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2018 • R • 1h 28m • Drama, Music, Romance • Amazon Studios

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90

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$54K

Limited · 3 theaters

Domestic total

$4.58M

Final

Worldwide total

$25.03M

$20.45M international

Domestic legs8.3x from $552K biggest weekend

Budget$4.80M

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Cast & crew

Directed byPaweł Pawlikowski ScreenplayJanusz Głowacki, Paweł Pawlikowski Produced byEwa Puszczyńska, Tanya Seghatchian CinematographyŁukasz Żal Prod. DesignKatarzyna Sobańska, Marcel Sławiński StarringJoanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar StudioAmazon Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 21-23 32 $54.4K — 3 $18,118 $54.4K

2 Dec 28-30 37 $44.3K −18.4% 3 $14,777 $143.5K

3 Jan 4-6 31 $90.8K +104.7% 6 $15,127 $272.1K

4 Jan 11-13 33 $97.5K +7.4% 10 $9,751 $410.9K

5 Jan 18-20 24 $263.4K +170.1% 39 $6,753 $718.2K

6 Jan 25-27 23 $552.4K +109.8% 111 $4,977 $1.4M

7 Feb 1-3 25 $525.7K −4.8% 217 $2,422 $2.1M

8 Feb 8-10 23 $520.7K −0.9% 270 $1,928 $2.9M

9 Feb 15-17 26 $415.8K −20.2% 247 $1,683 $3.6M

10 Feb 22-24 29 $300.8K −27.7% 259 $1,161 $4.1M

11 Mar 1-3 35 $134.1K −55.4% 128 $1,048 $4.4M

12 Mar 8-10 43 $60.4K −55.0% 60 $1,006 $4.5M

13 Mar 15-17 56 $26.9K −55.4% 48 $561 $4.5M

14 Mar 22-24 64 $9.7K −64.1% 16 $604 $4.6M

15 Mar 29-31 65 $7.9K −18.1% 17 $465 $4.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 21 $17.5K — $17.5K 3 $5,828 1

