Darkest Hour

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

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Title Summary

Grosses

Domestic (37.4%)
$56,468,410

International (62.6%)
$94,378,797

Worldwide
$150,847,207

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Summary Details

DistributorFocus Features
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Opening$175,006
4 theaters

Release Date (Wide)Nov 22, 2017 (Dec 22, 2017) - Apr 12, 2018

MPAAPG-13

Running Time2 hr 5 min

GenresDrama War

In Release405 days/57 weeks

Widest Release1,733 theaters

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Date	DOW	Rank	Daily	%± YD	%± LW	Theaters	Avg	To Date	Day	Estimated
Jan 10	Wednesday	5	$797,270	-18.2%	+2.4%	1,733	$460	$30,470,347	50	false
Jan 11	Thursday	5	$745,205	-6.5%	+12.3%	1,733	$430	$31,215,552	51	false
Jan 9	Tuesday	6	$974,805	+59.3%	+4.1%	1,733	$562	$29,673,077	49	false
Jan 8	Monday	6	$611,940	-62.2%	-59.9%	1,733	$353	$28,698,272	48	false
Dec 31 New Year's Eve	Sunday	7	$1,771,920	-9.9%	+89%	943	$1,879	$18,132,857	40	false
Jan 3	Wednesday	7	$778,545	-16.8%	-43.6%	943	$825	$21,372,667	43	false
Jan 4	Thursday	7	$663,440	-14.8%	-51.9%	943	$703	$22,036,107	44	false
Jan 6	Saturday	8	$2,605,260	+42.6%	+32.5%	1,733	$1,503	$26,468,107	46	false
Dec 30	Saturday	8	$1,965,850	+12.5%	+28.5%	943	$2,084	$16,360,937	39	false
Jan 5	Friday	8	$1,826,740	+175.3%	+4.5%	1,733	$1,054	$23,862,847	45	false
Dec 29	Friday	8	$1,747,800	+26.6%	+22.7%	943	$1,853	$14,395,087	38	false
Dec 23	Saturday	8	$1,530,290	+7.5%	+315.7%	806	$1,898	$5,807,372	32	false
Dec 22	Friday	8	$1,424,005	+995.4%	+572.1%	806	$1,766	$4,277,082	31	false
Dec 24	Sunday	8	$937,650	-38.7%	+250.5%	806	$1,163	$6,745,022	33	false
Jan 2	Tuesday	8	$936,070	-38.6%	-38.3%	943	$992	$20,594,122	42	false
Jan 17	Wednesday	8	$438,450	-16.7%	-45%	1,693	$258	$37,596,167	57	false
Jan 7	Sunday	9	$1,618,225	-37.9%	-8.7%	1,733	$933	$28,086,332	47	false
Jan 1 New Year's Day	Monday	9	$1,525,195	-13.9%	-6%	943	$1,617	$19,658,052	41	false
Dec 26	Tuesday	9	$1,518,300	-6.4%	+1,016.4%	806	$1,883	$9,885,832	35	false
Dec 27	Wednesday	9	$1,381,400	-9%	+943.3%	806	$1,713	$11,267,232	36	false
Dec 28	Thursday	9	$1,380,055	<0.1%	+961.6%	806	$1,712	$12,647,287	37	false
Jan 16	Tuesday	9	$526,445	-44.8%	-46%	1,693	$310	$37,157,717	56	false
Jan 18	Thursday	9	$467,010	+6.5%	-37.3%	1,693	$275	$38,063,177	58	false
