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It Was Just an AccidentFollow

2025 • PG-13 • 1h 43m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • Neon

A searing moral thriller about the uncertainty of truth and the heavy choice between revenge and mercy.

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7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$68K

Limited · 3 theaters

Domestic total

$1.77M

Final

Domestic legs8.4x from $211K biggest weekend

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Cast & crew

Directed byJafar Panahi ScreenplayJafar Panahi Produced byJafar Panahi, Philippe Martin CinematographyAmin Jafari Prod. DesignLeila Naghdipari StarringVahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr StudioNeon

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 17-19 - $68.3K — 3 $22,765 $115.3K

2 Oct 24-26 - $105.8K +54.9% 11 $9,619 $254.1K

3 Oct 31-Nov 2 - $210.9K +99.3% 87 $2,424 $528.6K

4 Nov 7-9 - $188.0K −10.8% 119 $1,580 $869.6K

5 Nov 14-16 - $137.3K −27.0% 110 $1,248 $1.1M

6 Nov 21-23 - $86.8K −36.7% 72 $1,206 $1.3M

7 Nov 28-30 - $45.2K −47.9% 36 $1,256 $1.4M

8 Dec 5-7 - $35.0K −22.6% 38 $921 $1.5M

9 Dec 12-14 - $31.5K −9.9% 38 $830 $1.5M

10 Dec 19-21 - $30.5K −3.4% 31 $983 $1.6M

11 Dec 26-28 - $18.7K −38.5% 15 $1,249 $1.6M

12 Jan 2-4 - $29.7K +58.5% 15 $1,980 $1.7M

13 Jan 9-11 - $18.5K −37.6% 15 $1,235 $1.7M

14 Jan 16-18 - $18.2K −1.6% 16 $1,139 $1.7M

15 Jan 23-25 - $9.6K −47.1% 35 $275 $1.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Oct 15 $25.9K — $25.9K 3 $8,626 -2

