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Eighth Grade

2018 • R • 1h 33m • Comedy, Drama • A24

Based on the most awkward year of your life.

🍅 99% 82%

85

3.74

7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$264K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$13.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$14.3M

$808K international

Domestic Legs4.7x

Budget$2M

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBo Burnham ScreenplayBo Burnham Produced byScott Rudin, Christopher Storer, Eli Bush, Lila Yacoub CinematographyAndrew Wehde StarringElsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake Ryan, Daniel Zolghadri, Fred Hechinger StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 13-15 23 $263.8K — 4 $65,949 $263.8K

2 Jul 20-22 17 $824.2K +212.4% 33 $24,975 $1.2M

3 Jul 27-29 14 $1.3M +54.0% 158 $8,032 $2.9M

4 Aug 3-5 12 $2.9M +124.6% 1,084 $2,630 $6.6M

5 Aug 10-12 16 $1.6M −44.3% 1,084 $1,464 $10.1M

6 Aug 17-19 18 $735.2K −53.7% 542 $1,357 $11.6M

7 Aug 24-26 21 $418.1K −43.1% 366 $1,142 $12.5M

8 Aug 31-Sep 2 29 $267.6K −36.0% 227 $1,179 $12.9M

9 Sep 7-9 30 $165.7K −38.1% 176 $942 $13.3M

10 Sep 14-16 39 $77.7K −53.1% 101 $769 $13.4M

11 Sep 21-23 48 $37.9K −51.3% 41 $923 $13.5M

12 Sep 28-30 64 $16.6K −56.0% 41 $406 $13.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 13 — $91.9K — $91.9K 4 $22,976 1

