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2022 • R • 1h 57m • Drama • A24

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CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$332K

Limited · 6 theaters

Domestic total

$17.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$54.00M

Global total

Budget$3.0M

Domestic legs16.9x from $1.0M first wide weekend

2022 rank#48

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Cast & crew

Full Aronofsky filmography

Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky Director

Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser Starring

Hong Chau

Hong Chau Starring

ScreenplaySamuel D. Hunter Produced byNot specified CinematographyMatthew Libatique MusicRob Simonsen Prod. DesignMark Friedberg, Robert Pyzocha

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 9-11 - $332.2K — 6 $55,358 $332.2K

2 Dec 16-18 15 $144.8K −56% 6 $24,125 $571.1K

3 Dec 23-25 7 $1.0M +617% 603 $1,722 $2.6M

4 Dec 30-Jan 1 7 $1.4M +36% 623 $2,260 $5.9M

5 Jan 6-8 7 $1.5M +7% 835 $1,800 $8.5M

6 Jan 13-15 8 $1.5M +1% 1,500 $1,010 $10.8M

7 Jan 20-22 10 $1.3M −17% 1,591 $794 $13.2M

8 Jan 27-29 14 $974.2K −23% 1,721 $566 $14.9M

9 Feb 3-5 - $437.9K −55% 1,015 $431 $15.8M

10 Feb 10-12 - $276.2K −37% 684 $403 $16.3M

11 Feb 17-19 - $151.4K −45% 363 $416 $16.6M

12 Feb 24-26 - $86.8K −43% 211 $411 $16.8M

13 Mar 3-5 - $86.7K n/c 165 $525 $16.9M

14 Mar 10-12 - $63.8K −26% 106 $601 $17.0M

15 Mar 17-19 - $171.3K +169% 509 $336 $17.3M

16 Mar 24-26 - $40.4K −76% 89 $454 $17.4M

17 Mar 31-Apr 2 - $18.3K −55% 49 $372 $17.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 9 #12 $159.2K — $159.2K 6 $26,525 1

