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2023 • R • 2h 21m • Science Fiction, Romance, Comedy • Searchlight Pictures

She’s nothing like you’ve ever seen.

🍅 92% 80%

88

3.92

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$661K

Limited · 9 theaters

Domestic total

$34.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$117.60M

$83.10M international

Domestic legs16.3x from $2.1M first wide weekend

Budget$35.0M

2024 rank#62

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Cast & crew

Full Lanthimos filmography

Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos Director

Emma Stone

Emma Stone Starring

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo Starring

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe Starring

Christopher Abbott

Christopher Abbott Starring

ScreenplayTony McNamara Based on the novel byAlasdair Gray Produced byEd Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone CinematographyRobbie Ryan Music byJerskin Fendrix StudioSearchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 8-10 — $661.2K — 9 $73,470 $661.2K

2 Dec 15-17 10 $1.3M +93.9% 82 $15,637 $2.2M

3 Dec 22-24 11 $2.1M +65.3% 800 $2,649 $5.1M

4 Dec 29-31 12 $2.3M +6.8% 800 $2,830 $10.3M

5 Jan 5-7 10 $2.0M −12.9% 750 $2,629 $14.2M

6 Jan 12-14 — $1.8M −9.2% 580 $3,085 $17.3M

7 Jan 19-21 10 $2.1M +19.1% 1,400 $1,522 $20.5M

8 Jan 26-28 7 $2.9M +36.6% 2,300 $1,265 $24.7M

9 Feb 2-4 9 $2.2M −25.9% 1,950 $1,106 $28.2M

10 Feb 9-11 11 $1.1M −48.3% 1,290 $865 $30.3M

11 Feb 16-18 13 $879.2K −21.2% 680 $1,293 $31.8M

12 Feb 23-25 15 $575.5K −34.5% 540 $1,066 $32.9M

13 Mar 1-3 — $379.3K −34.1% 550 $690 $33.5M

14 Mar 8-10 — $235.7K −37.9% 700 $337 $34.0M

15 Mar 15-17 — $220.7K −6.4% 840 $263 $34.4M

16 Mar 22-24 — $38.8K −82.4% 55 $705 $34.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 8 — $279.1K — $279.1K 9 $31,008 1

