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On the Basis of SexFollow

2018 • PG-13 • 1h 58m • Biography, Drama, History • Focus Features

Her story made history

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3.51

7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$686K

Limited · 33 theaters

Domestic total

$24.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$38.80M

$14.10M international

Domestic legs4.1x from $6.1M first wide weekend

Budget$20M

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Cast & crew

Full Leder filmography

Mimi Leder

Mimi Leder Director

Felicity Jones

Felicity Jones Starring

Armie Hammer

Armie Hammer Starring

Justin Theroux

Justin Theroux Starring

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston Starring

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates Starring

ScreenplayDaniel Stiepleman Produced byRobert W. Cort, Jonathan King CinematographyMichael Grady MusicMychael Danna Prod. DesignNelson Coates StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 28-30 22 $686.4K — 33 $20,799 $1.5M

2 Jan 4-6 16 $1.6M +134.5% 112 $14,370 $3.7M

3 Jan 11-13 8 $6.1M +277.2% 1,923 $3,157 $10.4M

4 Jan 18-20 10 $3.9M −36.4% 1,957 $1,974 $16.8M

5 Jan 25-27 15 $2.0M −47.0% 1,272 $1,610 $21.0M

6 Feb 1-3 18 $1.0M −48.9% 917 $1,142 $22.9M

7 Feb 8-10 24 $485.2K −53.6% 416 $1,166 $23.8M

8 Feb 15-17 31 $237.0K −51.2% 186 $1,274 $24.2M

9 Feb 22-24 41 $113.5K −52.1% 129 $880 $24.5M

10 Mar 1-3 43 $62.6K −44.9% 96 $652 $24.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Dec 25 — $477.9K — $477.9K 33 $14,483 -3

