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2022 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Comedy, Drama • Sony Pictures

Fall in love with the grumpiest man in America.

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3.67

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$56K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$64.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$108.60M

$44.40M international

Domestic legs15.3x from $4.2M first wide weekend

Budget$50M

2023 rank#41

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Cast & crew

Full Forster filmography

Marc Forster

Marc Forster Director

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks Starring

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Starring Sony Pictures Studio

ScreenplayDavid Magee Produced byFredrik Wikström Nicastro, Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman CinematographyMatthias Königswieser Music byThomas Newman StudioSony Pictures

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 30-Jan 1 — $56.3K — 4 $14,064 $56.3K

2 Jan 6-8 4 $4.2M +7,370.0% 637 $6,597 $4.3M

3 Jan 13-15 4 $12.8M +205.3% 3,802 $3,374 $19.1M

4 Jan 20-22 5 $8.8M −31.4% 3,802 $2,315 $35.1M

5 Jan 27-29 4 $6.7M −24.4% 3,957 $1,681 $46.0M

6 Feb 3-5 6 $4.2M −36.1% 3,407 $1,247 $53.1M

7 Feb 10-12 7 $2.6M −38.7% 2,824 $921 $57.4M

8 Feb 17-19 10 $1.6M −38.5% 1,725 $928 $60.6M

9 Feb 24-26 10 $851.6K −46.8% 1,118 $762 $62.3M

10 Mar 3-5 — $678.8K −20.3% 1,503 $452 $63.3M

11 Mar 10-12 — $192.3K −71.7% 347 $554 $63.9M

12 Mar 17-19 — $92.5K −51.9% 175 $528 $64.1M

13 Mar 24-26 — $39.1K −57.7% 69 $567 $64.2M

14 Mar 31-Apr 2 — $18.1K −53.8% 54 $335 $64.2M

15 Apr 7-9 — $7.5K −58.4% 34 $222 $64.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 30 — $22.8K — $22.8K 4 $5,698 1

