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2016 • PG-13 • 2h 19m • Drama • Paramount Pictures

Some people build fences to keep people out, and other people build fences to keep people in.

🍅 92% 75%

79

3.65

7.2

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$129K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$57.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$64.30M

$6.60M international

Domestic legs8.6x from $6.7M first wide weekend

Budget$24.0M

2017 rank#82

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Cast & crew

Full Washington filmography

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Director

Viola Davis

Viola Davis Starring

Stephen McKinley Henderson

Stephen McKinley Henderson Starring

Jovan Adepo

Jovan Adepo Starring

Russell Hornsby

Russell Hornsby Starring

Mykelti Williamson

Mykelti Williamson Starring

ScreenplayAugust Wilson Based on the play byAugust Wilson Produced byScott Rudin, Denzel Washington, Todd Black CinematographyCharlotte Bruus Christensen Music byMarcelo Zarvos StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 16-18 25 $129.5K — 4 $32,366 $129.5K

2 Dec 23-25 7 $6.7M +5066.1% 2,233 $2,995 $6.9M

3 Dec 30-Jan 1 6 $10.0M +50.1% 2,301 $4,364 $29.7M

4 Jan 6-8 9 $4.8M −52.1% 2,368 $2,033 $40.8M

5 Jan 13-15 14 $2.8M −42.8% 1,342 $2,053 $45.9M

6 Jan 20-22 18 $1.2M −55.9% 693 $1,753 $48.7M

7 Jan 27-29 20 $1.4M +18.8% 880 $1,640 $50.8M

8 Feb 3-5 17 $1.2M −14.5% 948 $1,302 $52.7M

9 Feb 10-12 19 $723.1K −41.4% 454 $1,593 $53.9M

10 Feb 17-19 16 $835.6K +15.6% 560 $1,492 $55.2M

11 Feb 24-26 17 $776.1K −7.1% 597 $1,300 $56.6M

12 Mar 3-5 23 $303.4K −60.9% 284 $1,068 $57.1M

13 Mar 10-12 29 $155.0K −48.9% 189 $820 $57.4M

14 Mar 17-19 34 $65.0K −58.1% 94 $691 $57.5M

15 Mar 24-26 38 $76.1K +17.1% 111 $686 $57.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 16 - $41.3K — $41.3K 4 $10,314 1

