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The Whale

2022 R 1h 57m Drama
Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$1.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$17.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$54.0M
Global total
Budget$3.0M
Domestic Legs17.5x
2022 Rank#48
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 9-11 - $332K $332K 6 $55K 1
Dec 16-18 15 $145K -56% $571K 6 $24K 2
Dec 23-25 7 $1.0M +617% $2.6M 603 $2K 3
Dec 30-Jan 1 7 $1.4M +36% $5.9M 623 $2K 4
Jan 6-8 7 $1.5M +7% $8.5M 835 $2K 5
Jan 13-15 8 $1.5M +1% $10.8M 1,500 $1K 6
Jan 20-22 10 $1.3M -17% $13.2M 1,591 $794 7
Jan 27-29 14 $974K -23% $14.9M 1,721 $566 8
Feb 3-5 - $438K -55% $15.8M 1,015 $431 9
Feb 10-12 - $276K -37% $16.3M 684 $403 10
Feb 17-19 - $151K -45% $16.6M 363 $416 11
Feb 24-26 - $87K -43% $16.8M 211 $411 12
Mar 3-5 - $87K n/c $16.9M 165 $525 13
Mar 10-12 - $64K -26% $17.0M 106 $601 14
Mar 17-19 - $171K +169% $17.3M 509 $336 15
Mar 24-26 - $40K -76% $17.4M 89 $454 16
Mar 31-Apr 2 - $18K -55% $17.4M 49 $372 17

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byDarren Aronofsky
ScreenplaySamuel D. Hunter
Produced byNot specified
CinematographyMatthew Libatique
MusicRob Simonsen
Prod. DesignMark Friedberg, Robert Pyzocha
StarringBrendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, Hong Chau