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2021 • R • 2h 31m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Searchlight Pictures

Man or beast.

🍅 80% 68%

70

3.46

7.0

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$2.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$11.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$39.60M

$28.30M international

Domestic legs4.0x

Budget$60.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Toro filmography

Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro Director

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper Starring

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett Starring

Toni Collette

Toni Collette Starring

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe Starring

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins Starring

ScreenplayGuillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan Produced byGuillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Bradley Cooper CinematographyDan Laustsen Music byNathan Johnson StudioSearchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 17-19 5 $2.8M — 2,145 $1,311 $2.8M

2 Dec 24-26 11 $1.2M −58.1% 2,135 $552 $5.3M

3 Dec 31-Jan 2 11 $966.9K −18.0% 1,910 $506 $7.6M

4 Jan 7-9 13 $587.7K −39.2% 1,200 $490 $8.7M

5 Jan 14-16 15 $259.6K −55.8% 550 $472 $9.3M

6 Jan 21-23 - $228.7K −11.9% 390 $586 $9.7M

7 Jan 28-30 11 $511.4K +123.6% 1,103 $464 $10.3M

8 Feb 4-6 - $214.2K −58.1% 705 $304 $10.8M

9 Feb 11-13 - $85.2K −60.2% 405 $210 $11.0M

10 Feb 18-20 - $43.1K −49.3% 250 $173 $11.1M

11 Feb 25-27 - $32.0K −25.8% 265 $121 $11.2M

12 Mar 4-6 - $18.3K −42.9% 250 $73 $11.2M

13 Mar 11-13 - $20.7K +13.2% 275 $75 $11.2M

14 Mar 18-20 - $28.1K +35.4% 275 $102 $11.3M

15 Mar 25-27 - $18.1K −35.3% 575 $32 $11.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 17 #3 $1.2M — $1.2M 2,145 $557 1

