Overview
- Young Washington opened over the July Fourth weekend to an estimated $20.8 million, beating a $15 million forecast and recording Angel Studios’ best live-action debut.
- The film earned about $7.6 million on its July 4 opening day in roughly 2,700 theaters and finished behind only the top animated releases for the holiday stretch.
- Director and co-writer Jon Erwin announced from Mount Vernon that a sequel titled 1776 is in active development and that writers have just begun work on the script.
- Audiences have reacted strongly despite mixed critic reviews, with a 90%-plus Rotten Tomatoes audience score reported, an A CinemaScore, and an 81% definite-recommend PostTrak rating.
- Box-office strength came largely from older viewers and regional pockets: roughly 47% of ticket buyers were 55 or older and about 67% of weekend revenue came from the Mountain, Midwest and Southern U.S., a pattern that echoes Angel’s previous surprise hits.