Knives Out

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate.

Grosses

Domestic (52.8%)
$165,363,234
Summary Details
DistributorLionsgate
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Opening$26,769,548
3,461 theaters
Budget$40,000,000
Release DateNov 27, 2019
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 10 min
GenresComedy Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
In Release401 days/57 weeks
Widest Release3,461 theaters
DateDOW RankDaily %± YD %± LW TheatersAvgTo DateDay
Nov 27Wednesday2$8,473,334--3,391$2,498$8,473,3341
Nov 28
Thanksgiving
Thursday2$6,171,211-27.2%-3,391$1,819$14,644,5452
Nov 29Friday2$10,694,954+73.3%-3,461$3,090$25,339,4993
Nov 30Saturday2$10,311,127-3.6%-3,461$2,979$35,650,6264
Dec 1Sunday2$5,763,467-44.1%-3,461$1,665$41,414,0935
Dec 2Monday2$1,708,419-70.4%-3,461$493$43,122,5126
Dec 3Tuesday2$2,768,543+62.1%-3,461$799$45,891,0557
Dec 4Wednesday2$1,736,998-37.3%-79.5%3,461$501$47,628,0538
Dec 5Thursday2$1,708,438-1.6%-72.3%3,461$493$49,336,4919
Dec 6Friday2$4,128,230+141.6%-61.4%3,461$1,192$53,464,72110
Dec 7Saturday2$6,237,162+51.1%-39.5%3,461$1,802$59,701,88311
Dec 8Sunday2$3,851,331-38.3%-33.2%3,461$1,112$63,553,21412
Dec 9Monday2$1,290,864-66.5%-24.4%3,461$372$64,844,07813
Dec 10Tuesday2$2,179,133+68.8%-21.3%3,461$629$67,023,21114
Dec 11Wednesday2$1,396,085-35.9%-19.6%3,461$403$68,419,29615
Dec 12Thursday2$1,257,952-9.9%-26.4%3,461$363$69,677,24816
Dec 13Friday3$2,634,316+109.4%-36.2%3,413$771$72,311,56417
Dec 14Saturday3$4,031,561+53%-35.4%3,413$1,181$76,343,12518
Dec 15Sunday3$2,472,822-38.7%-35.8%3,413$724$78,815,94719
Dec 16Monday3$1,000,220-59.6%-22.5%3,413$293$79,816,16720
Dec 17Tuesday3$1,582,664+58.2%-27.4%3,413$463$81,398,83121
Dec 18Wednesday3$1,138,527-28.1%-18.4%3,413$333$82,537,35822
Dec 19Thursday3$911,551-19.9%-27.5%3,413$267$83,448,90923
Dec 20Friday6$1,750,267+92%-33.6%2,535$690$85,199,17624
Dec 21Saturday4$2,497,317+42.7%-38.1%2,535$985$87,696,49325
Dec 22Sunday4$2,255,602-9.7%-8.8%2,535$889$89,952,09526
Dec 23Monday4$1,815,630-19.5%+81.5%2,535$716$91,767,72527
Dec 24Tuesday4$1,823,445+0.4%+15.2%2,535$719$93,591,17028
Dec 25
Christmas Day
Wednesday7$3,650,616+100.2%+220.6%2,022$1,805$97,241,78629
Dec 26Thursday7$3,188,785-12.7%+249.8%2,022$1,577$100,430,57130
Dec 27Friday7$3,309,943+3.8%+89.1%2,022$1,636$103,740,51431
Dec 28Saturday6$3,486,077+5.3%+39.6%2,022$1,724$107,226,59132
Dec 29Sunday6$3,080,103-11.6%+36.6%2,022$1,523$110,306,69433
Dec 30Monday6$2,481,078-19.4%+36.7%2,022$1,227$112,787,77234
Dec 31
New Year's Eve
Tuesday6$2,923,807+17.8%+60.3%2,022$1,445$115,711,57935
Jan 1
New Year's Day
Wednesday6$3,490,264+19.4%-4.4%2,022$1,726$119,201,84336
Jan 2Thursday6$2,001,191-42.7%-37.2%2,022$989$121,203,03437
Jan 3Friday7$2,930,013+46.4%-11.5%2,142$1,367$124,133,04738
Jan 4Saturday7$3,774,331+28.8%+8.3%2,142$1,762$127,907,37839
Jan 5Sunday7$2,212,072-41.4%-28.2%2,142$1,032$130,119,45040
Jan 6Monday5$878,526-60.3%-64.6%2,142$410$130,997,97641
Jan 7Tuesday4$1,242,910+41.5%-57.5%2,142$580$132,240,88642
Jan 8Wednesday4$875,239-29.6%-74.9%2,142$408$133,116,12543
Jan 9Thursday4$780,619-10.8%-61%2,142$364$133,896,74444
Jan 10Friday8$1,651,304+111.5%-43.6%2,060$801$135,548,04845
Jan 11Saturday9$2,526,478+53%-33.1%2,060$1,226$138,074,52646
Jan 12Sunday10$1,447,117-42.7%-34.6%2,060$702$139,521,64347
Jan 13Monday8$427,174-70.5%-51.4%2,060$207$139,948,81748
Jan 14Tuesday8$750,463+75.7%-39.6%2,060$364$140,699,28049
Jan 15Wednesday8$509,201-32.1%-41.8%2,060$247$141,208,48150
Jan 16Thursday8$468,906-7.9%-39.9%2,060$227$141,677,38751
Jan 17Friday9$1,135,631+142.2%-31.2%1,667$681$142,813,01852
Jan 18Saturday8$1,836,530+61.7%-27.3%1,667$1,101$144,649,54853