Sat Dec 10 #- $111.8K −30% $270.9K 6 $18,631 2

Sun Dec 11 #- $61.2K −45% $332.2K 6 $10,202 3

Mon Dec 12 #- $30.5K −50% $362.7K 6 $5,089 4

Tue Dec 13 #- $22.4K −27% $385.1K 6 $3,736 5

Wed Dec 14 #- $24.1K +7% $409.2K 6 $4,013 6

Thu Dec 15 #- $17.1K −29% $426.3K 6 $2,853 7

Fri Dec 16 #14 $49.1K +187% −69% $475.4K 6 $8,177 8

Sat Dec 17 #- $65.3K +33% −42% $540.7K 6 $10,879 9

Sun Dec 18 #- $30.4K −53% −50% $571.1K 6 $5,068 10

Mon Dec 19 #- $17.7K −42% −42% $588.8K 6 $2,957 11

Tue Dec 20 #- $12.8K −28% −43% $601.6K 6 $2,129 12

Wed Dec 21 #5 $682.6K +5242% +2735% $1.3M 603 $1,132 13

Thu Dec 22 #5 $273.8K −60% +1499% $1.6M 603 $454 14

Fri Dec 23 #7 $306.7K +12% +525% $1.9M 603 $508 15

Sat Dec 24 #7 $219.7K −28% +237% $2.1M 603 $364 16

Sun Dec 25 #7 $512.0K +133% +1583% $2.6M 603 $849 17

Mon Dec 26 #7 $568.8K +11% +3105% $3.2M 603 $943 18

Tue Dec 27 #7 $456.9K −20% +3476% $3.6M 603 $757 19

Wed Dec 28 #7 $411.2K −10% −40% $4.0M 603 $681 20

Thu Dec 29 #7 $414.0K +1% +51% $4.4M 603 $686 21

Fri Dec 30 #7 $499.8K +21% +63% $4.9M 623 $802 22

Sat Dec 31 #8 $387.2K −23% +76% $5.3M 623 $621 23

Sun Jan 1 #7 $521.2K +35% +2% $5.9M 623 $836 24

Mon Jan 2 #- $462.1K −11% −19% $6.3M 623 $741 25

Tue Jan 3 #- $267.5K −42% −41% $6.6M 623 $429 26

Wed Jan 4 #6 $232.2K −13% −44% $6.8M 623 $372 27

Thu Jan 5 #6 $224.2K −3% −46% $7.0M 623 $359 28

Fri Jan 6 #7 $441.2K +97% −12% $7.5M 835 $528 29

Sat Jan 7 #7 $651.1K +48% +68% $8.1M 835 $779 30

Sun Jan 8 #7 $411.3K −37% −21% $8.5M 835 $492 31

Mon Jan 9 #7 $159.0K −61% −66% $8.7M 835 $190 32

Tue Jan 10 #8 $233.4K +47% −13% $8.9M 835 $279 33

Wed Jan 11 #8 $185.4K −21% −20% $9.1M 835 $222 34

Thu Jan 12 #8 $169.9K −8% −24% $9.3M 835 $203 35

Fri Jan 13 #8 $432.0K +154% −2% $9.7M 1,500 $287 36

Sat Jan 14 #8 $598.8K +39% −8% $10.3M 1,500 $399 37

Sun Jan 15 #8 $485.0K −19% +18% $10.8M 1,500 $323 38

Mon Jan 16 #8 $392.9K −19% +147% $11.2M 1,500 $261 39

Tue Jan 17 #7 $288.5K −27% +24% $11.5M 1,500 $192 40

Wed Jan 18 #6 $210.9K −27% +14% $11.7M 1,500 $140 41

Thu Jan 19 #7 $209.8K −1% +23% $11.9M 1,500 $139 42

Fri Jan 20 #9 $360.9K +72% −16% $12.3M 1,591 $226 43

Sat Jan 21 #9 $541.4K +50% −10% $12.8M 1,591 $340 44

Sun Jan 22 #8 $361.2K −33% −26% $13.2M 1,591 $227 45

Mon Jan 23 #- $152.0K −58% −61% $13.3M 1,591 $95 46

Tue Jan 24 #- $236.6K +56% −18% $13.6M 1,591 $148 47

Wed Jan 25 #- $172.1K −27% −18% $13.7M 1,591 $108 48

Thu Jan 26 #- $167.7K −3% −20% $13.9M 1,591 $105 49

Fri Jan 27 #15 $260.5K +55% −28% $14.2M 1,721 $151 50

Sat Jan 28 #12 $442.8K +70% −18% $14.6M 1,721 $257 51

Sun Jan 29 #12 $270.8K −39% −25% $14.9M 1,721 $157 52

Mon Jan 30 #- $109.0K −60% −28% $15.0M 1,721 $63 53

Tue Jan 31 #11 $155.8K +43% −34% $15.1M 1,721 $90 54

Wed Feb 1 #- $110.6K −29% −36% $15.3M 1,721 $64 55

Thu Feb 2 #- $89.8K −19% −46% $15.3M 1,721 $52 56

Fri Feb 3 #- $99.1K +10% −62% $15.4M 1,015 $97 57

Sat Feb 4 #- $189.9K +92% −57% $15.6M 1,015 $187 58

Sun Feb 5 #- $148.9K −22% −45% $15.8M 1,015 $146 59

Mon Feb 6 #- $49.6K −67% −55% $15.8M 1,015 $48 60

Tue Feb 7 #- $77.3K +56% −50% $15.9M 1,015 $76 61

Wed Feb 8 #- $57.6K −25% −48% $16.0M 1,015 $56 62

Thu Feb 9 #- $49.1K −15% −45% $16.0M 1,015 $48 63

Fri Feb 10 #- $77.8K +58% −22% $16.1M 684 $113 64

Sat Feb 11 #- $133.8K +72% −30% $16.2M 353 $378 65

