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2021 • R • 1h 31m • Horror, Thriller • Universal Pictures

Dare to say his name

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70

3.5

5.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.00M

$22.3M 3-day opening

Domestic total

$61.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$77.00M

Global release

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$25M

2021 rank#20

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Cast & crew

Full DaCosta filmography

Nia DaCosta

Nia DaCosta Director

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Starring

Teyonah Parris

Teyonah Parris Starring

Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo Starring

ScreenplayNia DaCosta, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld Produced byJordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper CinematographyJohn Guleserian MusicRobert Aiki Aubrey Lowe Prod. DesignCara Brower

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 27-29 (opening) 1 $22.0M — 3,569 $6,164 $22.0M

2 Sep 3-5 2 $10.3M −53.2% 3,569 $2,886 $38.8M

3 Sep 10-12 — $4.8M −53.8% 3,279 $1,452 $48.0M

4 Sep 17-19 4 $3.5M −26.0% 2,820 $1,249 $53.2M

5 Sep 24-26 — $2.6M −27.4% 2,556 $1,000 $56.9M

6 Oct 1-3 — $1.3M −50.5% 1,745 $726 $58.9M

7 Oct 8-10 — $710.0K −44.0% 1,153 $615 $60.1M

8 Oct 15-17 — $441.5K −37.8% 1,012 $436 $60.8M

9 Oct 22-24 — $159.6K −63.8% 786 $203 $61.0M

10 Oct 29-31 — $71.3K −55.3% 659 $108 $61.1M

11 Nov 5-7 — $23.3K −67.4% 123 $189 $61.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 26 #P $1.9M — $1.9M 2,750 $690 -1

