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2020 • PG-13 • 2h 17m • Biography, Crime, Drama • Warner Bros. Pictures

Every generation has its hero. Meet ours.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$108K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$36.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$50.40M

Global release

Domestic legs3.7x from $9.7M first wide weekend

Budget$25M

2020 rank#12

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Cast & crew

Full Cretton filmography

Destin Daniel Cretton

Destin Daniel Cretton Director

Michael B. Jordan

Michael B. Jordan Starring

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx Starring

Brie Larson

Brie Larson Starring

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

O'Shea Jackson Jr. Starring

Rafe Spall

Rafe Spall Starring

ScreenplayDestin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham Produced byGil Netter, Asher Goldstein CinematographyNat Sanders MusicJoel P. West Prod. DesignWynn Thomas

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 27-29 (opening) — $107.9K — 4 $26,964 $226.2K

2 Jan 3-5 — $76.6K −29.0% 4 $19,153 $400.3K

3 Jan 10-12 4 $9.7M +12578.0% 2,375 $4,089 $10.1M

4 Jan 17-19 6 $5.8M −40.5% 2,457 $2,351 $19.4M

5 Jan 24-26 9 $4.0M −30.2% 2,408 $1,674 $27.1M

6 Jan 31-2 12 $2.2M −46.2% 1,807 $1,200 $30.8M

7 Feb 7-9 11 $1.5M −30.5% 1,315 $1,147 $33.4M

8 Feb 14-16 — $772.4K −48.8% 846 $913 $34.8M

9 Feb 21-23 — $261.8K −66.1% 423 $618 $35.4M

10 Feb 28-1 — $175.8K −32.9% 300 $585 $35.7M

11 Mar 6-8 — $94.1K −46.5% 211 $445 $35.9M

12 Mar 13-15 — $31.4K −66.7% 211 $148 $36.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 25 #— $81.1K — $81.1K 4 $20,268 -2

