Battle of the Sexes (2017)

Battle of the Sexes
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $12,638,526Details
International Box Office $5,806,853
Worldwide Box Office $18,445,379
Further financial details...

Synopsis

The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs was billed as “The Battle of the Sexes,” and became the most watched televised sports event of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement. Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposites sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. With a supportive husband urging her to fight the Establishment for equal pay, the fiercely private King was also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, while Riggs gambled his legacy and reputation in a bid to relive the glories of his past. Together, Billie and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that resonated far beyond the tennis courts and animated the discussions between men and women in bedrooms and boardrooms around the world.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$518,332 (4.1% of total gross)
Legs:3.71 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:68.5% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:21 opening theaters/1,822 max. theaters, 3.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $16,851,365

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 22nd, 2017 (Limited) by Fox Searchlight
September 29th, 2017 (Expands Wide) by 20th Century Fox
International Releases: September 29th, 2017 (Wide), released as Battle Of The Sexes (New Zealand)
September 29th, 2017 (Wide), released as Battle Of The Sexes (Australia)
October 20th, 2017 (Wide), released as La Battaglia dei Sessi (Italy)
October 24th, 2017 (Wide), released as Battle Of The Sexes (South Korea)
November 3rd, 2017 (Wide), released as La Batalla de los Sexos (Spain)
Video Release: December 19th, 2017 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content and partial nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2467 (Cert #50877), 3/15/2017)
Running Time: 121 minutes
Plot point: Battle of the Sexes, Feminism, LGBTQ+, Media Circus, Tennis
Subgenre: Sports Drama
Time period setting: 1970s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 22, 2017 16 $518,332   21 $24,682   $518,332 1
Sep 29, 2017 6 $3,408,594 +558% 1,213 $2,810   $4,085,327 2
Oct 6, 2017 10 $2,567,218 -25% 1,822 $1,409   $7,845,009 3
Oct 13, 2017 13 $1,346,007 -48% 1,394 $966   $10,369,486 4
Oct 20, 2017 19 $586,763 -56% 545 $1,077   $11,453,930 5
Oct 27, 2017 25 $321,777 -45% 291 $1,106   $12,021,590 6
Nov 3, 2017 32 $186,302 -42% 158 $1,179   $12,318,748 7
Nov 10, 2017 36 $100,050 -46% 103 $971   $12,485,111 8
Nov 17, 2017 44 $35,321 -65% 46 $768   $12,552,907 9
Nov 24, 2017 47 $20,526 -42% 27 $760   $12,588,912 10
Dec 1, 2017 56 $11,977 -42% 27 $444   $12,610,934 11
Dec 8, 2017 55 $8,383 -30% 20 $419   $12,626,314 12
Dec 15, 2017 59 $4,135 -51% 12 $345   $12,634,281 13

