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If Beale Street Could Talk

2018 • R • 1h 59m • Romance, Drama • Annapurna Pictures

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🍅 95% 68%

87

3.92

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$224K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$14.9M

Final

Worldwide Total

$21.4M

$6.5M international

Domestic Legs6.2x

Budget$12.0M

2019 Rank#124

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Cast & Crew

Full Jenkins filmography

Barry Jenkins Director

Regina King Starring

Colman Domingo Starring

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Starring

Teyonah Parris Starring

Brian Tyree Henry

Brian Tyree Henry Starring

ScreenplayBarry Jenkins Produced byAdele Romanski, Sara Murphy, Barry Jenkins, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner CinematographyJames Laxton Music byNicholas Britell StudioAnnapurna Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 14-16 20 $224.5K — 4 $56,119 $224.5K

2 Dec 21-23 24 $109.3K −51.3% 5 $21,853 $422.4K

3 Dec 28-30 21 $766.2K +601.3% 65 $11,788 $2.0M

4 Jan 4-6 14 $1.8M +140.6% 335 $5,503 $4.4M

5 Jan 11-13 12 $2.4M +30.6% 1,018 $2,364 $7.7M

6 Jan 18-20 16 $1.7M −30.7% 1,018 $1,639 $10.5M

7 Jan 25-27 21 $941.8K −43.6% 606 $1,554 $12.4M

8 Feb 1-3 26 $486.0K −48.4% 454 $1,071 $13.3M

9 Feb 8-10 29 $271.4K −44.2% 266 $1,020 $13.8M

10 Feb 15-17 32 $218.5K −19.5% 165 $1,324 $14.1M

11 Feb 22-24 36 $149.2K −31.7% 127 $1,175 $14.4M

12 Mar 1-3 34 $137.2K −8.0% 126 $1,089 $14.6M

13 Mar 8-10 40 $70.4K −48.7% 74 $952 $14.8M

14 Mar 15-17 52 $34.9K −50.4% 59 $592 $14.8M

15 Mar 22-24 54 $20.2K −42.0% 36 $562 $14.9M

16 Mar 29-31 63 $9.0K −55.4% 18 $501 $14.9M

17 Apr 5-7 66 $3.7K −58.5% 9 $416 $14.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 14 — $81.6K — $81.6K 4 $20,394 1