Sat Dec 9 — $203.8K −27% $482.8K 9 $22,640 2

Sun Dec 10 — $178.4K −12% $661.2K 9 $19,821 3

Mon Dec 11 — $85.7K −52% $746.9K 9 $9,521 4

Tue Dec 12 — $77.9K −9% $824.8K 9 $8,652 5

Wed Dec 13 — $71.4K −8% $896.1K 9 $7,929 6

Thu Dec 14 — $50.6K −29% $946.8K 9 $5,624 7

Fri Dec 15 #10 $491.9K +872% +76% $1.4M 82 $5,999 8

Sat Dec 16 #11 $418.4K −15% +105% $1.9M 82 $5,102 9

Sun Dec 17 #10 $371.9K −11% +108% $2.2M 82 $4,536 10

Mon Dec 18 — $176.2K −53% +106% $2.4M 82 $2,149 11

Tue Dec 19 #10 $206.7K +17% +165% $2.6M 82 $2,521 12

Wed Dec 20 #10 $188.1K −9% +164% $2.8M 82 $2,293 13

Thu Dec 21 #10 $140.3K −25% +177% $2.9M 82 $1,711 14

Fri Dec 22 #8 $1.0M +621% +106% $4.0M 800 $1,265 15

Sat Dec 23 — $698.3K −31% +67% $4.7M 800 $873 16

Sun Dec 24 #11 $409.0K −41% +10% $5.1M 800 $511 17

Mon Dec 25 — $810.9K +98% +360% $5.9M 800 $1,014 18

Tue Dec 26 #12 $729.2K −10% +253% $6.6M 800 $912 19

Wed Dec 27 — $692.8K −5% +268% $7.3M 800 $866 20

Thu Dec 28 — $713.1K +3% +408% $8.0M 800 $891 21

Fri Dec 29 #12 $812.0K +14% −20% $8.8M 800 $1,015 22

Sat Dec 30 #12 $921.9K +14% +32% $9.7M 800 $1,152 23

Sun Dec 31 #11 $529.9K −43% +30% $10.3M 800 $662 24

Mon Jan 1 #11 $694.2K +31% −14% $11.0M 800 $868 25

Tue Jan 2 #11 $471.2K −32% −35% $11.4M 800 $589 26

Wed Jan 3 #11 $414.0K −12% −40% $11.8M 800 $517 27

Thu Jan 4 #9 $378.8K −8% −47% $12.2M 800 $474 28

Fri Jan 5 #11 $584.8K +54% −28% $12.8M 750 $780 29

Sat Jan 6 #10 $835.6K +43% −9% $13.6M 750 $1,114 30

Sun Jan 7 #11 $551.5K −34% +4% $14.2M 750 $735 31

Mon Jan 8 #9 $287.4K −48% −59% $14.5M 750 $383 32

Tue Jan 9 #9 $381.3K +33% −19% $14.9M 750 $508 33

Wed Jan 10 #9 $351.4K −8% −15% $15.2M 750 $468 34

Thu Jan 11 #9 $304.2K −13% −20% $15.5M 750 $406 35

Fri Jan 12 — $458.5K +51% −22% $16.0M 580 $791 36

Sat Jan 13 — $717.4K +56% −14% $16.7M 580 $1,237 37

Sun Jan 14 — $613.6K −14% +11% $17.3M 580 $1,058 38

Mon Jan 15 — $420.7K −31% +46% $17.7M 580 $725 39

Tue Jan 16 — $228.8K −46% −40% $18.0M 580 $394 40

Wed Jan 17 — $201.0K −12% −43% $18.2M 580 $347 41

Thu Jan 18 #10 $189.9K −6% −38% $18.4M 580 $327 42

Fri Jan 19 #10 $621.8K +227% +36% $19.0M 1,400 $444 43

Sat Jan 20 #10 $882.5K +42% +23% $19.9M 1,400 $630 44

Sun Jan 21 #10 $626.2K −29% +2% $20.5M 1,400 $447 45

Mon Jan 22 #9 $236.2K −62% −44% $20.7M 1,400 $169 46

Tue Jan 23 #8 $376.5K +59% +65% $21.1M 1,400 $269 47

Wed Jan 24 #5 $323.5K −14% +61% $21.4M 1,400 $231 48

Thu Jan 25 #6 $324.8K 0% +71% $21.7M 1,400 $232 49

Fri Jan 26 #7 $862.7K +166% +39% $22.6M 2,300 $375 50

Sat Jan 27 #8 $1.3M +55% +51% $23.9M 2,300 $581 51

Sun Jan 28 #8 $711.5K −47% +14% $24.7M 2,300 $309 52

Mon Jan 29 #5 $297.4K −58% +26% $25.0M 2,300 $129 53

Tue Jan 30 — $462.5K +56% +23% $25.4M 2,300 $201 54

Wed Jan 31 #5 $318.1K −31% −2% $25.7M 2,300 $138 55

Thu Feb 1 #5 $323.3K +2% 0% $26.1M 2,300 $141 56

Fri Feb 2 #9 $593.3K +84% −31% $26.6M 1,950 $304 57

Sat Feb 3 #10 $946.1K +59% −29% $27.6M 1,950 $485 58

Sun Feb 4 #9 $616.8K −35% −13% $28.2M 1,950 $316 59

Mon Feb 5 #7 $208.9K −66% −30% $28.4M 1,950 $107 60

Tue Feb 6 #9 $294.8K +41% −36% $28.7M 1,950 $151 61

Wed Feb 7 #7 $223.7K −24% −30% $28.9M 1,950 $115 62

