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2016 • R • 1h 51m • Drama • A24

This is the story of a lifetime.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$402K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$27.85M

Final

Worldwide total

$64.85M

$37.00M international

Domestic legs18.7x from $1.5M first wide weekend

Budget$1.5M

2016 rank#92

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Cast & crew

Full Jenkins filmography

Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins Director

Trevante Rhodes

Trevante Rhodes Starring

Ashton Sanders

Ashton Sanders Starring

Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali Starring

Naomie Harris

Naomie Harris Starring

Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe Starring

ScreenplayBarry Jenkins; story by Tarell Alvin McCraney Produced byAdele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner CinematographyJames Laxton MusicNicholas Britell StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 21-23 19 $402.1K — 4 $100,519 $402.1K

2 Oct 28-30 16 $850.1K +111.4% 36 $23,614 $1.4M

3 Nov 4-6 11 $1.2M +45.3% 83 $14,883 $3.0M

4 Nov 11-13 13 $1.3M +2.4% 176 $7,189 $4.7M

5 Nov 18-20 11 $1.5M +17.7% 650 $2,290 $6.6M

6 Nov 25-27 14 $1.2M −18.1% 618 $1,973 $8.5M

7 Dec 2-4 14 $845.8K −30.6% 574 $1,474 $9.8M

8 Dec 9-11 18 $543.6K −35.7% 449 $1,211 $10.8M

9 Dec 16-18 17 $378.1K −30.4% 305 $1,240 $11.5M

10 Dec 23-25 22 $223.3K −40.9% 124 $1,801 $12.0M

11 Dec 30-Jan 1 21 $311.4K +39.5% 137 $2,273 $12.6M

12 Jan 6-8 22 $321.6K +3.3% 135 $2,382 $13.2M

13 Jan 13-15 19 $1.1M +240.8% 582 $1,883 $14.6M

14 Jan 20-22 23 $593.9K −45.8% 489 $1,214 $15.8M

15 Jan 27-29 18 $1.5M +150.8% 1,104 $1,349 $17.7M

16 Feb 3-5 20 $1.0M −32.7% 842 $1,190 $19.4M

17 Feb 10-12 23 $528.8K −47.2% 351 $1,506 $20.4M

18 Feb 17-19 20 $540.9K +2.3% 455 $1,189 $21.2M

19 Feb 24-26 18 $703.3K +30.0% 585 $1,202 $22.2M

20 Mar 3-5 13 $2.3M +227.2% 1,564 $1,471 $25.2M

21 Mar 10-12 17 $901.6K −60.8% 987 $913 $26.9M

22 Mar 17-19 26 $243.2K −73.0% 283 $859 $27.5M

23 Mar 24-26 39 $72.6K −70.1% 62 $1,171 $27.7M

24 Mar 31-Apr 2 42 $41.7K −42.6% 69 $604 $27.8M

25 Apr 7-9 50 $19.2K −53.8% 28 $687 $27.8M

26 Apr 14-16 58 $9.5K −50.6% 12 $792 $27.8M

27 Apr 21-23 66 $7.9K −17.1% 12 $657 $27.8M

28 Apr 28-30 73 $2.6K −67.4% 4 $642 $27.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 21 #- $131.5K — $131.5K 4 $32,866 1

