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2018 • R • 2h 5m • Biography, Drama, History • Focus Features

Bow to No One

🍅 62% 41%

60

3.11

6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$195K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$16.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$48.50M

$31.80M international

Domestic legs7.3x from $2.3M first wide weekend

Budget$25M

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Cast & crew

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan Starring

Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie Starring

Jack Lowden

Jack Lowden Starring

David Tennant

David Tennant Starring

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce Starring

Gemma Chan

Gemma Chan Starring

ScreenplayBeau Willimon Produced byTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward CinematographyJohn Mathieson MusicMax Richter StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 7-9 25 $194.8K — 4 $48,694 $194.8K

2 Dec 14-16 17 $699.7K +259.3% 66 $10,602 $962.6K

3 Dec 21-23 10 $2.3M +225.5% 795 $2,865 $3.6M

4 Dec 28-30 11 $2.7M +18.7% 841 $3,214 $9.1M

5 Jan 4-6 12 $2.1M −20.6% 1,052 $2,041 $13.4M

6 Jan 11-13 19 $852.6K −60.3% 829 $1,029 $15.2M

7 Jan 18-20 22 $362.6K −57.5% 405 $895 $16.0M

8 Jan 25-27 31 $126.7K −65.1% 127 $998 $16.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 7 — $68.0K — $68.0K 4 $16,998 1

Sat Dec 8 — $73.4K +8.0% $141.4K 4 $18,360 2

Sun Dec 9 — $53.3K −27.4% $194.8K 4 $13,336 3

Mon Dec 10 — $17.4K −67.3% $212.2K 4 $4,360 4

Tue Dec 11 — $18.6K +6.9% $230.9K 4 $4,661 5

Wed Dec 12 — $16.1K −13.9% $246.9K 4 $4,015 6

Thu Dec 13 — $15.9K −0.9% $262.8K 4 $3,978 7

Fri Dec 14 — $230.5K +1348.4% +239.0% $493.3K 66 $3,492 8

Sat Dec 15 — $267.4K +16.0% +264.2% $760.7K 66 $4,052 9

Sun Dec 16 — $201.8K −24.5% +278.4% $962.6K 66 $3,058 10

Mon Dec 17 — $86.7K −57.0% +397.1% $1.0M 66 $1,314 11

Tue Dec 18 — $95.4K +10.0% +411.5% $1.1M 66 $1,445 12

Wed Dec 19 — $85.6K −10.2% +433.0% $1.2M 66 $1,297 13

Thu Dec 20 #15 $73.5K −14.1% +361.9% $1.3M 66 $1,114 14

Fri Dec 21 #10 $757.8K +931.0% +228.8% $2.1M 795 $953 15

Sat Dec 22 #9 $828.8K +9.4% +209.9% $2.9M 795 $1,042 16

Sun Dec 23 #10 $691.3K −16.6% +242.5% $3.6M 795 $870 17

Mon Dec 24 #12 $389.3K −43.7% +349.0% $4.0M 795 $490 18

Tue Dec 25 #13 $872.5K +124.1% +814.9% $4.8M 795 $1,098 19

Wed Dec 26 #11 $787.1K −9.8% +819.5% $5.6M 795 $990 20

Thu Dec 27 #12 $720.8K −8.4% +880.7% $6.4M 795 $907 21

Fri Dec 28 #11 $891.9K +23.7% +17.7% $7.2M 841 $1,061 22

Sat Dec 29 #11 $959.7K +7.6% +15.8% $8.2M 841 $1,141 23

Sun Dec 30 #11 $851.5K −11.3% +23.2% $9.1M 841 $1,012 24

Mon Dec 31 #11 $671.8K −21.1% +72.6% $9.7M 841 $799 25

Tue Jan 1 #12 $783.9K +16.7% −10.2% $10.5M 841 $932 26

Wed Jan 2 #12 $398.8K −49.1% −49.3% $10.9M 841 $474 27

Thu Jan 3 #11 $369.1K −7.4% −48.8% $11.3M 841 $439 28

Fri Jan 4 #12 $661.6K +79.2% −25.8% $11.9M 1,052 $629 29

Sat Jan 5 #12 $914.4K +38.2% −4.7% $12.9M 1,052 $869 30

Sun Jan 6 #12 $570.9K −37.6% −33.0% $13.4M 1,052 $543 31

Mon Jan 7 #14 $198.2K −65.3% −70.5% $13.6M 1,052 $188 32

Tue Jan 8 #14 $303.1K +53.0% −61.3% $13.9M 1,052 $288 33

Wed Jan 9 #13 $237.2K −21.7% −40.5% $14.2M 1,052 $225 34

Thu Jan 10 #12 $213.5K −10.0% −42.2% $14.4M 1,052 $203 35

Fri Jan 11 — $257.7K +20.7% −61.0% $14.6M 829 $311 36

Sat Jan 12 — $355.5K +37.9% −61.1% $15.0M 829 $429 37

Sun Jan 13 — $239.5K −32.6% −58.0% $15.2M 829 $289 38

Mon Jan 14 — $98.6K −58.8% −50.3% $15.3M 829 $119 39

Tue Jan 15 — $143.3K +45.4% −52.7% $15.5M 829 $173 40

Wed Jan 16 — $105.3K −26.5% −55.6% $15.6M 829 $127 41

Thu Jan 17 — $99.9K −5.1% −53.2% $15.7M 829 $120 42

Fri Jan 18 — $101.5K +1.7% −60.6% $15.8M 405 $251 43

Sat Jan 19 — $154.0K +51.7% −56.7% $15.9M 405 $380 44

Sun Jan 20 — $107.1K −30.5% −55.3% $16.0M 405 $264 45

Mon Jan 21 — $78.2K −27.0% −20.7% $16.1M 405 $193 46

Tue Jan 22 — $57.7K −26.2% −59.7% $16.2M 405 $143 47

Wed Jan 23 — $53.1K −7.9% −49.5% $16.2M 405 $131 48

Thu Jan 24 — $57.1K +7.4% −42.9% $16.3M 405 $141 49

Fri Jan 25 — $30.9K −45.8% −69.5% $16.3M 127 $244 50

Sat Jan 26 — $57.2K +84.9% −62.8% $16.4M 127 $451 51

Sun Jan 27 — $38.5K −32.7% −64.0% $16.4M 127 $303 52

Mon Jan 28 — $11.4K −70.3% −85.4% $16.4M 127 $90 53

Tue Jan 29 — $15.4K +35.1% −73.3% $16.4M 127 $121 54

Wed Jan 30 — $14.1K −8.6% −73.5% $16.5M 127 $111 55

Thu Jan 31 — $15.7K +11.0% −72.6% $16.5M 127 $123 56

Cumulative total$16.5M

Dec 7Dec 21Jan 4Jan 17Jan 31

Weekend grossWk 8 · $126.7K

$194.8K

$699.7K

$2.3M

$2.7M

$2.1M

$852.6K

$362.6K

$126.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 1,052 → 127 −87.9%

4 open127 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −65.1%

+259.3%

W1→2

+225.5%

W2→3

+18.7%

W3→4

−20.6%

W4→5

−60.3%

W5→6

−57.5%

W6→7

−65.1%

W7→8

Steepest −65.1%Biggest gain +259.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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