Whitney (2018)

Whitney
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $3,026,558Details
International Box Office $1,677,151
Worldwide Box Office $4,703,709
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $122,024
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $91,805
Total $213,829
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Whitney Houston broke more music industry records than any other female singer in history. With over 200 million album sales worldwide, she was the only artist to chart seven consecutive U.S. No. 1 singles. She also starred in several blockbuster movies before her brilliant career gave way to erratic behavior, scandals and death at age 48. The documentary feature Whitney is an intimate, unflinching portrait of Houston and her family that probes beyond familiar tabloid headlines and sheds new light on the spellbinding trajectory of Houston’s life. Using never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive demo recordings, rare performances, audio archives and original interviews with the people who knew her best.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$1,265,572 (41.8% of total gross)
Legs:2.39 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:64.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:451 opening theaters/451 max. theaters, 2.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $3,973,399

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 6th, 2018 (Limited) by Roadside Attractions
International Releases: July 6th, 2018 (Limited) (United Kingdom)
July 6th, 2018 (Wide) (Poland)
July 6th, 2018 (Wide) (Spain)
July 13th, 2018 (Wide) (Australia)
July 27th, 2018 (Wide) (New Zealand)
Video Release: October 16th, 2018 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R for language and drug content.
(Rating bulletin 2533 (Cert #51656), 6/18/2018)
Running Time: 120 minutes
Plot point: Addiction, Biography, Domestic Abuse, Drug Overdose, Musicians, Relationships Gone Wrong, Singers
Subgenre: Biographical Documentary
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Miramax Films, Altitude Film Entertainment, Lisa Erspamer Entertainment, Lightbox
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 6, 2018 12 $1,265,572   451 $2,806   $1,265,572 1
Jul 13, 2018 17 $547,151 -57% 408 $1,341   $2,369,573 2
Jul 20, 2018 30 $124,462 -77% 117 $1,064   $2,801,198 3
Jul 27, 2018 41 $27,198 -78% 39 $697   $2,907,931 4
Aug 3, 2018 47 $21,051 -23% 29 $726   $2,949,002 5
Aug 10, 2018 54 $12,741 -39% 23 $554   $2,983,393 6
Aug 17, 2018 61 $6,940 -46% 8 $868   $2,996,216 7
Aug 24, 2018 66 $11,069 +59% 12 $922   $3,010,409 8
Aug 31, 2018 84 $1,486 -87% 9 $165   $3,020,071 9
Sep 7, 2018 88 $1,777 +20% 5 $355   $3,022,875 10
Sep 14, 2018 104 $218 -88% 3 $73   $3,026,049 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jul 6, 2018 11 $479,974     451 $1,064   $479,974 1
Jul 7, 2018 12 $439,581 -8%   451 $975   $919,555 2
Jul 8, 2018 12 $346,017 -21%   451 $767   $1,265,572 3
Jul 9, 2018 14 $141,796 -59%   451 $314   $1,407,368 4
