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2018 • R • 1h 52m • Comedy, Drama, Fantasy • Annapurna Pictures

Destiny is calling.

🍅 93% 70%

78

3.73

6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$727K

Limited · 16 theaters

Domestic total

$17.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$18.30M

$792K international

Domestic legs4.2x from $4.2M first wide weekend

Budget$3.2M

2018 rank#123

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Cast & crew

Full Riley filmography

Boots Riley

Boots Riley Director

LaKeith Stanfield

LaKeith Stanfield Starring

Tessa Thompson

Tessa Thompson Starring

Omari Hardwick

Omari Hardwick Starring

Terry Crews

Terry Crews Starring

ScreenplayBoots Riley Produced byNina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Duffy, Kelly Williams, Charles D. King, George Rush Music byTune-Yards StudioAnnapurna Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 6-8 16 $727.3K — 16 $45,454 $727.3K

2 Jul 13-15 7 $4.2M +478.7% 805 $5,228 $5.3M

3 Jul 20-22 10 $2.9M −32.0% 1,050 $2,727 $10.3M

4 Jul 27-29 12 $1.4M −52.0% 802 $1,713 $13.3M

5 Aug 3-5 17 $802.2K −41.6% 404 $1,986 $14.9M

6 Aug 10-12 20 $419.7K −47.7% 204 $2,057 $15.8M

7 Aug 17-19 23 $254.0K −39.5% 143 $1,776 $16.3M

8 Aug 24-26 28 $146.4K −42.4% 88 $1,664 $16.6M

9 Aug 31-Sep 2 27 $273.8K +87.0% 505 $542 $17.0M

10 Sep 7-9 34 $86.2K −68.5% 72 $1,197 $17.3M

11 Sep 14-16 43 $56.4K −34.5% 47 $1,201 $17.4M

12 Sep 21-23 49 $28.3K −49.9% 18 $1,570 $17.4M

13 Sep 28-30 61 $22.5K −20.5% 30 $749 $17.4M

14 Oct 5-7 63 $10.4K −53.7% 11 $945 $17.5M

15 Oct 12-14 68 $5.1K −51.2% 9 $564 $17.5M

16 Oct 19-21 81 $1.3K −73.8% 3 $443 $17.5M

17 Oct 26-28 94 $795 −40.1% 2 $398 $17.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 6 #- $274.8K — $274.8K 16 $17,177 1

