Get on Up

Name: Get on Up
Director: Tate Taylor
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Released: 2014
Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Lennie James

2014 • PG-13 • 2h 18m • Biography, Drama, Music • Universal Pictures

The Funk Don't Quit

🍅 80% 68%

3.36

6.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$13.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$30.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$33.3M

$2.8M international

Domestic Legs2.3x

Budget$30M

2014 Rank#92

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Cast & Crew

Chadwick Boseman Starring

Dan Aykroyd Starring

Viola Davis Starring

Lennie James Starring

Octavia Spencer Starring

ScreenplayJez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Steven Baigelman Produced byMick Jagger, Tate Taylor, Brian Grazer, Erica Huggins CinematographyStephen Goldblatt MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignMark Ricker StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 1-3 3 $13.6M — 2,468 $5,505 $13.6M

2 Aug 8-10 8 $5.2M −61.8% 2,469 $2,104 $23.1M

3 Aug 15-17 13 $1.9M −62.5% 1,101 $1,770 $27.0M

4 Aug 22-24 15 $932.6K −52.2% 579 $1,611 $28.7M

5 Aug 29-31 26 $585.7K −37.2% 371 $1,579 $29.6M

6 Sep 5-7 27 $330.9K −43.5% 354 $935 $30.3M

7 Sep 12-14 53 $40.1K −87.9% 253 $159 $30.5M

Weekend grossWk 7 · $40.1K

$13.6M

$5.2M

$1.9M

$932.6K

$585.7K

$330.9K

$40.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −87.9%

−61.8%

W1→2

−62.5%

W2→3

−52.2%

W3→4

−37.2%

W4→5

−43.5%

W5→6

−87.9%

W6→7

Steepest −87.9%Best hold −37.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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