Sat Dec 17 - $49.4K +19.8% $90.7K 4 $12,351 2

Sun Dec 18 - $38.8K −21.5% $129.5K 4 $9,701 3

Mon Dec 19 - $15.1K −61.0% $144.6K 4 $3,785 4

Tue Dec 20 - $15.4K +1.5% $160.0K 4 $3,843 5

Wed Dec 21 - $15.2K −1.1% $175.2K 4 $3,802 6

Thu Dec 22 - $16.3K +7.4% $191.5K 4 $4,083 7

Fri Dec 23 - $25.9K +58.3% −37.3% $217.4K 4 $6,463 8

Sat Dec 24 - $21.7K −16.1% −56.1% $239.1K 4 $5,425 9

Sun Dec 25 #4 $6.6M +30501.6% +17013.1% $6.9M 2,233 $2,974 10

Mon Dec 26 #4 $4.9M −26.0% +32342.1% $11.8M 2,233 $2,200 11

Tue Dec 27 #7 $3.1M −36.5% +20200.9% $14.9M 2,233 $1,397 12

Wed Dec 28 #8 $2.4M −21.7% +15960.2% $17.4M 2,233 $1,094 13

Thu Dec 29 #8 $2.3M −3.9% +14273.2% $19.7M 2,233 $1,051 14

Fri Dec 30 #5 $3.4M +45.5% +13116.5% $23.1M 2,301 $1,485 15

Sat Dec 31 #4 $3.2M −6.0% +14703.5% $26.3M 2,301 $1,396 16

Sun Jan 1 #6 $3.4M +6.2% −48.6% $29.7M 2,301 $1,483 17

Mon Jan 2 #6 $3.1M −10.0% −37.5% $32.8M 2,301 $1,334 18

Tue Jan 3 #8 $1.4M −55.1% −55.8% $34.2M 2,301 $599 19

Wed Jan 4 #8 $948.3K −31.2% −61.2% $35.1M 2,301 $412 20

Thu Jan 5 #8 $822.9K −13.2% −64.9% $36.0M 2,301 $358 21

Fri Jan 6 #9 $1.4M +70.7% −58.9% $37.4M 2,368 $593 22

Sat Jan 7 #9 $2.1M +47.5% −35.5% $39.4M 2,368 $875 23

Sun Jan 8 #9 $1.3M −35.4% −60.8% $40.8M 2,368 $565 24

Mon Jan 9 #8 $521.5K −61.0% −83.0% $41.3M 2,368 $220 25

Tue Jan 10 #8 $749.1K +43.6% −45.6% $42.0M 2,368 $316 26

Wed Jan 11 #8 $549.4K −26.7% −42.1% $42.6M 2,368 $232 27

Thu Jan 12 #7 $535.5K −2.5% −34.9% $43.1M 2,368 $226 28

Fri Jan 13 #14 $777.1K +45.1% −44.7% $43.9M 1,342 $579 29

Sat Jan 14 #14 $1.1M +46.7% −44.9% $45.0M 1,342 $850 30

Sun Jan 15 #14 $837.8K −26.5% −37.4% $45.9M 1,342 $624 31

Mon Jan 16 #13 $758.0K −9.5% +45.3% $46.6M 1,342 $565 32

Tue Jan 17 #14 $344.8K −54.5% −54.0% $47.0M 1,342 $257 33

Wed Jan 18 #13 $253.4K −26.5% −53.9% $47.2M 1,342 $189 34

Thu Jan 19 #12 $256.2K +1.1% −52.2% $47.5M 1,342 $191 35

Fri Jan 20 - $336.8K +31.5% −56.7% $47.8M 693 $486 36

Sat Jan 21 - $587.3K +74.4% −48.5% $48.4M 693 $848 37

Sun Jan 22 - $290.6K −50.5% −65.3% $48.7M 693 $419 38

Mon Jan 23 - $129.3K −55.5% −82.9% $48.8M 693 $187 39

Tue Jan 24 - $188.5K +45.8% −45.3% $49.0M 693 $272 40

Wed Jan 25 - $177.0K −6.1% −30.1% $49.2M 693 $255 41

Thu Jan 26 #13 $170.3K −3.8% −33.5% $49.4M 693 $246 42

Fri Jan 27 - $375.3K +120.3% +11.4% $49.8M 880 $426 43

Sat Jan 28 - $665.3K +77.3% +13.3% $50.4M 880 $756 44

Sun Jan 29 - $402.5K −39.5% +38.5% $50.8M 880 $457 45

Mon Jan 30 - $142.9K −64.5% +10.5% $51.0M 880 $162 46

Tue Jan 31 - $179.2K +25.5% −4.9% $51.1M 880 $204 47

Wed Feb 1 - $140.1K −21.8% −20.9% $51.3M 880 $159 48

Thu Feb 2 - $141.1K +0.7% −17.2% $51.4M 880 $160 49

Fri Feb 3 - $370.0K +162.2% −1.4% $51.8M 948 $390 50

Sat Feb 4 - $657.1K +77.6% −1.2% $52.5M 948 $693 51

Sun Feb 5 - $206.8K −68.5% −48.6% $52.7M 948 $218 52

Mon Feb 6 #15 $136.5K −34.0% −4.5% $52.8M 948 $144 53

Tue Feb 7 #15 $168.1K +23.1% −6.2% $53.0M 948 $177 54

Wed Feb 8 #15 $136.5K −18.8% −2.5% $53.1M 948 $144 55

Thu Feb 9 #15 $119.6K −12.4% −15.2% $53.2M 948 $126 56

Fri Feb 10 - $178.7K +49.4% −51.7% $53.4M 454 $394 57

Sat Feb 11 - $341.4K +91.0% −48.0% $53.7M 454 $752 58

