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The Favourite

2018 • R • 1h 59m • History, Comedy, Drama • Fox Searchlight Pictures

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91

4.01

7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$422K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$34.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$95.8M

$61.5M international

Domestic Legs13.2x

Budget$15.0M

2019 Rank#109

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Cast & Crew

Full Lanthimos filmography

Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos Director

Olivia Colman Starring

Emma Stone Starring

Rachel Weisz Starring

Nicholas Hoult Starring

Joe Alwyn Starring

ScreenplayDeborah Davis, Tony McNamara Produced byCeci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos Lanthimos CinematographyRobbie Ryan Costume DesignSandy Powell StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 23-25 19 $422.4K — 4 $105,603 $422.4K

2 Nov 30-Dec 2 13 $1.1M +153.8% 34 $31,538 $1.6M

3 Dec 7-9 12 $1.5M +40.2% 91 $16,523 $3.5M

4 Dec 14-16 12 $2.6M +73.3% 441 $5,908 $6.8M

5 Dec 21-23 11 $2.1M −20.0% 790 $2,639 $10.1M

6 Dec 28-30 12 $2.4M +16.5% 809 $3,002 $15.2M

7 Jan 4-6 13 $1.9M −21.6% 771 $2,469 $19.3M

8 Jan 11-13 18 $1.1M −41.8% 512 $2,164 $21.5M

9 Jan 18-20 18 $815.3K −26.4% 517 $1,577 $22.8M

10 Jan 25-27 13 $2.5M +211.9% 1,540 $1,651 $26.1M

11 Feb 1-3 15 $1.6M −38.7% 1,554 $1,004 $28.7M

12 Feb 8-10 20 $814.4K −47.8% 605 $1,346 $30.2M

13 Feb 15-17 21 $644.7K −20.8% 324 $1,990 $31.2M

14 Feb 22-24 22 $557.1K −13.6% 288 $1,934 $32.1M

15 Mar 1-3 19 $813.9K +46.1% 742 $1,097 $33.2M

16 Mar 8-10 23 $260.1K −68.0% 278 $936 $33.8M

17 Mar 15-17 35 $110.9K −57.4% 143 $775 $34.0M

18 Mar 22-24 46 $50.6K −54.3% 64 $791 $34.1M

19 Mar 29-31 44 $29.1K −42.6% 64 $454 $34.2M

20 Apr 5-7 52 $11.2K −61.5% 22 $509 $34.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 23 — $190.6K — $190.6K 4 $47,643 1

