The Current War: Director’s Cut (2019)

The Current War
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $5,978,673Details
International Box Office $6,891,082
Worldwide Box Office $12,869,755
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $209,164
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $212,183
Total $421,347
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Three brilliant visionaries set off in a charged battle for the future in the story of the cutthroat competition that literally lit up the modern world. Thomas Edison is the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his radical new DC technology. On the eve of triumph, his plans are upended by charismatic businessman George Westinghouse, who believes he and his partner, the upstart genius Nikolai Tesla, have a superior idea for how to rapidly electrify America: with AC current. As Edison and Westinghouse grapple for who will power the nation, they spark one of the first and greatest corporate feuds in American history, establishing for future Titans of Industry the need to break all the rules.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$2,633,717 (44.1% of total gross)
Legs:2.27 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:46.5% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$30,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,022 opening theaters/1,082 max. theaters, 2.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $7,806,220

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 25th, 2019 (Wide) by 101 Studios
International Releases: July 17th, 2019 (Wide), released as Edison - L'uomo che illuminò il mondo (Italy)
July 26th, 2019 (Wide), released as The Current War (United Kingdom)
August 22nd, 2019 (Wide), released as The Current War (South Korea)
September 13th, 2019 (Wide), released as Elektrik Savaşları (Turkey)
October 11th, 2019 (Wide), released as Guerra das Correntes (Portugal)
Video Release: March 31st, 2020 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some violent content and thematic elements. NOTE: EDITED FOR RE-RATE. CONTENT IS DIFFERENT FROM PG-13 RATED VERSION, BULLETIN NO. 2554 (11/21/18). ONLY THIS EDITED VERSION IS RATED. CHANGE IN RATING DESCRIPTION ONLY.
(Rating bulletin 2587 (Cert #51884), 7/17/2019)
Running Time: 105 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Development Hell
Plot point: Biography, Inventor, Professional Rivalry
Release detail: Delayed Release
Source material: Docufiction
Subgenre: Historical Drama
Time period setting: 1880s, 1890s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Lantern Entertainment, SunnyMarch, Filmrights, Thunder Road Film, Bazelevs Company
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 25, 2019 9 $2,633,717   1,022 $2,577   $2,633,717 1
Nov 1, 2019 13 $1,203,702 -54% 1,082 $1,112   $4,948,905 2
Nov 8, 2019 24 $235,526 -80% 403 $584   $5,719,835 3
Nov 15, 2019 38 $45,085 -81% 143 $315   $5,879,087 4
Nov 22, 2019 49 $13,465 -70% 35 $385   $5,918,827 5
Nov 29, 2019 43 $15,123 +12% 48 $315   $5,944,972 6
Dec 6, 2019 46 $12,246 -19% 60 $204   $5,964,676 7
Dec 13, 2019 60 $2,967 -76% 25 $119   $5,975,192 8
Dec 20, 2019 54 $1,186 -60% 10 $119   $5,978,673 9

