Zimna wojna (2018)

Zimna wojna
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $4,580,048Details
International Box Office $20,450,396Details
Worldwide Box Office $25,030,444
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Synopsis

A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$54,353 (1.2% of total gross)
Legs:8.29 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:18.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$4,800,000 (worldwide box office is 5.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/270 max. theaters, 5.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $5,391,811

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 21st, 2018 (Limited) by Amazon Studios, released as Cold War
International Releases: June 8th, 2018 (Wide) (Poland)
July 13th, 2018 (Wide), released as Studená válka (Czech Republic)
August 31st, 2018 (Wide), released as Cold War (United Kingdom)
September 21st, 2018 (Wide), released as Cold War - Guerra Fria (Portugal)
October 5th, 2018 (Wide), released as Studená vojna (Slovakia)
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Video Release: January 7th, 2019 by Amazon Original Pictures, released as Cold War
MPAA Rating: R for some sexual content, nudity and language.
(Rating bulletin 2547 (Cert #51668), 10/3/2018)
Running Time: 84 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
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Keywords: Set in Poland, Set in Berlin, Set in Paris, 1950s, Romance, Cold War, Historical Drama, Relationships Gone Wrong, Marriage of Convenience, Addiction, Singers, Movie Director
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Opus Film, Polish Film Institute, MK2, Film 4, British Film Institute, Apocalypso Pictures, Protagonist Pictures
Production Countries: France, Poland, United Kingdom
Languages: French, Polish

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Top 2018 Theater Average 59 $18,118 Dec 21, 2018 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 21, 2018 32 $54,353   3 $18,118   $54,353 1
Dec 28, 2018 37 $44,330 -18% 3 $14,777   $143,546 2
Jan 4, 2019 31 $90,763 +105% 6 $15,127   $272,118 3
Jan 11, 2019 33 $97,507 +7% 10 $9,751   $410,931 4
Jan 18, 2019 24 $263,352 +170% 39 $6,753   $718,185 5
Jan 25, 2019 23 $552,420 +110% 111 $4,977   $1,424,759 6
Feb 1, 2019 25 $525,654 -5% 217 $2,422   $2,143,599 7
Feb 8, 2019 23 $520,694 -1% 270 $1,928   $2,902,394 8
Feb 15, 2019 26 $415,755 -20% 247 $1,683   $3,562,322 9
Feb 22, 2019 29 $300,778 -28% 259 $1,161   $4,095,568 10
Mar 1, 2019 35 $134,119 -55% 128 $1,048   $4,358,690 11
Mar 8, 2019 43 $60,368 -55% 60 $1,006   $4,477,063 12
Mar 15, 2019 56 $26,921 -55% 48 $561   $4,533,425 13
Mar 22, 2019 64 $9,657 -64% 16 $604   $4,557,943 14
Mar 29, 2019 65 $7,913 -18% 17 $465   $4,572,545 15

