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2019 • R • 1h 48m • Biography, Drama • Lionsgate

Based on a real scandal.

🍅 67% 84%

64

3.14

6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$319.2K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$31.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$61.40M

$29.60M international

Domestic legs6.2x from $5.1M first wide weekend

Budget$32M

2019 rank#78

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Cast & crew

Full Roach filmography

Jay Roach

Jay Roach Director

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron Starring

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Starring

Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie Starring

John Lithgow

John Lithgow Starring

Allison Janney

Allison Janney Starring

ScreenplayCharles Randolph Produced byA.J. Dix, Beth Kono, Charles Randolph, Jay Roach, Margaret Riley CinematographyBarry Ackroyd Music byTheodore Shapiro StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 13-15 19 $319.2K — 4 $79,789 $319.2K

2 Dec 20-22 6 $5.1M +1500.8% 1,480 $3,452 $5.5M

3 Dec 27-29 9 $4.8M −5.7% 1,480 $3,254 $15.8M

4 Jan 3-5 9 $4.1M −15.2% 1,721 $2,373 $24.6M

5 Jan 10-12 13 $1.4M −64.6% 1,289 $1,121 $27.9M

6 Jan 17-19 19 $614.5K −57.5% 410 $1,499 $29.3M

7 Jan 24-26 21 $573.5K −6.7% 410 $1,399 $30.3M

8 Jan 31-Feb 2 23 $318.3K −44.5% 478 $666 $30.8M

9 Feb 7-9 23 $220.5K −30.7% 272 $811 $31.3M

10 Feb 14-16 29 $127.3K −42.3% 128 $994 $31.5M

11 Feb 21-23 31 $65.7K −48.4% 80 $821 $31.6M

12 Feb 28-Mar 1 37 $61.9K −5.8% 113 $548 $31.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 13 #- $137.0K — $137.0K 4 $34,238 1

