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The Substance

2024 • R • 2h 21m • Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller • MUBI

Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?

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3.73

7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$3.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$17.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$77.3M

$59.7M international

Domestic Legs5.5x

Budget$17.5M

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Cast & Crew

Directed byCoralie Fargeat ScreenplayCoralie Fargeat Produced byCoralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner Music byRaffertie StarringDemi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid StudioMUBI

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 20-22 6 $3.2M — 1,949 $1,645 $3.2M

2 Sep 27-29 11 $2.1M −35.8% 1,712 $1,202 $7.1M

3 Oct 4-6 8 $1.4M −33.4% 686 $1,997 $9.8M

4 Oct 11-13 — $1.1M −18.5% 556 $2,008 $11.7M

5 Oct 18-20 11 $871.6K −21.9% 548 $1,591 $13.4M

6 Oct 25-27 11 $629.3K −27.8% 424 $1,484 $14.6M

7 Nov 1-3 14 $487.7K −22.5% 334 $1,460 $15.5M

8 Nov 8-10 — $172.2K −64.7% 205 $840 $16.0M

9 Nov 15-17 — $134.6K −21.9% 118 $1,140 $16.2M

10 Nov 22-24 — $40.8K −69.7% 40 $1,019 $16.4M

11 Nov 29-Dec 1 — $18.1K −55.7% 20 $903 $16.4M

12 Dec 6-8 — $6.3K −65.2% 10 $629 $16.4M

13 Dec 13-15 — $5.8K −7.2% 5 $1,168 $16.4M

14 Dec 20-22 — $5.5K −6.4% 7 $780 $16.4M

15 Dec 27-29 — $6.0K +10.3% 6 $1,004 $16.4M

16 Jan 3-5 — $5.9K −2.0% 8 $738 $16.5M

17 Jan 10-12 — $13.0K +119.5% 8 $1,619 $16.5M

18 Jan 17-19 — $239.5K +1749.3% 481 $498 $16.7M

19 Jan 24-26 — $147.6K −38.4% 352 $419 $17.0M

20 Jan 31-Feb 2 — $71.8K −51.4% 229 $313 $17.2M

21 Feb 7-9 — $39.0K −45.7% 189 $206 $17.2M

22 Feb 14-16 — $22.6K −42.2% 122 $185 $17.3M

23 Feb 21-23 — $61.2K +171.3% 504 $121 $17.4M

24 Feb 28-Mar 2 — $106.8K +74.4% 372 $287 $17.5M

25 Mar 7-9 — $7.9K −92.6% 39 $203 $17.6M

26 Mar 14-16 — $1.9K −75.3% 4 $488 $17.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 20 #5 $1.3M — $1.3M 1,949 $683 1

