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The BreadwinnerFollow

2026 • PG • 1h 40m • Comedy / Family • Sony Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$20.20M
Week 5
Worldwide total
$20.20M
Domestic only — international not yet reported
Domestic legs2.8x
Budget$25M
2026 rank#52

Cast & crew

Mandy Moore Mandy Moore Starring Zach Cherry Zach Cherry Starring Kumail Nanjiani Kumail Nanjiani Starring Will Forte Will Forte Starring
ScreenplayNate Bargatze, Dan Lagana Produced byJeremy Latcham, Nate Bargatze, Dan Lagana CinematographyEigil Bryld MusicLeo Birenberg & Zach Robinson StudioSony Pictures

Predicted final domestic

How the model works
$20M–$22M
$20M $21M $23M
$20.20M so far

The prediction updated after the third weekend. Based on the weekend 2 and 3 drops and factoring in other movies with similar performance, the model predicts a final range of $20M–$22M million. The wider range of $20M–$23M million represents about 90% of outcomes after the third weekend. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$17.5M
Baseline
Banked through 3 weekends
82%
Earned by Wk 3
Typical for this drop profile
-55%
Weekend drops
-54% then -55%

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 29-31 (opening) 5 $7.4M — 3,252 $2,261 $7.4M
2 June 5-7 8 $3.4M −54% 3,252 $1,050 $13.9M
3 June 12-14 12 $1.5M −56% 2,006 $758 $17.5M
4 June 19-21 14 $851.1K −44% 802 $1,061 $19.3M
5 June 26-28 16 $476.2K −45% 303 $1,572 $20.1M
Cumulative total$20.2M
May 29Jun 7Jun 15Jun 24Jul 2
Weekend grossWk 5 · $476.2K
$7.4M
$3.4M
$1.5M
$851.1K
$476.2K
W1W2W3W4W5
Theater countPeak 3,252 → 178 −94.5%
3,252 open178 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −45%
−54%
W1→2
−56%
W2→3
−44%
W3→4
−45%
W4→5
Steepest −56%Best hold −44%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

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