Beau Is Afraid
“From his darkest fears comes the greatest adventure.”
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.
Genres
Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
Studio
A24
Language
en
Status
Released
How Beau Is Afraid performed
Budget
$35.0M
Worldwide Gross
$12.3M
Gross Profit
−$22.7M
Return
0.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Beau Wassermann
Joaquin Phoenix
Beau Wassermann
Mona Wassermann
Patti LuPone
Mona Wassermann
Grace
Amy Ryan
Grace
Roger
Nathan Lane
Roger
Toni
Kylie Rogers
Toni
Jeeves
Denis Ménochet
Jeeves
Elaine Bray
Parker Posey
Elaine Bray
Young Mona
Zoe Lister-Jones
Young Mona
Teen Beau
Armen Nahapetian
Teen Beau
Teen Elaine
Julia Antonelli
Teen Elaine
Therapist
Stephen McKinley Henderson
Therapist
Dr. Cohen
Richard Kind
Dr. Cohen
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