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2022 • R • 1h 47m • Black Comedy • Searchlight Pictures

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CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$38.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$79.60M

Global total

Budget$30.0M

Domestic legs4.3x

2022 rank#39

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Cast & crew

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes Starring

Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya Taylor-Joy Starring

Nicholas Hoult

Nicholas Hoult Starring

Hong Chau

Hong Chau Starring

ScreenplaySeth Reiss, Will Tracy Produced byAdam McKay, Betsy Koch, Will Ferrell CinematographyPeter Deming MusicColin Stetson Prod. DesignLinda Spcomum

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 18-20 2 $9.0M — 3,211 $2,804 $9.0M

2 Nov 25-27 5 $5.5M −39% 3,228 $1,697 $18.9M

3 Dec 2-4 4 $3.5M −37% 2,810 $1,235 $24.6M

4 Dec 9-11 4 $2.8M −20% 2,710 $1,021 $29.1M

5 Dec 16-18 5 $1.6M −41% 1,875 $868 $32.1M

6 Dec 23-25 9 $678.3K −58% 840 $807 $33.9M

7 Dec 30-Jan 1 8 $1.1M +62% 860 $1,279 $36.2M

8 Jan 6-8 10 $685.6K −38% 800 $856 $37.6M

9 Jan 13-15 - $274.1K −60% 350 $783 $38.2M

10 Jan 20-22 - $102.4K −63% 195 $525 $38.4M

11 Jan 27-29 - $27.0K −74% 60 $450 $38.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Nov 17 #P $1.0M — $1.0M — — -1

