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2021 • PG-13 • 2h 24m • Biography, Drama, Music • MGM

Jennifer Hudson is Aretha Franklin

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6.6

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$24.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$32.10M

Global release

Domestic legs2.76x

Budget$55M

2021 rank#43

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Cast & crew

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson Starring

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker Starring

Marlon Wayans

Marlon Wayans Starring

ScreenplayTracey Scott Wilson, Callie Khouri Produced byCraig Baxley CinematographyKramer Morgenthau MusicKris Bowers Prod. DesignBeth Mickle

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 13-15 (opening) 3 $8.8M — 3,207 $2,746 $8.8M

2 Aug 20-22 6 $3.8M −57.3% 3,207 $1,172 $15.7M

3 Aug 27-29 6 $2.2M −40.4% 2,607 $860 $19.7M

4 Sep 3-5 7 $1.2M −44.7% 2,107 $588 $21.9M

5 Sep 10-12 — $511.2K −58.8% 1,307 $391 $23.2M

6 Sep 17-19 14 $282.7K −44.7% 807 $350 $23.8M

7 Sep 24-26 — $149.1K −47.3% 457 $326 $24.1M

8 Oct 1-3 — $60.5K −59.4% 137 $441 $24.2M

9 Oct 8-10 — $21.7K −64.1% 67 $324 $24.2M

10 Oct 15-17 — $15.3K −29.4% 45 $340 $24.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 12 #P $650.0K — $650.0K 0 $0 -1