Sat Dec 14 #- $105.0K −23.3% $241.9K 4 $26,244 2

Sun Dec 15 #- $77.2K −26.4% $319.2K 4 $19,307 3

Mon Dec 16 #- $24.3K −68.6% $343.4K 4 $6,067 4

Tue Dec 17 #- $26.8K +10.5% $370.2K 4 $6,705 5

Wed Dec 18 #- $23.6K −11.9% $393.9K 4 $5,906 6

Thu Dec 19 #- $15.4K −34.8% $409.3K 4 $3,852 7

Fri Dec 20 #5 $1.9M +11912.9% +1251.7% $2.3M 1,480 $1,251 8

Sat Dec 21 #6 $1.8M −3.9% +1594.8% $4.0M 1,480 $1,202 9

Sun Dec 22 #6 $1.5M −16.9% +1814.8% $5.5M 1,480 $999 10

Mon Dec 23 #6 $923.0K −37.6% +3703.2% $6.4M 1,480 $624 11

Tue Dec 24 #6 $874.2K −5.3% +3159.4% $7.3M 1,480 $591 12

Wed Dec 25 #9 $2.0M +132.4% +8501.2% $9.3M 1,480 $1,373 13

Thu Dec 26 #9 $1.6M −21.6% +10240.7% $10.9M 1,480 $1,077 14

Fri Dec 27 #9 $1.6M +1.3% −12.8% $12.6M 1,480 $1,091 15

Sat Dec 28 #8 $1.7M +8.3% −1.7% $14.3M 1,480 $1,181 16

Sun Dec 29 #8 $1.5M −16.9% −1.7% $15.8M 1,480 $982 17

Mon Dec 30 #9 $1.1M −26.8% +15.2% $16.8M 1,480 $718 18

Tue Dec 31 #8 $1.3M +22.1% +48.5% $18.1M 1,480 $877 19

Wed Jan 1 #8 $1.5M +18.1% −24.6% $19.7M 1,480 $1,035 20

Thu Jan 2 #8 $855.7K −44.2% −46.3% $20.5M 1,480 $578 21

Fri Jan 3 #9 $1.3M +56.7% −16.9% $21.8M 1,721 $779 22

Sat Jan 4 #9 $1.8M +32.5% +1.6% $23.6M 1,721 $1,032 23

Sun Jan 5 #9 $966.4K −45.6% −33.5% $24.6M 1,721 $562 24

Mon Jan 6 #9 $381.7K −60.5% −64.1% $25.0M 1,721 $222 25

Tue Jan 7 #9 $678.4K +77.7% −47.7% $25.7M 1,721 $394 26

Wed Jan 8 #8 $446.6K −34.2% −70.9% $26.1M 1,721 $259 27

Thu Jan 9 #9 $351.6K −21.3% −58.9% $26.4M 1,721 $204 28

Fri Jan 10 #- $437.0K +24.3% −67.4% $26.9M 1,289 $339 29

Sat Jan 11 #- $619.0K +41.6% −65.2% $27.5M 1,289 $480 30

Sun Jan 12 #- $389.6K −37.1% −59.7% $27.9M 1,289 $302 31

Mon Jan 13 #13 $153.0K −60.7% −59.9% $28.0M 1,289 $119 32

Tue Jan 14 #13 $267.0K +74.5% −60.6% $28.3M 1,289 $207 33

Wed Jan 15 #14 $191.5K −28.3% −57.1% $28.5M 1,289 $149 34

Thu Jan 16 #15 $159.5K −16.7% −54.6% $28.7M 1,289 $124 35

Fri Jan 17 #- $171.7K +7.6% −60.7% $28.8M 410 $419 36

Sat Jan 18 #- $252.0K +46.8% −59.3% $29.1M 410 $615 37

Sun Jan 19 #- $190.7K −24.3% −51.0% $29.3M 410 $465 38

Mon Jan 20 #- $153.2K −19.7% +0.1% $29.4M 410 $374 39

Tue Jan 21 #- $97.2K −36.5% −63.6% $29.5M 410 $237 40

Wed Jan 22 #- $77.8K −19.9% −59.4% $29.6M 410 $190 41

Thu Jan 23 #- $69.8K −10.3% −56.3% $29.7M 410 $170 42

Fri Jan 24 #- $148.6K +113.0% −13.4% $29.8M 410 $363 43

Sat Jan 25 #- $258.8K +74.1% +2.7% $30.1M 410 $631 44

Sun Jan 26 #- $166.1K −35.8% −12.9% $30.3M 410 $405 45

Mon Jan 27 #- $58.7K −64.7% −61.7% $30.3M 410 $143 46

Tue Jan 28 #- $91.7K +56.3% −5.7% $30.4M 410 $224 47

Wed Jan 29 #- $67.7K −26.1% −13.0% $30.5M 410 $165 48

Thu Jan 30 #- $60.1K −11.4% −14.0% $30.5M 410 $146 49

Fri Jan 31 #- $93.1K +55.1% −37.3% $30.6M 478 $195 50

Sat Feb 1 #- $162.1K +74.0% −37.4% $30.8M 478 $339 51

Sun Feb 2 #- $63.1K −61.1% −62.0% $30.8M 478 $132 52

Mon Feb 3 #- $36.9K −41.6% −37.1% $30.9M 478 $77 53

Tue Feb 4 #- $58.9K +59.7% −35.7% $30.9M 478 $123 54

Wed Feb 5 #- $48.5K −17.7% −28.4% $31.0M 478 $101 55

Thu Feb 6 #- $44.1K −9.0% −26.5% $31.0M 478 $92 56

Fri Feb 7 #- $62.8K +42.4% −32.6% $31.1M 272 $231 57

Sat Feb 8 #- $107.5K +71.1% −33.7% $31.2M 272 $395 58

Sun Feb 9 #- $50.2K −53.3% −20.4% $31.3M 272 $185 59

Mon Feb 10 #- $28.8K −42.6% −21.9% $31.3M 272 $106 60

Tue Feb 11 #- $38.8K +34.8% −34.1% $31.3M 272 $143 61

Wed Feb 12 #- $28.2K −27.3% −41.8% $31.4M 272 $104 62

Thu Feb 13 #- $24.0K −15.1% −45.7% $31.4M 272 $88 63

Fri Feb 14 #- $31.6K +32.0% −49.7% $31.4M 128 $247 64

Sat Feb 15 #- $54.1K +71.1% −49.7% $31.5M 128 $423 65

Sun Feb 16 #- $41.6K −23.2% −17.2% $31.5M 128 $325 66

Mon Feb 17 #- $26.7K −35.8% −7.4% $31.5M 128 $208 67

Tue Feb 18 #- $19.9K −25.4% −48.8% $31.5M 128 $155 68

Wed Feb 19 #- $12.0K −39.8% −57.5% $31.6M 128 $94 69

Thu Feb 20 #- $13.9K +16.1% −41.9% $31.6M 128 $109 70

Fri Feb 21 #- $17.1K +23.1% −45.8% $31.6M 80 $214 71

Sat Feb 22 #- $31.3K +82.5% −42.2% $31.6M 80 $391 72

Sun Feb 23 #- $17.3K −44.6% −58.3% $31.6M 80 $217 73

Mon Feb 24 #- $5.0K −70.9% −81.1% $31.6M 80 $63 74

Tue Feb 25 #- $9.1K +80.0% −54.3% $31.7M 80 $114 75

Wed Feb 26 #- $6.9K −23.8% −42.3% $31.7M 80 $86 76

Thu Feb 27 #- $6.4K −7.5% −54.0% $31.7M 80 $80 77

Fri Feb 28 #- $16.5K +158.7% −3.4% $31.7M 113 $146 78

Sat Feb 29 #- $26.5K +60.1% −15.2% $31.7M 113 $234 79

Sun Mar 1 #- $18.9K −28.8% +8.9% $31.7M 113 $167 80

Mon Mar 2 #- $7.0K −63.1% +38.1% $31.7M 113 $62 81

Tue Mar 3 #- $9.6K +37.1% +5.2% $31.7M 113 $85 82

Wed Mar 4 #- $8.0K −16.7% +15.1% $31.8M 113 $70 83

Thu Mar 5 #- $7.5K −6.1% +16.8% $31.8M 113 $66 84

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

Cumulative total$31.6M

Dec 13Dec 30Jan 17Feb 3Feb 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $127.3K

$319.2K

$5.1M

$4.8M

$4.1M

$1.4M

$614.5K

$573.5K

$318.3K

$220.5K

$127.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,721 → 128 −92.6%

4 open128 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.3%

+1500.8%

W1→2

−5.7%

W2→3

−15.2%

W3→4

−64.6%

W4→5

−57.5%

W5→6

−6.7%

W6→7

−44.5%

W7→8

−30.7%

W8→9

−42.3%

W9→10

Steepest −64.6%Biggest gain +1500.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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