Jul 10, 2018 14 $172,568 +22%   451 $383   $1,579,936 5
Jul 11, 2018 14 $132,760 -23%   451 $294   $1,712,696 6
Jul 12, 2018 14 $109,726 -17%   451 $243   $1,822,422 7
Jul 13, 2018 - $149,847 +37% -69% 408 $367   $1,972,269 8
Jul 14, 2018 - $226,686 +51% -48% 408 $556   $2,198,955 9
Jul 15, 2018 - $170,618 -25% -51% 408 $418   $2,369,573 10
Jul 16, 2018 - $78,014 -54% -45% 408 $191   $2,447,587 11
Jul 17, 2018 - $101,752 +30% -41% 408 $249   $2,549,339 12
Jul 18, 2018 - $71,383 -30% -46% 408 $175   $2,620,722 13
Jul 19, 2018 - $56,014 -22% -49% 408 $137   $2,676,736 14
Jul 20, 2018 - $30,792 -45% -79% 117 $263   $2,707,528 15
Jul 21, 2018 - $50,473 +64% -78% 117 $431   $2,758,001 16
Jul 22, 2018 - $43,197 -14% -75% 117 $369   $2,801,198 17
Jul 23, 2018 - $20,504 -53% -74% 117 $175   $2,821,702 18
Jul 24, 2018 - $23,224 +13% -77% 117 $198   $2,844,926 19
Jul 25, 2018 - $22,035 -5% -69% 117 $188   $2,866,961 20
Jul 26, 2018 - $13,772 -37% -75% 117 $118   $2,880,733 21
Jul 27, 2018 - $8,098 -41% -74% 39 $208   $2,888,831 22
Jul 28, 2018 - $9,649 +19% -81% 39 $247   $2,898,480 23
Jul 29, 2018 - $9,451 -2% -78% 39 $242   $2,907,931 24
Jul 30, 2018 - $4,957 -48% -76% 39 $127   $2,912,888 25
Jul 31, 2018 - $5,185 +5% -78% 39 $133   $2,918,073 26
Aug 1, 2018 - $5,722 +10% -74% 39 $147   $2,923,795 27
Aug 2, 2018 - $4,156 -27% -70% 39 $107   $2,927,951 28
Aug 3, 2018 - $5,676 +37% -30% 29 $196   $2,933,627 29
Aug 4, 2018 - $8,653 +52% -10% 29 $298   $2,942,280 30
Aug 5, 2018 - $6,722 -22% -29% 29 $232   $2,949,002 31
Aug 6, 2018 - $7,991 +19% +61% 29 $276   $2,956,993 32
Aug 7, 2018 - $8,000 n/c +54% 29 $276   $2,964,993 33
Aug 8, 2018 - $3,414 -57% -40% 29 $118   $2,968,407 34
Aug 9, 2018 - $2,245 -34% -46% 29 $77   $2,970,652 35
Aug 10, 2018 - $3,487 +55% -39% 23 $152   $2,974,139 36
Aug 11, 2018 - $4,695 +35% -46% 23 $204   $2,978,834 37
Aug 12, 2018 - $4,559 -3% -32% 23 $198   $2,983,393 38
Aug 13, 2018 - $1,970 -57% -75% 21 $94   $2,985,363 39
Aug 14, 2018 - $1,611 -18% -80% 21 $77   $2,986,974 40
Aug 15, 2018 - $1,695 +5% -50% 21 $81   $2,988,669 41
Aug 16, 2018 - $966 -43% -57% 21 $46   $2,989,635 42
Aug 17, 2018 - $1,826 +89% -48% 8 $228   $2,991,461 43
Aug 18, 2018 - $2,634 +44% -44% 8 $329   $2,994,095 44
Aug 19, 2018 - $2,480 -6% -46% 8 $310   $2,996,575 45
Aug 20, 2018 - $578 -77% -71% 8 $72   $2,997,153 46
Aug 21, 2018 - $751 +30% -53% 8 $94   $2,997,904 47
Aug 22, 2018 - $908 +21% -46% 8 $114   $2,998,812 48
Aug 23, 2018 - $517 -43% -46% 8 $65   $2,999,329 49
Aug 24, 2018 - $3,252 +529% +78% 12 $271   $3,002,581 50
Aug 25, 2018 - $4,569 +40% +73% 12 $381   $3,007,150 51
Aug 26, 2018 - $3,248 -29% +31% 12 $271   $3,010,398 52
Aug 27, 2018 - $1,576 -51% +173% 12 $131   $3,011,974 53
Aug 28, 2018 - $1,452 -8% +93% 12 $121   $3,013,426 54
Aug 29, 2018 - $2,944 +103% +224% 12 $245   $3,016,370 55
Aug 30, 2018 - $2,215 -25% +328% 12 $185   $3,018,585 56
Aug 31, 2018 - $373 -83% -89% 9 $41   $3,018,958 57
Sep 1, 2018 - $865 +132% -81% 9 $96   $3,019,823 58
