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2025 • R • 2h 3m • Action, Biography, Drama • A24

The unforgettable true story of a UFC legend.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$11.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$20.40M

$9.00M international

Domestic legs2.0x

Budget$50M

2025 rank#99

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Cast & crew

Full Safdie filmography

Benny Safdie

Benny Safdie Director

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson Starring

Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt Starring

ScreenplayBenny Safdie Produced byDwayne Johnson, Eli Bush, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia CinematographyMaceo Bishop StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 3-5 3 $5.8M — 3,345 $1,746 $5.8M

2 Oct 10-12 8 $1.8M −69.1% 3,321 $543 $9.8M

3 Oct 17-19 $328.0K −81.8% 819 $400 $11.1M

4 Oct 24-26 $42.9K −86.9% 86 $499 $11.3M

5 Oct 31-Nov 2 $17.9K −58.3% 13 $1,376 $11.4M

6 Nov 7-9 $16.6K −7.4% 12 $1,380 $11.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 2 — $850.0K — $850.0K 3,345 $254 -1

Fri Oct 3 #3 $2.7M +219.9% $2.7M 3,345 $813 1

Sat Oct 4 #5 $1.8M −32.2% $4.6M 3,345 $551 2

Sun Oct 5 #4 $1.3M −30.6% $5.8M 3,345 $382 3

Mon Oct 6 #2 $513.5K −59.9% $6.4M 3,345 $153 4

Tue Oct 7 #2 $852.1K +66.0% $7.2M 3,345 $255 5

Wed Oct 8 #2 $483.2K −43.3% $7.7M 3,345 $144 6

Thu Oct 9 #4 $320.0K −33.8% $8.0M 3,345 $96 7

Fri Oct 10 #8 $575.5K +79.9% −78.8% $8.6M 3,321 $173 8

Sat Oct 11 #8 $713.7K +24.0% −61.3% $9.3M 3,321 $215 9

Sun Oct 12 #8 $513.8K −28.0% −59.8% $9.8M 3,321 $155 10

Mon Oct 13 #8 $296.0K −42.4% −42.4% $10.1M 3,321 $89 11

Tue Oct 14 #7 $304.9K +3.0% −64.2% $10.4M 3,321 $92 12

Wed Oct 15 #7 $228.7K −25.0% −52.7% $10.6M 3,321 $69 13

Thu Oct 16 #8 $148.6K −35.0% −53.6% $10.8M 3,321 $45 14

Fri Oct 17 — $93.0K −37.4% −83.8% $10.9M 819 $114 15

Sat Oct 18 — $133.0K +43.0% −81.4% $11.0M 819 $162 16

Sun Oct 19 — $102.0K −23.3% −80.2% $11.1M 819 $125 17

Mon Oct 20 — $38.9K −61.9% −86.9% $11.2M 819 $47 18

Tue Oct 21 — $53.2K +36.8% −82.5% $11.2M 819 $65 19

Wed Oct 22 — $42.3K −20.4% −81.5% $11.3M 819 $52 20

Thu Oct 23 — $27.1K −36.1% −81.8% $11.3M 819 $33 21

Fri Oct 24 — $13.6K −49.9% −85.4% $11.3M 86 $158 22

Sat Oct 25 — $16.9K +24.6% −87.3% $11.3M 86 $197 23

Sun Oct 26 — $12.5K −26.3% −87.8% $11.3M 86 $145 24

Mon Oct 27 — $4.2K −66.2% −89.2% $11.3M 86 $49 25

Tue Oct 28 — $16.7K +298.1% −68.5% $11.3M 86 $195 26

Wed Oct 29 — $8.2K −50.9% −80.6% $11.4M 86 $95 27

Thu Oct 30 — $4.3K −47.3% −84.0% $11.4M 86 $50 28

Fri Oct 31 — $3.8K −12.6% −72.1% $11.4M 13 $291 29

Sat Nov 1 — $7.0K +84.5% −58.7% $11.4M 13 $537 30

Sun Nov 2 — $7.1K +2.0% −42.8% $11.4M 13 $548 31

Mon Nov 3 — $4.1K −42.5% −2.6% $11.4M 13 $315 32

Tue Nov 4 — $2.2K −45.5% −86.7% $11.4M 13 $172 33

Wed Nov 5 — $1.9K −15.5% −77.0% $11.4M 13 $145 34

Thu Nov 6 — $2.9K +53.2% −33.2% $11.4M 13 $222 35

Fri Nov 7 — $3.0K +2.6% −21.7% $11.4M 12 $247 36

Sat Nov 8 — $7.4K +148.9% +5.7% $11.4M 12 $615 37

Sun Nov 9 — $6.2K −15.8% −12.8% $11.4M 12 $518 38

Mon Nov 10 — $2.1K −66.3% −48.8% $11.4M 12 $175 39

Tue Nov 11 — $2.4K +15.1% +8.0% $11.4M 12 $201 40

Wed Nov 12 — $1.9K −19.4% +3.0% $11.4M 12 $162 41

Thu Nov 13 — $1.8K −7.3% −37.6% $11.4M 12 $150 42

Cumulative total$11.4M

Oct 2Oct 13Oct 23Nov 3Nov 13

Weekend grossWk 6 · $16.6K

$5.8M

$1.8M

$328.0K

$42.9K

$17.9K

$16.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Theater countPeak 3,345 → 12 −99.6%

3,345 open12 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −7.4%

−69.1%

W1→2

−81.8%

W2→3

−86.9%

W3→4

−58.3%

W4→5

−7.4%

W5→6

Steepest −86.9%Best hold −7.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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