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American FictionFollow

2023 • R • 1h 57m • Comedy, Drama • Amazon MGM Studios

Once you go full black, you ain't never going back!

🍅 93% 95%

81

3.74

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$224K

Limited · 7 theaters

Domestic total

$21.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$23.00M

$1.90M international

Domestic legs11.1x from $1.9M first wide weekend

Budget$10.0M

2024 rank#72

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Cast & crew

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright Starring

John Ortiz

John Ortiz Starring

Adam Brody

Adam Brody Starring

Sterling K. Brown

Sterling K. Brown Starring

ScreenplayCord Jefferson Based on the novel byPercival Everett Produced byBen LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson, Jermaine Johnson CinematographyCristina Dunlap StudioAmazon MGM Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 15-17 — $224.5K — 7 $32,067 $224.5K

2 Dec 22-24 — $429.2K +91.2% 40 $10,730 $750.8K

3 Dec 29-31 — $410.6K −4.3% 40 $10,265 $1.7M

4 Jan 5-7 15 $986.6K +140.3% 114 $8,655 $3.0M

5 Jan 12-14 13 $1.9M +93.0% 625 $3,047 $5.2M

6 Jan 19-21 12 $1.8M −7.8% 850 $2,065 $8.0M

7 Jan 26-28 10 $2.6M +48.0% 1,702 $1,526 $11.5M

8 Feb 2-4 8 $2.4M −7.7% 1,902 $1,261 $15.1M

9 Feb 9-11 10 $1.3M −46.7% 1,462 $875 $17.3M

10 Feb 16-18 12 $970.8K −24.1% 803 $1,209 $18.9M

11 Feb 23-25 — $573.3K −40.9% 602 $952 $20.0M

12 Mar 1-3 — $343.2K −40.1% 332 $1,034 $20.6M

13 Mar 8-10 — $261.2K −23.9% 675 $387 $21.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 15 — $121.2K — $121.2K 7 $17,321 1

