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2018 • R • 1h 47m • Comedy, Drama, History • IFC Films

In the Kremlin, no one can hear you scheme

🍅 94% 79%

88

3.8

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$185K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$8.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$20.40M

$12.40M international

Domestic legs6.0x from $1.3M biggest weekend

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Cast & crew

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi Starring

Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor Starring

Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs Starring

Michael Palin

Michael Palin Starring

Rupert Friend

Rupert Friend Starring

Andrea Riseborough

Andrea Riseborough Starring

ScreenplayArmando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Fabien Nury Produced byLaurent Zeitoun, Kevin Loader, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou CinematographyZac Nicholson StudioIFC Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 9-11 28 $184.8K — 4 $46,201 $184.8K

2 Mar 16-18 19 $537.5K +190.8% 32 $16,797 $801.1K

3 Mar 23-25 17 $1.0M +87.4% 141 $7,142 $2.0M

4 Mar 30-Apr 1 17 $1.3M +33.6% 484 $2,780 $3.8M

5 Apr 6-8 18 $987.2K −26.6% 554 $1,782 $5.5M

7 Apr 20-22 24 $329.1K — 210 $1,567 $6.9M

8 Apr 27-29 22 $225.9K −31.4% 150 $1,506 $7.2M

9 May 4-6 23 $174.0K −23.0% 195 $892 $7.5M

10 May 11-13 27 $128.3K −26.3% 130 $987 $7.7M

11 May 18-20 38 $57.0K −55.6% 50 $1,140 $7.8M

12 May 25-27 38 $43.8K −23.2% 35 $1,251 $7.9M

13 Jun 1-3 43 $30.0K −31.5% 26 $1,154 $7.9M

14 Jun 8-10 48 $16.2K −46.1% 14 $1,156 $8.0M

15 Jun 15-17 52 $10.5K −35.0% 10 $1,052 $8.0M

16 Jun 22-24 55 $9.0K −14.1% 7 $1,290 $8.0M

17 Jun 29-Jul 1 60 $6.2K −31.5% 5 $1,237 $8.0M

18 Jul 6-8 64 $3.7K −39.5% 5 $748 $8.0M

19 Jul 13-15 65 $3.0K −20.1% 4 $747 $8.0M

20 Jul 20-22 69 $2.4K −18.2% 3 $815 $8.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 9 — $55.1K — $55.1K 4 $13,769 1

