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Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2018 • R • 1h 46m • Biography, Comedy, Crime • Fox Searchlight Pictures

Her greatest work will be her biggest crime.

🍅 98% 81% MC 87 LB 3.66 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$162K
Limited · 5 theaters
Domestic Total
$8.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$12.5M
$3.7M international
Domestic Legs6.1x
Budget$10M
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Cast & Crew

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Marielle Heller Marielle Heller Director Melissa McCarthy Melissa McCarthy Starring Richard E. Grant Richard E. Grant Starring Ben Falcone Ben Falcone Starring Jane Curtin Jane Curtin Starring
ScreenplayNicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty Produced byAnne Carey, David Yarnell, Amy Nauiokas CinematographyBrandon Trost Prod. DesignStephen H. Carter StudioFox Searchlight Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 19-21 23 $161.5K — 5 $32,302 $161.5K
2 Oct 26-28 20 $356.4K +120.6% 25 $14,255 $586.5K
3 Nov 2-4 16 $1.0M +189.7% 180 $5,735 $1.8M
4 Nov 9-11 13 $1.4M +39.7% 391 $3,689 $3.6M
5 Nov 16-18 13 $893.2K −38.1% 555 $1,609 $5.1M
6 Nov 23-25 17 $598.1K −33.0% 426 $1,404 $6.0M
7 Nov 30-Dec 2 18 $338.7K −43.4% 272 $1,245 $6.6M
8 Dec 7-9 21 $256.0K −24.4% 265 $966 $7.0M
9 Dec 14-16 26 $135.3K −47.1% 166 $815 $7.3M
10 Dec 21-23 30 $66.0K −51.2% 72 $917 $7.4M
11 Dec 28-30 34 $68.1K +3.2% 61 $1,116 $7.5M
12 Jan 4-6 36 $60.6K −11.0% 51 $1,188 $7.6M
13 Jan 11-13 39 $43.9K −27.6% 46 $954 $7.7M
14 Jan 18-20 41 $28.4K −35.2% 36 $790 $7.8M
15 Jan 25-27 27 $190.6K +570.5% 235 $811 $8.0M
16 Feb 1-3 30 $189.9K −0.4% 193 $984 $8.4M
17 Feb 8-10 34 $100.1K −47.3% 103 $972 $8.5M
18 Feb 15-17 40 $73.7K −26.4% 68 $1,083 $8.7M
19 Feb 22-24 45 $48.6K −34.0% 46 $1,056 $8.8M
20 Mar 1-3 61 $15.4K −68.2% 19 $812 $8.8M
21 Mar 8-10 68 $5.6K −63.7% 9 $623 $8.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $66.0K
$161.5K
$356.4K
$1.0M
$1.4M
$893.2K
$598.1K
$338.7K
$256.0K
$135.3K
$66.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.2%
+120.6%
W1→2
+189.7%
W2→3
+39.7%
W3→4
−38.1%
W4→5
−33.0%
W5→6
−43.4%
W6→7
−24.4%
W7→8
−47.1%
W8→9
−51.2%
W9→10
Steepest −51.2%Biggest gain +189.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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