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Licorice Pizza

2021 • R • 2h 13m • Drama, Comedy, Romance • United Artists Releasing

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3.54

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$345K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$17.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$32.9M

$15.6M international

Domestic Legs9.1x

Budget$40.0M

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Cast & Crew

Full Anderson filmography

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson Director

Cooper Hoffman Starring

Sean Penn Starring

Tom Waits Starring

Bradley Cooper Starring

Benny Safdie Starring

ScreenplayPaul Thomas Anderson Produced byPaul Thomas Anderson, Joanne Sellar, Daniel Lupi CinematographyMichael Bauman, Paul Thomas Anderson Music byJonny Greenwood StudioUnited Artists Releasing

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 26-28 13 $345.2K — 4 $86,289 $345.2K

2 Dec 3-5 - $241.7K −30.0% 4 $60,426 $779.5K

3 Dec 10-12 - $172.5K −28.6% 4 $43,124 $1.1M

4 Dec 17-19 - $85.9K −50.2% 4 $21,474 $1.3M

5 Dec 24-26 8 $1.9M +2125.7% 786 $2,432 $3.3M

6 Dec 31-Jan 2 8 $1.3M −32.3% 786 $1,648 $6.4M

7 Jan 7-9 9 $981.9K −24.2% 772 $1,272 $8.2M

8 Jan 14-16 9 $879.5K −10.4% 772 $1,139 $9.6M

9 Jan 21-23 10 $660.0K −25.0% 772 $855 $10.8M

10 Jan 28-30 9 $630.1K −4.5% 772 $816 $11.8M

11 Feb 4-6 - $644.7K +2.3% 786 $820 $12.7M

12 Feb 11-13 9 $959.8K +48.9% 1,977 $485 $14.0M

13 Feb 18-20 12 $648.0K −32.5% 1,307 $496 $15.4M

14 Feb 25-27 - $349.7K −46.0% 607 $576 $16.1M

15 Mar 4-6 - $156.4K −55.3% 211 $741 $16.4M

16 Mar 11-13 - $174.5K +11.6% 416 $420 $16.7M

17 Mar 18-20 - $165.0K −5.5% 507 $325 $17.0M

18 Mar 25-27 - $139.8K −15.3% 462 $303 $17.2M

19 Apr 1-3 - $35.4K −74.6% 66 $537 $17.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 26 #13 $141.6K — $141.6K 4 $35,399 1

