Box Elder
Box elder bugs are loud, scary looking, and dependent on group swarming. Yet, they're also completely harmless and extremely passive aggressive. Using this metaphor to address a generation that thinks big, talks fast, and threatens to change the world, Box Elder is an unapologetic portrait of a youth movement at odds with its own ambivalence, exposing a generation defined by privilege, potential, and self-induced paralysis. The film follows four best friends through their last years of college. Dependant on their parents financially, and on each other emotionally, they spend their time sleeping in, hanging out, and eating lots of sandwiches. Using break-ups and re-occurring scholastic failures to impose a quarter-life crisis, they take turns postponing responsibility, avoiding accountability, and looking for someone or something to substantiate their lives, all the while hedging their bets and mastering the art of treading water and getting away with it. It's a collegiate love letter.
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Date | DOW | Rank | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Day |
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Oct 4 | Sunday | 61 | $18 | - | -93.4% | 1 | $18 | $46,646 | 581 |
Oct 29 | Thursday | 59 | $20 | - | -93% | 1 | $20 | $47,511 | 606 |
Oct 3 | Friday | 55 | $65 | - | - | 1 | $65 | $38,188 | 215 |
Oct 23 | Friday | 59 | $76 | -73.5% | - | 1 | $76 | $47,351 | 600 |
Mar 23 Easter Sunday | Sunday | 58 | $92 | -52.8% | -72.5% | 1 | $92 | $11,134 | 21 |
Jul 5 | Saturday | 40 | $104 | - | - | 1 | $104 | $37,577 | 125 |
Aug 2 | Saturday | 44 | $104 | - | - | 1 | $104 | $37,681 | 153 |
Mar 20 | Thursday | 58 | $117 | -10.7% | -65.1% | 1 | $117 | $10,068 | 18 |
Mar 5 | Friday | 43 | $118 | - | - | 1 | $118 | $48,840 | 733 |
Mar 19 | Wednesday | 59 | $131 | -35.1% | -41% | 1 | $131 | $9,951 | 17 |
Mar 25 | Tuesday | 58 | $133 | -7% | -34.2% | 1 | $133 | $11,410 | 23 |
Oct 24 | Saturday | 59 | $140 | +84.2% | - | 1 | $140 | $47,491 | 601 |
Mar 24 | Monday | 58 | $143 | +55.4% | -9.5% | 1 | $143 | $11,277 | 22 |
Mar 6 | Saturday | 44 | $156 | +32.2% | - | 1 | $156 | $48,996 | 734 |
Mar 17 | Monday | 56 | $158 | -52.8% | -78.6% | 1 | $158 | $9,618 | 15 |
Mar 22 | Saturday | 58 | $195 | -75% | -76.8% | 1 | $195 | $11,042 | 20 |
Mar 26 | Wednesday | 57 | $196 | +47.4% | +49.6% | 1 | $196 | $11,606 | 24 |
Mar 18 | Tuesday | 57 | $202 | +27.8% | -45.6% | 1 | $202 | $9,820 | 16 |
Mar 28 | Friday | 56 | $207 | - | -73.4% | 1 | $207 | $11,813 | 26 |
Mar 12 | Wednesday | 53 | $222 | -40.2% | -77.1% | 1 | $222 | $7,457 | 10 |
Aug 25 | Tuesday | 45 | $240 | - | - | 1 | $240 | $46,001 | 541 |