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 21, 2018 - $17,485     3 $5,828   $17,485 1
Dec 22, 2018 - $20,940 +20%   3 $6,980   $38,425 2
Dec 23, 2018 - $15,928 -24%   3 $5,309   $54,353 3
Dec 24, 2018 - $8,448 -47%   3 $2,816   $62,801 4
Dec 25, 2018 - $16,979 +101%   3 $5,660   $79,780 5
Dec 26, 2018 - $9,828 -42%   3 $3,276   $89,608 6
Dec 27, 2018 - $9,608 -2%   3 $3,203   $99,216 7
Dec 28, 2018 - $11,283 +17% -35% 3 $3,761   $110,499 8
Dec 29, 2018 - $18,070 +60% -14% 3 $6,023   $128,569 9
Dec 30, 2018 - $14,977 -17% -6% 3 $4,992   $143,546 10
Dec 31, 2018 - $9,285 -38% +10% 3 $3,095   $152,831 11
Jan 1, 2019 - $13,808 +49% -19% 3 $4,603   $166,639 12
Jan 2, 2019 - $7,466 -46% -24% 3 $2,489   $174,105 13
Jan 3, 2019 - $7,250 -3% -25% 3 $2,417   $181,355 14
Jan 4, 2019 - $29,373 +305% +160% 6 $4,896   $210,728 15
Jan 5, 2019 - $36,757 +25% +103% 6 $6,126   $247,485 16
Jan 6, 2019 - $24,633 -33% +64% 6 $4,106   $272,118 17
Jan 7, 2019 - $8,680 -65% -7% 6 $1,447   $280,798 18
Jan 8, 2019 - $10,180 +17% -26% 6 $1,697   $290,978 19
Jan 9, 2019 - $11,930 +17% +60% 6 $1,988   $302,908 20
Jan 10, 2019 - $10,516 -12% +45% 6 $1,753   $313,424 21
Jan 11, 2019 - $23,443 +123% -20% 10 $2,344   $336,867 22
Jan 12, 2019 - $44,298 +89% +21% 10 $4,430   $381,165 23
Jan 13, 2019 - $29,766 -33% +21% 10 $2,977   $410,931 24
Jan 14, 2019 - $9,847 -67% +13% 10 $985   $420,778 25
Jan 15, 2019 - $10,779 +9% +6% 10 $1,078   $431,557 26
Jan 16, 2019 - $11,818 +10% -1% 10 $1,182   $443,375 27
Jan 17, 2019 - $11,458 -3% +9% 10 $1,146   $454,833 28
Jan 18, 2019 - $68,536 +498% +192% 39 $1,757   $523,369 29
Jan 19, 2019 - $114,466 +67% +158% 39 $2,935   $637,835 30
Jan 20, 2019 - $80,350 -30% +170% 39 $2,060   $718,185 31
Jan 21, 2019 - $51,296 -36% +421% 39 $1,315   $769,481 32
Jan 22, 2019 - $31,704 -38% +194% 39 $813   $801,185 33
Jan 23, 2019 - $37,700 +19% +219% 39 $967   $838,885 34
Jan 24, 2019 - $33,454 -11% +192% 39 $858   $872,339 35
Jan 25, 2019 - $141,701 +324% +107% 111 $1,277   $1,014,040 36
Jan 26, 2019 - $249,141 +76% +118% 111 $2,245   $1,263,181 37
Jan 27, 2019 - $161,578 -35% +101% 111 $1,456   $1,424,759 38
Jan 28, 2019 - $45,984 -72% -10% 111 $414   $1,470,743 39
Jan 29, 2019 - $50,384 +10% +59% 111 $454   $1,521,127 40
Jan 30, 2019 - $45,508 -10% +21% 111 $410   $1,566,635 41
Jan 31, 2019 - $51,310 +13% +53% 111 $462   $1,617,945 42
Feb 1, 2019 - $141,979 +177% n/c 217 $654   $1,759,924 43
Feb 2, 2019 - $248,508 +75% n/c 217 $1,145   $2,008,432 44
Feb 3, 2019 - $135,167 -46% -16% 217 $623   $2,143,599 45
Feb 4, 2019 - $56,313 -58% +22% 217 $260   $2,199,912 46
Feb 5, 2019 - $62,872 +12% +25% 217 $290   $2,262,784 47
Feb 6, 2019 - $58,815 -6% +29% 217 $271   $2,321,599 48
Feb 7, 2019 - $60,101 +2% +17% 217 $277   $2,381,700 49
Feb 8, 2019 - $128,586 +114% -9% 270 $476   $2,510,286 50
Feb 9, 2019 - $234,925 +83% -5% 270 $870   $2,745,211 51
Feb 10, 2019 - $157,183 -33% +16% 270 $582   $2,902,394 52
Feb 11, 2019 - $48,898 -69% -13% 270 $181   $2,951,292 53
Feb 12, 2019 - $51,835 +6% -18% 270 $192   $3,003,127 54
Feb 13, 2019 - $56,112 +8% -5% 270 $208   $3,059,239 55
Feb 14, 2019 - $87,328 +56% +45% 270 $323   $3,146,567 56
Feb 15, 2019 - $94,453 +8% -27% 247 $382   $3,241,020 57
Feb 16, 2019 - $182,679 +93% -22% 247 $740   $3,423,699 58
Feb 17, 2019 - $138,623 -24% -12% 247 $561   $3,562,322 59
Feb 18, 2019 - $88,008 -37% +80% 247 $356   $3,650,330 60
Feb 19, 2019 - $50,616 -42% -2% 247 $205   $3,700,946 61
Feb 20, 2019 - $43,624 -14% -22% 247 $177   $3,744,570 62
Feb 21, 2019 - $50,220 +15% -42% 247 $203   $3,794,790 63
Feb 22, 2019 - $82,270 +64% -13% 259 $318   $3,877,060 64
Feb 23, 2019 - $152,252 +85% -17% 259 $588   $4,029,312 65
Feb 24, 2019 - $66,256 -56% -52% 259 $256   $4,095,568 66
Feb 25, 2019 - $29,141 -56% -67% 259 $113   $4,124,709 67
Feb 26, 2019 - $36,259 +24% -28% 259 $140   $4,160,968 68
Feb 27, 2019 - $32,298 -11% -26% 259 $125   $4,193,266 69
Feb 28, 2019 - $31,305 -3% -38% 259 $121   $4,224,571 70
Mar 1, 2019 - $30,914 -1% -62% 128 $242   $4,255,485 71
Mar 2, 2019 - $61,994 +101% -59% 128 $484   $4,317,479 72
Mar 3, 2019 - $41,211 -34% -38% 128 $322   $4,358,690 73
Mar 4, 2019 - $12,623 -69% -57% 128 $99   $4,371,313 74
Mar 5, 2019 - $14,707 +17% -59% 128 $115   $4,386,020 75
Mar 6, 2019 - $15,847 +8% -51% 128 $124   $4,401,867 76
Mar 7, 2019 - $14,828 -6% -53% 128 $116   $4,416,695 77
Mar 8, 2019 - $14,278 -4% -54% 60 $238   $4,430,973 78
Mar 9, 2019 - $25,832 +81% -58% 60 $431   $4,456,805 79
Mar 10, 2019 - $20,258 -22% -51% 60 $338   $4,477,063 80
Mar 11, 2019 - $7,401 -63% -41% 60 $123   $4,484,464 81
Mar 12, 2019 - $6,963 -6% -53% 60 $116   $4,491,427 82
Mar 13, 2019 - $7,017 +1% -56% 60 $117   $4,498,444 83
Mar 14, 2019 - $8,060 +15% -46% 60 $134   $4,506,504 84
Mar 15, 2019 - $6,678 -17% -53% 48 $139   $4,513,182 85
Mar 16, 2019 - $12,324 +85% -52% 48 $257   $4,525,506 86
Mar 17, 2019 - $7,919 -36% -61% 48 $165   $4,533,425 87
Mar 18, 2019 - $5,508 -30% -26% 48 $115   $4,538,933 88
Mar 19, 2019 - $3,005 -45% -57% 48 $63   $4,541,938 89
Mar 20, 2019 - $2,950 -2% -58% 48 $61   $4,544,888 90
Mar 21, 2019 - $3,398 +15% -58% 48 $71   $4,548,286 91
Mar 22, 2019 - $3,128 -8% -53% 16 $196   $4,551,414 92
Mar 23, 2019 - $4,055 +30% -67% 16 $253   $4,555,469 93
Mar 24, 2019 - $2,474 -39% -69% 16 $155   $4,557,943 94
Mar 25, 2019 - $1,494 -40% -73% 16 $93   $4,559,437 95
Mar 26, 2019 - $1,107 -26% -63% 16 $69   $4,560,544 96
Mar 27, 2019 - $2,258 +104% -23% 16 $141   $4,562,802 97
Mar 28, 2019 - $1,830 -19% -46% 16 $114   $4,564,632 98
Mar 29, 2019 - $1,955 +7% -38% 17 $115   $4,566,587 99
Mar 30, 2019 - $3,765 +93% -7% 17 $221   $4,570,352 100
Mar 31, 2019 - $2,193 -42% -11% 17 $129   $4,572,545 101
Apr 1, 2019 - $2,561 +17% +71% 17 $151   $4,575,106 102
Apr 2, 2019 - $1,020 -60% -8% 17 $60   $4,576,126 103
Apr 3, 2019 - $1,584 +55% -30% 17 $93   $4,577,710 104
Apr 4, 2019 - $2,338 +48% +28% 17 $138   $4,580,048 105