Sat Mar 10 — $71.0K +28.8% $126.0K 4 $17,738 2

Sun Mar 11 — $58.8K −17.2% $184.8K 4 $14,694 3

Mon Mar 12 — $19.9K −66.1% $204.8K 4 $4,987 4

Tue Mar 13 — $20.3K +1.8% $225.1K 4 $5,079 5

Wed Mar 14 — $19.9K −2.3% $244.9K 4 $4,964 6

Thu Mar 15 — $18.6K −6.1% $263.6K 4 $4,662 7

Fri Mar 16 — $164.5K +782.4% +198.7% $428.1K 32 $5,142 8

Sat Mar 17 — $215.9K +31.2% +204.3% $644.0K 32 $6,747 9

Sun Mar 18 — $157.0K −27.3% +167.2% $801.1K 32 $4,908 10

Mon Mar 19 — $55.9K −64.4% +180.4% $857.0K 32 $1,748 11

Tue Mar 20 — $57.0K +1.8% +180.4% $914.0K 32 $1,780 12

Wed Mar 21 — $62.7K +10.0% +215.5% $976.6K 32 $1,958 13

Thu Mar 22 — $53.8K −14.1% +188.6% $1.0M 32 $1,682 14

Fri Mar 23 — $280.8K +421.8% +70.7% $1.3M 141 $1,991 15

Sat Mar 24 — $443.0K +57.8% +105.2% $1.8M 141 $3,142 16

Sun Mar 25 — $283.2K −36.1% +80.3% $2.0M 141 $2,009 17

Mon Mar 26 — $102.4K −63.8% +83.1% $2.1M 141 $726 18

Tue Mar 27 — $114.8K +12.1% +101.5% $2.3M 141 $814 19

Wed Mar 28 — $101.1K −11.9% +61.3% $2.4M 141 $717 20

Thu Mar 29 — $107.9K +6.7% +100.5% $2.5M 141 $765 21

Fri Mar 30 — $440.9K +308.6% +57.0% $2.9M 484 $911 22

Sat Mar 31 — $519.3K +17.8% +17.2% $3.4M 484 $1,073 23

Sun Apr 1 — $385.2K −25.8% +36.0% $3.8M 484 $796 24

Mon Apr 2 — $161.6K −58.0% +57.8% $4.0M 484 $334 25

Tue Apr 3 — $190.5K +17.9% +66.0% $4.2M 484 $394 26

Wed Apr 4 — $185.0K −2.9% +83.0% $4.3M 484 $382 27

Thu Apr 5 — $142.1K −23.2% +31.7% $4.5M 484 $294 28

Fri Apr 6 — $269.1K +89.4% −39.0% $4.8M 548 $491 29

Sat Apr 7 — $470.0K +74.7% −9.5% $5.2M 548 $858 30

Sun Apr 8 — $248.1K −47.2% −35.6% $5.5M 548 $453 31

Mon Apr 9 — $91.7K −63.0% −43.2% $5.6M 548 $167 32

Tue Apr 10 — $102.2K +11.4% −46.4% $5.7M 548 $187 33

Wed Apr 11 — $88.0K −13.9% −52.5% $5.8M 548 $161 34

Thu Apr 12 — $81.1K −7.8% −42.9% $5.8M 548 $148 35

Fri Apr 13 — $119.4K +47.2% −55.6% $6.0M 330 $362 36

Sat Apr 14 — $207.6K +73.9% −55.8% $6.2M 330 $629 37

Sun Apr 15 — $154.7K −25.4% −37.6% $6.3M 330 $469 38

Mon Apr 16 — $49.4K −68.1% −46.1% $6.4M 330 $150 39

Tue Apr 17 — $49.2K −0.5% −51.9% $6.4M 330 $149 40

Wed Apr 18 — $52.3K +6.3% −40.6% $6.5M 330 $158 41

Thu Apr 19 — $52.3K +0.1% −35.5% $6.5M 330 $159 42

Fri Apr 20 — $87.1K +66.5% −27.0% $6.6M 210 $415 43

Sat Apr 21 — $156.5K +79.6% −24.6% $6.8M 210 $745 44

Sun Apr 22 — $85.5K −45.3% −44.7% $6.9M 210 $407 45

Mon Apr 23 — $31.3K −63.4% −36.7% $6.9M 210 $149 46

Tue Apr 24 — $35.6K +13.9% −27.5% $6.9M 210 $170 47

Wed Apr 25 — $37.8K +6.1% −27.6% $7.0M 210 $180 48

