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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

2022 • PG-13 • 2h 26m • Biography, Drama, Music • Compelling Pictures

Celebrate the untold story of an icon.

🍅 43% 92%

51

3.02

6.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$4.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$23.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$59.4M

$35.7M international

Domestic Legs5.0x

Budget$45M

2022 Rank#46

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Cast & Crew

Directed byKasi Lemmons ScreenplayAnthony McCarten Produced byThad Luckinbill, Clive Davis, Anthony McCarten, Matt Jackson StarringNaomi Ackie, Ashton Sanders, Stanley Tucci, Nafessa Williams, Lance A. Williams, Tamara Tunie StudioCompelling Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 23-25 3 $4.7M — 3,625 $1,297 $4.7M

2 Dec 30-Jan 1 4 $3.9M −16.4% 3,625 $1,085 $14.5M

3 Jan 6-8 6 $2.4M −38.6% 3,184 $759 $19.7M

4 Jan 13-15 9 $1.2M −51.8% 2,205 $528 $21.9M

5 Jan 20-22 11 $503.3K −56.8% 1,308 $385 $23.0M

6 Jan 27-29 $225.3K −55.2% 1,205 $187 $23.4M

7 Feb 3-5 $52.3K −76.8% 370 $141 $23.6M

8 Feb 10-12 $11.2K −78.6% 91 $123 $23.6M

9 Feb 17-19 $7.1K −37.0% 34 $207 $23.6M

10 Feb 24-26 $11.4K +61.1% 28 $406 $23.7M

11 Mar 3-5 $1.7K −85.3% 11 $152 $23.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 22 — $730.0K — $730.0K 3,093 $236 -1