Thu Feb 8 #7 $211.7K −5% −35% $29.2M 1,950 $109 63

Fri Feb 9 #12 $353.2K +67% −40% $29.5M 1,290 $274 64

Sat Feb 10 #12 $553.6K +57% −41% $30.1M 1,290 $429 65

Sun Feb 11 #12 $208.7K −62% −66% $30.3M 1,290 $162 66

Mon Feb 12 — $159.4K −24% −24% $30.4M 1,290 $124 67

Tue Feb 13 — $187.5K +18% −36% $30.6M 1,290 $145 68

Wed Feb 14 — $205.1K +9% −8% $30.8M 1,290 $159 69

Thu Feb 15 #12 $114.0K −44% −46% $30.9M 1,290 $88 70

Fri Feb 16 #13 $206.6K +81% −42% $31.1M 680 $304 71

Sat Feb 17 #13 $359.5K +74% −35% $31.5M 680 $529 72

Sun Feb 18 #13 $313.0K −13% +50% $31.8M 680 $460 73

Mon Feb 19 #13 $209.4K −33% +31% $32.0M 680 $308 74

Tue Feb 20 #12 $128.6K −39% −31% $32.2M 680 $189 75

Wed Feb 21 — $99.0K −23% −52% $32.2M 680 $146 76

Thu Feb 22 — $83.5K −16% −27% $32.3M 680 $123 77

Fri Feb 23 — $163.7K +96% −21% $32.5M 540 $303 78

Sat Feb 24 — $245.6K +50% −32% $32.7M 540 $455 79

Sun Feb 25 — $166.2K −32% −47% $32.9M 540 $308 80

Mon Feb 26 — $62.4K −62% −70% $33.0M 540 $116 81

Tue Feb 27 — $83.8K +34% −35% $33.1M 540 $155 82

Wed Feb 28 — $58.8K −30% −41% $33.1M 540 $109 83

Thu Feb 29 — $48.4K −18% −42% $33.2M 540 $90 84

Fri Mar 1 #14 $97.0K +100% −41% $33.3M 550 $176 85

Sat Mar 2 #14 $175.1K +81% −29% $33.4M 550 $318 86

Sun Mar 3 #13 $107.2K −39% −36% $33.5M 550 $195 87

Mon Mar 4 — $42.3K −61% −32% $33.6M 550 $77 88

Tue Mar 5 — $55.2K +30% −34% $33.6M 550 $100 89

Wed Mar 6 — $55.8K +1% −5% $33.7M 550 $102 90

Thu Mar 7 — $60.4K +8% +25% $33.8M 550 $110 91

Fri Mar 8 — $85.8K +42% −12% $33.8M 700 $123 92

Sat Mar 9 — $104.7K +22% −40% $33.9M 700 $150 93

Sun Mar 10 — $45.2K −57% −58% $34.0M 700 $65 94

Mon Mar 11 — $38.8K −14% −8% $34.0M 700 $55 95

Tue Mar 12 — $53.5K +38% −3% $34.1M 700 $76 96

Wed Mar 13 — $37.1K −31% −33% $34.1M 700 $53 97

Thu Mar 14 — $33.6K −10% −44% $34.2M 700 $48 98

Fri Mar 15 — $71.3K +112% −17% $34.2M 840 $85 99

Sat Mar 16 — $92.8K +30% −11% $34.3M 840 $110 100

Sun Mar 17 — $56.6K −39% +25% $34.4M 840 $67 101

Mon Mar 18 — $29.5K −48% −24% $34.4M 840 $35 102

Tue Mar 19 — $40.9K +38% −24% $34.4M 840 $49 103

Wed Mar 20 — $25.9K −37% −30% $34.5M 840 $31 104

Thu Mar 21 — $20.9K −20% −38% $34.5M 840 $25 105

Fri Mar 22 — $10.4K −50% −85% $34.5M 55 $190 106

Sat Mar 23 — $18.6K +78% −80% $34.5M 55 $338 107

Sun Mar 24 — $9.8K −47% −83% $34.5M 55 $178 108

Mon Mar 25 — $4.8K −51% −84% $34.5M 55 $86 109

Tue Mar 26 — $6.3K +33% −85% $34.5M 55 $115 110

Wed Mar 27 — $5.8K −8% −78% $34.5M 55 $106 111

Thu Mar 28 — $6.4K +9% −69% $34.6M 55 $116 112

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

Cumulative total$30.9M

Dec 8Dec 25Jan 12Jan 29Feb 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M

$661.2K

$1.3M

$2.1M

$2.3M

$2.0M

$1.8M

$2.1M

$2.9M

$2.2M

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,300 → 1,290 −43.9%

9 open1,290 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.3%

+93.9%

W1→2

+65.3%

W2→3

+6.8%

W3→4

−12.9%

W4→5

−9.2%

W5→6

+19.1%

W6→7

+36.6%

W7→8

−25.9%

W8→9

−48.3%

W9→10

Steepest −48.3%Biggest gain +93.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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