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Battle of the SexesFollow

2017 • PG-13 • 2h 1m • Biography, Comedy, Drama • Fox Searchlight Pictures

He made a bet. She made history.

🍅 84% 71%

73

3.39

6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$518K

Limited · 21 theaters

Domestic total

$12.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$18.40M

$5.80M international

Domestic legs3.7x from $3.4M first wide weekend

Budget$25M

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Cast & crew

Full Faris filmography

Valerie Faris

Valerie Faris Director

Emma Stone

Emma Stone Starring

Steve Carell

Steve Carell Starring

Andrea Riseborough

Andrea Riseborough Starring

Sarah Silverman

Sarah Silverman Starring

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman Starring

ScreenplaySimon Beaufoy Produced byDanny Boyle, Christian Colson, Robert Graf CinematographyLinus Sandgren MusicNicholas Britell Prod. DesignJudy Becker StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 22-24 16 $518.3K — 21 $24,682 $518.3K

2 Sep 29-Oct 1 6 $3.4M +557.6% 1,213 $2,810 $4.1M

3 Oct 6-8 10 $2.6M −24.7% 1,822 $1,409 $7.8M

4 Oct 13-15 13 $1.3M −47.6% 1,394 $966 $10.4M

5 Oct 20-22 19 $586.8K −56.4% 545 $1,077 $11.5M

6 Oct 27-29 25 $321.8K −45.2% 291 $1,106 $12.0M

7 Nov 3-5 32 $186.3K −42.1% 158 $1,179 $12.3M

8 Nov 10-12 36 $100.0K −46.3% 103 $971 $12.5M

9 Nov 17-19 44 $35.3K −64.7% 46 $768 $12.6M

10 Nov 24-26 47 $20.5K −41.9% 27 $760 $12.6M

11 Dec 1-3 56 $12.0K −41.6% 27 $444 $12.6M

12 Dec 8-10 55 $8.4K −30.0% 20 $419 $12.6M

13 Dec 15-17 59 $4.1K −50.7% 12 $345 $12.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 22 — $160.3K — $160.3K 21 $7,634 1

