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The UpsideFollow

2019 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Comedy, Drama • STX Entertainment

🍅 43% 79%

46

3.29

7.1

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$108.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$126.00M

International

Domestic legs5.52x

Budget$37.5M

2019 rank#26

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Cast & crew

Full Burger filmography

Neil Burger

Neil Burger Director

Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart Starring

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston Starring

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Starring

Golshifteh Farahani

Golshifteh Farahani Starring

ScreenplayJon Hartmere Produced byTodd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch CinematographyStuart Dryburgh MusicRob Simonsen StudioSTX Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

#1 $20.4M — 3,080 $2,202 $20.4M

#2 $15.0M — 3,320 $1,805 $43.3M

#2 $11.9M — 3,377 $1,532 $62.8M

#2 $8.7M — 3,568 $1,010 $75.4M

#4 $7.1M — 3,372 $626 $85.7M

#7 $5.5M — 2,781 $787 $94.1M

#8 $3.2M — 2,148 $554 $99.7M

#12 $2.0M — 1,607 $410 $102.8M

#12 $1.0M — 1,010 $406 $104.5M

#14 $805.6K — 880 $305 $105.9M

#15 $549.3K — 647 $283 $106.8M

#17 $376.0K — 456 $294 $107.5M

#20 $192.2K — 274 $227 $107.8M

#25 $115.3K — 179 $213 $108.0M

#28 $72.7K — 130 $187 $108.1M

#27 $37.7K — 93 $135 $108.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 11 #1 $6.9M — $6.9M 3,080 $2,249 1