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 21, 2018 36 $99,216   3 $33,072   $99,216 1
Dec 28, 2018 37 $82,139 -17% 3 $27,380   $181,355 2
Jan 4, 2019 29 $132,069 +61% 6 $22,012   $313,424 3
Jan 11, 2019 35 $141,409 +7% 10 $14,141   $454,833 4
Jan 18, 2019 25 $417,506 +195% 39 $10,705   $872,339 5
Jan 25, 2019 23 $745,606 +79% 111 $6,717   $1,617,945 6
Feb 1, 2019 25 $763,755 +2% 217 $3,520   $2,381,700 7
Feb 8, 2019 26 $764,867 n/c 270 $2,833   $3,146,567 8
Feb 15, 2019 27 $648,223 -15% 247 $2,624   $3,794,790 9
Feb 22, 2019 27 $429,781 -34% 259 $1,659   $4,224,571 10
Mar 1, 2019 38 $192,124 -55% 128 $1,501   $4,416,695 11
Mar 8, 2019 43 $89,809 -53% 60 $1,497   $4,506,504 12
Mar 15, 2019 56 $41,782 -53% 48 $870   $4,548,286 13
Mar 22, 2019 63 $16,346 -61% 16 $1,022   $4,564,632 14
Mar 29, 2019 60 $15,416 -6% 17 $907   $4,580,048 15

