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2024 • R • 129 min • Drama, Thriller, War • A24

Witness the war

🍅 93% 77%

75

3.6

7.0

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$25.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$68.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$127.30M

Global total

Budget$50M

Domestic legs2.7x

2024 rank#32

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Cast & crew

Full Garland filmography

Alex Garland

Alex Garland Director

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst Starring

Wagner Moura

Wagner Moura Starring

Cailee Spaeny

Cailee Spaeny Starring

Stephen McKinley Henderson

Stephen McKinley Henderson Starring

ScreenplayAlex Garland Produced byAlex Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Gregory Goodman CinematographyRob Hardy MusicGeoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury Prod. DesignCaty Maxey

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$71M–$76M

$65M $73M $82M

$68.80M so far

The prediction model updated after a -56% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $65M–$82M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$76M

Baseline

Thriller Original — 3.00 baseline opening

-4%

CinemaScore

B+: Thriller avg is A-

+2%

Audience

Strong — RT 77%, LB 3.60, IMDB 7.0

-4%

Seasonality

Spring

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

-3%

2nd Weekend

-56% drop

+5%

Genre

Thriller Original legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 12-14 1 $25.5M — 3,838 $6,653 $25.5M

2 Apr 19-21 1 $11.2M −56.1% 3,929 $2,856 $45.0M

3 Apr 26-28 4 $6.9M −38.9% 3,518 $1,948 $56.0M

4 May 3-5 6 $3.6M −48.2% 2,689 $1,320 $62.0M

5 May 10-12 7 $1.9M −46.8% 2,204 $856 $65.3M

6 May 17-19 10 $1.0M −44.4% 1,112 $943 $67.3M

7 May 24-26 15 $306.8K −70.8% 451 $680 $68.0M

8 May 31-Jun 2 21 $173.4K −43.5% 235 $737 $68.3M

9 Jun 7-9 23 $78.5K −54.7% 75 $1,046 $68.4M

10 Jun 14-16 28 $36.2K −53.9% 35 $1,033 $68.5M

11 Jun 21-23 38 $17.2K −52.4% 28 $615 $68.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 12 #1 $10.8M — $10.8M 3,838 $2,818 1