Sat Dec 16 — $58.8K −51% $180.1K 7 $8,403 2

Sun Dec 17 — $44.4K −25% $224.5K 7 $6,344 3

Mon Dec 18 — $26.4K −40% $250.9K 7 $3,776 4

Tue Dec 19 — $25.6K −3% $276.5K 7 $3,655 5

Wed Dec 20 — $26.3K +3% $302.8K 7 $3,762 6

Thu Dec 21 — $18.8K −29% $321.6K 7 $2,687 7

Fri Dec 22 — $212.0K +1,027% +75% $533.7K 40 $5,301 8

Sat Dec 23 — $125.0K −41% +112% $658.7K 40 $3,125 9

Sun Dec 24 — $92.2K −26% +108% $750.8K 40 $2,304 10

Mon Dec 25 — $162.9K +77% +516% $913.8K 40 $4,074 11

Tue Dec 26 — $103.0K −37% +303% $1.0M 40 $2,576 12

Wed Dec 27 — $109.9K +7% +318% $1.1M 40 $2,749 13

Thu Dec 28 — $118.1K +7% +528% $1.2M 40 $2,952 14

Fri Dec 29 — $138.2K +17% −35% $1.4M 40 $3,456 15

Sat Dec 30 — $165.1K +19% +32% $1.5M 40 $4,127 16

Sun Dec 31 — $107.3K −35% +16% $1.7M 40 $2,683 17

Mon Jan 1 — $122.9K +15% −25% $1.8M 40 $3,073 18

Tue Jan 2 — $65.3K −47% −37% $1.8M 40 $1,634 19

Wed Jan 3 — $62.8K −4% −43% $1.9M 40 $1,569 20

Thu Jan 4 — $63.5K +1% −46% $2.0M 40 $1,587 21

Fri Jan 5 #15 $342.9K +440% +148% $2.3M 114 $3,008 22

Sat Jan 6 #15 $398.9K +16% +142% $2.7M 114 $3,499 23

Sun Jan 7 — $244.9K −39% +128% $3.0M 114 $2,148 24

Mon Jan 8 — $75.4K −69% −39% $3.0M 114 $661 25

Tue Jan 9 — $97.5K +29% +49% $3.1M 114 $855 26

Wed Jan 10 — $98.9K +1% +58% $3.2M 114 $868 27

Thu Jan 11 — $86.7K −12% +37% $3.3M 114 $761 28

Fri Jan 12 #12 $562.2K +548% +64% $3.9M 625 $899 29

Sat Jan 13 — $752.5K +34% +89% $4.6M 625 $1,204 30

Sun Jan 14 — $589.6K −22% +141% $5.2M 625 $943 31

Mon Jan 15 — $424.1K −28% +462% $5.6M 625 $679 32

Tue Jan 16 — $208.0K −51% +113% $5.9M 625 $333 33

Wed Jan 17 — $178.1K −14% +80% $6.0M 625 $285 34

Thu Jan 18 #11 $173.9K −2% +101% $6.2M 625 $278 35

Fri Jan 19 — $508.6K +192% −10% $6.7M 850 $598 36

Sat Jan 20 — $760.8K +50% +1% $7.5M 850 $895 37

Sun Jan 21 — $485.9K −36% −18% $8.0M 850 $572 38

Mon Jan 22 #11 $170.9K −65% −60% $8.1M 850 $201 39

Tue Jan 23 #10 $308.5K +80% +48% $8.4M 850 $363 40

Wed Jan 24 #7 $264.7K −14% +49% $8.7M 850 $311 41

Thu Jan 25 #10 $243.4K −8% +40% $8.9M 850 $286 42

Fri Jan 26 #8 $780.8K +221% +54% $9.7M 1,702 $459 43

Sat Jan 27 #9 $1.3M +61% +65% $11.0M 1,702 $738 44

Sun Jan 28 #10 $560.2K −55% +15% $11.5M 1,702 $329 45

Mon Jan 29 #7 $243.7K −57% +43% $11.8M 1,702 $143 46

Tue Jan 30 — $384.6K +58% +25% $12.2M 1,702 $226 47

Wed Jan 31 #7 $270.4K −30% +2% $12.4M 1,702 $159 48

Thu Feb 1 #8 $268.8K −1% +10% $12.7M 1,702 $158 49

Fri Feb 2 #8 $616.3K +129% −21% $13.3M 1,902 $324 50

Sat Feb 3 #8 $1.1M +77% −13% $14.4M 1,902 $572 51

Sun Feb 4 #8 $693.5K −36% +24% $15.1M 1,902 $365 52

Mon Feb 5 #8 $206.8K −70% −15% $15.3M 1,902 $109 53

Tue Feb 6 #8 $305.4K +48% −21% $15.6M 1,902 $161 54

Wed Feb 7 #8 $216.4K −29% −20% $15.8M 1,902 $114 55

Thu Feb 8 #8 $202.7K −6% −25% $16.0M 1,902 $107 56

Fri Feb 9 #11 $403.6K +99% −35% $16.4M 1,462 $276 57

Sat Feb 10 #10 $662.8K +64% −39% $17.1M 1,462 $453 58

Sun Feb 11 #11 $212.3K −68% −69% $17.3M 1,462 $145 59

Mon Feb 12 — $131.5K −38% −36% $17.5M 1,462 $90 60

Tue Feb 13 — $176.4K +34% −42% $17.6M 1,462 $121 61

Wed Feb 14 — $221.6K +26% +2% $17.8M 1,462 $152 62

Thu Feb 15 #10 $120.3K −46% −41% $18.0M 1,462 $82 63

Fri Feb 16 #12 $215.7K +79% −47% $18.2M 803 $269 64

Sat Feb 17 #12 $418.3K +94% −37% $18.6M 803 $521 65

Sun Feb 18 #12 $336.7K −20% +59% $18.9M 803 $419 66

Mon Feb 19 #12 $215.4K −36% +64% $19.2M 803 $268 67

Tue Feb 20 #13 $114.7K −47% −35% $19.3M 803 $143 68

Wed Feb 21 — $89.4K −22% −60% $19.4M 803 $111 69

Thu Feb 22 — $80.8K −10% −33% $19.4M 803 $101 70

Fri Feb 23 — $146.4K +81% −32% $19.6M 602 $243 71

Sat Feb 24 — $262.3K +79% −37% $19.8M 602 $436 72

Sun Feb 25 — $164.5K −37% −51% $20.0M 602 $273 73

Mon Feb 26 — $55.1K −66% −74% $20.1M 602 $92 74

Tue Feb 27 — $74.8K +36% −35% $20.1M 602 $124 75

Wed Feb 28 — $60.5K −19% −32% $20.2M 602 $101 76

Thu Feb 29 — $44.3K −27% −45% $20.2M 602 $74 77

Fri Mar 1 — $91.7K +107% −37% $20.3M 332 $276 78

Sat Mar 2 — $166.5K +81% −37% $20.5M 332 $501 79

Sun Mar 3 — $85.0K −49% −48% $20.6M 332 $256 80

Mon Mar 4 — $41.9K −51% −24% $20.6M 332 $126 81

Tue Mar 5 — $49.6K +18% −34% $20.7M 332 $149 82

Wed Mar 6 — $40.4K −19% −33% $20.7M 332 $122 83

Thu Mar 7 — $38.5K −5% −13% $20.8M 500 $77 84

Fri Mar 8 — $60.1K +56% −35% $20.8M 675 $89 85

Sat Mar 9 — $155.8K +159% −6% $21.0M 675 $231 86

Sun Mar 10 — $45.3K −71% −47% $21.0M 675 $67 87

Mon Mar 11 — $18.3K −60% −56% $21.0M 675 $27 88

Tue Mar 12 — $24.0K +31% −52% $21.1M 675 $35 89

Wed Mar 13 — $18.2K −24% −55% $21.1M 675 $27 90

Thu Mar 14 — $15.3K −16% −60% $21.1M 675 $23 91

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

Cumulative total$19.4M

Dec 15Jan 1Jan 19Feb 5Feb 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $970.8K

$224.5K

$429.2K

$410.6K

$986.6K

$1.9M

$1.8M

$2.6M

$2.4M

$1.3M

$970.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,902 → 803 −57.8%

7 open803 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.1%

+91.2%

W1→2

−4.3%

W2→3

+140.3%

W3→4

+93.0%

W4→5

−7.8%

W5→6

+48.0%

W6→7

−7.7%

W7→8

−46.7%

W8→9

−24.1%

W9→10

Steepest −46.7%Biggest gain +140.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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