On the Basis of Sex (2018)

On the Basis of Sex
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $24,704,837Details
International Box Office $14,076,051
Worldwide Box Office $38,780,888
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $1,636,601
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $1,120,415
Total $2,757,016
Further financial details...

Synopsis

A true story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$686,355 (2.8% of total gross)
Legs:4.07 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:63.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:33 opening theaters/1,957 max. theaters, 4.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $32,268,319

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 25th, 2018 (Limited) by Focus Features
January 11th, 2019 (Expands Wide) by Focus Features
September 25th, 2020 (Special Engagement) by Focus Features
International Releases: November 23rd, 2018 (Wide), released as On The Basis Of Sex (Australia)
December 28th, 2018 (Wide), released as Eşitlik Savaşçısı (Turkey)
January 2nd, 2019 (Wide) (Switzerland (French Speaking))
January 2nd, 2019 (Wide) (France)
January 9th, 2019 (Wide) (West Indies)
Video Release: March 26th, 2019 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some language and suggestive content.
(Rating bulletin 2529 (Cert #51616), 5/30/2018)
Running Time: 118 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Black List Graduates, Intertitle
Plot point: Biography, Discrimination, Feminism, Lawyers
Social setting: Supreme Court
Subgenre: Courtroom / Legal Drama
Time period setting: 1950s, 1970s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Participant Media, Robert Cort Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 28, 2018 22 $686,355   33 $20,799   $1,497,778 1
Jan 4, 2019 16 $1,609,454 +134% 112 $14,370   $3,707,849 2
Jan 11, 2019 8 $6,070,615 +277% 1,923 $3,157   $10,402,462 3
Jan 18, 2019 10 $3,862,470 -36% 1,957 $1,974   $16,774,217 4
Jan 25, 2019 15 $2,048,535 -47% 1,272 $1,610   $21,022,542 5
Feb 1, 2019 18 $1,046,785 -49% 917 $1,142   $22,862,452 6
Feb 8, 2019 24 $485,215 -54% 416 $1,166   $23,801,962 7
Feb 15, 2019 31 $236,985 -51% 186 $1,274   $24,230,892 8
Feb 22, 2019 41 $113,520 -52% 129 $880   $24,476,737 9
Mar 1, 2019 43 $62,555 -45% 96 $652   $24,587,797 10
Sep 25, 2020 - $56,210   829 $68   $24,678,897 92

