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2018 • PG • 1h 50m • Music, Drama, Biography • Roadside Attractions

The song you know. The story you don't.

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3.2

7.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$83.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$85.80M

$2.30M international

Domestic legs4.88x

Budget$7M

2018 rank#35

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Cast & crew

Full Erwin filmography

Jon Erwin

Jon Erwin Director

Madeline Carroll

Madeline Carroll Starring

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid Starring

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman Starring

ScreenplayJon Erwin, Alex Cramer, Brent McCorkle Produced byCindy Bond, Kevin Downes, Daryl Lefever, Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon CinematographyKristopher Kimlin MusicBrent McCorkle Prod. DesignJoseph T. Garrity StudioRoadside Attractions

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 16-18 3 $17.1M — 1,627 $10,516 $17.1M

2 Mar 23-25 3 $13.6M −20.4% 2,255 $6,038 $38.1M

3 Mar 30-Apr 1 4 $10.5M −23.1% 2,648 $3,953 $55.3M

4 Apr 6-8 6 $7.8M −25.4% 2,894 $2,697 $68.5M

5 Apr 13-15 8 $4.1M −46.9% 2,573 $1,611 $75.3M

6 Apr 20-22 11 $2.4M −41.2% 1,994 $1,222 $79.4M

7 Apr 27-29 13 $784.1K −67.8% 970 $808 $81.1M

8 May 4-6 — $427.4K −45.5% 660 $648 $81.9M

9 May 11-13 — $403.2K −5.7% 429 $940 $82.5M

10 May 18-20 — $171.4K −57.5% 274 $626 $82.8M

11 May 25-27 — $95.5K −44.3% 153 $624 $83.0M

12 Jun 1-3 — $70.4K −26.2% 124 $568 $83.2M

13 Jun 8-10 — $60.9K −13.5% 108 $564 $83.3M

14 Jun 15-17 — $50.2K −17.6% 86 $584 $83.3M

15 Jun 22-24 — $33.9K −32.5% 72 $471 $83.4M

16 Jun 29-Jul 1 — $20.9K −38.5% 41 $509 $83.5M

17 Jul 6-8 — $7.4K −64.5% 21 $353 $83.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 16 #3 $6.2M — $6.2M 1,627 $3,834 1