Fri Aug 27 #1 $9.2M — $9.2M 3,569 $2,582 1

Sat Aug 28 #1 $7.9M −14% $17.2M 3,569 $2,226 2

Sun Aug 29 #1 $4.8M −39% $22.0M 3,569 $1,355 3

Mon Aug 30 #1 $1.8M −63% $23.8M 3,569 $501 4

Tue Aug 31 #1 $1.9M +8% $25.7M 3,569 $543 5

Wed Sep 1 #1 $1.5M −24% $27.2M 3,569 $411 6

Thu Sep 2 #1 $1.3M −11% $28.5M 3,569 $367 7

Fri Sep 3 #2 $2.9M +121% −69% $31.4M 3,569 $809 8

Sat Sep 4 #2 $3.9M +36% −51% $35.3M 3,569 $1,101 9

Sun Sep 5 #2 $3.5M −11% −28% $38.8M 3,569 $974 10

Mon Sep 6 #3 $2.2M −37% +23% $41.0M 3,569 $618 11

Tue Sep 7 #2 $830.9K −62% −57% $41.9M 3,569 $232 12

Wed Sep 8 #2 $700.7K −16% −52% $42.6M 3,569 $196 13

Thu Sep 9 #2 $649.8K −7% −50% $43.2M 3,569 $182 14

Fri Sep 10 #— $1.4M +115% −52% $44.6M 3,279 $426 15

Sat Sep 11 #— $2.2M +56% −45% $46.8M 3,279 $664 16

Sun Sep 12 #— $1.2M −46% −66% $48.0M 3,279 $361 17

Mon Sep 13 #— $380.1K −68% −83% $48.3M 3,279 $115 18

Tue Sep 14 #— $469.2K +23% −44% $48.8M 3,279 $143 19

Wed Sep 15 #— $429.9K −8% −39% $49.2M 3,279 $131 20

Thu Sep 16 #— $425.4K −1% −35% $49.7M 3,279 $129 21

Fri Sep 17 #4 $1.0M +143% −26% $50.7M 2,820 $367 22

Sat Sep 18 #— $1.6M +57% −25% $52.3M 2,820 $577 23

Sun Sep 19 #— $859.0K −47% −27% $53.2M 2,820 $304 24

Mon Sep 20 #— $284.1K −67% −25% $53.5M 2,820 $100 25

Tue Sep 21 #— $329.2K +16% −30% $53.8M 2,820 $116 26

Wed Sep 22 #— $270.0K −18% −37% $54.1M 2,820 $95 27

Thu Sep 23 #— $255.8K −5% −40% $54.3M 2,820 $90 28

Fri Sep 24 #— $748.0K +192% −28% $55.1M 2,556 $292 29

Sat Sep 25 #— $1.2M +57% −28% $56.3M 2,556 $459 30

Sun Sep 26 #— $634.7K −46% −26% $56.9M 2,556 $248 31

Mon Sep 27 #— $201.5K −68% −29% $57.1M 2,556 $78 32

Tue Sep 28 #— $234.8K +16% −29% $57.3M 2,556 $91 33

Wed Sep 29 #— $205.8K −12% −24% $57.5M 2,556 $80 34

Thu Sep 30 #5 $140.1K −32% −45% $57.7M 2,556 $54 35

Fri Oct 1 #— $356.1K +154% −52% $58.0M 1,745 $204 36

Sat Oct 2 #— $588.0K +65% −50% $58.6M 1,745 $336 37

Sun Oct 3 #— $323.2K −45% −49% $58.9M 1,745 $185 38

Mon Oct 4 #— $112.4K −65% −44% $59.1M 1,745 $64 39

Tue Oct 5 #— $126.2K +12% −46% $59.2M 1,745 $72 40

Wed Oct 6 #— $117.6K −7% −43% $59.3M 1,745 $67 41

Thu Oct 7 #— $77.0K −35% −45% $59.4M 1,745 $44 42

Fri Oct 8 #— $210.6K +174% −41% $59.6M 1,153 $182 43

Sat Oct 9 #— $308.2K +46% −48% $59.9M 1,153 $267 44

Sun Oct 10 #— $191.2K −38% −41% $60.1M 1,153 $165 45

Mon Oct 11 #— $91.8K −52% −18% $60.2M 1,153 $79 46

Tue Oct 12 #— $73.0K −20% −42% $60.2M 1,153 $63 47

Wed Oct 13 #— $64.6K −12% −45% $60.3M 1,153 $56 48

Thu Oct 14 #— $31.4K −51% −59% $60.3M 1,153 $27 49

Fri Oct 15 #— $152.1K +384% −28% $60.5M 1,012 $150 50

Sat Oct 16 #— $217.3K +43% −29% $60.7M 1,012 $214 51

Sun Oct 17 #— $72.1K −67% −62% $60.8M 1,012 $71 52

Mon Oct 18 #— $23.9K −67% −74% $60.8M 1,012 $23 53

Tue Oct 19 #— $25.9K +8% −65% $60.8M 1,012 $25 54

Wed Oct 20 #— $24.0K −7% −63% $60.9M 1,012 $23 55

Thu Oct 21 #— $17.9K −25% −43% $60.9M 1,012 $17 56

Fri Oct 22 #— $54.9K +206% −64% $60.9M 786 $69 57

Sat Oct 23 #— $80.7K +47% −63% $61.0M 786 $102 58

Sun Oct 24 #— $24.1K −70% −67% $61.0M 786 $30 59

Mon Oct 25 #— $8.8K −63% −63% $61.0M 786 $11 60

Tue Oct 26 #— $8.6K −2% −67% $61.1M 786 $10 61

Wed Oct 27 #— $8.2K −5% −66% $61.1M 786 $10 62

Thu Oct 28 #— $9.1K +11% −49% $61.1M 786 $11 63

Fri Oct 29 #— $22.5K +147% −59% $61.1M 659 $34 64

Sat Oct 30 #— $31.0K +38% −62% $61.1M 659 $46 65

Sun Oct 31 #— $17.9K −42% −26% $61.1M 659 $27 66

Mon Nov 1 #— $4.5K −75% −49% $61.1M 659 $6 67

Tue Nov 2 #— $4.1K −8% −52% $61.2M 659 $6 68

Wed Nov 3 #— $3.7K −11% −55% $61.2M 659 $5 69

Thu Nov 4 #— $3.1K −18% −66% $61.2M 659 $4 70

Fri Nov 5 #— $6.2K +104% −72% $61.2M 123 $50 71

Sat Nov 6 #— $11.2K +80% −64% $61.2M 123 $90 72

Sun Nov 7 #— $5.8K −48% −67% $61.2M 123 $47 73

Mon Nov 8 #— $1.7K −70% −61% $61.2M 123 $14 74

Tue Nov 9 #— $950 −45% −77% $61.2M 123 $7 75

Wed Nov 10 #— $890 −6% −76% $61.2M 123 $7 76

Thu Nov 11 #— $1.4K +61% −53% $61.2M 123 $11 77

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

Cumulative total$61.2M

Aug 26Sep 13Sep 30Oct 18Nov 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $71.3K

$22.0M

$10.3M

$4.8M

$3.5M

$2.6M

$1.3M

$710.0K

$441.5K

$159.6K

$71.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,569 → 659 −81.5%

2,750 open659 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −55.3%

−53.2%

W1→2

−53.8%

W2→3

−26.0%

W3→4

−27.4%

W4→5

−50.5%

W5→6

−44.0%

W6→7

−37.8%

W7→8

−63.8%

W8→9

−55.3%

W9→10

Steepest −63.8%Best hold −26.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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