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2018 • R • 2h 0m • Biography, Drama • Amazon Studios

A true story of addiction, survival and family.

🍅 67% 80%

62

4.09

7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$219K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$7.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$17.30M

$9.70M international

Domestic legs5.3x from $1.5M first wide weekend

Budget$25M

2018 rank#155

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Cast & crew

Steve Carell

Steve Carell Starring

Timothée Chalamet

Timothée Chalamet Starring

Maura Tierney

Maura Tierney Starring

Amy Ryan

Amy Ryan Starring

Christian Convery

Christian Convery Starring

ScreenplayLuke Davies, Felix van Groeningen Produced byDede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt CinematographyRuben Impens StudioAmazon Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 12-14 20 $218.9K — 4 $54,722 $218.9K

2 Oct 19-21 18 $405.0K +85.0% 46 $8,804 $687.9K

3 Oct 26-28 18 $653.6K +61.4% 192 $3,404 $1.5M

4 Nov 2-4 13 $1.3M +105.9% 540 $2,492 $3.1M

5 Nov 9-11 12 $1.5M +7.8% 776 $1,869 $5.2M

6 Nov 16-18 17 $582.3K −59.9% 1,052 $553 $6.4M

7 Nov 23-25 23 $313.5K −46.2% 254 $1,234 $7.0M

8 Nov 30-Dec 2 24 $158.9K −49.3% 207 $767 $7.2M

9 Dec 7-9 33 $101.7K −36.0% 196 $519 $7.4M

10 Dec 14-16 36 $34.9K −65.7% 88 $396 $7.5M

11 Dec 21-23 46 $10.0K −71.3% 25 $400 $7.6M

12 Dec 28-30 47 $14.6K +46.2% 26 $562 $7.6M

13 Jan 4-6 48 $13.2K −9.7% 18 $733 $7.6M

14 Jan 11-13 55 $6.3K −52.2% 27 $234 $7.6M

15 Jan 18-20 58 $2.1K −66.4% 23 $92 $7.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 12 — $106.6K — $106.6K 4 $26,640 1