Sat Mar 17 #4 $6.0M −4% $12.2M 1,627 $3,675 2

Sun Mar 18 #3 $4.9M −18% $17.1M 1,627 $3,006 3

Mon Mar 19 #3 $1.6M −66% $18.8M 1,627 $1,012 4

Tue Mar 20 #3 $2.3M +41% $21.1M 1,628 $1,427 5

Wed Mar 21 #2 $1.7M −28% $22.8M 1,629 $1,033 6

Thu Mar 22 #2 $1.7M +2% $24.5M 1,629 $1,055 7

Fri Mar 23 #3 $3.8M +121% −39% $28.3M 2,253 $1,687 8

Sat Mar 24 #3 $5.5M +45% −8% $33.8M 2,254 $2,448 9

Sun Mar 25 #3 $4.3M −22% −12% $38.1M 2,255 $1,906 10

Mon Mar 26 #3 $1.4M −67% −13% $39.5M 2,256 $634 11

Tue Mar 27 #3 $2.1M +49% −8% $41.7M 2,256 $947 12

Wed Mar 28 #3 $1.5M −30% −11% $43.2M 2,253 $662 13

Thu Mar 29 #4 $1.7M +12% −3% $44.8M 2,253 $742 14

Fri Mar 30 #4 $3.7M +119% −4% $48.5M 2,648 $1,383 15

Sat Mar 31 #4 $3.8M +5% −31% $52.3M 2,648 $1,448 16

Sun Apr 1 #4 $3.0M −22% −31% $55.3M 2,648 $1,122 17

Mon Apr 2 #5 $1.4M −53% −2% $56.7M 2,648 $527 18

Tue Apr 3 #4 $1.6M +16% −25% $58.3M 2,648 $609 19

Wed Apr 4 #4 $1.3M −19% −13% $59.6M 2,648 $490 20

Thu Apr 5 #4 $1.1M −13% −33% $60.7M 2,648 $426 21

Fri Apr 6 #6 $2.2M +91% −41% $62.9M 2,894 $743 22

Sat Apr 7 #6 $3.5M +61% −9% $66.3M 2,894 $1,200 23

Sun Apr 8 #6 $2.2M −37% −26% $68.5M 2,894 $755 24

Mon Apr 9 #6 $593.6K −73% −57% $69.1M 2,894 $205 25

Tue Apr 10 #5 $900.9K +52% −44% $70.0M 2,894 $311 26

Wed Apr 11 #6 $594.1K −34% −54% $70.6M 2,894 $205 27

Thu Apr 12 #5 $529.2K −11% −53% $71.2M 2,894 $183 28

Fri Apr 13 #8 $1.1M +106% −49% $72.2M 2,573 $424 29

Sat Apr 14 #8 $1.7M +58% −50% $74.0M 2,573 $670 30

Sun Apr 15 #8 $1.3M −23% −39% $75.3M 2,573 $517 31

Mon Apr 16 #8 $389.4K −71% −34% $75.7M 2,573 $151 32

Tue Apr 17 #8 $531.6K +37% −41% $76.2M 2,573 $207 33

Wed Apr 18 #8 $383.2K −28% −35% $76.6M 2,573 $149 34

Thu Apr 19 #8 $361.9K −6% −32% $77.0M 2,573 $141 35

Fri Apr 20 #12 $678.0K +87% −38% $77.6M 1,994 $340 36

Sat Apr 21 #11 $1.1M +56% −39% $78.7M 1,994 $530 37

Sun Apr 22 #11 $701.7K −34% −47% $79.4M 1,994 $352 38

Mon Apr 23 #11 $212.3K −70% −45% $79.6M 1,994 $106 39

Tue Apr 24 #11 $300.0K +41% −44% $79.9M 1,994 $150 40

Wed Apr 25 #11 $232.4K −23% −39% $80.1M 1,994 $117 41

Thu Apr 26 #11 $161.8K −30% −55% $80.3M 1,994 $81 42

Fri Apr 27 #13 $217.0K +34% −68% $80.5M 970 $224 43

Sat Apr 28 #13 $330.5K +52% −69% $80.9M 970 $341 44

Sun Apr 29 #13 $236.6K −28% −66% $81.1M 970 $244 45

Mon Apr 30 #12 $92.6K −61% −56% $81.2M 970 $96 46

Tue May 1 #12 $111.4K +20% −63% $81.3M 970 $115 47

Wed May 2 #12 $87.3K −22% −62% $81.4M 970 $90 48

Thu May 3 #12 $86.8K −1% −46% $81.5M 970 $89 49

Fri May 4 — $119.5K +38% −45% $81.6M 660 $181 50

Sat May 5 — $181.1K +52% −45% $81.8M 660 $274 51

Sun May 6 — $126.8K −30% −46% $81.9M 660 $192 52

Mon May 7 — $43.9K −65% −53% $81.9M 660 $67 53

Tue May 8 — $65.5K +49% −41% $82.0M 660 $99 54

Wed May 9 15 $52.9K −19% −39% $82.1M 660 $80 55

Thu May 10 15 $44.7K −16% −49% $82.1M 660 $68 56

Fri May 11 — $83.2K +86% −30% $82.2M 429 $194 57

Sat May 12 — $144.1K +73% −20% $82.3M 429 $336 58

Sun May 13 — $176.0K +22% +39% $82.5M 429 $410 59

Mon May 14 — $34.1K −81% −22% $82.5M 429 $80 60

Tue May 15 — $37.9K +11% −42% $82.6M 429 $88 61

Wed May 16 — $37.8K — −29% $82.6M 429 $88 62

Thu May 17 — $31.1K −18% −30% $82.6M 429 $72 63

Fri May 18 — $49.8K +60% −40% $82.7M 274 $182 64

Sat May 19 — $71.2K +43% −51% $82.8M 274 $260 65