Thu Apr 26 — $35.9K −5.1% −31.4% $7.0M 210 $171 49

Fri Apr 27 — $57.9K +61.4% −33.5% $7.1M 150 $386 50

Sat Apr 28 — $98.6K +70.2% −37.0% $7.1M 150 $658 51

Sun Apr 29 — $69.3K −29.8% −19.0% $7.2M 150 $462 52

Mon Apr 30 — $22.7K −67.3% −27.6% $7.2M 150 $151 53

Tue May 1 — $22.6K −0.4% −36.7% $7.3M 150 $151 54

Wed May 2 — $22.2K −1.6% −41.3% $7.3M 150 $148 55

Thu May 3 — $23.2K +4.4% −35.3% $7.3M 150 $155 56

Fri May 4 — $42.5K +82.9% −26.7% $7.4M 195 $218 57

Sat May 5 — $71.9K +69.4% −27.1% $7.4M 195 $369 58

Sun May 6 — $59.6K −17.1% −14.0% $7.5M 195 $306 59

Mon May 7 — $20.3K −65.9% −10.4% $7.5M 195 $104 60

Tue May 8 — $23.5K +15.6% +3.9% $7.5M 195 $120 61

Wed May 9 — $22.4K −4.4% +0.9% $7.5M 195 $115 62

Thu May 10 — $22.0K −1.7% −5.1% $7.6M 195 $113 63

Fri May 11 — $30.2K +36.9% −29.0% $7.6M 130 $232 64

Sat May 12 — $56.2K +86.4% −21.8% $7.7M 130 $432 65

Sun May 13 — $41.9K −25.5% −29.7% $7.7M 130 $322 66

Mon May 14 — $11.5K −72.5% −43.2% $7.7M 130 $89 67

Tue May 15 — $13.1K +13.8% −44.0% $7.7M 130 $101 68

Wed May 16 — $15.7K +19.8% −29.9% $7.7M 130 $121 69

Thu May 17 — $12.3K −22.1% −44.4% $7.8M 130 $94 70

Fri May 18 — $15.0K +22.3% −50.3% $7.8M 50 $300 71

Sat May 19 — $25.9K +72.7% −53.9% $7.8M 50 $518 72

Sun May 20 — $16.1K −37.8% −61.5% $7.8M 50 $322 73

Mon May 21 — $8.5K −47.5% −26.7% $7.8M 50 $169 74

Tue May 22 — $7.6K −9.9% −41.9% $7.8M 50 $152 75

Wed May 23 — $9.4K +23.3% −40.2% $7.8M 50 $188 76

Thu May 24 — $5.9K −37.3% −51.9% $7.8M 50 $118 77

Fri May 25 — $7.9K +33.4% −47.6% $7.8M 35 $225 78

Sat May 26 — $16.4K +108.6% −36.7% $7.9M 35 $469 79

Sun May 27 — $19.5K +19.1% +21.2% $7.9M 35 $558 80

Mon May 28 — $14.4K −26.4% +69.9% $7.9M 35 $411 81

Tue May 29 — $4.6K −68.0% −39.8% $7.9M 35 $131 82

Wed May 30 — $4.9K +7.0% −47.7% $7.9M 35 $140 83

Thu May 31 — $4.4K −10.9% −25.7% $7.9M 35 $125 84

Fri Jun 1 — $7.2K +64.3% −8.5% $7.9M 26 $277 85

Sat Jun 2 — $12.9K +80.0% −21.1% $7.9M 26 $498 86

Sun Jun 3 — $9.9K −23.8% −49.5% $7.9M 26 $379 87

Mon Jun 4 — $3.8K −61.7% −73.7% $7.9M 26 $145 88

Tue Jun 5 — $3.9K +3.3% −15.0% $8.0M 26 $150 89

Wed Jun 6 — $3.7K −5.1% −24.6% $8.0M 26 $142 90

Thu Jun 7 — $4.1K +12.0% −5.3% $8.0M 26 $160 91

Fri Jun 8 — $3.3K −20.6% −54.2% $8.0M 14 $235 92

Sat Jun 9 — $7.4K +123.3% −43.2% $8.0M 14 $526 93

Sun Jun 10 — $5.5K −24.9% −44.0% $8.0M 14 $395 94

Mon Jun 11 — $1.9K −64.9% −48.7% $8.0M 14 $138 95

Tue Jun 12 — $2.1K +10.0% −45.4% $8.0M 14 $152 96

Wed Jun 13 — $2.2K +2.3% −41.1% $8.0M 14 $156 97