Sat Oct 13 — $66.9K −37.2% $173.4K 4 $16,719 2

Sun Oct 14 — $45.5K −32.0% $218.9K 4 $11,363 3

Mon Oct 15 — $16.4K −64.0% $235.3K 4 $4,094 4

Tue Oct 16 — $15.8K −3.5% $251.1K 4 $3,952 5

Wed Oct 17 — $18.3K +16.0% $269.4K 4 $4,583 6

Thu Oct 18 — $13.5K −26.1% $283.0K 4 $3,386 7

Fri Oct 19 — $140.4K +936.5% +31.8% $423.4K 46 $3,052 8

Sat Oct 20 — $149.0K +6.1% +122.8% $572.4K 46 $3,239 9

Sun Oct 21 — $115.6K −22.4% +154.3% $687.9K 46 $2,513 10

Mon Oct 22 — $38.3K −66.9% +133.8% $726.2K 46 $832 11

Tue Oct 23 — $43.5K +13.5% +174.9% $769.7K 46 $945 12

Wed Oct 24 — $37.0K −14.9% +101.7% $806.7K 46 $804 13

Thu Oct 25 — $35.5K −3.9% +162.3% $842.2K 46 $772 14

Fri Oct 26 — $183.2K +415.6% +30.5% $1.0M 192 $954 15

Sat Oct 27 — $260.1K +42.0% +74.6% $1.3M 192 $1,355 16

Sun Oct 28 — $210.3K −19.2% +81.9% $1.5M 192 $1,095 17

Mon Oct 29 — $72.2K −65.7% +88.5% $1.6M 192 $376 18

Tue Oct 30 — $91.9K +27.2% +111.4% $1.7M 192 $478 19

Wed Oct 31 — $67.2K −26.9% +81.7% $1.7M 192 $350 20

Thu Nov 1 — $76.2K +13.4% +114.4% $1.8M 192 $397 21

Fri Nov 2 #15 $393.1K +416.1% +114.6% $2.2M 540 $728 22

Sat Nov 3 #13 $577.6K +46.9% +122.1% $2.8M 540 $1,070 23

Sun Nov 4 #14 $375.0K −35.1% +78.3% $3.1M 540 $694 24

Mon Nov 5 #15 $135.0K −64.0% +86.9% $3.3M 540 $250 25

Tue Nov 6 #14 $207.9K +54.0% +126.3% $3.5M 540 $385 26

Wed Nov 7 #13 $152.4K −26.7% +126.8% $3.6M 540 $282 27

Thu Nov 8 #12 $132.8K −12.9% +74.3% $3.8M 540 $246 28

Fri Nov 9 #11 $413.4K +211.4% +5.2% $4.2M 776 $533 29

Sat Nov 10 #13 $580.8K +40.5% +0.6% $4.8M 776 $748 30

Sun Nov 11 #12 $456.4K −21.4% +21.7% $5.2M 776 $588 31

Mon Nov 12 #14 $199.8K −56.2% +48.1% $5.4M 776 $257 32

Tue Nov 13 #11 $177.1K −11.4% −14.8% $5.6M 776 $228 33

Wed Nov 14 #11 $121.8K −31.2% −20.1% $5.7M 776 $157 34

Thu Nov 15 #11 $92.7K −23.9% −30.2% $5.8M 776 $119 35

Fri Nov 16 — $150.2K +62.0% −63.7% $6.0M 558 $269 36

Sat Nov 17 — $246.0K +63.7% −57.7% $6.2M 558 $441 37

Sun Nov 18 — $186.1K −24.3% −59.2% $6.4M 558 $333 38

Mon Nov 19 — $85.1K −54.3% −57.4% $6.5M 558 $152 39

Tue Nov 20 #15 $84.1K −1.2% −52.5% $6.6M 558 $151 40

Wed Nov 21 — $54.7K −35.0% −55.1% $6.6M 558 $98 41

Thu Nov 22 — $44.1K −19.4% −52.5% $6.7M 558 $79 42

Fri Nov 23 — $113.0K +156.5% −24.8% $6.8M 254 $445 43

Sat Nov 24 — $122.5K +8.4% −50.2% $6.9M 254 $482 44

Sun Nov 25 — $78.0K −36.4% −58.1% $7.0M 254 $307 45

Mon Nov 26 — $23.2K −70.3% −72.7% $7.0M 254 $91 46

Tue Nov 27 — $31.4K +35.4% −62.7% $7.0M 254 $124 47

Wed Nov 28 — $25.1K −20.1% −54.1% $7.1M 254 $99 48

Thu Nov 29 — $25.9K +3.0% −41.3% $7.1M 254 $102 49

Fri Nov 30 — $44.6K +72.5% −60.5% $7.1M 207 $215 50

Sat Dec 1 — $68.1K +52.6% −44.5% $7.2M 207 $329 51

Sun Dec 2 — $46.2K −32.1% −40.7% $7.2M 207 $223 52

Mon Dec 3 — $17.1K −62.9% −26.1% $7.3M 207 $83 53

Tue Dec 4 — $20.1K +17.4% −35.9% $7.3M 207 $97 54

Wed Dec 5 — $18.2K −9.8% −27.6% $7.3M 207 $88 55

Thu Dec 6 — $20.6K +13.2% −20.4% $7.3M 207 $99 56