Sat Jul 14 — $91.6K −0.3% $183.5K 4 $22,912 2

Sun Jul 15 — $80.2K −12.4% $263.8K 4 $20,062 3

Mon Jul 16 — $37.1K −53.8% $300.9K 4 $9,278 4

Tue Jul 17 — $33.8K −9.0% $334.7K 4 $8,446 5

Wed Jul 18 — $39.3K +16.2% $373.9K 4 $9,813 6

Thu Jul 19 — $28.9K −26.5% $402.8K 4 $7,214 7

Fri Jul 20 — $285.5K +889.4% +210.6% $688.3K 33 $8,651 8

Sat Jul 21 — $279.9K −2.0% +205.4% $968.2K 33 $8,482 9

Sun Jul 22 — $258.8K −7.5% +222.5% $1.2M 33 $7,842 10

Mon Jul 23 — $109.2K −57.8% +194.2% $1.3M 33 $3,308 11

Tue Jul 24 — $116.0K +6.2% +243.3% $1.5M 33 $3,514 12

Wed Jul 25 — $113.0K −2.5% +188.0% $1.6M 33 $3,425 13

Thu Jul 26 — $83.7K −26.0% +190.0% $1.6M 33 $2,536 14

Fri Jul 27 #13 $454.5K +443.1% +59.2% $2.1M 158 $2,876 15

Sat Jul 28 #15 $461.7K +1.6% +64.9% $2.6M 158 $2,922 16

Sun Jul 29 #14 $352.9K −23.6% +36.4% $2.9M 158 $2,234 17

Mon Jul 30 #13 $184.7K −47.7% +69.2% $3.1M 158 $1,169 18

Tue Jul 31 #14 $221.5K +19.9% +91.0% $3.3M 158 $1,402 19

Wed Aug 1 #13 $209.3K −5.5% +85.2% $3.5M 158 $1,325 20

Thu Aug 2 #11 $178.1K −14.9% +112.8% $3.7M 158 $1,127 21

Fri Aug 3 #12 $1.0M +463.5% +120.8% $4.7M 1,084 $926 22

Sat Aug 4 #12 $1.1M +5.3% +129.0% $5.8M 1,084 $975 23

Sun Aug 5 #12 $790.3K −25.2% +123.9% $6.6M 1,084 $729 24

Mon Aug 6 #12 $468.3K −40.7% +153.5% $7.0M 1,084 $432 25

Tue Aug 7 #12 $534.0K +14.0% +141.1% $7.6M 1,084 $493 26

Wed Aug 8 #12 $570.7K +6.9% +172.7% $8.1M 1,084 $527 27

Thu Aug 9 #13 $331.7K −41.9% +86.3% $8.5M 1,084 $306 28

Fri Aug 10 — $442.9K +33.5% −55.9% $8.9M 1,084 $409 29

Sat Aug 11 — $666.3K +50.5% −37.0% $9.6M 1,084 $615 30

Sun Aug 12 — $478.1K −28.3% −39.5% $10.1M 1,084 $441 31

Mon Aug 13 #15 $245.9K −48.6% −47.5% $10.3M 1,084 $227 32

Tue Aug 14 — $267.9K +8.9% −49.8% $10.6M 1,084 $247 33

Wed Aug 15 — $176.5K −34.1% −69.1% $10.7M 1,084 $163 34

Thu Aug 16 #15 $158.9K −10.0% −52.1% $10.9M 1,084 $147 35

Fri Aug 17 — $206.8K +30.2% −53.3% $11.1M 542 $381 36

Sat Aug 18 — $302.3K +46.2% −54.6% $11.4M 542 $558 37

Sun Aug 19 — $226.2K −25.2% −52.7% $11.6M 542 $417 38

Mon Aug 20 — $101.0K −55.3% −58.9% $11.7M 542 $186 39

Tue Aug 21 — $120.0K +18.8% −55.2% $11.9M 542 $221 40

Wed Aug 22 — $98.4K −18.0% −44.2% $12.0M 542 $182 41

Thu Aug 23 — $82.2K −16.5% −48.3% $12.0M 542 $152 42

Fri Aug 24 — $116.6K +41.9% −43.6% $12.2M 366 $319 43

Sat Aug 25 — $177.5K +52.2% −41.3% $12.3M 366 $485 44

Sun Aug 26 — $124.0K −30.2% −45.2% $12.5M 366 $339 45

Mon Aug 27 — $47.8K −61.4% −52.7% $12.5M 366 $131 46

Tue Aug 28 — $59.4K +24.3% −50.5% $12.6M 366 $162 47

Wed Aug 29 — $50.6K −14.9% −48.6% $12.6M 366 $138 48

Thu Aug 30 — $46.9K −7.2% −42.9% $12.7M 366 $128 49

Fri Aug 31 — $68.3K +45.5% −41.5% $12.7M 227 $301 50

Sat Sep 1 — $97.6K +43.0% −45.0% $12.8M 227 $430 51

Sun Sep 2 — $101.7K +4.2% −17.9% $12.9M 227 $448 52

Mon Sep 3 — $90.1K −11.5% +88.4% $13.0M 227 $397 53

Tue Sep 4 — $25.9K −71.3% −56.4% $13.0M 227 $114 54

Wed Sep 5 — $26.0K +0.5% −48.5% $13.1M 227 $115 55

Thu Sep 6 — $26.7K +2.8% −43.0% $13.1M 227 $118 56

Fri Sep 7 — $39.0K +45.9% −42.9% $13.1M 176 $222 57

Sat Sep 8 — $76.7K +96.7% −21.4% $13.2M 176 $436 58

Sun Sep 9 — $50.0K −34.9% −50.9% $13.3M 176 $284 59

Mon Sep 10 — $18.9K −62.2% −79.0% $13.3M 176 $107 60

Tue Sep 11 — $20.0K +5.9% −22.7% $13.3M 176 $114 61

Wed Sep 12 — $18.5K −7.5% −28.9% $13.3M 176 $105 62

Thu Sep 13 — $17.1K −7.6% −36.1% $13.3M 176 $97 63

Fri Sep 14 — $21.2K +23.8% −45.7% $13.4M 101 $210 64

Sat Sep 15 — $35.6K +68.0% −53.6% $13.4M 101 $352 65

Sun Sep 16 — $20.9K −41.1% −58.1% $13.4M 101 $207 66

Mon Sep 17 — $8.7K −58.5% −54.0% $13.4M 101 $86 67

Tue Sep 18 — $10.8K +24.0% −46.1% $13.4M 101 $107 68

Wed Sep 19 — $11.3K +4.5% −39.2% $13.4M 101 $111 69

Thu Sep 20 — $9.0K −20.0% −47.3% $13.5M 101 $89 70

Fri Sep 21 — $9.8K +8.8% −53.7% $13.5M 41 $239 71

Sat Sep 22 — $17.5K +78.9% −50.7% $13.5M 41 $428 72

Sun Sep 23 — $10.5K −40.0% −49.8% $13.5M 41 $257 73

Mon Sep 24 — $3.1K −70.8% −64.7% $13.5M 41 $75 74

Tue Sep 25 — $5.0K +63.0% −53.6% $13.5M 41 $122 75

Wed Sep 26 — $3.8K −25.0% −66.7% $13.5M 41 $92 76

Thu Sep 27 — $4.7K +25.0% −47.9% $13.5M 41 $114 77

Fri Sep 28 — $4.5K −4.0% −54.0% $13.5M 41 $110 78

Sat Sep 29 — $7.0K +55.6% −60.0% $13.5M 41 $171 79

Sun Sep 30 — $5.1K −26.7% −51.2% $13.5M 41 $125 80

Mon Oct 1 — $3.2K −38.6% +2.8% $13.5M 41 $77 81

Tue Oct 2 — $3.0K −4.0% −39.5% $13.5M 41 $74 82

Wed Oct 3 — $2.4K −20.0% −35.4% $13.5M 41 $59 83

Thu Oct 4 — $2.8K +17.0% −39.6% $13.5M 41 $69 84

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

Cumulative total$13.5M

Jul 13Jul 30Aug 17Sep 3Sep 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $77.7K

$263.8K

$824.2K

$1.3M

$2.9M

$1.6M

$735.2K

$418.1K

$267.6K

$165.7K

$77.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,084 → 101 −90.7%

4 open101 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −53.1%

+212.4%

W1→2

+54.0%

W2→3

+124.6%

W3→4

−44.3%

W4→5

−53.7%

W5→6

−43.1%

W6→7

−36.0%

W7→8

−38.1%

W8→9

−53.1%

W9→10

Steepest −53.7%Biggest gain +212.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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