Sat Dec 22 $20.9K +20% $38.4K 3 $6,980 2

Sun Dec 23 $15.9K −24% $54.4K 3 $5,309 3

Mon Dec 24 $8.4K −47% $62.8K 3 $2,816 4

Tue Dec 25 $17.0K +101% $79.8K 3 $5,660 5

Wed Dec 26 $9.8K −42% $89.6K 3 $3,276 6

Thu Dec 27 $9.6K −2% $99.2K 3 $3,203 7

Fri Dec 28 $11.3K +17% −35% $110.5K 3 $3,761 8

Sat Dec 29 $18.1K +60% −14% $128.6K 3 $6,023 9

Sun Dec 30 $15.0K −17% −6% $143.5K 3 $4,992 10

Mon Dec 31 $9.3K −38% +10% $152.8K 3 $3,095 11

Tue Jan 1 $13.8K +49% −19% $166.6K 3 $4,603 12

Wed Jan 2 $7.5K −46% −24% $174.1K 3 $2,489 13

Thu Jan 3 $7.3K −3% −25% $181.4K 3 $2,417 14

Fri Jan 4 $29.4K +305% +160% $210.7K 6 $4,896 15

Sat Jan 5 $36.8K +25% +103% $247.5K 6 $6,126 16

Sun Jan 6 $24.6K −33% +64% $272.1K 6 $4,106 17

Mon Jan 7 $8.7K −65% −7% $280.8K 6 $1,447 18

Tue Jan 8 $10.2K +17% −26% $291.0K 6 $1,697 19

Wed Jan 9 $11.9K +17% +60% $302.9K 6 $1,988 20

Thu Jan 10 $10.5K −12% +45% $313.4K 6 $1,753 21

Fri Jan 11 $23.4K +123% −20% $336.9K 10 $2,344 22

Sat Jan 12 $44.3K +89% +21% $381.2K 10 $4,430 23

Sun Jan 13 $29.8K −33% +21% $410.9K 10 $2,977 24

Mon Jan 14 $9.8K −67% +13% $420.8K 10 $985 25

Tue Jan 15 $10.8K +9% +6% $431.6K 10 $1,078 26

Wed Jan 16 $11.8K +10% −1% $443.4K 10 $1,182 27

Thu Jan 17 $11.5K −3% +9% $454.8K 10 $1,146 28

Fri Jan 18 $68.5K +498% +192% $523.4K 39 $1,757 29

Sat Jan 19 $114.5K +67% +158% $637.8K 39 $2,935 30

Sun Jan 20 $80.3K −30% +170% $718.2K 39 $2,060 31

Mon Jan 21 $51.3K −36% +421% $769.5K 39 $1,315 32

Tue Jan 22 $31.7K −38% +194% $801.2K 39 $813 33

Wed Jan 23 $37.7K +19% +219% $838.9K 39 $967 34

Thu Jan 24 $33.5K −11% +192% $872.3K 39 $858 35

Fri Jan 25 $141.7K +324% +107% $1.0M 111 $1,277 36

Sat Jan 26 $249.1K +76% +118% $1.3M 111 $2,245 37

Sun Jan 27 $161.6K −35% +101% $1.4M 111 $1,456 38

Mon Jan 28 $46.0K −72% −10% $1.5M 111 $414 39

Tue Jan 29 $50.4K +10% +59% $1.5M 111 $454 40

Wed Jan 30 $45.5K −10% +21% $1.6M 111 $410 41

Thu Jan 31 $51.3K +13% +53% $1.6M 111 $462 42

Fri Feb 1 $142.0K +177% +0% $1.8M 217 $654 43

Sat Feb 2 $248.5K +75% −0% $2.0M 217 $1,145 44

Sun Feb 3 $135.2K −46% −16% $2.1M 217 $623 45

Mon Feb 4 $56.3K −58% +22% $2.2M 217 $260 46

Tue Feb 5 $62.9K +12% +25% $2.3M 217 $290 47

Wed Feb 6 $58.8K −6% +29% $2.3M 217 $271 48

Thu Feb 7 $60.1K +2% +17% $2.4M 217 $277 49

Fri Feb 8 $128.6K +114% −9% $2.5M 270 $476 50

Sat Feb 9 $234.9K +83% −5% $2.7M 270 $870 51

Sun Feb 10 $157.2K −33% +16% $2.9M 270 $582 52

Mon Feb 11 $48.9K −69% −13% $3.0M 270 $181 53

Tue Feb 12 $51.8K +6% −18% $3.0M 270 $192 54

Wed Feb 13 $56.1K +8% −5% $3.1M 270 $208 55

Thu Feb 14 $87.3K +56% +45% $3.1M 270 $323 56

Fri Feb 15 $94.5K +8% −27% $3.2M 247 $382 57

Sat Feb 16 $182.7K +93% −22% $3.4M 247 $740 58

Sun Feb 17 $138.6K −24% −12% $3.6M 247 $561 59

Mon Feb 18 $88.0K −37% +80% $3.7M 247 $356 60

Tue Feb 19 $50.6K −42% −2% $3.7M 247 $205 61

Wed Feb 20 $43.6K −14% −22% $3.7M 247 $177 62

Thu Feb 21 $50.2K +15% −42% $3.8M 247 $203 63

Fri Feb 22 $82.3K +64% −13% $3.9M 259 $318 64

Sat Feb 23 $152.3K +85% −17% $4.0M 259 $588 65

Sun Feb 24 $66.3K −56% −52% $4.1M 259 $256 66

Mon Feb 25 $29.1K −56% −67% $4.1M 259 $113 67

Tue Feb 26 $36.3K +24% −28% $4.2M 259 $140 68

Wed Feb 27 $32.3K −11% −26% $4.2M 259 $125 69

Thu Feb 28 $31.3K −3% −38% $4.2M 259 $121 70

Fri Mar 1 $30.9K −1% −62% $4.3M 128 $242 71

Sat Mar 2 $62.0K +101% −59% $4.3M 128 $484 72

Sun Mar 3 $41.2K −34% −38% $4.4M 128 $322 73

Mon Mar 4 $12.6K −69% −57% $4.4M 128 $99 74

Tue Mar 5 $14.7K +17% −59% $4.4M 128 $115 75

Wed Mar 6 $15.8K +8% −51% $4.4M 128 $124 76

Thu Mar 7 $14.8K −6% −53% $4.4M 128 $116 77

Fri Mar 8 $14.3K −4% −54% $4.4M 60 $238 78

Sat Mar 9 $25.8K +81% −58% $4.5M 60 $431 79

Sun Mar 10 $20.3K −22% −51% $4.5M 60 $338 80

Mon Mar 11 $7.4K −63% −41% $4.5M 60 $123 81

Tue Mar 12 $7.0K −6% −53% $4.5M 60 $116 82

Wed Mar 13 $7.0K +1% −56% $4.5M 60 $117 83

Thu Mar 14 $8.1K +15% −46% $4.5M 60 $134 84

Fri Mar 15 $6.7K −17% −53% $4.5M 48 $139 85

Sat Mar 16 $12.3K +85% −52% $4.5M 48 $257 86

Sun Mar 17 $7.9K −36% −61% $4.5M 48 $165 87

Mon Mar 18 $5.5K −30% −26% $4.5M 48 $115 88

Tue Mar 19 $3.0K −45% −57% $4.5M 48 $63 89

Wed Mar 20 $3.0K −2% −58% $4.5M 48 $61 90

Thu Mar 21 $3.4K +15% −58% $4.5M 48 $71 91

Fri Mar 22 $3.1K −8% −53% $4.6M 16 $196 92

Sat Mar 23 $4.1K +30% −67% $4.6M 16 $253 93

Sun Mar 24 $2.5K −39% −69% $4.6M 16 $155 94

Mon Mar 25 $1.5K −40% −73% $4.6M 16 $93 95

Tue Mar 26 $1.1K −26% −63% $4.6M 16 $69 96

Wed Mar 27 $2.3K +104% −23% $4.6M 16 $141 97

Thu Mar 28 $1.8K −19% −46% $4.6M 16 $114 98

Fri Mar 29 $2.0K +7% −38% $4.6M 17 $115 99

Sat Mar 30 $3.8K +93% −7% $4.6M 17 $221 100

Sun Mar 31 $2.2K −42% −11% $4.6M 17 $129 101

Mon Apr 1 $2.6K +17% +71% $4.6M 17 $151 102

Tue Apr 2 $1.0K −60% −8% $4.6M 17 $60 103

Wed Apr 3 $1.6K +55% −30% $4.6M 17 $93 104

Thu Apr 4 $2.3K +48% +28% $4.6M 17 $138 105

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

Cumulative total$4.2M

Dec 21Jan 7Jan 25Feb 11Feb 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $300.8K

$54.4K

$44.3K

$90.8K

$97.5K

$263.4K

$552.4K

$525.7K

$520.7K

$415.8K

$300.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 270 → 259 −4.1%

3 open259 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.7%

−18.4%

W1→2

+104.7%

W2→3

+7.4%

W3→4

+170.1%

W4→5

+109.8%

W5→6

−4.8%

W6→7

−0.9%

W7→8

−20.2%

W8→9

−27.7%

W9→10

Steepest −27.7%Biggest gain +170.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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