Sun May 20 — $50.4K −29% −71% $82.8M 274 $184 66

Mon May 21 — $19.3K −62% −43% $82.8M 274 $70 67

Tue May 22 — $24.8K +29% −35% $82.9M 274 $91 68

Wed May 23 — $22.8K −8% −40% $82.9M 274 $83 69

Thu May 24 — $18.5K −19% −40% $82.9M 274 $68 70

Fri May 25 — $21.3K +15% −57% $82.9M 153 $139 71

Sat May 26 — $37.8K +78% −47% $83.0M 153 $247 72

Sun May 27 — $36.4K −4% −28% $83.0M 153 $238 73

Mon May 28 — $44.3K +22% +130% $83.0M 153 $289 74

Tue May 29 — $14.8K −66% −40% $83.1M 153 $97 75

Wed May 30 — $14.6K −1% −36% $83.1M 153 $96 76

Thu May 31 — $13.3K −9% −28% $83.1M 153 $87 77

Fri Jun 1 — $20.1K +51% −6% $83.1M 124 $162 78

Sat Jun 2 — $29.8K +49% −21% $83.1M 124 $241 79

Sun Jun 3 — $20.5K −31% −44% $83.2M 124 $166 80

Mon Jun 4 — $8.6K −58% −81% $83.2M 124 $70 81

Tue Jun 5 — $10.2K +19% −31% $83.2M 124 $83 82

Wed Jun 6 — $11.2K +9% −24% $83.2M 124 $90 83

Thu Jun 7 — $9.0K −20% −32% $83.2M 124 $72 84

Fri Jun 8 — $16.7K +86% −17% $83.2M 108 $155 85

Sat Jun 9 — $25.0K +49% −16% $83.2M 108 $231 86

Sun Jun 10 — $19.3K −23% −6% $83.3M 108 $178 87

Mon Jun 11 — $8.5K −56% −1% $83.3M 108 $79 88

Tue Jun 12 — $9.5K +11% −7% $83.3M 108 $88 89

Wed Jun 13 — $8.1K −15% −27% $83.3M 108 $75 90

Thu Jun 14 — $10.0K +23% +11% $83.3M 108 $92 91

Fri Jun 15 — $13.9K +40% −17% $83.3M 86 $162 92

Sat Jun 16 — $18.3K +31% −27% $83.3M 86 $212 93

Sun Jun 17 — $18.0K −1% −6% $83.3M 86 $210 94

Mon Jun 18 — $7.3K −59% −14% $83.4M 86 $85 95

Tue Jun 19 — $9.7K +32% +2% $83.4M 86 $112 96

Wed Jun 20 — $7.9K −19% −3% $83.4M 86 $91 97

Thu Jun 21 — $8.6K +9% −14% $83.4M 86 $100 98

Fri Jun 22 — $10.6K +23% −24% $83.4M 72 $147 99

Sat Jun 23 — $13.2K +25% −28% $83.4M 72 $184 100

Sun Jun 24 — $10.1K −24% −44% $83.4M 72 $140 101

Mon Jun 25 — $5.3K −47% −27% $83.4M 72 $74 102

Tue Jun 26 — $6.0K +13% −38% $83.4M 72 $84 103

Wed Jun 27 — $5.6K −8% −29% $83.4M 72 $77 104

Thu Jun 28 — $5.1K −9% −41% $83.4M 72 $71 105

Fri Jun 29 — $6.3K +24% −41% $83.4M 41 $154 106

Sat Jun 30 — $7.5K +19% −43% $83.4M 41 $182 107

Sun Jul 1 — $7.1K −5% −30% $83.5M 41 $173 108

Mon Jul 2 — $2.6K −63% −51% $83.5M 41 $64 109

Tue Jul 3 — $3.4K +30% −43% $83.5M 41 $83 110

Wed Jul 4 — $6.5K +89% +16% $83.5M 41 $158 111

Thu Jul 5 — $3.6K −45% −30% $83.5M 41 $87 112

Fri Jul 6 — $2.4K −32% −62% $83.5M 21 $115 113

Sat Jul 7 — $2.8K +16% −62% $83.5M 21 $134 114

Sun Jul 8 — $2.2K −23% −69% $83.5M 21 $103 115

Mon Jul 9 — $1.1K −51% −59% $83.5M 21 $51 116

Tue Jul 10 — $1.4K +33% −58% $83.5M 21 $68 117

Wed Jul 11 — $1.3K −8% −80% $83.5M 21 $63 118

Thu Jul 12 — $1.3K −5% −65% $83.5M 21 $60 119

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

Cumulative total$82.9M

Mar 16Apr 2Apr 20May 7May 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $171.4K

$17.1M

$13.6M

$10.5M

$7.8M

$4.1M

$2.4M

$784.1K

$427.4K

$403.2K

$171.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,894 → 274 −90.5%

1,627 open274 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −57.5%

−20.4%

W1→2

−23.1%

W2→3

−25.4%

W3→4

−46.9%

W4→5

−41.2%

W5→6

−67.8%

W6→7

−45.5%

W7→8

−5.7%

W8→9

−57.5%

W9→10

Steepest −67.8%Best hold −5.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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