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The Iron ClawFollow

2023 • R • 2h 12m • Biography, Drama, Sport • A24

Sons. Brothers. Champions.

🍅 89% 94%

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4.12

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$4.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$35.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$46.10M

$10.50M international

Domestic legs7.3x

Budget$15.9M

2023 rank#59

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Cast & crew

Zac Efron

Zac Efron Starring

Harris Dickinson

Harris Dickinson Starring

Jeremy Allen White

Jeremy Allen White Starring

Maura Tierney

Maura Tierney Starring

ScreenplaySean Durkin Produced byTessa Ross, Derrin Schlesinger, Juliette Howell, Sean Durkin, Angus Lamont CinematographyMatyas Erdely Music byRichard Reed Parry StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 22-24 6 $4.9M — 2,774 $1,755 $4.9M

2 Dec 29-31 7 $4.6M −4.5% 2,774 $1,676 $16.0M

3 Jan 5-7 8 $4.5M −2.8% 2,392 $1,890 $24.9M

4 Jan 12-14 11 $2.4M −46.9% 1,591 $1,509 $29.2M

5 Jan 19-21 13 $1.5M −35.6% 1,321 $1,171 $32.0M

6 Jan 26-28 — $974.6K −37.0% 926 $1,052 $33.7M

7 Feb 2-4 — $641.7K −34.2% 634 $1,012 $34.7M

8 Feb 9-11 — $283.9K −55.8% 425 $668 $35.2M

9 Feb 16-18 — $109.4K −61.5% 146 $749 $35.5M

10 Feb 23-25 — $43.1K −60.6% 72 $599 $35.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 22 #6 $2.5M — $2.5M 2,774 $900 1