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 11/2/2018 $36,646 31 31 73 $117,123 7/22/2019
Australia 12/21/2018 $41,805 20 32 350 $960,824 8/6/2019
Czech Republic 7/13/2018 $6,300 13 13 43 $34,572 1/1/2019
France 10/26/2018 $687,179 153 271 1,491 $2,699,071 1/26/2019
Italy 12/20/2018 $174,506 0 21 82 $1,356,364 8/31/2019
Lithuania 11/30/2018 $4,745 0 0 0 $35,093 3/14/2019
Netherlands 12/6/2018 $149,467 45 49 403 $1,223,609 2/5/2019
Poland 6/8/2018 $487,183 0 265 265 $4,870,355 11/16/2018
Portugal 9/21/2018 $4,418 8 8 54 $57,830 2/15/2019
Russia (CIS) 11/15/2018 $74,716 239 239 575 $196,094 10/19/2022
Slovakia 10/5/2018 $1,319 12 12 16 $4,193 10/16/2018
South Korea 2/7/2019 $4,856 0 60 172 $198,845 12/27/2019
Spain 10/5/2018 $189,573 52 87 564 $1,531,775 1/10/2019
Turkey 12/21/2018 $10,206 24 24 54 $46,842 1/17/2019
United Kingdom 8/31/2018 $296,578 61 77 291 $1,463,493 4/7/2019
 
Rest of World $5,654,313
 
International Total$20,450,396 10/19/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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Leading Cast

Joanna Kulig    Zuzanna “Zula” Lichon
Tomasz Kot    Wiktor

Supporting Cast

Borys Szyc    Kaczmarek
Agata Kulesza    Irena
Cedric Kahn    Michel
Jeanne Balibar    Juliette
Adam Woronowicz    Consul
Adam Ferency    Minister
Adam Szyszkowski    Camp Guard
Izabela Andrzejak    Mazurek

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Paweł Pawlikowski    Director
Paweł Pawlikowski    Screenwriter
Ewa Puszcynka    Producer
Tanya Seghatchian    Producer
Nathanael Karmitz    Executive Producer
Lizzie Francke    Executive Producer
Rohit Khattar    Executive Producer
John Woodward    Executive Producer
Jeremy Gawade    Executive Producer
Daniel Battsek    Executive Producer
Łukasz Żal    Cinematographer

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Cold War Trailer

November 6th, 2018

Historical drama directed by Paweł Pawlikowski opens December 21 ... Full Movie Details. More...


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Synopsis

A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$54,353 (1.2% of total gross)
Legs:8.29 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:18.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$4,800,000 (worldwide box office is 5.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/270 max. theaters, 5.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $5,391,811

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 21st, 2018 (Limited) by Amazon Studios, released as Cold War
International Releases: June 8th, 2018 (Wide) (Poland)
July 13th, 2018 (Wide), released as Studená válka (Czech Republic)
August 31st, 2018 (Wide), released as Cold War (United Kingdom)
September 21st, 2018 (Wide), released as Cold War - Guerra Fria (Portugal)
October 5th, 2018 (Wide), released as Studená vojna (Slovakia)
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Video Release: January 7th, 2019 by Amazon Original Pictures, released as Cold War
MPAA Rating: R for some sexual content, nudity and language.
(Rating bulletin 2547 (Cert #51668), 10/3/2018)
Running Time: 84 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
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Keywords: Set in Poland, Set in Berlin, Set in Paris, 1950s, Romance, Cold War, Historical Drama, Relationships Gone Wrong, Marriage of Convenience, Addiction, Singers, Movie Director
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Opus Film, Polish Film Institute, MK2, Film 4, British Film Institute, Apocalypso Pictures, Protagonist Pictures
Production Countries: France, Poland, United Kingdom
Languages: French, Polish

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Top 2018 Theater Average 59 $18,118 Dec 21, 2018 3