Sat Oct 22 #- $156.5K +19.0% $288.0K 4 $39,126 2

Sun Oct 23 #- $114.1K −27.1% $402.1K 4 $28,526 3

Mon Oct 24 #- $43.5K −61.9% $445.6K 4 $10,869 4

Tue Oct 25 #- $45.3K +4.3% $490.9K 4 $11,337 5

Wed Oct 26 #- $43.9K −3.1% $534.8K 4 $10,980 6

Thu Oct 27 #- $36.0K −18.1% $570.8K 4 $8,993 7

Fri Oct 28 #15 $279.2K +676.3% +112.4% $850.0K 36 $7,757 8

Sat Oct 29 #- $322.0K +15.3% +105.7% $1.2M 36 $8,943 9

Sun Oct 30 #15 $248.9K −22.7% +118.1% $1.4M 36 $6,914 10

Mon Oct 31 #- $78.0K −68.7% +79.3% $1.5M 36 $2,166 11

Tue Nov 1 #15 $89.8K +15.2% +98.1% $1.6M 36 $2,495 12

Wed Nov 2 #14 $81.6K −9.1% +85.8% $1.7M 36 $2,267 13

Thu Nov 3 #14 $84.4K +3.4% +134.6% $1.8M 36 $2,344 14

Fri Nov 4 #11 $379.1K +349.2% +35.8% $2.1M 83 $4,568 15

Sat Nov 5 #11 $522.9K +37.9% +62.4% $2.7M 83 $6,300 16

Sun Nov 6 #11 $333.2K −36.3% +33.9% $3.0M 83 $4,015 17

Mon Nov 7 #11 $112.9K −66.1% +44.7% $3.1M 83 $1,360 18

Tue Nov 8 #14 $78.7K −30.2% −12.3% $3.2M 83 $949 19

Wed Nov 9 #11 $108.1K +37.3% +32.5% $3.3M 83 $1,303 20

Thu Nov 10 #11 $127.9K +18.3% +51.6% $3.4M 83 $1,541 21

Fri Nov 11 #13 $423.5K +231.0% +11.7% $3.8M 176 $2,406 22

Sat Nov 12 #14 $521.3K +23.1% −0.3% $4.4M 176 $2,962 23

Sun Nov 13 #13 $320.4K −38.5% −3.8% $4.7M 176 $1,821 24

Mon Nov 14 #12 $111.2K −65.3% −1.4% $4.8M 176 $632 25

Tue Nov 15 #12 $131.0K +17.7% +66.3% $4.9M 176 $744 26

Wed Nov 16 #12 $123.6K −5.6% +14.3% $5.0M 176 $702 27

Thu Nov 17 #10 $107.4K −13.1% −16.1% $5.2M 176 $610 28

Fri Nov 18 #11 $439.8K +309.6% +3.8% $5.6M 650 $677 29

Sat Nov 19 #11 $633.5K +44.1% +21.5% $6.2M 650 $975 30

Sun Nov 20 #10 $415.5K −34.4% +29.7% $6.6M 650 $639 31

Mon Nov 21 #11 $160.9K −61.3% +44.7% $6.8M 650 $248 32

Tue Nov 22 #10 $179.4K +11.5% +37.0% $7.0M 650 $276 33

Wed Nov 23 #14 $191.2K +6.5% +54.6% $7.2M 596 $321 34

Thu Nov 24 #- $148.6K −22.2% +38.5% $7.3M 596 $249 35

Fri Nov 25 #13 $457.7K +208.0% +4.1% $7.8M 618 $741 36

Sat Nov 26 #13 $482.5K +5.4% −23.8% $8.3M 618 $781 37

Sun Nov 27 #14 $279.0K −42.2% −32.9% $8.5M 618 $451 38

Mon Nov 28 #14 $94.2K −66.2% −41.4% $8.6M 618 $152 39

Tue Nov 29 #13 $113.3K +20.2% −36.9% $8.8M 618 $183 40

Wed Nov 30 #14 $112.1K −1.0% −41.3% $8.9M 618 $181 41

Thu Dec 1 #13 $116.6K +4.0% −21.5% $9.0M 618 $189 42

Fri Dec 2 #14 $237.6K +103.8% −48.1% $9.2M 574 $414 43