Sun Feb 12 - $203.0K −40.5% −1.9% $53.9M 454 $447 59

Mon Feb 13 #15 $79.9K −60.6% −41.5% $54.0M 454 $176 60

Tue Feb 14 - $159.9K +100.1% −4.9% $54.2M 454 $352 61

Wed Feb 15 #15 $82.7K −48.3% −39.4% $54.3M 454 $182 62

Thu Feb 16 #15 $80.7K −2.5% −32.6% $54.3M 454 $178 63

Fri Feb 17 #15 $187.0K +131.8% +4.7% $54.5M 560 $334 64

Sat Feb 18 #15 $344.2K +84.0% +0.8% $54.9M 560 $615 65

Sun Feb 19 #15 $304.4K −11.6% +50.0% $55.2M 560 $544 66

Mon Feb 20 - $196.7K −35.4% +146.2% $55.4M 560 $351 67

Tue Feb 21 #13 $156.3K −20.5% −2.2% $55.5M 560 $279 68

Wed Feb 22 #13 $139.1K −11.0% +68.1% $55.7M 560 $248 69

Thu Feb 23 #14 $101.6K −27.0% +25.9% $55.8M 560 $181 70

Fri Feb 24 - $190.4K +87.5% +1.8% $56.0M 597 $319 71

Sat Feb 25 - $368.0K +93.3% +6.9% $56.3M 597 $616 72

Sun Feb 26 - $217.7K −40.8% −28.5% $56.6M 597 $365 73

Mon Feb 27 - $65.1K −70.1% −66.9% $56.6M 597 $109 74

Tue Feb 28 - $78.8K +20.9% −49.6% $56.7M 597 $132 75

Wed Mar 1 - $59.3K −24.8% −57.4% $56.8M 597 $99 76

Thu Mar 2 - $56.2K −5.2% −44.7% $56.8M 597 $94 77

Fri Mar 3 - $78.5K +39.7% −58.7% $56.9M 284 $277 78

Sat Mar 4 - $137.5K +75.1% −62.6% $57.0M 284 $484 79

Sun Mar 5 - $87.4K −36.5% −59.9% $57.1M 284 $308 80

Mon Mar 6 - $28.8K −67.1% −55.8% $57.1M 284 $101 81

Tue Mar 7 - $35.7K +24.0% −54.7% $57.2M 284 $126 82

Wed Mar 8 - $30.6K −14.3% −48.4% $57.2M 284 $108 83

Thu Mar 9 - $28.2K −7.8% −49.8% $57.2M 284 $99 84

Fri Mar 10 - $39.0K +38.3% −50.3% $57.3M 189 $206 85

Sat Mar 11 - $70.5K +80.8% −48.7% $57.3M 189 $373 86

Sun Mar 12 - $45.5K −35.6% −48.0% $57.4M 189 $240 87

Mon Mar 13 - $17.8K −60.8% −38.1% $57.4M 189 $94 88

Tue Mar 14 - $21.1K +18.4% −40.9% $57.4M 189 $112 89

Wed Mar 15 - $19.4K −7.9% −36.5% $57.5M 189 $103 90

Thu Mar 16 - $18.9K −2.6% −32.9% $57.5M 189 $100 91

Fri Mar 17 - $16.1K −14.8% −58.7% $57.5M 94 $171 92

Sat Mar 18 - $31.3K +94.4% −55.6% $57.5M 94 $333 93

Sun Mar 19 - $17.5K −44.0% −61.4% $57.5M 94 $187 94

Mon Mar 20 - $6.4K −63.4% −64.0% $57.5M 94 $68 95

Tue Mar 21 - $8.8K +37.9% −58.1% $57.6M 94 $94 96

Wed Mar 22 - $8.2K −6.9% −57.6% $57.6M 94 $88 97

Thu Mar 23 - $7.7K −6.6% −59.3% $57.6M 94 $82 98

Fri Mar 24 - $20.7K +169.2% +28.5% $57.6M 111 $187 99

Sat Mar 25 - $32.9K +59.0% +5.1% $57.6M 111 $297 100

Sun Mar 26 - $22.5K −31.8% +28.1% $57.6M 111 $202 101

Mon Mar 27 - $8.9K −60.5% +38.3% $57.7M 111 $80 102

Tue Mar 28 - $11.4K +29.0% +29.4% $57.7M 111 $103 103

Wed Mar 29 - $8.8K −23.4% +6.4% $57.7M 111 $79 104

Thu Mar 30 - $10.9K +24.2% +41.4% $57.7M 111 $98 105

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

Cumulative total$55.8M

Dec 16Jan 2Jan 20Feb 6Feb 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $835.6K

$129.5K

$6.7M

$10.0M

$4.8M

$2.8M

$1.2M

$1.4M

$1.2M

$723.1K

$835.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,368 → 560 −76.4%

4 open560 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +15.6%

+5066.1%

W1→2

+50.1%

W2→3

−52.1%

W3→4

−42.8%

W4→5

−55.9%

W5→6

+18.8%

W6→7

−14.5%

W7→8

−41.4%

W8→9

+15.6%

W9→10

Steepest −55.9%Biggest gain +5066.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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