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2017 • R • 1h 53m • Drama, Mystery, Thriller • A24

The kingdom come undone.

🍅 94% 68%

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7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$98K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic total

$3.45M

Final

Worldwide total

$3.99M

$540K international

Domestic legs6.3x from $552K biggest weekend

Budget$3.50M

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Cast & crew

Full Schrader filmography

Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader Director

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke Starring

Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried Starring

Cedric the Entertainer

Cedric the Entertainer Starring

ScreenplayPaul Schrader Produced byChristine Vachon, David Hinojosa, Deepak Sikka, Frank Murray, Gary Hamilton CinematographyAlexander Dynan MusicBrian Williams Prod. DesignGrace Yun StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 18-20 29 $97.6K — 4 $24,391 $97.6K

2 May 25-27 17 $291.9K +199.2% 29 $10,064 $434.8K

3 Jun 1-3 15 $421.4K +44.4% 91 $4,631 $1.0M

4 Jun 8-10 17 $551.6K +30.9% 334 $1,652 $1.8M

5 Jun 15-17 22 $344.7K −37.5% 273 $1,263 $2.4M

6 Jun 22-24 20 $221.3K −35.8% 151 $1,466 $2.9M

7 Jun 29-Jul 1 26 $149.1K −32.6% 118 $1,263 $3.1M

8 Jul 6-8 36 $61.6K −58.7% 77 $800 $3.3M

9 Jul 13-15 40 $31.7K −48.5% 39 $814 $3.4M

10 Jul 20-22 51 $12.6K −60.2% 15 $842 $3.4M

11 Jul 27-29 55 $8.0K −36.6% 10 $801 $3.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 18 $33.8K — $33.8K 4 $8,445 1

