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The SubstanceFollow

2024 • R • 2h 21m • Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller • MUBI

Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?

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3.73

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$3.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$17.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$77.30M

$59.70M international

Domestic legs5.5x

Budget$17.5M

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Cast & crew

Demi Moore

Demi Moore Starring

Margaret Qualley

Margaret Qualley Starring

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid Starring

ScreenplayCoralie Fargeat Produced byCoralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner Music byRaffertie StudioMUBI

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 20-22 6 $3.2M — 1,949 $1,645 $3.2M

2 Sep 27-29 11 $2.1M −35.8% 1,712 $1,202 $7.1M

3 Oct 4-6 8 $1.4M −33.4% 686 $1,997 $9.8M

4 Oct 11-13 — $1.1M −18.5% 556 $2,008 $11.7M

5 Oct 18-20 11 $871.6K −21.9% 548 $1,591 $13.4M

6 Oct 25-27 11 $629.3K −27.8% 424 $1,484 $14.6M

7 Nov 1-3 14 $487.7K −22.5% 334 $1,460 $15.5M

8 Nov 8-10 — $172.2K −64.7% 205 $840 $16.0M

9 Nov 15-17 — $134.6K −21.9% 118 $1,140 $16.2M

10 Nov 22-24 — $40.8K −69.7% 40 $1,019 $16.4M

11 Nov 29-Dec 1 — $18.1K −55.7% 20 $903 $16.4M

12 Dec 6-8 — $6.3K −65.2% 10 $629 $16.4M

13 Dec 13-15 — $5.8K −7.2% 5 $1,168 $16.4M

14 Dec 20-22 — $5.5K −6.4% 7 $780 $16.4M

15 Dec 27-29 — $6.0K +10.3% 6 $1,004 $16.4M

16 Jan 3-5 — $5.9K −2.0% 8 $738 $16.5M

17 Jan 10-12 — $13.0K +119.5% 8 $1,619 $16.5M

18 Jan 17-19 — $239.5K +1749.3% 481 $498 $16.7M

19 Jan 24-26 — $147.6K −38.4% 352 $419 $17.0M

20 Jan 31-Feb 2 — $71.8K −51.4% 229 $313 $17.2M

21 Feb 7-9 — $39.0K −45.7% 189 $206 $17.2M

22 Feb 14-16 — $22.6K −42.2% 122 $185 $17.3M

23 Feb 21-23 — $61.2K +171.3% 504 $121 $17.4M

24 Feb 28-Mar 2 — $106.8K +74.4% 372 $287 $17.5M

25 Mar 7-9 — $7.9K −92.6% 39 $203 $17.6M

26 Mar 14-16 — $1.9K −75.3% 4 $488 $17.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 20 #5 $1.3M — $1.3M 1,949 $683 1

