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Queen & Slim

2019 • R • 2h 12m • Crime, Drama, Romance • Universal Pictures

Two souls on the run, bound by love and fueled by freedom.

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74

3.72

7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11.9M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$43.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$48.3M

$4.5M international

Domestic Legs3.7x

Budget$20M

2019 Rank#64

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMelina Matsoukas ScreenplayLena Waithe Produced byLena Waithe, Pamela Abdy, James Frey, Brad Weston CinematographyTat Radcliffe StarringDaniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Bokeem Woodbine, Sturgill Simpson, Flea, Chloë Sevigny StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 29-Dec 1 4 $11.9M — 1,690 $7,036 $16.0M

2 Dec 6-8 4 $6.6M −44.1% 1,715 $3,873 $27.0M

3 Dec 13-15 7 $3.6M −46.1% 1,560 $2,297 $33.2M

4 Dec 20-22 8 $1.8M −48.5% 1,078 $1,714 $36.6M

5 Dec 27-29 12 $1.7M −7.7% 699 $2,439 $40.1M

6 Jan 3-5 14 $1.2M −31.5% 625 $1,870 $42.7M

7 Jan 10-12 20 $386.6K −66.9% 442 $875 $43.5M

8 Jan 17-19 32 $67.0K −82.7% 120 $558 $43.7M

9 Jan 24-26 37 $39.2K −41.6% 72 $544 $43.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 27 #5 $1.7M — $1.7M 1,690 $1,029 -2