Thu Jun 14 — $1.6K −26.3% −61.3% $8.0M 14 $115 98

Fri Jun 15 — $2.9K +77.4% −13.5% $8.0M 10 $285 99

Sat Jun 16 — $4.1K +44.9% −43.9% $8.0M 10 $413 100

Sun Jun 17 — $3.5K −14.4% −36.1% $8.0M 10 $354 101

Mon Jun 18 — $1.4K −61.3% −29.4% $8.0M 10 $137 102

Tue Jun 19 — $1.7K +22.1% −21.7% $8.0M 10 $167 103

Wed Jun 20 — $1.2K −27.7% −44.6% $8.0M 10 $121 104

Thu Jun 21 — $1.9K +59.7% +20.0% $8.0M 10 $193 105

Fri Jun 22 — $2.4K +26.4% −14.5% $8.0M 7 $348 106

Sat Jun 23 — $4.3K +77.9% +5.0% $8.0M 7 $619 107

Sun Jun 24 — $2.3K −47.9% −36.1% $8.0M 7 $323 108

Mon Jun 25 — $1.0K −55.2% −26.0% $8.0M 7 $145 109

Tue Jun 26 — $1.2K +18.2% −28.4% $8.0M 7 $171 110

Fri Jun 29 — $1.4K — −43.4% $8.0M 5 $276 113

Sat Jun 30 — $2.9K +107.7% −33.9% $8.0M 5 $573 114

Sun Jul 1 — $1.9K −32.4% −14.2% $8.0M 5 $388 115

Mon Jul 2 — $864 −55.4% −14.6% $8.0M 5 $173 116

Tue Jul 3 — $1.4K +58.1% +14.2% $8.0M 5 $273 117

Wed Jul 4 — $1.4K +0.5% $8.0M 5 $275 118

Thu Jul 5 — $754 −45.1% $8.0M 5 $151 119

Fri Jul 6 — $1.3K +74.3% −4.8% $8.0M 5 $263 120

Sat Jul 7 — $1.5K +12.8% −48.3% $8.0M 5 $296 121

Sun Jul 8 — $946 −36.2% −51.2% $8.0M 5 $189 122

Mon Jul 9 — $820 −13.3% −5.1% $8.0M 5 $164 123

Tue Jul 10 — $2.0K +143.0% +45.9% $8.0M 5 $399 124

Fri Jul 13 — $835 — −36.5% $8.0M 4 $209 127

Sat Jul 14 — $1.6K +97.4% +11.2% $8.0M 4 $412 128

Sun Jul 15 — $506 −69.3% −46.5% $8.0M 4 $126 129

Mon Jul 16 — $450 −11.1% −45.1% $8.0M 4 $112 130

Tue Jul 17 — $476 +5.8% −76.1% $8.0M 4 $119 131

Wed Jul 18 — $815 +71.2% $8.0M 4 $204 132

Thu Jul 19 — $530 −35.0% $8.0M 4 $132 133

Fri Jul 20 — $546 +3.0% −34.6% $8.0M 3 $182 134

Sat Jul 21 — $1.1K +98.0% −34.4% $8.0M 3 $360 135

Sun Jul 22 — $818 −24.3% +61.7% $8.0M 3 $273 136

Mon Jul 23 — $150 −81.7% −66.7% $8.0M 3 $50 137

Tue Jul 24 — $289 +92.7% −39.3% $8.0M 3 $96 138

Wed Jul 25 — $176 −39.1% −78.4% $8.0M 3 $59 139

Thu Jul 26 — $220 +25.0% −58.5% $8.0M 3 $73 140

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

Cumulative total$7.8M

Mar 9Mar 26Apr 13Apr 30May 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $128.3K

$184.8K

$537.5K

$1.0M

$1.3M

$987.2K

$329.1K

$225.9K

$174.0K

$128.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 548 → 130 −76.3%

4 open130 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.3%

+190.8%

W1→2

+87.4%

W2→3

+33.6%

W3→4

−26.6%

W4→5

−31.4%

W7→8

−23.0%

W8→9

−26.3%

W9→10

Steepest −31.4%Biggest gain +190.8%

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