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2025 • PG-13 • 127 min • Drama, Adventure, Family • Angel Studios

The boy who beat a giant

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$22.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$80.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$85.00M
Global total
Budget$61M
Domestic legs3.7x
2025 rank#27

Cast & crew

Directed byPhil Cunningham, Brent Dawes ScreenplayBrent Dawes Produced byAngel Studios MusicJonas Myrin StarringPhil Wickham, Brandon Engman, Asim Chaudhry, Mick Wingret

Predicted final domestic

How the model works
$88M–$94M
$82M $91M $101M
$80.40M so far

The prediction model updated after a -43% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $82M–$101M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$66M
Baseline
Adventure Original — 3.00 baseline opening
0%
CinemaScore
A: Adventure avg is A
+4%
Audience
Strong — RT 98%, LB 3.64, IMDB 7.0
+31%
Seasonality
Christmas
0%
Release Day
Friday (standard)
-5%
2nd Weekend
-43% drop
+6%
Genre
Adventure Original legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 19-21 2 $22.0M — 3,118 $7,055 $22.0M
2 Dec 26-28 6 $12.5M −43% 3,003 $4,173 $49.6M
3 Jan 2-4 7 $7.7M −38.7% 2,900 $2,649 $69.8M
4 Jan 9-11 10 $3.0M −61.2% 2,475 $1,205 $75.1M
5 Jan 16-18 15 $1.5M −49.7% 1,522 $986 $77.5M
6 Jan 23-25 16 $845.0K −43.7% 1,010 $836 $78.8M
7 Jan 30-Feb 1 22 $390.6K −53.8% 515 $758 $79.5M
8 Feb 6-8 28 $199.0K −49% 285 $698 $79.9M
9 Feb 13-15 36 $97.0K −51.3% 175 $554 $80.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$80.3M
Dec 19Jan 5Jan 23Feb 9Feb 26
Weekend grossWk 9 · $97.0K
$22.0M
$12.5M
$7.7M
$3.0M
$1.5M
$845.0K
$390.6K
$199.0K
$97.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Theater countPeak 3,118 → 71 −97.7%
3,118 open71 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −51.3%
−43%
W1→2
−38.7%
W2→3
−61.2%
W3→4
−49.7%
W4→5
−43.7%
W5→6
−53.8%
W6→7
−49%
W7→8
−51.3%
W8→9
Steepest −61.2%Best hold −38.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

Ordered by how prominently this film features · all articles
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