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Sorry to Bother You

2018 R 1h 52m Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Annapurna Pictures

Destiny is calling.

Sorry to Bother You Box Office

Opening Weekend
$4.2M
3-day wide opening
Domestic Total
$17.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$18.3M
$792K international
Domestic Legs4.2x
Budget$3.2M
2018 Rank#123
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 6-8 16 $727K $727K 16 $45.5K 1
Jul 13-15 7 $4.21M +478.7% $5.27M 805 $5.2K 2
Jul 20-22 10 $2.86M -32.0% $10.29M 1,050 $2.7K 3
Jul 27-29 12 $1.37M -52.0% $13.28M 802 $1.7K 4
Aug 3-5 17 $802K -41.6% $14.91M 404 $2.0K 5
Aug 10-12 20 $420K -47.7% $15.80M 204 $2.1K 6
Aug 17-19 23 $254K -39.5% $16.30M 143 $1.8K 7
Aug 24-26 28 $146K -42.4% $16.60M 88 $1.7K 8
Aug 31-Sep 2 27 $274K +87.0% $16.96M 505 $542 9
Sep 7-9 34 $86K -68.5% $17.25M 72 $1.2K 10
Sep 14-16 43 $56K -34.5% $17.35M 47 $1.2K 11
Sep 21-23 49 $28K -49.9% $17.41M 18 $1.6K 12
Sep 28-30 61 $22K -20.5% $17.45M 30 $749 13
Oct 5-7 63 $10K -53.7% $17.47M 11 $945 14
Oct 12-14 68 $5K -51.2% $17.49M 9 $564 15
Oct 19-21 81 $1K -73.8% $17.49M 3 $443 16
Oct 26-28 94 $795 -40.1% $17.49M 2 $398 17

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byBoots Riley
ScreenplayBoots Riley
Produced byNina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Duffy, Kelly Williams, Charles D. King, George Rush
Music byTune-Yards
StarringLaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews
StudioAnnapurna Pictures

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