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2021 • R • 2h 8m • Comedy / Drama / Romance • NEON

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4.08

7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$138K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$3.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$19.30M

Global release

Domestic legs6.2x from $491K biggest weekend

Budget$5.6M

International$16.3M

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Cast & crew

Directed byJoachim Trier ScreenplayJoachim Trier, Eskil Vogt StarringRenate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner Produced byAndrea Berentsen Ottmar, Thomas Robsahm CinematographyKasper Tuxen MusicOla Fløttum StudioNeon

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 4-6 (opening) — $138.4K — 4 $34,606 $138.4K

2 Feb 11-13 — $256.4K +85.2% 49 $5,232 $452.7K

3 Feb 18-20 — $491.0K +91.5% 265 $1,853 $1.1M

4 Feb 25-27 — $398.1K −18.9% 554 $719 $1.8M

5 Mar 4-6 — $219.0K −45.0% 264 $830 $2.2M

6 Mar 11-13 — $208.4K −4.9% 228 $914 $2.6M

7 Mar 18-20 — $100.4K −51.8% 139 $722 $2.8M

8 Mar 25-27 — $87.3K −13.0% 216 $404 $2.9M

9 Apr 1-3 — $45.0K −48.4% 76 $592 $3.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 4 #15 $54.5K — $54.5K 4 $13,632 1