Thu Dec 26 #— $37.3K −54% $118.4K 4 $9,329 -1

Fri Dec 27 #— $36.6K — $155.0K 4 $9,158 1

Sat Dec 28 #— $38.6K +5% $193.6K 4 $9,656 2

Sun Dec 29 #— $32.6K −16% $226.2K 4 $8,150 3

Mon Dec 30 #— $19.1K −41% $245.3K 4 $4,772 4

Tue Dec 31 #— $22.5K +18% $267.9K 4 $5,635 5

Wed Jan 1 #— $38.6K +71% $306.5K 4 $9,650 6

Thu Jan 2 #— $17.3K −55% $323.7K 4 $4,313 7

Fri Jan 3 #— $21.5K +25% −41% $345.2K 4 $5,374 8

Sat Jan 4 #— $36.5K +70% −6% $381.7K 4 $9,119 9

Sun Jan 5 #— $18.6K −49% −43% $400.3K 4 $4,659 10

Mon Jan 6 #— $7.1K −62% −63% $407.4K 4 $1,765 11

Tue Jan 7 #— $10.1K +43% −55% $417.5K 4 $2,517 12

Wed Jan 8 #— $8.4K −17% −78% $425.9K 4 $2,096 13

Thu Jan 9 #— $10.1K +21% −41% $436.0K 4 $2,531 14

Fri Jan 10 #4 $3.7M +36,261% +17,027% $4.1M 2,375 $1,550 15

Sat Jan 11 #5 $3.6M −1% +9,876% $7.8M 2,375 $1,532 16

Sun Jan 12 #4 $2.4M −34% +12,735% $10.1M 2,375 $1,007 17

Mon Jan 13 #5 $670.5K −72% +9,397% $10.8M 2,375 $282 18

Tue Jan 14 #5 $1.4M +102% +13,327% $12.2M 2,375 $569 19

Wed Jan 15 #6 $766.2K −43% +9,039% $12.9M 2,375 $322 20

Thu Jan 16 #6 $674.6K −12% +6,562% $13.6M 2,375 $284 21

Fri Jan 17 #6 $1.7M +145% −55% $15.3M 2,457 $671 22

Sat Jan 18 #7 $2.4M +45% −34% $17.7M 2,457 $974 23

Sun Jan 19 #7 $1.7M −28% −28% $19.4M 2,457 $704 24

Mon Jan 20 #7 $1.7M +1% +160% $21.1M 2,457 $708 25

Tue Jan 21 #7 $882.9K −49% −35% $22.0M 2,457 $359 26

Wed Jan 22 #6 $520.5K −41% −32% $22.5M 2,457 $211 27

Thu Jan 23 #7 $490.1K −6% −27% $23.0M 2,457 $199 28

Fri Jan 24 #9 $1.1M +123% −34% $24.1M 2,408 $453 29

Sat Jan 25 #9 $1.9M +70% −22% $26.0M 2,408 $770 30

Sun Jan 26 #9 $1.1M −42% −37% $27.1M 2,408 $450 31

Mon Jan 27 #9 $316.2K −71% −82% $27.4M 2,408 $131 32

Tue Jan 28 #9 $586.4K +85% −34% $28.0M 2,408 $243 33

Wed Jan 29 #9 $349.1K −40% −33% $28.3M 2,408 $144 34

Thu Jan 30 #8 $335.2K −4% −32% $28.6M 2,408 $139 35

Fri Jan 31 #12 $682.9K +104% −37% $29.3M 1,807 $377 36

Sat Feb 1 #12 $1.2M +68% −38% $30.5M 1,807 $636 37

Sun Feb 2 #13 $336.9K −71% −69% $30.8M 1,807 $186 38

Mon Feb 3 #11 $207.5K −38% −34% $31.0M 1,807 $114 39

Tue Feb 4 #10 $387.1K +87% −34% $31.4M 1,807 $214 40

Wed Feb 5 #11 $233.7K −40% −33% $31.6M 1,807 $129 41

Thu Feb 6 #10 $210.3K −10% −37% $31.9M 1,807 $116 42

Fri Feb 7 #11 $435.2K +107% −36% $32.3M 1,315 $330 43

Sat Feb 8 #14 $693.5K +59% −40% $33.0M 1,315 $527 44

Sun Feb 9 #13 $379.6K −45% +13% $33.4M 1,315 $288 45

Mon Feb 10 #13 $125.6K −67% −39% $33.5M 1,315 $95 46

Tue Feb 11 #12 $221.3K +76% −43% $33.7M 1,315 $168 47

Wed Feb 12 #12 $136.0K −39% −42% $33.8M 1,315 $103 48

Thu Feb 13 #12 $138.7K +2% −34% $34.0M 1,315 $105 49

Fri Feb 14 #— $253.4K +83% −42% $34.2M 846 $299 50

Sat Feb 15 #— $295.6K +17% −57% $34.5M 846 $349 51

Sun Feb 16 #— $223.3K −24% −41% $34.8M 846 $264 52

Mon Feb 17 #— $147.5K −34% +17% $34.9M 846 $174 53

Tue Feb 18 #— $103.5K −30% −53% $35.0M 846 $122 54

Wed Feb 19 #— $65.9K −36% −52% $35.1M 846 $77 55

Thu Feb 20 #— $72.1K +9% −48% $35.1M 846 $85 56

Fri Feb 21 #— $79.8K +11% −69% $35.2M 423 $188 57

Sat Feb 22 #— $110.6K +39% −63% $35.3M 423 $261 58

Sun Feb 23 #— $71.5K −35% −68% $35.4M 423 $168 59

Mon Feb 24 #— $34.9K −51% −76% $35.4M 423 $82 60

Tue Feb 25 #— $51.2K +47% −51% $35.5M 423 $121 61

Wed Feb 26 #— $34.5K −33% −48% $35.5M 423 $81 62

Thu Feb 27 #— $38.0K +10% −47% $35.6M 423 $89 63

Fri Feb 28 #— $62.1K +63% −22% $35.6M 300 $207 64

Sat Feb 29 #— $68.9K +11% −38% $35.7M 300 $229 65

Sun Mar 1 #— $44.7K −35% −37% $35.7M 300 $149 66

Mon Mar 2 #— $15.9K −64% −54% $35.8M 300 $52 67

Tue Mar 3 #— $28.0K +77% −45% $35.8M 300 $93 68

Wed Mar 4 #— $18.2K −35% −47% $35.8M 300 $60 69

Thu Mar 5 #— $21.3K +17% −44% $35.8M 300 $70 70

Fri Mar 6 #— $25.9K +22% −58% $35.8M 211 $122 71

Sat Mar 7 #— $44.1K +70% −36% $35.9M 211 $209 72

Sun Mar 8 #— $24.1K −45% −46% $35.9M 211 $113 73

Mon Mar 9 #— $12.1K −50% −24% $35.9M 211 $57 74

Tue Mar 10 #— $12.8K +5% −54% $35.9M 211 $60 75

Wed Mar 11 #— $10.3K −20% −43% $36.0M 211 $48 76

Thu Mar 12 #— $9.5K −8% −55% $36.0M 211 $45 77

Fri Mar 13 #— $8.9K −6% −66% $36.0M 211 $42 78

Sat Mar 14 #— $14.8K +65% −67% $36.0M 211 $69 79

Sun Mar 15 #— $7.7K −48% −68% $36.0M 211 $36 80

Mon Mar 16 #— $8.7K +13% −28% $36.0M 211 $41 81

Tue Mar 17 #— $984 −89% −92% $36.0M 211 $4 82

Wed Mar 18 #— $106 −89% −99% $36.0M 211 $0 83

Thu Mar 19 #— $343 +224% −96% $36.0M 211 $1 84

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

Cumulative total$35.8M

Dec 25Jan 12Jan 30Feb 16Mar 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $175.8K

$107.9K

$76.6K

$9.7M

$5.8M

$4.0M

$2.2M

$1.5M

$772.4K

$261.8K

$175.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,457 → 300 −87.8%

4 open300 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.9%

−29.0%

W1→2

+12578.0%

W2→3

−40.5%

W3→4

−30.2%

W4→5

−46.2%

W5→6

−30.5%

W6→7

−48.8%

W7→8

−66.1%

W8→9

−32.9%

W9→10

Steepest −66.1%Biggest gain +12578.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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