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2020 • R • 1h 57m • Crime, Drama, Mystery • IFC Films

Where the truth lies.

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6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$119K

Limited · 186 theaters

Domestic total

$364K

Final

Worldwide total

$18.28M

$17.91M international

Domestic legs3.1x

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Cast & crew

Directed byRobert Connolly ScreenplayHarry Cripps, Robert Connolly Produced byBruna Papandrea, Jodi Matterson, Steve Hutensky CinematographyStefan Duscio MusicPeter Raeburn Prod. DesignRuby Mathers StarringEric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly, Keir O'Donnell, John Polson, Matt Nable, Eddie Baroo StudioIFC Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 21-23 - $119.4K — 186 $642 $119.4K

2 May 28-30 - $62.5K −47.6% 126 $496 $225.3K

3 Jun 4-6 - $29.7K −52.4% 58 $513 $286.5K

4 Jun 11-13 - $18.3K −38.6% 45 $406 $319.4K

5 Jun 18-20 - $8.9K −51.5% 21 $422 $336.7K

6 Jun 25-27 - $5.5K −38.0% 11 $499 $345.2K

7 Jul 2-4 - $4.7K −14.9% 7 $667 $351.8K

8 Jul 9-11 - $3.6K −22.4% 7 $518 $358.3K

9 Jul 16-18 - $2.0K −44.5% 5 $402 $361.9K

10 Jul 23-25 - $412 −79.5% 3 $137 $363.1K

11 Jul 30-Aug 1 - $453 +10.0% 2 $227 $364.2K

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 21 $35.8K — $35.8K 186 $193 1

Sat May 22 $50.2K +40% $86.0K 186 $270 2

Sun May 23 $33.4K −33% $119.4K 186 $179 3

Mon May 24 $9.0K −73% $128.4K 186 $48 4

Tue May 25 $11.9K +32% $140.3K 186 $64 5

Wed May 26 $11.8K −1% $152.1K 186 $63 6

Thu May 27 $10.8K −9% $162.8K 186 $58 7

Fri May 28 $16.5K +53% −54% $179.3K 126 $131 8

Sat May 29 $24.3K +47% −52% $203.6K 126 $193 9

Sun May 30 $21.8K −10% −35% $225.3K 126 $173 10

Mon May 31 $16.1K −26% +79% $241.5K 126 $128 11

Tue Jun 1 $4.6K −71% −61% $246.1K 126 $37 12

Wed Jun 2 $3.9K −16% −67% $250.0K 126 $31 13

Thu Jun 3 $6.8K +74% −37% $256.7K 126 $54 14

Fri Jun 4 $8.1K +20% −51% $264.8K 58 $140 15

Sat Jun 5 $13.0K +61% −47% $277.8K 58 $224 16

Sun Jun 6 $8.7K −33% −60% $286.5K 58 $149 17

Mon Jun 7 $3.0K −66% −82% $289.4K 58 $51 18

Tue Jun 8 $3.0K +0% −36% $292.4K 58 $51 19

Wed Jun 9 $4.8K +62% +24% $297.2K 58 $83 20

Thu Jun 10 $3.9K −19% −42% $301.1K 58 $67 21

Fri Jun 11 $4.9K +26% −39% $306.0K 45 $109 22

Sat Jun 12 $7.5K +52% −42% $313.5K 45 $167 23

Sun Jun 13 $5.8K −22% −32% $319.4K 45 $130 24

Mon Jun 14 $2.0K −67% −34% $321.3K 45 $43 25

Tue Jun 15 $1.6K −16% −45% $323.0K 45 $37 26

Wed Jun 16 $2.3K +39% −52% $325.3K 45 $51 27

Thu Jun 17 $2.6K +12% −34% $327.8K 45 $57 28

Fri Jun 18 $2.1K −18% −57% $329.9K 21 $100 29

Sat Jun 19 $3.6K +71% −52% $333.5K 21 $171 30

Sun Jun 20 $3.2K −12% −46% $336.7K 21 $151 31

Mon Jun 21 $583 −82% −70% $337.3K 21 $28 32

Tue Jun 22 $493 −15% −70% $337.8K 21 $23 33

Wed Jun 23 $969 +97% −58% $338.7K 21 $46 34

Thu Jun 24 $1.0K +6% −60% $339.7K 21 $49 35

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$339.7K

May 21May 30Jun 7Jun 16Jun 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $412

$119.4K

$62.5K

$29.7K

$18.3K

$8.9K

$5.5K

$4.7K

$3.6K

$2.0K

$412

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 186 → 21 −88.7%

186 open21 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −79.5%

−47.6%

W1→2

−52.4%

W2→3

−38.6%

W3→4

−51.5%

W4→5

−38.0%

W5→6

−14.9%

W6→7

−22.4%

W7→8

−44.5%

W8→9

−79.5%

W9→10

Steepest −79.5%Best hold −14.9%

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