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American Underdog

2021 • PG • 1h 52m • Biography, Drama, Romance • Lionsgate

Some dreams become destiny.

🍅 75% 98%

53

3.13

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$5.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$26.5M

Final

Domestic Legs4.5x

Budget$25M

2021 Rank#43

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Cast & Crew

Full Erwin filmography

Jon Erwin Director

Zachary Levi Starring

Anna Paquin Starring

Dennis Quaid Starring

Bruce McGill Starring

ScreenplayJon Gunn, Jon Erwin, David Aaron Cohen Produced byJon Erwin, Kevin Downes, Andrew Erwin, Daryl C. Lefever CinematographyKristopher S. Kimlin MusicJohn Debney StudioLionsgate

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 24-26 5 $5.9M — 2,813 $2,084 $5.9M

2 Dec 31-Jan 2 4 $3.9M −33.3% 2,813 $1,389 $14.8M

3 Jan 7-9 5 $2.3M −40.4% 2,728 $854 $18.7M

4 Jan 14-16 6 $1.6M −32.5% 2,512 $626 $21.0M

5 Jan 21-23 7 $1.2M −25.1% 2,164 $544 $23.1M

6 Jan 28-30 7 $1.2M −1.4% 2,113 $550 $24.7M

7 Feb 4-6 8 $780.7K −32.8% 1,470 $531 $25.9M

8 Feb 11-13 $226.2K −71.0% 1,131 $200 $26.3M

9 Feb 18-20 $57.1K −74.7% 197 $290 $26.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sat Dec 25 — $4.2M — $4.2M 2,813 $1,489 -6