Sat Dec 15 — $76.4K −6.3% $158.0K 4 $19,111 2

Sun Dec 16 — $66.5K −13.1% $224.5K 4 $16,614 3

Mon Dec 17 — $19.7K −70.4% $244.1K 4 $4,917 4

Tue Dec 18 — $21.8K +11.0% $266.0K 4 $5,457 5

Wed Dec 19 — $26.1K +19.4% $292.0K 4 $6,516 6

Thu Dec 20 — $21.1K −19.0% $313.1K 4 $5,278 7

Fri Dec 21 — $33.2K +57.3% −59.3% $346.4K 65 $511 8

Sat Dec 22 — $43.0K +29.4% −43.8% $389.4K 65 $661 9

Sun Dec 23 — $33.1K −23.1% −50.3% $422.4K 65 $509 10

Mon Dec 24 — $24.0K −27.5% +21.9% $446.4K 65 $369 11

Tue Dec 25 — $371.5K +1449.2% +1601.7% $817.9K 65 $5,715 12

Wed Dec 26 — $204.7K −44.9% +685.2% $1.0M 65 $3,149 13

Thu Dec 27 — $176.3K −13.9% +735.0% $1.2M 65 $2,712 14

Fri Dec 28 — $227.5K +29.1% +585.0% $1.4M 65 $3,500 15

Sat Dec 29 — $287.2K +26.2% +568.1% $1.7M 65 $4,419 16

Sun Dec 30 — $251.5K −12.4% +660.8% $2.0M 65 $3,869 17

Mon Dec 31 — $164.2K −34.7% +584.7% $2.1M 65 $2,526 18

Tue Jan 1 — $240.7K +46.6% −35.2% $2.4M 65 $3,703 19

Wed Jan 2 — $107.5K −55.3% −47.5% $2.5M 65 $1,654 20

Thu Jan 3 — $88.4K −17.8% −49.8% $2.6M 65 $1,360 21

Fri Jan 4 #13 $605.5K +584.7% +166.1% $3.2M 335 $1,807 22

Sat Jan 5 #15 $790.1K +30.5% +175.1% $4.0M 335 $2,359 23

Sun Jan 6 #15 $447.7K −43.3% +78.0% $4.4M 335 $1,337 24

Mon Jan 7 #15 $180.2K −59.8% +9.8% $4.6M 335 $538 25

Tue Jan 8 #15 $282.3K +56.7% +17.3% $4.9M 335 $843 26

Wed Jan 9 #14 $225.0K −20.3% +109.2% $5.1M 335 $672 27

Thu Jan 10 #13 $202.8K −9.9% +129.3% $5.3M 335 $605 28

Fri Jan 11 #13 $762.9K +276.3% +26.0% $6.1M 1,018 $749 29

Sat Jan 12 #13 $1.0M +33.1% +28.5% $7.1M 1,018 $998 30

Sun Jan 13 #13 $628.3K −38.1% +40.3% $7.7M 1,018 $617 31

Mon Jan 14 #13 $238.6K −62.0% +32.4% $7.9M 1,018 $234 32

Tue Jan 15 #12 $384.4K +61.1% +36.2% $8.3M 1,018 $378 33

Wed Jan 16 #14 $249.0K −35.2% +10.7% $8.6M 1,018 $245 34

Thu Jan 17 #14 $237.4K −4.7% +17.1% $8.8M 1,018 $233 35

Fri Jan 18 #14 $494.0K +108.1% −35.2% $9.3M 1,018 $485 36

Sat Jan 19 — $695.7K +40.8% −31.5% $10.0M 1,018 $683 37

Sun Jan 20 #15 $479.2K −31.1% −23.7% $10.5M 1,018 $471 38

Mon Jan 21 — $428.4K −10.6% +79.6% $10.9M 1,018 $421 39

Tue Jan 22 #15 $232.2K −45.8% −39.6% $11.1M 1,018 $228 40

Wed Jan 23 — $183.2K −21.1% −26.4% $11.3M 1,018 $180 41

Thu Jan 24 — $176.4K −3.7% −25.7% $11.5M 1,018 $173 42

Fri Jan 25 — $243.1K +37.8% −50.8% $11.7M 606 $401 43

Sat Jan 26 — $440.8K +81.4% −36.6% $12.2M 606 $727 44

Sun Jan 27 — $258.0K −41.5% −46.2% $12.4M 606 $426 45

Mon Jan 28 — $71.4K −72.3% −83.3% $12.5M 606 $118 46

Tue Jan 29 — $98.2K +37.6% −57.7% $12.6M 606 $162 47

Wed Jan 30 — $76.7K −21.9% −58.1% $12.7M 606 $127 48

Thu Jan 31 — $79.6K +3.8% −54.9% $12.8M 606 $131 49

Fri Feb 1 — $131.5K +65.2% −45.9% $12.9M 454 $290 50

Sat Feb 2 — $249.2K +89.4% −43.5% $13.2M 454 $549 51

Sun Feb 3 — $105.3K −57.7% −59.2% $13.3M 454 $232 52

Mon Feb 4 — $50.6K −51.9% −29.0% $13.3M 454 $112 53

Tue Feb 5 — $71.8K +41.9% −26.8% $13.4M 454 $158 54

Wed Feb 6 — $61.9K −13.9% −19.3% $13.4M 454 $136 55

Thu Feb 7 — $52.6K −14.9% −33.9% $13.5M 454 $116 56

Fri Feb 8 — $65.4K +24.3% −50.3% $13.6M 266 $246 57

Sat Feb 9 — $127.6K +95.0% −48.8% $13.7M 266 $480 58

Sun Feb 10 — $78.4K −38.6% −25.5% $13.8M 266 $295 59

Mon Feb 11 — $25.9K −67.0% −48.9% $13.8M 266 $97 60

Tue Feb 12 — $34.8K +34.7% −51.5% $13.8M 266 $131 61

Wed Feb 13 — $29.8K −14.6% −51.9% $13.9M 266 $112 62

Thu Feb 14 — $57.4K +92.8% +9.0% $13.9M 266 $216 63

Fri Feb 15 — $45.9K −19.9% −29.8% $14.0M 165 $278 64

Sat Feb 16 — $95.5K +107.9% −25.1% $14.1M 165 $579 65