Sat Jul 7 #- $245.8K −11% $520.6K 16 $15,364 2

Sun Jul 8 #- $206.6K −16% $727.3K 16 $12,914 3

Mon Jul 9 #- $88.1K −57% $815.4K 16 $5,507 4

Tue Jul 10 #- $87.5K −1% $902.9K 16 $5,470 5

Wed Jul 11 #- $93.8K +7% $996.7K 16 $5,866 6

Thu Jul 12 #- $68.2K −27% $1.1M 16 $4,263 7

Fri Jul 13 #7 $1.5M +2% +442% $2.6M 805 $1,850 8

Sat Jul 14 #8 $1.5M +1% +513% $4.1M 805 $1,871 9

Sun Jul 15 #8 $1.2M −19% +488% $5.3M 805 $1,508 10

Mon Jul 16 #7 $534.8K −56% +507% $5.8M 805 $664 11

Tue Jul 17 #8 $651.1K +22% +644% $6.5M 805 $809 12

Wed Jul 18 #7 $518.9K −20% +453% $7.0M 805 $645 13

Thu Jul 19 #7 $450.6K −13% +561% $7.4M 805 $560 14

Fri Jul 20 #10 $797.0K +77% −46% $8.2M 1,050 $759 15

Sat Jul 21 #10 $1.1M +41% −25% $9.4M 1,050 $1,070 16

Sun Jul 22 #10 $942.5K −16% −22% $10.3M 1,050 $898 17

Mon Jul 23 #11 $416.4K −56% −22% $10.7M 1,050 $397 18

Tue Jul 24 #10 $493.3K +18% −24% $11.2M 1,050 $470 19

Wed Jul 25 #11 $421.8K −14% −19% $11.6M 1,050 $402 20

Thu Jul 26 #10 $277.3K −34% −38% $11.9M 1,050 $264 21

Fri Jul 27 #14 $429.1K +55% −46% $12.3M 802 $535 22

Sat Jul 28 #12 $546.1K +27% −51% $12.9M 802 $681 23

Sun Jul 29 #12 $398.6K −27% −58% $13.3M 802 $497 24

Mon Jul 30 #12 $196.6K −51% −53% $13.5M 802 $245 25

Tue Jul 31 #13 $240.4K +22% −51% $13.7M 802 $300 26

Wed Aug 1 #12 $217.4K −10% −48% $13.9M 802 $271 27

Thu Aug 2 #12 $177.0K −19% −36% $14.1M 802 $221 28

Fri Aug 3 #- $233.7K +32% −46% $14.3M 404 $578 29

Sat Aug 4 #- $328.1K +40% −40% $14.7M 404 $812 30

Sun Aug 5 #- $240.3K −27% −40% $14.9M 404 $595 31

Mon Aug 6 #- $128.6K −46% −35% $15.0M 404 $318 32

Tue Aug 7 #- $135.1K +5% −44% $15.2M 404 $334 33

Wed Aug 8 #- $120.2K −11% −45% $15.3M 404 $297 34

Thu Aug 9 #- $87.8K −27% −50% $15.4M 404 $217 35

Fri Aug 10 #- $113.3K +29% −52% $15.5M 204 $555 36

Sat Aug 11 #- $179.6K +59% −45% $15.7M 204 $880 37

Sun Aug 12 #- $126.9K −29% −47% $15.8M 204 $622 38

Mon Aug 13 #- $59.4K −53% −54% $15.9M 204 $291 39

Tue Aug 14 #- $74.0K +25% −45% $15.9M 204 $363 40

Wed Aug 15 #- $57.7K −22% −52% $16.0M 204 $283 41

Thu Aug 16 #- $52.8K −8% −40% $16.0M 204 $259 42

Fri Aug 17 #- $70.7K +34% −38% $16.1M 143 $494 43

Sat Aug 18 #- $103.2K +46% −43% $16.2M 143 $722 44

Sun Aug 19 #- $80.1K −22% −37% $16.3M 143 $560 45

Mon Aug 20 #- $35.9K −55% −40% $16.3M 143 $251 46

Tue Aug 21 #- $43.9K +22% −41% $16.4M 143 $307 47

Wed Aug 22 #- $38.6K −12% −33% $16.4M 143 $270 48

Thu Aug 23 #- $37.7K −2% −29% $16.5M 143 $264 49

Fri Aug 24 #- $42.6K +13% −40% $16.5M 88 $484 50

Sat Aug 25 #- $61.6K +45% −40% $16.6M 88 $700 51

Sun Aug 26 #- $42.2K −31% −47% $16.6M 88 $480 52

Mon Aug 27 #- $22.8K −46% −37% $16.6M 88 $259 53

Tue Aug 28 #- $23.9K +5% −45% $16.6M 88 $272 54

Wed Aug 29 #- $22.4K −6% −42% $16.7M 88 $255 55

Thu Aug 30 #- $21.0K −6% −44% $16.7M 88 $238 56

Fri Aug 31 #- $69.5K +232% +63% $16.8M 505 $138 57

Sat Sep 1 #- $101.8K +46% +65% $16.9M 505 $202 58

Sun Sep 2 #- $102.4K +1% +143% $17.0M 505 $203 59

Mon Sep 3 #- $93.7K −9% +312% $17.1M 505 $186 60

Tue Sep 4 #- $39.9K −57% +67% $17.1M 505 $79 61

Wed Sep 5 #- $35.4K −11% +58% $17.1M 505 $70 62

Thu Sep 6 #- $30.6K −13% +46% $17.2M 505 $61 63

Fri Sep 7 #- $21.5K −30% −69% $17.2M 72 $299 64

Sat Sep 8 #- $38.7K +80% −62% $17.2M 72 $537 65

