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First Man

2018 • PG-13 • 2h 21m • Biography, Drama, History • Universal Pictures

One giant leap into the unknown.

🍅 87% 68%

84

3.69

7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$16.0M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$44.9M

Final

Worldwide Total

$105.5M

$60.6M international

Domestic Legs2.8x

Budget$60M

2018 Rank#69

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Cast & Crew

Full Chazelle filmography

Damien Chazelle

Damien Chazelle Director

Ryan Gosling Starring

Claire Foy Starring

Jason Clarke Starring

Kyle Chandler Starring

Corey Stoll Starring

ScreenplayJosh Singer Produced byWyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Damien Chazelle, Isaac Klausner CinematographyLinus Sandgren Music byJustin Hurwitz StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 12-14 3 $16.0M — 3,640 $4,397 $16.0M

2 Oct 19-21 5 $8.3M −48.0% 3,640 $2,288 $29.8M

3 Oct 26-28 7 $4.9M −41.6% 2,959 $1,644 $37.8M

4 Nov 2-4 11 $2.2M −55.1% 1,712 $1,276 $42.0M

5 Nov 9-11 16 $918.1K −58.0% 815 $1,126 $43.7M

6 Nov 16-18 22 $243.8K −73.4% 328 $743 $44.3M

7 Nov 23-25 29 $123.0K −49.5% 135 $911 $44.6M

8 Nov 30-Dec 2 33 $75.0K −39.0% 136 $552 $44.7M

9 Dec 7-9 37 $58.3K −22.3% 121 $482 $44.8M

10 Dec 14-16 39 $30.5K −47.7% 72 $424 $44.8M

11 Dec 21-23 42 $13.5K −55.6% 33 $410 $44.9M

12 Dec 28-30 41 $27.4K +102.4% 28 $978 $44.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 11 #P $1.1M — $1.1M 2,850 $386