Sat Sep 21 #6 $1.0M −21.8% $2.4M 1,949 $534 2

Sun Sep 22 #6 $831.6K −20.2% $3.2M 1,949 $427 3

Mon Sep 23 #4 $422.5K −49.2% $3.6M 1,949 $217 4

Tue Sep 24 #4 $611.8K +44.8% $4.2M 1,949 $314 5

Wed Sep 25 #4 $449.1K −26.6% $4.7M 1,949 $230 6

Thu Sep 26 #4 $370.4K −17.5% $5.1M 1,949 $190 7

Fri Sep 27 #11 $596.6K +61.1% −55.2% $5.7M 1,712 $348 8

Sat Sep 28 #9 $822.9K +37.9% −21.0% $6.5M 1,712 $481 9

Sun Sep 29 #9 $637.8K −22.5% −23.3% $7.1M 1,712 $373 10

Mon Sep 30 #6 $284.8K −55.3% −32.6% $7.4M 1,712 $166 11

Tue Oct 1 — $380.7K +33.7% −37.8% $7.8M 1,712 $222 12

Wed Oct 2 #6 $347.7K −8.7% −22.6% $8.1M 1,712 $203 13

Thu Oct 3 — $255.9K −26.4% −30.9% $8.4M 1,712 $149 14

Fri Oct 4 — $425.7K +66.4% −28.6% $8.8M 686 $621 15

Sat Oct 5 — $538.5K +26.5% −34.6% $9.3M 686 $785 16

Sun Oct 6 — $405.9K −24.6% −36.4% $9.8M 686 $592 17

Mon Oct 7 — $198.2K −51.2% −30.4% $10.0M 686 $289 18

Tue Oct 8 — $264.1K +33.2% −30.6% $10.2M 686 $385 19

Wed Oct 9 — $208.8K −20.9% −39.9% $10.4M 686 $304 20

Thu Oct 10 #7 $180.7K −13.5% −29.4% $10.6M 686 $263 21

Fri Oct 11 — $342.0K +89.3% −19.7% $10.9M 556 $615 22

Sat Oct 12 — $421.8K +23.3% −21.7% $11.4M 556 $759 23

Sun Oct 13 — $352.5K −16.4% −13.2% $11.7M 556 $634 24

Mon Oct 14 — $236.3K −33.0% +19.2% $12.0M 556 $425 25

Tue Oct 15 — $212.7K −10.0% −19.4% $12.2M 556 $383 26

Wed Oct 16 — $181.9K −14.5% −12.9% $12.4M 556 $327 27

Thu Oct 17 — $152.3K −16.3% −15.7% $12.5M 556 $274 28

Fri Oct 18 — $276.3K +81.4% −19.2% $12.8M 548 $504 29

Sat Oct 19 — $342.2K +23.9% −18.9% $13.1M 548 $625 30

Sun Oct 20 — $253.1K −26.0% −28.2% $13.4M 548 $462 31

Mon Oct 21 #10 $130.8K −48.3% −44.6% $13.5M 548 $239 32

Tue Oct 22 #10 $172.5K +31.8% −18.9% $13.7M 548 $315 33

Wed Oct 23 #9 $130.6K −24.3% −28.2% $13.8M 548 $238 34

Thu Oct 24 — $112.8K −13.7% −26.0% $13.9M 548 $206 35

Fri Oct 25 #10 $195.4K +73.3% −29.3% $14.1M 424 $461 36

Sat Oct 26 — $239.3K +22.5% −30.1% $14.4M 424 $564 37

Sun Oct 27 #11 $194.5K −18.7% −23.1% $14.6M 424 $459 38

Mon Oct 28 — $91.1K −53.2% −30.4% $14.6M 424 $215 39

Tue Oct 29 — $117.4K +28.9% −31.9% $14.8M 424 $277 40

Wed Oct 30 — $103.3K −12.0% −20.9% $14.9M 424 $244 41

Thu Oct 31 — $101.9K −1.4% −9.7% $15.0M 424 $240 42

Fri Nov 1 #15 $144.3K +41.7% −26.1% $15.1M 334 $432 43

Sat Nov 2 #14 $200.6K +39.0% −16.2% $15.3M 334 $601 44

Sun Nov 3 — $142.8K −28.8% −26.6% $15.5M 334 $427 45

Mon Nov 4 — $68.1K −52.3% −25.2% $15.5M 334 $204 46

Tue Nov 5 — $82.8K +21.7% −29.4% $15.6M 334 $248 47