Fri Dec 7 — $28.7K +39.4% −35.7% $7.4M 196 $146 57

Sat Dec 8 — $41.5K +44.7% −39.0% $7.4M 196 $212 58

Sun Dec 9 — $31.5K −24.0% −31.7% $7.4M 196 $161 59

Mon Dec 10 — $13.3K −57.8% −22.3% $7.4M 196 $68 60

Tue Dec 11 — $18.5K +38.8% −8.1% $7.5M 196 $94 61

Wed Dec 12 — $16.0K −13.3% −11.7% $7.5M 196 $82 62

Thu Dec 13 — $14.6K −8.9% −29.0% $7.5M 196 $75 63

Fri Dec 14 — $8.5K −41.5% −70.2% $7.5M 88 $97 64

Sat Dec 15 — $14.9K +74.0% −64.2% $7.5M 88 $169 65

Sun Dec 16 — $11.4K −23.0% −63.7% $7.5M 88 $130 66

Mon Dec 17 — $6.2K −45.4% −53.1% $7.5M 88 $71 67

Tue Dec 18 — $6.9K +10.2% −62.8% $7.5M 88 $78 68

Wed Dec 19 — $7.1K +3.8% −55.4% $7.5M 88 $81 69

Thu Dec 20 — $6.6K −8.2% −55.1% $7.5M 88 $74 70

Fri Dec 21 — $2.6K −60.6% −69.8% $7.6M 25 $103 71

Sat Dec 22 — $4.0K +54.0% −73.2% $7.6M 25 $159 72

Sun Dec 23 — $3.4K −13.7% −70.0% $7.6M 25 $137 73

Mon Dec 24 — $1.7K −50.5% −72.8% $7.6M 25 $68 74

Tue Dec 25 — $3.2K +86.6% −53.9% $7.6M 25 $127 75

Wed Dec 26 — $3.5K +9.7% −51.2% $7.6M 25 $139 76

Thu Dec 27 — $3.2K −8.7% −51.5% $7.6M 25 $127 77

Fri Dec 28 — $4.9K +53.6% +88.9% $7.6M 26 $188 78

Sat Dec 29 — $4.8K −2.3% +19.8% $7.6M 26 $183 79

Sun Dec 30 — $5.0K +4.1% +44.5% $7.6M 26 $191 80

Mon Dec 31 — $2.5K −48.8% +49.5% $7.6M 26 $98 81

Tue Jan 1 — $4.6K +81.3% +45.2% $7.6M 26 $177 82

Wed Jan 2 — $2.7K −42.4% −23.8% $7.6M 26 $102 83

Thu Jan 3 — $2.7K +2.9% −14.1% $7.6M 26 $105 84

Fri Jan 4 — $4.0K +46.3% −18.1% $7.6M 18 $222 85

Sat Jan 5 — $4.8K +20.2% +0.8% $7.6M 18 $267 86

Sun Jan 6 — $4.4K −8.6% −11.5% $7.6M 18 $244 87

Mon Jan 7 — $1.3K −70.2% −48.5% $7.6M 18 $73 88

Tue Jan 8 — $1.3K −0.8% −71.8% $7.6M 18 $72 89

Wed Jan 9 — $1.5K +18.7% −41.9% $7.6M 18 $86 90

Thu Jan 10 — $1.6K +5.6% −40.4% $7.6M 18 $91 91

Fri Jan 11 — $1.7K +3.2% −57.9% $7.6M 27 $62 92

Sat Jan 12 — $2.8K +68.0% −41.2% $7.6M 27 $105 93

Sun Jan 13 — $1.8K −36.3% −59.1% $7.6M 27 $67 94

Mon Jan 14 — $2.3K +26.2% +73.2% $7.6M 27 $84 95

Tue Jan 15 — $939 −58.7% −27.8% $7.6M 27 $35 96

Wed Jan 16 — $1.0K +8.7% −33.9% $7.6M 27 $38 97

Thu Jan 17 — $1.7K +65.9% +3.9% $7.6M 27 $63 98

Fri Jan 18 — $399 −76.4% −76.3% $7.6M 23 $17 99

Sat Jan 19 — $1.4K +243.6% −51.5% $7.6M 23 $60 100

Sun Jan 20 — $348 −74.6% −80.7% $7.6M 23 $15 101

Mon Jan 21 — $3.8K +996.8% +68.1% $7.6M 23 $166 102

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

Cumulative total$7.5M

Oct 12Oct 29Nov 16Dec 3Dec 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $34.9K

$218.9K

$405.0K

$653.6K

$1.3M

$1.5M

$582.3K

$313.5K

$158.9K

$101.7K

$34.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 776 → 88 −88.7%

4 open88 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −65.7%

+85.0%

W1→2

+61.4%

W2→3

+105.9%

W3→4

+7.8%

W4→5

−59.9%

W5→6

−46.2%

W6→7

−49.3%

W7→8

−36.0%

W8→9

−65.7%

W9→10

Steepest −65.7%Biggest gain +105.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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