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The Post

2017 PG-13 1h 56m Drama, History, Biography 20th Century Fox

Truth be told

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$81.9M
Final
Opening Weekend
$18.6M
3-day opening (wide)
Domestic Legs
4.40x
Opening → Total
Budget
$50M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$179.8M
$97.9M international
2018 Rank
#37
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 22-Dec 24 $526K $526K 9 $58K 1
Dec 29-Dec 31 $561K +6.7% $1.8M 9 $62K 2
Jan 05-Jan 07 $1.7M +202.6% $3.8M 36 $47K 3
Jan 12-Jan 14 $19.4M +1040.3% $23.9M 2819 $7K 4
Jan 19-Jan 21 $11.7M -39.5% $44.8M 2851 $4K 5
Jan 26-Jan 28 $9.1M -22.3% $58.8M 2640 $3K 6
Feb 02-Feb 04 $5.2M -42.7% $67.2M 2462 $2K 7
Feb 09-Feb 11 $3.6M -30.4% $73.0M 1865 $2K 8
Feb 16-Feb 18 $2.0M -45.2% $76.6M 1050 $2K 9
Feb 23-Feb 25 $1.2M -37.5% $78.9M 795 $2K 10
Mar 02-Mar 04 $1.1M -13.9% $80.5M 671 $2K 11
Mar 09-Mar 11 $329K -69.3% $81.2M 278 $1K 12
Mar 16-Mar 18 $133K -59.7% $81.4M 159 $833 13
Mar 23-Mar 25 $91K -31.1% $81.6M 102 $895 14
Mar 30-Apr 01 $53K -42.4% $81.7M 76 $691 15

Performance Charts

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Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed bySteven Spielberg
ScreenplayLiz Hannah, Josh Singer
StarringMeryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts
Studio20th Century Fox