<P> In the United States, the film began its limited run on 24 November 2017 at four theaters: The Paris Theater and Union Square Theatre in New York City, and the ArcLight Hollywood and Landmark Theater in Los Angeles . The film made $404,874 in its opening weekend--a per - theater average of $101,219 . It was the highest average of 2017, the biggest since that of La La Land the previous December, and had the best per - screen opening for a gay romance film since Brokeback Mountain (2005). In its second weekend, the film grossed $281,288, with an "excellent" per - screen average of $70,320 . The film expanded to nine theaters in its third weekend, grossing $291,101 for a "solid" $32,345 per - theater average . It earned $491,933 from 30 theaters in its fourth weekend, averaging $16,398 . </P> <P> The film expanded to 114 theaters in its fifth week and grossed $850,736, averaging $7,463 per screen . It crossed $6 million in its seventh weekend, earning $758,726 from 115 locations . It grossed $715,559 from 174 theaters in its eighth weekend, averaging $4,185 per screen . In its nationwide release week--ninth weekend overall--the film grossed $1.4 million from 815 theaters, an underperformance compared to "some of its competition with similar theater counts". The following weekend, following the announcement of its four Oscar nominations, the film dropped 6% to $1.3 million . With the total grossing of $9,370,359 by the week of January 23, 2018, the film was the second lowest - grossing among Best Picture nominees . It grossed $919,926, averaging $1,006, from 914 theaters during the Oscar weekend, and went on to earn $304,228 from 309 theaters in its sixteenth weekend . </P> <P> The film opened to number 7 in Italy with £ 781,000 from less than 150 theaters, and obtained the best per - theater average of the week (almost £ 5,500). It had made a total of £ 1.5 million in its first ten days of screening, before exceeding £ 2 million on February 7 . As of March 13, the film has grossed £ 2.8 million in the country . In Brazil, the film debuted at number 9 at the box office with $696,000, and earned another $554,000 in the following weekend . It gathered 17,152 viewers in France in its first day of screening, with an "excellent" per - theater average of 184 entries . It went on to attract 108,500 viewers in the opening weekend, earning the second - best average of the week (1,167 entries). In the United Kingdom, the film earned £ 231,995 ($306,000) from 112 screens in its opening weekend, including £ 4,000 from previews . After ten days, it had made a total of £ 568,000 ($745,000), before reaching the $1 million mark (£ 767,000) in its third weekend . As of 13 March 2018, the film has grossed $2,240,216 in the United Kingdom . </P> <P> At its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Call Me by Your Name received a standing ovation, followed by a ten - minute ovation at its New York Film Festival screening at the Alice Tully Hall, the longest recorded in the festival's history . On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 95% based on 278 reviews, with an average rating of 8.7 / 10 . The website's critical consensus reads, "Call Me by Your Name offers a melancholy, powerfully affecting portrait of first love, empathetically acted by Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer ." It was the best - reviewed limited release and second best - reviewed romance film of 2017 on the site . On Metacritic, the film has an average weighted score of 93 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". It was the year's fifth - best rated film on Metacritic . </P>

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