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2024 • PG • 100 min • Comedy, Drama, Family • Lionsgate

Peace on earth

🍅 91% 97%

60

3.8

6.8

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$10.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$40.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$40.20M

Global total

Budget$20M

Domestic legs3.7x

2024 rank#42

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Cast & crew

Judy Greer

Judy Greer Starring

Molly Belle Wright

Molly Belle Wright Starring

Lauren Graham

Lauren Graham Starring

ScreenplayDallas Jenkins Produced byKevin Downes, Dallas Jenkins CinematographyRina Yang MusicDavid Giuntoli Prod. DesignN/A

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$37M–$40M

$34M $39M $43M

$40.00M so far

The prediction model updated after a -51% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $34M–$43M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$32M

Baseline

Comedy Original — 3.00 baseline opening

0%

CinemaScore

A: Comedy avg is A

+4%

Audience

Strong — RT 97%, LB 3.80, IMDB 6.8

+9%

Seasonality

Holiday season

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

-8%

2nd Weekend

-51% drop

+14%

Genre

Comedy Original legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 8-10 3 $10.8M — 3,020 $3,567 $10.8M

2 Nov 15-17 3 $5.3M −51.3% 3,020 $1,739 $19.8M

3 Nov 22-24 6 $3.4M −34.7% 2,279 $1,504 $25.4M

4 Thanksgiving 3-Day 5 $3.2M −6.1% 1,779 $1,810 $32.0M

5 Post-Thanksgiving 10 $1.5M −53.2% 1,633 $922 $34.5M

6 Dec 13-15 10 $1.3M −13.9% 1,519 $854 $36.6M

7 Dec 20-22 10 $738.1K −43.1% 861 $857 $38.4M

8 Dec 27-29 21 $328.7K −55.5% 497 $661 $39.6M

9 Jan 3-5 23 $90.0K −72.6% 335 $268 $40.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 8 #1 $5.0M — $5.0M 3,020 $1,639 1