Sun Sep 9 #- $26.0K −33% −75% $17.3M 72 $361 66

Mon Sep 10 #- $11.1K −57% −88% $17.3M 72 $154 67

Tue Sep 11 #- $13.3K +20% −67% $17.3M 72 $185 68

Wed Sep 12 #- $11.2K −16% −68% $17.3M 72 $156 69

Thu Sep 13 #- $11.0K −2% −64% $17.3M 72 $153 70

Fri Sep 14 #- $16.3K +49% −24% $17.3M 47 $348 71

Sat Sep 15 #- $24.5K +50% −37% $17.3M 47 $522 72

Sun Sep 16 #- $15.6K −36% −40% $17.4M 47 $331 73

Mon Sep 17 #- $6.8K −56% −39% $17.4M 47 $144 74

Tue Sep 18 #- $9.5K +40% −29% $17.4M 47 $202 75

Wed Sep 19 #- $8.6K −10% −24% $17.4M 47 $182 76

Thu Sep 20 #- $6.4K −25% −42% $17.4M 47 $136 77

Fri Sep 21 #- $8.6K +34% −48% $17.4M 18 $476 78

Sat Sep 22 #- $12.3K +43% −50% $17.4M 18 $681 79

Sun Sep 23 #- $7.4K −39% −52% $17.4M 18 $414 80

Mon Sep 24 #- $3.2K −57% −53% $17.4M 18 $176 81

Tue Sep 25 #- $4.4K +37% −54% $17.4M 18 $242 82

Wed Sep 26 #- $3.2K −28% −63% $17.4M 18 $175 83

Thu Sep 27 #- $3.1K −2% −51% $17.4M 18 $172 84

Fri Sep 28 #- $7.5K +141% −13% $17.4M 30 $250 85

Sat Sep 29 #- $8.6K +15% −29% $17.4M 30 $288 86

Sun Sep 30 #- $6.3K −27% −15% $17.4M 30 $212 87

Mon Oct 1 #- $3.6K −44% +12% $17.5M 30 $119 88

Tue Oct 2 #- $4.0K +11% −9% $17.5M 30 $132 89

Wed Oct 3 #- $4.5K +14% +43% $17.5M 30 $150 90

Thu Oct 4 #- $2.8K −38% −9% $17.5M 30 $94 91

Fri Oct 5 #- $2.9K +2% −62% $17.5M 11 $261 92

Sat Oct 6 #- $4.8K +66% −45% $17.5M 11 $433 93

Sun Oct 7 #- $2.8K −42% −56% $17.5M 11 $251 94

Mon Oct 8 #- $1.4K −48% −60% $17.5M 11 $131 95

Tue Oct 9 #- $1.2K −15% −69% $17.5M 11 $111 96

Wed Oct 10 #- $1.7K +39% −63% $17.5M 11 $154 97

Thu Oct 11 #- $1.6K −6% −44% $17.5M 11 $144 98

Fri Oct 12 #- $1.3K −16% −54% $17.5M 9 $148 99

Sat Oct 13 #- $2.1K +61% −55% $17.5M 9 $239 100

Sun Oct 14 #- $1.6K −26% −42% $17.5M 9 $177 101

Mon Oct 15 #- $866 −46% −40% $17.5M 9 $96 102

Tue Oct 16 #- $1.5K +69% +20% $17.5M 9 $163 103

Wed Oct 17 #- $853 −42% −50% $17.5M 9 $95 104

Thu Oct 18 #- $793 −7% −50% $17.5M 9 $88 105

Fri Oct 19 #- $393 −50% −71% $17.5M 3 $131 106

Sat Oct 20 #- $519 +32% −76% $17.5M 3 $173 107

Sun Oct 21 #- $416 −20% −74% $17.5M 3 $139 108

Mon Oct 22 #- $345 −17% −60% $17.5M 3 $115 109

Tue Oct 23 #- $132 −62% −91% $17.5M 3 $44 110

Wed Oct 24 #- $347 +163% −59% $17.5M 3 $116 111

Thu Oct 25 #- $668 +93% −16% $17.5M 3 $223 112

Fri Oct 26 #- $10 −99% −97% $17.5M 2 $5 113

Sat Oct 27 #- $645 +6% +24% $17.5M 2 $322 114

Sun Oct 28 #- $140 −78% −66% $17.5M 2 $70 115

Mon Oct 29 #- $50 −64% −86% $17.5M 2 $25 116

Tue Oct 30 #- $88 +76% −33% $17.5M 2 $44 117

Wed Oct 31 #- $43 −51% −88% $17.5M 2 $22 118

Thu Nov 1 #- $25 −42% −96% $17.5M 2 $12 119

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

Cumulative total$17.3M

Jul 6Jul 23Aug 10Aug 27Sep 13

Weekend grossWk 10 · $86.2K

$727.3K

$4.2M

$2.9M

$1.4M

$802.2K

$419.7K

$254.0K

$146.4K

$273.8K

$86.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,050 → 72 −93.1%

16 open72 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −68.5%

+478.7%

W1→2

−32.0%

W2→3

−52.0%

W3→4

−41.6%

W4→5

−47.7%

W5→6

−39.5%

W6→7

−42.4%

W7→8

+87.0%

W8→9

−68.5%

W9→10

Steepest −68.5%Biggest gain +478.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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