The Holy Boy
Opens Nov 27, 2026
Nov 27
Opening day. Numbers start after its first weekend.
- Budget
- $4.0M–$5.0M
- Unconfirmed
- Opening forecast
- $20K–$100K
- ReelMatrix estimate Limited release
- Domestic total forecast
- $100K–$400K
- ReelMatrix estimate
- Needs to make (est.)
- $7.8M–$12.2M
- Unconfirmed
About the film
A troubled teacher takes a job in Italy's 'happiest town' and finds its joy rests on a withdrawn teenager the villagers worship as an angel who takes away their pain. Italian folk horror.
Show the math
Break-even
- Production budget (unconfirmed)
- $4.0M–$5.0M
- Marketing (estimated for a limited release)
- $800K–$2.5M
- Total cost
- $4.8M–$7.5M
- Studio's share of each ticket dollar
- 42¢
- Later: home, streaming and TV
- +20¢
- Break-even worldwide
- $7.8M–$12.2M
Total cost ÷ 62¢ per box office dollar. That's 2.0–2.4× the budget. The studio's share blends 50¢ domestic, 40¢ international and 25¢ in China, weighted by this film's mix: 15% from the US and Canada, a ReelMatrix estimate (Italian film; most of its money comes from Italy).
Projection
Before release, the projection uses the middle of the forecast domestic total ($100K–$400K).
- Domestic finish
- ~$250K
- Worldwide finish
- ~$1.7M
Worldwide finish = domestic finish ÷ 15%, until real international numbers come in.
Verdict: Bomb. How verdicts work