Sat Jan 12 #1 $7.9M +13.5% $14.8M 3,080 $2,553 2

Sun Jan 13 #1 $5.6M −29.3% $20.4M 3,080 $1,805 3

Mon Jan 14 #1 $1.8M −68.5% $22.1M 3,080 $568 4

Tue Jan 15 #1 $2.8M +61.8% $24.9M 3,080 $920 5

Wed Jan 16 #2 $1.7M −40.2% $26.6M 3,080 $549 6

Thu Jan 17 #2 $1.7M −0.9% $28.3M 3,080 $544 7

Fri Jan 18 #2 $4.2M +149.4% −39.6% $32.5M 3,320 $1,260 8

Sat Jan 19 #2 $6.4M +52.3% −19.0% $38.9M 3,320 $1,919 9

Sun Jan 20 #2 $4.4M −30.2% −20.0% $43.3M 3,320 $1,339 10

Mon Jan 21 #2 $3.4M −24.4% +91.8% $46.7M 3,320 $1,012 11

Tue Jan 22 #2 $1.9M −44.0% −33.6% $48.6M 3,320 $566 12

Wed Jan 23 #2 $1.1M −39.4% −32.7% $49.7M 3,320 $343 13

Thu Jan 24 #2 $1.2M +5.5% −28.4% $50.9M 3,320 $362 14

Fri Jan 25 #2 $3.1M +157.9% −25.9% $54.0M 3,377 $918 15

Sat Jan 26 #2 $5.5M +78.9% −13.0% $59.6M 3,377 $1,642 16

Sun Jan 27 #2 $3.3M −40.7% −26.0% $62.8M 3,377 $974 17

Mon Jan 28 #2 $783.4K −76.2% −76.7% $63.6M 3,377 $231 18

Tue Jan 29 #2 $1.3M +65.5% −31.1% $64.9M 3,377 $383 19

Wed Jan 30 #2 $875.3K −32.5% −23.2% $65.8M 3,377 $259 20

Thu Jan 31 #2 $940.1K +7.4% −21.8% $66.7M 3,377 $278 21

Fri Feb 1 #3 $2.5M +168.7% −18.6% $69.3M 3,568 $707 22

Sat Feb 2 #2 $4.7M +85.5% −15.5% $74.0M 3,568 $1,313 23

Sun Feb 3 #2 $1.5M −68.7% −55.5% $75.4M 3,568 $410 24

Mon Feb 4 #2 $698.0K −52.4% −10.9% $76.1M 3,568 $195 25

Tue Feb 5 #2 $1.1M +62.8% −12.3% $77.3M 3,568 $318 26

Wed Feb 6 #2 $688.5K −39.4% −21.3% $77.9M 3,568 $192 27

Thu Feb 7 #1 $639.4K −7.1% −32.0% $78.6M 3,568 $179 28

Fri Feb 8 #5 $1.8M +179.7% −29.2% $80.4M 3,372 $530 29

Sat Feb 9 #4 $3.4M +90.0% −27.5% $83.8M 3,372 $1,007 30

Sun Feb 10 #4 $1.9M −44.2% +29.3% $85.7M 3,372 $562 31

Mon Feb 11 #4 $459.3K −75.8% −34.2% $86.1M 3,372 $136 32

Tue Feb 12 #4 $677.1K +47.4% −40.4% $86.8M 3,372 $200 33

Wed Feb 13 #6 $522.4K −22.9% −24.1% $87.3M 3,372 $154 34

Thu Feb 14 #7 $1.3M +146.0% +101.0% $88.6M 3,372 $381 35

Fri Feb 15 #7 $1.3M +4.7% −24.8% $90.0M 2,781 $483 36

Sat Feb 16 #7 $2.4M +80.7% −28.5% $92.4M 2,781 $874 37

Sun Feb 17 #7 $1.7M −29.4% −9.6% $94.1M 2,781 $616 38

Mon Feb 18 #6 $1.0M −40.4% +122.5% $95.1M 2,781 $367 39

Tue Feb 19 #7 $608.5K −40.4% −10.1% $95.7M 2,781 $218 40

Wed Feb 20 #7 $400.8K −34.1% −23.3% $96.1M 2,781 $144 41

Thu Feb 21 #7 $400.0K −0.2% −68.9% $96.5M 2,781 $143 42

Fri Feb 22 #8 $892.0K +123.0% −33.7% $97.4M 2,148 $415 43

Sat Feb 23 #8 $1.5M +68.7% −38.1% $98.9M 2,148 $700 44

Sun Feb 24 #9 $781.0K −48.1% −54.5% $99.7M 2,148 $363 45

Mon Feb 25 #10 $219.9K −71.8% −78.5% $99.9M 2,148 $102 46

Tue Feb 26 #10 $386.2K +75.7% −36.5% $100.3M 2,148 $179 47

Wed Feb 27 #10 $239.6K −38.0% −40.2% $100.6M 2,148 $111 48

Thu Feb 28 #11 $235.5K −1.7% −41.1% $100.8M 2,148 $109 49

Fri Mar 1 #11 $532.3K +126.1% −40.3% $101.3M 1,607 $331 50

Sat Mar 2 #12 $975.3K +83.2% −35.2% $102.3M 1,607 $606 51

Sun Mar 3 #15 $503.8K −48.3% −35.5% $102.8M 1,607 $313 52

Mon Mar 4 #14 $161.6K −67.9% −26.5% $103.0M 1,607 $100 53

Tue Mar 5 #12 $253.4K +56.8% −34.4% $103.2M 1,607 $157 54

Wed Mar 6 #12 $171.2K −32.4% −28.6% $103.4M 1,607 $106 55

Thu Mar 7 #12 $133.8K −21.9% −43.2% $103.5M 1,607 $83 56

Fri Mar 8 #12 $282.8K +111.4% −46.9% $103.8M 1,010 $280 57

Sat Mar 9 #12 $475.6K +68.2% −51.2% $104.3M 1,010 $470 58

Sun Mar 10 #13 $269.7K −43.3% −46.5% $104.5M 1,010 $267 59

Mon Mar 11 #12 $112.9K −58.1% −30.1% $104.7M 1,010 $111 60

Tue Mar 12 #11 $179.8K +59.3% −29.0% $104.8M 1,010 $178 61

