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2026 • Drama • Sony Pictures Releasing

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Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.02M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$9.13M
Week 3
Worldwide total
$16.96M
$7.83M international
Domestic legs1.8x
Budget$30M
2026 rank#85

Cast & crew

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Aaron Sorkin Aaron Sorkin Director Jeremy Allen White Jeremy Allen White Starring Jeremy Strong Jeremy Strong Starring Betty Gilpin Betty Gilpin Starring Billy Magnussen Billy Magnussen Starring Sony Pictures Studio
Written byAaron Sorkin StudioSony Pictures

Predicted final domestic

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$9.6M–$10.2M
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$9.2M $10.0M $10.5M
$9.13M so far

The prediction updated after the third weekend. Based on the weekend 2 and 3 drops and factoring in other movies with similar performance, the model predicts a final range of $9.6M–$10.2M. The wider range of $9.2M–$10.5M represents about 90% of outcomes after the third weekend. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$9.1M
Baseline
Banked through 3 weekends
91%
Earned by Wk 3
Typical for this drop profile
-78%
Weekend drops
-69% then -86%

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 9-11 5 $5.0M — 2,606 $1,926 $5.0M
2 Oct 16-18 13 $1.4M −72% 2,606 $538 $8.3M
3 Oct 23-25 24 $170.8K −88% 619 $276 $9.0M
Cumulative total$9.1M
Oct 8Oct 13Oct 19Oct 24Oct 29
Weekend grossWk 3 · $170.8K
$5.0M
$1.4M
$170.8K
W1W2W3
Theater countPeak 2,606 → 619 −76.2%
2,368 open619 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 3 · −88%
−72%
W1→2
−88%
W2→3
Steepest −88%Best hold −72%

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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