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2016 • PG • 2h 7m • Biography, Drama, History • 20th Century Fox

Meet the women you don't know, behind the history you do

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$515K

Limited · 25 theaters

Domestic total

$169.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$237.60M

$68.00M international

Domestic legs7.4x from $22.8M first wide weekend

Budget$25M

2016 rank#14

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Cast & crew

Full Melfi filmography

Theodore Melfi

Theodore Melfi Director

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson Starring

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer Starring

Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe Starring

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner Starring

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst Starring

ScreenplayTheodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder Produced bySuzanne Todd, Peter Chernin CinematographyMandy Walker MusicHans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch Prod. DesignWynn Thomas Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 23-25 18 $515.5K — 25 $20,620 $515.5K

2 Dec 30-Jan 1 17 $858.2K +66.5% 25 $34,329 $2.3M

3 Jan 6-8 1 $22.8M +2556.6% 2,471 $9,227 $25.8M

4 Jan 13-15 1 $20.9M −8.5% 3,286 $6,346 $55.2M

5 Jan 20-22 3 $15.7M −24.6% 3,416 $4,602 $83.7M

6 Jan 27-29 3 $14.0M −10.9% 3,351 $4,179 $104.0M

7 Feb 3-5 4 $10.2M −27.2% 3,401 $2,996 $119.5M

8 Feb 10-12 5 $8.0M −21.5% 2,667 $3,001 $131.5M

9 Feb 17-19 6 $7.2M −9.8% 2,217 $3,256 $142.7M

10 Feb 24-26 7 $5.8M −19.6% 2,022 $2,871 $152.7M

11 Mar 3-5 7 $3.8M −34.1% 1,582 $2,419 $158.8M

12 Mar 10-12 7 $2.8M −27.8% 1,421 $1,943 $162.9M

13 Mar 17-19 8 $1.5M −46.6% 1,162 $1,270 $165.5M

14 Mar 24-26 12 $753.1K −48.9% 640 $1,177 $167.0M

15 Mar 31-Apr 2 14 $414.4K −45.0% 352 $1,177 $167.8M

16 Apr 7-9 19 $265.2K −36.0% 288 $921 $168.3M

17 Apr 14-16 25 $155.0K −41.6% 194 $799 $168.6M

18 Apr 21-23 27 $183.8K +18.6% 160 $1,149 $168.8M

19 Apr 28-30 36 $85.8K −53.3% 124 $692 $169.0M

20 May 5-7 39 $58.6K −31.7% 113 $518 $169.1M

21 May 12-14 38 $81.5K +39.1% 103 $791 $169.2M

22 May 19-21 - $55.9K −31.4% 81 $691 $169.3M

23 May 26-28 49 $17.3K −69.1% 29 $597 $169.3M

24 Jun 2-4 51 $9.2K −47.1% 13 $705 $169.3M

25 Jun 9-11 80 $971 −89.4% 5 $194 $169.3M

26 Jun 16-18 80 $1.6K +61.9% 5 $314 $169.3M

27 Jun 23-25 75 $1.7K +9.2% 5 $343 $169.3M

28 Jun 30-Jul 2 66 $3.7K +116.7% 21 $177 $169.4M

29 Jul 7-9 63 $6.4K +73.0% 18 $358 $169.4M

30 Jul 14-16 60 $5.0K −22.3% 17 $294 $169.4M

31 Jul 21-23 80 $1.3K −73.2% 5 $268 $169.4M

32 Jul 28-30 93 $507 −62.2% 3 $169 $169.4M

33 Aug 4-6 90 $454 −10.5% 3 $151 $169.4M

34 Aug 11-13 99 $487 +7.3% 2 $244 $169.4M

35 Aug 18-20 102 $250 −48.7% 2 $125 $169.4M

36 Aug 25-27 103 $350 +40.0% 1 $350 $169.4M

37 Sep 8-10 105 $755 +115.7% 2 $378 $169.4M

38 Sep 29-Oct 1 111 $230 −69.5% 1 $230 $169.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sun Dec 25 #- $515.5K — $515.5K 25 $20,620 -5