Sep 2, 2018 - $248 -71% -92% 9 $28   $3,020,071 59
Sep 3, 2018 - $145 -42% -91% 9 $16   $3,020,216 60
Sep 4, 2018 - $304 +110% -79% 9 $34   $3,020,520 61
Sep 5, 2018 - $484 +59% -84% 9 $54   $3,021,004 62
Sep 6, 2018 - $83 -83% -96% 9 $9   $3,021,087 63
Sep 7, 2018 - $481 +480% +29% 5 $96   $3,021,568 64
Sep 8, 2018 - $600 +25% -31% 5 $120   $3,022,168 65
Sep 9, 2018 - $696 +16% +181% 5 $139   $3,022,864 66
Sep 10, 2018 - $2,322 +234% +1,501% 5 $464   $3,025,186 67
Sep 11, 2018 - $259 -89% -15% 5 $52   $3,025,445 68
Sep 12, 2018 - $310 +20% -36% 5 $62   $3,025,755 69
Sep 13, 2018 - $65 -79% -22% 5 $13   $3,025,820 70
Sep 14, 2018 - $21 -68% -96% 3 $7   $3,025,841 71
Sep 15, 2018 - $133 +533% -78% 3 $44   $3,025,974 72
Sep 16, 2018 - $64 -52% -91% 3 $21   $3,026,038 73
Sep 19, 2018 - $221   -29% 3 $74   $3,026,259 76
Sep 20, 2018 - $81 -63% +25% 3 $27   $3,026,558 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 6, 2018 12 $1,822,422   451 $4,041   $1,822,422 1
Jul 13, 2018 17 $854,314 -53% 408 $2,094   $2,676,736 2
Jul 20, 2018 29 $203,997 -76% 117 $1,744   $2,880,733 3
Jul 27, 2018 39 $47,218 -77% 39 $1,211   $2,927,951 4
Aug 3, 2018 46 $42,701 -10% 29 $1,472   $2,970,652 5
Aug 10, 2018 55 $18,624 -56% 23 $810   $2,989,276 6
Aug 17, 2018 63 $10,053 -46% 8 $1,257   $2,999,329 7
Aug 24, 2018 65 $19,256 +92% 12 $1,605   $3,018,585 8
Aug 31, 2018 83 $2,502 -87% 9 $278   $3,021,087 9
Sep 7, 2018 85 $4,733 +89% 5 $947   $3,025,831 10
Sep 14, 2018 104 $727 -85% 3 $242   $3,026,558 11

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

Whitney Houston broke more music industry records than any other female singer in history. With over 200 million album sales worldwide, she was the only artist to chart seven consecutive U.S. No. 1 singles. She also starred in several blockbuster movies before her brilliant career gave way to erratic behavior, scandals and death at age 48. The documentary feature Whitney is an intimate, unflinching portrait of Houston and her family that probes beyond familiar tabloid headlines and sheds new light on the spellbinding trajectory of Houston’s life. Using never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive demo recordings, rare performances, audio archives and original interviews with the people who knew her best.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$1,265,572 (41.8% of total gross)
Legs:2.39 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:64.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:451 opening theaters/451 max. theaters, 2.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $3,973,399

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 6th, 2018 (Limited) by Roadside Attractions
International Releases: July 6th, 2018 (Limited) (United Kingdom)
July 6th, 2018 (Wide) (Poland)
July 6th, 2018 (Wide) (Spain)
July 13th, 2018 (Wide) (Australia)
July 27th, 2018 (Wide) (New Zealand)
Video Release: October 16th, 2018 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R for language and drug content.