Sat Sep 21 #6 $1.0M −21.8% $2.4M 1,949 $534 2

Sun Sep 22 #6 $831.6K −20.2% $3.2M 1,949 $427 3

Mon Sep 23 #4 $422.5K −49.2% $3.6M 1,949 $217 4

Tue Sep 24 #4 $611.8K +44.8% $4.2M 1,949 $314 5

Wed Sep 25 #4 $449.1K −26.6% $4.7M 1,949 $230 6

Thu Sep 26 #4 $370.4K −17.5% $5.1M 1,949 $190 7

Fri Sep 27 #11 $596.6K +61.1% −55.2% $5.7M 1,712 $348 8

Sat Sep 28 #9 $822.9K +37.9% −21.0% $6.5M 1,712 $481 9

Sun Sep 29 #9 $637.8K −22.5% −23.3% $7.1M 1,712 $373 10

Mon Sep 30 #6 $284.8K −55.3% −32.6% $7.4M 1,712 $166 11

Tue Oct 1 — $380.7K +33.7% −37.8% $7.8M 1,712 $222 12

Wed Oct 2 #6 $347.7K −8.7% −22.6% $8.1M 1,712 $203 13

Thu Oct 3 — $255.9K −26.4% −30.9% $8.4M 1,712 $149 14

Fri Oct 4 — $425.7K +66.4% −28.6% $8.8M 686 $621 15

Sat Oct 5 — $538.5K +26.5% −34.6% $9.3M 686 $785 16

Sun Oct 6 — $405.9K −24.6% −36.4% $9.8M 686 $592 17

Mon Oct 7 — $198.2K −51.2% −30.4% $10.0M 686 $289 18

Tue Oct 8 — $264.1K +33.2% −30.6% $10.2M 686 $385 19

Wed Oct 9 — $208.8K −20.9% −39.9% $10.4M 686 $304 20

Thu Oct 10 #7 $180.7K −13.5% −29.4% $10.6M 686 $263 21

Fri Oct 11 — $342.0K +89.3% −19.7% $10.9M 556 $615 22

Sat Oct 12 — $421.8K +23.3% −21.7% $11.4M 556 $759 23

Sun Oct 13 — $352.5K −16.4% −13.2% $11.7M 556 $634 24

Mon Oct 14 — $236.3K −33.0% +19.2% $12.0M 556 $425 25

Tue Oct 15 — $212.7K −10.0% −19.4% $12.2M 556 $383 26

Wed Oct 16 — $181.9K −14.5% −12.9% $12.4M 556 $327 27

Thu Oct 17 — $152.3K −16.3% −15.7% $12.5M 556 $274 28

Fri Oct 18 — $276.3K +81.4% −19.2% $12.8M 548 $504 29

Sat Oct 19 — $342.2K +23.9% −18.9% $13.1M 548 $625 30

Sun Oct 20 — $253.1K −26.0% −28.2% $13.4M 548 $462 31

Mon Oct 21 #10 $130.8K −48.3% −44.6% $13.5M 548 $239 32

Tue Oct 22 #10 $172.5K +31.8% −18.9% $13.7M 548 $315 33

Wed Oct 23 #9 $130.6K −24.3% −28.2% $13.8M 548 $238 34

Thu Oct 24 — $112.8K −13.7% −26.0% $13.9M 548 $206 35

Fri Oct 25 #10 $195.4K +73.3% −29.3% $14.1M 424 $461 36

Sat Oct 26 — $239.3K +22.5% −30.1% $14.4M 424 $564 37

Sun Oct 27 #11 $194.5K −18.7% −23.1% $14.6M 424 $459 38

Mon Oct 28 — $91.1K −53.2% −30.4% $14.6M 424 $215 39

Tue Oct 29 — $117.4K +28.9% −31.9% $14.8M 424 $277 40

Wed Oct 30 — $103.3K −12.0% −20.9% $14.9M 424 $244 41

Thu Oct 31 — $101.9K −1.4% −9.7% $15.0M 424 $240 42

Fri Nov 1 #15 $144.3K +41.7% −26.1% $15.1M 334 $432 43

Sat Nov 2 #14 $200.6K +39.0% −16.2% $15.3M 334 $601 44

Sun Nov 3 — $142.8K −28.8% −26.6% $15.5M 334 $427 45

Mon Nov 4 — $68.1K −52.3% −25.2% $15.5M 334 $204 46

Tue Nov 5 — $82.8K +21.7% −29.4% $15.6M 334 $248 47