Sat Dec 3 #14 $379.0K +59.5% −21.5% $9.6M 574 $660 44

Sun Dec 4 #14 $229.2K −39.5% −17.8% $9.8M 574 $399 45

Mon Dec 5 #14 $85.8K −62.6% −8.9% $9.9M 574 $150 46

Tue Dec 6 #14 $111.6K +30.0% −1.5% $10.0M 574 $194 47

Wed Dec 7 #13 $97.1K −13.0% −13.4% $10.1M 574 $169 48

Thu Dec 8 #13 $94.1K −3.0% −19.3% $10.2M 574 $164 49

Fri Dec 9 #- $145.1K +54.2% −38.9% $10.4M 449 $323 50

Sat Dec 10 #- $237.1K +63.3% −37.4% $10.6M 449 $528 51

Sun Dec 11 #- $161.4K −31.9% −29.6% $10.8M 449 $359 52

Mon Dec 12 #- $75.8K −53.0% −11.6% $10.8M 449 $169 53

Tue Dec 13 #15 $103.2K +36.0% −7.5% $10.9M 449 $230 54

Wed Dec 14 #14 $91.8K −11.0% −5.4% $11.0M 449 $204 55

Thu Dec 15 #14 $72.5K −21.0% −23.0% $11.1M 449 $162 56

Fri Dec 16 #- $96.7K +33.4% −33.4% $11.2M 305 $317 57

Sat Dec 17 #- $157.2K +62.5% −33.7% $11.4M 305 $515 58

Sun Dec 18 #- $124.2K −21.0% −23.1% $11.5M 305 $407 59

Mon Dec 19 #- $70.8K −43.0% −6.7% $11.6M 305 $232 60

Tue Dec 20 #- $65.1K −8.0% −36.9% $11.6M 305 $214 61

Wed Dec 21 #- $56.5K −13.2% −38.4% $11.7M 159 $356 62

Thu Dec 22 #- $61.6K +9.0% −15.0% $11.7M 159 $388 63

Fri Dec 23 #- $88.1K +43.0% −8.9% $11.8M 124 $710 64

Sat Dec 24 #- $59.9K −32.1% −61.9% $11.9M 124 $483 65

Sun Dec 25 #- $75.3K +25.9% −39.3% $12.0M 124 $607 66

Mon Dec 26 #- $91.3K +21.3% +29.0% $12.0M 124 $737 67

Tue Dec 27 #- $82.2K −10.0% +26.2% $12.1M 124 $663 68

Wed Dec 28 #- $83.0K +1.0% +46.9% $12.2M 124 $670 69

Thu Dec 29 #- $84.7K +2.0% +37.4% $12.3M 124 $683 70

Fri Dec 30 #- $111.5K +31.7% +26.6% $12.4M 137 $814 71

Sat Dec 31 #- $79.2K −28.9% +32.4% $12.5M 137 $578 72

Sun Jan 1 #- $120.7K +52.3% +60.2% $12.6M 137 $881 73

Mon Jan 2 #- $117.0K −3.0% +28.2% $12.7M 137 $854 74

Tue Jan 3 #- $58.2K −50.3% −29.2% $12.8M 137 $425 75

Wed Jan 4 #- $59.9K +3.0% −27.8% $12.8M 137 $437 76

Thu Jan 5 #- $59.3K −1.0% −29.9% $12.9M 137 $433 77

Fri Jan 6 #- $86.4K +45.6% −22.5% $13.0M 135 $640 78

Sat Jan 7 #- $133.5K +54.5% +68.4% $13.1M 135 $989 79

Sun Jan 8 #- $101.8K −23.8% −15.7% $13.2M 135 $754 80

Mon Jan 9 #- $65.1K −36.0% −44.4% $13.3M 135 $482 81

Tue Jan 10 #- $69.4K +6.5% +19.2% $13.4M 135 $514 82

Wed Jan 11 #- $67.8K −2.2% +13.2% $13.4M 135 $502 83

Thu Jan 12 #- $70.5K +4.0% +18.9% $13.5M 135 $523 84