(Rating bulletin 2533 (Cert #51656), 6/18/2018)
Running Time: 120 minutes
Plot point: Addiction, Biography, Domestic Abuse, Drug Overdose, Musicians, Relationships Gone Wrong, Singers
Subgenre: Biographical Documentary
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Miramax Films, Altitude Film Entertainment, Lisa Erspamer Entertainment, Lightbox
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 6, 2018 12 $1,265,572   451 $2,806   $1,265,572 1
Jul 13, 2018 17 $547,151 -57% 408 $1,341   $2,369,573 2
Jul 20, 2018 30 $124,462 -77% 117 $1,064   $2,801,198 3
Jul 27, 2018 41 $27,198 -78% 39 $697   $2,907,931 4
Aug 3, 2018 47 $21,051 -23% 29 $726   $2,949,002 5
Aug 10, 2018 54 $12,741 -39% 23 $554   $2,983,393 6
Aug 17, 2018 61 $6,940 -46% 8 $868   $2,996,216 7
Aug 24, 2018 66 $11,069 +59% 12 $922   $3,010,409 8
Aug 31, 2018 84 $1,486 -87% 9 $165   $3,020,071 9
Sep 7, 2018 88 $1,777 +20% 5 $355   $3,022,875 10
Sep 14, 2018 104 $218 -88% 3 $73   $3,026,049 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jul 6, 2018 11 $479,974     451 $1,064   $479,974 1
Jul 7, 2018 12 $439,581 -8%   451 $975   $919,555 2
Jul 8, 2018 12 $346,017 -21%   451 $767   $1,265,572 3
Jul 9, 2018 14 $141,796 -59%   451 $314   $1,407,368 4
Jul 10, 2018 14 $172,568 +22%   451 $383   $1,579,936 5
Jul 11, 2018 14 $132,760 -23%   451 $294   $1,712,696 6
Jul 12, 2018 14 $109,726 -17%   451 $243   $1,822,422 7
Jul 13, 2018 - $149,847 +37% -69% 408 $367   $1,972,269 8
Jul 14, 2018 - $226,686 +51% -48% 408 $556   $2,198,955 9
Jul 15, 2018 - $170,618 -25% -51% 408 $418   $2,369,573 10
Jul 16, 2018 - $78,014 -54% -45% 408 $191   $2,447,587 11
Jul 17, 2018 - $101,752 +30% -41% 408 $249   $2,549,339 12
Jul 18, 2018 - $71,383 -30% -46% 408 $175   $2,620,722 13
Jul 19, 2018 - $56,014 -22% -49% 408 $137   $2,676,736 14
Jul 20, 2018 - $30,792 -45% -79% 117 $263   $2,707,528 15
Jul 21, 2018 - $50,473 +64% -78% 117 $431   $2,758,001 16
Jul 22, 2018 - $43,197 -14% -75% 117 $369   $2,801,198 17
Jul 23, 2018 - $20,504 -53% -74% 117 $175   $2,821,702 18
Jul 24, 2018 - $23,224 +13% -77% 117 $198   $2,844,926 19
Jul 25, 2018 - $22,035 -5% -69% 117 $188   $2,866,961 20
Jul 26, 2018 - $13,772 -37% -75% 117 $118   $2,880,733 21
Jul 27, 2018 - $8,098 -41% -74% 39 $208   $2,888,831 22
Jul 28, 2018 - $9,649 +19% -81% 39 $247   $2,898,480 23
Jul 29, 2018 - $9,451 -2% -78% 39 $242   $2,907,931 24
Jul 30, 2018 - $4,957 -48% -76% 39 $127   $2,912,888 25
Jul 31, 2018 - $5,185 +5% -78% 39 $133   $2,918,073 26
Aug 1, 2018 - $5,722 +10% -74% 39 $147   $2,923,795 27
Aug 2, 2018 - $4,156 -27% -70% 39 $107   $2,927,951 28
Aug 3, 2018 - $5,676 +37% -30% 29 $196   $2,933,627 29
Aug 4, 2018 - $8,653 +52% -10% 29 $298   $2,942,280 30
Aug 5, 2018 - $6,722 -22% -29% 29 $232   $2,949,002 31
Aug 6, 2018 - $7,991 +19% +61% 29 $276   $2,956,993 32
Aug 7, 2018 - $8,000 n/c +54% 29 $276   $2,964,993 33