Sat Nov 24 — $129.1K −32.3% $319.7K 4 $32,275 2

Sun Nov 25 — $102.7K −20.4% $422.4K 4 $25,685 3

Mon Nov 26 — $35.6K −65.4% $458.0K 4 $8,891 4

Tue Nov 27 — $42.7K +19.9% $500.6K 4 $10,664 5

Wed Nov 28 — $40.8K −4.4% $541.4K 4 $10,194 6

Thu Nov 29 — $32.9K −19.3% $574.3K 4 $8,226 7

Fri Nov 30 #12 $369.7K +1023.6% +94.0% $944.0K 34 $10,874 8

Sat Dec 1 #13 $404.4K +9.4% +213.3% $1.3M 34 $11,895 9

Sun Dec 2 #13 $298.1K −26.3% +190.2% $1.6M 34 $8,769 10

Mon Dec 3 #12 $95.0K −68.1% +167.1% $1.7M 34 $2,794 11

Tue Dec 4 #13 $96.3K +1.3% +125.7% $1.8M 34 $2,831 12

Wed Dec 5 #14 $101.7K +5.6% +149.4% $1.9M 34 $2,991 13

Thu Dec 6 #13 $99.1K −2.5% +201.3% $2.0M 34 $2,916 14

Fri Dec 7 #12 $469.9K +374.0% +27.1% $2.5M 91 $5,163 15

Sat Dec 8 #12 $599.2K +27.5% +48.2% $3.1M 91 $6,585 16

Sun Dec 9 #12 $434.6K −27.5% +45.8% $3.5M 91 $4,775 17

Mon Dec 10 #12 $151.1K −65.2% +59.1% $3.7M 91 $1,660 18

Tue Dec 11 #12 $178.4K +18.1% +85.3% $3.9M 91 $1,960 19

Wed Dec 12 #13 $162.7K −8.8% +60.0% $4.0M 91 $1,787 20

Thu Dec 13 #13 $135.5K −16.7% +36.7% $4.2M 91 $1,489 21

Fri Dec 14 #10 $846.0K +524.4% +80.0% $5.0M 441 $1,918 22

Sat Dec 15 #12 $1.0M +20.7% +70.5% $6.0M 441 $2,316 23

Sun Dec 16 #12 $738.1K −27.7% +69.8% $6.8M 441 $1,674 24

Mon Dec 17 #12 $309.0K −58.1% +104.5% $7.1M 441 $701 25

Tue Dec 18 #11 $369.6K +19.6% +107.2% $7.5M 441 $838 26

Wed Dec 19 #12 $300.3K −18.7% +84.6% $7.8M 441 $681 27

Thu Dec 20 #11 $272.9K −9.1% +101.4% $8.0M 441 $619 28

Fri Dec 21 #11 $629.1K +130.5% −25.6% $8.7M 790 $796 29

Sat Dec 22 #11 $793.0K +26.1% −22.4% $9.4M 790 $1,004 30

Sun Dec 23 #11 $663.0K −16.4% −10.2% $10.1M 790 $839 31

Mon Dec 24 #11 $418.9K −36.8% +35.6% $10.5M 790 $530 32

Tue Dec 25 #12 $885.3K +111.4% +139.6% $11.4M 795 $1,114 33

Wed Dec 26 #12 $738.9K −16.5% +146.1% $12.2M 795 $929 34

Thu Dec 27 #13 $665.6K −9.9% +143.9% $12.8M 795 $837 35

Fri Dec 28 #12 $776.2K +16.6% +23.4% $13.6M 809 $959 36

Sat Dec 29 #12 $884.5K +14.0% +11.5% $14.5M 809 $1,093 37

Sun Dec 30 #12 $767.6K −13.2% +15.8% $15.2M 809 $949 38

Mon Dec 31 #13 $639.2K −16.7% +52.6% $15.9M 809 $790 39

Tue Jan 1 #13 $774.6K +21.2% −12.5% $16.7M 809 $958 40

Wed Jan 2 #13 $381.0K −50.8% −48.4% $17.0M 809 $471 41

Thu Jan 3 #13 $350.2K −8.1% −47.4% $17.4M 809 $433 42

Fri Jan 4 #14 $552.9K +57.9% −28.8% $17.9M 771 $717 43

Sat Jan 5 #13 $844.2K +52.7% −4.6% $18.8M 771 $1,095 44

Sun Jan 6 #13 $506.3K −40.0% −34.0% $19.3M 771 $657 45

Mon Jan 7 #13 $234.2K −53.7% −63.4% $19.5M 771 $304 46

Tue Jan 8 #13 $320.6K +36.9% −58.6% $19.9M 771 $416 47

Wed Jan 9 #12 $265.6K −17.2% −30.3% $20.1M 771 $344 48

Thu Jan 10 #11 $255.1K −3.9% −27.1% $20.4M 771 $331 49

Fri Jan 11 — $315.2K +23.5% −43.0% $20.7M 512 $616 50

Sat Jan 12 — $479.5K +52.1% −43.2% $21.2M 512 $937 51

