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2023 • R • 2h 59m • Comedy, Drama, Horror • A24

From his darkest fears comes the greatest adventure.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$320K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$8.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$11.20M

$3.00M international

Domestic legs3.1x from $2.7M first wide weekend

Budget$35M

2023 rank#111

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Cast & crew

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Ari Aster

Ari Aster Director

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix Starring

Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane Starring

Amy Ryan

Amy Ryan Starring

Stephen McKinley Henderson

Stephen McKinley Henderson Starring

Patti LuPone

Patti LuPone Starring A24 Studio

ScreenplayAri Aster Produced byLars Knudsen, Ari Aster CinematographyPawel Pogorzelski Music byBobby Krlic StudioA24

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 14-16 14 $320.4K — 4 $80,099 $320.4K

2 Apr 21-23 9 $2.7M +730.8% 965 $2,759 $3.5M

3 Apr 28-30 - $1.5M −44.2% 2,125 $699 $6.1M

4 May 5-7 - $394.3K −73.4% 510 $773 $7.2M

5 May 12-14 - $187.2K −52.5% 246 $761 $7.7M

6 May 19-21 - $100.6K −46.3% 136 $739 $7.9M

7 May 26-28 - $63.9K −36.4% 136 $470 $8.1M

8 Jun 2-4 - $41.9K −34.5% 136 $308 $8.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 14 #13 $141.1K — $141.1K 4 $35,273 1

Sat Apr 15 #- $100.7K −29% $241.8K 4 $25,183 2

Sun Apr 16 #14 $78.6K −22% $320.4K 4 $19,643 3

Mon Apr 17 #- $43.0K −45% $363.4K 4 $10,753 4

Tue Apr 18 #- $30.7K −29% $394.1K 4 $7,682 5

Wed Apr 19 #- $24.4K −20% $418.6K 4 $6,112 6

Thu Apr 20 #- $17.7K −28% $436.2K 4 $4,414 7

Fri Apr 21 #7 $1.1M +6% +707% $2.0M 965 $1,179 8

Sat Apr 22 #9 $898.4K −21% +792% $2.9M 965 $931 9

Sun Apr 23 #10 $625.5K −30% +696% $3.5M 965 $648 10

Mon Apr 24 #9 $271.2K −57% +531% $3.8M 965 $281 11

Tue Apr 25 #10 $319.0K +18% +938% $4.1M 965 $331 12

Wed Apr 26 #9 $269.0K −16% +1% $4.4M 965 $279 13

Thu Apr 27 #7 $251.2K −7% +1% $4.6M 965 $260 14

Fri Apr 28 #- $468.9K +87% −59% $5.1M 2,125 $221 15

Sat Apr 29 #- $571.1K +22% −36% $5.7M 2,125 $269 16

Sun Apr 30 #- $444.3K −22% −29% $6.1M 2,125 $209 17

Mon May 1 #- $181.1K −59% −33% $6.3M 2,125 $85 18

Tue May 2 #- $220.0K +21% −31% $6.5M 2,125 $104 19

Wed May 3 #- $195.7K −11% −27% $6.7M 2,125 $92 20

Thu May 4 #- $120.1K −39% −52% $6.8M 2,125 $57 21

Fri May 5 #- $112.9K −6% −76% $7.0M 510 $221 22

Sat May 6 #- $155.7K +38% −73% $7.1M 510 $305 23

Sun May 7 #- $125.7K −19% −72% $7.2M 510 $246 24

Mon May 8 #- $61.2K −51% −66% $7.3M 510 $120 25

Tue May 9 #- $72.3K +18% −67% $7.4M 510 $142 26

Wed May 10 #- $61.5K −15% −69% $7.4M 510 $121 27

Thu May 11 #- $50.0K −19% −58% $7.5M 510 $98 28

Fri May 12 #- $55.5K +11% −51% $7.5M 246 $226 29

Sat May 13 #- $73.1K +32% −53% $7.6M 246 $297 30

Sun May 14 #- $58.5K −20% −53% $7.7M 246 $238 31

Mon May 15 #- $35.1K −40% −43% $7.7M 246 $143 32

Tue May 16 #- $38.1K +9% −47% $7.7M 246 $155 33

Wed May 17 #- $38.1K — −38% $7.8M 246 $155 34

Thu May 18 #- $31.0K −19% −38% $7.8M 246 $126 35

Fri May 19 #- $25.9K −16% −53% $7.8M 136 $190 36

Sat May 20 #- $41.2K +59% −44% $7.9M 136 $303 37

Sun May 21 #- $33.4K −19% −43% $7.9M 136 $246 38

Mon May 22 #- $19.8K −41% −44% $7.9M 136 $145 39

Tue May 23 #- $18.4K −7% −52% $8.0M 136 $135 40

Wed May 24 #- $19.1K +4% −50% $8.0M 136 $141 41

Thu May 25 #- $16.0K −16% −48% $8.0M 136 $117 42

Fri May 26 #- $19.7K +24% −24% $8.0M 136 $145 43

Sat May 27 #- $24.6K +24% −40% $8.0M 136 $181 44

Sun May 28 #- $19.6K −20% −41% $8.1M 136 $144 45

Mon May 29 #- $17.4K −11% −12% $8.1M 136 $128 46

Tue May 30 #- $14.1K −19% −23% $8.1M 136 $104 47

Wed May 31 #- $13.1K −8% −32% $8.1M 136 $96 48

Thu Jun 1 #13 $11.1K −15% −30% $8.1M 136 $82 49

Fri Jun 2 #- $11.3K +1% −43% $8.1M 136 $83 50

Sat Jun 3 #- $15.7K +39% −36% $8.1M 136 $115 51

Sun Jun 4 #- $15.0K −4% −24% $8.2M 136 $110 52

Mon Jun 5 #- $7.3K −51% −58% $8.2M 136 $54 53

Tue Jun 6 #- $7.0K −5% −51% $8.2M 136 $51 54

Wed Jun 7 #- $6.6K −5% −49% $8.2M 136 $49 55

Thu Jun 8 #- $5.4K −19% −51% $8.2M 136 $40 56

Cumulative total$8.2M

Apr 14Apr 28May 12May 25Jun 8

Weekend grossWk 8 · $41.9K

$320.4K

$2.7M

$1.5M

$394.3K

$187.2K

$100.6K

$63.9K

$41.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,125 → 136 −93.6%

4 open136 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −34.5%

+730.8%

W1→2

−44.2%

W2→3

−73.4%

W3→4

−52.5%

W4→5

−46.3%

W5→6

−36.4%

W6→7

−34.5%

W7→8

Steepest −73.4%Biggest gain +730.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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