Fri Jan 13 #- $291.7K +313.4% +237.6% $13.8M 582 $501 85

Sat Jan 14 #- $443.8K +52.2% +232.5% $14.2M 582 $763 86

Sun Jan 15 #- $360.6K −18.7% +254.4% $14.6M 582 $620 87

Mon Jan 16 #- $267.7K −25.8% +311.1% $14.9M 582 $460 88

Tue Jan 17 #- $120.5K −55.0% +73.6% $15.0M 582 $207 89

Wed Jan 18 #- $109.6K −9.0% +61.6% $15.1M 582 $188 90

Thu Jan 19 #- $99.7K −9.0% +41.4% $15.2M 582 $171 91

Fri Jan 20 #- $162.0K +62.5% −44.4% $15.4M 489 $331 92

Sat Jan 21 #- $258.0K +59.2% −41.9% $15.6M 489 $528 93

Sun Jan 22 #- $173.8K −32.6% −51.8% $15.8M 489 $355 94

Mon Jan 23 #- $68.3K −60.7% −74.5% $15.9M 489 $140 95

Tue Jan 24 #- $123.0K +79.9% +2.1% $16.0M 489 $251 96

Wed Jan 25 #- $123.3K +0.3% +12.5% $16.1M 489 $252 97

Thu Jan 26 #21 $124.5K +1.0% +24.9% $16.2M 489 $255 98

Fri Jan 27 #- $385.3K +209.4% +137.8% $16.6M 1,104 $349 99

Sat Jan 28 #- $638.0K +65.6% +147.3% $17.2M 1,104 $578 100

Sun Jan 29 #- $466.2K −26.9% +168.2% $17.7M 1,104 $422 101

Mon Jan 30 #15 $168.4K −63.9% +146.3% $17.9M 1,104 $152 102

Tue Jan 31 #15 $199.3K +18.4% +62.1% $18.1M 1,104 $181 103

Wed Feb 1 #15 $163.8K −17.8% +32.8% $18.2M 1,104 $148 104

Thu Feb 2 #14 $159.0K −2.9% +27.7% $18.4M 1,104 $144 105

Fri Feb 3 #- $289.8K +82.3% −24.8% $18.7M 842 $344 106

Sat Feb 4 #- $515.1K +77.8% −19.3% $19.2M 842 $612 107

Sun Feb 5 #- $197.2K −61.7% −57.7% $19.4M 842 $234 108

Mon Feb 6 #- $101.9K −48.3% −39.5% $19.5M 842 $121 109

Tue Feb 7 #- $123.3K +21.0% −38.1% $19.6M 842 $146 110

Wed Feb 8 #- $108.8K −11.7% −33.6% $19.7M 842 $129 111

Thu Feb 9 #- $92.5K −15.0% −41.8% $19.8M 842 $110 112

Fri Feb 10 #- $127.8K +38.1% −55.9% $20.0M 351 $364 113

Sat Feb 11 #- $247.7K +93.9% −51.9% $20.2M 351 $706 114

Sun Feb 12 #- $153.3K −38.1% −22.3% $20.4M 351 $437 115

Mon Feb 13 #- $52.4K −65.8% −48.5% $20.4M 351 $149 116

Tue Feb 14 #- $88.0K +68.0% −28.6% $20.5M 351 $251 117

Wed Feb 15 #- $56.7K −35.6% −47.9% $20.6M 351 $162 118

Thu Feb 16 #- $63.7K +12.2% −31.2% $20.6M 351 $181 119

Fri Feb 17 #- $125.2K +96.6% −2.0% $20.7M 455 $275 120

Sat Feb 18 #- $252.6K +101.7% +2.0% $21.0M 455 $555 121

Sun Feb 19 #- $163.1K −35.4% +6.4% $21.2M 455 $359 122

Mon Feb 20 #- $130.7K −19.9% +149.3% $21.3M 455 $287 123

Tue Feb 21 #- $83.6K −36.0% −5.0% $21.4M 455 $184 124

Wed Feb 22 #- $71.1K −15.0% +25.3% $21.4M 455 $156 125

