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The FarewellFollow

2019 • PG • 1h 38m • Comedy, Drama • A24

Based on an actual lie.

🍅 97% 87%

89

4.06

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$351K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$17.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$25.50M

$7.80M international

Domestic legs7.3x from $2.4M biggest weekend

Budget$3M

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Cast & crew

Directed byLulu Wang ScreenplayLulu Wang Produced byChris Weitz, Marc Turtletaub, Lulu Wang, Peter Saraf CinematographyAnna Franquesa Solano StarringAwkwafina, Zhao Shuzhen, Hong Lu, Hong Lin, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin Xiaojie StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 12-14 19 $351.3K — 4 $87,832 $351.3K

2 Jul 19-21 12 $1.1M +226.0% 35 $32,723 $1.6M

3 Jul 26-28 10 $1.5M +32.6% 135 $11,246 $3.7M

4 Aug 2-4 7 $2.4M +58.9% 409 $5,899 $6.8M

5 Aug 9-11 12 $2.1M −13.1% 704 $2,979 $10.2M

6 Aug 16-18 15 $1.5M −29.2% 861 $1,725 $12.8M

7 Aug 23-25 18 $882.6K −40.6% 861 $1,025 $14.4M

8 Aug 30-Sep 1 21 $841.4K −4.7% 861 $977 $15.7M

9 Sep 6-8 23 $401.2K −52.3% 368 $1,090 $16.7M

10 Sep 13-15 25 $240.8K −40.0% 229 $1,052 $17.1M

11 Sep 20-22 28 $118.5K −50.8% 126 $941 $17.4M

12 Sep 27-29 29 $72.1K −39.2% 75 $961 $17.5M

13 Oct 4-6 39 $38.1K −47.1% 40 $952 $17.6M

14 Oct 11-13 41 $33.4K −12.4% 39 $855 $17.6M

15 Oct 18-20 42 $25.5K −23.5% 21 $1,215 $17.7M

16 Oct 25-27 56 $6.8K −73.2% 15 $456 $17.7M

17 Nov 1-3 59 $3.8K −45.1% 6 $625 $17.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 12 — $112.3K — $112.3K 4 $28,086 1