Sat Dec 31 — $16.5K −27.6% $39.3K 4 $4,127 2

Sun Jan 1 — $17.0K +2.7% $56.3K 4 $4,240 3

Mon Jan 2 — $12.6K −25.5% $68.9K 4 $3,159 4

Tue Jan 3 — $6.8K −46.3% $75.7K 4 $1,696 5

Wed Jan 4 — $5.2K −23.5% $80.9K 4 $1,298 6

Thu Jan 5 — $4.6K −11.1% $85.5K 4 $1,154 7

Fri Jan 6 #4 $1.6M +33,618.3% +6,726.5% $1.6M 637 $2,442 8

Sat Jan 7 #4 $1.7M +7.8% +10,057.1% $3.3M 637 $2,632 9

Sun Jan 8 #4 $969.8K −42.2% +5,618.7% $4.3M 637 $1,522 10

Mon Jan 9 #4 $364.7K −62.4% +2,786.7% $4.7M 637 $573 11

Tue Jan 10 #4 $705.1K +93.3% +10,295.2% $5.4M 637 $1,107 12

Wed Jan 11 #4 $461.9K −34.5% +8,798.5% $5.8M 637 $725 13

Thu Jan 12 #4 $403.5K −12.6% +8,645.0% $6.2M 637 $633 14

Fri Jan 13 #3 $4.1M +916.6% +163.6% $10.3M 3,802 $1,079 15

Sat Jan 14 #4 $5.0M +22.5% +199.7% $15.4M 3,802 $1,322 16

Sun Jan 15 #4 $3.7M −26.3% +281.7% $19.1M 3,802 $974 17

Mon Jan 16 #4 $2.6M −30.4% +605.9% $21.6M 3,802 $677 18

Tue Jan 17 #2 $2.2M −15.0% +210.4% $23.8M 3,802 $576 19

Wed Jan 18 #2 $1.2M −43.9% +165.8% $25.0M 3,802 $323 20

Thu Jan 19 #2 $1.3M +6.2% +223.1% $26.3M 3,802 $343 21

Fri Jan 20 #4 $2.7M +107.3% −34.1% $29.0M 3,802 $711 22

Sat Jan 21 #4 $3.9M +42.6% −23.3% $32.9M 3,802 $1,014 23

Sun Jan 22 #4 $2.2M −41.8% −39.4% $35.1M 3,802 $590 24

Mon Jan 23 #2 $854.8K −61.9% −66.8% $36.0M 3,802 $225 25

Tue Jan 24 #2 $1.6M +83.3% −28.4% $37.6M 3,802 $412 26

Wed Jan 25 #3 $829.7K −47.1% −32.4% $38.4M 3,802 $218 27

Thu Jan 26 #3 $902.9K +8.8% −30.7% $39.3M 3,802 $237 28

Fri Jan 27 #3 $2.0M +118.8% −26.9% $41.3M 3,957 $499 29

Sat Jan 28 #3 $3.2M +62.5% −16.7% $44.5M 3,957 $812 30

Sun Jan 29 #5 $1.5M −54.4% −34.8% $46.0M 3,957 $370 31

Mon Jan 30 — $601.8K −58.9% −29.6% $46.6M 3,957 $152 32

Tue Jan 31 #2 $1.0M +73.6% −33.4% $47.6M 3,957 $264 33

Wed Feb 1 — $645.6K −38.2% −22.2% $48.2M 3,957 $163 34

Thu Feb 2 — $582.4K −9.8% −35.5% $48.8M 3,957 $147 35

Fri Feb 3 — $1.1M +92.3% −43.3% $49.9M 3,407 $329 36

Sat Feb 4 — $1.9M +70.7% −40.5% $51.9M 3,407 $561 37

Sun Feb 5 — $1.2M −36.5% −17.0% $53.1M 3,407 $357 38

Mon Feb 6 — $330.4K −72.8% −45.1% $53.4M 3,407 $97 39

Tue Feb 7 #4 $626.1K +89.5% −40.0% $54.0M 3,407 $184 40

Wed Feb 8 #5 $381.2K −39.1% −41.0% $54.4M 3,407 $112 41

Thu Feb 9 — $366.8K −3.8% −37.0% $54.8M 3,657 $100 42

Fri Feb 10 #7 $800.0K +118.1% −28.6% $55.6M 2,824 $283 43

Sat Feb 11 #8 $1.4M +68.8% −29.4% $56.9M 2,824 $478 44

Sun Feb 12 #9 $451.4K −66.6% −62.8% $57.4M 2,824 $160 45

Mon Feb 13 #7 $298.2K −33.9% −9.8% $57.7M 2,824 $106 46

Tue Feb 14 #7 $841.6K +182.3% +34.4% $58.5M 2,824 $298 47

Wed Feb 15 #9 $287.8K −65.8% −24.5% $58.8M 2,824 $102 48

Thu Feb 16 #7 $212.0K −26.3% −42.2% $59.0M 2,824 $75 49

Fri Feb 17 #10 $407.6K +92.3% −49.1% $59.4M 1,725 $236 50

Sat Feb 18 #10 $691.8K +69.7% −48.8% $60.1M 1,725 $401 51

Sun Feb 19 #10 $501.1K −27.6% +11.0% $60.6M 1,725 $290 52

Mon Feb 20 #8 $318.4K −36.5% +6.8% $60.9M 1,725 $185 53

Tue Feb 21 #9 $215.3K −32.4% −74.4% $61.2M 1,725 $125 54

Wed Feb 22 #9 $140.6K −34.7% −51.2% $61.3M 1,725 $81 55

Thu Feb 23 #8 $134.6K −4.3% −36.5% $61.4M 1,725 $78 56

Fri Feb 24 #10 $218.4K +62.3% −46.4% $61.6M 1,118 $195 57

Sat Feb 25 #10 $395.0K +80.9% −42.9% $62.0M 1,118 $353 58