Fri Oct 12 #3 $5.8M — $5.8M 3,640 $1,589 1

Sat Oct 13 #4 $6.4M +10% $12.1M 3,640 $1,749 2

Sun Oct 14 #4 $3.9M −39% $16.0M 3,640 $1,060 3

Mon Oct 15 #3 $1.3M −66% $17.3M 3,640 $361 4

Tue Oct 16 #3 $1.8M +36% $19.1M 3,640 $490 5

Wed Oct 17 #3 $1.3M −30% $20.4M 3,640 $345 6

Thu Oct 18 #3 $1.1M −15% $21.4M 3,640 $295 7

Fri Oct 19 #6 $2.5M +132% −57% $23.9M 3,640 $685 8

Sat Oct 20 #5 $3.7M +47% −42% $27.6M 3,640 $1,006 9

Sun Oct 21 #5 $2.2M −41% −44% $29.8M 3,640 $597 10

Mon Oct 22 #4 $672.3K −69% −49% $30.4M 3,640 $185 11

Tue Oct 23 #4 $1.1M +58% −41% $31.5M 3,640 $291 12

Wed Oct 24 #4 $720.9K −32% −43% $32.2M 3,640 $198 13

Thu Oct 25 #4 $728.4K +1% −32% $32.9M 3,640 $200 14

Fri Oct 26 #7 $1.4M +90% −44% $34.3M 2,959 $468 15

Sat Oct 27 #8 $2.2M +59% −40% $36.5M 2,959 $746 16

Sun Oct 28 #8 $1.3M −42% −41% $37.8M 2,959 $431 17

Mon Oct 29 #5 $406.3K −68% −40% $38.2M 2,959 $137 18

Tue Oct 30 #6 $618.4K +52% −42% $38.8M 2,959 $209 19

Wed Oct 31 #6 $594.8K −4% −17% $39.4M 2,959 $201 20

Thu Nov 1 #5 $361.8K −39% −50% $39.8M 2,959 $122 21

Fri Nov 2 #11 $652.3K +80% −53% $40.4M 1,712 $381 22

Sat Nov 3 #11 $979.4K +50% −56% $41.4M 1,712 $572 23

Sun Nov 4 #11 $552.7K −44% −57% $42.0M 1,712 $323 24

Mon Nov 5 #11 $199.2K −64% −51% $42.2M 1,712 $116 25

Tue Nov 6 #11 $298.1K +50% −52% $42.5M 1,712 $174 26

Wed Nov 7 #9 $191.0K −36% −68% $42.7M 1,712 $112 27

Thu Nov 8 #11 $150.2K −21% −58% $42.8M 1,712 $88 28

Fri Nov 9 #- $260.3K +73% −60% $43.1M 815 $319 29

Sat Nov 10 #- $398.9K +53% −59% $43.5M 815 $489 30

Sun Nov 11 #- $258.9K −35% −53% $43.7M 815 $318 31

Mon Nov 12 #15 $144.6K −44% −27% $43.9M 815 $177 32

Tue Nov 13 #14 $101.4K −30% −66% $44.0M 815 $124 33

Wed Nov 14 #- $73.5K −28% −62% $44.1M 815 $90 34

Thu Nov 15 #- $51.0K −31% −66% $44.1M 815 $63 35

Fri Nov 16 #- $69.6K +36% −73% $44.2M 328 $212 36

Sat Nov 17 #- $108.8K +56% −73% $44.3M 328 $332 37

Sun Nov 18 #- $65.3K −40% −75% $44.3M 328 $199 38

Mon Nov 19 #- $32.1K −51% −78% $44.4M 328 $98 39

Tue Nov 20 #- $31.6K −2% −69% $44.4M 328 $96 40

Wed Nov 21 #- $20.9K −34% −72% $44.4M 135 $154 41

Thu Nov 22 #- $17.3K −17% −66% $44.4M 135 $128 42

Fri Nov 23 #- $47.5K +174% −32% $44.5M 135 $352 43

Sat Nov 24 #- $50.6K +7% −53% $44.5M 135 $375 44

Sun Nov 25 #- $24.8K −51% −62% $44.6M 135 $184 45

Mon Nov 26 #- $7.9K −68% −75% $44.6M 135 $58 46

Tue Nov 27 #- $9.9K +26% −69% $44.6M 135 $73 47

Wed Nov 28 #- $10.0K +1% −52% $44.6M 135 $74 48

Thu Nov 29 #- $9.8K −3% −44% $44.6M 135 $72 49

Fri Nov 30 #- $24.4K +150% −49% $44.6M 136 $179 50

Sat Dec 1 #- $30.8K +26% −39% $44.7M 136 $227 51

Sun Dec 2 #- $19.8K −36% −20% $44.7M 136 $146 52

Mon Dec 3 #- $7.0K −65% −11% $44.7M 136 $52 53

Tue Dec 4 #- $10.0K +43% +1% $44.7M 136 $74 54

Wed Dec 5 #- $8.9K −11% −11% $44.7M 136 $65 55

Thu Dec 6 #- $7.5K −15% −23% $44.7M 136 $55 56

Fri Dec 7 #- $17.3K +130% −29% $44.7M 121 $143 57

Sat Dec 8 #- $26.3K +52% −15% $44.8M 121 $217 58

Sun Dec 9 #- $14.8K −44% −25% $44.8M 121 $122 59

Mon Dec 10 #- $6.7K −54% −4% $44.8M 121 $56 60

Tue Dec 11 #- $8.9K +32% −11% $44.8M 121 $73 61

Wed Dec 12 #- $7.2K −19% −19% $44.8M 121 $59 62

Thu Dec 13 #- $5.8K −19% −22% $44.8M 121 $48 63

Fri Dec 14 #- $11.3K +94% −35% $44.8M 72 $157 64

Sat Dec 15 #- $11.8K +5% −55% $44.8M 72 $164 65

Sun Dec 16 #- $7.4K −38% −50% $44.8M 72 $103 66

Mon Dec 17 #- $5.6K −24% −17% $44.8M 72 $78 67

Tue Dec 18 #- $8.6K +54% −3% $44.8M 72 $120 68

Wed Dec 19 #- $8.9K +2% +23% $44.9M 72 $123 69

Thu Dec 20 #- $3.5K −60% −39% $44.9M 72 $49 70

Fri Dec 21 #- $3.4K −4% −70% $44.9M 33 $103 71

Sat Dec 22 #- $5.8K +72% −51% $44.9M 33 $177 72

Sun Dec 23 #- $4.3K −26% −42% $44.9M 33 $130 73

Mon Dec 24 #- $2.1K −52% −63% $44.9M 33 $63 74

Tue Dec 25 #- $2.9K +39% −67% $44.9M 33 $87 75

Wed Dec 26 #- $6.1K +112% −31% $44.9M 33 $185 76

Thu Dec 27 #- $6.5K +6% +84% $44.9M 33 $196 77

Fri Dec 28 #- $9.8K +50% +187% $44.9M 28 $348 78

Sat Dec 29 #- $9.9K +1% +69% $44.9M 28 $353 79

Sun Dec 30 #- $7.8K −22% +80% $44.9M 28 $277 80

Mon Dec 31 #- $4.4K −43% +112% $44.9M 28 $157 81

Tue Jan 1 #- $4.1K −7% +43% $44.9M 28 $147 82

Wed Jan 2 #- $4.4K +7% −28% $44.9M 28 $156 83

Thu Jan 3 #- $5.0K +15% −22% $44.9M 28 $180 84

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

Cumulative total$44.9M

Oct 11Oct 29Nov 15Dec 3Dec 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $30.5K

$16.0M

$8.3M

$4.9M

$2.2M

$918.1K

$243.8K

$123.0K

$75.0K

$58.3K

$30.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,640 → 72 −98.0%

2,850 open72 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.7%

−48.0%

W1→2

−41.6%

W2→3

−55.1%

W3→4

−58.0%

W4→5

−73.4%

W5→6

−49.5%

W6→7

−39.0%

W7→8

−22.3%

W8→9

−47.7%

W9→10

Steepest −73.4%Best hold −22.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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