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2017 • R • 1h 55m • Drama • A24

Find your kingdom.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$157K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic total
$5.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$11.20M
$5.30M international
Domestic legs9.3x from $634K biggest weekend
Budget$2M
2017 rank#165

Cast & crew

Full Baker filmography
Sean Baker Sean Baker Director Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe Starring Caleb Landry Jones Caleb Landry Jones Starring
ScreenplaySean Baker, Chris Bergoch Produced bySean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Francesca Silvestri, Shih-Ching Tsou CinematographyAlexis Zabe StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 6-8 27 $156.8K — 4 $39,208 $156.8K
2 Oct 13-15 16 $368.1K +134.7% 33 $11,156 $591.0K
3 Oct 20-22 18 $602.2K +63.6% 112 $5,377 $1.3M
4 Oct 27-29 21 $522.5K −13.2% 145 $3,603 $2.1M
5 Nov 3-5 19 $633.7K +21.3% 189 $3,353 $3.0M
6 Nov 10-12 18 $540.5K −14.7% 229 $2,360 $3.8M
7 Nov 17-19 16 $299.6K −44.6% 434 $690 $4.3M
8 Nov 24-26 17 $209.2K −30.2% 164 $1,276 $4.7M
9 Dec 1-3 25 $110.7K −47.1% 120 $922 $4.9M
10 Dec 8-10 28 $89.5K −19.1% 101 $886 $5.0M
11 Dec 15-17 28 $55.6K −37.9% 66 $842 $5.1M
12 Dec 22-24 31 $29.4K −47.1% 43 $683 $5.2M
13 Dec 29-31 35 $50.4K +71.6% 33 $1,528 $5.3M
14 Jan 5-7 35 $63.1K +25.2% 37 $1,705 $5.4M
15 Jan 12-14 36 $53.3K −15.6% 40 $1,332 $5.5M
16 Jan 19-21 38 $38.9K −27.0% 37 $1,051 $5.6M
17 Jan 26-28 38 $58.1K +49.3% 33 $1,760 $5.7M
18 Feb 2-4 40 $47.5K −18.2% 38 $1,251 $5.7M
19 Feb 9-11 44 $30.7K −35.5% 32 $959 $5.8M
20 Feb 16-18 52 $19.6K −36.2% 23 $851 $5.8M
21 Feb 23-25 60 $13.0K −33.8% 21 $617 $5.9M
22 Mar 2-4 60 $10.2K −21.0% 10 $1,023 $5.9M
23 Mar 9-11 65 $7.9K −22.8% 12 $658 $5.9M
24 Mar 16-18 74 $5.3K −32.5% 9 $592 $5.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$5.1M
Oct 6Oct 23Nov 10Nov 27Dec 14
Weekend grossWk 10 · $89.5K
$156.8K
$368.1K
$602.2K
$522.5K
$633.7K
$540.5K
$299.6K
$209.2K
$110.7K
$89.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 434 → 101 −76.7%
4 open101 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.1%
+134.7%
W1→2
+63.6%
W2→3
−13.2%
W3→4
+21.3%
W4→5
−14.7%
W5→6
−44.6%
W6→7
−30.2%
W7→8
−47.1%
W8→9
−19.1%
W9→10
Steepest −47.1%Biggest gain +134.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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