Wed Nov 6 — $68.1K −17.7% −34.1% $15.7M 334 $204 48

Thu Nov 7 #12 $55.2K −18.9% −45.8% $15.7M 334 $165 49

Fri Nov 8 — $73.0K +32.1% −49.4% $15.8M 205 $356 50

Sat Nov 9 — $93.7K +28.4% −53.3% $15.9M 205 $457 51

Sun Nov 10 — $73.7K −21.3% −48.4% $16.0M 205 $359 52

Mon Nov 11 — $42.7K −42.1% −37.3% $16.0M 205 $208 53

Tue Nov 12 — $39.1K −8.3% −52.7% $16.1M 205 $191 54

Wed Nov 13 — $31.4K −19.7% −53.9% $16.1M 205 $153 55

Thu Nov 14 — $23.6K −25.0% −57.3% $16.1M 205 $115 56

Fri Nov 15 — $39.5K +67.7% −45.8% $16.1M 118 $335 57

Sat Nov 16 — $58.4K +47.6% −37.7% $16.2M 118 $495 58

Sun Nov 17 — $36.7K −37.2% −50.3% $16.2M 118 $311 59

Mon Nov 18 — $15.3K −58.3% −64.2% $16.3M 127 $120 60

Tue Nov 19 — $25.2K +65.3% −35.5% $16.3M 118 $214 61

Wed Nov 20 — $19.3K −23.5% −38.6% $16.3M 118 $164 62

Thu Nov 21 — $9.5K −50.6% −59.6% $16.3M 118 $81 63

Fri Nov 22 — $10.3K +8.4% −73.9% $16.3M 40 $258 64

Sat Nov 23 — $17.0K +64.6% −70.9% $16.3M 40 $425 65

Sun Nov 24 — $13.4K −20.9% −63.3% $16.4M 40 $336 66

Mon Nov 25 — $9.7K −27.5% −36.2% $16.4M 46 $212 67

Tue Nov 26 — $8.3K −15.3% −67.3% $16.4M 46 $179 68

Wed Nov 27 — $6.0K −27.5% −69.0% $16.4M 20 $299 69

Thu Nov 28 — $6.0K −0.3% −37.4% $16.4M 46 $130 70

Fri Nov 29 — $5.1K −13.9% −50.3% $16.4M 22 $233 71

Sat Nov 30 — $5.7K +11.5% −66.3% $16.4M 22 $260 72

Sun Dec 1 — $7.2K +25.9% −46.4% $16.4M 22 $328 73

Mon Dec 2 — $2.8K −60.6% −70.8% $16.4M 22 $129 74

Tue Dec 3 — $2.9K +2.6% −64.7% $16.4M 22 $132 75

Wed Dec 4 — $2.3K −22.3% −62.2% $16.4M 22 $103 76

Thu Dec 5 — $2.4K +5.0% −60.1% $16.4M 22 $108 77

Fri Dec 6 — $1.3K −47.3% −75.6% $16.4M 10 $125 78

Sat Dec 7 — $2.2K +73.8% −61.9% $16.4M 10 $218 79

Sun Dec 8 — $2.9K +31.3% −60.3% $16.4M 10 $286 80

Mon Dec 9 — $1.7K −39.9% −39.5% $16.4M 10 $172 81

Tue Dec 10 — $635 −63.1% −78.2% $16.4M 10 $64 82

Wed Dec 11 — $434 −31.7% −80.8% $16.4M 10 $43 83

Thu Dec 12 — $737 +69.8% −69.0% $16.4M 10 $74 84

Fri Dec 13 — $1.1K +47.6% −13.2% $16.4M 5 $218 85

Sat Dec 14 — $3.3K +207.1% +53.3% $16.4M 5 $668 86

Sun Dec 15 — $1.4K −57.8% −50.7% $16.4M 5 $282 87

Mon Dec 16 — $1.1K −21.3% −35.4% $16.4M 5 $222 88

Tue Dec 17 — $247 −77.7% −61.1% $16.4M 5 $49 89

Wed Dec 18 — $862 +249.0% +98.6% $16.4M 5 $172 90

Thu Dec 19 — $929 +7.8% +26.1% $16.4M 5 $186 91

Fri Dec 20 — $2.5K +167.8% +128.7% $16.4M 7 $355 92

Sat Dec 21 — $1.7K −32.9% −50.0% $16.4M 7 $238 93

Sun Dec 22 — $1.3K −21.7% −7.4% $16.4M 7 $187 94

Mon Dec 23 — $757 −42.0% −31.8% $16.4M 7 $108 95

Tue Dec 24 — $561 −25.9% +127.1% $16.4M 7 $80 96

