Name: Whalefall
Director: Brian Duffield
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: 2026
Cast: Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin, Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz, Jane Levy

Cast & crew

Austin Abrams Starring

Josh Brolin Starring

Elisabeth Shue Starring

John Ortiz Starring

Jane Levy Starring 20th Century Studios Studio

ScreenplayBrian Duffield, Daniel Kraus Studio20th Century Studios

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 16-18 4 $7.8M — 3,065 $2,557 $7.8M

2 Oct 23-25 8 $3.1M −61% 3,065 $1,006 $14.0M

3 Oct 30-Nov 1 13 $1.2M −62% 2,000 $587 $16.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Oct 15 (p) — $900.0K — $900.0K 0 — 0

Fri Oct 16 #4 $3.1M — $3.1M 3,065 $1,009 1

Sat Oct 17 #4 $2.8M −9% $5.9M 3,065 $913 2

Sun Oct 18 #4 $1.9M −30% $7.8M 3,065 $635 3

Mon Oct 19 #3 $715.0K −63% $8.6M 3,065 $233 4

Tue Oct 20 #3 $1.1M +59% $9.7M 3,065 $372 5

Wed Oct 21 #5 $688.2K −40% $10.4M 3,065 $225 6

Thu Oct 22 #5 $493.8K −28% $10.9M 3,065 $161 7

Fri Oct 23 #9 $878.6K +78% −72% $11.8M 3,065 $287 8

Sat Oct 24 #8 $1.3M +48% −54% $13.0M 3,065 $423 9

Sun Oct 25 #8 $909.2K −30% −53% $14.0M 3,065 $297 10

Mon Oct 26 #8 $311.6K −66% −56% $14.3M 3,065 $102 11

Tue Oct 27 #7 $505.2K +62% −56% $14.8M 3,065 $165 12

Wed Oct 28 #8 $320.4K −37% −53% $15.1M 3,065 $105 13

Thu Oct 29 #10 $228.6K −29% −54% $15.3M 3,065 $75 14

Fri Oct 30 #15 $330.7K +45% −62% $15.7M 2,000 $165 15

Sat Oct 31 #13 $406.0K +23% −69% $16.1M 2,000 $203 16

Sun Nov 1 #12 $438.2K +8% −52% $16.5M 2,000 $219 17

Mon Nov 2 #13 $164.6K −62% −47% $16.7M 2,000 $82 18

Tue Nov 3 #12 $270.6K +64% −46% $16.9M 2,000 $135 19

Wed Nov 4 #12 $154.6K −43% −52% $17.1M 2,000 $77 20

Thu Nov 5 #14 $73.6K −52% −68% $17.2M 2,000 $37 21

Fri Nov 6 #21 $75.0K +2% −77% $17.2M 375 $200 22

Sat Nov 7 #21 $115.0K +53% −72% $17.4M 375 $307 23

Sun Nov 8 #23 $80.0K −30% −82% $17.4M 375 $213 24

Cumulative total$17.4M

Oct 15Oct 21Oct 27Nov 2Nov 8

Weekend grossWk 3 · $1.2M

$7.8M

$3.1M

$1.2M

W1W2W3

Theater countPeak 3,065 → 375 −87.8%

3,065 open375 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 3 · −62%

−61%

W1→2

−62%

W2→3

Steepest −62%Best hold −61%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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