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2018 • R • 1h 51m • Crime, Drama • Sony Pictures Releasing

In 1980s Detroit, Ricky Wersche Jr. was a street hustler, FBI informant and drug kingpin—all before he turned 16.

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59

3.14

6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$24.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$25.90M

$1.90M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$30M

2018 rank#98

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Cast & crew

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey Starring

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh Starring

RJ Cyler

RJ Cyler Starring

Rory Cochrane

Rory Cochrane Starring

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan Starring

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern Starring

ScreenplayAndy Weiss, Logan Miller, Noah Miller Produced byDarren Aronofsky, John Lesher, Julie Yorn, Scott Franklin CinematographyTat Radcliffe MusicMax Richter Prod. DesignStefania Cella StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 14-16 4 $8.9M — 2,504 $3,539 $8.9M

2 Sep 21-23 6 $4.9M −45.2% 2,504 $1,940 $17.3M

3 Sep 28-30 9 $2.4M −50.5% 2,017 $1,191 $21.7M

4 Oct 5-7 11 $603.3K −74.9% 880 $686 $23.4M

5 Oct 12-14 26 $156.4K −74.1% 190 $823 $23.9M

6 Oct 19-21 42 $24.4K −84.4% 57 $428 $23.9M

7 Oct 26-28 46 $28.4K +16.5% 64 $444 $24.0M

8 Nov 2-4 56 $12.3K −56.6% 38 $324 $24.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Sep 13 — $575.0K — $575.0K 2,176 $264 -1

Fri Sep 14 #4 $3.5M +503.3% $3.5M 2,504 $1,385 1

Sat Sep 15 #5 $3.2M −8.9% $6.6M 2,504 $1,262 2

Sun Sep 16 #5 $2.2M −29.4% $8.9M 2,504 $891 3

Mon Sep 17 #4 $823.1K −63.1% $9.7M 2,504 $329 4

Tue Sep 18 #4 $1.2M +46.8% $10.9M 2,504 $482 5

Wed Sep 19 #5 $853.3K −29.4% $11.7M 2,504 $341 6

Thu Sep 20 #5 $665.5K −22.0% $12.4M 2,504 $266 7

Fri Sep 21 #6 $1.5M +122.8% −57.3% $13.9M 2,504 $592 8

Sat Sep 22 #6 $2.1M +42.5% −33.2% $16.0M 2,504 $843 9

Sun Sep 23 #6 $1.3M −40.2% −43.4% $17.3M 2,504 $505 10

Mon Sep 24 #6 $470.5K −62.8% −42.8% $17.7M 2,504 $188 11

Tue Sep 25 #7 $747.3K +58.8% −38.1% $18.5M 2,504 $298 12

Wed Sep 26 #6 $515.7K −31.0% −39.6% $19.0M 2,504 $206 13

Thu Sep 27 #7 $328.2K −36.4% −50.7% $19.3M 2,504 $131 14

Fri Sep 28 #9 $725.7K +121.1% −51.0% $20.1M 2,017 $360 15

Sat Sep 29 #10 $1.0M +43.7% −50.6% $21.1M 2,017 $517 16

Sun Sep 30 #9 $633.7K −39.2% −49.8% $21.7M 2,017 $314 17

Mon Oct 1 #9 $245.1K −61.3% −47.9% $22.0M 2,017 $122 18

Tue Oct 2 #10 $367.3K +49.9% −50.8% $22.3M 2,017 $182 19

Wed Oct 3 #9 $235.8K −35.8% −54.3% $22.6M 2,017 $117 20

Thu Oct 4 #10 $167.8K −28.8% −48.9% $22.7M 2,017 $83 21

Fri Oct 5 #12 $187.1K +11.5% −74.2% $22.9M 880 $213 22

Sat Oct 6 #11 $241.4K +29.0% −76.8% $23.2M 880 $274 23

Sun Oct 7 #11 $174.8K −27.6% −72.4% $23.4M 880 $199 24

Mon Oct 8 #13 $103.2K −41.0% −57.9% $23.5M 880 $117 25

Tue Oct 9 #11 $100.2K −2.9% −72.7% $23.6M 880 $114 26

Wed Oct 10 #11 $79.7K −20.5% −66.2% $23.6M 880 $91 27

Thu Oct 11 #13 $60.9K −23.6% −63.7% $23.7M 880 $69 28

Fri Oct 12 — $46.5K −23.5% −75.1% $23.7M 190 $245 29

Sat Oct 13 — $73.0K +56.9% −69.8% $23.8M 190 $384 30

Sun Oct 14 — $36.8K −49.6% −78.9% $23.9M 190 $194 31

Mon Oct 15 — $16.9K −54.2% −83.6% $23.9M 190 $89 32

Tue Oct 16 — $18.1K +7.3% −81.9% $23.9M 190 $95 33

Wed Oct 17 — $14.5K −20.2% −81.9% $23.9M 190 $76 34

Thu Oct 18 — $11.6K −19.6% −80.9% $23.9M 190 $61 35

Fri Oct 19 — $8.0K −30.9% −82.7% $23.9M 57 $141 36

Sat Oct 20 — $11.4K +41.7% −84.4% $23.9M 57 $199 37

Sun Oct 21 — $5.0K −56.1% −86.4% $23.9M 57 $88 38

Mon Oct 22 — $3.9K −22.3% −77.0% $23.9M 57 $68 39

Tue Oct 23 — $3.0K −22.8% −83.5% $23.9M 57 $53 40

Wed Oct 24 — $2.7K −9.2% −81.2% $23.9M 57 $48 41

Thu Oct 25 — $2.0K −26.7% −82.9% $23.9M 57 $35 42

Fri Oct 26 — $8.1K +307.9% +1.2% $24.0M 64 $127 43

Sat Oct 27 — $12.3K +50.9% +7.8% $24.0M 64 $192 44

Sun Oct 28 — $8.0K −34.5% +60.9% $24.0M 64 $125 45

Mon Oct 29 — $3.9K −51.9% −0.5% $24.0M 64 $60 46

Tue Oct 30 — $4.0K +4.8% +35.2% $24.0M 64 $63 47

Wed Oct 31 — $3.8K −6.4% +39.3% $24.0M 64 $59 48

Thu Nov 1 — $3.7K −3.6% +83.3% $24.0M 64 $57 49

Fri Nov 2 — $3.6K −1.5% −55.7% $24.0M 38 $95 50

Sat Nov 3 — $5.7K +58.7% −53.4% $24.0M 38 $150 51

Sun Nov 4 — $3.0K −47.0% −62.3% $24.0M 38 $80 52

Cumulative total$24.0M

Sep 13Sep 26Oct 9Oct 22Nov 4

Weekend grossWk 8 · $12.3K

$8.9M

$4.9M

$2.4M

$603.3K

$156.4K

$24.4K

$28.4K

$12.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,504 → 38 −98.5%

2,176 open38 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −56.6%

−45.2%

W1→2

−50.5%

W2→3

−74.9%

W3→4

−74.1%

W4→5

−84.4%

W5→6

+16.5%

W6→7

−56.6%

W7→8

Steepest −84.4%Biggest gain +16.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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