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 22, 2017 - $160,306     21 $7,634   $160,306 1
Sep 23, 2017 - $222,083 +39%   21 $10,575   $382,389 2
Sep 24, 2017 - $135,943 -39%   21 $6,473   $518,332 3
Sep 25, 2017 - $38,179 -72%   1,213 $31   $556,511 4
Sep 26, 2017 - $42,243 +11%   1,213 $35   $598,754 5
Sep 27, 2017 14 $43,739 +4%   1,213 $36   $642,493 6
Sep 28, 2017 - $34,240 -22%   1,213 $28   $676,733 7
Sep 29, 2017 6 $1,106,075 +3,130% +590% 1,213 $912   $1,782,808 8
Sep 30, 2017 7 $1,452,639 +31% +554% 1,213 $1,198   $3,235,447 9
Oct 1, 2017 7 $849,880 -41% +525% 1,213 $701   $4,085,327 10
Oct 2, 2017 7 $263,358 -69% +590% 1,213 $217   $4,348,685 11
Oct 3, 2017 7 $379,957 +44% +799% 1,213 $313   $4,728,642 12
Oct 4, 2017 7 $293,415 -23% +571% 1,213 $242   $5,022,057 13
Oct 5, 2017 6 $255,734 -13% +647% 1,213 $211   $5,277,791 14
Oct 6, 2017 10 $695,001 +172% -37% 1,822 $381   $5,972,792 15
Oct 7, 2017 10 $1,070,261 +54% -26% 1,822 $587   $7,043,053 16
Oct 8, 2017 10 $801,956 -25% -6% 1,822 $440   $7,845,009 17
Oct 9, 2017 10 $432,216 -46% +64% 1,822 $237   $8,277,225 18
Oct 10, 2017 10 $295,059 -32% -22% 1,822 $162   $8,572,284 19
Oct 11, 2017 10 $242,109 -18% -17% 1,822 $133   $8,814,393 20
Oct 12, 2017 10 $209,086 -14% -18% 1,822 $115   $9,023,479 21
Oct 13, 2017 13 $390,030 +87% -44% 1,394 $280   $9,413,509 22
Oct 14, 2017 13 $618,491 +59% -42% 1,394 $444   $10,032,000 23
Oct 15, 2017 13 $337,486 -45% -58% 1,394 $242   $10,369,486 24
Oct 16, 2017 13 $122,010 -64% -72% 1,394 $88   $10,491,496 25
Oct 17, 2017 13 $148,910 +22% -50% 1,394 $107   $10,640,406 26
Oct 18, 2017 13 $115,355 -23% -52% 1,394 $83   $10,755,761 27
Oct 19, 2017 12 $111,406 -3% -47% 1,394 $80   $10,867,167 28
Oct 20, 2017 - $162,607 +46% -58% 545 $298   $11,029,774 29
Oct 21, 2017 - $269,869 +66% -56% 545 $495   $11,299,643 30
Oct 22, 2017 - $154,287 -43% -54% 545 $283   $11,453,930 31
Oct 23, 2017 - $60,213 -61% -51% 545 $110   $11,514,143 32
Oct 24, 2017 - $70,156 +17% -53% 545 $129   $11,584,299 33
Oct 25, 2017 - $59,307 -15% -49% 545 $109   $11,643,606 34
Oct 26, 2017 - $56,207 -5% -50% 545 $103   $11,699,813 35
Oct 27, 2017 - $87,147 +55% -46% 291 $299   $11,786,960 36
Oct 28, 2017 - $141,535 +62% -48% 291 $486   $11,928,495 37
Oct 29, 2017 - $93,095 -34% -40% 291 $320   $12,021,590 38
Oct 30, 2017 - $28,068 -70% -53% 291 $96   $12,049,658 39
Oct 31, 2017 - $32,878 +17% -53% 291 $113   $12,082,536 40
Nov 1, 2017 - $23,511 -28% -60% 270 $87   $12,106,047 41
Nov 2, 2017 - $26,399 +12% -53% 270 $98   $12,132,446 42
Nov 3, 2017 - $48,860 +85% -44% 158 $309   $12,181,306 43
Nov 4, 2017 - $88,168 +80% -38% 158 $558   $12,269,474 44
Nov 5, 2017 - $49,274 -44% -47% 158 $312   $12,318,748 45
Nov 6, 2017 - $15,232 -69% -46% 158 $96   $12,333,980 46
Nov 7, 2017 - $19,418 +27% -41% 158 $123   $12,353,398 47
Nov 8, 2017 - $16,702 -14% -29% 158 $106   $12,370,100 48
Nov 9, 2017 - $14,961 -10% -43% 158 $95   $12,385,061 49
Nov 10, 2017 - $29,549 +98% -40% 103 $287   $12,414,610 50
Nov 11, 2017 - $47,723 +62% -46% 103 $463   $12,462,333 51
Nov 12, 2017 - $22,778 -52% -54% 103 $221   $12,485,111 52
Nov 13, 2017 - $7,371 -68% -52% 103 $72   $12,492,482 53
Nov 14, 2017 - $7,959 +8% -59% 103 $77   $12,500,441 54
Nov 15, 2017 - $8,480 +7% -49% 103 $82   $12,508,921 55
Nov 16, 2017 - $8,665 +2% -42% 103 $84   $12,517,586 56
Nov 17, 2017 - $9,950 +15% -66% 46 $216   $12,527,536 57
Nov 18, 2017 - $15,536 +56% -67% 46 $338   $12,543,072 58
Nov 19, 2017 - $9,835 -37% -57% 46 $214   $12,552,907 59
Nov 20, 2017 - $3,216 -67% -56% 46 $70   $12,556,123 60
Nov 21, 2017 - $5,128 +59% -36% 46 $111   $12,561,251 61
Nov 22, 2017 - $3,410 -34% -60% 32 $107   $12,564,661 62
Nov 23, 2017 - $3,725 +9% -57% 32 $116   $12,568,386 63
Nov 24, 2017 - $6,333 +70% -36% 27 $235   $12,574,719 64
Nov 25, 2017 - $9,048 +43% -42% 27 $335   $12,583,767 65
Nov 26, 2017 - $5,145 -43% -48% 27 $191   $12,588,912 66
Nov 27, 2017 - $2,601 -49% -19% 27 $96   $12,591,513 67
Nov 28, 2017 - $2,568 -1% -50% 27 $95   $12,594,081 68
Nov 29, 2017 - $2,309 -10% -32% 27 $86   $12,596,390 69
Nov 30, 2017 - $2,567 +11% -31% 27 $95   $12,598,957 70