Sun Jan 13 — $313.4K −34.6% −38.1% $21.5M 512 $612 52

Mon Jan 14 — $117.4K −62.5% −49.9% $21.6M 512 $229 53

Tue Jan 15 — $155.3K +32.3% −51.6% $21.8M 512 $303 54

Wed Jan 16 — $118.9K −23.5% −55.2% $21.9M 512 $232 55

Thu Jan 17 — $116.1K −2.4% −54.5% $22.0M 512 $227 56

Fri Jan 18 — $219.5K +89.1% −30.4% $22.2M 517 $425 57

Sat Jan 19 — $346.5K +57.9% −27.7% $22.6M 517 $670 58

Sun Jan 20 — $249.3K −28.0% −20.4% $22.8M 517 $482 59

Mon Jan 21 — $186.2K −25.3% +58.6% $23.0M 517 $360 60

Tue Jan 22 — $181.1K −2.7% +16.6% $23.2M 517 $350 61

Wed Jan 23 #15 $194.2K +7.2% +63.3% $23.4M 517 $376 62

Thu Jan 24 #15 $201.3K +3.7% +73.4% $23.6M 517 $389 63

Fri Jan 25 #13 $654.2K +225.0% +198.1% $24.2M 1,540 $425 64

Sat Jan 26 #14 $1.1M +72.2% +225.1% $25.3M 1,540 $731 65

Sun Jan 27 #13 $762.2K −32.3% +205.7% $26.1M 1,540 $495 66

Mon Jan 28 #10 $231.9K −69.6% +24.5% $26.3M 1,540 $151 67

Tue Jan 29 #13 $313.4K +35.1% +73.0% $26.7M 1,540 $203 68

Wed Jan 30 #11 $223.7K −28.6% +15.2% $26.9M 1,540 $145 69

Thu Jan 31 #13 $218.7K −2.3% +8.6% $27.1M 1,540 $142 70

Fri Feb 1 #15 $437.3K +100.0% −33.2% $27.5M 1,554 $281 71

Sat Feb 2 #15 $789.5K +80.5% −29.9% $28.3M 1,554 $508 72

Sun Feb 3 #13 $333.1K −57.8% −56.3% $28.7M 1,554 $214 73

Mon Feb 4 #13 $173.0K −48.1% −25.4% $28.8M 1,554 $111 74

Tue Feb 5 #12 $243.7K +40.9% −22.2% $29.1M 1,554 $157 75

Wed Feb 6 #14 $174.0K −28.6% −22.3% $29.2M 1,554 $112 76

Thu Feb 7 #12 $151.8K −12.7% −30.6% $29.4M 1,554 $98 77

Fri Feb 8 — $194.6K +28.2% −55.5% $29.6M 605 $322 78

Sat Feb 9 — $381.9K +96.2% −51.6% $30.0M 605 $631 79

Sun Feb 10 — $237.9K −37.7% −28.6% $30.2M 605 $393 80

Mon Feb 11 — $77.8K −67.3% −55.0% $30.3M 605 $129 81

Tue Feb 12 — $90.1K +15.8% −63.0% $30.4M 605 $149 82

Wed Feb 13 — $64.1K −28.9% −63.2% $30.4M 456 $140 83

Thu Feb 14 — $96.9K +51.3% −36.2% $30.5M 456 $213 84

Fri Feb 15 — $132.1K +36.3% −32.2% $30.7M 324 $408 85

Sat Feb 16 — $260.1K +97.0% −31.9% $30.9M 324 $803 86

Sun Feb 17 — $252.5K −2.9% +6.2% $31.2M 324 $779 87

Mon Feb 18 — $148.2K −41.3% +90.5% $31.3M 324 $457 88

Tue Feb 19 — $87.6K −40.9% −2.7% $31.4M 324 $270 89

Wed Feb 20 — $59.8K −31.7% −6.6% $31.5M 324 $185 90

Thu Feb 21 — $84.1K +40.7% −13.2% $31.6M 324 $260 91

Fri Feb 22 — $162.1K +92.6% +22.7% $31.7M 288 $563 92

Sat Feb 23 — $248.3K +53.2% −4.6% $32.0M 288 $862 93

Sun Feb 24 — $146.7K −40.9% −41.9% $32.1M 288 $509 94

Mon Feb 25 — $63.0K −57.1% −57.5% $32.2M 288 $219 95

Tue Feb 26 — $79.5K +26.2% −9.2% $32.3M 288 $276 96

Wed Feb 27 — $60.9K −23.5% +1.7% $32.3M 288 $211 97

Thu Feb 28 — $63.8K +4.9% −24.2% $32.4M 288 $222 98

Fri Mar 1 — $204.9K +221.1% +26.4% $32.6M 742 $276 99

Sat Mar 2 — $386.2K +88.5% +55.6% $33.0M 742 $521 100