Sat Nov 27 - $104.8K −26.0% $246.4K 4 $26,191 2

Sun Nov 28 #13 $98.8K −5.7% $345.2K 4 $24,700 3

Mon Nov 29 - $51.9K −47.5% $397.0K 4 $12,973 4

Tue Nov 30 - $46.8K −9.9% $443.8K 4 $11,694 5

Wed Dec 1 - $45.2K −3.3% $489.1K 4 $11,308 6

Thu Dec 2 - $48.7K +7.8% $537.8K 4 $12,186 7

Fri Dec 3 - $63.7K +30.8% −55.0% $601.5K 4 $15,937 8

Sat Dec 4 - $93.9K +47.2% −10.4% $695.4K 4 $23,468 9

Sun Dec 5 - $84.1K −10.4% −14.9% $779.5K 4 $21,021 10

Mon Dec 6 - $41.2K −51.0% −20.7% $820.7K 4 $10,291 11

Tue Dec 7 - $38.8K −5.8% −17.1% $859.4K 4 $9,690 12

Wed Dec 8 - $35.3K −8.9% −22.0% $894.7K 4 $8,824 13

Thu Dec 9 - $34.5K −2.3% −29.3% $929.2K 4 $8,618 14

Fri Dec 10 - $46.5K +35.0% −27.0% $975.7K 4 $11,631 15

Sat Dec 11 - $68.3K +46.9% −27.2% $1.0M 4 $17,082 16

Sun Dec 12 - $57.6K −15.6% −31.4% $1.1M 4 $14,410 17

Mon Dec 13 - $16.8K −70.9% −59.3% $1.1M 4 $4,191 18

Tue Dec 14 - $32.5K +94.0% −16.1% $1.2M 4 $8,133 19

Wed Dec 15 - $26.9K −17.4% −23.9% $1.2M 4 $6,716 20

Thu Dec 16 #12 $23.2K −13.8% −32.8% $1.2M 4 $5,792 21

Fri Dec 17 - $25.5K +9.9% −45.3% $1.2M 4 $6,364 22

Sat Dec 18 - $35.4K +39.1% −48.2% $1.3M 4 $8,850 23

Sun Dec 19 - $25.0K −29.3% −56.6% $1.3M 4 $6,261 24

Mon Dec 20 - $15.5K −38.0% −7.4% $1.3M 4 $3,882 25

Tue Dec 21 - $11.7K −24.9% −64.1% $1.3M 4 $2,917 26

Wed Dec 22 - $11.6K −0.8% −56.9% $1.3M 4 $2,893 27

Thu Dec 23 - $13.1K +13.6% −43.2% $1.3M 4 $3,287 28

Fri Dec 24 - $7.0K −46.6% −72.4% $1.3M 786 $9 29

Sat Dec 25 - $1.2M +17549.5% +3402.0% $2.6M 786 $1,577 30

Sun Dec 26 - $665.1K −46.3% +2556.0% $3.3M 786 $846 31

Mon Dec 27 - $490.8K −26.2% +3060.4% $3.7M 786 $624 32

Tue Dec 28 - $443.7K −9.6% +3702.5% $4.2M 786 $564 33

Wed Dec 29 - $445.3K +0.4% +3748.6% $4.6M 786 $567 34

Thu Dec 30 - $457.3K +2.7% +3378.7% $5.1M 786 $582 35

Fri Dec 31 #8 $356.4K −22.1% +4973.7% $5.4M 786 $453 36

Sat Jan 1 #8 $541.9K +52.1% −56.3% $6.0M 786 $689 37

Sun Jan 2 #8 $396.8K −26.8% −40.3% $6.4M 786 $505 38

Mon Jan 3 #7 $222.1K −44.0% −54.7% $6.6M 786 $283 39

Tue Jan 4 #7 $211.6K −4.7% −52.3% $6.8M 786 $269 40

Wed Jan 5 #7 $182.1K −13.9% −59.1% $7.0M 786 $232 41

Thu Jan 6 #7 $172.1K −5.5% −62.4% $7.2M 786 $219 42

Fri Jan 7 #8 $285.0K +65.6% −20.0% $7.5M 772 $369 43

Sat Jan 8 #9 $436.0K +53.0% −19.5% $7.9M 772 $565 44

Sun Jan 9 #9 $260.9K −40.2% −34.3% $8.2M 772 $338 45

Mon Jan 10 #8 $110.1K −57.8% −50.4% $8.3M 772 $143 46

Tue Jan 11 #8 $149.7K +36.0% −29.2% $8.4M 772 $194 47

Wed Jan 12 #8 $140.1K −6.4% −23.1% $8.6M 772 $182 48

Thu Jan 13 #8 $131.7K −6.0% −23.5% $8.7M 772 $171 49

Fri Jan 14 #8 $251.5K +91.0% −11.7% $8.9M 772 $326 50