Jan 13	Saturday	10	$1,821,915	+46.3%	-30.1%	1,693	$1,076	$34,282,497	53	false
Dec 25 Christmas Day	Monday	10	$1,622,510	+73%	+1,295.1%	806	$2,013	$8,367,532	34	false
Jan 14	Sunday	10	$1,395,795	-23.4%	-13.7%	1,693	$824	$35,678,292	54	false
Jan 12	Friday	10	$1,245,030	+67.1%	-31.8%	1,693	$735	$32,460,582	52	false
Jan 24	Wednesday	10	$385,905	-13.8%	-12%	1,341	$287	$41,919,357	64	false
Jan 25	Thursday	11	$393,050	+1.9%	-15.8%	1,341	$293	$42,312,407	65	false
Jan 22	Monday	11	$292,970	-51%	-69.3%	1,341	$218	$41,085,957	62	false
Feb 8	Thursday	11	$258,800	-1.9%	-12.7%	1,486	$174	$49,880,092	79	false
Jan 15 MLK Day	Monday	12	$952,980	-31.7%	+55.7%	1,693	$562	$36,631,272	55	false
Jan 23	Tuesday	12	$447,495	+52.7%	-15%	1,341	$333	$41,533,452	63	false
Feb 6	Tuesday	12	$328,420	+35.2%	-6.8%	1,486	$221	$49,357,512	77	false
Feb 1	Thursday	12	$296,560	+2.1%	-24.5%	1,333	$222	$46,423,157	72	false
Feb 7	Wednesday	12	$263,780	-19.7%	-9.2%	1,486	$177	$49,621,292	78	false
Feb 5	Monday	12	$242,960	-42.4%	-14.6%	1,486	$163	$49,029,092	76	false
Feb 2	Friday	13	$711,515	+139.9%	-5.9%	1,486	$478	$47,134,672	73	false
Jan 20	Saturday	14	$1,328,905	+65.5%	-27.1%	1,341	$990	$40,195,007	60	false
Feb 3	Saturday	14	$1,229,640	+72.8%	-1.9%	1,486	$827	$48,364,312	74	false
Jan 31	Wednesday	14	$290,445	-17.6%	-24.7%	1,333	$217	$46,126,597	71	false
Jan 29	Monday	14	$284,540	-67.6%	-2.9%	1,333	$213	$45,483,782	69	false
Feb 19 Presidents' Day PyeongChang Olympics	Monday	14	$225,970	-28.8%	+35.7%	602	$375	$53,394,852	90	false
Feb 13 PyeongChang Olympics	Tuesday	14	$203,535	+22.2%	-38%	1,045	$194	$51,855,137	84	false
Feb 15 PyeongChang Olympics	Thursday	14	$145,550	-39.6%	-43.8%	1,045	$139	$52,241,692	86	false
Jan 19	Friday	15	$802,925	+71.9%	-35.5%	1,341	$598	$38,866,102	59	false
Mar 3	Saturday	15	$417,710	+209.2%	+11.6%	913	$457	$55,407,042	102	false
Feb 17 PyeongChang Olympics	Saturday	15	$390,520	+78.1%	-46.7%	602	$648	$52,851,507	88	false
Feb 9 PyeongChang Olympics	Friday	15	$388,150	+50%	-45.4%	1,045	$371	$50,268,242	80	false
Jan 30	Tuesday	15	$352,370	+23.8%	-21.3%	1,333	$264	$45,836,152	70	false
Dec 9	Saturday	15	$315,300	+50.4%	+554.8%	53	$5,949	$979,851	18	false
Dec 10	Sunday	15	$216,474	-31.3%	+503.2%	53	$4,084	$1,196,325	19	false
Feb 12 PyeongChang Olympics	Monday	15	$166,515	-65.6%	-31.5%	1,045	$159	$51,651,602	83	false
Feb 20 PyeongChang Olympics	Tuesday	15	$121,665	-46.2%	-40.2%	602	$202	$53,516,517	91	false