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 22, 2017 17 $676,733   12 $56,394   $676,733 1
Sep 29, 2017 6 $4,601,058 +580% 1,213 $3,793   $5,277,791 2
Oct 6, 2017 10 $3,745,688 -19% 1,822 $2,056   $9,023,479 3
Oct 13, 2017 13 $1,843,688 -51% 1,394 $1,323   $10,867,167 4
Oct 20, 2017 18 $832,646 -55% 545 $1,528   $11,699,813 5
Oct 27, 2017 25 $432,633 -48% 270 $1,602   $12,132,446 6
Nov 3, 2017 31 $252,615 -42% 158 $1,599   $12,385,061 7
Nov 10, 2017 36 $132,525 -48% 103 $1,287   $12,517,586 8
Nov 17, 2017 48 $50,800 -62% 32 $1,588   $12,568,386 9
Nov 24, 2017 46 $30,571 -40% 27 $1,132   $12,598,957 10
Dec 1, 2017 57 $18,974 -38% 27 $703   $12,617,931 11
Dec 8, 2017 56 $12,215 -36% 20 $611   $12,630,146 12
Dec 15, 2017 58 $8,380 -31% 12 $698   $12,638,526 13

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.


Synopsis

The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs was billed as “The Battle of the Sexes,” and became the most watched televised sports event of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement. Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposites sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. With a supportive husband urging her to fight the Establishment for equal pay, the fiercely private King was also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, while Riggs gambled his legacy and reputation in a bid to relive the glories of his past. Together, Billie and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that resonated far beyond the tennis courts and animated the discussions between men and women in bedrooms and boardrooms around the world.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$518,332 (4.1% of total gross)
Legs:3.71 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:68.5% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:21 opening theaters/1,822 max. theaters, 3.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $16,851,365

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 22nd, 2017 (Limited) by Fox Searchlight
September 29th, 2017 (Expands Wide) by 20th Century Fox
International Releases: September 29th, 2017 (Wide), released as Battle Of The Sexes (New Zealand)
September 29th, 2017 (Wide), released as Battle Of The Sexes (Australia)
October 20th, 2017 (Wide), released as La Battaglia dei Sessi (Italy)
October 24th, 2017 (Wide), released as Battle Of The Sexes (South Korea)
November 3rd, 2017 (Wide), released as La Batalla de los Sexos (Spain)
Video Release: December 19th, 2017 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content and partial nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2467 (Cert #50877), 3/15/2017)
Running Time: 121 minutes
Plot point: Battle of the Sexes, Feminism, LGBTQ+, Media Circus, Tennis
Subgenre: Sports Drama
Time period setting: 1970s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 22, 2017 16 $518,332   21 $24,682   $518,332 1
Sep 29, 2017 6 $3,408,594 +558% 1,213 $2,810   $4,085,327 2
Oct 6, 2017 10 $2,567,218 -25% 1,822 $1,409   $7,845,009 3
Oct 13, 2017 13 $1,346,007 -48% 1,394 $966   $10,369,486 4
Oct 20, 2017 19 $586,763 -56% 545 $1,077   $11,453,930 5
Oct 27, 2017 25 $321,777 -45% 291 $1,106   $12,021,590 6
Nov 3, 2017 32 $186,302 -42% 158 $1,179   $12,318,748 7
Nov 10, 2017 36 $100,050 -46% 103 $971   $12,485,111 8
Nov 17, 2017 44 $35,321 -65% 46 $768   $12,552,907 9
Nov 24, 2017 47 $20,526 -42% 27 $760   $12,588,912 10
Dec 1, 2017 56 $11,977 -42% 27 $444   $12,610,934 11
Dec 8, 2017 55 $8,383 -30% 20 $419   $12,626,314 12
Dec 15, 2017 59 $4,135 -51% 12 $345   $12,634,281 13