Wed Dec 25 — $1.4K +146.5% +60.4% $16.4M 7 $198 97

Thu Dec 26 — $1.2K −15.8% +25.4% $16.4M 7 $166 98

Fri Dec 27 — $2.2K +87.2% −12.3% $16.4M 6 $364 99

Sat Dec 28 — $1.3K −42.1% −24.4% $16.4M 6 $210 100

Sun Dec 29 — $2.6K +104.5% +97.6% $16.4M 6 $430 101

Mon Dec 30 — $2.1K −17.4% +181.8% $16.4M 6 $356 102

Tue Dec 31 — $436 −79.6% −22.3% $16.4M 6 $73 103

Wed Jan 1 — $1.2K +177.5% −12.5% $16.4M 6 $202 104

Thu Jan 2 — $680 −43.8% −41.6% $16.4M 6 $113 105

Fri Jan 3 — $489 −28.1% −77.6% $16.4M 8 $61 106

Sat Jan 4 — $4.2K +759.3% +233.0% $16.5M 8 $525 107

Sun Jan 5 — $1.2K −71.2% −53.1% $16.5M 8 $151 108

Mon Jan 6 — $717 −40.8% −66.4% $16.5M 8 $90 109

Tue Jan 7 — $1.1K +55.9% +156.4% $16.5M 8 $140 110

Wed Jan 8 — $1.7K +48.9% +37.6% $16.5M 8 $208 111

Thu Jan 9 — $1.7K +3.1% +152.4% $16.5M 8 $215 112

Fri Jan 10 — $2.8K +65.0% +479.1% $16.5M 8 $354 113

Sat Jan 11 — $6.4K +126.2% +52.4% $16.5M 8 $801 114

Sun Jan 12 — $3.7K −42.0% +206.8% $16.5M 8 $464 115

Mon Jan 13 — $2.6K −29.0% +267.8% $16.5M 11 $240 116

Tue Jan 14 — $1.8K −30.9% +63.0% $16.5M 11 $166 117

Wed Jan 15 — $2.3K +25.8% +37.7% $16.5M 11 $208 118

Thu Jan 16 — $1.4K −38.3% −17.6% $16.5M 11 $129 119

Fri Jan 17 — $83.5K +5808.3% +2850.0% $16.6M 481 $174 120

Sat Jan 18 — $88.5K +5.9% +1281.1% $16.7M 481 $184 121

Sun Jan 19 — $76.7K −13.3% +1964.9% $16.7M 481 $159 122

Mon Jan 20 — $44.3K −42.3% +1578.1% $16.8M 481 $92 123

Tue Jan 21 — $40.3K −9.0% +2110.8% $16.8M 481 $84 124

Wed Jan 22 — $29.4K −27.1% +1181.2% $16.8M 481 $61 125

Thu Jan 23 — $21.0K −28.5% +1384.9% $16.9M 481 $44 126

Fri Jan 24 — $48.7K +131.8% −41.7% $16.9M 352 $138 127

Sat Jan 25 — $63.3K +30.0% −28.5% $17.0M 352 $180 128

Sun Jan 26 — $35.7K −43.6% −53.5% $17.0M 352 $101 129

Mon Jan 27 — $16.4K −53.9% −62.9% $17.0M 352 $47 130

Tue Jan 28 — $25.6K +55.7% −36.5% $17.1M 352 $73 131

Wed Jan 29 — $17.1K −33.1% −41.7% $17.1M 352 $49 132

Thu Jan 30 — $12.7K −26.0% −39.7% $17.1M 352 $36 133

Fri Jan 31 — $22.9K +80.4% −53.0% $17.1M 229 $100 134

Sat Feb 1 — $31.0K +35.5% −51.1% $17.1M 229 $135 135

Sun Feb 2 — $18.0K −42.0% −49.6% $17.2M 229 $78 136

Mon Feb 3 — $9.8K −45.5% −40.4% $17.2M 229 $43 137

Tue Feb 4 — $11.0K +12.2% −57.1% $17.2M 229 $48 138

Wed Feb 5 — $9.7K −11.3% −43.1% $17.2M 229 $43 139

Thu Feb 6 — $8.6K −12.2% −32.5% $17.2M 229 $37 140

Fri Feb 7 — $11.9K +38.7% −48.1% $17.2M 189 $63 141

Sat Feb 8 — $20.3K +71.0% −34.5% $17.2M 189 $107 142

Sun Feb 9 — $6.9K −66.2% −61.8% $17.2M 189 $36 143