Wed Nov 6 — $68.1K −17.7% −34.1% $15.7M 334 $204 48

Thu Nov 7 #12 $55.2K −18.9% −45.8% $15.7M 334 $165 49

Fri Nov 8 — $73.0K +32.1% −49.4% $15.8M 205 $356 50

Sat Nov 9 — $93.7K +28.4% −53.3% $15.9M 205 $457 51

Sun Nov 10 — $73.7K −21.3% −48.4% $16.0M 205 $359 52

Mon Nov 11 — $42.7K −42.1% −37.3% $16.0M 205 $208 53

Tue Nov 12 — $39.1K −8.3% −52.7% $16.1M 205 $191 54

Wed Nov 13 — $31.4K −19.7% −53.9% $16.1M 205 $153 55

Thu Nov 14 — $23.6K −25.0% −57.3% $16.1M 205 $115 56

Fri Nov 15 — $39.5K +67.7% −45.8% $16.1M 118 $335 57

Sat Nov 16 — $58.4K +47.6% −37.7% $16.2M 118 $495 58

Sun Nov 17 — $36.7K −37.2% −50.3% $16.2M 118 $311 59

Mon Nov 18 — $15.3K −58.3% −64.2% $16.3M 127 $120 60

Tue Nov 19 — $25.2K +65.3% −35.5% $16.3M 118 $214 61

Wed Nov 20 — $19.3K −23.5% −38.6% $16.3M 118 $164 62

Thu Nov 21 — $9.5K −50.6% −59.6% $16.3M 118 $81 63

Fri Nov 22 — $10.3K +8.4% −73.9% $16.3M 40 $258 64

Sat Nov 23 — $17.0K +64.6% −70.9% $16.3M 40 $425 65

Sun Nov 24 — $13.4K −20.9% −63.3% $16.4M 40 $336 66

Mon Nov 25 — $9.7K −27.5% −36.2% $16.4M 46 $212 67

Tue Nov 26 — $8.3K −15.3% −67.3% $16.4M 46 $179 68

Wed Nov 27 — $6.0K −27.5% −69.0% $16.4M 20 $299 69

Thu Nov 28 — $6.0K −0.3% −37.4% $16.4M 46 $130 70

Fri Nov 29 — $5.1K −13.9% −50.3% $16.4M 22 $233 71

Sat Nov 30 — $5.7K +11.5% −66.3% $16.4M 22 $260 72

Sun Dec 1 — $7.2K +25.9% −46.4% $16.4M 22 $328 73

Mon Dec 2 — $2.8K −60.6% −70.8% $16.4M 22 $129 74

Tue Dec 3 — $2.9K +2.6% −64.7% $16.4M 22 $132 75

Wed Dec 4 — $2.3K −22.3% −62.2% $16.4M 22 $103 76

Thu Dec 5 — $2.4K +5.0% −60.1% $16.4M 22 $108 77

Fri Dec 6 — $1.3K −47.3% −75.6% $16.4M 10 $125 78

Sat Dec 7 — $2.2K +73.8% −61.9% $16.4M 10 $218 79

Sun Dec 8 — $2.9K +31.3% −60.3% $16.4M 10 $286 80

Mon Dec 9 — $1.7K −39.9% −39.5% $16.4M 10 $172 81

Tue Dec 10 — $635 −63.1% −78.2% $16.4M 10 $64 82

Wed Dec 11 — $434 −31.7% −80.8% $16.4M 10 $43 83

Thu Dec 12 — $737 +69.8% −69.0% $16.4M 10 $74 84

Fri Dec 13 — $1.1K +47.6% −13.2% $16.4M 5 $218 85

Sat Dec 14 — $3.3K +207.1% +53.3% $16.4M 5 $668 86

Sun Dec 15 — $1.4K −57.8% −50.7% $16.4M 5 $282 87

Mon Dec 16 — $1.1K −21.3% −35.4% $16.4M 5 $222 88

Tue Dec 17 — $247 −77.7% −61.1% $16.4M 5 $49 89

Wed Dec 18 — $862 +249.0% +98.6% $16.4M 5 $172 90

Thu Dec 19 — $929 +7.8% +26.1% $16.4M 5 $186 91

Fri Dec 20 — $2.5K +167.8% +128.7% $16.4M 7 $355 92

Sat Dec 21 — $1.7K −32.9% −50.0% $16.4M 7 $238 93

Sun Dec 22 — $1.3K −21.7% −7.4% $16.4M 7 $187 94

Mon Dec 23 — $757 −42.0% −31.8% $16.4M 7 $108 95

Tue Dec 24 — $561 −25.9% +127.1% $16.4M 7 $80 96