Thu Oct 16 $21.1K −18% $47.0K 3 $7,034 -1

Fri Oct 17 $15.9K — $62.9K 3 $5,300 1

Sat Oct 18 $25.9K +63% $88.8K 3 $8,631 2

Sun Oct 19 $26.5K +2% $115.3K 3 $8,833 3

Mon Oct 20 $7.1K −73% $122.4K 3 $2,370 4

Tue Oct 21 $8.4K +19% $130.8K 3 $2,811 5

Wed Oct 22 $9.2K +9% $140.0K 3 $3,063 6

Thu Oct 23 $8.3K −10% $148.3K 3 $2,764 7

Fri Oct 24 $28.2K +240% +77% $176.5K 11 $2,561 8

Sat Oct 25 $40.2K +43% +55% $216.7K 11 $3,659 9

Sun Oct 26 $37.4K −7% +41% $254.1K 11 $3,399 10

Mon Oct 27 $12.4K −67% +74% $266.5K 11 $1,124 11

Tue Oct 28 $19.4K +57% +130% $285.9K 11 $1,764 12

Wed Oct 29 $16.9K −13% +84% $302.8K 11 $1,536 13

Thu Oct 30 $15.0K −11% +80% $317.7K 11 $1,360 14

Fri Oct 31 $55.6K +272% +97% $373.3K 87 $639 15

Sat Nov 1 $79.9K +44% +98% $453.2K 87 $918 16

Sun Nov 2 $75.4K −6% +102% $528.6K 87 $867 17

Mon Nov 3 $32.9K −56% +166% $561.4K 87 $378 18

Tue Nov 4 $45.8K +39% +136% $607.2K 87 $526 19

Wed Nov 5 $40.8K −11% +141% $648.0K 87 $469 20

Thu Nov 6 $33.6K −18% +125% $681.6K 87 $387 21

Fri Nov 7 $50.7K +51% −9% $732.3K 119 $426 22

Sat Nov 8 $75.8K +50% −5% $808.1K 119 $637 23

Sun Nov 9 $61.6K −19% −18% $869.6K 119 $517 24

Mon Nov 10 $24.0K −61% −27% $893.7K 119 $202 25

Tue Nov 11 $42.9K +79% −6% $936.6K 119 $361 26

Wed Nov 12 $27.3K −36% −33% $963.9K 119 $229 27

Thu Nov 13 $30.0K +10% −11% $993.9K 119 $252 28

Fri Nov 14 $33.5K +11% −34% $1.0M 110 $304 29

Sat Nov 15 $56.5K +69% −25% $1.1M 110 $514 30

Sun Nov 16 $47.3K −16% −23% $1.1M 110 $430 31

Mon Nov 17 $15.1K −68% −37% $1.1M 110 $138 32

Tue Nov 18 $21.8K +44% −49% $1.2M 110 $198 33

Wed Nov 19 $21.1K −3% −22% $1.2M 110 $192 34

Thu Nov 20 $27.1K +28% −10% $1.2M 110 $246 35

Fri Nov 21 $17.8K −34% −47% $1.2M 72 $247 36

Sat Nov 22 $35.1K +97% −38% $1.3M 72 $487 37

Sun Nov 23 $34.0K −3% −28% $1.3M 72 $472 38

Mon Nov 24 $22.9K −33% +51% $1.3M 72 $318 39

Tue Nov 25 $18.2K −20% −16% $1.3M 72 $253 40

Wed Nov 26 $8.2K −55% −61% $1.4M 36 $227 41

Thu Nov 27 $5.5K −33% −80% $1.4M 36 $152 42

Fri Nov 28 $9.3K +70% −48% $1.4M 36 $259 43

Sat Nov 29 $20.3K +117% −42% $1.4M 36 $563 44

Sun Nov 30 $15.6K −23% −54% $1.4M 36 $434 45

Mon Dec 1 $7.6K −51% −67% $1.4M 36 $211 46

Tue Dec 2 $4.8K −37% −74% $1.4M 36 $133 47

Wed Dec 3 $7.4K +55% −9% $1.4M 36 $206 48

Thu Dec 4 $6.6K −11% +21% $1.4M 36 $183 49

Fri Dec 5 $11.5K +74% +23% $1.4M 38 $303 50

Sat Dec 6 $12.4K +8% −39% $1.5M 38 $327 51

Sun Dec 7 $11.1K −11% −29% $1.5M 38 $291 52

Mon Dec 8 $6.1K −44% −19% $1.5M 38 $162 53

Tue Dec 9 $7.4K +21% +55% $1.5M 38 $195 54

Wed Dec 10 $7.6K +2% +2% $1.5M 38 $199 55

Thu Dec 11 $4.2K −44% −36% $1.5M 38 $112 56

Fri Dec 12 $10.3K +142% −11% $1.5M 38 $270 57

Sat Dec 13 $12.8K +25% +3% $1.5M 38 $337 58

Sun Dec 14 $8.5K −34% −24% $1.5M 38 $223 59

Mon Dec 15 $5.6K −34% −10% $1.5M 38 $146 60

Tue Dec 16 $7.0K +26% −6% $1.5M 38 $184 61

Wed Dec 17 $5.6K −20% −26% $1.5M 38 $148 62

Thu Dec 18 $4.8K −15% +14% $1.5M 38 $127 63

Fri Dec 19 $8.3K +72% −19% $1.6M 31 $267 64

Sat Dec 20 $11.4K +37% −11% $1.6M 31 $366 65

Sun Dec 21 $10.8K −4% +28% $1.6M 31 $350 66

Mon Dec 22 $8.6K −21% +54% $1.6M 31 $276 67

Tue Dec 23 $7.6K −11% +9% $1.6M 31 $246 68

Wed Dec 24 $2.2K −71% −61% $1.6M 31 $71 69

Thu Dec 25 $3.6K +65% −24% $1.6M 31 $118 70

Fri Dec 26 $4.1K +13% −50% $1.6M 15 $276 71

Sat Dec 27 $4.5K +10% −60% $1.6M 15 $303 72

Sun Dec 28 $10.1K +121% −7% $1.6M 15 $670 73

Mon Dec 29 $7.8K −22% −8% $1.6M 15 $523 74

Tue Dec 30 $4.6K −41% −39% $1.6M 15 $308 75

Wed Dec 31 $2.9K −38% +30% $1.6M 15 $191 76

Thu Jan 1 $6.3K +119% +72% $1.6M 15 $419 77

Fri Jan 2 $8.6K +36% +107% $1.6M 15 $572 78

Sat Jan 3 $12.4K +44% +172% $1.7M 15 $825 79

Sun Jan 4 $8.7K −29% −13% $1.7M 15 $583 80

Mon Jan 5 $7.0K −20% −11% $1.7M 15 $465 81

Tue Jan 6 $6.4K −9% +38% $1.7M 15 $425 82

Wed Jan 7 $4.5K −29% +58% $1.7M 15 $301 83

Thu Jan 8 $7.4K +63% +17% $1.7M 15 $491 84

Fri Jan 9 $2.8K −62% −67% $1.7M 15 $187 85

Sat Jan 10 $8.7K +209% −30% $1.7M 15 $577 86

Sun Jan 11 $7.1K −18% −19% $1.7M 15 $471 87

Mon Jan 12 $6.1K −14% −13% $1.7M 15 $406 88

Tue Jan 13 $3.1K −50% −52% $1.7M 15 $203 89

Wed Jan 14 $3.4K +10% −26% $1.7M 15 $224 90

Thu Jan 15 $2.8K −16% −62% $1.7M 15 $188 91

Fri Jan 16 $3.2K +14% +14% $1.7M 16 $200 92

Sat Jan 17 $7.0K +117% −20% $1.7M 16 $434 93

Sun Jan 18 $8.1K +16% +14% $1.7M 16 $504 94

Mon Jan 19 $4.0K −51% −35% $1.7M 16 $247 95

Tue Jan 20 $3.0K −24% −2% $1.8M 16 $188 96

Wed Jan 21 $2.0K −35% −42% $1.8M 16 $122 97

Thu Jan 22 $2.2K +13% −22% $1.8M 16 $138 98

Fri Jan 23 $1.8K −19% −44% $1.8M 35 $51 99

Sat Jan 24 $5.6K +214% −19% $1.8M 35 $160 100

Sun Jan 25 $2.2K −60% −72% $1.8M 35 $64 101

Mon Jan 26 $2.0K −10% −49% $1.8M 35 $58 102

Tue Jan 27 $2.1K +3% −31% $1.8M 35 $60 103

Wed Jan 28 $1.9K −9% −2% $1.8M 35 $54 104

Thu Jan 29 $2.6K +34% +16% $1.8M 35 $73 105

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

Cumulative total$1.6M

Oct 15Nov 2Nov 20Dec 7Dec 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $30.5K

$68.3K

$105.8K

$210.9K

$188.0K

$137.3K

$86.8K

$45.2K

$35.0K

$31.5K

$30.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 119 → 31 −73.9%

3 open31 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −3.4%

+54.9%

W1→2

+99.3%

W2→3

−10.8%

W3→4

−27.0%

W4→5

−36.7%

W5→6

−47.9%

W6→7

−22.6%

W7→8

−9.9%

W8→9

−3.4%

W9→10

Steepest −47.9%Biggest gain +99.3%

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