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2019 • PG-13 • 2h 5m • Action, Biography, Drama • Focus Features

Be free or die

🍅 74% 97%

66

3.44

6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$43.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$44.00M

$953K international

Domestic legs3.7x

Budget$17M

2019 rank#65

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Cast & crew

Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo Starring

Leslie Odom Jr.

Leslie Odom Jr. Starring

Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe Starring

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vanessa Bell Calloway Starring

ScreenplayKasi Lemmons, Gregory Allen Howard Produced byGregory Allen Howard, Debra Martin Chase, Charles D. King, Daniela Taplin Lundberg CinematographyJohn Toll MusicTerence Blanchard StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 1-3 4 $11.7M — 2,059 $5,671 $11.7M

2 Nov 8-10 8 $7.4M −36.6% 2,186 $3,388 $23.6M

3 Nov 15-17 10 $4.6M −38.0% 2,011 $2,283 $31.7M

4 Nov 22-24 11 $2.3M −49.2% 1,346 $1,731 $36.0M

5 Nov 29-Dec 1 11 $1.8M −20.7% 1,084 $1,704 $39.5M

6 Dec 6-8 12 $838.0K −54.6% 1,000 $838 $40.9M

7 Dec 13-15 17 $424.7K −49.3% 648 $655 $41.7M

8 Dec 20-22 21 $108.7K −74.4% 203 $536 $42.2M

9 Dec 27-29 27 $130.8K +20.3% 112 $1,168 $42.5M

10 Jan 3-5 27 $138.4K +5.8% 124 $1,116 $42.8M

11 Jan 10-12 31 $74.7K −46.0% 122 $612 $42.9M

12 Jan 17-19 30 $70.8K −5.2% 95 $745 $43.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 31 — $600.0K — $600.0K 2,056 $292 -1

