Nightmare Alley - Reel Numbers

Movie Information

Domestic Total: 11.34M

Opening Weekend: 2.81M

Legs: 4.03

Overview: An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

TMDB

7.0

IMDB

7.0

Metacritic

RT Tomato

RT Popcorn

Letterboxd

3.44

Wikipedia Page Views

Daily Table

Date	Revenue	% YD	Theaters
Fri, Dec 17, 2021	$1,195,749	+ 0.00%	2145
Sat, Dec 18, 2021	$941,145	-21.29%	2145
Sun, Dec 19, 2021	$674,809	-28.30%	2145
Mon, Dec 20, 2021	$341,835	-49.34%	2145
Tue, Dec 21, 2021	$379,454	+ 11.01%	2145
Wed, Dec 22, 2021	$275,837	-27.31%	2145
Thu, Dec 23, 2021	$298,662	+ 8.27%	2145
Fri, Dec 24, 2021	$224,875	-24.71%	2135
Sat, Dec 25, 2021	$525,377	+ 133.63%	2125
Sun, Dec 26, 2021	$428,660	-18.41%	2135
Mon, Dec 27, 2021	$319,011	-25.58%	2135
Tue, Dec 28, 2021	$338,459	+ 6.10%	2135
Wed, Dec 29, 2021	$320,803	-5.22%	2135
Thu, Dec 30, 2021	$348,592	+ 8.66%	2135
Fri, Dec 31, 2021	$265,034	-23.97%	1910
Sat, Jan 1, 2022	$414,875	+ 56.54%	1910
Sun, Jan 2, 2022	$286,966	-30.83%	1910
Mon, Jan 3, 2022	$155,568	-45.79%	1910
Tue, Jan 4, 2022	$160,778	+ 3.35%	1910
Wed, Jan 5, 2022	$128,655	-19.98%	1910
Thu, Jan 6, 2022	$120,553	-6.30%	1910
Fri, Jan 7, 2022	$173,395	+ 43.83%	1200
Sat, Jan 8, 2022	$271,407	+ 56.53%	1200
Sun, Jan 9, 2022	$142,879	-47.36%	1200
Mon, Jan 10, 2022	$66,271	-53.62%	1200
Tue, Jan 11, 2022	$89,252	+ 34.68%	1200
Wed, Jan 12, 2022	$80,236	-10.10%	1200
Thu, Jan 13, 2022	$67,712	-15.61%	1200
Fri, Jan 14, 2022	$74,423	+ 9.91%	550
Sat, Jan 15, 2022	$105,249	+ 41.42%	550
Sun, Jan 16, 2022	$79,934	-24.05%	550
Mon, Jan 17, 2022	$56,789	-28.96%	550
Tue, Jan 18, 2022	$39,327	-30.75%	550
Wed, Jan 19, 2022	$36,853	-6.29%	550
Thu, Jan 20, 2022	$35,857	-2.70%	550
Fri, Jan 21, 2022	$64,277	+ 79.26%	390
Sat, Jan 22, 2022	$106,217	+ 65.25%	390
Sun, Jan 23, 2022	$58,222	-45.19%	390
Mon, Jan 24, 2022	$26,094	-55.18%	390
Tue, Jan 25, 2022	$35,137	+ 34.66%	390
Wed, Jan 26, 2022	$30,845	-12.22%	390
Thu, Jan 27, 2022	$34,441	+ 11.66%	390
Fri, Jan 28, 2022	$152,215	+ 341.96%	1103
Sat, Jan 29, 2022	$236,430	+ 55.33%	1103
Sun, Jan 30, 2022	$122,728	-48.09%	1103
Mon, Jan 31, 2022	$65,285	-46.81%	1103
Tue, Feb 1, 2022	$83,029	+ 27.18%	1103
Wed, Feb 2, 2022	$59,165	-28.74%	1103
Thu, Feb 3, 2022	$47,974	-18.91%	1103
Fri, Feb 4, 2022	$54,291	+ 13.17%	705
Sat, Feb 5, 2022	$98,998	+ 82.35%	705
Sun, Feb 6, 2022	$60,923	-38.46%	705
Mon, Feb 7, 2022	$23,990	-60.62%	705
Tue, Feb 8, 2022	$39,727	+ 65.60%	705
Wed, Feb 9, 2022	$33,735	-15.08%	705
Thu, Feb 10, 2022	$27,202	-19.37%	705
Fri, Feb 11, 2022	$25,814	-5.10%	405
Sat, Feb 12, 2022	$40,309	+ 56.15%	405
Sun, Feb 13, 2022	$19,028	-52.79%	405
Mon, Feb 14, 2022	$20,593	+ 8.22%	405
Tue, Feb 15, 2022	$15,439	-25.03%	405
Wed, Feb 16, 2022	$14,240	-7.77%	405
Thu, Feb 17, 2022	$12,703	-10.79%	405
Fri, Feb 18, 2022	$10,165	-19.98%	250
Sat, Feb 19, 2022	$19,391	+ 90.76%	250
Sun, Feb 20, 2022	$13,589	-29.92%	250
Mon, Feb 21, 2022	$10,463	-23.00%	250
Tue, Feb 22, 2022	$6,681	-36.15%	250
Wed, Feb 23, 2022	$5,771	-13.62%	250
Thu, Feb 24, 2022	$5,414	-6.19%	250
Fri, Feb 25, 2022	$8,628	+ 59.36%	265
Sat, Feb 26, 2022	$13,818	+ 60.15%	265
Sun, Feb 27, 2022	$9,573	-30.72%	265
Mon, Feb 28, 2022	$2,874	-69.98%	265
Tue, Mar 1, 2022	$7,026	+ 144.47%	265
Wed, Mar 2, 2022	$4,948	-29.58%	265
Thu, Mar 3, 2022	$6,287	+ 27.06%	265
Fri, Mar 4, 2022	$5,556	-11.63%	250
Sat, Mar 5, 2022	$6,552	+ 17.93%	250
Sun, Mar 6, 2022	$6,188	-5.56%	250
Mon, Mar 7, 2022	$1,743	-71.83%	250
Tue, Mar 8, 2022	$3,286	+ 88.53%	250
Wed, Mar 9, 2022	$2,067	-37.10%	250
Thu, Mar 10, 2022	$3,701	+ 79.05%	250
Fri, Mar 11, 2022	$4,968	+ 34.23%	275
Sat, Mar 12, 2022	$7,892	+ 58.86%	275
Sun, Mar 13, 2022	$7,854	-0.48%	275
Mon, Mar 14, 2022	$6,197	-21.10%	275
Tue, Mar 15, 2022	$6,352	+ 2.50%	275
Wed, Mar 16, 2022	$3,038	-52.17%	275
Thu, Mar 17, 2022	$2,564	-15.60%	275
Fri, Mar 18, 2022	$7,878	+ 207.25%	275
Sat, Mar 19, 2022	$13,317	+ 69.04%	275
Sun, Mar 20, 2022	$6,862	-48.47%	275
Mon, Mar 21, 2022	$1,919	-72.03%	275
Tue, Mar 22, 2022	$5,586	+ 191.09%	275
Wed, Mar 23, 2022	$7,480	+ 33.91%	275
Thu, Mar 24, 2022	$5,414	-27.62%	275
Fri, Mar 25, 2022	$8,127	+ 50.11%	575
Sat, Mar 26, 2022	$8,045	-1.01%	575
Sun, Mar 27, 2022	$1,977	-75.43%	575
Mon, Mar 28, 2022	$530	-73.19%	575
Tue, Mar 29, 2022	$2,721	+ 413.40%	575
Wed, Mar 30, 2022	$821	-69.83%	575
Thu, Mar 31, 2022	$512	-37.64%	575