Sun Mar 3 — $222.8K −42.3% +51.8% $33.2M 742 $300 101

Mon Mar 4 — $78.8K −64.6% +25.1% $33.3M 742 $106 102

Tue Mar 5 — $112.8K +43.1% +41.8% $33.4M 742 $152 103

Wed Mar 6 — $83.9K −25.7% +37.8% $33.5M 742 $113 104

Thu Mar 7 — $67.9K −19.1% +6.3% $33.5M 742 $91 105

Fri Mar 8 — $69.5K +2.4% −66.1% $33.6M 278 $250 106

Sat Mar 9 — $121.9K +75.3% −68.4% $33.7M 278 $438 107

Sun Mar 10 — $68.7K −43.6% −69.1% $33.8M 278 $247 108

Mon Mar 11 — $30.2K −56.0% −61.7% $33.8M 278 $109 109

Tue Mar 12 — $38.0K +25.7% −66.3% $33.9M 278 $137 110

Wed Mar 13 — $27.9K −26.7% −66.8% $33.9M 278 $100 111

Thu Mar 14 — $27.1K −2.8% −60.1% $33.9M 278 $97 112

Fri Mar 15 — $30.8K +13.6% −55.8% $34.0M 143 $215 113

Sat Mar 16 — $52.2K +69.9% −57.1% $34.0M 143 $365 114

Sun Mar 17 — $27.9K −46.7% −59.5% $34.0M 143 $195 115

Mon Mar 18 — $11.6K −58.2% −61.5% $34.1M 143 $81 116

Tue Mar 19 — $17.3K +48.6% −54.5% $34.1M 143 $121 117

Wed Mar 20 — $13.8K −20.5% −50.6% $34.1M 143 $96 118

Thu Mar 21 — $11.3K −18.1% −58.4% $34.1M 143 $79 119

Fri Mar 22 — $13.7K +21.4% −55.6% $34.1M 64 $214 120

Sat Mar 23 — $21.6K +57.7% −58.7% $34.1M 64 $337 121

Sun Mar 24 — $15.4K −28.6% −44.8% $34.1M 64 $240 122

Mon Mar 25 — $8.2K −46.8% −29.6% $34.2M 64 $128 123

Tue Mar 26 — $6.4K −21.9% −63.0% $34.2M 64 $100 124

Wed Mar 27 — $5.6K −12.9% −59.5% $34.2M 64 $87 125

Thu Mar 28 — $5.3K −4.7% −52.9% $34.2M 64 $83 126

Fri Mar 29 — $8.1K +53.1% −40.5% $34.2M 64 $127 127

Sat Mar 30 — $13.7K +68.3% −36.5% $34.2M 64 $214 128

Sun Mar 31 — $7.2K −47.2% −53.0% $34.2M 64 $113 129

Mon Apr 1 — $4.4K −39.7% −46.7% $34.2M 64 $68 130

Tue Apr 2 — $4.6K +5.7% −27.9% $34.2M 64 $72 131

Wed Apr 3 — $3.9K −16.4% −30.8% $34.2M 64 $60 132

Thu Apr 4 — $5.3K +38.2% +0.2% $34.2M 64 $83 133

Fri Apr 5 — $2.7K −49.0% −66.6% $34.2M 22 $123 134

Sat Apr 6 — $4.4K +60.5% −68.2% $34.2M 22 $198 135

Sun Apr 7 — $4.1K −5.5% −43.1% $34.2M 22 $187 136

Mon Apr 8 — $2.8K −31.4% −35.2% $34.2M 22 $128 137

Tue Apr 9 — $5.0K +76.1% +7.9% $34.2M 22 $226 138

Wed Apr 10 — $2.6K −48.3% −33.3% $34.2M 22 $117 139

Thu Apr 11 — $1.7K −34.0% −68.2% $34.4M 22 $77 140

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

Cumulative total$27.1M

Nov 23Dec 10Dec 28Jan 14Jan 31

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.5M

$422.4K

$1.1M

$1.5M

$2.6M

$2.1M

$2.4M

$1.9M

$1.1M

$815.3K

$2.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,540 → 1,540 +0.0%

4 open1,540 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +211.9%

+153.8%

W1→2

+40.2%

W2→3

+73.3%

W3→4

−20.0%

W4→5

+16.5%

W5→6

−21.6%

W6→7

−41.8%

W7→8

−26.4%

W8→9

+211.9%

W9→10

Steepest −41.8%Biggest gain +211.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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