Get Out
Film · 2017 · Viral
Jordan Peele’s horror film grossed over $253 million worldwide and became a running meme.
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- Worldwide gross, original release (Box Office Mojo)
- $255.4M
- As of Oct 12, 2026 · Box office · Box Office Mojo
- Peak date
- Week of Mar 1, 2017
- Jan 24 ’17 to Week of Mar 1, 2017
- Platforms
- 8
- Started on Box office
- Leverage
- 57×
- $255.4M on $4.5M budget
How it spread
Trace the originGet Out premiered at Sundance and opened widely with paid promotion, earning $33.4 million in its first domestic weekend. Fans recreated its running scene across social platforms. Parodies and Reddit theories extended its afterlife before Peele’s screenplay Oscar.
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October 2016
Universal Pictures precursor · Oct 4 ’16
Universal released the first trailer for Get Out.[1]
January 2017
February 2017
Changelogupdated Oct 12 ’26
- Added: 16 events, 22 sources · Score 66 · Cleared the depth bar · Fact-check passed (39 claims)
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