Leading Cast

Joanna Kulig    Zuzanna “Zula” Lichon
Tomasz Kot    Wiktor

Supporting Cast

Borys Szyc    Kaczmarek
Agata Kulesza    Irena
Cedric Kahn    Michel
Jeanne Balibar    Juliette
Adam Woronowicz    Consul
Adam Ferency    Minister
Adam Szyszkowski    Camp Guard
Izabela Andrzejak    Mazurek

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Paweł Pawlikowski    Director
Paweł Pawlikowski    Screenwriter
Ewa Puszcynka    Producer
Tanya Seghatchian    Producer
Nathanael Karmitz    Executive Producer
Lizzie Francke    Executive Producer
Rohit Khattar    Executive Producer
John Woodward    Executive Producer
Jeremy Gawade    Executive Producer
Daniel Battsek    Executive Producer
Łukasz Żal    Cinematographer

Theater Averages: Dragons Look Down on the Other New Releases

February 27th, 2019

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

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2018 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is... Green Book for Best Picture

February 24th, 2019

Green Book

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. We will announce the winners and have our reactions as they happen, while keeping track of how our readers did in predicting the outcomes. More...

2018 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look

February 24th, 2019

The Favourite

It’s Oscar Day, and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. in Italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. For example, I would be happy with half of the Best Picture nominees winning. More...

2018 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Director

February 21st, 2019

Roma

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Theater Averages: Fighting for First Place

February 20th, 2019

Fighting With My Family

Not only did we set a new yearly high market for theater average this past weekend, but two of the top three results from 2019 were from this weekend. Fighting With My Family led the way with an average of $34,695 in four theaters over the three-day weekend. The film earned just under $200,000 during its five-day debut, which is great news for its wide expansion this weekend. The re-release of War and Peace managed $22,976 in its one theater. That’s amazing, because the film is six hours long and they could only fit in 2 screenings a day. Then again, the movie is six hours long, they probably charged double to see it. Birds of Paradise was next with an average of $11,541 in two theaters. This is more impressive than it looks at first, because the film debuted on Wednesday, which undoubtedly tempered some of its weekend box office. The final film in the $10,000 club was CatVideoFest with $11,269. At first I was confused by this result, but then I found out it is a charity event, so good job everyone involved. More...

Theater Averages: Most New Releases were Left Out in the Cold

February 6th, 2019

Never Look Away

Never Look Away held up well earning $19,033 in its lone theater. Its Oscar Nod is helping, but its real test is when the film tries to expand. The only new release in the $10,000 club was Arctic, with an average of $12,720 in four theaters. More...

Theater Averages: Most Films were Never Looked At

January 31st, 2019

Never Look Away

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2018 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations

January 23rd, 2019

The Favourite

The Oscar nominations were announced yesterday starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. They do this every year for reasons no one has been able to adequately explain to me. Because it was the day after a long weekend, it took a bit of time to get all the normal work done and digest the results. And there were some interesting results to digest. No one film led the way with total nominations, as two films, The Favourite and Roma tied with 10 nominations each. More...

Theater Averages: New Releases are Left in the Cold

January 17th, 2019

Cold War

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2018 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations

January 12th, 2019

The Favorite

The BAFTA nominations were announced and The Favorite led the way with 12 nominations. Sometimes the BAFTAs are a really good indicator for who will do well on Oscar night. Other times their bias to British films is too much. I think this year will be an example of the latter and I don't think The Favourite is suddenly an Oscar favorite. That said, there’s still some things you can learn here. More...

Theater Averages: New Releases were Destroyed

January 10th, 2019

Destroyer

Destroyer rose to first place on the theater average chart with an average of $16,383 in six theaters. Cold War actually saw its average grow to $15,127, also in six theaters. Last week’s winner, On the Basis of Sex was next with an average of $14,370 in 112 theaters. It’s rare for a limited release to land in the $10,000 club while playing in more than 100 theaters. The final member of the $10,000 club was Stan and Ollie with an average of $10,920 in 8 theaters. More...

Theater Averages: This Week’s Chart is Feeling Sexy

January 2nd, 2019

On the Basis of Sex

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Theater Averages: Box Office Feels the Winter Chill

