmography

James Mangold

James Mangold Director

Timothée Chalamet

Timothée Chalamet Starring

Edward Norton

Edward Norton Starring

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning Starring

Scoot McNairy

Scoot McNairy Starring

ScreenplayJames Mangold, John Logan Produced byAmy Pascal, Rachel O'Connor, Luca Guadagnino CinematographyPhedon Papamichael MusicNicholas Britell Prod. DesignJudy Becker

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$64M–$69M

$58M $67M $75M

$75.00M so far

The prediction model updated after a -30% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $58M–$75M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$35M

Baseline

Drama Franchise — 3.00 baseline opening

0%

CinemaScore

A: Drama avg is A

+5%

Audience

Elite — RT 96%, LB 3.80, IMDB 7.3

+31%

Seasonality

Christmas

+10%

Release Day

Wednesday (pre-weekend)

+17%

2nd Weekend

-30% drop

+15%

Genre

Drama Franchise legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 27-29 6 $11.7M — 2,835 $4,111 $23.2M

2 Jan 3-5 6 $8.2M −29.8% 2,835 $2,886 $41.8M

3 Jan 10-12 6 $5.1M −37.4% 2,810 $1,822 $51.0M

4 Jan 17-19 8 $3.7M −26.8% 2,500 $1,499 $57.5M

5 Jan 24-26 8 $3.1M −17.8% 2,010 $1,532 $62.9M

6 Jan 31-Feb 2 8 $2.3M −25% 1,515 $1,524 $66.8M

7 Feb 7-9 11 $1.2M −47.2% 1,305 $933 $69.0M

8 Feb 14-16 13 $1.1M −6.7% 730 $1,558 $70.9M

9 Feb 21-23 13 $807.1K −29% 730 $1,105 $72.4M

10 Feb 28-Mar 2 13 $833.5K +3.3% 865 $963 $73.7M

11 Mar 7-9 17 $362.1K −56.6% 440 $823 $74.4M

12 Mar 14-16 25 $143.4K −60.4% 220 $651 $74.8M

13 Mar 21-23 26 $66.3K −53.8% 110 $602 $74.9M

14 Mar 28-30 39 $17.1K −74.2% 45 $380 $75.0M

15 Apr 4-6 48 $6.7K −61% 20 $334 $75.0M

16 Apr 11-13 49 $4.4K −34.4% 10 $438 $75.0M

17 Apr 18-20 52 $4.4K −0.2% 15 $291 $75.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 25 #4 $7.2M — $7.2M 2,835 $2,540 1