Wed Mar 13 #13 $127.1K −29.4% −25.8% $105.0M 1,010 $125 62

Thu Mar 14 #14 $107.6K −15.3% −19.6% $105.1M 1,010 $106 63

Fri Mar 15 #14 $234.8K +118.3% −17.0% $105.3M 880 $266 64

Sat Mar 16 #14 $368.3K +56.8% −22.6% $105.7M 880 $418 65

Sun Mar 17 #15 $202.5K −45.0% −24.9% $105.9M 880 $230 66

Mon Mar 18 #15 $82.4K −59.3% −27.0% $106.0M 880 $93 67

Tue Mar 19 #15 $143.9K +74.7% −20.0% $106.1M 880 $163 68

Wed Mar 20 #14 $96.1K −33.3% −24.4% $106.2M 880 $109 69

Thu Mar 21 #14 $79.0K −17.8% −26.6% $106.3M 880 $89 70

Fri Mar 22 #15 $160.8K +103.7% −31.5% $106.4M 647 $248 71

Sat Mar 23 #15 $242.2K +50.6% −34.2% $106.7M 647 $374 72

Sun Mar 24 #17 $146.3K −39.6% −27.8% $106.8M 647 $226 73

Mon Mar 25 #16 $60.3K −58.8% −26.8% $106.9M 647 $93 74

Tue Mar 26 #17 $92.8K +54.0% −35.5% $107.0M 647 $143 75

Wed Mar 27 #16 $71.7K −22.8% −25.4% $107.1M 647 $110 76

Thu Mar 28 #17 $54.1K −24.5% −31.5% $107.1M 647 $83 77

Fri Mar 29 #16 $103.6K +91.3% −35.6% $107.2M 456 $227 78

Sat Mar 30 #17 $177.6K +71.5% −26.7% $107.4M 456 $389 79

Sun Mar 31 #18 $94.8K −46.6% −35.2% $107.5M 456 $207 80

Mon Apr 1 #18 $37.5K −60.4% −37.8% $107.5M 456 $82 81

Tue Apr 2 #19 $54.7K +45.8% −41.1% $107.6M 456 $119 82

Wed Apr 3 #19 $36.4K −33.5% −49.3% $107.6M 456 $79 83

Thu Apr 4 #19 $32.7K −10.2% −39.7% $107.6M 456 $71 84

Fri Apr 5 #20 $60.9K +86.5% −41.2% $107.7M 274 $222 85

Sat Apr 6 #20 $85.5K +40.3% −51.9% $107.8M 274 $312 86

Sun Apr 7 #23 $45.7K −46.5% −51.7% $107.8M 274 $166 87

Mon Apr 8 #24 $13.9K −69.6% −62.9% $107.9M 274 $50 88

Tue Apr 9 #22 $23.7K +70.5% −56.6% $107.9M 274 $86 89

Wed Apr 10 #24 $15.4K −35.2% −57.7% $107.9M 274 $56 90

Thu Apr 11 #22 $15.3K −0.8% −53.3% $107.9M 274 $55 91

Fri Apr 12 #25 $34.1K +123.2% −44.1% $107.9M 179 $190 92

Sat Apr 13 #27 $53.4K +56.7% −37.6% $108.0M 179 $298 93

Sun Apr 14 #27 $28.6K −46.4% −37.5% $108.0M 179 $159 94

Mon Apr 15 #26 $10.6K −63.1% −24.2% $108.0M 179 $58 95

Tue Apr 16 #26 $15.6K +47.7% −34.4% $108.1M 179 $87 96

Wed Apr 17 #30 $10.1K −35.5% −34.6% $108.1M 179 $56 97

Thu Apr 18 #32 $10.9K +8.7% −28.4% $108.1M 179 $61 98

Fri Apr 19 #28 $25.1K +129.4% −26.4% $108.1M 130 $192 99

Sat Apr 20 #29 $29.8K +18.9% −44.1% $108.1M 130 $229 100

Sun Apr 21 #31 $17.8K −40.2% −37.7% $108.1M 130 $137 101

Mon Apr 22 #36 $8.3K −53.3% −21.2% $108.2M 130 $63 102

Tue Apr 23 #29 $10.0K +20.0% −36.0% $108.2M 130 $76 103

Wed Apr 24 #30 $8.1K −19.1% −19.7% $108.2M 130 $62 104

Thu Apr 25 #28 $7.3K −9.5% −33.2% $108.2M 130 $56 105

Fri Apr 26 #27 $15.6K +113.1% −37.9% $108.2M 93 $167 106

Sat Apr 27 #27 $24.2K +55.7% −18.7% $108.2M 93 $260 107

Sun Apr 28 #28 $13.5K −44.5% −24.5% $108.2M 93 $144 108

Mon Apr 29 #27 $4.5K −66.3% −45.5% $108.2M 93 $48 109

Tue Apr 30 #27 $7.1K +56.0% −29.1% $108.2M 93 $76 110

Wed May 1 #28 $4.5K −36.3% −44.2% $108.2M 93 $48 111

Thu May 2 #27 $5.4K +20.5% −25.6% $108.3M 93 $58 112

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

Cumulative total$106.3M

Jan 11Jan 28Feb 15Mar 4Mar 21

Weekend grossWk undefined · $37.7K

$20.4M

$15.0M

$11.9M

$8.7M

$7.1M

$5.5M

$3.2M

$2.0M

$1.0M

$805.6K

$549.3K

$376.0K

$192.2K

$115.3K

$72.7K

$37.7K

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Theater countPeak 3,568 → 880 −75.3%

3,080 open880 now

Run milestones

$100M in 47 days

$100M

Day 47

Feb 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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