December 27th, 2018

Cold War

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Cold War Trailer

November 6th, 2018

Historical drama directed by Paweł Pawlikowski opens December 21 ... Full Movie Details. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 21, 2018 32 $54,353   3 $18,118   $54,353 1
Dec 28, 2018 37 $44,330 -18% 3 $14,777   $143,546 2
Jan 4, 2019 31 $90,763 +105% 6 $15,127   $272,118 3
Jan 11, 2019 33 $97,507 +7% 10 $9,751   $410,931 4
Jan 18, 2019 24 $263,352 +170% 39 $6,753   $718,185 5
Jan 25, 2019 23 $552,420 +110% 111 $4,977   $1,424,759 6
Feb 1, 2019 25 $525,654 -5% 217 $2,422   $2,143,599 7
Feb 8, 2019 23 $520,694 -1% 270 $1,928   $2,902,394 8
Feb 15, 2019 26 $415,755 -20% 247 $1,683   $3,562,322 9
Feb 22, 2019 29 $300,778 -28% 259 $1,161   $4,095,568 10
Mar 1, 2019 35 $134,119 -55% 128 $1,048   $4,358,690 11
Mar 8, 2019 43 $60,368 -55% 60 $1,006   $4,477,063 12
Mar 15, 2019 56 $26,921 -55% 48 $561   $4,533,425 13
Mar 22, 2019 64 $9,657 -64% 16 $604   $4,557,943 14
Mar 29, 2019 65 $7,913 -18% 17 $465   $4,572,545 15