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Oct 25, 2019 9 $950,027     1,022 $930   $950,027 1
Oct 26, 2019 8 $1,021,295 +8%   1,022 $999   $1,971,322 2
Oct 27, 2019 10 $662,395 -35%   1,022 $648   $2,633,717 3
Oct 28, 2019 9 $239,755 -64%   1,022 $235   $2,873,472 4
Oct 29, 2019 9 $390,336 +63%   1,022 $382   $3,263,808 5
Oct 30, 2019 10 $228,760 -41%   1,022 $224   $3,492,568 6
Oct 31, 2019 10 $252,635 +10%   1,022 $247   $3,745,203 7
Nov 1, 2019 15 $360,341 +43% -62% 1,082 $333   $4,105,544 8
Nov 2, 2019 15 $530,717 +47% -48% 1,082 $490   $4,636,261 9
Nov 3, 2019 - $312,644 -41% -53% 1,082 $289   $4,948,905 10
Nov 4, 2019 - $115,140 -63% -52% 1,082 $106   $5,064,045 11
Nov 5, 2019 15 $199,228 +73% -49% 1,082 $184   $5,263,303 12
Nov 6, 2019 - $129,504 -35% -43% 1,082 $120   $5,392,807 13
Nov 7, 2019 - $91,502 -29% -64% 1,082 $85   $5,484,309 14
Nov 8, 2019 - $66,106 -28% -82% 403 $164   $5,550,415 15
Nov 9, 2019 - $100,180 +52% -81% 403 $249   $5,650,595 16
Nov 10, 2019 - $69,240 -31% -78% 403 $172   $5,719,835 17
Nov 11, 2019 - $38,395 -45% -67% 403 $95   $5,758,230 18
Nov 12, 2019 - $33,557 -13% -83% 403 $83   $5,791,787 19
Nov 13, 2019 - $21,656 -35% -83% 403 $54   $5,813,443 20
Nov 14, 2019 - $20,559 -5% -78% 403 $51   $5,834,002 21
Nov 15, 2019 - $12,568 -39% -81% 143 $88   $5,846,570 22
Nov 16, 2019 - $19,927 +59% -80% 143 $139   $5,866,497 23
Nov 17, 2019 - $12,590 -37% -82% 143 $88   $5,879,087 24
Nov 18, 2019 - $5,011 -60% -87% 143 $35   $5,884,098 25
Nov 19, 2019 - $8,781 +75% -74% 143 $61   $5,892,879 26
Nov 20, 2019 - $7,054 -20% -67% 143 $49   $5,899,933 27
Nov 21, 2019 - $5,429 -23% -74% 143 $38   $5,905,362 28
Nov 22, 2019 - $4,486 -17% -64% 35 $128   $5,909,848 29
Nov 23, 2019 - $5,668 +26% -72% 35 $162   $5,915,516 30
Nov 24, 2019 - $3,311 -42% -74% 35 $95   $5,918,827 31
Nov 25, 2019 - $4,563 +38% -9% 35 $130   $5,923,390 32
Nov 26, 2019 - $2,783 -39% -68% 35 $80   $5,926,173 33
Nov 27, 2019 - $1,964 -29% -72% 35 $56   $5,928,137 34
Nov 28, 2019 - $1,712 -13% -68% 35 $49   $5,929,849 35
Nov 29, 2019 - $5,762 +237% +28% 48 $120   $5,935,611 36
Nov 30, 2019 - $6,173 +7% +9% 48 $129   $5,941,784 37
Dec 1, 2019 - $3,188 -48% -4% 48 $66   $5,944,972 38
Dec 2, 2019 - $1,560 -51% -66% 48 $33   $5,946,532 39
Dec 3, 2019 - $2,538 +63% -9% 48 $53   $5,949,070 40
Dec 4, 2019 - $1,665 -34% -15% 48 $35   $5,950,735 41
Dec 5, 2019 - $1,695 +2% -1% 48 $35   $5,952,430 42
Dec 6, 2019 - $4,027 +138% -30% 60 $67   $5,956,457 43
Dec 7, 2019 - $4,580 +14% -26% 60 $76   $5,961,037 44
Dec 8, 2019 - $3,639 -21% +14% 60 $61   $5,964,676 45
Dec 9, 2019 - $1,331 -63% -15% 60 $22   $5,966,007 46
Dec 10, 2019 - $2,997 +125% +18% 60 $50   $5,969,004 47
Dec 11, 2019 - $1,637 -45% -2% 60 $27   $5,970,641 48
Dec 12, 2019 - $1,584 -3% -7% 60 $26   $5,972,225 49
Dec 13, 2019 - $715 -55% -82% 25 $29   $5,972,940 50
Dec 14, 2019 - $1,181 +65% -74% 25 $47   $5,974,121 51
Dec 15, 2019 - $1,071 -9% -71% 25 $43   $5,975,192 52
Dec 16, 2019 - $494 -54% -63% 25 $20   $5,975,686 53
Dec 17, 2019 - $693 +40% -77% 25 $28   $5,976,379 54
Dec 18, 2019 - $534 -23% -67% 25 $21   $5,976,913 55
Dec 19, 2019 - $574 +7% -64% 25 $23   $5,977,487 56
Dec 20, 2019 - $238 -59% -67% 10 $24   $5,977,725 57
Dec 21, 2019 - $655 +175% -45% 10 $66   $5,978,380 58
Dec 22, 2019 - $293 -55% -73% 10 $29   $5,978,673 59

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 25, 2019 9 $3,745,203   1,022 $3,665   $3,745,203 1
Nov 1, 2019 15 $1,739,106 -54% 1,082 $1,607   $5,484,309 2
Nov 8, 2019 27 $349,693 -80% 403 $868   $5,834,002 3
Nov 15, 2019 38 $71,360 -80% 143 $499   $5,905,362 4
Nov 22, 2019 48 $24,487 -66% 35 $700   $5,929,849 5
Nov 29, 2019 42 $22,581 -8% 48 $470   $5,952,430 6
Dec 6, 2019 46 $19,795 -12% 60 $330   $5,972,225 7
Dec 13, 2019 57 $5,262 -73% 25 $210   $5,977,487 8