Sun Feb 12 #- $64.7K −52% −57% $16.3M 684 $94 66

Mon Feb 13 #- $42.8K −34% −14% $16.3M 684 $62 67

Tue Feb 14 #- $58.0K +36% −25% $16.4M 684 $84 68

Wed Feb 15 #- $35.7K −39% −38% $16.4M 684 $52 69

Thu Feb 16 #- $29.9K −16% −39% $16.5M 684 $43 70

Fri Feb 17 #- $36.9K +24% −53% $16.5M 363 $101 71

Sat Feb 18 #- $61.2K +66% −54% $16.6M 363 $168 72

Sun Feb 19 #- $53.2K −13% −18% $16.6M 363 $146 73

Mon Feb 20 #- $34.1K −36% −20% $16.6M 363 $93 74

Tue Feb 21 #- $18.8K −45% −68% $16.7M 363 $51 75

Wed Feb 22 #- $16.9K −10% −53% $16.7M 363 $46 76

Thu Feb 23 #- $15.2K −10% −49% $16.7M 363 $41 77

Fri Feb 24 #- $20.9K +37% −43% $16.7M 211 $99 78

Sat Feb 25 #- $37.7K +80% −39% $16.8M 211 $178 79

Sun Feb 26 #- $28.2K −25% −47% $16.8M 211 $133 80

Mon Feb 27 #- $10.3K −63% −70% $16.8M 211 $48 81

Tue Feb 28 #- $14.5K +41% −22% $16.8M 211 $68 82

Wed Mar 1 #- $15.5K +6% −8% $16.8M 211 $73 83

Thu Mar 2 #- $13.2K −15% −13% $16.8M 211 $62 84

Fri Mar 3 #- $18.9K +43% −10% $16.9M 165 $114 85

Sat Mar 4 #- $36.6K +93% −3% $16.9M 165 $221 86

Sun Mar 5 #- $31.2K −15% +11% $16.9M 165 $189 87

Mon Mar 6 #- $10.9K −65% +6% $16.9M 165 $66 88

Tue Mar 7 #- $14.1K +29% −3% $16.9M 165 $85 89

Wed Mar 8 #- $11.1K −21% −28% $17.0M 165 $67 90

Thu Mar 9 #- $11.0K −1% −17% $17.0M 165 $66 91

Fri Mar 10 #- $17.0K +55% −10% $17.0M 106 $160 92

Sat Mar 11 #- $32.2K +90% −12% $17.0M 106 $304 93

Sun Mar 12 #- $14.6K −55% −53% $17.0M 106 $137 94

Mon Mar 13 #- $14.3K −2% +31% $17.0M 106 $135 95

Tue Mar 14 #- $14.4K +0% +2% $17.1M 106 $135 96

Wed Mar 15 #- $17.6K +22% +58% $17.1M 106 $165 97

Thu Mar 16 #- $12.2K −30% +12% $17.1M 106 $115 98

Fri Mar 17 #- $39.1K +219% +130% $17.1M 509 $76 99

Sat Mar 18 #- $70.2K +80% +118% $17.2M 509 $138 100

Sun Mar 19 #- $62.0K −12% +326% $17.3M 509 $121 101

Mon Mar 20 #- $25.1K −59% +75% $17.3M 509 $49 102

Tue Mar 21 #- $35.7K +42% +148% $17.3M 509 $70 103

Wed Mar 22 #- $22.1K −38% +26% $17.3M 509 $43 104

Thu Mar 23 #- $17.1K −23% +40% $17.4M 509 $33 105

Fri Mar 24 #- $12.0K −30% −69% $17.4M 89 $134 106

Sat Mar 25 #- $16.7K +39% −76% $17.4M 89 $187 107

Sun Mar 26 #- $11.8K −29% −81% $17.4M 89 $132 108

Mon Mar 27 #- $5.3K −55% −79% $17.4M 89 $60 109

Tue Mar 28 #- $6.2K +16% −83% $17.4M 89 $69 110

Wed Mar 29 #- $5.3K −15% −76% $17.4M 89 $59 111

Thu Mar 30 #- $6.9K +30% −60% $17.4M 89 $77 112

Fri Mar 31 #- $4.6K −33% −62% $17.4M 49 $93 113

Sat Apr 1 #- $8.3K +82% −50% $17.4M 49 $169 114

Sun Apr 2 #- $5.4K −34% −54% $17.4M 49 $110 115

Mon Apr 3 #- $3.4K −37% −36% $17.4M 49 $69 116

Tue Apr 4 #- $2.9K −15% −53% $17.4M 49 $59 117

Wed Apr 5 #- $2.0K −31% −62% $17.5M 49 $40 118

Thu Apr 6 #- $2.8K +37% −60% $17.5M 49 $56 119

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

Cumulative total$16.5M

Dec 9Dec 26Jan 13Jan 30Feb 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $276.2K

$332.2K

$144.8K

$1.0M

$1.4M

$1.5M

$1.5M

$1.3M

$974.2K

$437.9K

$276.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,721 → 684 −60.3%

6 open684 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37%

−56%

W1→2

+617%

W2→3

+36%

W3→4

+7%

W4→5

+1%

W5→6

−17%

W6→7

−23%

W7→8

−55%

W8→9

−37%

W9→10

Steepest −56%Biggest gain +617%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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