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.
1 theaters
Date | DOW | Rank | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Day |
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May 22 | Thursday | 38 | $3,218 | - | - | 1 | $3,218 | $35,525 | 81 |
Mar 9 | Sunday | 50 | $1,395 | +26.6% | - | 1 | $1,395 | $6,125 | 7 |
Mar 30 | Sunday | 54 | $1,365 | +433.2% | +1,383.7% | 1 | $1,365 | $13,434 | 28 |
Apr 2 | Wednesday | 42 | $1,200 | - | +512.2% | 1 | $1,200 | $14,634 | 31 |
Mar 3 | Monday | 50 | $1,159 | - | - | 1 | $1,159 | $1,159 | 1 |
Mar 8 | Saturday | 52 | $1,102 | +59.5% | - | 1 | $1,102 | $4,730 | 6 |
May 23 | Friday | 41 | $1,100 | -65.8% | - | 1 | $1,100 | $36,625 | 82 |
Mar 5 | Wednesday | 51 | $969 | - | - | 1 | $969 | $2,128 | 3 |
Mar 15 | Saturday | 56 | $840 | +70.4% | -23.8% | 1 | $840 | $9,125 | 13 |
Apr 30 | Wednesday | 52 | $835 | - | - | 1 | $835 | $24,906 | 59 |
Mar 6 | Thursday | 51 | $809 | -16.5% | - | 1 | $809 | $2,937 | 4 |
Mar 21 | Friday | 57 | $779 | +565.8% | +58% | 1 | $779 | $10,847 | 19 |
Apr 25 | Friday | 53 | $750 | - | - | 1 | $750 | $24,071 | 54 |
Mar 10 | Monday | 49 | $739 | -47% | -36.2% | 1 | $739 | $6,864 | 8 |
Mar 7 | Friday | 52 | $691 | -14.6% | - | 1 | $691 | $3,628 | 5 |
May 6 | Tuesday | 49 | $675 | - | - | 1 | $675 | $25,907 | 65 |
Dec 8 | Monday | 44 | $644 | - | - | 1 | $644 | $42,996 | 281 |
Mar 7 | Saturday | 47 | $602 | +78.6% | - | 1 | $602 | $45,761 | 370 |
Nov 7 | Saturday | 57 | $510 | - | - | 1 | $510 | $48,327 | 615 |
May 24 | Saturday | 42 | $500 | -54.5% | - | 1 | $500 | $37,125 | 83 |
Mar 14 | Friday | 57 | $493 | +47.2% | -28.7% | 1 | $493 | $8,285 | 12 |
Dec 2 | Tuesday | 45 | $466 | - | - | 1 | $466 | $42,352 | 275 |
Dec 9 | Tuesday | 46 | $456 | -29.2% | -2.1% | 1 | $456 | $43,452 | 282 |
Sep 19 | Friday | 50 | $442 | - | - | 1 | $442 | $38,123 | 201 |
Nov 18 | Wednesday | 49 | $395 | - | - | 1 | $395 | $48,722 | 626 |
Mar 5 | Thursday | 49 | $380 | - | - | 1 | $380 | $44,822 | 368 |
Mar 11 | Tuesday | 51 | $371 | -49.8% | - | 1 | $371 | $7,235 | 9 |
Aug 27 | Thursday | 45 | $354 | - | - | 1 | $354 | $46,335 | 543 |
Jun 7 | Saturday | 44 | $348 | - | - | 1 | $348 | $37,473 | 97 |
Oct 15 | Thursday | 50 | $342 | - | - | 1 | $342 | $46,988 | 592 |
Mar 6 | Friday | 50 | $337 | -11.3% | - | 1 | $337 | $45,159 | 369 |
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 |
May 3 | Saturday | 55 | $326 | - | - | 1 | $326 | $25,232 | 62 |
Nov 5 | Thursday | 52 | $306 | - | +1,430% | 1 | $306 | $47,817 | 613 |
Oct 22 | Thursday | 53 | $287 | - | -16.1% | 1 | $287 | $47,275 | 599 |
Sep 27 | Sunday | 54 | $273 | - | - | 1 | $273 | $46,628 | 574 |
Mar 29 | Saturday | 56 | $256 | +23.7% | +31.3% | 1 | $256 | $12,069 | 27 |
Nov 3 | Monday | 55 | $250 | - | - | 1 | $250 | $40,636 | 246 |
Aug 25 | Tuesday | 45 | $240 | - | - | 1 | $240 | $46,001 | 541 |
Mar 12 | Wednesday | 53 | $222 | -40.2% | -77.1% | 1 | $222 | $7,457 | 10 |
Mar 28 | Friday | 56 | $207 | - | -73.4% | 1 | $207 | $11,813 | 26 |
Mar 18 | Tuesday | 57 | $202 | +27.8% | -45.6% | 1 | $202 | $9,820 | 16 |
Mar 26 | Wednesday | 57 | $196 | +47.4% | +49.6% | 1 | $196 | $11,606 | 24 |
Mar 22 | Saturday | 58 | $195 | -75% | -76.8% | 1 | $195 | $11,042 | 20 |
Mar 17 | Monday | 56 | $158 | -52.8% | -78.6% | 1 | $158 | $9,618 | 15 |
Mar 6 | Saturday | 44 | $156 | +32.2% | - | 1 | $156 | $48,996 | 734 |
Mar 24 | Monday | 58 | $143 | +55.4% | -9.5% | 1 | $143 | $11,277 | 22 |
Oct 24 | Saturday | 59 | $140 | +84.2% | - | 1 | $140 | $47,491 | 601 |
Mar 25 | Tuesday | 58 | $133 | -7% | -34.2% | 1 | $133 | $11,410 | 23 |
Mar 19 | Wednesday | 59 | $131 | -35.1% | -41% | 1 | $131 | $9,951 | 17 |
Mar 5 | Friday | 43 | $118 | - | - | 1 | $118 | $48,840 | 733 |
Mar 20 | Thursday | 58 | $117 | -10.7% | -65.1% | 1 | $117 | $10,068 | 18 |
Aug 2 | Saturday | 44 | $104 | - | - | 1 | $104 | $37,681 | 153 |
Jul 5 | Saturday | 40 | $104 | - | - | 1 | $104 | $37,577 | 125 |
Mar 23 Easter Sunday | Sunday | 58 | $92 | -52.8% | -72.5% | 1 | $92 | $11,134 | 21 |
Oct 23 | Friday | 59 | $76 | -73.5% | - | 1 | $76 | $47,351 | 600 |
Oct 3 | Friday | 55 | $65 | - | - | 1 | $65 | $38,188 | 215 |
Oct 29 | Thursday | 59 | $20 | - | -93% | 1 | $20 | $47,511 | 606 |
Oct 4 | Sunday | 61 | $18 | - | -93.4% | 1 | $18 | $46,646 | 581 |