Mon Dec 26 #- $323.1K — $838.6K 25 $12,923 -4

Tue Dec 27 #- $212.3K — $1.1M 25 $8,493 -3

Wed Dec 28 #- $199.7K — $1.3M 25 $7,988 -2

Thu Dec 29 #- $215.8K — $1.5M 25 $8,632 -1

Fri Dec 30 #- $272.2K — $1.7M 25 $10,889 1

Sat Dec 31 #- $248.3K −8.8% $2.0M 25 $9,934 2

Sun Jan 1 #- $337.7K +36.0% −34.5% $2.3M 25 $13,507 3

Mon Jan 2 #- $333.5K −1.2% +3.2% $2.7M 25 $13,338 4

Tue Jan 3 #- $112.4K −66.3% −47.1% $2.8M 25 $4,495 5

Wed Jan 4 #- $102.0K −9.2% −48.9% $2.9M 25 $4,082 6

Thu Jan 5 #- $81.7K −20.0% −62.2% $3.0M 25 $3,267 7

Fri Jan 6 #1 $7.6M +9232.3% +2699.7% $10.6M 2,471 $3,084 8

Sat Jan 7 #3 $8.8M +15.9% +3457.7% $19.4M 2,471 $3,576 9

Sun Jan 8 #3 $6.3M −28.2% +1778.6% $25.8M 2,471 $2,567 10

Mon Jan 9 #1 $1.9M −70.7% +457.0% $27.6M 2,471 $752 11

Tue Jan 10 #1 $2.9M +54.9% +2460.3% $30.5M 2,471 $1,164 12

Wed Jan 11 #1 $1.9M −33.4% +1776.7% $32.4M 2,471 $775 13

Thu Jan 12 #1 $2.0M +3.3% +2323.2% $34.4M 2,471 $801 14

Fri Jan 13 #1 $5.5M +177.8% −27.9% $39.9M 3,286 $1,673 15

Sat Jan 14 #1 $8.5M +54.2% −4.0% $48.4M 3,286 $2,580 16

Sun Jan 15 #1 $6.9M −18.9% +8.4% $55.2M 3,286 $2,093 17

Mon Jan 16 #1 $6.7M −3.3% +258.2% $61.9M 3,286 $2,025 18

Tue Jan 17 #1 $2.5M −62.4% −13.0% $64.4M 3,286 $762 19

Wed Jan 18 #1 $1.8M −29.1% −7.4% $66.2M 3,286 $540 20

Thu Jan 19 #1 $1.8M +2.7% −7.9% $68.0M 3,286 $554 21

Fri Jan 20 #3 $4.4M +141.4% −20.0% $72.4M 3,416 $1,288 22

Sat Jan 21 #3 $7.3M +65.1% −14.4% $79.6M 3,416 $2,125 23

Sun Jan 22 #3 $4.1M −44.0% −40.9% $83.7M 3,416 $1,189 24

Mon Jan 23 #3 $1.3M −68.3% −80.6% $85.0M 3,416 $378 25

Tue Jan 24 #2 $2.0M +52.6% −21.4% $87.0M 3,416 $576 26

Wed Jan 25 #2 $1.5M −23.5% −15.1% $88.5M 3,416 $441 27

Thu Jan 26 #2 $1.5M +2.8% −15.0% $90.0M 3,416 $453 28

Fri Jan 27 #4 $3.8M +142.5% −14.7% $93.8M 3,351 $1,120 29

Sat Jan 28 #3 $6.3M +67.9% −13.2% $100.1M 3,351 $1,881 30

Sun Jan 29 #3 $3.9M −37.3% −2.8% $104.0M 3,351 $1,178 31

Mon Jan 30 #2 $1.1M −71.1% −11.5% $105.2M 3,351 $341 32

Tue Jan 31 #2 $1.6M +43.3% −17.0% $106.8M 3,351 $488 33

Wed Feb 1 #2 $1.2M −25.4% −19.0% $108.0M 3,351 $364 34

Thu Feb 2 #2 $1.3M +5.2% −17.2% $109.3M 3,351 $383 35

Fri Feb 3 #3 $3.1M +143.8% −16.7% $112.4M 3,401 $919 36

Sat Feb 4 #4 $5.3M +69.1% −16.1% $117.7M 3,401 $1,554 37

Sun Feb 5 #3 $1.8M −66.4% −55.0% $119.5M 3,401 $522 38

Mon Feb 6 #2 $864.3K −51.4% −24.3% $120.4M 3,401 $254 39

Tue Feb 7 #2 $1.2M +42.1% −24.9% $121.6M 3,401 $361 40