Thu Nov 28 #5 $2.4M +36.3% $4.1M 1,690 $1,403 -1

Fri Nov 29 #5 $4.3M +82.2% $8.4M 1,690 $2,556 1

Sat Nov 30 #4 $4.6M +6.5% $13.0M 1,690 $2,722 2

Sun Dec 1 #3 $3.0M −35.4% $16.0M 1,690 $1,758 3

Mon Dec 2 #3 $1.1M −64.3% $17.1M 1,690 $627 4

Tue Dec 3 #3 $1.5M +41.8% $18.6M 1,690 $890 5

Wed Dec 4 #3 $925.2K −38.5% $19.5M 1,690 $547 6

Thu Dec 5 #3 $873.8K −5.5% $20.4M 1,690 $517 7

Fri Dec 6 #3 $1.9M +122.0% −55.1% $22.3M 1,715 $1,131 8

Sat Dec 7 #4 $2.9M +48.0% −37.6% $25.2M 1,715 $1,673 9

Sun Dec 8 #4 $1.8M −36.1% −38.3% $27.0M 1,715 $1,069 10

Mon Dec 9 #5 $587.0K −68.0% −44.6% $27.6M 1,715 $342 11

Tue Dec 10 #5 $920.4K +56.8% −38.8% $28.5M 1,715 $537 12

Wed Dec 11 #5 $552.6K −40.0% −40.3% $29.1M 1,715 $322 13

Thu Dec 12 #5 $508.2K −8.0% −41.8% $29.6M 1,715 $296 14

Fri Dec 13 #7 $1.0M +99.5% −47.7% $30.6M 1,560 $650 15

Sat Dec 14 #7 $1.6M +53.9% −45.6% $32.1M 1,560 $1,000 16

Sun Dec 15 #6 $1.0M −35.3% −45.0% $33.2M 1,560 $647 17

Mon Dec 16 #7 $390.3K −61.3% −33.5% $33.5M 1,560 $250 18

Tue Dec 17 #7 $585.4K +50.0% −36.4% $34.1M 1,560 $375 19

Wed Dec 18 #7 $373.8K −36.1% −32.4% $34.5M 1,560 $240 20

Thu Dec 19 #7 $240.8K −35.6% −52.6% $34.7M 1,560 $154 21

Fri Dec 20 #9 $534.8K +122.1% −47.3% $35.3M 1,078 $496 22

Sat Dec 21 #8 $731.0K +36.7% −53.2% $36.0M 1,078 $678 23

Sun Dec 22 #10 $581.4K −20.5% −42.4% $36.6M 1,078 $539 24

Mon Dec 23 #11 $358.5K −38.3% −8.1% $37.0M 1,078 $333 25

Tue Dec 24 #10 $376.1K +4.9% −35.8% $37.3M 1,078 $349 26

Wed Dec 25 #12 $568.0K +51.0% +52.0% $37.9M 1,078 $527 27

Thu Dec 26 — $509.7K −10.3% +111.7% $38.4M 1,078 $473 28

Fri Dec 27 #12 $578.8K +13.6% +8.2% $39.0M 699 $828 29

Sat Dec 28 #11 $642.6K +11.0% −12.1% $39.6M 699 $919 30

Sun Dec 29 #12 $483.8K −24.7% −16.8% $40.1M 699 $692 31

Mon Dec 30 #13 $334.7K −30.8% −6.6% $40.4M 699 $479 32

Tue Dec 31 #13 $270.8K −19.1% −28.0% $40.7M 699 $387 33

Wed Jan 1 #13 $507.4K +87.4% −10.7% $41.2M 699 $726 34

Thu Jan 2 #13 $268.4K −47.1% −47.4% $41.5M 699 $384 35

Fri Jan 3 #14 $379.3K +41.3% −34.5% $41.9M 625 $607 36

Sat Jan 4 #14 $513.7K +35.4% −20.1% $42.4M 625 $822 37

Sun Jan 5 — $275.6K −46.4% −43.0% $42.7M 625 $441 38

Mon Jan 6 — $111.5K −59.5% −66.7% $42.8M 625 $178 39

Tue Jan 7 #14 $156.9K +40.7% −42.0% $42.9M 625 $251 40

Wed Jan 8 — $103.3K −34.2% −79.7% $43.0M 625 $165 41

Thu Jan 9 — $71.2K −31.0% −73.5% $43.1M 625 $114 42

Fri Jan 10 — $116.4K +63.5% −69.3% $43.2M 442 $263 43

Sat Jan 11 — $169.2K +45.3% −67.1% $43.4M 442 $383 44

Sun Jan 12 — $101.0K −40.3% −63.3% $43.5M 442 $229 45

Mon Jan 13 — $37.4K −63.0% −66.5% $43.5M 442 $85 46

Tue Jan 14 — $57.0K +52.4% −63.7% $43.6M 442 $129 47

Wed Jan 15 — $39.1K −31.4% −62.1% $43.6M 442 $88 48

Thu Jan 16 — $22.0K −43.8% −69.1% $43.6M 442 $50 49

Fri Jan 17 — $18.5K −15.8% −84.1% $43.7M 120 $154 50

Sat Jan 18 — $26.8K +45.0% −84.1% $43.7M 120 $224 51

Sun Jan 19 — $21.6K −19.4% −78.6% $43.7M 120 $180 52

Mon Jan 20 — $14.8K −31.8% −60.5% $43.7M 120 $123 53

Tue Jan 21 — $8.8K −40.5% −84.6% $43.7M 120 $73 54

Wed Jan 22 — $6.7K −24.0% −82.9% $43.7M 120 $56 55

Thu Jan 23 — $6.6K −0.7% −69.8% $43.8M 120 $55 56

Fri Jan 24 — $10.9K +64.1% −41.2% $43.8M 72 $151 57

Sat Jan 25 — $17.7K +62.3% −34.2% $43.8M 72 $245 58

Sun Jan 26 — $10.6K −39.9% −51.0% $43.8M 72 $147 59

Mon Jan 27 — $3.2K −69.4% −78.0% $43.8M 72 $45 60

Tue Jan 28 — $5.3K +62.6% −40.0% $43.8M 72 $73 61

Wed Jan 29 — $4.4K −15.7% −33.5% $43.8M 72 $62 62

Thu Jan 30 — $3.9K −11.9% −41.0% $43.8M 72 $54 63

Cumulative total$43.8M

Nov 27Dec 13Dec 29Jan 14Jan 30

Weekend grossWk 9 · $39.2K

$11.9M

$6.6M

$3.6M

$1.8M

$1.7M

$1.2M

$386.6K

$67.0K

$39.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 1,715 → 72 −95.8%

1,690 open72 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −41.6%

−44.1%

W1→2

−46.1%

W2→3

−48.5%

W3→4

−7.7%

W4→5

−31.5%

W5→6

−66.9%

W6→7

−82.7%

W7→8

−41.6%

W8→9

Steepest −82.7%Best hold −7.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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