Sat Dec 18 #5 $941.1K −21.3% $2.1M 2,145 $439 2

Sun Dec 19 #5 $674.8K −28.3% $2.8M 2,145 $315 3

Mon Dec 20 #6 $341.8K −49.3% $3.2M 2,145 $159 4

Tue Dec 21 #6 $379.5K +11.0% $3.5M 2,145 $177 5

Wed Dec 22 - $275.8K −27.3% $3.8M 2,145 $129 6

Thu Dec 23 - $298.7K +8.3% $4.1M 2,145 $139 7

Fri Dec 24 - $224.9K −24.7% −81.2% $4.3M 2,135 $105 8

Sat Dec 25 - $525.4K +133.6% −44.2% $4.9M 2,125 $247 9

Sun Dec 26 - $428.7K −18.4% −36.5% $5.3M 2,135 $201 10

Mon Dec 27 - $319.0K −25.6% −6.7% $5.6M 2,135 $149 11

Tue Dec 28 - $338.5K +6.1% −10.8% $5.9M 2,135 $159 12

Wed Dec 29 - $320.8K −5.2% +16.3% $6.3M 2,135 $150 13

Thu Dec 30 - $348.6K +8.7% +16.7% $6.6M 2,135 $163 14

Fri Dec 31 #11 $265.0K −24.0% +17.9% $6.9M 1,910 $139 15

Sat Jan 1 #10 $414.9K +56.5% −21.0% $7.3M 1,910 $217 16

Sun Jan 2 #11 $287.0K −30.8% −33.1% $7.6M 1,910 $150 17

Mon Jan 3 #10 $155.6K −45.8% −51.2% $7.7M 1,910 $81 18

Tue Jan 4 #8 $160.8K +3.3% −52.5% $7.9M 1,910 $84 19

Wed Jan 5 #8 $128.7K −20.0% −59.9% $8.0M 1,910 $67 20

Thu Jan 6 #8 $120.6K −6.3% −65.4% $8.1M 1,910 $63 21

Fri Jan 7 #11 $173.4K +43.8% −34.6% $8.3M 1,200 $144 22

Sat Jan 8 #13 $271.4K +56.5% −34.6% $8.6M 1,200 $226 23

Sun Jan 9 #13 $142.9K −47.4% −50.2% $8.7M 1,200 $119 24

Mon Jan 10 #10 $66.3K −53.6% −57.4% $8.8M 1,200 $55 25

Tue Jan 11 #10 $89.3K +34.7% −44.5% $8.9M 1,200 $74 26

Wed Jan 12 #9 $80.2K −10.1% −37.6% $9.0M 1,200 $67 27

Thu Jan 13 #10 $67.7K −15.6% −43.8% $9.0M 1,200 $56 28

Fri Jan 14 #14 $74.4K +9.9% −57.1% $9.1M 550 $135 29

Sat Jan 15 #15 $105.2K +41.4% −61.2% $9.2M 550 $191 30

Sun Jan 16 #15 $79.9K −24.1% −44.1% $9.3M 550 $145 31

Mon Jan 17 #15 $56.8K −29.0% −14.3% $9.4M 550 $103 32

Tue Jan 18 #14 $39.3K −30.7% −55.9% $9.4M 550 $72 33

Wed Jan 19 #14 $36.9K −6.3% −54.1% $9.4M 550 $67 34

Thu Jan 20 #13 $35.9K −2.7% −47.0% $9.5M 550 $65 35

Fri Jan 21 - $64.3K +79.3% −13.6% $9.5M 390 $165 36

Sat Jan 22 - $106.2K +65.2% +0.9% $9.6M 390 $272 37

Sun Jan 23 - $58.2K −45.2% −27.2% $9.7M 390 $149 38

Mon Jan 24 - $26.1K −55.2% −54.1% $9.7M 390 $67 39

Tue Jan 25 - $35.1K +34.7% −10.7% $9.8M 390 $90 40

Wed Jan 26 - $30.8K −12.2% −16.3% $9.8M 390 $79 41

Thu Jan 27 - $34.4K +11.7% −3.9% $9.8M 390 $88 42

Fri Jan 28 #11 $152.2K +342.0% +136.8% $10.0M 1,103 $138 43

Sat Jan 29 #12 $236.4K +55.3% +122.6% $10.2M 1,103 $214 44

Sun Jan 30 #12 $122.7K −48.1% +110.8% $10.3M 1,103 $111 45

Mon Jan 31 #10 $65.3K −46.8% +150.2% $10.4M 1,103 $59 46

Tue Feb 1 #10 $83.0K +27.2% +136.3% $10.5M 1,103 $75 47

Wed Feb 2 #11 $59.2K −28.7% +91.8% $10.5M 1,103 $54 48

Thu Feb 3 #11 $48.0K −18.9% +39.3% $10.6M 1,103 $43 49

Fri Feb 4 - $54.3K +13.2% −64.3% $10.6M 705 $77 50

Sat Feb 5 - $99.0K +82.3% −58.1% $10.7M 705 $140 51

Sun Feb 6 - $60.9K −38.5% −50.4% $10.8M 705 $86 52

Mon Feb 7 - $24.0K −60.6% −63.3% $10.8M 705 $34 53

Tue Feb 8 - $39.7K +65.6% −52.2% $10.9M 705 $56 54

Wed Feb 9 - $33.7K −15.1% −43.0% $10.9M 705 $48 55

Thu Feb 10 - $27.2K −19.4% −43.3% $10.9M 705 $39 56

Fri Feb 11 - $25.8K −5.1% −52.5% $11.0M 405 $64 57

Sat Feb 12 - $40.3K +56.2% −59.3% $11.0M 405 $100 58