Sat Jan 15 #9 $358.7K +42.6% −17.7% $9.3M 772 $465 51

Sun Jan 16 #9 $269.3K −24.9% +3.2% $9.6M 772 $349 52

Mon Jan 17 #9 $210.7K −21.8% +91.4% $9.8M 772 $273 53

Tue Jan 18 #9 $116.7K −44.6% −22.0% $9.9M 772 $151 54

Wed Jan 19 #9 $106.5K −8.8% −24.0% $10.0M 772 $138 55

Thu Jan 20 #9 $104.9K −1.5% −20.3% $10.1M 772 $136 56

Fri Jan 21 #9 $206.0K +96.3% −18.1% $10.3M 772 $267 57

Sat Jan 22 #11 $287.4K +39.5% −19.9% $10.6M 772 $372 58

Sun Jan 23 #12 $166.6K −42.0% −38.1% $10.8M 772 $216 59

Mon Jan 24 #8 $75.7K −54.6% −64.1% $10.8M 772 $98 60

Tue Jan 25 #10 $97.8K +29.2% −16.3% $10.9M 772 $127 61

Wed Jan 26 #8 $91.1K −6.8% −14.5% $11.0M 772 $118 62

Thu Jan 27 - $98.4K +8.1% −6.2% $11.1M 772 $128 63

Fri Jan 28 #8 $185.1K +88.0% −10.1% $11.3M 772 $240 64

Sat Jan 29 #9 $309.5K +67.2% +7.7% $11.6M 772 $401 65

Sun Jan 30 #11 $135.5K −56.2% −18.7% $11.8M 772 $176 66

Mon Jan 31 #8 $74.3K −45.2% −1.9% $11.8M 772 $96 67

Tue Feb 1 #9 $87.3K +17.6% −10.7% $11.9M 772 $113 68

Wed Feb 2 #8 $83.1K −4.8% −8.8% $12.0M 772 $108 69

Thu Feb 3 #6 $78.2K −5.9% −20.6% $12.1M 772 $101 70

Fri Feb 4 #10 $166.7K +113.2% −9.9% $12.2M 786 $212 71

Sat Feb 5 - $285.6K +71.3% −7.7% $12.5M 786 $363 72

Sun Feb 6 #9 $192.3K −32.7% +41.9% $12.7M 786 $245 73

Mon Feb 7 #8 $64.4K −66.5% −13.2% $12.8M 786 $82 74

Tue Feb 8 #8 $106.1K +64.8% +21.6% $12.9M 786 $135 75

Wed Feb 9 #7 $102.4K −3.6% +23.2% $13.0M 786 $130 76

Thu Feb 10 #8 $72.6K −29.0% −7.1% $13.1M 786 $92 77

Fri Feb 11 #9 $301.8K +315.5% +81.0% $13.4M 1,977 $153 78

Sat Feb 12 #9 $463.7K +53.6% +62.3% $13.8M 1,977 $235 79

Sun Feb 13 #9 $194.3K −58.1% +1.0% $14.0M 1,977 $98 80

Mon Feb 14 #9 $258.7K +33.2% +301.6% $14.3M 1,977 $131 81

Tue Feb 15 #9 $158.6K −38.7% +49.4% $14.4M 1,977 $80 82

Wed Feb 16 #9 $146.1K −7.9% +42.8% $14.6M 1,977 $74 83

Thu Feb 17 #9 $132.9K −9.0% +83.0% $14.7M 1,977 $67 84

Fri Feb 18 #12 $166.2K +25.0% −44.9% $14.9M 1,307 $127 85

Sat Feb 19 #12 $274.0K +64.9% −40.9% $15.2M 1,307 $210 86

Sun Feb 20 #12 $207.7K −24.2% +6.9% $15.4M 1,307 $159 87

Mon Feb 21 #13 $139.1K −33.0% −46.2% $15.5M 1,307 $106 88

Tue Feb 22 #12 $86.6K −37.8% −45.4% $15.6M 1,307 $66 89

Wed Feb 23 #11 $87.2K +0.8% −40.3% $15.7M 1,307 $67 90

Thu Feb 24 #11 $78.6K −9.9% −40.8% $15.8M 1,307 $60 91

Fri Feb 25 - $90.6K +15.2% −45.5% $15.9M 607 $149 92

Sat Feb 26 - $161.0K +77.8% −41.2% $16.0M 607 $265 93

Sun Feb 27 - $98.1K −39.1% −52.8% $16.1M 607 $162 94

Mon Feb 28 - $40.2K −59.0% −71.1% $16.2M 607 $66 95

Tue Mar 1 - $41.2K +2.4% −52.4% $16.2M 607 $68 96

Wed Mar 2 - $50.4K +22.3% −42.2% $16.2M 607 $83 97