Thu Feb 23 #- $70.7K −0.6% +11.0% $21.5M 455 $155 126

Fri Feb 24 #15 $206.7K +192.6% +65.1% $21.7M 585 $353 127

Sat Feb 25 #- $358.0K +73.2% +41.7% $22.1M 585 $612 128

Sun Feb 26 #- $138.6K −61.3% −15.1% $22.2M 585 $237 129

Mon Feb 27 #13 $163.4K +17.9% +25.0% $22.4M 585 $279 130

Tue Feb 28 #15 $176.4K +8.0% +111.0% $22.6M 585 $302 131

Wed Mar 1 #13 $148.2K −16.0% +108.5% $22.7M 585 $253 132

Thu Mar 2 #14 $140.8K −5.0% +99.3% $22.9M 585 $241 133

Fri Mar 3 #12 $656.5K +366.3% +217.5% $23.5M 1,564 $420 134

Sat Mar 4 #13 $1.0M +57.6% +188.9% $24.5M 1,564 $661 135

Sun Mar 5 #13 $610.2K −41.0% +340.3% $25.2M 1,564 $390 136

Mon Mar 6 #12 $203.9K −66.6% +24.8% $25.4M 1,564 $130 137

Tue Mar 7 #13 $279.4K +37.0% +58.4% $25.6M 1,564 $179 138

Wed Mar 8 #12 $191.0K −31.6% +28.9% $25.8M 1,564 $122 139

Thu Mar 9 #13 $166.1K −13.0% +18.0% $26.0M 1,564 $106 140

Fri Mar 10 #- $241.0K +45.0% −63.3% $26.2M 987 $244 141

Sat Mar 11 #- $412.1K +71.0% −60.2% $26.6M 987 $417 142

Sun Mar 12 #- $248.6K −39.7% −59.3% $26.9M 987 $252 143

Mon Mar 13 #- $93.5K −62.4% −54.1% $27.0M 987 $95 144

Tue Mar 14 #- $103.1K +10.3% −63.1% $27.1M 987 $104 145

Wed Mar 15 #- $87.7K −15.0% −54.1% $27.2M 987 $89 146

Thu Mar 16 #- $72.8K −17.0% −56.2% $27.3M 987 $74 147

Fri Mar 17 #- $60.1K −17.4% −75.0% $27.3M 283 $212 148

Sat Mar 18 #- $118.8K +97.6% −71.2% $27.4M 283 $420 149

Sun Mar 19 #- $64.2K −45.9% −74.2% $27.5M 283 $227 150

Mon Mar 20 #- $25.5K −60.3% −72.7% $27.5M 283 $90 151

Tue Mar 21 #- $36.2K +42.0% −64.9% $27.6M 283 $128 152

Wed Mar 22 #- $29.0K −20.0% −66.9% $27.6M 283 $102 153

Thu Mar 23 #- $26.1K −10.0% −64.1% $27.6M 283 $92 154

Fri Mar 24 #- $20.0K −23.5% −66.8% $27.6M 62 $322 155

Sat Mar 25 #- $33.5K +68.0% −71.8% $27.7M 62 $541 156

Sun Mar 26 #- $19.1K −43.1% −70.3% $27.7M 62 $308 157

Mon Mar 27 #- $11.1K −41.9% −56.5% $27.7M 62 $179 158

Tue Mar 28 #- $11.2K +1.1% −69.0% $27.7M 62 $181 159

Wed Mar 29 #- $10.4K −7.7% −64.3% $27.7M 62 $167 160

Thu Mar 30 #- $8.9K −14.4% −66.0% $27.7M 62 $143 161

Fri Mar 31 #- $12.5K +41.1% −37.3% $27.7M 69 $181 162

Sat Apr 1 #- $18.9K +51.1% −43.6% $27.8M 69 $274 163

Sun Apr 2 #- $10.3K −45.7% −46.3% $27.8M 69 $149 164

Mon Apr 3 #- $3.6K −65.2% −67.9% $27.8M 69 $52 165

