American Underdog
Drama Lionsgate PG 1h 52m Released Dec 25, 2021 Discussed 2022–2024
Opening weekend
$5.9M
2,813 theaters
Per-theater average
$2,084
opening weekend
Domestic total
$26.5M
4.5× its opening
Production budget
$25.0M
RT critics
75%
RT audience
98%
+23 vs critics
Metacritic
53
Where it turns up
Monday, December 26, 2022 Christmas Day 2022
In the note
Last year, both Spider-Man and Sing 2 did what you would expect a Christmas film to do (and then some), but The King’s Man, American Underdog, A Journal for Jordan, West Side Story and Licorice Pizza all struggled and didn’t come close to the business we’ve seen from similar titles over the lucrative Christmas period.
Friday, February 23, 2024 Fourth weekend of February 2024
In the note
They’ve gone from the highs of I Can Only Imagine (based on a hit song) and Jesus Revolution (which leveraged the mega-church movement) to the okay with American Underdog and I Still Believe, where the base IP didn’t seem to generate theatrical sales.