The Three Weekends
Primetime opened September 25 in fourth place with $18,830,798. Across the last three weekends it placed fifth ($7,748,406), seventh ($4,047,329) and twelfth ($1,674,273 — a figure Box Office Mojo flags as an estimate), totaling $13,470,008. Its domestic total through October 18 is $45,337,119.
The Film
Primetime is a crime drama from A24, directed by Lance Oppenheim, rated R, running 1 hour 49 minutes. Robert Pattinson plays television host Chris Hansen in a fictionalized account of the first years of NBC’s To Catch a Predator, as Hansen and his producer work to move the sting program into primetime and make it more sensational. Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo and Phoebe Bridgers co-star. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 5, 2026.
Primetime, In Short
Three-week rank: No. 8 of the weekends of Oct. 2–18.
Combined gross: $13,470,008.
By weekend: Oct. 2–4: $7,748,406 (No. 5) · Oct. 9–11: $4,047,329 (No. 7) · Oct. 16–18: $1,674,273 (No. 12, Mojo estimate).
Domestic total through Oct. 18: $45,337,119.
Distributor: A24.
Director: Lance Oppenheim.
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Phoebe Bridgers.
Rating / running time: R · 1 hour 49 minutes.
Released: September 25, 2026.
Sources: grosses from Box Office Mojo weekend charts, weekends of October 2–4, October 9–11 and October 16–18, 2026 (with earlier weekends from the same charts); film details and synopses as reported by the distributor and listings. Photo credit on the image above.
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