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The Pope's ExorcistFollow

2023 • R • 1h 43m • Horror, Thriller • Sony Pictures Releasing

Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican.

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45

2.61

6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$20.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$72.90M

$52.90M international

Domestic legs2.2x

Budget$18M

2023 rank#75

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Cast & crew

Full Avery filmography

Julius Avery

Julius Avery Director

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe Starring

Daniel Zovatto

Daniel Zovatto Starring

Ralph Ineson

Ralph Ineson Starring

ScreenplayEvan Spiliotopoulos, Michael Petroni Produced byDoug Belgrad, Jeff Katz, Eddie Siebert, Michael Patrick Kaczmarek CinematographyKhalid Mohtaseb Prod. DesignAlan Gilmore StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 14-16 2 $9.0M — 3,178 $2,834 $9.0M

2 Apr 21-23 7 $3.4M −62.2% 3,178 $1,071 $15.0M

3 Apr 28-30 $1.8M −48.1% 1,950 $905 $18.0M

4 May 5-7 $430.9K −75.6% 606 $711 $19.0M

5 May 12-14 $335.7K −22.1% 545 $616 $19.5M

6 May 19-21 $157.5K −53.1% 151 $1,043 $19.8M

7 May 26-28 $37.4K −76.2% 52 $720 $19.9M

8 Jun 2-4 $54.3K +44.9% 23 $2,360 $19.9M

9 Jun 9-11 $37.8K −30.3% 17 $2,225 $20.0M

10 Jun 16-18 $19.6K −48.3% 12 $1,630 $20.0M

11 Jun 23-25 $5.6K −71.5% 3 $1,859 $20.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Apr 13 — $850.0K — $850.0K 2,650 $321 -1

