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The Drama

2026 • R • 1h 46m • Romance / Comedy • A24

Witness the wedding of the year.

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$14.40M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$48.10M

49 days

Worldwide Total

$105.11M

$57.00M international

Budget$28M

Domestic Legs3.3x

2026 Rank#31

Compare with other movies

Cast & Crew

Directed byKristoffer Borgli ScreenplayKristoffer Borgli Produced byAri Aster, Lars Knudsen, Tyler Campellone CinematographyRina Yang MusicDaniel Pemberton Prod. DesignThérèse Deprez StarringRobert Pattinson, Zendaya, Alana Haim, Mamoudou Athie

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$44M–$48M

$41M $46M $51M

$48.10M so far

The prediction model now reflects -39% / -44% holds in week 2 and 3, which tightened the range. The wider range of $41M–$51M accounts for 90% of outcomes after the 3rd weekend. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$43M

Baseline

Comedy Original — 3.00 baseline opening

-11%

CinemaScore

B: Comedy avg is A

+2%

Audience

Strong — RT 82%

-4%

Seasonality

Spring

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

+0%

2nd Weekend

-39% / -44% drops

+14%

Genre

Comedy Original legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 3–5 3 $14.4M — 3,087 $4,658 $14.4M

2 Apr 10-12 3 $8.7M −39.0% 3,151 $2,763 $30.8M

3 Apr 17–19 4 $4.8M −44% 2,629 $1,842 $39.7M

4 Apr 24-26 5 $2.6M −46% 1,822 $1,453 $44.8M

5 May 1-3 10 $908.3K −66% 857 $1,060 $46.9M

6 May 8-10 12 $295.9K −67% 292 $1,014 $47.7M

7 May 15-17 19 $86.2K −71% 120 $719 $48.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Apr 2 (p) #3 $1.7M — $1.7M 3,087 $551 0

Fri Apr 3 #3 $6.4M — $6.4M 3,087 $2,081 1

Sat Apr 4 #3 $4.6M −28.0% $11.0M 3,087 $1,498 2

Sun Apr 5 #3 $3.3M −28.0% $14.4M 3,087 $1,079 3

Mon Apr 6 #3 $1.9M −44% $16.2M 3,087 $604 4

Tue Apr 7 #3 $2.5M +36% $18.8M 3,087 $822 5

Wed Apr 8 #3 $1.8M −31% $20.5M 3,087 $567 6

Thu Apr 9 #3 $1.6M −8% $22.1M 3,087 $522 7

Fri Apr 10 #4 $2.8M +77.0% −56.0% $25.0M 3,151 $904 8

Sat Apr 11 #3 $3.4M +20.0% −26.0% $28.4M 3,151 $1,085 9

Sun Apr 12 #3 $2.4M −29.0% −27.0% $30.8M 3,151 $774 10

Mon Apr 13 #3 $862.6K −63.0% −54.0% $31.7M 3,151 $274 11

Tue Apr 14 #3 $1.4M +66.0% −44.0% $33.1M 3,151 $454 12

Wed Apr 15 #3 $930.7K −35.0% −47.0% $34.1M 3,151 $295 13

Thu Apr 16 #3 $846.9K −9.0% −47.0% $34.9M 3,151 $269 14

Fri Apr 17 #4 $1.5M +80.0% −47.0% $36.4M 2,629 $580 15

Sat Apr 18 #4 $2.0M +28.0% −43.0% $38.4M 2,629 $742 16

Sun Apr 19 #4 $1.4M −30.0% −41.0% $39.8M 2,629 $520 17

Mon Apr 20 $548.0K −61.0% −36.0% $40.3M 2,629 $208 18

Tue Apr 21 #4 $898.7K +64% −37% $41.2M 2,629 $342 19

Wed Apr 22 — $566.2K −37% −39% $41.8M 2,629 $215 20

Thu Apr 23 #4 $447.3K −21% −47% $42.2M 2,629 $170 21

Fri Apr 24 #5 $816.3K +83% −46% $43.0M 1,822 $448 22

Sat Apr 25 #5 $1.1M +32% −45% $44.1M 1,822 $591 23

Sun Apr 26 #5 $678.8K −37% −52% $44.8M 1,822 $373 24

Mon Apr 27 #5 $285.1K −58% −48% $45.1M 1,822 $156 25

Tue Apr 28 #5 $479.0K +68% −47% $45.6M 1,822 $263 26

Wed Apr 29 #5 $335.3K −30% −41% $45.9M 1,822 $184 27

Thu Apr 30 #6 $212.3K −37% −53% $46.1M 1,822 $117 28

Fri May 1 #10 $267.4K +26% −67% $46.4M 857 $312 29

Sat May 2 #9 $377.0K +41% −65% $46.8M 857 $440 30

Sun May 3 #10 $263.9K −30% −61% $47.0M 857 $308 31

Mon May 4 — $113.5K −57% −60% $47.1M 857 $132 32

Tue May 5 — $160.2K +41% −67% $47.3M 857 $187 33

Wed May 6 — $128.2K −20% −62% $47.4M 857 $150 34

Thu May 7 — $79.5K −38% −63% $47.5M 857 $93 35

Fri May 8 #12 $92.2K +16% −66% $47.6M 292 $316 36

Sat May 9 #12 $119.9K +30% −68% $47.7M 292 $410 37

Sun May 10 #12 $81.9K −32% −69% $47.8M 292 $280 38

Mon May 11 — $49.0K −40% −57% $47.8M 292 $168 39

Tue May 12 — $66.1K +35% −59% $47.9M 292 $226 40

Wed May 13 — $52.3K −21% −59% $48.0M 292 $179 41

Thu May 14 — $29.7K −43% −63% $48.0M 292 $102 42

Fri May 15 — $29.0K −2% −69% $48.0M 120 $242 43

Sat May 16 — $33.7K +16% −72% $48.1M 120 $281 44

Sun May 17 — $29.0K −14% −65% $48.1M 120 $241 45

Mon May 18 — $13.4K −54% −73% $48.1M 120 $112 46

Tue May 19 — $16.0K +19% −76% $48.1M 120 $133 47

Wed May 20 — $12.2K −24% −77% $48.1M 120 $102 48

Thu May 21 — $8.2K −33% −72% $48.1M 120 $68 49

Cumulative total$48.1M

Apr 2Apr 14Apr 27May 9May 21

Weekend grossWk 7 · $86.2K

$14.4M

$8.7M

$4.8M

$2.6M

$908.3K

$295.9K

$86.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 3,151 → 120 −96.2%

3,087 open120 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −71%

−39.0%

W1→2

−44%

W2→3

−46%

W3→4

−66%

W4→5

−67%

W5→6

−71%

W6→7

Steepest −71%Best hold −39.0%

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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