Wed Dec 26 — $173.7K −63.7% $651.6K 33 $5,263 -2

Thu Dec 27 — $159.8K −8.0% $811.4K 33 $4,842 -1

Fri Dec 28 — $210.1K +31.5% $1.0M 33 $6,367 1

Sat Dec 29 — $250.0K +19.0% $1.3M 33 $7,577 2

Sun Dec 30 — $226.2K −9.5% $1.5M 33 $6,855 3

Mon Dec 31 — $178.8K −20.9% $1.7M 33 $5,420 4

Tue Jan 1 — $235.2K +31.5% $1.9M 33 $7,126 5

Wed Jan 2 — $94.2K −59.9% $2.0M 33 $2,855 6

Thu Jan 3 — $92.4K −2.0% $2.1M 33 $2,799 7

Fri Jan 4 — $519.6K +462.5% +147.3% $2.6M 112 $4,640 8

Sat Jan 5 — $658.2K +26.7% +163.2% $3.3M 112 $5,877 9

Sun Jan 6 — $431.6K −34.4% +90.8% $3.7M 112 $3,854 10

Mon Jan 7 — $135.7K −68.6% −24.1% $3.8M 112 $1,211 11

Tue Jan 8 — $175.7K +29.5% −25.3% $4.0M 112 $1,569 12

Wed Jan 9 — $166.2K −5.4% +76.4% $4.2M 112 $1,484 13

Thu Jan 10 — $146.5K −11.8% +58.6% $4.3M 112 $1,308 14

Fri Jan 11 #6 $2.2M +1368.5% +314.0% $6.5M 1,923 $1,119 15

Sat Jan 12 #8 $2.4M +12.0% +266.1% $8.9M 1,923 $1,253 16

Sun Jan 13 #9 $1.5M −37.4% +249.7% $10.4M 1,923 $785 17

Mon Jan 14 #7 $531.6K −64.8% +291.8% $10.9M 1,923 $276 18

Tue Jan 15 #9 $846.6K +59.3% +381.9% $11.8M 1,923 $440 19

Wed Jan 16 #8 $585.3K −30.9% +252.3% $12.4M 1,923 $304 20

Thu Jan 17 #8 $545.8K −6.8% +272.6% $12.9M 1,923 $284 21

Fri Jan 18 #10 $1.1M +98.6% −49.6% $14.0M 1,957 $554 22

Sat Jan 19 #10 $1.6M +49.5% −32.8% $15.6M 1,957 $828 23

Sun Jan 20 #10 $1.2M −28.6% −23.3% $16.8M 1,957 $592 24

Mon Jan 21 #12 $906.6K −21.7% +70.6% $17.7M 1,957 $463 25

Tue Jan 22 #9 $525.8K −42.0% −37.9% $18.2M 1,957 $269 26

Wed Jan 23 #8 $372.3K −29.2% −36.4% $18.6M 1,957 $190 27

Thu Jan 24 #8 $395.1K +6.1% −27.6% $19.0M 1,957 $202 28

Fri Jan 25 #15 $526.9K +33.3% −51.4% $19.5M 1,272 $414 29

Sat Jan 26 #15 $921.2K +74.8% −43.2% $20.4M 1,272 $724 30

Sun Jan 27 #15 $600.4K −34.8% −48.1% $21.0M 1,272 $472 31

Mon Jan 28 — $163.9K −72.7% −81.9% $21.2M 1,272 $129 32

Tue Jan 29 #15 $248.1K +51.4% −52.8% $21.4M 1,272 $195 33

Wed Jan 30 #14 $187.8K −24.3% −49.6% $21.6M 1,272 $148 34

Thu Jan 31 #14 $193.4K +3.0% −51.1% $21.8M 1,272 $152 35

Fri Feb 1 — $292.6K +51.3% −44.5% $22.1M 917 $319 36

Sat Feb 2 — $520.6K +78.0% −43.5% $22.6M 917 $568 37

Sun Feb 3 — $233.6K −55.1% −61.1% $22.9M 917 $255 38

Mon Feb 4 — $100.2K −57.1% −38.8% $23.0M 917 $109 39

Tue Feb 5 — $145.1K +44.7% −41.5% $23.1M 917 $158 40

Wed Feb 6 — $114.9K −20.8% −38.8% $23.2M 917 $125 41

Thu Feb 7 — $94.1K −18.2% −51.4% $23.3M 917 $103 42

Fri Feb 8 — $122.1K +29.8% −58.3% $23.4M 416 $294 43

Sat Feb 9 — $226.1K +85.1% −56.6% $23.7M 416 $543 44

Sun Feb 10 — $137.0K −39.4% −41.4% $23.8M 416 $329 45

Mon Feb 11 — $43.9K −68.0% −56.2% $23.8M 416 $106 46

Tue Feb 12 — $49.9K +13.8% −65.6% $23.9M 416 $120 47

Wed Feb 13 — $42.0K −15.8% −63.4% $23.9M 416 $101 48

Thu Feb 14 — $56.1K +33.4% −40.4% $24.0M 416 $135 49

Fri Feb 15 — $48.5K −13.5% −60.3% $24.0M 186 $261 50

Sat Feb 16 — $107.1K +120.8% −52.6% $24.1M 186 $576 51

Sun Feb 17 — $81.4K −23.9% −40.6% $24.2M 186 $438 52

Mon Feb 18 — $53.9K −33.8% +22.9% $24.3M 186 $290 53

Tue Feb 19 — $28.8K −46.7% −42.4% $24.3M 186 $155 54

Wed Feb 20 — $24.1K −16.3% −42.7% $24.3M 186 $129 55

Thu Feb 21 — $25.5K +6.0% −54.5% $24.4M 186 $137 56

Fri Feb 22 — $31.6K +23.8% −34.8% $24.4M 129 $245 57

Sat Feb 23 — $55.9K +76.8% −47.8% $24.5M 129 $433 58

Sun Feb 24 — $26.0K −53.4% −68.0% $24.5M 129 $202 59

Mon Feb 25 — $8.8K −66.3% −83.7% $24.5M 129 $68 60

Tue Feb 26 — $14.5K +65.5% −49.5% $24.5M 129 $113 61

Wed Feb 27 — $12.0K −17.2% −50.0% $24.5M 129 $93 62

Thu Feb 28 — $13.1K +9.2% −48.5% $24.5M 129 $102 63

Fri Mar 1 — $18.2K +38.6% −42.3% $24.5M 96 $190 64

Sat Mar 2 — $27.9K +53.0% −50.1% $24.6M 96 $290 65

Sun Mar 3 — $16.4K −41.0% −36.8% $24.6M 96 $171 66

Mon Mar 4 — $10.0K −39.0% +14.2% $24.6M 96 $104 67

Tue Mar 5 — $7.2K −28.4% −50.6% $24.6M 96 $75 68

Wed Mar 6 — $8.0K +10.9% −33.9% $24.6M 96 $83 69

Thu Mar 7 — $9.7K +22.1% −26.1% $24.6M 96 $101 70

Fri Sep 25 — $17.5K — $24.6M 829 $21 638

Sat Sep 26 — $22.8K +30.2% $24.7M 829 $28 639

Sun Sep 27 — $15.9K −30.5% $24.7M 829 $19 640

Mon Sep 28 — $6.2K −60.9% $24.7M 829 $7 641

Tue Sep 29 — $7.2K +16.9% $24.7M 829 $9 642

Wed Sep 30 — $6.2K −14.2% $24.7M 829 $7 643

Thu Oct 1 — $6.3K +1.2% $24.7M 829 $8 644

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

Cumulative total$24.6M

Dec 25Jan 12Jan 30Feb 17Mar 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $62.6K

$686.4K

$1.6M

$6.1M

$3.9M

$2.0M

$1.0M

$485.2K

$237.0K

$113.5K

$62.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,957 → 96 −95.1%

33 open96 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.9%

+134.5%

W1→2

+277.2%

W2→3

−36.4%

W3→4

−47.0%

W4→5

−48.9%

W5→6

−53.6%

W6→7

−51.2%

W7→8

−52.1%

W8→9

−44.9%

W9→10

Steepest −53.6%Biggest gain +277.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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