Sun Dec 26 — $1.7M −60.1% $5.9M 2,813 $595 -5

Mon Dec 27 — $1.3M −24.2% $7.1M 2,813 $451 -4

Tue Dec 28 — $1.3M +1.8% $8.4M 2,813 $459 -3

Wed Dec 29 — $1.2M −10.2% $9.6M 2,813 $413 -2

Thu Dec 30 — $1.3M +11.0% $10.9M 2,813 $458 -1

Fri Dec 31 #3 $1.3M +4.3% $12.2M 2,813 $477 1

Sat Jan 1 #4 $1.6M +22.2% $13.9M 2,813 $583 2

Sun Jan 2 #5 $923.8K −43.7% $14.8M 2,813 $328 3

Mon Jan 3 #5 $487.4K −47.2% $15.3M 2,813 $173 4

Tue Jan 4 #4 $474.6K −2.6% $15.7M 2,813 $169 5

Wed Jan 5 #5 $302.9K −36.2% $16.0M 2,813 $108 6

Thu Jan 6 #4 $286.7K −5.4% $16.3M 2,813 $102 7

Fri Jan 7 #5 $722.1K +151.9% −46.2% $17.1M 2,728 $265 8

Sat Jan 8 #5 $1.1M +49.9% −34.0% $18.1M 2,728 $397 9

Sun Jan 9 #5 $525.6K −51.4% −43.1% $18.7M 2,728 $193 10

Mon Jan 10 #7 $147.4K −72.0% −69.8% $18.8M 2,728 $54 11

Tue Jan 11 #5 $276.5K +87.6% −41.7% $19.1M 2,728 $101 12

Wed Jan 12 #5 $189.6K −31.4% −37.4% $19.3M 2,728 $70 13

Thu Jan 13 #5 $193.9K +2.3% −32.3% $19.5M 2,728 $71 14

Fri Jan 14 #7 $498.4K +157.0% −31.0% $20.0M 2,512 $198 15

Sat Jan 15 #6 $686.5K +37.7% −36.6% $20.7M 2,512 $273 16

Sun Jan 16 #6 $387.3K −43.6% −26.3% $21.0M 2,512 $154 17

Mon Jan 17 #6 $395.0K +2.0% +168.0% $21.4M 2,512 $157 18

Tue Jan 18 #6 $204.1K −48.3% −26.2% $21.6M 2,512 $81 19

Wed Jan 19 #6 $133.6K −34.5% −29.5% $21.8M 2,512 $53 20

Thu Jan 20 #6 $135.6K +1.5% −30.1% $21.9M 2,512 $54 21

Fri Jan 21 #7 $389.5K +187.3% −21.8% $22.3M 2,164 $180 22

Sat Jan 22 #7 $544.0K +39.7% −20.8% $22.8M 2,164 $251 23

Sun Jan 23 #7 $243.9K −55.2% −37.0% $23.1M 2,164 $113 24

Mon Jan 24 #7 $92.1K −62.2% −76.7% $23.2M 2,164 $43 25

Tue Jan 25 #7 $159.6K +73.3% −21.8% $23.3M 2,164 $74 26

Wed Jan 26 #7 $105.2K −34.1% −21.2% $23.4M 2,164 $49 27

Thu Jan 27 — $115.4K +9.6% −14.9% $23.6M 2,164 $53 28

Fri Jan 28 #7 $352.4K +205.4% −9.5% $23.9M 2,113 $167 29

Sat Jan 29 #7 $629.1K +78.5% +15.7% $24.5M 2,113 $298 30

Sun Jan 30 #9 $179.8K −71.4% −26.3% $24.7M 2,113 $85 31

Mon Jan 31 #7 $84.7K −52.9% −8.1% $24.8M 2,113 $40 32

Tue Feb 1 #7 $120.8K +42.6% −24.3% $24.9M 2,113 $57 33

Wed Feb 2 #7 $84.3K −30.2% −19.9% $25.0M 2,113 $40 34

Thu Feb 3 #8 $74.1K −12.1% −35.8% $25.1M 2,113 $35 35

Fri Feb 4 #8 $204.2K +175.5% −42.1% $25.3M 1,470 $139 36

Sat Feb 5 #8 $378.1K +85.2% −39.9% $25.7M 1,470 $257 37

Sun Feb 6 #8 $198.4K −47.5% +10.3% $25.9M 1,470 $135 38

Mon Feb 7 — $48.7K −75.5% −42.5% $25.9M 1,470 $33 39

Tue Feb 8 — $81.2K +66.7% −32.8% $26.0M 1,470 $55 40

Wed Feb 9 — $48.8K −39.9% −42.1% $26.0M 1,470 $33 41

Thu Feb 10 — $37.0K −24.3% −50.1% $26.1M 1,470 $25 42

Fri Feb 11 — $73.1K +97.7% −64.2% $26.2M 1,131 $65 43

Sat Feb 12 — $126.0K +72.4% −66.7% $26.3M 1,131 $111 44

Sun Feb 13 — $27.1K −78.5% −86.3% $26.3M 1,131 $24 45

Mon Feb 14 — $47.7K +76.0% −2.0% $26.4M 1,131 $42 46

Tue Feb 15 — $32.3K −32.4% −60.3% $26.4M 1,131 $29 47

Wed Feb 16 — $20.4K −36.7% −58.2% $26.4M 1,131 $18 48

Thu Feb 17 — $16.7K −18.2% −54.9% $26.4M 1,131 $15 49

Fri Feb 18 — $20.3K +22.0% −72.2% $26.4M 197 $103 50

Sat Feb 19 — $22.7K +11.8% −81.9% $26.5M 197 $115 51

Sun Feb 20 — $14.0K −38.3% −48.2% $26.5M 197 $71 52

Mon Feb 21 — $16.6K +18.4% −65.2% $26.5M 197 $84 53

Tue Feb 22 — $6.8K −59.0% −78.9% $26.5M 197 $35 54

Wed Feb 23 — $5.6K −18.0% −72.6% $26.5M 197 $28 55

Thu Feb 24 — $6.3K +11.9% −62.5% $26.5M 197 $32 56

Cumulative total$26.5M

Dec 25Jan 9Jan 25Feb 9Feb 24

Weekend grossWk 9 · $57.1K

$5.9M

$3.9M

$2.3M

$1.6M

$1.2M

$1.2M

$780.7K

$226.2K

$57.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,813 → 197 −93.0%

2,813 open197 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −74.7%

−33.3%

W1→2

−40.4%

W2→3

−32.5%

W3→4

−25.1%

W4→5

−1.4%

W5→6

−32.8%

W6→7

−71.0%

W7→8

−74.7%

W8→9

Steepest −74.7%Best hold −1.4%

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