Fri Nov 18 #3 $3.6M +260% $3.6M 3,211 $1,119 1

Sat Nov 19 #2 $3.2M −10% $6.8M 3,211 $1,003 2

Sun Nov 20 #3 $2.2M −32% $9.0M 3,211 $681 3

Mon Nov 21 #3 $1.0M −53% $10.0M 3,211 $320 4

Tue Nov 22 #2 $1.3M +25% $11.3M 3,211 $401 5

Wed Nov 23 #- $1.1M −15% $12.4M 3,228 $339 6

Thu Nov 24 #5 $1.0M −5% +4% $13.5M 3,228 $323 7

Fri Nov 25 #5 $2.0M +96% −43% $15.5M 3,228 $633 8

Sat Nov 26 #5 $2.1M +4% −34% $17.6M 3,228 $658 9

Sun Nov 27 #4 $1.3M −38% −40% $18.9M 3,228 $405 10

Mon Nov 28 #2 $491.5K −62% −52% $19.4M 3,228 $152 11

Tue Nov 29 #3 $659.6K +34% −49% $20.1M 3,228 $204 12

Wed Nov 30 #2 $563.9K −15% −49% $20.7M 3,228 $174 13

Thu Dec 1 #3 $509.1K −10% −51% $21.2M 3,228 $157 14

Fri Dec 2 #4 $1.0M +105% −49% $22.2M 2,810 $372 15

Sat Dec 3 #4 $1.5M +46% −28% $23.7M 2,810 $542 16

Sun Dec 4 #4 $901.6K −41% −31% $24.6M 2,810 $320 17

Mon Dec 5 #3 $363.1K −60% −26% $25.0M 2,810 $129 18

Tue Dec 6 #3 $523.2K +44% −21% $25.5M 2,810 $186 19

Wed Dec 7 #3 $403.9K −23% −28% $25.9M 2,810 $143 20

Thu Dec 8 #3 $397.5K −2% −22% $26.3M 2,810 $141 21

Fri Dec 9 #3 $829.2K +109% −21% $27.2M 2,710 $305 22

Sat Dec 10 #4 $1.2M +41% −24% $28.3M 2,710 $430 23

Sun Dec 11 #4 $772.8K −34% −14% $29.1M 2,710 $285 24

Mon Dec 12 #3 $330.0K −57% −9% $29.4M 2,710 $121 25

Tue Dec 13 #3 $420.5K +27% −20% $29.8M 2,710 $155 26

Wed Dec 14 #3 $331.7K −21% −18% $30.2M 2,710 $122 27

Thu Dec 15 #3 $244.7K −26% −38% $30.4M 2,710 $90 28

Fri Dec 16 #5 $499.3K +104% −40% $30.9M 1,875 $266 29

Sat Dec 17 #5 $663.0K +33% −43% $31.6M 1,875 $353 30

Sun Dec 18 #6 $465.5K −30% −40% $32.1M 1,875 $248 31

Mon Dec 19 #5 $301.5K −35% −9% $32.4M 1,875 $160 32

Tue Dec 20 #5 $365.7K +21% −13% $32.7M 1,875 $195 33

Wed Dec 21 #7 $271.5K −26% −18% $33.0M 1,875 $144 34

Thu Dec 22 #7 $190.9K −30% −22% $33.2M 1,875 $101 35

Fri Dec 23 #8 $163.6K −14% −67% $33.3M 840 $194 36

Sat Dec 24 #9 $141.0K −14% −79% $33.5M 840 $167 37

Sun Dec 25 #9 $373.6K +165% −20% $33.9M 840 $444 38

Mon Dec 26 #9 $351.3K −6% +17% $34.2M 840 $418 39

Tue Dec 27 #9 $290.4K −17% −21% $34.5M 840 $345 40

Wed Dec 28 #8 $274.8K −5% +1% $34.8M 840 $327 41

Thu Dec 29 #8 $284.3K +3% +49% $35.1M 840 $338 42

Fri Dec 30 #8 $382.7K +35% +134% $35.4M 860 $445 43

Sat Dec 31 #9 $279.9K −27% +99% $35.7M 860 $325 44

Sun Jan 1 #8 $437.4K +56% +17% $36.2M 860 $508 45

Mon Jan 2 #- $345.2K −21% −2% $36.5M 860 $401 46

Tue Jan 3 #- $182.9K −47% −37% $36.7M 860 $212 47

Wed Jan 4 #8 $144.1K −21% −48% $36.8M 860 $167 48

Thu Jan 5 #8 $111.8K −22% −61% $36.9M 860 $129 49

Fri Jan 6 #10 $210.5K +88% −45% $37.2M 800 $263 50

Sat Jan 7 #10 $308.7K +47% +10% $37.5M 800 $385 51

Sun Jan 8 #10 $166.4K −46% −62% $37.6M 800 $208 52

Mon Jan 9 #9 $68.7K −59% −80% $37.7M 800 $85 53

Tue Jan 10 #10 $90.0K +31% −51% $37.8M 800 $112 54

Wed Jan 11 #11 $69.0K −23% −52% $37.9M 800 $86 55

Thu Jan 12 #11 $50.9K −26% −54% $37.9M 800 $63 56

Fri Jan 13 #- $72.9K +43% −65% $38.0M 350 $208 57

Sat Jan 14 #- $113.4K +56% −63% $38.1M 350 $324 58

Sun Jan 15 #- $87.8K −23% −47% $38.2M 350 $250 59

Mon Jan 16 #- $47.7K −46% −30% $38.2M 350 $136 60

Tue Jan 17 #- $32.1K −33% −64% $38.3M 350 $91 61

Wed Jan 18 #- $25.6K −20% −63% $38.3M 350 $73 62

Thu Jan 19 #- $27.6K +8% −46% $38.3M 350 $78 63

Fri Jan 20 #- $32.4K +17% −55% $38.3M 195 $166 64

Sat Jan 21 #- $46.1K +42% −59% $38.4M 195 $236 65

Sun Jan 22 #- $23.9K −48% −73% $38.4M 195 $122 66

Mon Jan 23 #- $10.1K −58% −79% $38.4M 195 $51 67

Tue Jan 24 #- $13.2K +32% −59% $38.4M 195 $67 68

Wed Jan 25 #- $9.9K −25% −61% $38.4M 195 $50 69

Thu Jan 26 #- $9.6K −3% −65% $38.5M 195 $49 70

Fri Jan 27 #- $7.6K −21% −77% $38.5M 60 $126 71

Sat Jan 28 #- $12.3K +62% −73% $38.5M 60 $204 72

Sun Jan 29 #- $7.2K −41% −70% $38.5M 60 $119 73

Mon Jan 30 #- $3.5K −51% −65% $38.5M 60 $58 74

Tue Jan 31 #- $4.1K +15% −69% $38.5M 60 $67 75

Wed Feb 1 #- $3.4K −16% −66% $38.5M 60 $56 76

Thu Feb 2 #- $3.6K +7% −62% $38.5M 60 $60 77

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

Cumulative total$38.5M

Nov 17Dec 5Dec 22Jan 9Jan 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $102.4K

$9.0M

$5.5M

$3.5M

$2.8M

$1.6M

$678.3K

$1.1M

$685.6K

$274.1K

$102.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,228 → 195 −94.0%

3,211 open195 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −63%

−39%

W1→2

−37%

W2→3

−20%

W3→4

−41%

W4→5

−58%

W5→6

+62%

W6→7

−38%

W7→8

−60%

W8→9

−63%

W9→10

Steepest −63%Biggest gain +62%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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