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 22, 2017 - $160,306     21 $7,634   $160,306 1
Sep 23, 2017 - $222,083 +39%   21 $10,575   $382,389 2
Sep 24, 2017 - $135,943 -39%   21 $6,473   $518,332 3
Sep 25, 2017 - $38,179 -72%   1,213 $31   $556,511 4
Sep 26, 2017 - $42,243 +11%   1,213 $35   $598,754 5
Sep 27, 2017 14 $43,739 +4%   1,213 $36   $642,493 6
Sep 28, 2017 - $34,240 -22%   1,213 $28   $676,733 7
Sep 29, 2017 6 $1,106,075 +3,130% +590% 1,213 $912   $1,782,808 8
Sep 30, 2017 7 $1,452,639 +31% +554% 1,213 $1,198   $3,235,447 9
Oct 1, 2017 7 $849,880 -41% +525% 1,213 $701   $4,085,327 10
Oct 2, 2017 7 $263,358 -69% +590% 1,213 $217   $4,348,685 11
Oct 3, 2017 7 $379,957 +44% +799% 1,213 $313   $4,728,642 12
Oct 4, 2017 7 $293,415 -23% +571% 1,213 $242   $5,022,057 13
Oct 5, 2017 6 $255,734 -13% +647% 1,213 $211   $5,277,791 14
Oct 6, 2017 10 $695,001 +172% -37% 1,822 $381   $5,972,792 15
Oct 7, 2017 10 $1,070,261 +54% -26% 1,822 $587   $7,043,053 16
Oct 8, 2017 10 $801,956 -25% -6% 1,822 $440   $7,845,009 17
Oct 9, 2017 10 $432,216 -46% +64% 1,822 $237   $8,277,225 18
Oct 10, 2017 10 $295,059 -32% -22% 1,822 $162   $8,572,284 19
Oct 11, 2017 10 $242,109 -18% -17% 1,822 $133   $8,814,393 20
Oct 12, 2017 10 $209,086 -14% -18% 1,822 $115   $9,023,479 21
Oct 13, 2017 13 $390,030 +87% -44% 1,394 $280   $9,413,509 22
Oct 14, 2017 13 $618,491 +59% -42% 1,394 $444   $10,032,000 23
Oct 15, 2017 13 $337,486 -45% -58% 1,394 $242   $10,369,486 24
Oct 16, 2017 13 $122,010 -64% -72% 1,394 $88   $10,491,496 25
Oct 17, 2017 13 $148,910 +22% -50% 1,394 $107   $10,640,406 26
Oct 18, 2017 13 $115,355 -23% -52% 1,394 $83   $10,755,761 27
Oct 19, 2017 12 $111,406 -3% -47% 1,394 $80   $10,867,167 28
Oct 20, 2017 - $162,607 +46% -58% 545 $298   $11,029,774 29
Oct 21, 2017 - $269,869 +66% -56% 545 $495   $11,299,643 30
Oct 22, 2017 - $154,287 -43% -54% 545 $283   $11,453,930 31
Oct 23, 2017 - $60,213 -61% -51% 545 $110   $11,514,143 32
Oct 24, 2017 - $70,156 +17% -53% 545 $129   $11,584,299 33
Oct 25, 2017 - $59,307 -15% -49% 545 $109   $11,643,606 34
Oct 26, 2017 - $56,207 -5% -50% 545 $103   $11,699,813 35
Oct 27, 2017 - $87,147 +55% -46% 291 $299   $11,786,960 36
Oct 28, 2017 - $141,535 +62% -48% 291 $486   $11,928,495 37
Oct 29, 2017 - $93,095 -34% -40% 291 $320   $12,021,590 38
Oct 30, 2017 - $28,068 -70% -53% 291 $96   $12,049,658 39
Oct 31, 2017 - $32,878 +17% -53% 291 $113   $12,082,536 40
Nov 1, 2017 - $23,511 -28% -60% 270 $87   $12,106,047 41