Thu Dec 26 #6 $4.4M −39% $11.6M 2,835 $1,542 2

Fri Dec 27 #6 $3.9M −10% $15.5M 2,835 $1,390 3

Sat Dec 28 #6 $4.2M +6% $19.7M 2,835 $1,470 4

Sun Dec 29 #6 $3.5M −15% $23.2M 2,835 $1,251 5

Mon Dec 30 #6 $2.5M −31% $25.7M 2,835 $864 6

Tue Dec 31 #6 $2.8M +15% $28.5M 2,835 $995 7

Wed Jan 1 #6 $3.2M +14% −55% $31.7M 2,835 $1,133 8

Thu Jan 2 #6 $1.9M −40% −56% $33.6M 2,835 $676 9

Fri Jan 3 #6 $2.7M +39% −32% $36.3M 2,835 $942 10

Sat Jan 4 #6 $3.5M +32% −15% $39.8M 2,835 $1,244 11

Sun Jan 5 #6 $2.0M −44% −44% $41.8M 2,835 $701 12

Mon Jan 6 #5 $804.8K −60% −67% $42.6M 2,835 $284 13

Tue Jan 7 #4 $1.4M +72% −51% $44.0M 2,835 $488 14

Wed Jan 8 #4 $991.8K −28% −69% $45.0M 2,835 $350 15

Thu Jan 9 #4 $854.3K −14% −55% $45.8M 2,835 $301 16

Fri Jan 10 #6 $1.3M +57% −50% $47.2M 2,810 $478 17

Sat Jan 11 #7 $2.3M +72% −34% $49.5M 2,810 $823 18

Sun Jan 12 #7 $1.5M −37% −26% $51.0M 2,810 $521 19

Mon Jan 13 #5 $542.6K −63% −33% $51.5M 2,810 $193 20

Tue Jan 14 #5 $965.0K +78% −30% $52.5M 2,810 $343 21

Wed Jan 15 #4 $691.3K −28% −30% $53.2M 2,810 $246 22

Thu Jan 16 #4 $611.2K −12% −28% $53.8M 2,810 $218 23

Fri Jan 17 #8 $1.1M +81% −18% $54.9M 2,500 $443 24

Sat Jan 18 #9 $1.5M +37% −35% $56.4M 2,500 $605 25

Sun Jan 19 #9 $1.1M −26% −23% $57.5M 2,500 $450 26

Mon Jan 20 #8 $787.1K −30% +45% $58.3M 2,500 $315 27

Tue Jan 21 #7 $575.3K −27% −40% $58.9M 2,500 $230 28

Wed Jan 22 #5 $470.4K −18% −32% $59.4M 2,500 $188 29

Thu Jan 23 #3 $487.5K +4% −20% $59.8M 2,500 $195 30

Fri Jan 24 #9 $859.6K +76% −22% $60.7M 2,010 $428 31

Sat Jan 25 #8 $1.5M +71% −3% $62.2M 2,010 $732 32

Sun Jan 26 #7 $750.4K −49% −33% $62.9M 2,010 $373 33

Mon Jan 27 #4 $353.7K −53% −55% $63.3M 2,010 $176 34

Tue Jan 28 #4 $521.0K +47% −9% $63.8M 2,010 $259 35

Wed Jan 29 #4 $396.4K −24% −16% $64.2M 2,010 $197 36

Thu Jan 30 #4 $328.5K −17% −33% $64.5M 2,010 $163 37

Fri Jan 31 #8 $594.0K +81% −31% $65.1M 1,515 $392 38

Sat Feb 1 #8 $1.0M +71% −31% $66.1M 1,515 $672 39

Sun Feb 2 #8 $697.0K −32% −7% $66.8M 1,515 $460 40

Mon Feb 3 #6 $194.4K −72% −45% $67.0M 1,515 $128 41

Tue Feb 4 #6 $312.0K +60% −40% $67.3M 1,515 $206 42

Wed Feb 5 #6 $229.3K −27% −42% $67.6M 1,515 $151 43

Thu Feb 6 #6 $203.0K −11% −38% $67.8M 1,515 $134 44

Fri Feb 7 #10 $400.5K +97% −33% $68.2M 1,305 $307 45

Sat Feb 8 #11 $606.0K +51% −41% $68.8M 1,305 $464 46

Sun Feb 9 #12 $212.1K −65% −70% $69.0M 1,305 $163 47

Mon Feb 10 #10 $156.9K −26% −19% $69.2M 1,305 $120 48

Tue Feb 11 #10 $225.8K +44% −28% $69.4M 1,305 $173 49

Wed Feb 12 #10 $189.4K −16% −17% $69.6M 1,305 $145 50

Thu Feb 13 #10 $160.2K −15% −21% $69.7M 1,305 $123 51

Fri Feb 14 #13 $369.3K +131% −8% $70.1M 730 $506 52

Sat Feb 15 #13 $403.8K +9% −33% $70.5M 730 $553 53

Sun Feb 16 #12 $364.4K −10% +72% $70.9M 730 $499 54

Mon Feb 17 #14 $254.8K −30% +62% $71.1M 730 $349 55

Tue Feb 18 #11 $159.2K −38% −30% $71.3M 730 $218 56

Wed Feb 19 #10 $154.7K −3% −18% $71.4M 730 $212 57

Thu Feb 20 #10 $115.6K −25% −28% $71.5M 730 $158 58

Fri Feb 21 #13 $193.9K +68% −47% $71.7M 730 $266 59

Sat Feb 22 #13 $352.0K +82% −13% $72.1M 730 $482 60

Sun Feb 23 #13 $261.1K −26% −28% $72.4M 730 $358 61

Mon Feb 24 #11 $122.8K −53% −52% $72.5M 730 $168 62

Tue Feb 25 #11 $145.8K +19% −8% $72.6M 730 $200 63

Wed Feb 26 #11 $116.1K −20% −25% $72.7M 730 $159 64

Thu Feb 27 #9 $120.6K +4% +4% $72.9M 730 $165 65

Fri Feb 28 #14 $196.5K +63% +1% $73.1M 865 $227 66