Thu Mar 3 - $44.9K −11.0% −42.9% $16.3M 607 $74 98

Fri Mar 4 - $41.2K −8.3% −54.5% $16.3M 211 $195 99

Sat Mar 5 - $69.7K +69.4% −56.7% $16.4M 211 $331 100

Sun Mar 6 - $45.5K −34.8% −53.6% $16.4M 211 $216 101

Mon Mar 7 - $17.2K −62.1% −57.1% $16.5M 211 $82 102

Tue Mar 8 - $23.3K +35.2% −43.5% $16.5M 211 $110 103

Wed Mar 9 - $20.2K −13.1% −59.8% $16.5M 211 $96 104

Thu Mar 10 - $23.2K +14.7% −48.3% $16.5M 211 $110 105

Fri Mar 11 - $49.1K +111.5% +19.3% $16.6M 416 $118 106

Sat Mar 12 - $77.6K +58.1% +11.3% $16.7M 416 $187 107

Sun Mar 13 - $47.8K −38.4% +5.2% $16.7M 416 $115 108

Mon Mar 14 - $25.9K −45.9% +50.0% $16.7M 416 $62 109

Tue Mar 15 - $32.0K +23.7% +37.3% $16.8M 416 $77 110

Wed Mar 16 - $27.1K −15.4% +33.7% $16.8M 416 $65 111

Thu Mar 17 - $25.2K −6.8% +8.6% $16.8M 416 $61 112

Fri Mar 18 - $35.8K +41.8% −27.1% $16.9M 507 $71 113

Sat Mar 19 - $81.0K +126.4% +4.3% $16.9M 507 $160 114

Sun Mar 20 - $48.3K −40.4% +0.9% $17.0M 507 $95 115

Mon Mar 21 - $24.7K −48.9% −4.6% $17.0M 507 $49 116

Tue Mar 22 - $34.7K +40.7% +8.5% $17.0M 507 $68 117

Wed Mar 23 - $26.0K −25.0% −3.8% $17.1M 507 $51 118

Thu Mar 24 - $28.3K +8.6% +12.1% $17.1M 507 $56 119

Fri Mar 25 - $38.8K +37.2% +8.5% $17.1M 462 $84 120

Sat Mar 26 - $72.8K +87.5% −10.2% $17.2M 462 $157 121

Sun Mar 27 - $28.2K −61.2% −41.5% $17.2M 462 $61 122

Mon Mar 28 - $7.4K −73.7% −69.9% $17.2M 462 $16 123

Tue Mar 29 - $9.4K +26.2% −73.0% $17.3M 462 $20 124

Wed Mar 30 - $6.6K −29.1% −74.5% $17.3M 462 $14 125

Thu Mar 31 - $7.7K +16.0% −72.7% $17.3M 462 $17 126

Fri Apr 1 - $10.9K +42.0% −71.8% $17.3M 66 $166 127

Sat Apr 2 - $14.8K +35.0% −79.7% $17.3M 66 $224 128

Sun Apr 3 - $9.7K −34.3% −65.6% $17.3M 66 $147 129

Mon Apr 4 - $2.9K −70.3% −61.2% $17.3M 66 $44 130

Tue Apr 5 - $5.5K +89.6% −41.7% $17.3M 66 $83 131

Wed Apr 6 - $4.3K −22.0% −35.8% $17.3M 66 $65 132

Thu Apr 7 - $4.3K +0.7% −44.2% $17.3M 66 $65 133

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

Cumulative total$12.1M

Nov 26Dec 13Dec 31Jan 17Feb 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $630.1K

$345.2K

$241.7K

$172.5K

$85.9K

$1.9M

$1.3M

$981.9K

$879.5K

$660.0K

$630.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 786 → 772 −1.8%

4 open772 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −4.5%

−30.0%

W1→2

−28.6%

W2→3

−50.2%

W3→4

+2125.7%

W4→5

−32.3%

W5→6

−24.2%

W6→7

−10.4%

W7→8

−25.0%

W8→9

−4.5%

W9→10

Steepest −50.2%Biggest gain +2125.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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