Fri Apr 14 #2 $3.5M +307.7% $3.5M 3,178 $1,091 1

Sat Apr 15 #4 $3.3M −4.8% $6.8M 3,178 $1,038 2

Sun Apr 16 #5 $2.2M −32.1% $9.0M 3,178 $705 3

Mon Apr 17 #4 $685.5K −69.4% $9.7M 3,178 $216 4

Tue Apr 18 #3 $870.2K +27.0% $10.6M 3,178 $274 5

Wed Apr 19 #4 $591.1K −32.1% $11.2M 3,178 $186 6

Thu Apr 20 #5 $470.6K −20.4% $11.6M 3,178 $148 7

Fri Apr 21 #8 $1.0M +112.6% −71.1% $12.6M 3,178 $315 8

Sat Apr 22 #8 $1.4M +38.6% −58.0% $14.0M 3,178 $436 9

Sun Apr 23 #7 $1.0M −26.7% −54.7% $15.0M 3,178 $320 10

Mon Apr 24 #8 $290.9K −71.4% −57.6% $15.3M 3,178 $92 11

Tue Apr 25 #8 $396.8K +36.4% −54.4% $15.7M 3,178 $125 12

Wed Apr 26 #8 $287.6K −27.5% −51.3% $16.0M 3,178 $90 13

Thu Apr 27 #8 $250.3K −13.0% −46.8% $16.3M 3,178 $79 14

Fri Apr 28 — $483.0K +93.0% −51.7% $16.7M 1,950 $248 15

Sat Apr 29 — $778.4K +61.2% −43.8% $17.5M 1,950 $399 16

Sun Apr 30 — $503.8K −35.3% −50.4% $18.0M 1,950 $258 17

Mon May 1 — $150.3K −70.2% −48.3% $18.2M 1,950 $77 18

Tue May 2 — $190.0K +26.4% −52.1% $18.4M 1,950 $97 19

Wed May 3 — $144.9K −23.8% −49.6% $18.5M 1,950 $74 20

Thu May 4 — $73.6K −49.2% −70.6% $18.6M 1,950 $38 21

Fri May 5 — $128.1K +74.0% −73.5% $18.7M 606 $211 22

Sat May 6 — $177.6K +38.6% −77.2% $18.9M 606 $293 23

Sun May 7 — $125.2K −29.5% −75.1% $19.0M 606 $207 24

Mon May 8 — $40.3K −67.9% −73.2% $19.0M 606 $66 25

Tue May 9 — $48.9K +21.5% −74.3% $19.1M 606 $81 26

Wed May 10 — $38.8K −20.6% −73.2% $19.1M 606 $64 27

Thu May 11 — $30.1K −22.5% −59.1% $19.2M 606 $50 28

Fri May 12 — $96.1K +219.1% −25.0% $19.3M 545 $176 29

Sat May 13 — $155.1K +61.4% −12.7% $19.4M 545 $285 30

Sun May 14 — $84.6K −45.4% −32.5% $19.5M 545 $155 31

Mon May 15 — $35.4K −58.2% −12.1% $19.5M 545 $65 32

Tue May 16 — $41.2K +16.5% −15.7% $19.6M 545 $76 33

Wed May 17 — $31.8K −22.9% −18.1% $19.6M 545 $58 34

Thu May 18 — $26.5K −16.6% −11.9% $19.6M 545 $49 35

Fri May 19 — $41.2K +55.5% −57.1% $19.7M 151 $273 36

Sat May 20 — $60.6K +47.1% −60.9% $19.7M 151 $402 37

Sun May 21 — $55.7K −8.2% −34.2% $19.8M 151 $369 38

Mon May 22 — $8.3K −85.1% −76.5% $19.8M 151 $55 39

Tue May 23 — $9.0K +8.8% −78.1% $19.8M 151 $60 40

Wed May 24 — $8.2K −9.6% −74.3% $19.8M 151 $54 41

Thu May 25 — $5.1K −38.1% −80.9% $19.8M 151 $33 42

Fri May 26 — $11.1K +120.1% −73.0% $19.8M 52 $214 43

Sat May 27 — $14.9K +33.8% −75.4% $19.8M 52 $286 44

Sun May 28 — $11.4K −23.3% −79.5% $19.9M 52 $220 45

Mon May 29 — $4.9K −57.4% −41.5% $19.9M 52 $94 46

Tue May 30 — $3.1K −35.8% −65.5% $19.9M 52 $60 47

Wed May 31 — $3.4K +8.2% −58.7% $19.9M 52 $65 48

Thu Jun 1 — $1.5K −56.9% −71.2% $19.9M 52 $28 49

Fri Jun 2 — $18.0K +1135.9% +61.6% $19.9M 23 $782 50

Sat Jun 3 — $26.4K +46.7% +77.3% $19.9M 23 $1,148 51

Sun Jun 4 — $9.9K −62.6% −13.5% $19.9M 23 $429 52

Mon Jun 5 — $1.8K −81.9% −63.4% $19.9M 23 $78 53

Tue Jun 6 — $1.8K +1.2% −42.2% $19.9M 23 $79 54

Wed Jun 7 — $1.7K −8.5% −51.1% $19.9M 23 $72 55

Thu Jun 8 — $1.6K −0.7% +12.7% $19.9M 23 $71 56

Fri Jun 9 — $11.6K +606.5% −35.6% $19.9M 17 $682 57

Sat Jun 10 — $18.9K +63.3% −28.3% $20.0M 17 $1,113 58

Sun Jun 11 — $7.3K −61.5% −26.1% $20.0M 17 $429 59

Mon Jun 12 — $1.5K −79.3% −15.5% $20.0M 17 $89 60

Tue Jun 13 — $1.7K +16.0% −3.2% $20.0M 17 $103 61

Wed Jun 14 — $1.7K −3.5% +2.1% $20.0M 17 $99 62

Thu Jun 15 — $489 −71.0% −70.2% $20.0M 17 $29 63

Fri Jun 16 — $5.9K +1102.2% −49.3% $20.0M 12 $490 64

Sat Jun 17 — $8.7K +48.7% −53.8% $20.0M 12 $728 65

Sun Jun 18 — $4.9K −43.6% −32.4% $20.0M 12 $411 66

Mon Jun 19 — $1.0K −79.2% −31.9% $20.0M 12 $86 67

Tue Jun 20 — $1.2K +12.6% −33.9% $20.0M 12 $96 68

Wed Jun 21 — $1.5K +28.6% −11.9% $20.0M 12 $124 69

Thu Jun 22 — $1.2K −18.6% +147.4% $20.0M 12 $101 70

Fri Jun 23 — $2.0K +67.0% −65.6% $20.0M 3 $674 71

Sat Jun 24 — $3.1K +53.0% −64.6% $20.0M 3 $1,031 72

Sun Jun 25 — $463 −85.0% −90.6% $20.0M 3 $154 73

Mon Jun 26 — $368 −20.5% −64.2% $20.0M 3 $123 74

Tue Jun 27 — $362 −1.6% −68.7% $20.0M 3 $121 75

Wed Jun 28 — $169 −53.3% −88.6% $20.0M 3 $56 76

Thu Jun 29 — $158 −6.5% −86.9% $20.0M 3 $53 77

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

Cumulative total$20.0M

Apr 13May 1May 18Jun 5Jun 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $19.6K

$9.0M

$3.4M

$1.8M

$430.9K

$335.7K

$157.5K

$37.4K

$54.3K

$37.8K

$19.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,178 → 12 −99.6%

2,650 open12 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.3%

−62.2%

W1→2

−48.1%

W2→3

−75.6%

W3→4

−22.1%

W4→5

−53.1%

W5→6

−76.2%

W6→7

+44.9%

W7→8

−30.3%

W8→9

−48.3%

W9→10

Steepest −76.2%Biggest gain +44.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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