Sat Jul 13 — $129.4K +15.2% $241.7K 4 $32,344 2

Sun Jul 14 — $113.9K −11.9% $355.7K 4 $28,485 3

Mon Jul 15 — $30.8K −73.0% $386.4K 4 $7,695 4

Tue Jul 16 — $40.8K +32.5% $427.2K 4 $10,198 5

Wed Jul 17 — $42.2K +3.5% $469.5K 4 $10,556 6

Thu Jul 18 — $34.0K −19.5% $503.4K 4 $8,492 7

Fri Jul 19 #13 $343.8K +912.1% +206.0% $847.2K 35 $9,823 8

Sat Jul 20 #12 $454.8K +32.3% +251.5% $1.3M 35 $12,994 9

Sun Jul 21 #12 $346.7K −23.8% +204.3% $1.6M 35 $9,906 10

Mon Jul 22 #14 $108.4K −68.7% +252.3% $1.8M 35 $3,098 11

Tue Jul 23 #14 $149.3K +37.7% +266.1% $1.9M 35 $4,267 12

Wed Jul 24 #12 $126.3K −15.4% +199.1% $2.0M 35 $3,609 13

Thu Jul 25 #12 $100.2K −20.7% +194.9% $2.1M 35 $2,862 14

Fri Jul 26 #10 $469.6K +368.8% +36.6% $2.6M 135 $3,478 15

Sat Jul 27 #10 $593.0K +26.3% +30.4% $3.2M 135 $4,393 16

Sun Jul 28 #9 $455.7K −23.2% +31.4% $3.7M 135 $3,375 17

Mon Jul 29 #11 $172.6K −62.1% +59.2% $3.8M 135 $1,278 18

Tue Jul 30 #11 $231.5K +34.1% +55.0% $4.1M 135 $1,715 19

Wed Jul 31 #11 $183.6K −20.7% +45.4% $4.2M 135 $1,360 20

Thu Aug 1 #9 $169.6K −7.6% +69.3% $4.4M 135 $1,256 21

Fri Aug 2 #7 $717.7K +323.3% +52.8% $5.1M 409 $1,755 22

Sat Aug 3 #7 $969.3K +35.1% +63.5% $6.1M 409 $2,370 23

Sun Aug 4 #6 $725.5K −25.2% +59.2% $6.8M 409 $1,774 24

Mon Aug 5 #9 $291.7K −59.8% +69.0% $7.1M 409 $713 25

Tue Aug 6 #9 $404.7K +38.7% +74.8% $7.5M 409 $989 26

Wed Aug 7 #8 $313.8K −22.5% +70.9% $7.8M 409 $767 27

Thu Aug 8 #7 $273.3K −12.9% +61.2% $8.1M 409 $668 28

Fri Aug 9 #11 $605.5K +121.6% −15.6% $8.7M 704 $860 29

Sat Aug 10 #10 $877.4K +44.9% −9.5% $9.6M 704 $1,246 30

Sun Aug 11 #10 $614.3K −30.0% −15.3% $10.2M 704 $873 31

Mon Aug 12 #10 $248.5K −59.5% −14.8% $10.5M 704 $353 32

Tue Aug 13 #11 $372.9K +50.0% −7.9% $10.8M 704 $530 33

Wed Aug 14 #11 $271.2K −27.3% −13.6% $11.1M 704 $385 34

Thu Aug 15 #11 $237.7K −12.4% −13.0% $11.3M 704 $338 35

Fri Aug 16 #15 $409.8K +72.4% −32.3% $11.7M 861 $476 36

Sat Aug 17 #15 $618.9K +51.0% −29.5% $12.4M 861 $719 37

Sun Aug 18 #15 $456.4K −26.2% −25.7% $12.8M 861 $530 38

Mon Aug 19 #15 $168.6K −63.1% −32.2% $13.0M 861 $196 39

Tue Aug 20 — $214.8K +27.4% −42.4% $13.2M 861 $250 40

Wed Aug 21 — $179.9K −16.3% −33.7% $13.4M 861 $209 41

Thu Aug 22 #15 $149.6K −16.9% −37.1% $13.5M 861 $174 42

Fri Aug 23 — $253.9K +69.7% −38.0% $13.8M 861 $295 43

Sat Aug 24 — $365.7K +44.1% −40.9% $14.2M 861 $425 44

Sun Aug 25 — $263.0K −28.1% −42.4% $14.4M 861 $305 45

Mon Aug 26 — $106.3K −59.6% −36.9% $14.5M 861 $123 46

Tue Aug 27 — $140.6K +32.2% −34.6% $14.7M 861 $163 47

Wed Aug 28 — $120.3K −14.4% −33.1% $14.8M 861 $140 48

Thu Aug 29 — $111.5K −7.3% −25.5% $14.9M 861 $130 49

Fri Aug 30 — $202.3K +81.4% −20.3% $15.1M 861 $235 50

Sat Aug 31 — $322.1K +59.3% −11.9% $15.4M 861 $374 51

Sun Sep 1 — $317.0K −1.6% +20.5% $15.7M 861 $368 52

Mon Sep 2 — $292.3K −7.8% +174.9% $16.0M 861 $340 53

Tue Sep 3 — $101.4K −65.3% −27.8% $16.1M 861 $118 54

Wed Sep 4 — $85.0K −16.2% −29.4% $16.2M 861 $99 55

Thu Sep 5 — $72.6K −14.5% −34.9% $16.3M 861 $84 56

Fri Sep 6 — $105.3K +44.9% −47.9% $16.4M 368 $286 57

Sat Sep 7 — $176.2K +67.4% −45.3% $16.6M 368 $479 58

Sun Sep 8 — $119.7K −32.0% −62.2% $16.7M 368 $325 59

Mon Sep 9 — $43.7K −63.5% −85.1% $16.7M 368 $119 60

Tue Sep 10 — $56.0K +28.3% −44.7% $16.8M 368 $152 61

Wed Sep 11 — $50.7K −9.5% −40.4% $16.8M 368 $138 62

Thu Sep 12 — $41.2K −18.8% −43.3% $16.9M 368 $112 63

Fri Sep 13 — $63.4K +53.8% −39.8% $16.9M 229 $277 64

Sat Sep 14 — $113.3K +78.8% −35.7% $17.1M 229 $495 65

