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2026 • R • 1h 45m • Comedy, Thriller • A24

$28 billion inheritance. 7 relatives standing in the way.

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3.14

6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$3.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$7.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$21.70M

$13.80M international

Domestic legs2.3x

Budget$15M

2026 rank#70

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Cast & crew

Glen Powell

Glen Powell Starring

Margaret Qualley

Margaret Qualley Starring

Jessica Henwick

Jessica Henwick Starring

Bill Camp

Bill Camp Starring

Topher Grace

Topher Grace Starring

Ed Harris

Ed Harris Starring

ScreenplayJohn Patton Ford Based on the novel byRoy Horniman Produced byGraham Broadbent, Pete Czernin CinematographyTodd Banhazl Music byEmile Mosseri StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 20-22 6 $3.5M — 1,625 $2,147 $3.5M

2 Feb 27-Mar 1 10 $1.5M −56.0% 1,726 $890 $6.3M

3 Mar 6-8 19 $375.5K −75.6% 502 $748 $7.5M

4 Mar 13-15 31 $96.7K −74.2% 102 $948 $7.7M

5 Mar 20-22 42 $12.9K −86.6% 28 $462 $7.8M

6 Mar 27-29 45 $8.0K −37.8% 20 $402 $7.8M

7 Apr 3-5 51 $6.0K −26.0% 18 $331 $7.8M

8 Apr 10-12 47 $4.4K −26.3% 18 $244 $7.8M

9 Apr 17-19 53 $3.2K −26.9% 10 $321 $7.8M

10 Apr 24-26 61 $2.6K −18.9% 8 $325 $7.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 20 #4 $1.7M — $1.7M 1,625 $1,030 1