Fri Nov 1 #2 $3.9M +549.1% $3.9M 2,059 $1,892 1

Sat Nov 2 #4 $4.7M +19.4% $8.5M 2,059 $2,259 2

Sun Nov 3 #4 $3.1M −32.7% $11.7M 2,059 $1,520 3

Mon Nov 4 #3 $962.6K −69.3% $12.6M 2,059 $468 4

Tue Nov 5 #2 $1.8M +83.9% $14.4M 2,059 $860 5

Wed Nov 6 #3 $929.5K −47.5% $15.3M 2,059 $451 6

Thu Nov 7 #3 $894.3K −3.8% $16.2M 2,059 $434 7

Fri Nov 8 #8 $2.0M +122.6% −48.9% $18.2M 2,186 $911 8

Sat Nov 9 #8 $3.1M +56.9% −32.8% $21.3M 2,186 $1,429 9

Sun Nov 10 #8 $2.3M −26.6% −26.8% $23.6M 2,186 $1,049 10

Mon Nov 11 #8 $1.3M −44.3% +32.6% $24.9M 2,186 $584 11

Tue Nov 12 #6 $985.9K −22.8% −44.3% $25.9M 2,186 $451 12

Wed Nov 13 #6 $603.0K −38.8% −35.1% $26.5M 2,186 $276 13

Thu Nov 14 #6 $597.6K −0.9% −33.2% $27.1M 2,186 $273 14

Fri Nov 15 #9 $1.2M +109.0% −37.3% $28.4M 2,011 $621 15

Sat Nov 16 #10 $2.1M +67.9% −32.9% $30.4M 2,011 $1,043 16

Sun Nov 17 #11 $1.2M −40.6% −45.7% $31.7M 2,011 $619 17

Mon Nov 18 #8 $402.2K −67.7% −68.5% $32.1M 2,011 $200 18

Tue Nov 19 #7 $724.6K +80.1% −26.5% $32.8M 2,011 $360 19

Wed Nov 20 #7 $453.7K −37.4% −24.8% $33.3M 2,011 $226 20

Thu Nov 21 #7 $420.0K −7.4% −29.7% $33.7M 2,011 $209 21

Fri Nov 22 #11 $661.7K +57.5% −47.0% $34.4M 1,346 $492 22

Sat Nov 23 #11 $991.5K +49.8% −52.7% $35.3M 1,346 $737 23

Sun Nov 24 #11 $677.0K −31.7% −45.6% $36.0M 1,346 $503 24

Mon Nov 25 #10 $370.4K −45.3% −7.9% $36.4M 1,346 $275 25

Tue Nov 26 #10 $527.8K +42.5% −27.2% $36.9M 1,346 $392 26

Wed Nov 27 #11 $359.9K −31.8% −20.7% $37.3M 1,084 $332 27

Thu Nov 28 #11 $328.2K −8.8% −21.9% $37.6M 1,084 $303 28

Fri Nov 29 #11 $755.4K +130.2% +14.2% $38.4M 1,084 $697 29

Sat Nov 30 #11 $727.6K −3.7% −26.6% $39.1M 1,084 $671 30

Sun Dec 1 #12 $363.9K −50.0% −46.2% $39.5M 1,084 $336 31

Mon Dec 2 #12 $120.2K −67.0% −67.5% $39.6M 1,084 $111 32

Tue Dec 3 #11 $195.5K +62.6% −63.0% $39.8M 1,084 $180 33

Wed Dec 4 #12 $138.8K −29.0% −61.4% $39.9M 1,084 $128 34

Thu Dec 5 #12 $129.7K −6.5% −60.5% $40.0M 1,084 $120 35

Fri Dec 6 #12 $251.2K +93.7% −66.7% $40.3M 1,000 $251 36

Sat Dec 7 #12 $357.1K +42.2% −50.9% $40.6M 1,000 $357 37

Sun Dec 8 #13 $229.6K −35.7% −36.9% $40.9M 1,000 $230 38

Mon Dec 9 #12 $90.7K −60.5% −24.6% $41.0M 1,000 $91 39

Tue Dec 10 #13 $143.6K +58.4% −26.5% $41.1M 1,000 $144 40

Wed Dec 11 #12 $100.3K −30.2% −27.8% $41.2M 1,000 $100 41

Thu Dec 12 #9 $109.1K +8.8% −15.9% $41.3M 1,000 $109 42

Fri Dec 13 #15 $137.0K +25.6% −45.5% $41.5M 648 $211 43

Sat Dec 14 — $174.3K +27.3% −51.2% $41.6M 648 $269 44

Sun Dec 15 — $113.4K −35.0% −50.6% $41.7M 648 $175 45

Mon Dec 16 — $63.0K −44.5% −30.6% $41.8M 648 $97 46

Tue Dec 17 #12 $118.8K +88.6% −17.3% $41.9M 648 $183 47

Wed Dec 18 #13 $98.0K −17.5% −2.3% $42.0M 648 $151 48

Thu Dec 19 #11 $84.0K −14.3% −23.0% $42.1M 648 $130 49

Fri Dec 20 — $31.9K −62.1% −76.7% $42.1M 203 $157 50

Sat Dec 21 — $42.3K +32.8% −75.7% $42.2M 203 $208 51

Sun Dec 22 — $34.5K −18.4% −69.5% $42.2M 203 $170 52

Mon Dec 23 — $27.2K −21.3% −56.8% $42.2M 203 $134 53

Tue Dec 24 — $32.3K +18.8% −72.8% $42.3M 203 $159 54

Wed Dec 25 — $34.7K +7.3% −64.6% $42.3M 203 $171 55

Thu Dec 26 — $37.0K +6.7% −56.0% $42.4M 203 $182 56

Fri Dec 27 — $42.2K +14.2% +32.6% $42.4M 112 $377 57

Sat Dec 28 — $48.6K +15.1% +14.8% $42.4M 112 $434 58

Sun Dec 29 — $40.6K −16.4% +17.6% $42.5M 112 $363 59

Mon Dec 30 — $31.9K −21.5% +17.3% $42.5M 112 $285 60

Tue Dec 31 — $32.9K +3.2% +1.8% $42.5M 112 $294 61

Wed Jan 1 — $48.2K +46.5% +39.0% $42.6M 112 $430 62

Thu Jan 2 — $27.0K −44.0% −27.0% $42.6M 112 $241 63

Fri Jan 3 — $41.8K +54.9% −1.0% $42.7M 124 $337 64

Sat Jan 4 — $62.0K +48.2% +27.5% $42.7M 124 $500 65

Sun Jan 5 — $34.6K −44.2% −14.9% $42.8M 124 $279 66

Mon Jan 6 — $17.5K −49.3% −45.0% $42.8M 124 $141 67

Tue Jan 7 — $19.2K +9.8% −41.5% $42.8M 124 $155 68

Wed Jan 8 — $16.1K −16.5% −66.6% $42.8M 124 $130 69

Thu Jan 9 — $16.4K +1.8% −39.4% $42.8M 124 $132 70

Fri Jan 10 — $23.2K +41.9% −44.4% $42.9M 122 $190 71

Sat Jan 11 — $31.6K +36.1% −49.0% $42.9M 122 $259 72

Sun Jan 12 — $19.8K −37.3% −42.6% $42.9M 122 $163 73

Mon Jan 13 — $8.6K −56.8% −51.2% $42.9M 122 $70 74

Tue Jan 14 — $12.0K +40.7% −37.4% $42.9M 122 $99 75

Wed Jan 15 — $13.3K +10.6% −17.1% $42.9M 122 $109 76

Thu Jan 16 — $11.8K −11.4% −27.9% $43.0M 122 $97 77

Fri Jan 17 — $25.1K +112.5% +8.0% $43.0M 95 $264 78

Sat Jan 18 — $25.5K +1.7% −19.3% $43.0M 95 $269 79

Sun Jan 19 — $20.2K −20.9% +1.8% $43.0M 95 $213 80

Mon Jan 20 — $29.4K +45.8% +244.0% $43.1M 95 $310 81

Tue Jan 21 — $8.0K −73.0% −34.0% $43.1M 95 $84 82

Wed Jan 22 — $8.7K +9.4% −34.7% $43.1M 95 $92 83

Thu Jan 23 — $14.4K +65.2% +21.8% $43.1M 95 $151 84

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

Cumulative total$42.8M

Oct 31Nov 18Dec 5Dec 23Jan 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $138.4K

$11.7M

$7.4M

$4.6M

$2.3M

$1.8M

$838.0K

$424.7K

$108.7K

$130.8K

$138.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,186 → 124 −94.3%

2,056 open124 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +5.8%

−36.6%

W1→2

−38.0%

W2→3

−49.2%

W3→4

−20.7%

W4→5

−54.6%

W5→6

−49.3%

W6→7

−74.4%

W7→8

+20.3%

W8→9

+5.8%

W9→10

Steepest −74.4%Biggest gain +20.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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