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 25, 2018 - $477,946     33 $14,483   $477,946 1
Dec 26, 2018 - $173,691 -64%   33 $5,263   $651,637 2
Dec 27, 2018 - $159,786 -8%   33 $4,842   $811,423 3
Dec 28, 2018 - $210,098 +31%   33 $6,367   $1,021,521 4
Dec 29, 2018 - $250,039 +19%   33 $7,577   $1,271,560 5
Dec 30, 2018 - $226,218 -10%   33 $6,855   $1,497,778 6
Dec 31, 2018 - $178,844 -21%   33 $5,420   $1,676,622 7
Jan 1, 2019 - $235,171 +31% -51% 33 $7,126   $1,911,793 8
Jan 2, 2019 - $94,220 -60% -46% 33 $2,855   $2,006,013 9
Jan 3, 2019 - $92,382 -2% -42% 33 $2,799   $2,098,395 10
Jan 4, 2019 - $519,640 +462% +147% 112 $4,640   $2,618,035 11
Jan 5, 2019 - $658,221 +27% +163% 112 $5,877   $3,276,256 12
Jan 6, 2019 - $431,593 -34% +91% 112 $3,854   $3,707,849 13
Jan 7, 2019 - $135,655 -69% -24% 112 $1,211   $3,843,504 14
Jan 8, 2019 - $175,683 +30% -25% 112 $1,569   $4,019,187 15
Jan 9, 2019 - $166,170 -5% +76% 112 $1,484   $4,185,357 16
Jan 10, 2019 - $146,490 -12% +59% 112 $1,308   $4,331,847 17
Jan 11, 2019 6 $2,151,160 +1,368% +314% 1,923 $1,119   $6,483,007 18
Jan 12, 2019 8 $2,410,025 +12% +266% 1,923 $1,253   $8,893,032 19
Jan 13, 2019 9 $1,509,430 -37% +250% 1,923 $785   $10,402,462 20
Jan 14, 2019 7 $531,560 -65% +292% 1,923 $276   $10,934,022 21
Jan 15, 2019 9 $846,590 +59% +382% 1,923 $440   $11,780,612 22
Jan 16, 2019 8 $585,345 -31% +252% 1,923 $304   $12,365,957 23
Jan 17, 2019 8 $545,790 -7% +273% 1,923 $284   $12,911,747 24
Jan 18, 2019 10 $1,084,000 +99% -50% 1,957 $554   $13,995,747 25
Jan 19, 2019 10 $1,620,715 +50% -33% 1,957 $828   $15,616,462 26
Jan 20, 2019 10 $1,157,755 -29% -23% 1,957 $592   $16,774,217 27
Jan 21, 2019 12 $906,585 -22% +71% 1,957 $463   $17,680,802 28
Jan 22, 2019 9 $525,750 -42% -38% 1,957 $269   $18,206,552 29
Jan 23, 2019 8 $372,320 -29% -36% 1,957 $190   $18,578,872 30
Jan 24, 2019 8 $395,135 +6% -28% 1,957 $202   $18,974,007 31
Jan 25, 2019 15 $526,910 +33% -51% 1,272 $414   $19,500,917 32
Jan 26, 2019 15 $921,205 +75% -43% 1,272 $724   $20,422,122 33
Jan 27, 2019 15 $600,420 -35% -48% 1,272 $472   $21,022,542 34
Jan 28, 2019 - $163,900 -73% -82% 1,272 $129   $21,186,442 35
Jan 29, 2019 15 $248,080 +51% -53% 1,272 $195   $21,434,522 36
Jan 30, 2019 14 $187,775 -24% -50% 1,272 $148   $21,622,297 37
Jan 31, 2019 14 $193,370 +3% -51% 1,272 $152   $21,815,667 38
Feb 1, 2019 - $292,560 +51% -44% 917 $319   $22,108,227 39
Feb 2, 2019 - $520,615 +78% -43% 917 $568   $22,628,842 40
Feb 3, 2019 - $233,610 -55% -61% 917 $255   $22,862,452 41
Feb 4, 2019 - $100,235 -57% -39% 917 $109   $22,962,687 42
Feb 5, 2019 - $145,080 +45% -42% 917 $158   $23,107,767 43
Feb 6, 2019 - $114,920 -21% -39% 917 $125   $23,222,687 44
Feb 7, 2019 - $94,060 -18% -51% 917 $103   $23,316,747 45
Feb 8, 2019 - $122,115 +30% -58% 416 $294   $23,438,862 46
Feb 9, 2019 - $226,090 +85% -57% 416 $543   $23,664,952 47
Feb 10, 2019 - $137,010 -39% -41% 416 $329   $23,801,962 48
Feb 11, 2019 - $43,890 -68% -56% 416 $106   $23,845,852 49
Feb 12, 2019 - $49,940 +14% -66% 416 $120   $23,895,792 50
Feb 13, 2019 - $42,035 -16% -63% 416 $101   $23,937,827 51
Feb 14, 2019 - $56,080 +33% -40% 416 $135   $23,993,907 52
Feb 15, 2019 - $48,485 -14% -60% 186 $261   $24,042,392 53
Feb 16, 2019 - $107,070 +121% -53% 186 $576   $24,149,462 54
Feb 17, 2019 - $81,430 -24% -41% 186 $438   $24,230,892 55
Feb 18, 2019 - $53,940 -34% +23% 186 $290   $24,284,832 56
Feb 19, 2019 - $28,770 -47% -42% 186 $155   $24,313,602 57
Feb 20, 2019 - $24,080 -16% -43% 186 $129   $24,337,682 58
Feb 21, 2019 - $25,535 +6% -54% 186 $137   $24,363,217 59
Feb 22, 2019 - $31,605 +24% -35% 129 $245   $24,394,822 60
Feb 23, 2019 - $55,875 +77% -48% 129 $433   $24,450,697 61
Feb 24, 2019 - $26,040 -53% -68% 129 $202   $24,476,737 62
Feb 25, 2019 - $8,785 -66% -84% 129 $68   $24,485,522 63
Feb 26, 2019 - $14,535 +65% -49% 129 $113   $24,500,057 64
Feb 27, 2019 - $12,040 -17% -50% 129 $93   $24,512,097 65
Feb 28, 2019 - $13,145 +9% -49% 129 $102   $24,525,242 66
Mar 1, 2019 - $18,225 +39% -42% 96 $190   $24,543,467 67
Mar 2, 2019 - $27,880 +53% -50% 96 $290   $24,571,347 68
Mar 3, 2019 - $16,450 -41% -37% 96 $171   $24,587,797 69
Mar 4, 2019 - $10,030 -39% +14% 96 $104   $24,597,827 70
Mar 5, 2019 - $7,180 -28% -51% 96 $75   $24,605,007 71
Mar 6, 2019 - $7,960 +11% -34% 96 $83   $24,612,967 72
Mar 7, 2019 - $9,720 +22% -26% 96 $101   $24,622,687 73
Sep 25, 2020 - $17,530     829 $21   $24,640,217 641
Sep 26, 2020 - $22,825 +30%   829 $28   $24,663,042 642
Sep 27, 2020 - $15,855 -31%   829 $19   $24,678,897 643
Sep 28, 2020 - $6,195 -61%   829 $7   $24,685,092 644
Sep 29, 2020 - $7,240 +17%   829 $9   $24,692,332 645
Sep 30, 2020 - $6,215 -14%   829 $7   $24,698,547 646
Oct 1, 2020 - $6,290 +1%   829 $8   $24,704,837 647

