The Best of Enemies backdrop

The Best of Enemies movie poster

The Best of EnemiesFollow

2019 • PG-13 • 2h 13m • Biography, Drama, History • STX Entertainment

Change is worth fighting for

🍅 51% 77%

49

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$4.45M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$10.21M

Final

Worldwide total

$10.27M

$63K international

Domestic legs2.3x

Budget$10M

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson Starring

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell Starring

Anne Heche

Anne Heche Starring

Wes Bentley

Wes Bentley Starring

ScreenplayRobin Bissell Produced byDanny Strong, Dominique Telson, Fred Bernstein, Matt Berenson, Matthew Plouffe CinematographyDavid Lanzenberg MusicMarcelo Zarvos StudioSTX Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 5-7 6 $4.4M — 1,705 $2,608 $4.4M

2 Apr 12-14 10 $2.0M −54.7% 1,705 $1,181 $8.1M

3 Apr 19-21 16 $596.0K −70.4% 1,002 $595 $9.6M

4 Apr 26-28 24 $125.2K −79.0% 227 $552 $10.0M

5 May 3-5 37 $50.3K −59.8% 134 $376 $10.1M

6 May 10-12 40 $36.6K −27.3% 81 $452 $10.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 5 #6 $1.6M — $1.6M 1,705 $955 1

Sat Apr 6 #6 $1.7M +4% $3.3M 1,705 $995 2

Sun Apr 7 #6 $1.1M −34% $4.4M 1,705 $658 3

Mon Apr 8 #7 $330.3K −71% $4.8M 1,705 $194 4

Tue Apr 9 #6 $713.9K +116% $5.5M 1,705 $419 5

Wed Apr 10 #7 $329.7K −54% $5.8M 1,705 $193 6

Thu Apr 11 #7 $281.6K −15% $6.1M 1,705 $165 7

Fri Apr 12 #10 $606.3K +115% −63% $6.7M 1,705 $356 8

Sat Apr 13 #10 $877.9K +45% −48% $7.6M 1,705 $515 9

Sun Apr 14 #11 $530.0K −40% −53% $8.1M 1,705 $311 10

Mon Apr 15 #11 $199.7K −62% −40% $8.3M 1,705 $117 11

Tue Apr 16 #10 $370.8K +86% −48% $8.7M 1,705 $217 12

Wed Apr 17 #13 $152.9K −59% −54% $8.8M 1,705 $90 13

Thu Apr 18 #13 $150.7K −1% −46% $9.0M 1,705 $88 14

Fri Apr 19 $193.7K +29% −68% $9.2M 1,002 $193 15

Sat Apr 20 #15 $246.8K +27% −72% $9.4M 1,002 $246 16

Sun Apr 21 $155.5K −37% −71% $9.6M 1,002 $155 17

Mon Apr 22 $70.8K −54% −65% $9.7M 1,002 $71 18

Tue Apr 23 #15 $113.9K +61% −69% $9.8M 1,002 $114 19

Wed Apr 24 $64.7K −43% −58% $9.8M 1,002 $65 20

Thu Apr 25 $48.3K −25% −68% $9.9M 1,002 $48 21

Fri Apr 26 $36.6K −24% −81% $9.9M 227 $161 22

Sat Apr 27 $52.9K +45% −79% $10.0M 227 $233 23

Sun Apr 28 $35.8K −32% −77% $10.0M 227 $158 24

Mon Apr 29 $15.8K −56% −78% $10.0M 227 $70 25

Tue Apr 30 $22.5K +43% −80% $10.0M 227 $99 26

Wed May 1 $17.2K −24% −73% $10.1M 227 $76 27

Thu May 2 $13.8K −20% −71% $10.1M 227 $61 28

Fri May 3 $13.9K +1% −62% $10.1M 134 $104 29

Sat May 4 $22.0K +58% −59% $10.1M 134 $164 30

Sun May 5 $14.5K −34% −60% $10.1M 134 $108 31

Mon May 6 $5.8K −60% −63% $10.1M 134 $43 32

Tue May 7 $8.7K +50% −61% $10.1M 134 $65 33

Wed May 8 $6.4K −27% −63% $10.1M 134 $48 34

Thu May 9 $5.7K −11% −59% $10.2M 134 $42 35

Fri May 10 $10.8K +91% −22% $10.2M 81 $134 36

Sat May 11 $13.9K +29% −37% $10.2M 81 $172 37

Sun May 12 $11.8K −15% −18% $10.2M 81 $146 38

Mon May 13 $3.7K −69% −37% $10.2M 81 $45 39

Tue May 14 $3.7K +2% −57% $10.2M 81 $46 40

Wed May 15 $3.4K −10% −47% $10.2M 81 $42 41

Thu May 16 $3.3K −3% −42% $10.2M 81 $41 42

Cumulative total$10.2M

Apr 5Apr 15Apr 26May 6May 16

Weekend grossWk 6 · $36.6K

$4.4M

$2.0M

$596.0K

$125.2K

$50.3K

$36.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6

Theater countPeak 1,705 → 81 −95.2%

1,705 open81 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −27.3%

−54.7%

W1→2

−70.4%

W2→3

−79.0%

W3→4

−59.8%

W4→5

−27.3%

W5→6

Steepest −79.0%Best hold −27.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Similar movies

Hidden Figures 2016 · Melfi $169.6M The Young Victoria 2009 · Vallée $11M Dark Waters 2019 · Haynes $11.1M Foxcatcher 2014 · Miller $12.1M Nuremberg 2025 · Vanderbilt $14.5M Mary Queen of Scots 2018 · Rourke $16.6M

Box office comparisons

Build your own comparison

No head-to-head comparisons featuring The Best of Enemies yet — build one in seconds.

Build your own comparison →