Fri Aug 13 #3 $3.6M — $3.6M 3,207 $1,125 1

Sat Aug 14 #4 $3.0M −18% $6.6M 3,207 $922 2

Sun Aug 15 #4 $2.2M −24% $8.8M 3,207 $697 3

Mon Aug 16 #4 $767.1K −66% $9.6M 3,207 $239 4

Tue Aug 17 #4 $1.0M +32% $10.6M 3,207 $314 5

Wed Aug 18 #4 $719.5K −29% $11.3M 3,207 $224 6

Thu Aug 19 #4 $665.8K −7% $12.0M 3,207 $207 7

Fri Aug 20 #6 $1.1M +62% −70% $13.0M 3,207 $336 8

Sat Aug 21 #5 $1.6M +44% −47% $14.6M 3,207 $486 9

Sun Aug 22 #5 $1.1M −28% −50% $15.7M 3,207 $349 10

Mon Aug 23 #5 $404.7K −64% −47% $16.1M 3,207 $126 11

Tue Aug 24 #5 $550.5K +36% −45% $16.7M 3,207 $171 12

Wed Aug 25 #— $411.8K −25% −43% $17.1M 3,207 $128 13

Thu Aug 26 #5 $377.1K −8% −43% $17.5M 3,207 $117 14

Fri Aug 27 #6 $628.4K +67% −42% $18.1M 2,607 $241 15

Sat Aug 28 #6 $960.1K +53% −38% $19.1M 2,607 $368 16

Sun Aug 29 #6 $653.8K −32% −42% $19.7M 2,607 $250 17

Mon Aug 30 #— $221.6K −66% −45% $19.9M 2,607 $85 18

Tue Aug 31 #— $300.2K +35% −45% $20.2M 2,607 $115 19

Wed Sep 1 #— $223.2K −26% −46% $20.5M 2,607 $85 20

Thu Sep 2 #— $193.4K −13% −49% $20.7M 2,607 $74 21

Fri Sep 3 #7 $314.6K +63% −50% $21.0M 2,107 $149 22

Sat Sep 4 #7 $465.8K +48% −51% $21.4M 2,107 $221 23

Sun Sep 5 #7 $459.3K −1% −30% $21.9M 2,107 $217 24

Mon Sep 6 #7 $395.6K −14% +78% $22.3M 2,107 $187 25

Tue Sep 7 #— $147.4K −63% −51% $22.4M 2,107 $69 26

Wed Sep 8 #— $126.3K −14% −43% $22.6M 2,107 $59 27

Thu Sep 9 #— $124.2K −2% −36% $22.7M 2,107 $58 28

Fri Sep 10 #— $140.8K +13% −55% $22.8M 1,307 $107 29

Sat Sep 11 #— $227.7K +62% −51% $23.1M 1,307 $174 30

Sun Sep 12 #— $142.8K −37% −69% $23.2M 1,307 $109 31

Mon Sep 13 #— $57.6K −60% −85% $23.3M 1,307 $44 32

Tue Sep 14 #— $77.1K +34% −48% $23.3M 1,307 $58 33

Wed Sep 15 #— $67.7K −12% −46% $23.4M 1,307 $51 34

Thu Sep 16 #— $71.3K +5% −43% $23.5M 1,307 $54 35

Fri Sep 17 #14 $79.8K +12% −43% $23.6M 807 $98 36

Sat Sep 18 #— $123.1K +54% −46% $23.7M 807 $152 37

Sun Sep 19 #— $79.9K −35% −44% $23.8M 807 $98 38

Mon Sep 20 #— $32.9K −59% −43% $23.8M 807 $40 39

Tue Sep 21 #— $41.3K +26% −46% $23.8M 807 $51 40

Wed Sep 22 #— $38.5K −7% −43% $23.9M 807 $47 41

Thu Sep 23 #— $34.1K −11% −52% $23.9M 807 $42 42

Fri Sep 24 #— $41.2K +21% −48% $23.9M 457 $90 43

Sat Sep 25 #— $66.3K +61% −46% $24.0M 457 $145 44

Sun Sep 26 #— $41.6K −37% −48% $24.1M 457 $91 45

Mon Sep 27 #— $19.2K −54% −41% $24.1M 457 $42 46

Tue Sep 28 #— $23.8K +24% −42% $24.1M 457 $51 47

Wed Sep 29 #— $22.3K −6% −42% $24.1M 457 $48 48

Thu Sep 30 #— $19.8K −11% −42% $24.1M 457 $43 49

Fri Oct 1 #— $16.7K −15% −59% $24.2M 137 $122 50

Sat Oct 2 #— $28.3K +69% −57% $24.2M 137 $206 51

Sun Oct 3 #— $15.5K −45% −63% $24.2M 137 $113 52

Mon Oct 4 #— $5.7K −63% −70% $24.2M 137 $41 53

Tue Oct 5 #— $6.2K +8% −74% $24.2M 137 $45 54

Wed Oct 6 #— $7.2K +16% −68% $24.2M 137 $52 55

Thu Oct 7 #— $7.7K +7% −61% $24.2M 137 $56 56

Fri Oct 8 #— $6.3K −18% −62% $24.2M 67 $94 57

Sat Oct 9 #— $9.3K +48% −67% $24.2M 67 $139 58

Sun Oct 10 #— $6.1K −35% −61% $24.2M 67 $90 59

Mon Oct 11 #— $3.7K −40% −36% $24.2M 67 $54 60

Tue Oct 12 #— $2.2K −40% −64% $24.3M 67 $33 61

Wed Oct 13 #— $3.4K +54% −52% $24.3M 67 $51 62

Thu Oct 14 #— $2.5K −26% −67% $24.3M 67 $37 63

Fri Oct 15 #— $4.4K +73% −30% $24.3M 45 $97 64

Sat Oct 16 #— $7.4K +69% −21% $24.3M 45 $164 65

Sun Oct 17 #— $3.5K −53% −42% $24.3M 45 $78 66

Mon Oct 18 #— $1.2K −66% −67% $24.3M 45 $26 67

Tue Oct 19 #— $1.1K −4% −48% $24.3M 45 $25 68

Wed Oct 20 #— $2.2K +91% −36% $24.3M 45 $48 69

Thu Oct 21 #— $1.5K −32% −42% $24.3M 45 $32 70

Cumulative total$24.3M

Aug 12Aug 30Sep 16Oct 4Oct 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $15.3K

$8.8M

$3.8M

$2.2M

$1.2M

$511.2K

$282.7K

$149.1K

$60.5K

$21.7K

$15.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,207 → 45 −98.6%

3,207 open45 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.4%

−57.3%

W1→2

−40.4%

W2→3

−44.7%

W3→4

−58.8%

W4→5

−44.7%

W5→6

−47.3%

W6→7

−59.4%

W7→8

−64.1%

W8→9

−29.4%

W9→10

Steepest −64.1%Best hold −29.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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