Sat Feb 21 #6 $1.1M −32.3% $2.8M 1,625 $698 2

Sun Feb 22 #7 $680.2K −40.0% $3.5M 1,625 $419 3

Mon Feb 23 #6 $272.9K −59.9% $3.8M 1,625 $168 4

Tue Feb 24 #6 $471.1K +72.6% $4.2M 1,625 $290 5

Wed Feb 25 #6 $268.7K −43.0% $4.5M 1,625 $165 6

Thu Feb 26 #7 $225.7K −16.0% $4.7M 1,625 $139 7

Fri Feb 27 #9 $452.2K +100.4% −73.0% $5.2M 1,726 $262 8

Sat Feb 28 #10 $645.5K +42.7% −43.1% $5.8M 1,726 $374 9

Sun Mar 1 #10 $438.4K −32.1% −35.6% $6.3M 1,726 $254 10

Mon Mar 2 #8 $172.3K −60.7% −36.9% $6.4M 1,726 $100 11

Tue Mar 3 #8 $321.2K +86.4% −31.8% $6.8M 1,726 $186 12

Wed Mar 4 #8 $201.1K −37.4% −25.1% $7.0M 1,726 $117 13

Thu Mar 5 #8 $125.1K −37.8% −44.6% $7.1M 1,726 $72 14

Fri Mar 6 #18 $110.9K −11.3% −75.5% $7.2M 502 $221 15

Sat Mar 7 #17 $155.6K +40.3% −75.9% $7.3M 502 $310 16

Sun Mar 8 #17 $108.9K −30.0% −75.2% $7.5M 502 $217 17

Mon Mar 9 #21 $39.1K −64.1% −77.3% $7.5M 502 $78 18

Tue Mar 10 #15 $65.9K +68.6% −79.5% $7.6M 502 $131 19

Wed Mar 11 #18 $44.8K −32.1% −77.7% $7.6M 502 $89 20

Thu Mar 12 #19 $35.0K −21.9% −72.1% $7.6M 502 $70 21

Fri Mar 13 #29 $29.1K −16.8% −73.8% $7.7M 102 $285 22

Sat Mar 14 #29 $38.7K +33.0% −75.2% $7.7M 102 $379 23

Sun Mar 15 #26 $29.0K −25.0% −73.4% $7.7M 102 $284 24

Mon Mar 16 #29 $10.0K −65.6% −74.5% $7.7M 102 $98 25

Tue Mar 17 #28 $18.9K +89.9% −71.3% $7.8M 102 $186 26

Wed Mar 18 #29 $16.4K −13.2% −63.3% $7.8M 102 $161 27

Thu Mar 19 #28 $7.5K −54.1% −78.4% $7.8M 102 $74 28

Fri Mar 20 #36 $2.9K −61.6% −90.0% $7.8M 28 $104 29

Sat Mar 21 #32 $5.7K +98.0% −85.2% $7.8M 28 $205 30

Sun Mar 22 #32 $4.3K −25.0% −85.2% $7.8M 28 $154 31

Mon Mar 23 #38 $789 −81.7% −92.1% $7.8M 28 $28 32

Tue Mar 24 #32 $2.2K +178.7% −88.4% $7.8M 28 $79 33

Wed Mar 25 #34 $1.7K −20.7% −89.4% $7.8M 28 $62 34

Thu Mar 26 #38 $1.2K −30.5% −83.9% $7.8M 28 $43 35

Fri Mar 27 #35 $2.1K +75.2% −26.8% $7.8M 20 $106 36

Sat Mar 28 #35 $3.3K +55.0% −42.7% $7.8M 20 $165 37

Sun Mar 29 #35 $2.6K −20.0% −38.8% $7.8M 20 $132 38

Mon Mar 30 #35 $944 −64.1% +19.6% $7.8M 20 $47 39

Tue Mar 31 #37 $872 −7.6% −60.3% $7.8M 20 $44 40

Wed Apr 1 #34 $992 +13.8% −43.1% $7.8M 20 $50 41

Thu Apr 2 #34 $954 −3.8% −21.3% $7.8M 20 $48 42

Fri Apr 3 #31 $1.9K +96.8% −11.6% $7.8M 18 $104 43

Sat Apr 4 #32 $2.4K +25.5% −28.4% $7.8M 18 $131 44

Sun Apr 5 #32 $1.7K −27.0% −34.6% $7.8M 18 $96 45

Mon Apr 6 #32 $997 −42.1% +5.6% $7.8M 18 $55 46

Tue Apr 7 #33 $871 −12.6% −0.1% $7.8M 18 $48 47

Wed Apr 8 #31 $945 +8.5% −4.7% $7.8M 18 $52 48

Thu Apr 9 #31 $974 +3.1% +2.1% $7.8M 18 $54 49

Fri Apr 10 #29 $1.4K +44.6% −25.0% $7.8M 18 $78 50

Sat Apr 11 #31 $1.7K +23.8% −26.0% $7.8M 18 $97 51

Sun Apr 12 #30 $1.2K −28.9% −28.0% $7.8M 18 $69 52

Mon Apr 13 #28 $728 −41.2% −27.0% $7.8M 18 $40 53

Tue Apr 14 #30 $679 −6.7% −22.0% $7.8M 18 $38 54

Wed Apr 15 #28 $709 +4.4% −25.0% $7.8M 18 $39 55

Thu Apr 16 #27 $731 +3.1% −24.9% $7.8M 18 $41 56

Fri Apr 17 #39 $986 +34.9% −30.0% $7.8M 10 $99 57

Sat Apr 18 #38 $1.1K +13.9% −35.6% $7.8M 10 $112 58

Sun Apr 19 #37 $1.1K −2.1% −11.3% $7.8M 10 $110 59

Mon Apr 20 #35 $865 −21.3% +18.8% $7.8M 10 $86 60

Tue Apr 21 #32 $962 +11.2% +41.7% $7.8M 10 $96 61

Wed Apr 22 #33 $1.0K +7.3% +45.6% $7.8M 10 $103 62

Thu Apr 23 #37 $533 −48.4% −27.1% $7.8M 10 $53 63

Fri Apr 24 #37 $876 +64.4% −11.2% $7.8M 8 $110 64

Sat Apr 25 #39 $965 +10.2% −14.1% $7.8M 8 $121 65

Sun Apr 26 #37 $762 −21.0% −30.7% $7.8M 8 $95 66

Mon Apr 27 #35 $568 −25.5% −34.3% $7.8M 8 $71 67

Tue Apr 28 #35 $688 +21.1% −28.5% $7.9M 8 $86 68

Wed Apr 29 #34 $521 −24.3% −49.5% $7.9M 8 $65 69

Thu Apr 30 #35 $444 −14.8% −16.7% $7.9M 8 $56 70

Cumulative total$7.9M

Feb 20Mar 9Mar 27Apr 13Apr 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.6K

$3.5M

$1.5M

$375.5K

$96.7K

$12.9K

$8.0K

$6.0K

$4.4K

$3.2K

$2.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,726 → 8 −99.5%

1,625 open8 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −18.9%

−56.0%

W1→2

−75.6%

W2→3

−74.2%

W3→4

−86.6%

W4→5

−37.8%

W5→6

−26.0%

W6→7

−26.3%

W7→8

−26.9%

W8→9

−18.9%

W9→10

Steepest −86.6%Best hold −18.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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