Fri Dec 23 #3 $2.0M +171.2% $2.0M 3,625 $546 1

Sat Dec 24 #3 $817.3K −58.7% $2.8M 3,625 $225 2

Sun Dec 25 #3 $1.9M +132.9% $4.7M 3,625 $525 3

Mon Dec 26 #4 $1.9M +2.0% $6.6M 3,625 $536 4

Tue Dec 27 #4 $1.6M −19.6% $8.2M 3,625 $431 5

Wed Dec 28 #4 $1.2M −22.2% $9.4M 3,625 $335 6

Thu Dec 29 #4 $1.2M −2.9% $10.6M 3,625 $325 7

Fri Dec 30 #4 $1.4M +22.1% −27.3% $12.0M 3,625 $397 8

Sat Dec 31 #4 $1.2M −15.2% +49.4% $13.3M 3,625 $337 9

Sun Jan 1 #4 $1.3M +4.1% −33.2% $14.5M 3,625 $351 10

Mon Jan 2 #4 $1.1M −11.3% −41.9% $15.7M 3,625 $311 11

Tue Jan 3 #4 $718.9K −36.3% −53.9% $16.4M 3,625 $198 12

Wed Jan 4 #4 $483.7K −32.7% −60.2% $16.9M 3,625 $133 13

Thu Jan 5 #4 $440.4K −9.0% −62.6% $17.3M 3,625 $121 14

Fri Jan 6 #6 $701.0K +59.2% −51.3% $18.0M 3,184 $220 15

Sat Jan 7 #6 $1.1M +55.0% −11.0% $19.1M 3,184 $341 16

Sun Jan 8 #6 $628.6K −42.1% −50.5% $19.7M 3,184 $197 17

Mon Jan 9 #6 $203.9K −67.6% −81.9% $19.9M 3,184 $64 18

Tue Jan 10 #6 $392.6K +92.6% −45.4% $20.3M 3,184 $123 19

Wed Jan 11 #7 $237.1K −39.6% −51.0% $20.5M 3,184 $74 20

Thu Jan 12 #7 $180.6K −23.8% −59.0% $20.7M 3,184 $57 21

Fri Jan 13 #11 $291.4K +61.3% −58.4% $21.0M 2,205 $132 22

Sat Jan 14 #9 $488.6K +67.7% −55.0% $21.5M 2,205 $222 23

Sun Jan 15 #9 $383.9K −21.4% −38.9% $21.9M 2,205 $174 24

Mon Jan 16 #9 $262.8K −31.5% +28.9% $22.2M 2,205 $119 25

Tue Jan 17 #9 $159.4K −39.3% −59.4% $22.3M 2,205 $72 26

Wed Jan 18 #9 $103.4K −35.2% −56.4% $22.4M 2,205 $47 27

Thu Jan 19 #9 $86.1K −16.7% −52.3% $22.5M 2,205 $39 28

Fri Jan 20 — $137.3K +59.4% −52.9% $22.6M 1,308 $105 29

Sat Jan 21 — $222.2K +61.8% −54.5% $22.9M 1,308 $170 30

Sun Jan 22 — $143.8K −35.3% −62.5% $23.0M 1,308 $110 31

Mon Jan 23 — $42.5K −70.4% −83.8% $23.1M 1,308 $33 32

Tue Jan 24 — $69.8K +64.2% −56.2% $23.1M 1,308 $53 33

Wed Jan 25 — $39.6K −43.3% −61.7% $23.2M 1,308 $30 34

Thu Jan 26 — $40.0K +0.9% −53.6% $23.2M 1,308 $31 35

Fri Jan 27 — $59.2K +48.1% −56.9% $23.3M 1,205 $49 36

Sat Jan 28 — $107.7K +82.0% −51.5% $23.4M 1,205 $89 37

Sun Jan 29 — $58.4K −45.8% −59.4% $23.4M 1,205 $48 38

Mon Jan 30 — $21.9K −62.6% −48.6% $23.4M 1,205 $18 39

Tue Jan 31 — $35.1K +60.4% −49.8% $23.5M 1,205 $29 40

Wed Feb 1 — $23.0K −34.3% −41.8% $23.5M 1,205 $19 41

Thu Feb 2 — $16.1K −30.1% −59.7% $23.5M 1,205 $13 42

Fri Feb 3 — $10.2K −36.5% −82.7% $23.5M 370 $28 43

Sat Feb 4 — $23.7K +132.2% −78.0% $23.6M 370 $64 44

Sun Feb 5 — $18.4K −22.7% −68.6% $23.6M 370 $50 45

Mon Feb 6 — $5.2K −71.9% −76.4% $23.6M 370 $14 46

Tue Feb 7 — $7.7K +49.0% −78.1% $23.6M 370 $21 47

Wed Feb 8 — $6.5K −15.1% −71.7% $23.6M 370 $18 48

Thu Feb 9 — $5.5K −15.7% −65.8% $23.6M 370 $15 49

Fri Feb 10 — $4.3K −22.6% −58.3% $23.6M 91 $47 50

Sat Feb 11 — $4.7K +11.1% −80.0% $23.6M 91 $52 51

Sun Feb 12 — $2.2K −53.7% −88.1% $23.6M 91 $24 52

Mon Feb 13 — $1.4K −35.0% −72.4% $23.6M 91 $16 53

Tue Feb 14 — $2.5K +76.8% −67.3% $23.6M 91 $28 54

Wed Feb 15 — $2.3K −6.8% −64.1% $23.6M 91 $26 55

Thu Feb 16 — $1.3K −46.1% −77.0% $23.6M 91 $14 56

Fri Feb 17 — $2.0K +54.9% −54.1% $23.6M 34 $58 57

Sat Feb 18 — $2.5K +27.1% −47.5% $23.6M 34 $73 58

Sun Feb 19 — $2.6K +4.6% +18.8% $23.6M 34 $77 59

Mon Feb 20 — $992 −61.9% −30.4% $23.6M 34 $29 60

Tue Feb 21 — $25.0K +2420.5% +892.6% $23.7M 34 $735 61

Wed Feb 22 — $10.1K −59.4% +332.3% $23.7M 34 $298 62

Thu Feb 23 — $27.3K +169.1% +2060.3% $23.7M 34 $803 63

Fri Feb 24 — $8.7K −68.0% +345.7% $23.7M 28 $312 64

Sat Feb 25 — $1.6K −81.5% −35.0% $23.7M 28 $58 65

Sun Feb 26 — $1.0K −37.3% −61.1% $23.7M 28 $36 66

Mon Feb 27 — $270 −73.4% −72.8% $23.7M 28 $10 67

Tue Feb 28 — $3.2K +1088.5% −87.2% $23.7M 28 $115 68

Wed Mar 1 — $373 −88.4% −96.3% $23.7M 28 $13 69

Thu Mar 2 — $636 +70.5% −97.7% $23.7M 28 $23 70

Fri Mar 3 — $289 −54.6% −96.7% $23.7M 11 $26 71

Sat Mar 4 — $501 +73.4% −69.0% $23.7M 11 $46 72

Sun Mar 5 — $884 +76.4% −12.8% $23.7M 11 $80 73

Mon Mar 6 — $1.4K +53.6% +403.0% $23.7M 11 $123 74

Tue Mar 7 — $1.3K −3.4% −59.1% $23.7M 11 $119 75

Wed Mar 8 — $180 −86.3% −51.7% $23.7M 11 $16 76

Thu Mar 9 — $247 +37.2% −61.2% $23.7M 11 $22 77

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

Cumulative total$23.7M

Dec 22Jan 9Jan 26Feb 13Mar 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $11.4K

$4.7M

$3.9M

$2.4M

$1.2M

$503.3K

$225.3K

$52.3K

$11.2K

$7.1K

$11.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,625 → 28 −99.2%

3,093 open28 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +61.1%

−16.4%

W1→2

−38.6%

W2→3

−51.8%

W3→4

−56.8%

W4→5

−55.2%

W5→6

−76.8%

W6→7

−78.6%

W7→8

−37.0%

W8→9

+61.1%

W9→10

Steepest −78.6%Biggest gain +61.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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