Sun Sep 15 — $64.2K −43.3% −46.4% $17.1M 229 $280 66

Mon Sep 16 — $28.6K −55.4% −34.5% $17.2M 229 $125 67

Tue Sep 17 — $31.4K +9.8% −44.0% $17.2M 229 $137 68

Wed Sep 18 — $25.0K −20.5% −50.7% $17.2M 229 $109 69

Thu Sep 19 — $26.1K +4.4% −36.7% $17.2M 229 $114 70

Fri Sep 20 — $32.3K +24.0% −48.9% $17.3M 126 $257 71

Sat Sep 21 — $51.3K +58.5% −54.8% $17.3M 126 $407 72

Sun Sep 22 — $34.9K −31.9% −45.6% $17.4M 126 $277 73

Mon Sep 23 — $14.8K −57.6% −48.2% $17.4M 126 $118 74

Tue Sep 24 — $17.3K +16.7% −44.9% $17.4M 126 $137 75

Wed Sep 25 — $16.0K −7.2% −35.8% $17.4M 126 $127 76

Thu Sep 26 — $14.4K −10.2% −44.7% $17.4M 126 $114 77

Fri Sep 27 — $20.5K +42.2% −36.6% $17.4M 75 $273 78

Sat Sep 28 — $33.7K +64.4% −34.3% $17.5M 75 $449 79

Sun Sep 29 — $17.9K −46.9% −48.8% $17.5M 75 $239 80

Mon Sep 30 — $9.9K −44.7% −33.2% $17.5M 75 $132 81

Tue Oct 1 — $10.6K +6.7% −38.9% $17.5M 75 $141 82

Wed Oct 2 — $10.3K −2.8% −36.0% $17.5M 75 $137 83

Thu Oct 3 — $8.5K −16.9% −40.8% $17.5M 75 $114 84

Fri Oct 4 — $10.3K +21.3% −49.5% $17.5M 40 $259 85

Sat Oct 5 — $16.3K +57.5% −51.6% $17.6M 40 $408 86

Sun Oct 6 — $11.4K −29.8% −36.1% $17.6M 40 $286 87

Mon Oct 7 — $4.5K −60.8% −54.7% $17.6M 40 $112 88

Tue Oct 8 — $7.0K +57.0% −33.3% $17.6M 40 $176 89

Wed Oct 9 — $8.0K +13.1% −22.4% $17.6M 40 $199 90

Thu Oct 10 — $5.8K −27.6% −32.4% $17.6M 40 $144 91

Fri Oct 11 — $9.8K +70.7% −4.9% $17.6M 39 $252 92

Sat Oct 12 — $13.2K +34.1% −19.1% $17.6M 39 $338 93

Sun Oct 13 — $10.3K −21.7% −9.8% $17.6M 39 $265 94

Mon Oct 14 — $4.7K −54.6% +4.5% $17.6M 39 $120 95

Tue Oct 15 — $3.7K −20.7% −47.2% $17.6M 39 $95 96

Wed Oct 16 — $3.9K +5.6% −50.7% $17.6M 39 $101 97

Thu Oct 17 — $4.1K +5.2% −28.4% $17.6M 39 $106 98

Fri Oct 18 — $7.8K +88.2% −21.1% $17.6M 21 $370 99

Sat Oct 19 — $10.5K +34.7% −20.7% $17.7M 21 $498 100

Sun Oct 20 — $7.3K −30.4% −29.4% $17.7M 21 $347 101

Mon Oct 21 — $4.4K −40.0% −6.8% $17.7M 21 $208 102

Tue Oct 22 — $3.2K −27.4% −14.6% $17.7M 21 $151 103

Wed Oct 23 — $4.9K +55.0% +25.2% $17.7M 21 $234 104

Thu Oct 24 — $5.0K +1.8% +21.3% $17.7M 21 $238 105

Fri Oct 25 — $2.2K −56.4% −71.9% $17.7M 15 $146 106

Sat Oct 26 — $3.2K +46.0% −69.5% $17.7M 15 $213 107

Sun Oct 27 — $1.5K −54.0% −79.9% $17.7M 15 $98 108

Mon Oct 28 — $1.1K −22.4% −74.0% $17.7M 15 $76 109

Tue Oct 29 — $1.5K +31.9% −52.7% $17.7M 15 $100 110

Wed Oct 30 — $1.1K −24.1% −76.8% $17.7M 15 $76 111

Thu Oct 31 — $1.3K +17.5% −73.2% $17.7M 15 $89 112

Fri Nov 1 — $852 −36.4% −61.0% $17.7M 6 $142 113

Sat Nov 2 — $1.6K +89.1% −49.5% $17.7M 6 $268 114

Sun Nov 3 — $1.3K −20.0% −12.1% $17.7M 6 $215 115

Mon Nov 4 — $972 −24.5% −14.6% $17.7M 6 $162 116

Tue Nov 5 — $541 −44.3% −64.0% $17.7M 6 $90 117

Wed Nov 6 — $543 +0.4% −52.4% $17.7M 6 $90 118

Thu Nov 7 — $601 +10.7% −55.1% $17.7M 6 $100 119

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

Cumulative total$17.2M

Jul 12Jul 29Aug 16Sep 2Sep 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $240.8K

$351.3K

$1.1M

$1.5M

$2.4M

$2.1M

$1.5M

$882.6K

$841.4K

$401.2K

$240.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 861 → 229 −73.4%

4 open229 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.0%

+226.0%

W1→2

+32.6%

W2→3

+58.9%

W3→4

−13.1%

W4→5

−29.2%

W5→6

−40.6%

W6→7

−4.7%

W7→8

−52.3%

W8→9

−40.0%

W9→10

Steepest −52.3%Biggest gain +226.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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