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BlacKkKlansman

2018 • R • 2h 15m • Crime, Comedy, Drama • Focus Features

Infiltrate hate.

🍅 96% 83%

83

3.95

7.5

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$10.8M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$49.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$93.4M

$44.1M international

Domestic Legs4.5x

Budget$15.0M

2018 Rank#62

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Cast & Crew

Full Lee filmography

Spike Lee Director

John David Washington

John David Washington Starring

Adam Driver Starring

Topher Grace Starring

Alec Baldwin Starring

Corey Hawkins Starring

ScreenplayCharlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee Produced byJason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele, Shaun Redick CinematographyChayse Irvin Music byTerence Blanchard StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 10-12 5 $10.8M — 1,512 $7,173 $10.8M

2 Aug 17-19 7 $7.4M −31.9% 1,788 $4,129 $23.4M

3 Aug 24-26 8 $5.1M −30.9% 1,914 $2,664 $31.8M

4 Aug 31-Sep 2 9 $4.2M −17.6% 1,766 $2,379 $38.4M

5 Sep 7-9 9 $2.6M −37.9% 1,547 $1,687 $43.5M

6 Sep 14-16 12 $1.3M −51.7% 942 $1,339 $45.9M

7 Sep 21-23 17 $647.9K −48.6% 454 $1,427 $47.1M

8 Sep 28-30 21 $447.3K −31.0% 436 $1,026 $47.8M

9 Oct 5-7 29 $165.2K −63.1% 158 $1,045 $48.2M

25 Jan 25-27 33 $108.9K −34.1% 171 $637 $48.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 10 #5 $3.6M — $3.6M 1,512 $2,390 1