Feb 21 PyeongChang Olympics	Wednesday	15	$108,210	-11.1%	-55.1%	602	$179	$53,624,727	92	false
Mar 1	Thursday	15	$102,655	-7.1%	+7.9%	795	$129	$54,854,217	100	false
Feb 22 PyeongChang Olympics	Thursday	15	$95,115	-12.1%	-34.7%	602	$157	$53,719,842	93	false
Dec 14	Thursday	15	$69,422	-9.1%	+496.5%	53	$1,309	$1,490,848	23	false
Jan 28	Sunday	16	$877,520	-30%	+46.7%	1,333	$658	$45,199,242	68	false
Feb 10 PyeongChang Olympics	Saturday	16	$732,145	+88.6%	-40.5%	1,045	$700	$51,000,387	81	false
Feb 11 PyeongChang Olympics	Sunday	16	$484,700	-33.8%	+14.9%	1,045	$463	$51,485,087	82	false
Dec 16	Saturday	16	$368,094	+73.7%	+16.7%	84	$4,382	$2,070,831	25	false
Feb 18 PyeongChang Olympics	Sunday	16	$317,375	-18.7%	-34.5%	602	$527	$53,168,882	89	false
Dec 17	Sunday	16	$267,542	-27.3%	+23.6%	84	$3,185	$2,338,373	26	false
Feb 16 PyeongChang Olympics	Friday	16	$219,295	+50.7%	-43.5%	602	$364	$52,460,987	87	false
Dec 15	Friday	16	$211,889	+205.2%	+1.1%	84	$2,522	$1,702,737	24	false
Dec 8	Friday	16	$209,643	+1,701.2%	+761.5%	53	$3,955	$664,551	17	false
Dec 19	Tuesday	16	$135,996	+16.9%	+71.6%	84	$1,619	$2,590,672	28	false
Dec 20	Wednesday	16	$132,410	-2.6%	+73.4%	84	$1,576	$2,723,082	29	false
Dec 21	Thursday	16	$129,995	-1.8%	+87.3%	84	$1,547	$2,853,077	30	false
Dec 18	Monday	16	$116,303	-56.5%	+67.3%	84	$1,384	$2,454,676	27	false
Feb 28	Wednesday	16	$110,450	+21.9%	+2.1%	795	$138	$54,751,562	99	false
Feb 26	Monday	16	$85,040	-59.5%	-62.4%	795	$106	$54,550,507	97	false
Dec 12	Tuesday	16	$79,235	+14%	+694.4%	53	$1,495	$1,345,060	21	false
Dec 13	Wednesday	16	$76,366	-3.6%	+629%	53	$1,440	$1,421,426	22	false
Mar 7	Wednesday	16	$74,873	-0.4%	-32.2%	913	$82	$55,762,270	106	false
Dec 11	Monday	16	$69,500	-67.9%	+533.8%	53	$1,311	$1,265,825	20	false
Mar 5	Monday	16	$61,880	-56.8%	-27.2%	913	$67	$55,612,257	104	false
Nov 26	Sunday	16	$48,181	-26.5%	-	4	$12,045	$246,761	5	false
Nov 22	Wednesday	16	$38,467	-	-	4	$9,616	$38,467	1	false
Nov 23 Thanksgiving	Thursday	16	$33,288	-13.5%	-	4	$8,322	$71,755	2	false
Jan 21	Sunday	17	$597,980	-55%	-57.2%	1,341	$445	$40,792,987	61	false
Feb 4	Sunday	17	$421,820	-65.7%	-51.9%	1,486	$283	$48,786,132	75	false
Feb 14 PyeongChang Olympics	Wednesday	17	$241,005	+18.4%	-8.6%	1,045	$230	$52,096,142	85	false
Feb 23 PyeongChang Olympics	Friday	17	$161,365	+69.7%	-26.4%	795	$202	$53,881,207	94	false
Mar 6	Tuesday	17	$75,140	+21.4%	-17.1%	913	$82	$55,687,397	105	false