Wed Feb 8 #2 $958.1K −22.0% −21.4% $122.5M 3,401 $282 41

Thu Feb 9 #1 $910.1K −5.0% −29.0% $123.5M 3,401 $268 42

Fri Feb 10 #5 $2.2M +138.3% −30.6% $125.6M 2,667 $813 43

Sat Feb 11 #5 $3.7M +71.4% −29.7% $129.3M 2,667 $1,394 44

Sun Feb 12 #5 $2.1M −43.0% +19.2% $131.5M 2,667 $794 45

Mon Feb 13 #5 $704.7K −66.7% −18.5% $132.2M 2,667 $264 46

Tue Feb 14 #5 $1.6M +133.3% +33.9% $133.8M 2,667 $616 47

Wed Feb 15 #4 $807.7K −50.9% −15.7% $134.6M 2,667 $303 48

Thu Feb 16 #4 $880.5K +9.0% −3.3% $135.5M 2,667 $330 49

Fri Feb 17 #7 $1.8M +109.6% −14.9% $137.3M 2,217 $832 50

Sat Feb 18 #6 $3.0M +64.6% −18.3% $140.4M 2,217 $1,370 51

Sun Feb 19 #6 $2.3M −23.1% +10.4% $142.7M 2,217 $1,054 52

Mon Feb 20 #6 $1.8M −23.3% +154.3% $144.5M 2,217 $808 53

Tue Feb 21 #6 $900.9K −49.7% −45.2% $145.4M 2,217 $406 54

Wed Feb 22 #6 $801.2K −11.1% −0.8% $146.2M 2,217 $361 55

Thu Feb 23 #7 $736.1K −8.1% −16.4% $146.9M 2,217 $332 56

Fri Feb 24 #7 $1.6M +115.2% −14.2% $148.5M 2,022 $783 57

Sat Feb 25 #7 $2.7M +73.1% −9.7% $151.3M 2,022 $1,356 58

Sun Feb 26 #7 $1.5M −46.1% −36.7% $152.7M 2,022 $731 59

Mon Feb 27 #6 $544.9K −63.2% −69.6% $153.3M 2,022 $269 60

Tue Feb 28 #7 $686.9K +26.1% −23.8% $154.0M 2,022 $340 61

Wed Mar 1 #6 $473.8K −31.0% −40.9% $154.5M 2,022 $234 62

Thu Mar 2 #6 $488.2K +3.0% −33.7% $154.9M 2,022 $241 63

Fri Mar 3 #8 $1.0M +106.5% −36.3% $155.9M 1,582 $637 64

Sat Mar 4 #7 $1.8M +77.4% −34.8% $157.7M 1,582 $1,131 65

Sun Mar 5 #8 $1.0M −42.5% −30.4% $158.8M 1,582 $651 66

Mon Mar 6 #7 $281.8K −72.6% −48.3% $159.0M 1,582 $178 67

Tue Mar 7 #9 $410.4K +45.6% −40.3% $159.5M 1,582 $259 68

Wed Mar 8 #6 $324.1K −21.0% −31.6% $159.8M 1,582 $205 69

Thu Mar 9 #6 $317.1K −2.1% −35.0% $160.1M 1,582 $200 70

Fri Mar 10 #7 $717.8K +126.3% −28.8% $160.8M 1,421 $505 71

Sat Mar 11 #7 $1.3M +81.4% −27.2% $162.1M 1,421 $916 72

Sun Mar 12 #8 $741.0K −43.1% −28.0% $162.9M 1,421 $521 73

Mon Mar 13 #8 $283.9K −61.7% +0.7% $163.1M 1,421 $200 74

Tue Mar 14 #8 $338.1K +19.1% −17.6% $163.5M 1,421 $238 75

Wed Mar 15 #7 $315.6K −6.6% −2.6% $163.8M 1,421 $222 76

Thu Mar 16 #6 $260.3K −17.5% −17.9% $164.1M 1,421 $183 77

Fri Mar 17 #8 $393.7K +51.2% −45.2% $164.5M 1,162 $339 78

Sat Mar 18 #8 $711.1K +80.6% −45.4% $165.2M 1,162 $612 79

Sun Mar 19 #8 $370.5K −47.9% −50.0% $165.5M 1,162 $319 80

Mon Mar 20 #8 $149.1K −59.8% −47.5% $165.7M 1,162 $128 81