Sun Feb 26 #10 $238.2K −39.7% −52.5% $62.3M 1,118 $213 59

Mon Feb 27 #9 $69.2K −70.9% −78.3% $62.4M 1,118 $62 60

Tue Feb 28 #9 $117.5K +69.8% −45.4% $62.5M 1,118 $105 61

Wed Mar 1 #9 $89.7K −23.6% −36.2% $62.6M 1,118 $80 62

Thu Mar 2 #9 $82.9K −7.6% −38.4% $62.6M 1,118 $74 63

Fri Mar 3 — $167.8K +102.5% −23.2% $62.8M 1,503 $112 64

Sat Mar 4 — $314.9K +87.6% −20.3% $63.1M 1,503 $210 65

Sun Mar 5 — $196.1K −37.7% −17.7% $63.3M 1,503 $130 66

Mon Mar 6 — $75.0K −61.7% +8.4% $63.4M 1,503 $50 67

Tue Mar 7 — $124.6K +66.1% +6.1% $63.5M 1,503 $83 68

Wed Mar 8 — $90.6K −27.3% +0.9% $63.6M 1,503 $60 69

Thu Mar 9 — $76.8K −15.2% −7.3% $63.7M 1,503 $51 70

Fri Mar 10 — $50.0K −34.9% −70.2% $63.7M 347 $144 71

Sat Mar 11 — $90.1K +80.2% −71.4% $63.8M 347 $260 72

Sun Mar 12 — $52.2K −42.1% −73.4% $63.9M 347 $150 73

Mon Mar 13 — $30.1K −42.3% −59.9% $63.9M 347 $87 74

Tue Mar 14 — $42.3K +40.5% −66.1% $64.0M 347 $122 75

Wed Mar 15 — $37.0K −12.5% −59.1% $64.0M 347 $107 76

Thu Mar 16 — $23.2K −37.3% −69.8% $64.0M 347 $67 77

Fri Mar 17 — $21.6K −7.1% −56.8% $64.0M 175 $123 78

Sat Mar 18 — $40.5K +87.7% −55.0% $64.1M 175 $232 79

Sun Mar 19 — $30.4K −25.1% −41.8% $64.1M 175 $174 80

Mon Mar 20 — $13.1K −56.9% −56.5% $64.1M 175 $75 81

Tue Mar 21 — $20.7K +58.5% −50.9% $64.1M 175 $119 82

Wed Mar 22 — $15.2K −27.0% −59.1% $64.2M 175 $87 83

Thu Mar 23 — $13.0K −14.2% −44.0% $64.2M 175 $74 84

Fri Mar 24 — $10.4K −20.2% −51.9% $64.2M 69 $150 85

Sat Mar 25 — $17.6K +69.4% −56.6% $64.2M 69 $255 86

Sun Mar 26 — $11.2K −36.6% −63.3% $64.2M 69 $162 87

Mon Mar 27 — $4.2K −62.1% −67.7% $64.2M 69 $61 88

Tue Mar 28 — $7.0K +65.7% −66.2% $64.2M 69 $102 89

Wed Mar 29 — $4.9K −30.0% −67.6% $64.2M 69 $71 90

Thu Mar 30 — $6.1K +23.7% −53.4% $64.2M 69 $88 91

Fri Mar 31 — $5.5K −8.7% −46.7% $64.2M 54 $103 92

Sat Apr 1 — $7.8K +40.9% −55.7% $64.2M 54 $144 93

Sun Apr 2 — $4.8K −39.1% −57.4% $64.2M 54 $88 94

Mon Apr 3 — $2.2K −52.9% −47.1% $64.2M 54 $41 95

Tue Apr 4 — $3.1K +39.7% −55.4% $64.3M 54 $58 96

Wed Apr 5 — $1.4K −54.4% −70.9% $64.3M 54 $26 97

Thu Apr 6 — $2.1K +45.1% −65.9% $64.3M 54 $38 98

Fri Apr 7 — $2.5K +19.5% −55.4% $64.3M 34 $73 99

Sat Apr 8 — $2.9K +15.7% −63.4% $64.3M 34 $84 100

Sun Apr 9 — $2.2K −23.0% −53.7% $64.3M 34 $65 101

Mon Apr 10 — $939 −57.3% −58.1% $64.3M 34 $28 102

Tue Apr 11 — $1.1K +13.0% −66.1% $64.3M 34 $31 103

Wed Apr 12 — $1.2K +12.2% −16.5% $64.3M 34 $35 104

Thu Apr 13 — $1.2K −1.9% −43.6% $64.3M 34 $34 105

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

Cumulative total$63.7M

Dec 30Jan 16Feb 3Feb 20Mar 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $678.8K

$56.3K

$4.2M

$12.8M

$8.8M

$6.7M

$4.2M

$2.6M

$1.6M

$851.6K

$678.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,957 → 1,503 −62.0%

4 open1,503 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.3%

+7,370.0%

W1→2

+205.3%

W2→3

−31.4%

W3→4

−24.4%

W4→5

−36.1%

W5→6

−38.7%

W6→7

−38.5%

W7→8

−46.8%

W8→9

−20.3%

W9→10

Steepest −46.8%Biggest gain +7,370.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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