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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017 • R • 2h 1m • Drama, Horror, Mystery • A24

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3.70

7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$115K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$2.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$10.7M

$8.4M international

Domestic Legs5.0x

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Cast & Crew

Full Lanthimos filmography

Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos Director

Colin Farrell Starring

Nicole Kidman Starring

Barry Keoghan Starring

Raffey Cassidy Starring

Alicia Silverstone

Alicia Silverstone Starring

ScreenplayYorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou Produced byEd Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos CinematographyThimios Bakatakis StudioA24

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 20-22 31 $115.1K — 4 $28,780 $115.1K

2 Oct 27-29 26 $225.2K +95.6% 33 $6,823 $396.1K

3 Nov 3-5 25 $393.0K +74.6% 86 $4,570 $900.0K

4 Nov 10-12 21 $460.9K +17.3% 238 $1,937 $1.5M

5 Nov 17-19 22 $188.1K −59.2% 190 $990 $2.0M

6 Nov 24-26 36 $68.4K −63.6% 59 $1,159 $2.1M

7 Dec 1-3 46 $38.7K −43.4% 41 $943 $2.2M

8 Dec 8-10 48 $22.1K −42.8% 41 $539 $2.2M

9 Dec 15-17 45 $11.9K −46.4% 23 $515 $2.3M

10 Dec 22-24 49 $2.8K −76.8% 8 $344 $2.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 20 #- $42.8K — $42.8K 4 $10,694 1