Nov 2, 2017 - $26,399 +12% -53% 270 $98   $12,132,446 42
Nov 3, 2017 - $48,860 +85% -44% 158 $309   $12,181,306 43
Nov 4, 2017 - $88,168 +80% -38% 158 $558   $12,269,474 44
Nov 5, 2017 - $49,274 -44% -47% 158 $312   $12,318,748 45
Nov 6, 2017 - $15,232 -69% -46% 158 $96   $12,333,980 46
Nov 7, 2017 - $19,418 +27% -41% 158 $123   $12,353,398 47
Nov 8, 2017 - $16,702 -14% -29% 158 $106   $12,370,100 48
Nov 9, 2017 - $14,961 -10% -43% 158 $95   $12,385,061 49
Nov 10, 2017 - $29,549 +98% -40% 103 $287   $12,414,610 50
Nov 11, 2017 - $47,723 +62% -46% 103 $463   $12,462,333 51
Nov 12, 2017 - $22,778 -52% -54% 103 $221   $12,485,111 52
Nov 13, 2017 - $7,371 -68% -52% 103 $72   $12,492,482 53
Nov 14, 2017 - $7,959 +8% -59% 103 $77   $12,500,441 54
Nov 15, 2017 - $8,480 +7% -49% 103 $82   $12,508,921 55
Nov 16, 2017 - $8,665 +2% -42% 103 $84   $12,517,586 56
Nov 17, 2017 - $9,950 +15% -66% 46 $216   $12,527,536 57
Nov 18, 2017 - $15,536 +56% -67% 46 $338   $12,543,072 58
Nov 19, 2017 - $9,835 -37% -57% 46 $214   $12,552,907 59
Nov 20, 2017 - $3,216 -67% -56% 46 $70   $12,556,123 60
Nov 21, 2017 - $5,128 +59% -36% 46 $111   $12,561,251 61
Nov 22, 2017 - $3,410 -34% -60% 32 $107   $12,564,661 62
Nov 23, 2017 - $3,725 +9% -57% 32 $116   $12,568,386 63
Nov 24, 2017 - $6,333 +70% -36% 27 $235   $12,574,719 64
Nov 25, 2017 - $9,048 +43% -42% 27 $335   $12,583,767 65
Nov 26, 2017 - $5,145 -43% -48% 27 $191   $12,588,912 66
Nov 27, 2017 - $2,601 -49% -19% 27 $96   $12,591,513 67
Nov 28, 2017 - $2,568 -1% -50% 27 $95   $12,594,081 68
Nov 29, 2017 - $2,309 -10% -32% 27 $86   $12,596,390 69
Nov 30, 2017 - $2,567 +11% -31% 27 $95   $12,598,957 70

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 22, 2017 17 $676,733   12 $56,394   $676,733 1
Sep 29, 2017 6 $4,601,058 +580% 1,213 $3,793   $5,277,791 2
Oct 6, 2017 10 $3,745,688 -19% 1,822 $2,056   $9,023,479 3
Oct 13, 2017 13 $1,843,688 -51% 1,394 $1,323   $10,867,167 4
Oct 20, 2017 18 $832,646 -55% 545 $1,528   $11,699,813 5
Oct 27, 2017 25 $432,633 -48% 270 $1,602   $12,132,446 6
Nov 3, 2017 31 $252,615 -42% 158 $1,599   $12,385,061 7
Nov 10, 2017 36 $132,525 -48% 103 $1,287   $12,517,586 8
Nov 17, 2017 48 $50,800 -62% 32 $1,588   $12,568,386 9
Nov 24, 2017 46 $30,571 -40% 27 $1,132   $12,598,957 10
Dec 1, 2017 57 $18,974 -38% 27 $703   $12,617,931 11
Dec 8, 2017 56 $12,215 -36% 20 $611   $12,630,146 12
Dec 15, 2017 58 $8,380 -31% 12 $698   $12,638,526 13

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.