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

Three brilliant visionaries set off in a charged battle for the future in the story of the cutthroat competition that literally lit up the modern world. Thomas Edison is the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his radical new DC technology. On the eve of triumph, his plans are upended by charismatic businessman George Westinghouse, who believes he and his partner, the upstart genius Nikolai Tesla, have a superior idea for how to rapidly electrify America: with AC current. As Edison and Westinghouse grapple for who will power the nation, they spark one of the first and greatest corporate feuds in American history, establishing for future Titans of Industry the need to break all the rules.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$2,633,717 (44.1% of total gross)
Legs:2.27 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:46.5% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$30,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,022 opening theaters/1,082 max. theaters, 2.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $7,806,220

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 25th, 2019 (Wide) by 101 Studios
International Releases: July 17th, 2019 (Wide), released as Edison - L'uomo che illuminò il mondo (Italy)
July 26th, 2019 (Wide), released as The Current War (United Kingdom)
August 22nd, 2019 (Wide), released as The Current War (South Korea)
September 13th, 2019 (Wide), released as Elektrik Savaşları (Turkey)
October 11th, 2019 (Wide), released as Guerra das Correntes (Portugal)
Video Release: March 31st, 2020 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some violent content and thematic elements. NOTE: EDITED FOR RE-RATE. CONTENT IS DIFFERENT FROM PG-13 RATED VERSION, BULLETIN NO. 2554 (11/21/18). ONLY THIS EDITED VERSION IS RATED. CHANGE IN RATING DESCRIPTION ONLY.
(Rating bulletin 2587 (Cert #51884), 7/17/2019)
Running Time: 105 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Development Hell
Plot point: Biography, Inventor, Professional Rivalry
Release detail: Delayed Release
Source material: Docufiction
Subgenre: Historical Drama
Time period setting: 1880s, 1890s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Lantern Entertainment, SunnyMarch, Filmrights, Thunder Road Film, Bazelevs Company
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 25, 2019 9 $2,633,717   1,022 $2,577   $2,633,717 1
Nov 1, 2019 13 $1,203,702 -54% 1,082 $1,112   $4,948,905 2
Nov 8, 2019 24 $235,526 -80% 403 $584   $5,719,835 3
Nov 15, 2019 38 $45,085 -81% 143 $315   $5,879,087 4
Nov 22, 2019 49 $13,465 -70% 35 $385   $5,918,827 5
Nov 29, 2019 43 $15,123 +12% 48 $315   $5,944,972 6
Dec 6, 2019 46 $12,246 -19% 60 $204   $5,964,676 7
Dec 13, 2019 60 $2,967 -76% 25 $119   $5,975,192 8
Dec 20, 2019 54 $1,186 -60% 10 $119   $5,978,673 9

