<P> Reaction to the advertisement on social media was somewhat negative, largely for Sony Pictures' "misleading" use of a still of Chalamet and Garrel instead of focusing on the protagonist's relationship . Daniel Megarry of Gay Times described it as "an attempt to' straight - wash' the movie's predominant same - sex romance", while Benjamin Lee of The Guardian called it a "disastrous attempt to push Oscar - buzzed Call Me by Your Name as a straight love story," and said the advert "belies an industry awkwardly denying queerness". Sony Pictures Classics later aired several commercial spots to promote the film during its nationwide expansion on 19 January 2018 . </P> <P> As of February 19, 2018, Call Me by Your Name has grossed $16.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $13.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $29.5 million, against a production budget of $3.5 million . The film is Sony Pictures Classics third - highest grossing 2017 release . </P> <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 made $702,098 in 115 theaters in its sixth weekend, averaging $6,105 . The film crossed $6 million in its seventh weekend, earning $758,726 from 115 locations . It grossed $715,559 from 174 theaters in its eight 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 . The film grossed $1,000,790 from 581 locations in its eleventh weekend, averaging $1,723 . In its twelfth weekend, it grossed $683,460, averaging $1,439 from 475 theaters . It grossed $519,028 from 332 theaters in its thirteenth weekend, averaging $1,563 . It made $552,141 from 675 theaters in it fourteenth weekend, averaging $818 . </P>

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