Aug 8, 2018 - $3,414 -57% -40% 29 $118   $2,968,407 34
Aug 9, 2018 - $2,245 -34% -46% 29 $77   $2,970,652 35
Aug 10, 2018 - $3,487 +55% -39% 23 $152   $2,974,139 36
Aug 11, 2018 - $4,695 +35% -46% 23 $204   $2,978,834 37
Aug 12, 2018 - $4,559 -3% -32% 23 $198   $2,983,393 38
Aug 13, 2018 - $1,970 -57% -75% 21 $94   $2,985,363 39
Aug 14, 2018 - $1,611 -18% -80% 21 $77   $2,986,974 40
Aug 15, 2018 - $1,695 +5% -50% 21 $81   $2,988,669 41
Aug 16, 2018 - $966 -43% -57% 21 $46   $2,989,635 42
Aug 17, 2018 - $1,826 +89% -48% 8 $228   $2,991,461 43
Aug 18, 2018 - $2,634 +44% -44% 8 $329   $2,994,095 44
Aug 19, 2018 - $2,480 -6% -46% 8 $310   $2,996,575 45
Aug 20, 2018 - $578 -77% -71% 8 $72   $2,997,153 46
Aug 21, 2018 - $751 +30% -53% 8 $94   $2,997,904 47
Aug 22, 2018 - $908 +21% -46% 8 $114   $2,998,812 48
Aug 23, 2018 - $517 -43% -46% 8 $65   $2,999,329 49
Aug 24, 2018 - $3,252 +529% +78% 12 $271   $3,002,581 50
Aug 25, 2018 - $4,569 +40% +73% 12 $381   $3,007,150 51
Aug 26, 2018 - $3,248 -29% +31% 12 $271   $3,010,398 52
Aug 27, 2018 - $1,576 -51% +173% 12 $131   $3,011,974 53
Aug 28, 2018 - $1,452 -8% +93% 12 $121   $3,013,426 54
Aug 29, 2018 - $2,944 +103% +224% 12 $245   $3,016,370 55
Aug 30, 2018 - $2,215 -25% +328% 12 $185   $3,018,585 56
Aug 31, 2018 - $373 -83% -89% 9 $41   $3,018,958 57
Sep 1, 2018 - $865 +132% -81% 9 $96   $3,019,823 58
Sep 2, 2018 - $248 -71% -92% 9 $28   $3,020,071 59
Sep 3, 2018 - $145 -42% -91% 9 $16   $3,020,216 60
Sep 4, 2018 - $304 +110% -79% 9 $34   $3,020,520 61
Sep 5, 2018 - $484 +59% -84% 9 $54   $3,021,004 62
Sep 6, 2018 - $83 -83% -96% 9 $9   $3,021,087 63
Sep 7, 2018 - $481 +480% +29% 5 $96   $3,021,568 64
Sep 8, 2018 - $600 +25% -31% 5 $120   $3,022,168 65
Sep 9, 2018 - $696 +16% +181% 5 $139   $3,022,864 66
Sep 10, 2018 - $2,322 +234% +1,501% 5 $464   $3,025,186 67
Sep 11, 2018 - $259 -89% -15% 5 $52   $3,025,445 68
Sep 12, 2018 - $310 +20% -36% 5 $62   $3,025,755 69
Sep 13, 2018 - $65 -79% -22% 5 $13   $3,025,820 70
Sep 14, 2018 - $21 -68% -96% 3 $7   $3,025,841 71
Sep 15, 2018 - $133 +533% -78% 3 $44   $3,025,974 72
Sep 16, 2018 - $64 -52% -91% 3 $21   $3,026,038 73
Sep 19, 2018 - $221   -29% 3 $74   $3,026,259 76
Sep 20, 2018 - $81 -63% +25% 3 $27   $3,026,558 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 6, 2018 12 $1,822,422   451 $4,041   $1,822,422 1
Jul 13, 2018 17 $854,314 -53% 408 $2,094   $2,676,736 2
Jul 20, 2018 29 $203,997 -76% 117 $1,744   $2,880,733 3
Jul 27, 2018 39 $47,218 -77% 39 $1,211   $2,927,951 4
Aug 3, 2018 46 $42,701 -10% 29 $1,472   $2,970,652 5
Aug 10, 2018 55 $18,624 -56% 23 $810   $2,989,276 6
Aug 17, 2018 63 $10,053 -46% 8 $1,257   $2,999,329 7
Aug 24, 2018 65 $19,256 +92% 12 $1,605   $3,018,585 8
Aug 31, 2018 83 $2,502 -87% 9 $278   $3,021,087 9
Sep 7, 2018 85 $4,733 +89% 5 $947   $3,025,831 10
Sep 14, 2018 104 $727 -85% 3 $242   $3,026,558 11

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.