Sat Feb 5 — $46.0K −15.6% $100.5K 4 $11,502 2

Sun Feb 6 — $37.9K −17.7% $138.4K 4 $9,472 3

Mon Feb 7 — $12.8K −66.2% $151.2K 4 $3,202 4

Tue Feb 8 — $16.4K +27.7% $167.6K 4 $4,088 5

Wed Feb 9 — $16.1K −1.6% $183.7K 4 $4,024 6

Thu Feb 10 — $12.7K −21.1% $196.4K 4 $3,174 7

Fri Feb 11 — $93.4K +635.9% +71.3% $289.8K 49 $1,907 8

Sat Feb 12 — $110.3K +18.1% +139.7% $400.1K 49 $2,251 9

Sun Feb 13 — $52.6K −52.3% +39.0% $452.7K 49 $1,074 10

Mon Feb 14 — $47.2K −10.3% +268.8% $500.0K 49 $964 11

Tue Feb 15 — $36.9K −21.9% +125.5% $536.8K 49 $753 12

Wed Feb 16 — $36.4K −1.2% +126.3% $573.3K 49 $743 13

Thu Feb 17 — $33.1K −9.2% +160.6% $606.3K 49 $675 14

Fri Feb 18 #13 $138.9K +320.1% +48.7% $745.3K 265 $524 15

Sat Feb 19 #13 $189.8K +36.6% +72.1% $935.1K 265 $716 16

Sun Feb 20 #14 $162.3K −14.5% +208.2% $1.1M 265 $612 17

Mon Feb 21 #14 $107.2K −33.9% +127.0% $1.2M 265 $405 18

Tue Feb 22 #13 $68.5K −36.1% +85.8% $1.3M 265 $259 19

Wed Feb 23 #13 $67.7K −1.1% +86.0% $1.3M 265 $256 20

Thu Feb 24 #13 $62.2K −8.2% +88.0% $1.4M 265 $235 21

Fri Feb 25 — $114.0K +83.4% −17.9% $1.5M 554 $206 22

Sat Feb 26 — $173.7K +52.3% −8.5% $1.7M 554 $314 23

Sun Feb 27 — $110.4K −36.4% −32.0% $1.8M 554 $199 24

Mon Feb 28 — $49.0K −55.6% −54.3% $1.9M 554 $88 25

Tue Mar 1 — $59.1K +20.8% −13.7% $1.9M 554 $107 26

Wed Mar 2 — $62.9K +6.4% −7.1% $2.0M 554 $114 27

Thu Mar 3 — $41.5K −34.0% −33.2% $2.0M 554 $75 28

Fri Mar 4 — $61.5K +48.0% −46.1% $2.1M 264 $233 29

Sat Mar 5 — $89.2K +45.1% −48.6% $2.2M 264 $338 30

Sun Mar 6 — $68.3K −23.4% −38.1% $2.2M 264 $259 31

Mon Mar 7 — $28.0K −59.0% −42.8% $2.3M 264 $106 32

Tue Mar 8 — $33.6K +19.8% −43.2% $2.3M 264 $127 33

Wed Mar 9 — $34.9K +4.0% −44.5% $2.3M 264 $132 34

Thu Mar 10 — $35.7K +2.1% −14.2% $2.4M 264 $135 35

Fri Mar 11 — $55.9K +56.9% −9.0% $2.4M 228 $245 36

Sat Mar 12 — $88.0K +57.3% −1.4% $2.5M 228 $386 37

Sun Mar 13 — $64.4K −26.8% −5.7% $2.6M 228 $283 38

Mon Mar 14 — $20.5K −68.2% −26.9% $2.6M 228 $90 39

Tue Mar 15 — $27.3K +33.2% −18.8% $2.6M 228 $120 40

Wed Mar 16 — $25.7K −5.9% −26.5% $2.6M 228 $113 41

Thu Mar 17 — $23.0K −10.3% −35.4% $2.7M 228 $101 42

Fri Mar 18 — $23.7K +2.9% −57.7% $2.7M 139 $170 43

Sat Mar 19 — $47.5K +100.8% −46.0% $2.7M 139 $342 44

Sun Mar 20 — $29.1K −38.7% −54.8% $2.8M 139 $210 45

Mon Mar 21 — $12.9K −55.7% −37.0% $2.8M 139 $93 46

Tue Mar 22 — $14.2K +9.9% −48.1% $2.8M 139 $102 47

Wed Mar 23 — $15.9K +12.4% −38.0% $2.8M 139 $115 48

Thu Mar 24 — $16.3K +2.2% −29.3% $2.8M 139 $117 49

Fri Mar 25 — $25.8K +58.4% +8.8% $2.9M 216 $119 50

Sat Mar 26 — $38.2K +48.3% −19.6% $2.9M 216 $177 51

Sun Mar 27 — $23.3K −39.1% −20.1% $2.9M 216 $108 52

Mon Mar 28 — $12.0K −48.6% −7.3% $2.9M 216 $55 53

Tue Mar 29 — $13.6K +14.1% −3.7% $2.9M 216 $63 54

Wed Mar 30 — $11.7K −14.1% −26.4% $3.0M 216 $54 55

Thu Mar 31 — $12.2K +4.3% −24.9% $3.0M 216 $57 56

Fri Apr 1 — $12.2K +0.1% −52.5% $3.0M 76 $161 57

Sat Apr 2 — $17.6K +43.6% −54.0% $3.0M 76 $231 58

Sun Apr 3 — $15.2K −13.5% −34.8% $3.0M 76 $200 59

Mon Apr 4 — $4.6K −69.6% −61.3% $3.0M 76 $61 60

Tue Apr 5 — $5.6K +20.1% −59.3% $3.0M 76 $73 61

Wed Apr 6 — $6.2K +11.7% −47.1% $3.0M 76 $82 62

Thu Apr 7 — $7.2K +15.4% −41.4% $3.0M 76 $94 63

Cumulative total$3.0M

Feb 4Feb 20Mar 7Mar 23Apr 7

Weekend grossWk 9 · $45.0K

$138.4K

$256.4K

$491.0K

$398.1K

$219.0K

$208.4K

$100.4K

$87.3K

$45.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 554 → 76 −86.3%

4 open76 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −48.4%

+85.2%

W1→2

+91.5%

W2→3

−18.9%

W3→4

−45.0%

W4→5

−4.9%

W5→6

−51.8%

W6→7

−13.0%

W7→8

−48.4%

W8→9

Steepest −51.8%Biggest gain +91.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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