Sat Aug 11 #4 $4.1M +14.0% $7.7M 1,512 $2,724 2

Sun Aug 12 #4 $3.1M −24.5% $10.8M 1,512 $2,058 3

Mon Aug 13 #5 $1.3M −59.2% $12.1M 1,512 $839 4

Tue Aug 14 #4 $1.6M +24.8% $13.7M 1,512 $1,047 5

Wed Aug 15 #5 $1.1M −32.3% $14.8M 1,512 $708 6

Thu Aug 16 #5 $1.2M +16.0% $16.0M 1,512 $822 7

Fri Aug 17 #7 $2.0M +59.5% −45.2% $18.0M 1,788 $1,108 8

Sat Aug 18 #7 $3.0M +48.9% −28.4% $20.9M 1,788 $1,651 9

Sun Aug 19 #7 $2.5M −17.0% −21.3% $23.4M 1,788 $1,370 10

Mon Aug 20 #7 $780.4K −68.1% −38.5% $24.2M 1,788 $436 11

Tue Aug 21 #7 $1.1M +35.0% −33.4% $25.2M 1,788 $589 12

Wed Aug 22 #7 $779.2K −26.1% −27.3% $26.0M 1,788 $436 13

Thu Aug 23 #7 $687.4K −11.8% −44.7% $26.7M 1,788 $384 14

Fri Aug 24 #8 $1.4M +103.4% −29.5% $28.1M 1,914 $730 15

Sat Aug 25 #8 $2.2M +57.1% −25.6% $30.3M 1,914 $1,148 16

Sun Aug 26 #8 $1.5M −31.5% −38.6% $31.8M 1,914 $786 17

Mon Aug 27 #7 $524.6K −65.1% −32.8% $32.3M 1,914 $274 18

Tue Aug 28 #8 $725.9K +38.4% −31.1% $33.0M 1,914 $379 19

Wed Aug 29 #8 $526.8K −27.4% −32.4% $33.6M 1,914 $275 20

Thu Aug 30 #7 $623.5K +18.4% −9.3% $34.2M 1,914 $326 21

Fri Aug 31 #9 $1.0M +65.0% −26.4% $35.2M 1,766 $583 22

Sat Sep 1 #9 $1.6M +52.3% −28.7% $36.8M 1,766 $887 23

Sun Sep 2 #8 $1.6M +2.5% +6.8% $38.4M 1,766 $910 24

Mon Sep 3 #8 $1.4M −9.9% +175.8% $39.8M 1,766 $819 25

Tue Sep 4 #10 $424.5K −70.7% −41.5% $40.3M 1,766 $240 26

Wed Sep 5 #6 $320.9K −24.4% −39.1% $40.6M 1,766 $182 27

Thu Sep 6 #6 $301.1K −6.2% −51.7% $40.9M 1,766 $171 28

Fri Sep 7 #9 $745.9K +147.7% −27.5% $41.6M 1,547 $482 29

Sat Sep 8 #10 $1.2M +55.2% −26.1% $42.8M 1,547 $748 30

Sun Sep 9 #9 $706.3K −39.0% −56.0% $43.5M 1,547 $457 31

Mon Sep 10 #9 $309.7K −56.1% −78.6% $43.8M 1,547 $200 32

Tue Sep 11 #8 $335.5K +8.3% −21.0% $44.1M 1,547 $217 33

Wed Sep 12 #7 $280.1K −16.5% −12.7% $44.4M 1,547 $181 34

Thu Sep 13 #7 $227.2K −18.9% −24.5% $44.7M 1,547 $147 35

Fri Sep 14 #13 $358.1K +57.6% −52.0% $45.0M 942 $380 36

Sat Sep 15 #12 $581.2K +62.3% −49.8% $45.6M 942 $617 37

Sun Sep 16 #13 $321.5K −44.7% −54.5% $45.9M 942 $341 38

Mon Sep 17 #12 $140.1K −56.4% −54.8% $46.1M 942 $149 39

Tue Sep 18 #12 $169.7K +21.1% −49.4% $46.2M 942 $180 40

Wed Sep 19 #13 $157.7K −7.0% −43.7% $46.4M 942 $167 41

Thu Sep 20 #12 $101.0K −35.9% −55.5% $46.5M 942 $107 42

Fri Sep 21 — $182.6K +80.7% −49.0% $46.7M 454 $402 43

Sat Sep 22 — $302.8K +65.8% −47.9% $47.0M 454 $667 44

Sun Sep 23 — $162.6K −46.3% −49.4% $47.1M 454 $358 45

Mon Sep 24 — $62.2K −61.7% −55.6% $47.2M 454 $137 46

Tue Sep 25 — $86.5K +39.1% −49.0% $47.3M 454 $191 47

Wed Sep 26 — $60.7K −29.8% −61.5% $47.3M 454 $134 48

Thu Sep 27 — $46.4K −23.5% −54.0% $47.4M 454 $102 49

Fri Sep 28 — $127.1K +173.7% −30.4% $47.5M 436 $291 50

Sat Sep 29 — $210.7K +65.8% −30.4% $47.7M 436 $483 51

Sun Sep 30 — $109.6K −48.0% −32.6% $47.8M 436 $251 52

Mon Oct 1 — $46.2K −57.8% −25.7% $47.9M 436 $106 53

Tue Oct 2 — $56.9K +23.1% −34.2% $47.9M 436 $131 54

Wed Oct 3 — $44.6K −21.7% −26.6% $48.0M 436 $102 55

Thu Oct 4 — $35.1K −21.3% −24.5% $48.0M 436 $80 56

Fri Oct 5 — $42.8K +22.1% −66.3% $48.1M 158 $271 57

Sat Oct 6 — $71.5K +67.0% −66.1% $48.1M 158 $453 58

Sun Oct 7 — $50.8K −28.9% −53.6% $48.2M 158 $322 59

Mon Oct 8 — $33.0K −35.1% −28.6% $48.2M 158 $209 60

Tue Oct 9 — $23.2K −29.6% −59.2% $48.2M 158 $147 61

Wed Oct 10 — $21.6K −7.1% −51.6% $48.3M 158 $137 62

Thu Oct 11 — $14.7K −31.8% −58.1% $48.3M 158 $93 63

Fri Jan 25 — $26.4K — $48.6M 171 $154 169

Sat Jan 26 — $51.1K +94.0% $48.6M 171 $299 170

Sun Jan 27 — $31.4K −38.6% $48.6M 171 $184 171

Mon Jan 28 — $11.7K −62.7% $48.6M 171 $68 172

Tue Jan 29 — $15.0K +28.4% $48.7M 171 $88 173

Wed Jan 30 — $12.1K −19.2% $48.7M 171 $71 174

Thu Jan 31 — $11.3K −7.0% $48.7M 171 $66 175

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

Cumulative total$48.3M

Aug 10Aug 26Sep 10Sep 26Oct 11

Weekend grossWk 9 · $165.2K

$10.8M

$7.4M

$5.1M

$4.2M

$2.6M

$1.3M

$647.9K

$447.3K

$165.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 1,914 → 158 −91.7%

1,512 open158 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −63.1%

−31.9%

W1→2

−30.9%

W2→3

−17.6%

W3→4

−37.9%

W4→5

−51.7%

W5→6

−48.6%

W6→7

−31.0%

W7→8

−63.1%

W8→9

Steepest −63.1%Best hold −17.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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