Sat May 19 $36.5K +8% $70.3K 4 $9,134 2

Sun May 20 $27.3K −25% $97.6K 4 $6,813 3

Mon May 21 $11.1K −59% $108.7K 4 $2,777 4

Tue May 22 $12.8K +15% $121.5K 4 $3,197 5

Wed May 23 $11.2K −13% $132.6K 4 $2,796 6

Thu May 24 $10.3K −8% $143.0K 4 $2,580 7

Fri May 25 $81.2K +687% +140% $224.2K 29 $2,800 8

Sat May 26 $101.7K +25% +178% $325.8K 29 $3,506 9

Sun May 27 $109.0K +7% +300% $434.8K 29 $3,758 10

Mon May 28 #15 $81.6K −25% +634% $516.4K 29 $2,813 11

Tue May 29 $29.5K −64% +131% $545.9K 29 $1,017 12

Wed May 30 #15 $29.0K −2% +159% $574.9K 29 $999 13

Thu May 31 $26.9K −7% +161% $601.8K 29 $929 14

Fri Jun 1 #14 $128.4K +377% +58% $730.2K 91 $1,411 15

Sat Jun 2 #14 $177.4K +38% +74% $907.6K 91 $1,950 16

Sun Jun 3 #14 $115.7K −35% +6% $1.0M 91 $1,271 17

Mon Jun 4 #14 $48.2K −58% −41% $1.1M 91 $530 18

Tue Jun 5 #14 $52.9K +10% +80% $1.1M 91 $582 19

Wed Jun 6 #14 $45.3K −14% +57% $1.2M 91 $498 20

Thu Jun 7 #14 $35.7K −21% +32% $1.2M 91 $392 21

Fri Jun 8 $150.1K +321% +17% $1.4M 334 $449 22

Sat Jun 9 $224.1K +49% +26% $1.6M 334 $671 23

Sun Jun 10 $177.4K −21% +53% $1.8M 334 $531 24

Mon Jun 11 $72.9K −59% +51% $1.8M 334 $218 25

Tue Jun 12 $84.0K +15% +59% $1.9M 334 $252 26

Wed Jun 13 $83.8K −0% +85% $2.0M 334 $251 27

Thu Jun 14 $78.1K −7% +119% $2.1M 334 $234 28

Fri Jun 15 $95.6K +22% −36% $2.2M 273 $350 29

Sat Jun 16 $140.5K +47% −37% $2.3M 273 $515 30

Sun Jun 17 $108.7K −23% −39% $2.4M 273 $398 31

Mon Jun 18 $49.6K −54% −32% $2.5M 273 $182 32

Tue Jun 19 $55.5K +12% −34% $2.5M 273 $203 33

Wed Jun 20 $54.5K −2% −35% $2.6M 273 $200 34

Thu Jun 21 $49.4K −9% −37% $2.6M 273 $181 35

Fri Jun 22 $57.0K +15% −40% $2.7M 151 $377 36

Sat Jun 23 $100.2K +76% −29% $2.8M 151 $663 37

Sun Jun 24 $64.2K −36% −41% $2.9M 151 $425 38

Mon Jun 25 $28.8K −55% −42% $2.9M 151 $191 39

Tue Jun 26 $30.1K +4% −46% $2.9M 151 $199 40

Wed Jun 27 $29.6K −2% −46% $2.9M 151 $196 41

Thu Jun 28 $33.6K +14% −32% $3.0M 151 $223 42

Fri Jun 29 $36.2K +8% −36% $3.0M 118 $307 43

Sat Jun 30 $60.9K +68% −39% $3.1M 118 $516 44

Sun Jul 1 $51.9K −15% −19% $3.1M 118 $440 45

Mon Jul 2 $28.2K −46% −2% $3.2M 118 $239 46

Tue Jul 3 $31.2K +11% +4% $3.2M 118 $264 47

Wed Jul 4 $45.2K +45% +53% $3.2M 118 $383 48

Thu Jul 5 $28.9K −36% −14% $3.3M 118 $245 49

Fri Jul 6 $18.1K −37% −50% $3.3M 77 $235 50

Sat Jul 7 $24.4K +35% −60% $3.3M 77 $317 51

Sun Jul 8 $19.1K −22% −63% $3.3M 77 $248 52

Mon Jul 9 $8.7K −54% −69% $3.3M 77 $113 53

Tue Jul 10 $10.4K +19% −67% $3.3M 77 $135 54

Wed Jul 11 $8.0K −23% −82% $3.3M 77 $104 55

Thu Jul 12 $12.1K +51% −58% $3.4M 77 $157 56

Fri Jul 13 $8.2K −32% −55% $3.4M 39 $211 57

Sat Jul 14 $13.8K +68% −43% $3.4M 39 $354 58

Sun Jul 15 $9.7K −30% −49% $3.4M 39 $249 59

Mon Jul 16 $5.2K −46% −40% $3.4M 39 $134 60

Tue Jul 17 $6.3K +20% −40% $3.4M 39 $160 61

Wed Jul 18 $5.6K −10% −30% $3.4M 39 $144 62

Thu Jul 19 $4.8K −15% −60% $3.4M 39 $123 63

Fri Jul 20 $3.1K −36% −63% $3.4M 15 $204 64

Sat Jul 21 $5.1K +66% −63% $3.4M 15 $339 65

Sun Jul 22 $4.5K −12% −54% $3.4M 15 $299 66

Mon Jul 23 $2.6K −41% −49% $3.4M 15 $176 67

Tue Jul 24 $1.9K −29% −70% $3.4M 15 $125 68

Wed Jul 25 $1.7K −10% −70% $3.4M 15 $113 69

Thu Jul 26 $2.0K +16% −59% $3.4M 15 $131 70

Fri Jul 27 $1.7K −13% −44% $3.4M 10 $171 71

Sat Jul 28 $3.8K +120% −26% $3.4M 10 $376 72

Sun Jul 29 $2.5K −32% −43% $3.4M 10 $254 73

Mon Jul 30 $2.9K +13% +9% $3.4M 10 $287 74

Tue Jul 31 $1.9K −34% +2% $3.4M 10 $191 75

Wed Aug 1 $3.0K +56% +76% $3.4M 10 $298 76

Thu Aug 2 $1.6K −45% −16% $3.4M 10 $164 77

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

Cumulative total$3.4M

May 18Jun 4Jun 22Jul 9Jul 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $12.6K

$97.6K

$291.9K

$421.4K

$551.6K

$344.7K

$221.3K

$149.1K

$61.6K

$31.7K

$12.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 334 → 15 −95.5%

4 open15 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −60.2%

+199.2%

W1→2

+44.4%

W2→3

+30.9%

W3→4

−37.5%

W4→5

−35.8%

W5→6

−32.6%

W6→7

−58.7%

W7→8

−48.5%

W8→9

−60.2%

W9→10

Steepest −60.2%Biggest gain +199.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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