Sun Feb 17 — $77.1K −19.3% −1.7% $14.1M 165 $467 66

Mon Feb 18 — $56.9K −26.2% +119.9% $14.2M 165 $345 67

Tue Feb 19 — $33.0K −41.9% −5.2% $14.2M 165 $200 68

Wed Feb 20 — $28.2K −14.6% −5.2% $14.3M 165 $171 69

Thu Feb 21 — $30.6K +8.5% −46.7% $14.3M 165 $185 70

Fri Feb 22 — $37.4K +22.1% −18.7% $14.3M 127 $294 71

Sat Feb 23 — $78.3K +109.6% −18.0% $14.4M 127 $616 72

Sun Feb 24 — $33.6K −57.1% −56.4% $14.4M 127 $264 73

Mon Feb 25 — $16.4K −51.1% −71.1% $14.4M 127 $129 74

Tue Feb 26 — $24.0K +46.1% −27.3% $14.5M 127 $189 75

Wed Feb 27 — $16.1K −32.7% −42.8% $14.5M 127 $127 76

Thu Feb 28 — $18.3K +13.5% −40.1% $14.5M 127 $144 77

Fri Mar 1 — $32.8K +78.7% −12.3% $14.5M 126 $260 78

Sat Mar 2 — $65.5K +100.0% −16.3% $14.6M 126 $520 79

Sun Mar 3 — $39.0K −40.5% +16.1% $14.6M 126 $309 80

Mon Mar 4 — $11.9K −69.3% −27.3% $14.7M 126 $95 81

Tue Mar 5 — $16.2K +35.8% −32.4% $14.7M 126 $129 82

Wed Mar 6 — $13.4K −17.3% −16.9% $14.7M 126 $106 83

Thu Mar 7 — $13.8K +2.7% −24.8% $14.7M 126 $109 84

Fri Mar 8 — $16.2K +17.2% −50.7% $14.7M 74 $218 85

Sat Mar 9 — $33.7K +108.5% −48.6% $14.7M 74 $455 86

Sun Mar 10 — $20.6K −38.9% −47.2% $14.8M 74 $278 87

Mon Mar 11 — $6.8K −66.8% −42.8% $14.8M 74 $92 88

Tue Mar 12 — $11.6K +69.3% −28.7% $14.8M 74 $156 89

Wed Mar 13 — $7.8K −33.0% −42.2% $14.8M 74 $105 90

Thu Mar 14 — $9.1K +16.8% −34.3% $14.8M 74 $122 91

Fri Mar 15 — $8.4K −7.0% −47.9% $14.8M 59 $143 92

Sat Mar 16 — $17.6K +109.2% −47.7% $14.8M 59 $299 93

Sun Mar 17 — $8.9K −49.6% −56.8% $14.8M 59 $151 94

Mon Mar 18 — $8.1K −9.3% +17.8% $14.8M 59 $137 95

Tue Mar 19 — $8.0K −0.8% −31.0% $14.9M 59 $135 96

Wed Mar 20 — $5.0K −37.0% −35.1% $14.9M 59 $85 97

Thu Mar 21 — $4.4K −13.5% −51.9% $14.9M 59 $74 98

Fri Mar 22 — $5.7K +31.2% −32.2% $14.9M 36 $159 99

Sat Mar 23 — $8.4K +47.1% −52.3% $14.9M 36 $233 100

Sun Mar 24 — $6.1K −26.9% −30.9% $14.9M 36 $170 101

Mon Mar 25 — $2.1K −66.3% −74.3% $14.9M 36 $58 102

Tue Mar 26 — $2.9K +41.9% −63.2% $14.9M 36 $82 103

Wed Mar 27 — $1.8K −38.2% −63.9% $14.9M 36 $50 104

Thu Mar 28 — $1.8K −1.5% −58.9% $14.9M 36 $50 105

Fri Mar 29 — $2.2K +21.3% −62.0% $14.9M 18 $121 106

Sat Mar 30 — $3.9K +80.8% −53.3% $14.9M 18 $218 107

Sun Mar 31 — $2.9K −25.4% −52.3% $14.9M 18 $163 108

Mon Apr 1 — $1.5K −47.6% −25.8% $14.9M 18 $85 109

Tue Apr 2 — $1.4K −7.6% −51.7% $14.9M 18 $79 110

Wed Apr 3 — $1.5K +6.1% −17.1% $14.9M 18 $84 111

Thu Apr 4 — $1.6K +8.1% −9.0% $14.9M 18 $90 112

Fri Apr 5 — $1.3K −18.1% −38.5% $14.9M 9 $148 113

Sat Apr 6 — $2.0K +49.9% −49.1% $14.9M 9 $222 114

Sun Apr 7 — $413 −79.3% −85.9% $14.9M 9 $46 115

Mon Apr 8 — $1.2K +202.4% −18.7% $14.9M 9 $139 116

Tue Apr 9 — $200 −84.0% −85.9% $14.9M 9 $22 117

Wed Apr 10 — $604 +202.0% −59.9% $14.9M 9 $67 118

Thu Apr 11 — $1.4K +135.8% −12.5% $14.9M 9 $158 119

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

Cumulative total$14.3M

Dec 14Dec 31Jan 18Feb 4Feb 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $218.5K

$224.5K

$109.3K

$766.2K

$1.8M

$2.4M

$1.7M

$941.8K

$486.0K

$271.4K

$218.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,018 → 165 −83.8%

4 open165 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.5%

−51.3%

W1→2

+601.3%

W2→3

+140.6%

W3→4

+30.6%

W4→5

−30.7%

W5→6

−43.6%

W6→7

−48.4%

W7→8

−44.2%

W8→9

−19.5%

W9→10

Steepest −51.3%Biggest gain +601.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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