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 21, 2018 25 $811,423   33 $24,589   $811,423 1
Dec 28, 2018 22 $1,286,972 +59% 33 $38,999   $2,098,395 2
Jan 4, 2019 16 $2,233,452 +74% 112 $19,942   $4,331,847 3
Jan 11, 2019 9 $8,579,900 +284% 1,923 $4,462   $12,911,747 4
Jan 18, 2019 10 $6,062,260 -29% 1,957 $3,098   $18,974,007 5
Jan 25, 2019 15 $2,841,660 -53% 1,272 $2,234   $21,815,667 6
Feb 1, 2019 18 $1,501,080 -47% 917 $1,637   $23,316,747 7
Feb 8, 2019 27 $677,160 -55% 416 $1,628   $23,993,907 8
Feb 15, 2019 31 $369,310 -45% 186 $1,986   $24,363,217 9
Feb 22, 2019 39 $162,025 -56% 129 $1,256   $24,525,242 10
Mar 1, 2019 43 $97,445 -40% 96 $1,015   $24,622,687 11
Sep 25, 2020 - $82,150   829 $99   $24,704,837 93

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Synopsis

A true story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$686,355 (2.8% of total gross)
Legs:4.07 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:63.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:33 opening theaters/1,957 max. theaters, 4.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $32,268,319

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 25th, 2018 (Limited) by Focus Features
January 11th, 2019 (Expands Wide) by Focus Features
September 25th, 2020 (Special Engagement) by Focus Features
International Releases: November 23rd, 2018 (Wide), released as On The Basis Of Sex (Australia)
December 28th, 2018 (Wide), released as Eşitlik Savaşçısı (Turkey)
January 2nd, 2019 (Wide) (Switzerland (French Speaking))
January 2nd, 2019 (Wide) (France)
January 9th, 2019 (Wide) (West Indies)
Video Release: March 26th, 2019 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some language and suggestive content.
(Rating bulletin 2529 (Cert #51616), 5/30/2018)
Running Time: 118 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Black List Graduates, Intertitle
Plot point: Biography, Discrimination, Feminism, Lawyers
Social setting: Supreme Court
Subgenre: Courtroom / Legal Drama
Time period setting: 1950s, 1970s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Participant Media, Robert Cort Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 28, 2018 22 $686,355   33 $20,799   $1,497,778 1
Jan 4, 2019 16 $1,609,454 +134% 112 $14,370   $3,707,849 2
Jan 11, 2019 8 $6,070,615 +277% 1,923 $3,157   $10,402,462 3
Jan 18, 2019 10 $3,862,470 -36% 1,957 $1,974   $16,774,217 4
Jan 25, 2019 15 $2,048,535 -47% 1,272 $1,610   $21,022,542 5
Feb 1, 2019 18 $1,046,785 -49% 917 $1,142   $22,862,452 6
Feb 8, 2019 24 $485,215 -54% 416 $1,166   $23,801,962 7
Feb 15, 2019 31 $236,985 -51% 186 $1,274   $24,230,892 8
Feb 22, 2019 41 $113,520 -52% 129 $880   $24,476,737 9
Mar 1, 2019 43 $62,555 -45% 96 $652   $24,587,797 10
Sep 25, 2020 - $56,210   829 $68   $24,678,897 92

