Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?

The Substance

Name: The Substance
Released: 2024-09-20
Duration: 141 min
Cast: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Edward Hamilton-Clark, Gore Abrams

Hollywood20242h 21mEnglishTop 81% of Hollywood budgets

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458th of 1,098 in Hollywood

Reported gross: 32
Return on budget: 68
Audience rating: 65
Momentum: 72

Out-grossed 32% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($77M).
Returned 4.4× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
Momentum in the 72nd percentile.
Audience rating 7.1 from 6,525 votes, the 65th percentile.

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Cost: $18M
Took: $77M

Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 1.4 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

Released: 20 September 2024
Runtime: 2h 21m
Language: English
Industry: Hollywood

Top billedAll 22 credits

Made by

Director: Coralie Fargeat
Writer: Coralie Fargeat
Original Music Composer: Raffertie
Director of Photography: Benjamin Kračun
Producer: Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan

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