Mon Feb 10 — $5.3K −22.2% −45.5% $17.2M 189 $28 144

Tue Feb 11 — $6.2K +16.8% −43.2% $17.3M 189 $33 145

Wed Feb 12 — $5.1K −17.9% −47.5% $17.3M 189 $27 146

Thu Feb 13 — $7.1K +37.9% −17.5% $17.3M 189 $37 147

Fri Feb 14 — $6.3K −10.1% −46.5% $17.3M 122 $52 148

Sat Feb 15 — $9.2K +45.0% −54.7% $17.3M 122 $75 149

Sun Feb 16 — $7.0K −23.7% +2.4% $17.3M 122 $58 150

Mon Feb 17 — $6.4K −9.2% +19.5% $17.3M 122 $52 151

Tue Feb 18 — $4.0K −37.5% −36.0% $17.3M 122 $33 152

Wed Feb 19 — $6.6K +66.0% +29.4% $17.3M 122 $54 153

Thu Feb 20 — $2.9K −55.7% −58.4% $17.3M 122 $24 154

Fri Feb 21 — $33.0K +1022.1% +419.6% $17.3M 504 $65 155

Sat Feb 22 — $19.4K −41.1% +110.9% $17.4M 504 $38 156

Sun Feb 23 — $8.9K −54.3% +26.1% $17.4M 504 $18 157

Mon Feb 24 — $22.9K +158.5% +259.0% $17.4M 504 $45 158

Tue Feb 25 — $8.3K −63.7% +108.4% $17.4M 504 $16 159

Wed Feb 26 — $18.8K +126.5% +184.2% $17.4M 504 $37 160

Thu Feb 27 — $14.2K −24.8% +382.3% $17.4M 504 $28 161

Fri Feb 28 — $15.1K +6.6% −54.2% $17.5M 372 $41 162

Sat Mar 1 — $82.1K +443.8% +323.1% $17.5M 372 $221 163

Sun Mar 2 — $9.6K −88.3% +8.3% $17.5M 372 $26 164

Mon Mar 3 — $5.7K −41.0% −75.3% $17.5M 372 $15 165

Tue Mar 4 — $9.9K +74.9% +19.0% $17.6M 372 $27 166

Wed Mar 5 — $6.1K −37.9% −67.4% $17.6M 372 $17 167

Thu Mar 6 — $5.5K −10.9% −61.4% $17.6M 372 $15 168

Fri Mar 7 — $5.2K −5.8% −65.9% $17.6M 39 $132 169

Sat Mar 8 — $1.9K −62.4% −97.6% $17.6M 39 $50 170

Sun Mar 9 — $817 −57.8% −91.5% $17.6M 39 $21 171

Mon Mar 10 — $522 −36.1% −90.8% $17.6M 39 $13 172

Tue Mar 11 — $2.6K +402.1% −73.5% $17.6M 39 $67 173

Wed Mar 12 — $1.5K −43.1% −75.7% $17.6M 39 $38 174

Thu Mar 13 — $1.4K −5.0% −74.1% $17.6M 39 $36 175

Fri Mar 14 — $432 −69.5% −91.6% $17.6M 4 $108 176

Sat Mar 15 — $502 +16.2% −74.1% $17.6M 4 $126 177

Sun Mar 16 — $1.0K +102.4% +24.4% $17.6M 4 $254 178

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

Cumulative total$16.4M

Sep 20Oct 7Oct 25Nov 11Nov 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $40.8K

$3.2M

$2.1M

$1.4M

$1.1M

$871.6K

$629.3K

$487.7K

$172.2K

$134.6K

$40.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,949 → 46 −97.6%

1,949 open46 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −69.7%

−35.8%

W1→2

−33.4%

W2→3

−18.5%

W3→4

−21.9%

W4→5

−27.8%

W5→6

−22.5%

W6→7

−64.7%

W7→8

−21.9%

W8→9

−69.7%

W9→10

Steepest −69.7%Best hold −18.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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