Nov 3 | Monday | 55 | $250 | - | - | 1 | $250 | $40,636 | 246 |
Mar 29 | Saturday | 56 | $256 | +23.7% | +31.3% | 1 | $256 | $12,069 | 27 |
Sep 27 | Sunday | 54 | $273 | - | - | 1 | $273 | $46,628 | 574 |
Oct 22 | Thursday | 53 | $287 | - | -16.1% | 1 | $287 | $47,275 | 599 |
Nov 5 | Thursday | 52 | $306 | - | +1,430% | 1 | $306 | $47,817 | 613 |
May 3 | Saturday | 55 | $326 | - | - | 1 | $326 | $25,232 | 62 |
Mar 13 | Thursday | 52 | $335 | +50.9% | -58.6% | 1 | $335 | $7,792 | 11 |
Mar 16 | Sunday | 57 | $335 | -60.1% | -76% | 1 | $335 | $9,460 | 14 |
Mar 6 | Friday | 50 | $337 | -11.3% | - | 1 | $337 | $45,159 | 369 |
Oct 15 | Thursday | 50 | $342 | - | - | 1 | $342 | $46,988 | 592 |
Jun 7 | Saturday | 44 | $348 | - | - | 1 | $348 | $37,473 | 97 |
Aug 27 | Thursday | 45 | $354 | - | - | 1 | $354 | $46,335 | 543 |
Mar 11 | Tuesday | 51 | $371 | -49.8% | - | 1 | $371 | $7,235 | 9 |
Mar 5 | Thursday | 49 | $380 | - | - | 1 | $380 | $44,822 | 368 |
Nov 18 | Wednesday | 49 | $395 | - | - | 1 | $395 | $48,722 | 626 |
Sep 19 | Friday | 50 | $442 | - | - | 1 | $442 | $38,123 | 201 |
Dec 9 | Tuesday | 46 | $456 | -29.2% | -2.1% | 1 | $456 | $43,452 | 282 |
Dec 2 | Tuesday | 45 | $466 | - | - | 1 | $466 | $42,352 | 275 |
Mar 14 | Friday | 57 | $493 | +47.2% | -28.7% | 1 | $493 | $8,285 | 12 |
May 24 | Saturday | 42 | $500 | -54.5% | - | 1 | $500 | $37,125 | 83 |
Nov 7 | Saturday | 57 | $510 | - | - | 1 | $510 | $48,327 | 615 |
Mar 7 | Saturday | 47 | $602 | +78.6% | - | 1 | $602 | $45,761 | 370 |
Dec 8 | Monday | 44 | $644 | - | - | 1 | $644 | $42,996 | 281 |
May 6 | Tuesday | 49 | $675 | - | - | 1 | $675 | $25,907 | 65 |
Mar 7 | Friday | 52 | $691 | -14.6% | - | 1 | $691 | $3,628 | 5 |
Mar 10 | Monday | 49 | $739 | -47% | -36.2% | 1 | $739 | $6,864 | 8 |
Apr 25 | Friday | 53 | $750 | - | - | 1 | $750 | $24,071 | 54 |
Mar 21 | Friday | 57 | $779 | +565.8% | +58% | 1 | $779 | $10,847 | 19 |
Mar 6 | Thursday | 51 | $809 | -16.5% | - | 1 | $809 | $2,937 | 4 |
Apr 30 | Wednesday | 52 | $835 | - | - | 1 | $835 | $24,906 | 59 |
Mar 15 | Saturday | 56 | $840 | +70.4% | -23.8% | 1 | $840 | $9,125 | 13 |
Mar 5 | Wednesday | 51 | $969 | - | - | 1 | $969 | $2,128 | 3 |
May 23 | Friday | 41 | $1,100 | -65.8% | - | 1 | $1,100 | $36,625 | 82 |
Mar 8 | Saturday | 52 | $1,102 | +59.5% | - | 1 | $1,102 | $4,730 | 6 |
Mar 3 | Monday | 50 | $1,159 | - | - | 1 | $1,159 | $1,159 | 1 |
Apr 2 | Wednesday | 42 | $1,200 | - | +512.2% | 1 | $1,200 | $14,634 | 31 |
Mar 30 | Sunday | 54 | $1,365 | +433.2% | +1,383.7% | 1 | $1,365 | $13,434 | 28 |
Mar 9 | Sunday | 50 | $1,395 | +26.6% | - | 1 | $1,395 | $6,125 | 7 |
May 22 | Thursday | 38 | $3,218 | - | - | 1 | $3,218 | $35,525 | 81 |