Sat Nov 9 #3 $3.3M −33% $8.2M 3,020 $1,091 2

Sun Nov 10 #3 $2.5M −23% $10.8M 3,020 $837 3

Mon Nov 11 #2 $1.5M −42% $12.2M 3,020 $483 4

Tue Nov 12 #3 $1.1M −25% $13.3M 3,020 $363 5

Wed Nov 13 #3 $612.1K −44% $13.9M 3,020 $203 6

Thu Nov 14 #3 $611.2K 0% $14.6M 3,020 $202 7

Fri Nov 15 #3 $1.4M +124% −72% $15.9M 3,020 $453 8

Sat Nov 16 #3 $2.4M +72% −28% $18.3M 3,020 $781 9

Sun Nov 17 #3 $1.5M −35% −40% $19.8M 3,020 $505 10

Mon Nov 18 #4 $431.5K −72% −70% $20.2M 3,020 $143 11

Tue Nov 19 #2 $856.4K +98% −22% $21.1M 3,020 $284 12

Wed Nov 20 #4 $498.4K −42% −19% $21.6M 3,020 $165 13

Thu Nov 21 #2 $425.5K −15% −30% $22.0M 3,020 $141 14

Fri Nov 22 #6 $922.4K +117% −33% $22.9M 2,279 $405 15

Sat Nov 23 #5 $1.5M +58% −38% $24.4M 2,279 $639 16

Sun Nov 24 #5 $1.1M −28% −31% $25.4M 2,279 $461 17

Mon Nov 25 #4 $859.9K −18% +99% $26.3M 2,279 $377 18

Tue Nov 26 #4 $847.8K −1% −1% $27.2M 2,279 $372 19

Wed Nov 27 #5 $845.2K 0% +70% $28.0M 1,777 $476 20

Thu Nov 28 #5 $746.1K −12% +75% $28.7M 1,777 $420 21

Fri Nov 29 #5 $1.3M +79% +45% $30.1M 1,779 $750 22

Sat Nov 30 #5 $1.1M −14% −21% $31.2M 1,779 $645 23

Sun Dec 1 #5 $739.2K −36% −30% $32.0M 1,779 $415 24

Mon Dec 2 #6 $231.1K −69% −73% $32.2M 1,779 $130 25

Tue Dec 3 #6 $347.9K +51% −59% $32.5M 1,779 $196 26

Wed Dec 4 #6 $224.0K −36% −73% $32.8M 1,779 $126 27

Thu Dec 5 #6 $197.9K −12% −73% $33.0M 1,779 $111 28

Fri Dec 6 #12 $425.6K +115% −68% $33.4M 1,633 $261 29

Sat Dec 7 #10 $635.3K +49% −45% $34.0M 1,633 $389 30

Sun Dec 8 #10 $446.0K −30% −40% $34.5M 1,633 $273 31

Mon Dec 9 #8 $165.6K −63% −28% $34.6M 1,633 $101 32

Tue Dec 10 #6 $298.2K +80% −14% $34.9M 1,633 $183 33

Wed Dec 11 #7 $208.9K −30% −7% $35.1M 1,633 $128 34

Thu Dec 12 #8 $168.2K −19% −15% $35.3M 1,633 $103 35

Fri Dec 13 #9 $381.1K +127% −10% $35.7M 1,519 $251 36

Sat Dec 14 #9 $540.3K +42% −15% $36.2M 1,519 $356 37

Sun Dec 15 #10 $376.6K −30% −16% $36.6M 1,519 $248 38

Mon Dec 16 #9 $182.9K −51% +10% $36.8M 1,519 $120 39

Tue Dec 17 #8 $322.3K +76% +8% $37.1M 1,519 $212 40

Wed Dec 18 #8 $271.8K −16% +30% $37.4M 1,519 $179 41

Thu Dec 19 #7 $241.8K −11% +44% $37.6M 1,519 $159 42

Fri Dec 20 #10 $228.3K −6% −40% $37.9M 861 $265 43

Sat Dec 21 #10 $283.4K +24% −48% $38.1M 861 $329 44

Sun Dec 22 #10 $226.4K −20% −40% $38.4M 861 $263 45

Mon Dec 23 #9 $341.0K +51% +86% $38.7M 861 $396 46

Tue Dec 24 #9 $279.1K −18% −13% $39.0M 861 $324 47

Wed Dec 25 #13 $188.7K −32% −31% $39.2M 861 $219 48

Thu Dec 26 #13 $138.2K −27% −43% $39.3M 525 $263 49

Fri Dec 27 #33 $132.7K −4% −42% $39.4M 497 $267 50

Sat Dec 28 #13 $115.4K −13% −59% $39.6M 497 $232 51

Sun Dec 29 #13 $80.6K −30% −64% $39.6M 497 $162 52

Mon Dec 30 #13 $69.2K −14% −80% $39.7M 497 $139 53

Tue Dec 31 #12 $89.7K +30% −68% $39.8M 497 $181 54

Wed Jan 1 #13 $77.7K −13% −59% $39.9M 497 $156 55

Thu Jan 2 #14 $42.4K −45% −69% $39.9M 497 $85 56

Fri Jan 3 #19 $37.3K −12% −72% $40.0M 335 $111 57

Sat Jan 4 #21 $35.4K −5% −69% $40.0M 335 $106 58

Sun Jan 5 #22 $17.2K −51% −79% $40.0M 335 $51 59

Mon Jan 6 #19 $9.9K −42% −86% $40.0M 335 $30 60

Tue Jan 7 #21 $12.7K +28% −86% $40.0M 335 $38 61

Wed Jan 8 #22 $7.2K −43% −91% $40.0M 335 $22 62

Thu Jan 9 #22 $6.2K −15% −86% $40.0M 335 $18 63

Cumulative total$40.0M

Nov 8Nov 24Dec 9Dec 25Jan 9

Weekend grossWk 9 · $90.0K

$10.8M

$5.3M

$3.4M

$3.2M

$1.5M

$1.3M

$738.1K

$328.7K

$90.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 3,020 → 335 −88.9%

3,020 open335 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −72.6%

−51.3%

W1→2

−34.7%

W2→3

−6.1%

W3→4

−53.2%

W4→5

−13.9%

W5→6

−43.1%

W6→7

−55.5%

W7→8

−72.6%

W8→9

Steepest −72.6%Best hold −6.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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