Wed Dec 25 — $1.4K +146.5% +60.4% $16.4M 7 $198 97

Thu Dec 26 — $1.2K −15.8% +25.4% $16.4M 7 $166 98

Fri Dec 27 — $2.2K +87.2% −12.3% $16.4M 6 $364 99

Sat Dec 28 — $1.3K −42.1% −24.4% $16.4M 6 $210 100

Sun Dec 29 — $2.6K +104.5% +97.6% $16.4M 6 $430 101

Mon Dec 30 — $2.1K −17.4% +181.8% $16.4M 6 $356 102

Tue Dec 31 — $436 −79.6% −22.3% $16.4M 6 $73 103

Wed Jan 1 — $1.2K +177.5% −12.5% $16.4M 6 $202 104

Thu Jan 2 — $680 −43.8% −41.6% $16.4M 6 $113 105

Fri Jan 3 — $489 −28.1% −77.6% $16.4M 8 $61 106

Sat Jan 4 — $4.2K +759.3% +233.0% $16.5M 8 $525 107

Sun Jan 5 — $1.2K −71.2% −53.1% $16.5M 8 $151 108

Mon Jan 6 — $717 −40.8% −66.4% $16.5M 8 $90 109

Tue Jan 7 — $1.1K +55.9% +156.4% $16.5M 8 $140 110

Wed Jan 8 — $1.7K +48.9% +37.6% $16.5M 8 $208 111

Thu Jan 9 — $1.7K +3.1% +152.4% $16.5M 8 $215 112

Fri Jan 10 — $2.8K +65.0% +479.1% $16.5M 8 $354 113

Sat Jan 11 — $6.4K +126.2% +52.4% $16.5M 8 $801 114

Sun Jan 12 — $3.7K −42.0% +206.8% $16.5M 8 $464 115

Mon Jan 13 — $2.6K −29.0% +267.8% $16.5M 11 $240 116

Tue Jan 14 — $1.8K −30.9% +63.0% $16.5M 11 $166 117

Wed Jan 15 — $2.3K +25.8% +37.7% $16.5M 11 $208 118

Thu Jan 16 — $1.4K −38.3% −17.6% $16.5M 11 $129 119

Fri Jan 17 — $83.5K +5808.3% +2850.0% $16.6M 481 $174 120

Sat Jan 18 — $88.5K +5.9% +1281.1% $16.7M 481 $184 121

Sun Jan 19 — $76.7K −13.3% +1964.9% $16.7M 481 $159 122

Mon Jan 20 — $44.3K −42.3% +1578.1% $16.8M 481 $92 123

Tue Jan 21 — $40.3K −9.0% +2110.8% $16.8M 481 $84 124

Wed Jan 22 — $29.4K −27.1% +1181.2% $16.8M 481 $61 125

Thu Jan 23 — $21.0K −28.5% +1384.9% $16.9M 481 $44 126

Fri Jan 24 — $48.7K +131.8% −41.7% $16.9M 352 $138 127

Sat Jan 25 — $63.3K +30.0% −28.5% $17.0M 352 $180 128

Sun Jan 26 — $35.7K −43.6% −53.5% $17.0M 352 $101 129

Mon Jan 27 — $16.4K −53.9% −62.9% $17.0M 352 $47 130

Tue Jan 28 — $25.6K +55.7% −36.5% $17.1M 352 $73 131

Wed Jan 29 — $17.1K −33.1% −41.7% $17.1M 352 $49 132

Thu Jan 30 — $12.7K −26.0% −39.7% $17.1M 352 $36 133

Fri Jan 31 — $22.9K +80.4% −53.0% $17.1M 229 $100 134

Sat Feb 1 — $31.0K +35.5% −51.1% $17.1M 229 $135 135

Sun Feb 2 — $18.0K −42.0% −49.6% $17.2M 229 $78 136

Mon Feb 3 — $9.8K −45.5% −40.4% $17.2M 229 $43 137

Tue Feb 4 — $11.0K +12.2% −57.1% $17.2M 229 $48 138

Wed Feb 5 — $9.7K −11.3% −43.1% $17.2M 229 $43 139

Thu Feb 6 — $8.6K −12.2% −32.5% $17.2M 229 $37 140

Fri Feb 7 — $11.9K +38.7% −48.1% $17.2M 189 $63 141

Sat Feb 8 — $20.3K +71.0% −34.5% $17.2M 189 $107 142

Sun Feb 9 — $6.9K −66.2% −61.8% $17.2M 189 $36 143