Sat Apr 13 #1 $8.8M −19% $19.6M 3,838 $2,283 2

Sun Apr 14 #1 $6.0M −32% $25.5M 3,838 $1,552 3

Mon Apr 15 #1 $2.0M −67% $27.5M 3,838 $515 4

Tue Apr 16 #1 $2.7M +37% $30.2M 3,838 $706 5

Wed Apr 17 #1 $1.9M −30% $32.1M 3,838 $495 6

Thu Apr 18 #1 $1.6M −14% $33.8M 3,838 $426 7

Fri Apr 19 #3 $3.3M +99% −70% $37.0M 3,929 $828 8

Sat Apr 20 #1 $4.7M +44% −47% $41.7M 3,929 $1,193 9

Sun Apr 21 #1 $3.3M −30% −45% $45.0M 3,929 $835 10

Mon Apr 22 #1 $918.5K −72% −54% $45.9M 3,929 $234 11

Tue Apr 23 #1 $1.4M +53% −48% $47.3M 3,929 $358 12

Wed Apr 24 #1 $983.8K −30% −48% $48.3M 3,929 $250 13

Thu Apr 25 #1 $905.1K −8% −45% $49.2M 3,929 $230 14

Fri Apr 26 #3 $1.9M +110% −41% $51.1M 3,518 $541 15

Sat Apr 27 #3 $3.0M +58% −36% $54.1M 3,518 $853 16

Sun Apr 28 #3 $1.9M −35% −41% $56.0M 3,518 $554 17

Mon Apr 29 #3 $584.9K −70% −36% $56.6M 3,518 $166 18

Tue Apr 30 #3 $789.7K +35% −44% $57.4M 3,518 $224 19

Wed May 1 #2 $537.0K −32% −45% $58.0M 3,518 $153 20

Thu May 2 #2 $499.4K −7% −45% $58.5M 3,518 $142 21

Fri May 3 #6 $976.7K +96% −49% $59.4M 2,689 $363 22

Sat May 4 #6 $1.5M +55% −50% $60.9M 2,689 $563 23

Sun May 5 #6 $1.1M −30% −46% $62.0M 2,689 $394 24

Mon May 6 #6 $339.1K −68% −42% $62.3M 2,689 $126 25

Tue May 7 #6 $444.2K +31% −44% $62.8M 2,689 $165 26

Wed May 8 #5 $319.9K −28% −40% $63.1M 2,689 $119 27

Thu May 9 #5 $300.7K −6% −40% $63.4M 2,689 $112 28

Fri May 10 #7 $510.8K +70% −48% $63.9M 2,204 $232 29

Sat May 11 #7 $761.1K +49% −50% $64.7M 2,204 $345 30

Sun May 12 #8 $616.8K −19% −42% $65.3M 2,204 $280 31

Mon May 13 #6 $215.9K −65% −36% $65.5M 2,204 $98 32

Tue May 14 #6 $282.8K +31% −36% $65.8M 2,204 $128 33

Wed May 15 #5 $240.4K −15% −25% $66.0M 2,204 $109 34

Thu May 16 #5 $187.5K −22% −38% $66.2M 2,204 $85 35

Fri May 17 #12 $272.4K +45% −47% $66.5M 1,112 $245 36

Sat May 18 #12 $444.1K +63% −42% $66.9M 1,112 $399 37

Sun May 19 #10 $333.1K −25% −46% $67.3M 1,112 $300 38

Mon May 20 #13 $120.7K −64% −44% $67.4M 1,112 $109 39

Tue May 21 #12 $132.2K +10% −53% $67.5M 1,112 $119 40

Wed May 22 #12 $101.4K −23% −58% $67.6M 1,112 $91 41

Thu May 23 #12 $82.6K −19% −56% $67.7M 1,112 $74 42

Fri May 24 #16 $79.0K −4% −71% $67.8M 451 $175 43

Sat May 25 #15 $116.8K +48% −74% $67.9M 451 $259 44

Sun May 26 #14 $111.0K −5% −67% $68.0M 451 $246 45

Mon May 27 #18 $86.6K −22% −28% $68.1M 451 $192 46

Fri May 31 #21 $49.9K −42% −62% $68.2M 235 $212 50

Sat Jun 1 #20 $70.6K +41% −30% $68.2M 235 $300 51

Sun Jun 2 #19 $52.9K −25% −36% $68.3M 235 $225 52

Mon Jun 3 #20 $22.3K −58% −72% $68.3M 235 $95 53

Tue Jun 4 #21 $23.9K +7% −80% $68.3M 235 $102 54

Wed Jun 5 #21 $22.3K −7% −80% $68.3M 235 $95 55

Thu Jun 6 #21 $20.0K −10% −77% $68.4M 235 $85 56

Fri Jun 7 #22 $24.5K +23% −51% $68.4M 75 $327 57

Sat Jun 8 #21 $30.0K +22% −58% $68.4M 75 $399 58

Sun Jun 9 #20 $24.0K −20% −55% $68.4M 75 $320 59

Mon Jun 10 #19 $18.8K −22% −16% $68.5M 75 $251 60

Tue Jun 11 #18 $19.9K +6% −17% $68.5M 75 $265 61

Wed Jun 12 #19 $15.5K −22% −31% $68.5M 75 $206 62

Thu Jun 13 #18 $13.2K −15% −34% $68.5M 75 $176 63

Fri Jun 14 #26 $7.6K −43% −69% $68.5M 35 $216 64

Sat Jun 15 #24 $15.9K +110% −47% $68.5M 35 $454 65

Sun Jun 16 #23 $12.7K −20% −47% $68.5M 35 $363 66

Mon Jun 17 #24 $7.7K −40% −59% $68.6M 35 $219 67

Tue Jun 18 #25 $8.1K +6% −59% $68.6M 35 $232 68

Wed Jun 19 #25 $8.8K +8% −43% $68.6M 35 $251 69

Thu Jun 20 #24 $7.1K −20% −47% $68.6M 35 $201 70

Fri Jun 21 #32 $4.9K −31% −35% $68.6M 28 $175 71

Sat Jun 22 #34 $6.9K +40% −57% $68.6M 28 $245 72

Sun Jun 23 #35 $5.5K −20% −57% $68.6M 28 $196 73

Mon Jun 24 #33 $1.1K −80% −85% $68.6M 28 $40 74

Tue Jun 25 #31 $1.3K +20% −83% $68.6M 28 $48 75

Wed Jun 26 #33 $1.1K −20% −88% $68.6M 28 $38 76

Thu Jun 27 #31 $1.9K +76% −73% $68.6M 28 $68 77

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

Cumulative total$68.6M

Apr 12Apr 29May 15Jun 4Jun 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $36.2K

$25.5M

$11.2M

$6.9M

$3.6M

$1.9M

$1.0M

$306.8K

$173.4K

$78.5K

$36.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,929 → 35 −99.1%

3,838 open35 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53.9%

−56.1%

W1→2

−38.9%

W2→3

−48.2%

W3→4

−46.8%

W4→5

−44.4%

W5→6

−70.8%

W6→7

−43.5%

W7→8

−54.7%

W8→9

−53.9%

W9→10

Steepest −70.8%Best hold −38.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

Ordered by how prominently this film features · all articles

Mentioned 5 movies battling it out on a busy weekend; all look to land between $15–25MWeek 39 · Preview · Sep 24, 2026 →

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Box office comparisons

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A24’s wide hits Primetime vs The Drama vs Civil War vs Talk to Me Robert Pattinson’s Primetime opened with $8.5M on Friday, previews included — against A24 hits of a similar size: his own The Drama ($14.4M opening, $48.1M final), Civil War ($25.5M, $68.8M) and Talk to Me ($10.4M, $48.3M).