Name: American Fiction
Director: Cord Jefferson
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2023
Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Dec 15	—	$121K		—	$121K	7	$17.3K	1
Sat Dec 16	—	$59K	-51%	—	$180K	7	$8.4K	2
Sun Dec 17	—	$44K	-25%	—	$224K	7	$6.3K	3
Mon Dec 18	—	$26K	-40%	—	$251K	7	$3.8K	4
Tue Dec 19	—	$26K	-3%	—	$276K	7	$3.7K	5
Wed Dec 20	—	$26K	+3%	—	$303K	7	$3.8K	6
Thu Dec 21	—	$19K	-29%	—	$322K	7	$2.7K	7
Fri Dec 22	—	$212K	+1,027%	+75%	$534K	40	$5.3K	8
Sat Dec 23	—	$125K	-41%	+112%	$659K	40	$3.1K	9
Sun Dec 24	—	$92K	-26%	+108%	$751K	40	$2.3K	10
Mon Dec 25	—	$163K	+77%	+516%	$914K	40	$4.1K	11
Tue Dec 26	—	$103K	-37%	+303%	$1.02M	40	$2.6K	12
Wed Dec 27	—	$110K	+7%	+318%	$1.13M	40	$2.7K	13
Thu Dec 28	—	$118K	+7%	+528%	$1.24M	40	$3.0K	14
Fri Dec 29	—	$138K	+17%	-35%	$1.38M	40	$3.5K	15
Sat Dec 30	—	$165K	+19%	+32%	$1.55M	40	$4.1K	16
Sun Dec 31	—	$107K	-35%	+16%	$1.66M	40	$2.7K	17
Mon Jan 1	—	$123K	+15%	-25%	$1.78M	40	$3.1K	18
Tue Jan 2	—	$65K	-47%	-37%	$1.84M	40	$1.6K	19
Wed Jan 3	—	$63K	-4%	-43%	$1.91M	40	$1.6K	20
Thu Jan 4	—	$63K	+1%	-46%	$1.97M	40	$1.6K	21
Fri Jan 5	#15	$343K	+440%	+148%	$2.31M	114	$3.0K	22
Sat Jan 6	#15	$399K	+16%	+142%	$2.71M	114	$3.5K	23
Sun Jan 7	—	$245K	-39%	+128%	$2.96M	114	$2.1K	24
Mon Jan 8	—	$75K	-69%	-39%	$3.03M	114	$661	25
Tue Jan 9	—	$98K	+29%	+49%	$3.13M	114	$855	26
Wed Jan 10	—	$99K	+1%	+58%	$3.23M	114	$868	27
Thu Jan 11	—	$87K	-12%	+37%	$3.32M	114	$761	28
Fri Jan 12	#12	$562K	+548%	+64%	$3.88M	625	$899	29
Sat Jan 13	—	$752K	+34%	+89%	$4.63M	625	$1.2K	30
Sun Jan 14	—	$590K	-22%	+141%	$5.22M	625	$943	31
Mon Jan 15	—	$424K	-28%	+462%	$5.64M	625	$679	32
Tue Jan 16	—	$208K	-51%	+113%	$5.85M	625	$333	33
Wed Jan 17	—	$178K	-14%	+80%	$6.03M	625	$285	34
Thu Jan 18	#11	$174K	-2%	+101%	$6.20M	625	$278	35
Fri Jan 19	—	$509K	+192%	-10%	$6.71M	850	$598	36
Sat Jan 20	—	$761K	+50%	+1%	$7.47M	850	$895	37
Sun Jan 21	—	$486K	-36%	-18%	$7.96M	850	$572	38
Mon Jan 22	#11	$171K	-65%	-60%	$8.13M	850	$201	39
Tue Jan 23	#10	$308K	+80%	+48%	$8.44M	850	$363	40
Wed Jan 24	#7	$265K	-14%	+49%	$8.70M	850	$311	41
Thu Jan 25	#10	$243K	-8%	+40%	$8.95M	850	$286	42
Fri Jan 26	#8	$781K	+221%	+54%	$9.73M	1,702	$459	43
Sat Jan 27	#9	$1.26M	+61%	+65%	$10.98M	1,702	$738	44
Sun Jan 28	#10	$560K	-55%	+15%	$11.54M	1,702	$329	45
Mon Jan 29	#7	$244K	-57%	+43%	$11.79M	1,702	$143	46
Tue Jan 30	—	$385K	+58%	+25%	$12.17M	1,702	$226	47
Wed Jan 31	#7	$270K	-30%	+2%	$12.44M	1,702	$159	48
Thu Feb 1	#8	$269K	-1%	+10%	$12.71M	1,702	$158	49
Fri Feb 2	#8	$616K	+129%	-21%	$13.33M	1,902	$324	50
Sat Feb 3	#8	$1.09M	+77%	-13%	$14.42M	1,902	$572	51
Sun Feb 4	#8	$694K	-36%	+24%	$15.11M	1,902	$365	52
Mon Feb 5	#8	$207K	-70%	-15%	$15.32M	1,902	$109	53
Tue Feb 6	#8	$305K	+48%	-21%	$15.62M	1,902	$161	54
Wed Feb 7	#8	$216K	-29%	-20%	$15.84M	1,902	$114	55
Thu Feb 8	#8	$203K	-6%	-25%	$16.04M	1,902	$107	56
Fri Feb 9	#11	$404K	+99%	-35%	$16.44M	1,462	$276	57
Sat Feb 10	#10	$663K	+64%	-39%	$17.11M	1,462	$453	58
Sun Feb 11	#11	$212K	-68%	-69%	$17.32M	1,462	$145	59
Mon Feb 12	—	$131K	-38%	-36%	$17.45M	1,462	$90	60
Tue Feb 13	—	$176K	+34%	-42%	$17.63M	1,462	$121	61
Wed Feb 14	—	$222K	+26%	+2%	$17.85M	1,462	$152	62
Thu Feb 15	#10	$120K	-46%	-41%	$17.97M	1,462	$82	63
Fri Feb 16	#12	$216K	+79%	-47%	$18.18M	803	$269	64
Sat Feb 17	#12	$418K	+94%	-37%	$18.60M	803	$521	65
Sun Feb 18	#12	$337K	-20%	+59%	$18.94M	803	$419	66
Mon Feb 19	#12	$215K	-36%	+64%	$19.16M	803	$268	67
Tue Feb 20	#13	$115K	-47%	-35%	$19.27M	803	$143	68
Wed Feb 21	—	$89K	-22%	-60%	$19.36M	803	$111	69
Thu Feb 22	—	$81K	-10%	-33%	$19.44M	803	$101	70
Fri Feb 23	—	$146K	+81%	-32%	$19.59M	602	$243	71
Sat Feb 24	—	$262K	+79%	-37%	$19.85M	602	$436	72
Sun Feb 25	—	$165K	-37%	-51%	$20.01M	602	$273	73
Mon Feb 26	—	$55K	-66%	-74%	$20.07M	602	$92	74
Tue Feb 27	—	$75K	+36%	-35%	$20.14M	602	$124	75
Wed Feb 28	—	$61K	-19%	-32%	$20.20M	602	$101	76
Thu Feb 29	—	$44K	-27%	-45%	$20.25M	602	$74	77
Fri Mar 1	—	$92K	+107%	-37%	$20.34M	332	$276	78
Sat Mar 2	—	$166K	+81%	-37%	$20.51M	332	$501	79
Sun Mar 3	—	$85K	-49%	-48%	$20.59M	332	$256	80
Mon Mar 4	—	$42K	-51%	-24%	$20.63M	332	$126	81
Tue Mar 5	—	$50K	+18%	-34%	$20.68M	332	$149	82
Wed Mar 6	—	$40K	-19%	-33%	$20.72M	332	$122	83
Thu Mar 7	—	$38K	-5%	-13%	$20.76M	500	$77	84
Fri Mar 8	—	$60K	+56%	-35%	$20.82M	675	$89	85
Sat Mar 9	—	$156K	+159%	-6%	$20.98M	675	$231	86
Sun Mar 10	—	$45K	-71%	-47%	$21.02M	675	$67	87
Mon Mar 11	—	$18K	-60%	-56%	$21.04M	675	$27	88
Tue Mar 12	—	$24K	+31%	-52%	$21.06M	675	$35	89
Wed Mar 13	—	$18K	-24%	-55%	$21.08M	675	$27	90
Thu Mar 14	—	$15K	-16%	-60%	$21.10M	675	$23	91