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 25, 2018 - $477,946     33 $14,483   $477,946 1
Dec 26, 2018 - $173,691 -64%   33 $5,263   $651,637 2
Dec 27, 2018 - $159,786 -8%   33 $4,842   $811,423 3
Dec 28, 2018 - $210,098 +31%   33 $6,367   $1,021,521 4
Dec 29, 2018 - $250,039 +19%   33 $7,577   $1,271,560 5
Dec 30, 2018 - $226,218 -10%   33 $6,855   $1,497,778 6
Dec 31, 2018 - $178,844 -21%   33 $5,420   $1,676,622 7
Jan 1, 2019 - $235,171 +31% -51% 33 $7,126   $1,911,793 8
Jan 2, 2019 - $94,220 -60% -46% 33 $2,855   $2,006,013 9
Jan 3, 2019 - $92,382 -2% -42% 33 $2,799   $2,098,395 10
Jan 4, 2019 - $519,640 +462% +147% 112 $4,640   $2,618,035 11
Jan 5, 2019 - $658,221 +27% +163% 112 $5,877   $3,276,256 12
Jan 6, 2019 - $431,593 -34% +91% 112 $3,854   $3,707,849 13
Jan 7, 2019 - $135,655 -69% -24% 112 $1,211   $3,843,504 14
Jan 8, 2019 - $175,683 +30% -25% 112 $1,569   $4,019,187 15
Jan 9, 2019 - $166,170 -5% +76% 112 $1,484   $4,185,357 16
Jan 10, 2019 - $146,490 -12% +59% 112 $1,308   $4,331,847 17
Jan 11, 2019 6 $2,151,160 +1,368% +314% 1,923 $1,119   $6,483,007 18
Jan 12, 2019 8 $2,410,025 +12% +266% 1,923 $1,253   $8,893,032 19
Jan 13, 2019 9 $1,509,430 -37% +250% 1,923 $785   $10,402,462 20
Jan 14, 2019 7 $531,560 -65% +292% 1,923 $276   $10,934,022 21
Jan 15, 2019 9 $846,590 +59% +382% 1,923 $440   $11,780,612 22
Jan 16, 2019 8 $585,345 -31% +252% 1,923 $304   $12,365,957 23
Jan 17, 2019 8 $545,790 -7% +273% 1,923 $284   $12,911,747 24
Jan 18, 2019 10 $1,084,000 +99% -50% 1,957 $554   $13,995,747 25
Jan 19, 2019 10 $1,620,715 +50% -33% 1,957 $828   $15,616,462 26
Jan 20, 2019 10 $1,157,755 -29% -23% 1,957 $592   $16,774,217 27
Jan 21, 2019 12 $906,585 -22% +71% 1,957 $463   $17,680,802 28
Jan 22, 2019 9 $525,750 -42% -38% 1,957 $269   $18,206,552 29
Jan 23, 2019 8 $372,320 -29% -36% 1,957 $190   $18,578,872 30
Jan 24, 2019 8 $395,135 +6% -28% 1,957 $202   $18,974,007 31
Jan 25, 2019 15 $526,910 +33% -51% 1,272 $414   $19,500,917 32
Jan 26, 2019 15 $921,205 +75% -43% 1,272 $724   $20,422,122 33
Jan 27, 2019 15 $600,420 -35% -48% 1,272 $472   $21,022,542 34
Jan 28, 2019 - $163,900 -73% -82% 1,272 $129   $21,186,442 35
Jan 29, 2019 15 $248,080 +51% -53% 1,272 $195   $21,434,522 36
Jan 30, 2019 14 $187,775 -24% -50% 1,272 $148   $21,622,297 37
Jan 31, 2019 14 $193,370 +3% -51% 1,272 $152   $21,815,667 38
Feb 1, 2019 - $292,560 +51% -44% 917 $319   $22,108,227 39
Feb 2, 2019 - $520,615 +78% -43% 917 $568   $22,628,842 40
Feb 3, 2019 - $233,610 -55% -61% 917 $255   $22,862,452 41
Feb 4, 2019 - $100,235 -57% -39% 917 $109   $22,962,687 42
Feb 5, 2019 - $145,080 +45% -42% 917 $158   $23,107,767 43
Feb 6, 2019 - $114,920 -21% -39% 917 $125   $23,222,687 44
Feb 7, 2019 - $94,060 -18% -51% 917 $103   $23,316,747 45