Tue Apr 4 #- $5.1K +42.0% −54.9% $27.8M 69 $73 166

Wed Apr 5 #- $4.7K −8.0% −55.0% $27.8M 69 $67 167

Thu Apr 6 #- $6.1K +31.0% −31.2% $27.8M 69 $88 168

Fri Apr 7 #- $5.0K −18.8% −60.4% $27.8M 28 $177 169

Sat Apr 8 #- $9.4K +89.3% −50.4% $27.8M 28 $335 170

Sun Apr 9 #- $4.9K −47.8% −52.2% $27.8M 28 $175 171

Mon Apr 10 #- $2.7K −45.1% −24.6% $27.8M 28 $96 172

Tue Apr 11 #- $3.2K +19.8% −36.4% $27.8M 28 $115 173

Wed Apr 12 #- $4.1K +28.7% −11.0% $27.8M 28 $148 174

Thu Apr 13 #- $3.0K −27.0% −50.4% $27.8M 28 $108 175

Fri Apr 14 #- $2.9K −5.6% −42.4% $27.8M 12 $238 176

Sat Apr 15 #- $4.0K +40.9% −57.1% $27.8M 12 $335 177

Sun Apr 16 #- $2.6K −34.5% −46.3% $27.8M 12 $219 178

Mon Apr 17 #- $1.5K −43.5% −44.6% $27.8M 12 $124 179

Tue Apr 18 #- $1.4K −3.2% −55.3% $27.8M 12 $120 180

Wed Apr 19 #- $1.4K −5.8% −67.3% $27.8M 12 $113 181

Thu Apr 20 #- $1.1K −20.4% −64.3% $27.8M 12 $90 182

Fri Apr 21 #- $2.1K +90.4% −28.0% $27.8M 12 $171 183

Sat Apr 22 #- $2.5K +23.7% −36.7% $27.8M 12 $212 184

Sun Apr 23 #- $3.3K +28.9% +24.6% $27.8M 12 $273 185

Mon Apr 24 #- $2.3K −29.4% +55.6% $27.8M 12 $193 186

Tue Apr 25 #- $936 −59.6% −35.0% $27.8M 12 $78 187

Wed Apr 26 #- $876 −6.4% −35.4% $27.8M 12 $73 188

Thu Apr 27 #- $1.5K +68.5% +36.7% $27.8M 12 $123 189

Fri Apr 28 #- $488 −66.9% −76.3% $27.8M 4 $122 190

Sat Apr 29 #- $1.4K +189.5% −44.5% $27.9M 4 $353 191

Sun Apr 30 #- $668 −52.7% −79.6% $27.9M 4 $167 192

Mon May 1 #- $2.5K +267.1% +5.9% $27.9M 4 $613 193

Tue May 2 #- $884 −63.9% −5.6% $27.9M 4 $221 194

Wed May 3 #- $520 −41.2% −40.6% $27.9M 4 $130 195

Thu May 4 #- $164 −68.5% −88.9% $27.9M 4 $41 196

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

Cumulative total$12.3M

Oct 21Nov 7Nov 25Dec 12Dec 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $223.3K

$402.1K

$850.1K

$1.2M

$1.3M

$1.5M

$1.2M

$845.8K

$543.6K

$378.1K

$223.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 650 → 124 −80.9%

4 open124 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.9%

+111.4%

W1→2

+45.3%

W2→3

+2.4%

W3→4

+17.7%

W4→5

−18.1%

W5→6

−30.6%

W6→7

−35.7%

W7→8

−30.4%

W8→9

−40.9%

W9→10

Steepest −40.9%Biggest gain +111.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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