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 15-17	—	$224K	—	$224K	7	$32.1K	1
Dec 22-24	—	$429K	+91.2%	$751K	40	$10.7K	2
Dec 29-31	—	$411K	-4.3%	$1.66M	40	$10.3K	3
Jan 5-7	15	$987K	+140.3%	$2.96M	114	$8.7K	4
Jan 12-14	13	$1.90M	+93.0%	$5.22M	625	$3.0K	5
Jan 19-21	12	$1.76M	-7.8%	$7.96M	850	$2.1K	6
Jan 26-28	10	$2.60M	+48.0%	$11.54M	1,702	$1.5K	7
Feb 2-4	8	$2.40M	-7.7%	$15.11M	1,902	$1.3K	8
Feb 9-11	10	$1.28M	-46.7%	$17.32M	1,462	$875	9
Feb 16-18	12	$971K	-24.1%	$18.94M	803	$1.2K	10
Feb 23-25	—	$573K	-40.9%	$20.01M	602	$952	11
Mar 1-3	—	$343K	-40.1%	$20.59M	332	$1.0K	12
Mar 8-10	—	$261K	-23.9%	$21.02M	675	$387	13

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byCord Jefferson

ScreenplayCord Jefferson

Based on the novel byPercival Everett

Produced byBen LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson, Jermaine Johnson

CinematographyCristina Dunlap

StarringJeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown

StudioAmazon MGM Studios

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