Sat Sep 23 — $222.1K +38.5% $382.4K 21 $10,575 2

Sun Sep 24 — $135.9K −38.8% $518.3K 21 $6,473 3

Mon Sep 25 — $38.2K −71.9% $556.5K 1,213 $31 4

Tue Sep 26 — $42.2K +10.6% $598.8K 1,213 $35 5

Wed Sep 27 #14 $43.7K +3.5% $642.5K 1,213 $36 6

Thu Sep 28 — $34.2K −21.7% $676.7K 1,213 $28 7

Fri Sep 29 #6 $1.1M +3130.4% +590.0% $1.8M 1,213 $912 8

Sat Sep 30 #7 $1.5M +31.3% +554.1% $3.2M 1,213 $1,198 9

Sun Oct 1 #7 $849.9K −41.5% +525.2% $4.1M 1,213 $701 10

Mon Oct 2 #7 $263.4K −69.0% +589.8% $4.3M 1,213 $217 11

Tue Oct 3 #7 $380.0K +44.3% +799.5% $4.7M 1,213 $313 12

Wed Oct 4 #7 $293.4K −22.8% +570.8% $5.0M 1,213 $242 13

Thu Oct 5 #6 $255.7K −12.8% +646.9% $5.3M 1,213 $211 14

Fri Oct 6 #10 $695.0K +171.8% −37.2% $6.0M 1,822 $381 15

Sat Oct 7 #10 $1.1M +54.0% −26.3% $7.0M 1,822 $587 16

Sun Oct 8 #10 $802.0K −25.1% −5.6% $7.8M 1,822 $440 17

Mon Oct 9 #10 $432.2K −46.1% +64.1% $8.3M 1,822 $237 18

Tue Oct 10 #10 $295.1K −31.7% −22.3% $8.6M 1,822 $162 19

Wed Oct 11 #10 $242.1K −17.9% −17.5% $8.8M 1,822 $133 20

Thu Oct 12 #10 $209.1K −13.6% −18.2% $9.0M 1,822 $115 21

Fri Oct 13 #13 $390.0K +86.5% −43.9% $9.4M 1,394 $280 22

Sat Oct 14 #13 $618.5K +58.6% −42.2% $10.0M 1,394 $444 23

Sun Oct 15 #13 $337.5K −45.4% −57.9% $10.4M 1,394 $242 24

Mon Oct 16 #13 $122.0K −63.8% −71.8% $10.5M 1,394 $88 25

Tue Oct 17 #13 $148.9K +22.0% −49.5% $10.6M 1,394 $107 26

Wed Oct 18 #13 $115.4K −22.5% −52.4% $10.8M 1,394 $83 27

Thu Oct 19 #12 $111.4K −3.4% −46.7% $10.9M 1,394 $80 28

Fri Oct 20 — $162.6K +46.0% −58.3% $11.0M 545 $298 29

Sat Oct 21 — $269.9K +66.0% −56.4% $11.3M 545 $495 30

Sun Oct 22 — $154.3K −42.8% −54.3% $11.5M 545 $283 31

Mon Oct 23 — $60.2K −61.0% −50.6% $11.5M 545 $110 32

Tue Oct 24 — $70.2K +16.5% −52.9% $11.6M 545 $129 33

Wed Oct 25 — $59.3K −15.5% −48.6% $11.6M 545 $109 34

Thu Oct 26 — $56.2K −5.2% −49.5% $11.7M 545 $103 35

Fri Oct 27 — $87.1K +55.0% −46.4% $11.8M 291 $299 36

Sat Oct 28 — $141.5K +62.4% −47.6% $11.9M 291 $486 37

Sun Oct 29 — $93.1K −34.2% −39.7% $12.0M 291 $320 38

Mon Oct 30 — $28.1K −69.9% −53.4% $12.0M 291 $96 39

Tue Oct 31 — $32.9K +17.1% −53.1% $12.1M 291 $113 40

Wed Nov 1 — $23.5K −28.5% −60.4% $12.1M 270 $87 41

Thu Nov 2 — $26.4K +12.3% −53.0% $12.1M 270 $98 42

Fri Nov 3 — $48.9K +85.1% −43.9% $12.2M 158 $309 43

Sat Nov 4 — $88.2K +80.5% −37.7% $12.3M 158 $558 44

Sun Nov 5 — $49.3K −44.1% −47.1% $12.3M 158 $312 45

Mon Nov 6 — $15.2K −69.1% −45.7% $12.3M 158 $96 46

Tue Nov 7 — $19.4K +27.5% −40.9% $12.4M 158 $123 47

Wed Nov 8 — $16.7K −14.0% −29.0% $12.4M 158 $106 48

Thu Nov 9 — $15.0K −10.4% −43.3% $12.4M 158 $95 49

Fri Nov 10 — $29.5K +97.5% −39.5% $12.4M 103 $287 50

Sat Nov 11 — $47.7K +61.5% −45.9% $12.5M 103 $463 51

Sun Nov 12 — $22.8K −52.3% −53.8% $12.5M 103 $221 52

Mon Nov 13 — $7.4K −67.6% −51.6% $12.5M 103 $72 53

Tue Nov 14 — $8.0K +8.0% −59.0% $12.5M 103 $77 54

Wed Nov 15 — $8.5K +6.5% −49.2% $12.5M 103 $82 55

Thu Nov 16 — $8.7K +2.2% −42.1% $12.5M 103 $84 56

Fri Nov 17 — $9.9K +14.8% −66.3% $12.5M 46 $216 57

Sat Nov 18 — $15.5K +56.1% −67.4% $12.5M 46 $338 58

Sun Nov 19 — $9.8K −36.7% −56.8% $12.6M 46 $214 59

Mon Nov 20 — $3.2K −67.3% −56.4% $12.6M 46 $70 60

Tue Nov 21 — $5.1K +59.5% −35.6% $12.6M 46 $111 61

Wed Nov 22 — $3.4K −33.5% −59.8% $12.6M 32 $107 62

Thu Nov 23 — $3.7K +9.2% −57.0% $12.6M 32 $116 63

Fri Nov 24 — $6.3K +70.0% −36.4% $12.6M 27 $235 64

Sat Nov 25 — $9.0K +42.9% −41.8% $12.6M 27 $335 65

Sun Nov 26 — $5.1K −43.1% −47.7% $12.6M 27 $191 66

Mon Nov 27 — $2.6K −49.4% −19.1% $12.6M 27 $96 67

Tue Nov 28 — $2.6K −1.3% −49.9% $12.6M 27 $95 68

Wed Nov 29 — $2.3K −10.1% −32.3% $12.6M 27 $86 69

Thu Nov 30 — $2.6K +11.2% −31.1% $12.6M 27 $95 70

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

Cumulative total$12.6M

Sep 22Oct 9Oct 27Nov 13Nov 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $20.5K

$518.3K

$3.4M

$2.6M

$1.3M

$586.8K

$321.8K

$186.3K

$100.0K

$35.3K

$20.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,822 → 27 −98.5%

21 open27 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.9%

+557.6%

W1→2

−24.7%

W2→3

−47.6%

W3→4

−56.4%

W4→5

−45.2%

W5→6

−42.1%

W6→7

−46.3%

W7→8

−64.7%

W8→9

−41.9%

W9→10

Steepest −64.7%Biggest gain +557.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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