Tue Mar 21 #9 $217.7K +46.0% −35.6% $165.9M 1,162 $187 82

Wed Mar 22 #8 $185.6K −14.7% −41.2% $166.1M 1,162 $160 83

Thu Mar 23 #8 $175.1K −5.7% −32.7% $166.3M 1,162 $151 84

Fri Mar 24 #- $210.8K +20.4% −46.4% $166.5M 640 $329 85

Sat Mar 25 #- $330.7K +56.8% −53.5% $166.8M 640 $517 86

Sun Mar 26 #- $211.6K −36.0% −42.9% $167.0M 640 $331 87

Mon Mar 27 #11 $86.0K −59.3% −42.3% $167.1M 640 $134 88

Tue Mar 28 #11 $116.6K +35.5% −46.4% $167.2M 640 $182 89

Wed Mar 29 #11 $92.4K −20.7% −50.2% $167.3M 640 $144 90

Thu Mar 30 #11 $80.6K −12.8% −54.0% $167.4M 640 $126 91

Fri Mar 31 #14 $126.9K +57.4% −39.8% $167.5M 352 $360 92

Sat Apr 1 #14 $186.6K +47.1% −43.6% $167.7M 352 $530 93

Sun Apr 2 #14 $100.9K −45.9% −52.3% $167.8M 352 $287 94

Mon Apr 3 #14 $37.4K −63.0% −56.6% $167.8M 352 $106 95

Tue Apr 4 #14 $58.1K +55.5% −50.2% $167.9M 352 $165 96

Wed Apr 5 #13 $54.7K −5.8% −40.8% $168.0M 352 $156 97

Thu Apr 6 #13 $55.7K +1.8% −30.8% $168.0M 352 $158 98

Fri Apr 7 #- $81.2K +45.6% −36.0% $168.1M 288 $282 99

Sat Apr 8 #- $124.7K +53.6% −33.2% $168.2M 288 $433 100

Sun Apr 9 #- $59.3K −52.4% −41.2% $168.3M 288 $206 101

Mon Apr 10 #- $25.4K −57.2% −32.1% $168.3M 288 $88 102

Tue Apr 11 #- $35.6K +40.3% −38.7% $168.3M 288 $124 103

Wed Apr 12 #- $30.0K −15.7% −45.1% $168.4M 288 $104 104

Thu Apr 13 #- $35.1K +16.9% −37.0% $168.4M 288 $122 105

Fri Apr 14 #- $55.5K +58.0% −31.6% $168.5M 194 $286 106

Sat Apr 15 #- $62.7K +13.0% −49.7% $168.5M 194 $323 107

Sun Apr 16 #- $36.8K −41.3% −38.0% $168.6M 194 $190 108

Mon Apr 17 #- $19.3K −47.7% −24.2% $168.6M 194 $99 109

Tue Apr 18 #- $25.1K +30.6% −29.4% $168.6M 194 $130 110

Wed Apr 19 #- $22.2K −11.8% −26.2% $168.6M 194 $114 111

Thu Apr 20 #- $23.4K +5.6% −33.3% $168.6M 194 $121 112

Fri Apr 21 #- $58.0K +147.8% +4.6% $168.7M 160 $363 113

Sat Apr 22 #- $80.7K +39.0% +28.6% $168.8M 160 $504 114

Sun Apr 23 #- $45.1K −44.1% +22.5% $168.8M 160 $282 115

Mon Apr 24 #- $14.2K −68.6% −26.4% $168.8M 160 $89 116

Tue Apr 25 #- $16.4K +15.9% −34.7% $168.9M 160 $103 117

Wed Apr 26 #- $14.1K −13.9% −36.3% $168.9M 160 $88 118

Thu Apr 27 #- $29.6K +109.2% +26.3% $168.9M 160 $185 119

Fri Apr 28 #- $26.1K −11.9% −55.1% $168.9M 124 $210 120

Sat Apr 29 #- $38.1K +46.2% −52.8% $169.0M 124 $307 121

Sun Apr 30 #- $21.6K −43.2% −52.0% $169.0M 124 $174 122

Mon May 1 #- $9.4K −56.4% −33.4% $169.0M 124 $76 123

Tue May 2 #- $10.0K +6.1% −39.1% $169.0M 124 $81 124