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Cast

Name	Character
Bradley Cooper	Stanton Carlisle
Cate Blanchett	Dr. Lilith Ritter
Toni Collette	Zeena the Seer
Willem Dafoe	Clem Hoatley
Richard Jenkins	Ezra Grindle
Rooney Mara	Molly Cahill
Ron Perlman	Bruno
Mary Steenburgen	Mrs. Kimball
David Strathairn	Pete
Mark Povinelli	The Major
Peter MacNeill	Judge Kimball
Holt McCallany	Anderson
Paul Anderson	Geek #1
Lara Jean Chorostecki	Louise Hoatley
Jim Beaver	Sheriff Jedediah Judd
Clifton Collins Jr.	Funhouse Jack
Tim Blake Nelson	Carny Boss
David Hewlett	Dr. Elrood
Sarah Mennell	Abigail
Mike Hill	Dogboy Jojo
Caleb Ellsworth-Clark	Drunk #1
Dian Bachar	Fee Fee the Birdgirl
Troy James	The Snake Man
Matthew MacCallum	Human Skeleton
Samantha Rodes	Zizi the Pinhead
Jesse Buck	Geek #2
Perry Mucci	Hotel Manager
Bill MacDonald	Stanton’s Dad
Dan Lett	Deputy #1
Catherine McGregor	Copa Woman
Martin Julien	Bus Station Shaving Man
Natalie Brown	Lilith’s Receptionist
Daniel Falk	Patron #1
Tim Post	Armed Guard #1
Will Conlon	Armed Guard #2
Stephen McHattie	Hobo #1
James Collins	Train Yard Man
Lili Connor	Woman in Floral Dress
Danny Waugh	Piano Player
Walter Rinaldi	Drunk
Andrew Locke	Train Worker
Calvin Desautels	Policeman
Derrick Moore	Stagehand
Linden Porco	Brofo the Small
Grant Bradley	Deputy #2
Dani Klupsch	Geek Pit Patron
Vikki Ring	Geek Pit Patron
Vanessa Botbyl	Geek Pit Patron
Michael Bridgeman	Geek Pit Patron
Charles Langille	Geek Pit Patron
Paul Taylor	Geek Pit Patron
Clyde Whitham	Geek Pit Patron
Romina Power	Party Guest (uncredited)
Keith Lukowski	Security Guard (uncredited)

Comps

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Title	Release Date	Budget
Bad Times at the El Royale	Oct 4, 2018	$32M
The Girl on the Train	Oct 5, 2016	$45M
London Fields	Sep 20, 2018	$8M
The Girl in the Spider's Web	Oct 25, 2018	$43M
Cold Pursuit	Feb 7, 2019	$60M
Motherless Brooklyn	Oct 31, 2019	$26M
Money Monster	May 12, 2016	$27M
The Infiltrator	Jul 13, 2016	$28M

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Profitability Breakdown

Domestic

Week 1: $4.11M

Week 2: $2.51M

Week 3+: $4.72M

International

$26.2M (69.80%)

Costs

Breakdown

Profit

The profitability breakdown is based on Dan Murrell's YouTube videos (Dan Murrell is not affiliated with Reel Numbers). The breakdown only includes the theatrical release and does not account for any post-theatrical revenue streams such as streaming, home video, or merchandise sales. Additionally, the breakdown does not include any tax incentives, sponsorships, or product placement that may have occurred during production.