Feb 8, 2019 - $122,115 +30% -58% 416 $294   $23,438,862 46
Feb 9, 2019 - $226,090 +85% -57% 416 $543   $23,664,952 47
Feb 10, 2019 - $137,010 -39% -41% 416 $329   $23,801,962 48
Feb 11, 2019 - $43,890 -68% -56% 416 $106   $23,845,852 49
Feb 12, 2019 - $49,940 +14% -66% 416 $120   $23,895,792 50
Feb 13, 2019 - $42,035 -16% -63% 416 $101   $23,937,827 51
Feb 14, 2019 - $56,080 +33% -40% 416 $135   $23,993,907 52
Feb 15, 2019 - $48,485 -14% -60% 186 $261   $24,042,392 53
Feb 16, 2019 - $107,070 +121% -53% 186 $576   $24,149,462 54
Feb 17, 2019 - $81,430 -24% -41% 186 $438   $24,230,892 55
Feb 18, 2019 - $53,940 -34% +23% 186 $290   $24,284,832 56
Feb 19, 2019 - $28,770 -47% -42% 186 $155   $24,313,602 57
Feb 20, 2019 - $24,080 -16% -43% 186 $129   $24,337,682 58
Feb 21, 2019 - $25,535 +6% -54% 186 $137   $24,363,217 59
Feb 22, 2019 - $31,605 +24% -35% 129 $245   $24,394,822 60
Feb 23, 2019 - $55,875 +77% -48% 129 $433   $24,450,697 61
Feb 24, 2019 - $26,040 -53% -68% 129 $202   $24,476,737 62
Feb 25, 2019 - $8,785 -66% -84% 129 $68   $24,485,522 63
Feb 26, 2019 - $14,535 +65% -49% 129 $113   $24,500,057 64
Feb 27, 2019 - $12,040 -17% -50% 129 $93   $24,512,097 65
Feb 28, 2019 - $13,145 +9% -49% 129 $102   $24,525,242 66
Mar 1, 2019 - $18,225 +39% -42% 96 $190   $24,543,467 67
Mar 2, 2019 - $27,880 +53% -50% 96 $290   $24,571,347 68
Mar 3, 2019 - $16,450 -41% -37% 96 $171   $24,587,797 69
Mar 4, 2019 - $10,030 -39% +14% 96 $104   $24,597,827 70
Mar 5, 2019 - $7,180 -28% -51% 96 $75   $24,605,007 71
Mar 6, 2019 - $7,960 +11% -34% 96 $83   $24,612,967 72
Mar 7, 2019 - $9,720 +22% -26% 96 $101   $24,622,687 73
Sep 25, 2020 - $17,530     829 $21   $24,640,217 641
Sep 26, 2020 - $22,825 +30%   829 $28   $24,663,042 642
Sep 27, 2020 - $15,855 -31%   829 $19   $24,678,897 643
Sep 28, 2020 - $6,195 -61%   829 $7   $24,685,092 644
Sep 29, 2020 - $7,240 +17%   829 $9   $24,692,332 645
Sep 30, 2020 - $6,215 -14%   829 $7   $24,698,547 646
Oct 1, 2020 - $6,290 +1%   829 $8   $24,704,837 647

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 21, 2018 25 $811,423   33 $24,589   $811,423 1
Dec 28, 2018 22 $1,286,972 +59% 33 $38,999   $2,098,395 2
Jan 4, 2019 16 $2,233,452 +74% 112 $19,942   $4,331,847 3
Jan 11, 2019 9 $8,579,900 +284% 1,923 $4,462   $12,911,747 4
Jan 18, 2019 10 $6,062,260 -29% 1,957 $3,098   $18,974,007 5
Jan 25, 2019 15 $2,841,660 -53% 1,272 $2,234   $21,815,667 6
Feb 1, 2019 18 $1,501,080 -47% 917 $1,637   $23,316,747 7
Feb 8, 2019 27 $677,160 -55% 416 $1,628   $23,993,907 8
Feb 15, 2019 31 $369,310 -45% 186 $1,986   $24,363,217 9
Feb 22, 2019 39 $162,025 -56% 129 $1,256   $24,525,242 10
Mar 1, 2019 43 $97,445 -40% 96 $1,015   $24,622,687 11
Sep 25, 2020 - $82,150   829 $99   $24,704,837 93

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.