Sat Mar 1 #11 $383.3K +95% +9% $73.4M 865 $443 67

Sun Mar 2 #12 $253.7K −34% −3% $73.7M 865 $293 68

Mon Mar 3 #14 $80.9K −68% −34% $73.8M 865 $94 69

Tue Mar 4 #14 $109.4K +35% −25% $73.9M 865 $126 70

Wed Mar 5 #12 $110.5K +1% −5% $74.0M 865 $128 71

Thu Mar 6 #12 $82.0K −26% −32% $74.1M 865 $95 72

Fri Mar 7 #18 $103.7K +27% −47% $74.2M 440 $236 73

Sat Mar 8 #16 $163.8K +58% −57% $74.3M 440 $372 74

Sun Mar 9 #19 $94.7K −42% −63% $74.4M 440 $215 75

Mon Mar 10 #16 $43.6K −54% −46% $74.5M 440 $99 76

Tue Mar 11 #18 $56.1K +29% −49% $74.5M 440 $128 77

Wed Mar 12 #16 $46.6K −17% −58% $74.6M 440 $106 78

Thu Mar 13 #16 $38.0K −18% −54% $74.6M 440 $86 79

Fri Mar 14 #24 $38.2K +1% −63% $74.7M 220 $174 80

Sat Mar 15 #24 $65.0K +70% −60% $74.7M 220 $296 81

Sun Mar 16 #25 $40.1K −38% −58% $74.8M 220 $182 82

Mon Mar 17 #23 $15.7K −61% −64% $74.8M 220 $71 83

Tue Mar 18 #23 $22.3K +42% −60% $74.8M 220 $101 84

Wed Mar 19 #23 $18.4K −18% −61% $74.8M 220 $84 85

Thu Mar 20 #21 $16.1K −12% −58% $74.8M 220 $73 86

Fri Mar 21 #23 $19.4K +20% −49% $74.9M 110 $176 87

Sat Mar 22 #23 $28.1K +45% −57% $74.9M 110 $255 88

Sun Mar 23 #23 $18.8K −33% −53% $74.9M 110 $171 89

Mon Mar 24 #24 $7.3K −61% −54% $74.9M 110 $66 90

Tue Mar 25 #22 $11.0K +51% −51% $74.9M 110 $100 91

Wed Mar 26 #22 $9.4K −15% −49% $74.9M 110 $85 92

Thu Mar 27 #20 $12.4K +32% −23% $74.9M 110 $113 93

Fri Mar 28 #33 $5.7K −54% −70% $75.0M 45 $127 94

Sat Mar 29 #34 $6.8K +19% −76% $75.0M 45 $152 95

Sun Mar 30 #33 $4.6K −33% −76% $75.0M 45 $102 96

Mon Mar 31 #28 $3.0K −35% −59% $75.0M 45 $66 97

Tue Apr 1 #26 $5.0K +67% −55% $75.0M 45 $111 98

Wed Apr 2 #27 $3.9K −21% −58% $75.0M 45 $88 99

Thu Apr 3 #30 $2.6K −33% −79% $75.0M 45 $58 100

Fri Apr 4 #38 $2.1K −18% −62% $75.0M 20 $108 101

Sat Apr 5 #38 $2.8K +30% −59% $75.0M 20 $140 102

Sun Apr 6 #36 $1.7K −38% −62% $75.0M 20 $87 103

Mon Apr 7 #33 $967 −44% −68% $75.0M 20 $48 104

Tue Apr 8 #34 $969 +0% −81% $75.0M 20 $48 105

Wed Apr 9 #32 $919 −5% −77% $75.0M 20 $46 106

Thu Apr 10 #33 $1.0K +13% −61% $75.0M 20 $52 107

Fri Apr 11 #34 $1.6K +58% −24% $75.0M 10 $164 108

Sat Apr 12 #35 $1.8K +7% −37% $75.0M 10 $175 109

Sun Apr 13 #37 $995 −43% −43% $75.0M 10 $100 110

Mon Apr 14 #39 $175 −82% −82% $75.0M 10 $18 111

Tue Apr 15 #37 $316 +81% −67% $75.0M 10 $32 112

Wed Apr 16 #38 $401 +27% −56% $75.0M 10 $40 113

Thu Apr 17 #36 $503 +25% −51% $75.0M 10 $50 114

Fri Apr 18 #36 $1.2K +136% −28% $75.0M 15 $79 115

Sat Apr 19 #35 $1.9K +62% +10% $75.0M 15 $128 116

Sun Apr 20 #36 $1.3K −34% +28% $75.0M 15 $85 117

Mon Apr 21 #33 $992 −22% +467% $75.0M 15 $66 118

Tue Apr 22 #36 $686 −31% +117% $75.0M 15 $46 119

Wed Apr 23 #33 $1.1K +57% +169% $75.0M 15 $72 120

Thu Apr 24 #39 $345 −68% −31% $75.0M 15 $23 121

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

Cumulative total$73.9M

Dec 25Jan 11Jan 29Feb 15Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $833.5K

$11.7M

$8.2M

$5.1M

$3.7M

$3.1M

$2.3M

$1.2M

$1.1M

$807.1K

$833.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,835 → 865 −69.5%

2,835 open865 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +3.3%

−29.8%

W1→2

−37.4%

W2→3

−26.8%

W3→4

−17.8%

W4→5

−25%

W5→6

−47.2%

W6→7

−6.7%

W7→8

−29%

W8→9

+3.3%

W9→10

Steepest −47.2%Biggest gain +3.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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