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2018 • R • 2h 16m • Drama, Music, Romance • Warner Bros.

He found her. She found herself.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$42.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$215.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$436.40M
$221.10M international
Domestic legs5.01x
Budget$36M
2018 rank#12

Cast & crew

Full Cooper filmography
Bradley Cooper Bradley Cooper Director Lady Gaga Lady Gaga Starring Dave Chappelle Dave Chappelle Starring Sam Elliott Sam Elliott Starring
ScreenplayBradley Cooper, Eric Roth, Will Fetters Produced byBradley Cooper CinematographyMatthew Libatique Prod. DesignKaren Murphy StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 5-7 2 $42.9M — 3,686 $11,641 $44.3M
2 Oct 12-14 2 $28.4M −33.7% 3,708 $7,671 $94.6M
3 Oct 19-21 2 $19.1M −33.0% 3,884 $4,905 $126.1M
4 Oct 26-28 2 $14.0M −26.3% 3,904 $3,596 $148.6M
5 Nov 2-4 4 $11.0M −21.6% 3,431 $3,207 $165.5M
6 Nov 9-11 5 $8.1M −26.3% 2,848 $2,846 $178.1M
7 Nov 16-18 7 $4.3M −47.0% 2,010 $2,136 $185.8M
8 Nov 23-25 10 $3.0M −29.8% 1,202 $2,509 $191.0M
9 Nov 30-Dec 2 11 $1.8M −39.3% 1,081 $1,692 $193.7M
10 Dec 7-9 11 $2.5M +34.1% 1,631 $1,505 $197.0M
11 Dec 14-16 16 $1.0M −57.6% 842 $1,235 $199.2M
12 Dec 21-23 20 $347.8K −66.6% 262 $1,327 $200.1M
13 Dec 28-30 24 $492.0K +41.5% 236 $2,085 $201.0M
14 Jan 4-6 22 $634.2K +28.9% 268 $2,367 $202.1M
15 Jan 11-13 17 $1.1M +77.2% 394 $2,853 $203.6M
16 Jan 18-20 20 $610.0K −45.7% 415 $1,470 $204.7M
17 Jan 25-27 18 $1.3M +112.4% 1,192 $1,087 $206.4M
18 Feb 1-3 21 $892.3K −31.1% 952 $937 $207.8M
19 Feb 8-10 22 $545.7K −38.8% 456 $1,197 $208.7M
20 Feb 15-17 20 $781.6K +43.2% 843 $927 $209.8M
21 Feb 22-24 20 $610.1K −21.9% 745 $819 $210.8M
22 Mar 1-3 13 $1.9M +203.9% 1,235 $1,501 $212.9M
23 Mar 8-10 14 $740.3K −60.1% 810 $914 $214.5M
24 Mar 15-17 25 $226.5K −69.4% 443 $511 $215.1M
25 Mar 22-24 43 $53.8K −76.2% 164 $328 $215.2M
26 Mar 29-31 58 $13.5K −75.0% 55 $245 $215.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$198.1M
Oct 4Oct 22Nov 8Nov 26Dec 13
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.5M
$42.9M
$28.4M
$19.1M
$14.0M
$11.0M
$8.1M
$4.3M
$3.0M
$1.8M
$2.5M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 3,904 → 1,631 −58.2%
3,686 open1,631 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +34.1%
−33.7%
W1→2
−33.0%
W2→3
−26.3%
W3→4
−21.6%
W4→5
−26.3%
W5→6
−47.0%
W6→7
−29.8%
W7→8
−39.3%
W8→9
+34.1%
W9→10
Steepest −47.0%Biggest gain +34.1%

Run milestones

$200M in 80 days
$100M
Day 12
Oct 16
$200M
Day 80
Dec 23

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#7 Biggest grossers never #1All-time $215.3M #18 Biggest October openingsAll-time $42.9M #20 All-time R-rated domesticAll-time $215.3M

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