Mon Feb 10 — $5.3K −22.2% −45.5% $17.2M 189 $28 144

Tue Feb 11 — $6.2K +16.8% −43.2% $17.3M 189 $33 145

Wed Feb 12 — $5.1K −17.9% −47.5% $17.3M 189 $27 146

Thu Feb 13 — $7.1K +37.9% −17.5% $17.3M 189 $37 147

Fri Feb 14 — $6.3K −10.1% −46.5% $17.3M 122 $52 148

Sat Feb 15 — $9.2K +45.0% −54.7% $17.3M 122 $75 149

Sun Feb 16 — $7.0K −23.7% +2.4% $17.3M 122 $58 150

Mon Feb 17 — $6.4K −9.2% +19.5% $17.3M 122 $52 151

Tue Feb 18 — $4.0K −37.5% −36.0% $17.3M 122 $33 152

Wed Feb 19 — $6.6K +66.0% +29.4% $17.3M 122 $54 153

Thu Feb 20 — $2.9K −55.7% −58.4% $17.3M 122 $24 154

Fri Feb 21 — $33.0K +1022.1% +419.6% $17.3M 504 $65 155

Sat Feb 22 — $19.4K −41.1% +110.9% $17.4M 504 $38 156

Sun Feb 23 — $8.9K −54.3% +26.1% $17.4M 504 $18 157

Mon Feb 24 — $22.9K +158.5% +259.0% $17.4M 504 $45 158

Tue Feb 25 — $8.3K −63.7% +108.4% $17.4M 504 $16 159

Wed Feb 26 — $18.8K +126.5% +184.2% $17.4M 504 $37 160

Thu Feb 27 — $14.2K −24.8% +382.3% $17.4M 504 $28 161

Fri Feb 28 — $15.1K +6.6% −54.2% $17.5M 372 $41 162

Sat Mar 1 — $82.1K +443.8% +323.1% $17.5M 372 $221 163

Sun Mar 2 — $9.6K −88.3% +8.3% $17.5M 372 $26 164

Mon Mar 3 — $5.7K −41.0% −75.3% $17.5M 372 $15 165

Tue Mar 4 — $9.9K +74.9% +19.0% $17.6M 372 $27 166

Wed Mar 5 — $6.1K −37.9% −67.4% $17.6M 372 $17 167

Thu Mar 6 — $5.5K −10.9% −61.4% $17.6M 372 $15 168

Fri Mar 7 — $5.2K −5.8% −65.9% $17.6M 39 $132 169

Sat Mar 8 — $1.9K −62.4% −97.6% $17.6M 39 $50 170

Sun Mar 9 — $817 −57.8% −91.5% $17.6M 39 $21 171

Mon Mar 10 — $522 −36.1% −90.8% $17.6M 39 $13 172

Tue Mar 11 — $2.6K +402.1% −73.5% $17.6M 39 $67 173

Wed Mar 12 — $1.5K −43.1% −75.7% $17.6M 39 $38 174

Thu Mar 13 — $1.4K −5.0% −74.1% $17.6M 39 $36 175

Fri Mar 14 — $432 −69.5% −91.6% $17.6M 4 $108 176

Sat Mar 15 — $502 +16.2% −74.1% $17.6M 4 $126 177

Sun Mar 16 — $1.0K +102.4% +24.4% $17.6M 4 $254 178

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

Cumulative total$16.4M

Sep 20Oct 7Oct 25Nov 11Nov 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $40.8K

$3.2M

$2.1M

$1.4M

$1.1M

$871.6K

$629.3K

$487.7K

$172.2K

$134.6K

$40.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,949 → 46 −97.6%

1,949 open46 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −69.7%

−35.8%

W1→2

−33.4%

W2→3

−18.5%

W3→4

−21.9%

W4→5

−27.8%

W5→6

−22.5%

W6→7

−64.7%

W7→8

−21.9%

W8→9

−69.7%

W9→10

Steepest −69.7%Best hold −18.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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