Sat Oct 21 #- $39.9K −7% $82.7K 4 $9,974 2

Sun Oct 22 #- $32.5K −19% $115.1K 4 $8,112 3

Mon Oct 23 #- $14.2K −56% $129.3K 4 $3,554 4

Tue Oct 24 #- $14.7K +4% $144.1K 4 $3,679 5

Wed Oct 25 #- $13.7K −7% $157.8K 4 $3,426 6

Thu Oct 26 #- $13.2K −4% $170.9K 4 $3,292 7

Fri Oct 27 #- $79.5K +503% +86% $250.4K 33 $2,408 8

Sat Oct 28 #- $78.1K −2% +96% $328.4K 33 $2,366 9

Sun Oct 29 #- $67.7K −13% +108% $396.1K 33 $2,050 10

Mon Oct 30 #- $26.0K −62% +83% $422.1K 33 $788 11

Tue Oct 31 #- $25.9K — +76% $448.0K 33 $784 12

Wed Nov 1 #- $26.4K +2% +93% $474.4K 33 $800 13

Thu Nov 2 #- $32.5K +23% +147% $506.9K 33 $986 14

Fri Nov 3 #- $119.7K +268% +51% $626.6K 86 $1,392 15

Sat Nov 4 #- $156.7K +31% +101% $783.3K 86 $1,822 16

Sun Nov 5 #- $116.6K −26% +72% $900.0K 86 $1,356 17

Mon Nov 6 #- $45.1K −61% +73% $945.0K 86 $524 18

Tue Nov 7 #- $51.9K +15% +100% $996.9K 86 $603 19

Wed Nov 8 #- $45.9K −11% +74% $1.0M 86 $534 20

Thu Nov 9 #- $40.4K −12% +24% $1.1M 86 $469 21

Fri Nov 10 #- $149.1K +269% +25% $1.2M 238 $627 22

Sat Nov 11 #- $184.3K +24% +18% $1.4M 238 $774 23

Sun Nov 12 #- $127.5K −31% +9% $1.5M 238 $536 24

Mon Nov 13 #- $59.4K −53% +32% $1.6M 238 $250 25

Tue Nov 14 #- $61.9K +4% +19% $1.7M 238 $260 26

Wed Nov 15 #- $59.2K −4% +29% $1.7M 238 $249 27

Thu Nov 16 #15 $43.2K −27% +7% $1.8M 238 $182 28

Fri Nov 17 #- $51.1K +18% −66% $1.8M 190 $269 29

Sat Nov 18 #- $78.7K +54% −57% $1.9M 190 $414 30

Sun Nov 19 #- $58.3K −26% −54% $2.0M 190 $307 31

Mon Nov 20 #- $31.1K −47% −48% $2.0M 190 $164 32

Tue Nov 21 #- $30.5K −2% −51% $2.0M 190 $161 33

Wed Nov 22 #- $16.6K −46% −72% $2.0M 67 $247 34

Thu Nov 23 #- $11.8K −29% −73% $2.0M 67 $176 35

Fri Nov 24 #- $20.9K +77% −59% $2.1M 59 $354 36

Sat Nov 25 #- $26.9K +29% −66% $2.1M 59 $456 37

Sun Nov 26 #- $20.6K −23% −65% $2.1M 59 $349 38

Mon Nov 27 #- $7.5K −63% −76% $2.1M 59 $128 39

Tue Nov 28 #- $10.7K +42% −65% $2.1M 59 $181 40

Wed Nov 29 #- $9.0K −16% −46% $2.1M 59 $152 41

Thu Nov 30 #- $10.0K +11% −16% $2.2M 59 $169 42

Fri Dec 1 #- $11.1K +12% −47% $2.2M 41 $272 43

Sat Dec 2 #- $13.6K +22% −49% $2.2M 41 $333 44

Sun Dec 3 #- $13.9K +2% −33% $2.2M 41 $339 45

Mon Dec 4 #- $7.1K −49% −5% $2.2M 41 $174 46

Tue Dec 5 #- $7.9K +11% −26% $2.2M 41 $193 47

Wed Dec 6 #- $7.4K −6% −17% $2.2M 41 $181 48

Thu Dec 7 #- $5.6K −25% −44% $2.2M 41 $136 49

Fri Dec 8 #- $6.9K +23% −38% $2.2M 41 $167 50

Sat Dec 9 #- $8.6K +26% −37% $2.2M 41 $211 51

Sun Dec 10 #- $6.6K −24% −52% $2.2M 41 $161 52

Mon Dec 11 #- $6.6K — −7% $2.2M 41 $161 53

Tue Dec 12 #- $5.4K −18% −31% $2.3M 41 $132 54

Wed Dec 13 #- $5.5K +2% −26% $2.3M 41 $134 55

Thu Dec 14 #- $3.7K −32% −33% $2.3M 41 $91 56

Fri Dec 15 #- $2.7K −29% −61% $2.3M 23 $116 57

Sat Dec 16 #- $5.4K +104% −37% $2.3M 23 $237 58

Sun Dec 17 #- $3.7K −31% −44% $2.3M 23 $162 59

Mon Dec 18 #- $3.8K +1% −43% $2.3M 23 $164 60

Tue Dec 19 #- $3.4K −9% −36% $2.3M 23 $150 61

Wed Dec 20 #- $2.4K −29% −56% $2.3M 23 $106 62

Thu Dec 21 #- $2.8K +13% −26% $2.3M 23 $120 63

Fri Dec 22 #- $1.5K −44% −42% $2.3M 8 $193 64

Sat Dec 23 #- $628 −59% −88% $2.3M 8 $78 65

Sun Dec 24 #- $582 −7% −84% $2.3M 8 $73 66

Mon Dec 25 #- $602 +3% −84% $2.3M 8 $75 67

Tue Dec 26 #- $1.0K +67% −71% $2.3M 8 $126 68

Wed Dec 27 #- $857 −15% −65% $2.3M 8 $107 69

Thu Dec 28 #- $951 +11% −66% $2.3M 8 $119 70

Cumulative total$2.3M

Oct 20Nov 6Nov 24Dec 11Dec 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.8K

$115.1K

$225.2K

$393.0K

$460.9K

$188.1K

$68.4K

$38.7K

$22.1K

$11.9K

$2.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 238 → 8 −96.6%

4 open8 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −76.8%

+95.6%

W1→2

+74.6%

W2→3

+17.3%

W3→4

−59.2%

W4→5

−63.6%

W5→6

−43.4%

W6→7

−42.8%

W7→8

−46.4%

W8→9

−76.8%

W9→10

Steepest −76.8%Biggest gain +95.6%

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