Name: The Brink of War
Director: Michael Russell Gunn
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Released: 2026
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Jared Harris, J.K. Simmons, Hope Davis, Branka Katić

Cast & crew

Jeff Daniels Starring

Jared Harris Starring

J.K. Simmons Starring

Hope Davis Starring

Written byMichael Russell Gunn StudioAngel Studios Produced byMichael Russell Gunn, John Logan Pierson, Christopher Hammond

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 14-16 7 $2.7M — 2,083 $1,291 $2.7M

2 Aug 21-23 14 $657.1K −76% 1,340 $490 $4.5M

3 Aug 28-30 25 $96.8K −85% 200 $484 $5.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 14 #6 $1.1M — $1.1M 2,083 $540 1

Sat Aug 15 #8 $901.2K −20% $2.0M 2,083 $433 2

Sun Aug 16 #8 $663.3K −26% $2.7M 2,083 $318 3

Mon Aug 17 — $306.4K −54% $3.0M 2,083 $147 4

Tue Aug 18 #6 $413.6K +35% $3.4M 2,083 $199 5

Wed Aug 19 — $279.6K −32% $3.7M 2,083 $134 6

Thu Aug 20 — $170.5K −39% $3.9M 2,083 $82 7

Fri Aug 21 #14 $183.3K +8% −84% $4.0M 1,340 $137 8

Sat Aug 22 #14 $280.9K +53% −69% $4.3M 1,340 $210 9

Sun Aug 23 #14 $192.9K −31% −71% $4.5M 1,340 $144 10

Mon Aug 24 — $82.5K −57% −73% $4.6M 1,340 $62 11

Tue Aug 25 — $121.8K +48% −71% $4.7M 1,340 $91 12

Wed Aug 26 — $91.2K −25% −67% $4.8M 1,340 $68 13

Thu Aug 27 — $51.1K −44% −70% $4.9M 1,340 $38 14

Fri Aug 28 #- $27.2K −47% −85% $4.9M 200 $136 15

Sat Aug 29 #- $38.2K +40% −86% $4.9M 200 $191 16

Sun Aug 30 #- $31.4K −18% −84% $5.0M 200 $157 17

Mon Aug 31 #- $14.9K −53% −82% $5.0M 200 $74 18

Tue Sep 1 #- $21.2K +43% −83% $5.0M 200 $106 19

Wed Sep 2 #- $11.0K −48% −88% $5.0M 200 $55 20

Thu Sep 3 #- $6.6K −40% −87% $5.0M 200 $33 21

Fri Sep 4 #- $5.2K −22% −81% $5.0M 71 $73 22

Sat Sep 5 #- $6.4K +23% −83% $5.0M 71 $90 23

Sun Sep 6 #- $5.0K −22% −84% $5.0M 71 $70 24

Mon Sep 7 #- $7.8K +56% −47% $5.0M 71 $110 25

Tue Sep 8 #- $3.3K −58% −85% $5.0M 71 $46 26

Wed Sep 9 #- $3.2K −2% −71% $5.0M 71 $45 27

Thu Sep 10 #- $1.5K −53% −78% $5.0M 71 $21 28

Fri Sep 11 #- $861 −42% −83% $5.0M 15 $57 29

Sat Sep 12 #- $677 −21% −89% $5.0M 15 $45 30

Sun Sep 13 #- $445 −34% −91% $5.0M 15 $30 31

Mon Sep 14 — $206 −54% −97% $5.0M 15 $14 32

Tue Sep 15 — $245 +19% −92% $5.0M 15 $16 33

Wed Sep 16 — $148 −40% −95% $5.0M 15 $10 34

Thu Sep 17 — $305 +106% −80% $5.0M 15 $20 35

Fri Sep 18 — $442 +45% −49% $5.0M 15 $29 36

Sat Sep 19 — $702 +59% +4% $5.1M 15 $47 37

Sun Sep 20 #34 $351 −50% −21% $5.1M 15 $23 38

Mon Sep 21 #30 $25 −93% −88% $5.1M 15 $2 39

Tue Sep 22 #30 $59 +136% −76% $5.1M 15 $4 40

Wed Sep 23 #30 $132 +124% −11% $5.1M 15 $9 41

Thu Sep 24 #29 $119 −10% −61% $5.1M 15 $8 42

Fri Sep 25 — $452 +280% +2% $5.1M 13 $35 43

Sat Sep 26 — $276 −39% −61% $5.1M 13 $21 44

Sun Sep 27 — $109 −61% −69% $5.1M 13 $8 45

Mon Sep 28 #32 $112 +3% +348% $5.1M 13 $9 46

Tue Sep 29 #32 $125 +12% +112% $5.1M 13 $10 47

Wed Sep 30 #31 $96 −23% −27% $5.1M 13 $7 48

Thu Oct 1 #31 $146 +52% +23% $5.1M 13 $11 49

Cumulative total$5.1M

Aug 14Aug 26Sep 7Sep 19Oct 1

Weekend grossWk 3 · $96.8K

$2.7M

$657.1K

$96.8K

W1W2W3

Theater countPeak 2,083 → 13 −99.4%

2,083 open13 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 3 · −85%

−76%

W1→2

−85%

W2→3

Steepest −85%Best hold −76%

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