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Oct 25, 2019 9 $950,027     1,022 $930   $950,027 1
Oct 26, 2019 8 $1,021,295 +8%   1,022 $999   $1,971,322 2
Oct 27, 2019 10 $662,395 -35%   1,022 $648   $2,633,717 3
Oct 28, 2019 9 $239,755 -64%   1,022 $235   $2,873,472 4
Oct 29, 2019 9 $390,336 +63%   1,022 $382   $3,263,808 5
Oct 30, 2019 10 $228,760 -41%   1,022 $224   $3,492,568 6
Oct 31, 2019 10 $252,635 +10%   1,022 $247   $3,745,203 7
Nov 1, 2019 15 $360,341 +43% -62% 1,082 $333   $4,105,544 8
Nov 2, 2019 15 $530,717 +47% -48% 1,082 $490   $4,636,261 9
Nov 3, 2019 - $312,644 -41% -53% 1,082 $289   $4,948,905 10
Nov 4, 2019 - $115,140 -63% -52% 1,082 $106   $5,064,045 11
Nov 5, 2019 15 $199,228 +73% -49% 1,082 $184   $5,263,303 12
Nov 6, 2019 - $129,504 -35% -43% 1,082 $120   $5,392,807 13
Nov 7, 2019 - $91,502 -29% -64% 1,082 $85   $5,484,309 14
Nov 8, 2019 - $66,106 -28% -82% 403 $164   $5,550,415 15
Nov 9, 2019 - $100,180 +52% -81% 403 $249   $5,650,595 16
Nov 10, 2019 - $69,240 -31% -78% 403 $172   $5,719,835 17
Nov 11, 2019 - $38,395 -45% -67% 403 $95   $5,758,230 18
Nov 12, 2019 - $33,557 -13% -83% 403 $83   $5,791,787 19
Nov 13, 2019 - $21,656 -35% -83% 403 $54   $5,813,443 20
Nov 14, 2019 - $20,559 -5% -78% 403 $51   $5,834,002 21
Nov 15, 2019 - $12,568 -39% -81% 143 $88   $5,846,570 22
Nov 16, 2019 - $19,927 +59% -80% 143 $139   $5,866,497 23
Nov 17, 2019 - $12,590 -37% -82% 143 $88   $5,879,087 24
Nov 18, 2019 - $5,011 -60% -87% 143 $35   $5,884,098 25
Nov 19, 2019 - $8,781 +75% -74% 143 $61   $5,892,879 26
Nov 20, 2019 - $7,054 -20% -67% 143 $49   $5,899,933 27
Nov 21, 2019 - $5,429 -23% -74% 143 $38   $5,905,362 28
Nov 22, 2019 - $4,486 -17% -64% 35 $128   $5,909,848 29
Nov 23, 2019 - $5,668 +26% -72% 35 $162   $5,915,516 30
Nov 24, 2019 - $3,311 -42% -74% 35 $95   $5,918,827 31
Nov 25, 2019 - $4,563 +38% -9% 35 $130   $5,923,390 32
Nov 26, 2019 - $2,783 -39% -68% 35 $80   $5,926,173 33
Nov 27, 2019 - $1,964 -29% -72% 35 $56   $5,928,137 34
Nov 28, 2019 - $1,712 -13% -68% 35 $49   $5,929,849 35
Nov 29, 2019 - $5,762 +237% +28% 48 $120   $5,935,611 36
Nov 30, 2019 - $6,173 +7% +9% 48 $129   $5,941,784 37
Dec 1, 2019 - $3,188 -48% -4% 48 $66   $5,944,972 38
Dec 2, 2019 - $1,560 -51% -66% 48 $33   $5,946,532 39
Dec 3, 2019 - $2,538 +63% -9% 48 $53   $5,949,070 40
Dec 4, 2019 - $1,665 -34% -15% 48 $35   $5,950,735 41
Dec 5, 2019 - $1,695 +2% -1% 48 $35   $5,952,430 42
Dec 6, 2019 - $4,027 +138% -30% 60 $67   $5,956,457 43
Dec 7, 2019 - $4,580 +14% -26% 60 $76   $5,961,037 44
Dec 8, 2019 - $3,639 -21% +14% 60 $61   $5,964,676 45
Dec 9, 2019 - $1,331 -63% -15% 60 $22   $5,966,007 46
Dec 10, 2019 - $2,997 +125% +18% 60 $50   $5,969,004 47
Dec 11, 2019 - $1,637 -45% -2% 60 $27   $5,970,641 48
Dec 12, 2019 - $1,584 -3% -7% 60 $26   $5,972,225 49
Dec 13, 2019 - $715 -55% -82% 25 $29   $5,972,940 50
Dec 14, 2019 - $1,181 +65% -74% 25 $47   $5,974,121 51
Dec 15, 2019 - $1,071 -9% -71% 25 $43   $5,975,192 52
Dec 16, 2019 - $494 -54% -63% 25 $20   $5,975,686 53
Dec 17, 2019 - $693 +40% -77% 25 $28   $5,976,379 54
Dec 18, 2019 - $534 -23% -67% 25 $21   $5,976,913 55
Dec 19, 2019 - $574 +7% -64% 25 $23   $5,977,487 56
Dec 20, 2019 - $238 -59% -67% 10 $24   $5,977,725 57
Dec 21, 2019 - $655 +175% -45% 10 $66   $5,978,380 58
Dec 22, 2019 - $293 -55% -73% 10 $29   $5,978,673 59

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 25, 2019 9 $3,745,203   1,022 $3,665   $3,745,203 1
Nov 1, 2019 15 $1,739,106 -54% 1,082 $1,607   $5,484,309 2
Nov 8, 2019 27 $349,693 -80% 403 $868   $5,834,002 3
Nov 15, 2019 38 $71,360 -80% 143 $499   $5,905,362 4
Nov 22, 2019 48 $24,487 -66% 35 $700   $5,929,849 5
Nov 29, 2019 42 $22,581 -8% 48 $470   $5,952,430 6
Dec 6, 2019 46 $19,795 -12% 60 $330   $5,972,225 7
Dec 13, 2019 57 $5,262 -73% 25 $210   $5,977,487 8

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.