Wed May 3 #- $7.0K −30.4% −50.8% $169.0M 124 $56 125

Thu May 4 #- $8.9K +27.6% −70.0% $169.0M 124 $72 126

Fri May 5 #- $17.8K +100.2% −31.8% $169.0M 113 $157 127

Sat May 6 #- $27.3K +53.5% −28.3% $169.1M 113 $242 128

Sun May 7 #- $13.5K −50.6% −37.6% $169.1M 113 $119 129

Mon May 8 #- $5.7K −57.8% −39.5% $169.1M 113 $50 130

Tue May 9 #- $10.4K +82.5% +4.0% $169.1M 113 $92 131

Wed May 10 #- $9.0K −13.1% +29.8% $169.1M 113 $80 132

Thu May 11 #- $8.7K −3.4% −1.7% $169.1M 113 $77 133

Fri May 12 #- $21.8K +149.9% +22.7% $169.1M 103 $212 134

Sat May 13 #- $39.4K +80.5% +44.3% $169.2M 103 $382 135

Sun May 14 #- $20.3K −48.5% +50.3% $169.2M 103 $197 136

Mon May 15 #- $3.7K −81.8% −35.0% $169.2M 103 $36 137

Tue May 16 #- $4.2K +14.2% −59.4% $169.2M 103 $41 138

Wed May 17 #- $5.8K +37.2% −35.9% $169.2M 103 $56 139

Thu May 18 #- $4.5K −21.9% −48.2% $169.2M 103 $44 140

Fri May 19 #- $18.1K +300.5% −16.9% $169.2M 81 $224 141

Sat May 20 #- $29.3K +61.6% −25.6% $169.3M 81 $362 142

Sun May 21 #- $8.5K −70.9% −58.0% $169.3M 81 $105 143

Mon May 22 #- $4.0K −53.6% +6.9% $169.3M 81 $49 144

Tue May 23 #- $5.6K +41.5% +32.6% $169.3M 81 $69 145

Wed May 24 #- $3.1K −45.0% −46.8% $169.3M 81 $38 146

Thu May 25 #- $7.4K +139.4% +63.0% $169.3M 81 $91 147

Fri May 26 #- $5.4K −26.4% −70.0% $169.3M 29 $187 148

Sat May 27 #- $6.4K +18.3% −78.1% $169.3M 29 $222 149

Sun May 28 #- $5.5K −15.2% −36.0% $169.3M 29 $188 150

Mon May 29 #- $4.2K −23.1% +5.9% $169.3M 29 $145 151

Tue May 30 #- $3.4K −19.2% −39.6% $169.3M 29 $117 152

Wed May 31 #- $1.8K −45.7% −40.4% $169.3M 29 $63 153

Thu Jun 1 #- $2.3K +23.2% −69.3% $169.3M 29 $78 154

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

Cumulative total$160.1M

Dec 25Jan 13Jan 31Feb 19Mar 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $5.8M

$515.5K

$858.2K

$22.8M

$20.9M

$15.7M

$14.0M

$10.2M

$8.0M

$7.2M

$5.8M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,416 → 1,582 −53.7%

25 open1,582 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.6%

+66.5%

W1→2

+2556.6%

W2→3

−8.5%

W3→4

−24.6%

W4→5

−10.9%

W5→6

−27.2%

W6→7

−21.5%

W7→8

−9.8%

W8→9

−19.6%

W9→10

Steepest −27.2%Biggest gain +2556.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 30 days

$100M

Day 30

Jan 28

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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