Jan 19Sunday9$1,308,252-28.8%-9.6%1,667$784$145,957,80054
Jan 20
MLK Day
Monday10$1,046,234-20%+144.9%1,667$627$147,004,03455
Jan 21Tuesday9$520,618-50.2%-30.6%1,667$312$147,524,65256
Jan 22Wednesday8$351,271-32.5%-31%1,667$210$147,875,92357
Jan 23Thursday8$339,999-3.2%-27.5%1,667$203$148,215,92258
Jan 24Friday10$928,128+173%-18.3%1,667$556$149,144,05059
Jan 25Saturday10$1,699,470+83.1%-7.5%1,667$1,019$150,843,52060
Jan 26Sunday10$911,422-46.4%-30.3%1,667$546$151,754,94261
Jan 27Monday10$252,494-72.3%-75.9%1,667$151$152,007,43662
Jan 28Tuesday10$411,278+62.9%-21%1,667$246$152,418,71463
Jan 29Wednesday10$283,363-31.1%-19.3%1,667$169$152,702,07764
Jan 30Thursday10$282,687-0.2%-16.9%1,667$169$152,984,76465
Jan 31Friday11$776,190+174.6%-16.4%1,555$499$153,760,95466
Feb 1Saturday10$1,418,159+82.7%-16.6%1,555$911$155,179,11367
Feb 2Sunday12$384,855-72.9%-57.8%1,555$247$155,563,96868
Feb 3Monday12$205,810-46.5%-18.5%1,555$132$155,769,77869
Feb 4Tuesday11$345,366+67.8%-16%1,555$222$156,115,14470
Feb 5Wednesday10$243,975-29.4%-13.9%1,555$156$156,359,11971
Feb 6Thursday9$232,531-4.7%-17.7%1,555$149$156,591,65072
Feb 7Friday8$637,292+174.1%-17.9%1,443$441$157,228,94273
Feb 8Saturday9$1,109,062+74%-21.8%1,443$768$158,338,00474
Feb 9Sunday10$551,293-50.3%+43.2%1,443$382$158,889,29775
Feb 10Monday11$174,172-68.4%-15.4%1,443$120$159,063,46976
Feb 11Tuesday10$272,568+56.5%-21.1%1,443$188$159,336,03777
Feb 12Wednesday11$180,319-33.8%-26.1%1,443$124$159,516,35678
Feb 13Thursday10$194,661+8%-16.3%1,443$134$159,711,01779
Feb 14Friday12$725,224+272.6%+13.8%1,154$628$160,436,24180
Feb 15Saturday12$823,630+13.6%-25.7%1,154$713$161,259,87181
Feb 16Sunday12$577,714-29.9%+4.8%1,154$500$161,837,58582
Feb 17
Presidents' Day
Monday13$339,689-41.2%+95%1,154$294$162,177,27483
Feb 18Tuesday14$194,992-42.6%-28.5%1,154$168$162,372,26684
Feb 19Wednesday14$135,900-30.3%-24.6%1,154$117$162,508,16685
Feb 20Thursday14$131,021-3.6%-32.7%1,154$113$162,639,18786
Feb 21Friday16$316,641+141.7%-56.3%949$333$162,955,82887
Feb 22Saturday16$517,500+63.4%-37.2%949$545$163,473,32888
Feb 23Sunday16$235,235-54.5%-59.3%949$247$163,708,56389
Feb 24Monday16$71,833-69.5%-78.9%949$75$163,780,39690
Feb 25Tuesday16$103,720+44.4%-46.8%949$109$163,884,11691
Feb 26Wednesday17$73,925-28.7%-45.6%949$77$163,958,04192
Feb 27Thursday17$67,202-9.1%-48.7%949$70$164,025,24393
Feb 28Friday18$171,326+154.9%-45.9%670$255$164,196,56994
Feb 29Saturday18$304,561+77.8%-41.1%670$454$164,501,13095
Mar 1Sunday19$150,121-50.7%-36.2%670$224$164,651,25196
Mar 2Monday18$47,424-68.4%-34%670$70$164,698,67597
Mar 3Tuesday19$69,828+47.2%-32.7%670$104$164,768,50398
Mar 4Wednesday18$48,414-30.7%-34.5%670$72$164,816,91799
Mar 5Thursday18$45,528-6%-32.3%670$67$164,862,445100
Mar 6Friday21$83,735+83.9%-51.1%401$208$164,946,180101
Mar 7Saturday21$145,249+73.5%-52.3%401$362$165,091,429102
Mar 8Sunday22$65,574-54.9%-56.3%401$163$165,157,003103
Mar 9Monday23$22,839-65.2%-51.8%401$56$165,179,842104
Mar 10Tuesday22$38,137+67%-45.4%401$95$165,217,979105
Mar 11Wednesday20$29,755-22%-38.5%401$74$165,247,734106
Mar 12
COVID-19 Pandemic
Thursday20$22,017-26%-51.6%401$54$165,269,751107
Mar 13
COVID-19 Pandemic
Friday21$27,227+23.7%-67.5%221$123$165,296,978108
Mar 14
COVID-19 Pandemic
Saturday20$39,797+46.2%-72.6%221$180$165,336,775109
Mar 15
COVID-19 Pandemic
Sunday22$19,272-51.6%-70.6%221$87$165,356,047110
Mar 16
COVID-19 Pandemic
Monday22$5,637-70.8%-75.3%221$25$165,361,684111
Mar 17
COVID-19 Pandemic
Tuesday25$1,082-80.8%-97.2%221$4$165,362,766112
Mar 18
COVID-19 Pandemic
Wednesday21$268-75.2%-99.1%221$1$165,363,034113
Mar 19
COVID-19 Pandemic
Thursday21$200-25.4%-99.1%221$0$165,363,234114