Sun Feb 13 - $19.0K −52.8% −68.8% $11.0M 405 $47 59

Mon Feb 14 - $20.6K +8.2% −14.2% $11.0M 405 $51 60

Tue Feb 15 - $15.4K −25.0% −61.1% $11.0M 405 $38 61

Wed Feb 16 - $14.2K −7.8% −57.8% $11.1M 405 $35 62

Thu Feb 17 - $12.7K −10.8% −53.3% $11.1M 405 $31 63

Fri Feb 18 - $10.2K −20.0% −60.6% $11.1M 250 $41 64

Sat Feb 19 - $19.4K +90.8% −51.9% $11.1M 250 $78 65

Sun Feb 20 - $13.6K −29.9% −28.6% $11.1M 250 $54 66

Mon Feb 21 - $10.5K −23.0% −49.2% $11.1M 250 $42 67

Tue Feb 22 - $6.7K −36.1% −56.7% $11.1M 250 $27 68

Wed Feb 23 - $5.8K −13.6% −59.5% $11.1M 250 $23 69

Thu Feb 24 - $5.4K −6.2% −57.4% $11.1M 250 $22 70

Fri Feb 25 - $8.6K +59.4% −15.1% $11.2M 265 $33 71

Sat Feb 26 - $13.8K +60.2% −28.7% $11.2M 265 $52 72

Sun Feb 27 - $9.6K −30.7% −29.6% $11.2M 265 $36 73

Mon Feb 28 - $2.9K −70.0% −72.5% $11.2M 265 $11 74

Tue Mar 1 - $7.0K +144.5% +5.2% $11.2M 265 $27 75

Wed Mar 2 - $4.9K −29.6% −14.3% $11.2M 265 $19 76

Thu Mar 3 - $6.3K +27.1% +16.1% $11.2M 265 $24 77

Fri Mar 4 - $5.6K −11.6% −35.6% $11.2M 250 $22 78

Sat Mar 5 - $6.6K +17.9% −52.6% $11.2M 250 $26 79

Sun Mar 6 - $6.2K −5.6% −35.4% $11.2M 250 $25 80

Mon Mar 7 - $1.7K −71.8% −39.4% $11.2M 250 $7 81

Tue Mar 8 - $3.3K +88.5% −53.2% $11.2M 250 $13 82

Wed Mar 9 - $2.1K −37.1% −58.2% $11.2M 250 $8 83

Thu Mar 10 - $3.7K +79.1% −41.1% $11.2M 250 $15 84

Fri Mar 11 - $5.0K +34.2% −10.6% $11.2M 275 $18 85

Sat Mar 12 - $7.9K +58.9% +20.5% $11.2M 275 $29 86

Sun Mar 13 - $7.9K −0.5% +26.9% $11.2M 275 $29 87

Mon Mar 14 - $6.2K −21.1% +255.5% $11.3M 275 $23 88

Tue Mar 15 - $6.4K +2.5% +93.3% $11.3M 275 $23 89

Wed Mar 16 - $3.0K −52.2% +47.0% $11.3M 275 $11 90

Thu Mar 17 - $2.6K −15.6% −30.7% $11.3M 275 $9 91

Fri Mar 18 - $7.9K +207.3% +58.6% $11.3M 275 $29 92

Sat Mar 19 - $13.3K +69.0% +68.7% $11.3M 275 $48 93

Sun Mar 20 - $6.9K −48.5% −12.6% $11.3M 275 $25 94

Mon Mar 21 - $1.9K −72.0% −69.0% $11.3M 275 $7 95

Tue Mar 22 - $5.6K +191.1% −12.1% $11.3M 275 $20 96

Wed Mar 23 - $7.5K +33.9% +146.2% $11.3M 275 $27 97

Thu Mar 24 - $5.4K −27.6% +111.2% $11.3M 275 $20 98

Fri Mar 25 - $8.1K +50.1% +3.2% $11.3M 575 $14 99

Sat Mar 26 - $8.0K −1.0% −39.6% $11.3M 575 $14 100

Sun Mar 27 - $2.0K −75.4% −71.2% $11.3M 575 $3 101

Mon Mar 28 - $530 −73.2% −72.4% $11.3M 575 $1 102

Tue Mar 29 - $2.7K +413.4% −51.3% $11.3M 575 $5 103

Wed Mar 30 - $821 −69.8% −89.0% $11.3M 575 $1 104

Thu Mar 31 - $512 −37.6% −90.5% $11.3M 575 $1 105

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

Cumulative total$11.1M

Dec 17Jan 3Jan 21Feb 7Feb 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $43.1K

$2.8M

$1.2M

$966.9K

$587.7K

$259.6K

$228.7K

$511.4K

$214.2K

$85.2K

$43.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,145 → 250 −88.3%

2,145 open250 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.3%

−58.1%

W1→2

−18.0%

W2→3

−39.2%

W3→4

−55.8%

W4→5

−11.9%

W5→6

+123.6%

W6→7

−58.1%

W7→8

−60.2%

W8→9

−49.3%

W9→10

Steepest −60.2%Biggest gain +123.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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