Mar 8	Thursday	17	$60,480	-19.2%	-41.1%	913	$66	$55,822,750	107	false
Jan 26	Friday	18	$756,075	+92.4%	-5.8%	1,333	$567	$43,068,482	66	false
Mar 4	Sunday	18	$143,335	-65.7%	-31.7%	913	$156	$55,550,377	103	false
Nov 29	Wednesday	18	$14,691	+8.8%	-61.8%	4	$3,672	$289,191	8	false
Nov 30	Thursday	18	$14,290	-2.7%	-57.1%	4	$3,572	$303,481	9	false
Nov 27	Monday	18	$14,236	-70.5%	-	4	$3,559	$260,997	6	false
Jan 27	Saturday	19	$1,253,240	+65.8%	-5.7%	1,333	$940	$44,321,722	67	false
Mar 2	Friday	19	$135,115	+31.6%	-16.3%	913	$147	$54,989,332	101	false
Mar 10	Saturday	19	$125,960	+85.6%	-69.8%	245	$514	$56,016,565	109	false
Feb 27	Tuesday	19	$90,605	+6.5%	-25.5%	795	$113	$54,641,112	98	false
Nov 25	Saturday	19	$65,596	+7.1%	-	4	$16,399	$198,580	4	false
Nov 24	Friday	19	$61,229	+83.9%	-	4	$15,307	$132,984	3	false
Nov 28	Tuesday	19	$13,503	-5.1%	-	4	$3,375	$274,500	7	false
Feb 24 PyeongChang Olympics	Saturday	20	$374,405	+132%	-4.1%	795	$470	$54,255,612	95	false
Feb 25 PyeongChang Olympics	Sunday	20	$209,855	-43.9%	-33.9%	795	$263	$54,465,467	96	false
Mar 9	Friday	21	$67,855	+12.2%	-49.8%	245	$276	$55,890,605	108	false
Dec 3	Sunday	21	$35,886	-25.5%	-25.5%	4	$8,971	$411,853	12	false
Mar 11	Sunday	22	$71,730	-43.1%	-50%	245	$292	$56,088,295	110	false
Mar 13	Tuesday	22	$35,420	+20.1%	-52.9%	245	$144	$56,153,200	112	false
Dec 6	Wednesday	22	$10,476	+5%	-28.7%	4	$2,619	$443,269	15	false
Mar 14	Wednesday	23	$27,460	-22.5%	-63.3%	245	$112	$56,180,660	113	false
Dec 4	Monday	23	$10,966	-69.4%	-23%	4	$2,741	$422,819	13	false
Dec 5	Tuesday	23	$9,974	-9%	-26.1%	4	$2,493	$432,793	14	false
Dec 2	Saturday	24	$48,150	+97.9%	-26.6%	4	$12,037	$375,967	11	false
Mar 12	Monday	24	$29,485	-58.9%	-52.4%	245	$120	$56,117,780	111	false
Dec 1	Friday	24	$24,336	+70.3%	-60.3%	4	$6,084	$327,817	10	false
Mar 15	Thursday	25	$25,785	-6.1%	-57.4%	245	$105	$56,206,445	114	false
Dec 7	Thursday	25	$11,639	+11.1%	-18.6%	4	$2,909	$454,908	16	false
Mar 17	Saturday	28	$46,115	+67.7%	-63.4%	133	$346	$56,280,055	116	false
Mar 18	Sunday	28	$28,985	-37.1%	-59.6%	133	$217	$56,309,040	117	false
Mar 20	Tuesday	28	$14,550	+9.3%	-58.9%	133	$109	$56,336,905	119	false
Mar 19	Monday	28	$13,315	-54.1%	-54.8%	133	$100	$56,322,355	118	false
Mar 22	Thursday	28	$12,920	+12.6%	-49.9%	133	$97	$56,361,300	121	false
Mar 21	Wednesday	28	$11,475	-21.1%	-58.2%	133	$86	$56,348,380	120	false
Mar 16	Friday	29	$27,495	+6.6%	-59.5%	133	$206	$56,233,940	115	false