The Amateur backdrop
The Amateur movie poster

The Amateur

2025 R 130 min Crime, Drama, Thriller

Vengeance is personal

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$14.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$40.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$96M
Global total
Budget
$60M
Production
Domestic Legs
2.8x
Opening → Total
2025 Rank
#46
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Predicted Final Domestic
$41M–$44M
$38M $43M $47M
$41M so far

The prediction model updated after a -53% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $38M–$47M accounts for 90% of films.

$44M
Baseline
Thriller Original — 3.00 baseline opening
-4%
CinemaScore
B+: Thriller avg is A-
0%
Audience
Above Avg — RT 87%, LB 2.90, IMDB 6.5
-4%
Seasonality
Spring
0%
Sequel
Original
0%
Release Day
Friday (standard)
-1%
2nd Weekend
-53% drop
+5%
Genre
Thriller Original legs
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Apr 11-13 3 $14.8M $14.8M 3,400 $4K 1
Apr 18-20 4 $7.0M -52.6% $27.1M 3,400 $2K 2
Apr 25-27 7 $3.7M -47.4% $33.7M 3,060 $1K 3
May 2-4 6 $1.9M -47.9% $37.1M 2,135 $898 4
May 9-11 9 $1.2M -38.9% $39.0M 1,200 $976 5
May 16-18 10 $725K -38.2% $40.2M 850 $852 6
May 23-25 15 $115K -84.2% $40.6M 265 $432 7
May 30-Jun 1 18 $51K -55.9% $40.7M 120 $421 8
Jun 6-8 26 $29K -41.9% $40.8M 20 $1K 9

Performance Charts

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJames Hawes
ScreenplayKen Nolan, Gary Spinelli
Produced byHutch Parker, Dan Wilson, Rami Malek
CinematographyJohn Mathieson
MusicVolker Bertelmann
Prod. DesignJames D. Bissell
StarringRami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Michael Stuhlbarg