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Judas and the Black Messiah

2020 • R • 2h 5m • Drama, History • Warner Bros.

You can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill the revolution.

🍅 96% 95% MC 84 LB 4.04 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$2.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$5.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$7.5M
$2.0M international
Domestic Legs2.7x
Budget$26.0M
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Cast & Crew

Daniel Kaluuya Daniel Kaluuya Starring LaKeith Stanfield LaKeith Stanfield Starring Jesse Plemons Jesse Plemons Starring Ashton Sanders Ashton Sanders Starring Martin Sheen Martin Sheen Starring
ScreenplayWill Berson, Shaka King Produced byShaka King, Charles D. King, Ryan Coogler CinematographySean Bobbitt Music byMark Isham, Craig Harris StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 12-14 2 $2.0M — 1,888 $1,073 $2.0M
2 Feb 19-21 3 $865.2K −57.3% 1,906 $453 $3.3M
3 Feb 26-28 7 $482.3K −44.3% 1,350 $357 $4.0M
4 Mar 5-7 9 $280.8K −41.8% 984 $285 $4.5M
5 Mar 12-14 12 $163.5K −41.8% 777 $210 $4.7M
6 Mar 19-21 14 $240.1K +46.9% 951 $252 $5.0M
7 Mar 26-28 16 $100.6K −58.1% 842 $119 $5.2M
8 Apr 2-4 22 $24.5K −75.6% 655 $37 $5.2M
9 Apr 9-11 23 $25.9K +5.5% 655 $39 $5.3M
10 Apr 16-18 19 $57.4K +121.7% 783 $73 $5.4M
11 Apr 23-25 24 $32.3K −43.7% 714 $45 $5.4M
12 Apr 30-May 2 26 $19.5K −39.5% 714 $27 $5.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $57.4K
$2.0M
$865.2K
$482.3K
$280.8K
$163.5K
$240.1K
$100.6K
$24.5K
$25.9K
$57.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +121.7%
−57.3%
W1→2
−44.3%
W2→3
−41.8%
W3→4
−41.8%
W4→5
+46.9%
W5→6
−58.1%
W6→7
−75.6%
W7→8
+5.5%
W8→9
+121.7%
W9→10
Steepest −75.6%Biggest gain +121.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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