Name: Heart of the Beast
Director: David Ayer
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Released: 2026
Cast: Brad Pitt, Uber, J.K. Simmons, Anna Lambe

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David Ayer Director

Brad Pitt Starring

J.K. Simmons Starring

ScreenplayCameron Alexander StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 25-27 3 $20.0M — 3,435 $5,835 $20.0M

2 Oct 2-4 3 $10.9M −46% 3,481 $3,125 $38.3M

3 Oct 9-11 4 $7.4M −32% 3,365 $2,211 $50.0M

4 Oct 16-18 8 $4.7M −36% 3,049 $1,555 $58.2M

5 Oct 23-25 11 $2.4M −48% 2,260 $1,081 $62.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Sep 24 (p) — $2.0M — $2.0M 0 — 0

Fri Sep 25 #3 $7.6M — $7.6M 3,435 $2,201 1

Sat Sep 26 #3 $7.4M −2% $15.0M 3,435 $2,158 2

Sun Sep 27 #3 $5.1M −32% $20.0M 3,435 $1,476 3

Mon Sep 28 #4 $1.6M −68% $21.6M 3,435 $466 4

Tue Sep 29 #2 $2.7M +71% $24.4M 3,435 $800 5

Wed Sep 30 #3 $1.7M −40% $26.1M 3,435 $483 6

Thu Oct 1 #2 $1.4M −18% $27.4M 3,435 $397 7

Fri Oct 2 #4 $3.1M +131% −58% $30.6M 3,481 $902 8

Sat Oct 3 #3 $4.7M +48% −37% $35.2M 3,481 $1,338 9

Sun Oct 4 #3 $3.1M −34% −39% $38.3M 3,481 $884 10

Mon Oct 5 #3 $930.3K −70% −42% $39.2M 3,481 $267 11

Tue Oct 6 #3 $1.6M +67% −43% $40.8M 3,481 $447 12

Wed Oct 7 #3 $948.6K −39% −43% $41.7M 3,481 $273 13

Thu Oct 8 #3 $837.7K −12% −39% $42.6M 3,481 $241 14

Fri Oct 9 #5 $2.0M +135% −37% $44.5M 3,365 $584 15

Sat Oct 10 #4 $3.0M +55% −35% $47.6M 3,365 $905 16

Sun Oct 11 #4 $2.4M −20% −21% $50.0M 3,365 $722 17

Mon Oct 12 #5 $1.1M −53% +21% $51.1M 3,365 $336 18

Tue Oct 13 #4 $1.1M −5% −31% $52.2M 3,365 $319 19

Wed Oct 14 #4 $674.4K −37% −29% $52.9M 3,365 $200 20

Thu Oct 15 #5 $608.1K −10% −27% $53.5M 3,365 $181 21

Fri Oct 16 #8 $1.5M +139% −26% $54.9M 3,049 $476 22

Sat Oct 17 #8 $2.1M +42% −32% $57.0M 3,049 $675 23

Sun Oct 18 #8 $1.2M −40% −49% $58.2M 3,049 $404 24

Mon Oct 19 #8 $385.6K −69% −66% $58.6M 3,049 $126 25

Tue Oct 20 #8 $629.6K +63% −41% $59.2M 3,049 $206 26

Wed Oct 21 #8 $426.0K −32% −37% $59.7M 3,049 $140 27

Thu Oct 22 #8 $343.0K −20% −44% $60.0M 3,049 $112 28

Fri Oct 23 #11 $688.9K +101% −53% $60.7M 2,260 $305 29

Sat Oct 24 #11 $1.1M +56% −48% $61.8M 2,260 $474 30

Sun Oct 25 #11 $682.9K −36% −45% $62.5M 2,260 $302 31

Mon Oct 26 #9 $227.0K −67% −41% $62.7M 2,260 $100 32

Cumulative total$62.7M

Sep 24Oct 2Oct 10Oct 18Oct 26

Weekend grossWk 5 · $2.4M

$20.0M

$10.9M

$7.4M

$4.7M

$2.4M

W1W2W3W4W5

Theater countPeak 3,481 → 2,260 −35.1%

3,435 open2,260 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −48%

−46%

W1→2

−32%

W2→3

−36%

W3→4

−48%

W4→5

Steepest −48%Best hold −32%

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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