Sat Dec 23 #5 $1.6M −37.8% $4.1M 2,774 $560 2

Sun Dec 24 #4 $818.3K −47.3% $4.9M 2,774 $295 3

Mon Dec 25 #8 $1.9M +135.9% $6.8M 2,774 $696 4

Tue Dec 26 #7 $1.7M −11.5% $8.5M 2,774 $616 5

Wed Dec 27 #7 $1.4M −17.5% $9.9M 2,774 $508 6

Thu Dec 28 #7 $1.4M −0.8% $11.3M 2,774 $504 7

Fri Dec 29 #7 $1.7M +21.9% −31.7% $13.0M 2,774 $614 8

Sat Dec 30 #7 $1.9M +12.0% +22.9% $14.9M 2,774 $688 9

Sun Dec 31 #7 $1.0M −45.7% +26.7% $16.0M 2,774 $374 10

Mon Jan 1 #7 $1.9M +86.3% +0.0% $17.9M 2,774 $696 11

Tue Jan 2 #7 $933.2K −51.7% −45.4% $18.8M 2,774 $336 12

Wed Jan 3 #7 $757.2K −18.9% −46.3% $19.6M 2,774 $273 13

Thu Jan 4 #7 $771.1K +1.8% −44.8% $20.4M 2,774 $278 14

Fri Jan 5 #8 $1.3M +71.2% −22.5% $21.7M 2,392 $552 15

Sat Jan 6 #8 $1.9M +41.0% −2.5% $23.5M 2,392 $778 16

Sun Jan 7 #6 $1.3M −28.0% +29.3% $24.9M 2,392 $560 17

Mon Jan 8 #7 $401.4K −70.0% −79.2% $25.3M 2,392 $168 18

Tue Jan 9 #7 $603.3K +50.3% −35.3% $25.9M 2,392 $252 19

Wed Jan 10 #6 $501.2K −16.9% −33.8% $26.4M 2,392 $210 20

Thu Jan 11 #6 $392.6K −21.7% −49.1% $26.8M 2,392 $164 21

Fri Jan 12 #11 $690.9K +76.0% −47.7% $27.5M 1,591 $434 22

Sat Jan 13 #9 $950.0K +37.5% −49.0% $28.4M 1,591 $597 23

Sun Jan 14 #9 $760.0K −20.0% −43.3% $29.2M 1,591 $478 24

Mon Jan 15 #9 $492.3K −35.2% +22.7% $29.7M 1,591 $309 25

Tue Jan 16 — $302.0K −38.7% −49.9% $30.0M 1,591 $190 26

Wed Jan 17 — $267.9K −11.3% −46.6% $30.2M 1,591 $168 27

Thu Jan 18 #9 $225.4K −15.9% −42.6% $30.5M 1,591 $142 28

Fri Jan 19 — $501.3K +122.4% −27.4% $31.0M 1,321 $379 29

Sat Jan 20 — $641.6K +28.0% −32.5% $31.6M 1,321 $486 30

Sun Jan 21 — $403.4K −37.1% −46.9% $32.0M 1,321 $305 31

Mon Jan 22 #12 $155.8K −61.4% −68.4% $32.2M 1,321 $118 32

Tue Jan 23 — $221.3K +42.1% −26.7% $32.4M 1,321 $168 33

Wed Jan 24 — $163.2K −26.3% −39.1% $32.6M 1,321 $124 34

Thu Jan 25 #14 $159.9K −2.0% −29.1% $32.7M 1,321 $121 35

Fri Jan 26 — $308.4K +92.9% −38.5% $33.0M 926 $333 36

Sat Jan 27 #15 $459.4K +49.0% −28.4% $33.5M 926 $496 37

Sun Jan 28 — $206.8K −55.0% −48.7% $33.7M 926 $223 38

Mon Jan 29 — $91.2K −55.9% −41.4% $33.8M 926 $99 39

Tue Jan 30 — $139.0K +52.3% −37.2% $33.9M 926 $150 40

Wed Jan 31 — $89.1K −35.9% −45.4% $34.0M 926 $96 41

Thu Feb 1 — $87.5K −1.8% −45.3% $34.1M 926 $95 42

Fri Feb 2 — $166.7K +90.5% −45.9% $34.3M 634 $263 43

Sat Feb 3 — $274.5K +64.6% −40.2% $34.5M 634 $433 44

Sun Feb 4 — $200.4K −27.0% −3.1% $34.7M 634 $316 45

Mon Feb 5 — $47.9K −76.1% −47.5% $34.8M 634 $75 46

Tue Feb 6 — $77.5K +61.8% −44.3% $34.9M 634 $122 47

Wed Feb 7 — $49.1K −36.7% −44.9% $34.9M 634 $77 48

Thu Feb 8 — $47.1K −4.0% −46.2% $35.0M 634 $74 49

Fri Feb 9 — $93.5K +98.5% −43.9% $35.1M 425 $220 50

Sat Feb 10 — $144.0K +54.0% −47.5% $35.2M 425 $339 51

Sun Feb 11 — $46.4K −67.8% −76.8% $35.2M 425 $109 52

Mon Feb 12 — $44.4K −4.4% −7.3% $35.3M 425 $104 53

Tue Feb 13 — $51.5K +16.0% −33.5% $35.3M 425 $121 54

Wed Feb 14 — $39.8K −22.8% −19.0% $35.4M 425 $94 55

Thu Feb 15 — $19.6K −50.8% −58.5% $35.4M 425 $46 56

Fri Feb 16 — $27.0K +38.0% −71.1% $35.4M 146 $185 57

Sat Feb 17 — $45.4K +68.0% −68.5% $35.5M 146 $311 58

Sun Feb 18 — $37.0K −18.4% −20.2% $35.5M 146 $254 59

Mon Feb 19 — $25.9K −30.0% −41.6% $35.5M 146 $178 60

Tue Feb 20 — $18.7K −28.0% −63.8% $35.5M 146 $128 61

Wed Feb 21 — $10.6K −43.4% −73.4% $35.6M 146 $72 62

Thu Feb 22 — $8.3K −21.6% −57.7% $35.6M 146 $57 63

Cumulative total$35.6M

Dec 22Jan 7Jan 22Feb 7Feb 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $43.1K

$4.9M

$4.6M

$4.5M

$2.4M

$1.5M

$974.6K

$641.7K

$283.9K

$109.4K

$43.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,774 → 146 −94.7%

2,774 open146 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −60.6%

−4.5%

W1→2

−2.8%

W2→3

−46.9%

W3→4

−35.6%

W4→5

−37.0%

W5→6

−34.2%

W6→7

−55.8%

W7→8

−61.5%

W8→9

−60.6%

W9→10

Steepest −61.5%Best hold −2.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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