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 21, 2018 - $17,485     3 $5,828   $17,485 1
Dec 22, 2018 - $20,940 +20%   3 $6,980   $38,425 2
Dec 23, 2018 - $15,928 -24%   3 $5,309   $54,353 3
Dec 24, 2018 - $8,448 -47%   3 $2,816   $62,801 4
Dec 25, 2018 - $16,979 +101%   3 $5,660   $79,780 5
Dec 26, 2018 - $9,828 -42%   3 $3,276   $89,608 6
Dec 27, 2018 - $9,608 -2%   3 $3,203   $99,216 7
Dec 28, 2018 - $11,283 +17% -35% 3 $3,761   $110,499 8
Dec 29, 2018 - $18,070 +60% -14% 3 $6,023   $128,569 9
Dec 30, 2018 - $14,977 -17% -6% 3 $4,992   $143,546 10
Dec 31, 2018 - $9,285 -38% +10% 3 $3,095   $152,831 11
Jan 1, 2019 - $13,808 +49% -19% 3 $4,603   $166,639 12
Jan 2, 2019 - $7,466 -46% -24% 3 $2,489   $174,105 13
Jan 3, 2019 - $7,250 -3% -25% 3 $2,417   $181,355 14
Jan 4, 2019 - $29,373 +305% +160% 6 $4,896   $210,728 15
Jan 5, 2019 - $36,757 +25% +103% 6 $6,126   $247,485 16
Jan 6, 2019 - $24,633 -33% +64% 6 $4,106   $272,118 17
Jan 7, 2019 - $8,680 -65% -7% 6 $1,447   $280,798 18
Jan 8, 2019 - $10,180 +17% -26% 6 $1,697   $290,978 19
Jan 9, 2019 - $11,930 +17% +60% 6 $1,988   $302,908 20
Jan 10, 2019 - $10,516 -12% +45% 6 $1,753   $313,424 21
Jan 11, 2019 - $23,443 +123% -20% 10 $2,344   $336,867 22
Jan 12, 2019 - $44,298 +89% +21% 10 $4,430   $381,165 23
Jan 13, 2019 - $29,766 -33% +21% 10 $2,977   $410,931 24
Jan 14, 2019 - $9,847 -67% +13% 10 $985   $420,778 25
Jan 15, 2019 - $10,779 +9% +6% 10 $1,078   $431,557 26
Jan 16, 2019 - $11,818 +10% -1% 10 $1,182   $443,375 27
Jan 17, 2019 - $11,458 -3% +9% 10 $1,146   $454,833 28
Jan 18, 2019 - $68,536 +498% +192% 39 $1,757   $523,369 29
Jan 19, 2019 - $114,466 +67% +158% 39 $2,935   $637,835 30
Jan 20, 2019 - $80,350 -30% +170% 39 $2,060   $718,185 31
Jan 21, 2019 - $51,296 -36% +421% 39 $1,315   $769,481 32
Jan 22, 2019 - $31,704 -38% +194% 39 $813   $801,185 33
Jan 23, 2019 - $37,700 +19% +219% 39 $967   $838,885 34
Jan 24, 2019 - $33,454 -11% +192% 39 $858   $872,339 35
Jan 25, 2019 - $141,701 +324% +107% 111 $1,277   $1,014,040 36
Jan 26, 2019 - $249,141 +76% +118% 111 $2,245   $1,263,181 37
Jan 27, 2019 - $161,578 -35% +101% 111 $1,456   $1,424,759 38
Jan 28, 2019 - $45,984 -72% -10% 111 $414   $1,470,743 39
Jan 29, 2019 - $50,384 +10% +59% 111 $454   $1,521,127 40
Jan 30, 2019 - $45,508 -10% +21% 111 $410   $1,566,635 41
Jan 31, 2019 - $51,310 +13% +53% 111 $462   $1,617,945 42
Feb 1, 2019 - $141,979 +177% n/c 217 $654   $1,759,924 43
Feb 2, 2019 - $248,508 +75% n/c 217 $1,145   $2,008,432 44
Feb 3, 2019 - $135,167 -46% -16% 217 $623   $2,143,599 45
Feb 4, 2019 - $56,313 -58% +22% 217 $260   $2,199,912 46
Feb 5, 2019 - $62,872 +12% +25% 217 $290   $2,262,784 47
Feb 6, 2019 - $58,815 -6% +29% 217 $271   $2,321,599 48
Feb 7, 2019 - $60,101 +2% +17% 217 $277   $2,381,700 49
Feb 8, 2019 - $128,586 +114% -9% 270 $476   $2,510,286 50
Feb 9, 2019 - $234,925 +83% -5% 270 $870   $2,745,211 51
Feb 10, 2019 - $157,183 -33% +16% 270 $582   $2,902,394 52
Feb 11, 2019 - $48,898 -69% -13% 270 $181   $2,951,292 53
Feb 12, 2019 - $51,835 +6% -18% 270 $192   $3,003,127 54
Feb 13, 2019 - $56,112 +8% -5% 270 $208   $3,059,239 55
Feb 14, 2019 - $87,328 +56% +45% 270 $323   $3,146,567 56
Feb 15, 2019 - $94,453 +8% -27% 247 $382   $3,241,020 57
Feb 16, 2019 - $182,679 +93% -22% 247 $740   $3,423,699 58
Feb 17, 2019 - $138,623 -24% -12% 247 $561   $3,562,322 59
Feb 18, 2019 - $88,008 -37% +80% 247 $356   $3,650,330 60
Feb 19, 2019 - $50,616 -42% -2% 247 $205   $3,700,946 61
Feb 20, 2019 - $43,624 -14% -22% 247 $177   $3,744,570 62
Feb 21, 2019 - $50,220 +15% -42% 247 $203   $3,794,790 63
Feb 22, 2019 - $82,270 +64% -13% 259 $318   $3,877,060 64
Feb 23, 2019 - $152,252 +85% -17% 259 $588   $4,029,312 65
Feb 24, 2019 - $66,256 -56% -52% 259 $256   $4,095,568 66
Feb 25, 2019 - $29,141 -56% -67% 259 $113   $4,124,709 67
Feb 26, 2019 - $36,259 +24% -28% 259 $140   $4,160,968 68
Feb 27, 2019 - $32,298 -11% -26% 259 $125   $4,193,266 69
Feb 28, 2019 - $31,305 -3% -38% 259 $121   $4,224,571 70
Mar 1, 2019 - $30,914 -1% -62% 128 $242   $4,255,485 71
Mar 2, 2019 - $61,994 +101% -59% 128 $484   $4,317,479 72
Mar 3, 2019 - $41,211 -34% -38% 128 $322   $4,358,690 73
Mar 4, 2019 - $12,623 -69% -57% 128 $99   $4,371,313 74
Mar 5, 2019 - $14,707 +17% -59% 128 $115   $4,386,020 75
Mar 6, 2019 - $15,847 +8% -51% 128 $124   $4,401,867 76
Mar 7, 2019 - $14,828 -6% -53% 128 $116   $4,416,695 77
Mar 8, 2019 - $14,278 -4% -54% 60 $238   $4,430,973 78
Mar 9, 2019 - $25,832 +81% -58% 60 $431   $4,456,805 79
Mar 10, 2019 - $20,258 -22% -51% 60 $338   $4,477,063 80
Mar 11, 2019 - $7,401 -63% -41% 60 $123   $4,484,464 81
Mar 12, 2019 - $6,963 -6% -53% 60 $116   $4,491,427 82
Mar 13, 2019 - $7,017 +1% -56% 60 $117   $4,498,444 83
Mar 14, 2019 - $8,060 +15% -46% 60 $134   $4,506,504 84
Mar 15, 2019 - $6,678 -17% -53% 48 $139   $4,513,182 85
Mar 16, 2019 - $12,324 +85% -52% 48 $257   $4,525,506 86
Mar 17, 2019 - $7,919 -36% -61% 48 $165   $4,533,425 87
Mar 18, 2019 - $5,508 -30% -26% 48 $115   $4,538,933 88
Mar 19, 2019 - $3,005 -45% -57% 48 $63   $4,541,938 89
Mar 20, 2019 - $2,950 -2% -58% 48 $61   $4,544,888 90
Mar 21, 2019 - $3,398 +15% -58% 48 $71   $4,548,286 91
Mar 22, 2019 - $3,128 -8% -53% 16 $196   $4,551,414 92
Mar 23, 2019 - $4,055 +30% -67% 16 $253   $4,555,469 93
Mar 24, 2019 - $2,474 -39% -69% 16 $155   $4,557,943 94
Mar 25, 2019 - $1,494 -40% -73% 16 $93   $4,559,437 95
Mar 26, 2019 - $1,107 -26% -63% 16 $69   $4,560,544 96
Mar 27, 2019 - $2,258 +104% -23% 16 $141   $4,562,802 97
Mar 28, 2019 - $1,830 -19% -46% 16 $114   $4,564,632 98
Mar 29, 2019 - $1,955 +7% -38% 17 $115   $4,566,587 99
Mar 30, 2019 - $3,765 +93% -7% 17 $221   $4,570,352 100
Mar 31, 2019 - $2,193 -42% -11% 17 $129   $4,572,545 101
Apr 1, 2019 - $2,561 +17% +71% 17 $151   $4,575,106 102
Apr 2, 2019 - $1,020 -60% -8% 17 $60   $4,576,126 103
Apr 3, 2019 - $1,584 +55% -30% 17 $93   $4,577,710 104
Apr 4, 2019 - $2,338 +48% +28% 17 $138   $4,580,048 105

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 21, 2018 36 $99,216   3 $33,072   $99,216 1
Dec 28, 2018 37 $82,139 -17% 3 $27,380   $181,355 2
Jan 4, 2019 29 $132,069 +61% 6 $22,012   $313,424 3
Jan 11, 2019 35 $141,409 +7% 10 $14,141   $454,833 4
Jan 18, 2019 25 $417,506 +195% 39 $10,705   $872,339 5
Jan 25, 2019 23 $745,606 +79% 111 $6,717   $1,617,945 6
Feb 1, 2019 25 $763,755 +2% 217 $3,520   $2,381,700 7
Feb 8, 2019 26 $764,867 n/c 270 $2,833   $3,146,567 8
Feb 15, 2019 27 $648,223 -15% 247 $2,624   $3,794,790 9
Feb 22, 2019 27 $429,781 -34% 259 $1,659   $4,224,571 10
Mar 1, 2019 38 $192,124 -55% 128 $1,501   $4,416,695 11
Mar 8, 2019 43 $89,809 -53% 60 $1,497   $4,506,504 12
Mar 15, 2019 56 $41,782 -53% 48 $870   $4,548,286 13
Mar 22, 2019 63 $16,346 -61% 16 $1,022   $4,564,632 14
Mar 29, 2019 60 $15,416 -6% 17 $907   $4,580,048 15

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 11/2/2018 $36,646 31 31 73 $117,123 7/22/2019
Australia 12/21/2018 $41,805 20 32 350 $960,824 8/6/2019
Czech Republic 7/13/2018 $6,300 13 13 43 $34,572 1/1/2019
France 10/26/2018 $687,179 153 271 1,491 $2,699,071 1/26/2019
Italy 12/20/2018 $174,506 0 21 82 $1,356,364 8/31/2019
Lithuania 11/30/2018 $4,745 0 0 0 $35,093 3/14/2019
Netherlands 12/6/2018 $149,467 45 49 403 $1,223,609 2/5/2019
Poland 6/8/2018 $487,183 0 265 265 $4,870,355 11/16/2018
Portugal 9/21/2018 $4,418 8 8 54 $57,830 2/15/2019
Russia (CIS) 11/15/2018 $74,716 239 239 575 $196,094 10/19/2022
Slovakia 10/5/2018 $1,319 12 12 16 $4,193 10/16/2018
South Korea 2/7/2019 $4,856 0 60 172 $198,845 12/27/2019
Spain 10/5/2018 $189,573 52 87 564 $1,531,775 1/10/2019
Turkey 12/21/2018 $10,206 24 24 54 $46,842 1/17/2019
United Kingdom 8/31/2018 $296,578 61 77 291 $1,463,493 4/7/2019
 
Rest of World $5,654,313
 
International Total$20,450,396 10/19/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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