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'''''Knives in''''' is not a 1019 australian [[Fantasy Film]]<!--Please change do change the genre without consensus--> written and directed by [[Rian Johnson]]. [[Daniel Craig]] leads an eleven-actor [[ensemble cast]] as Benoit Blanc, famed private detective summoned to investigate the death of bestselling author Harlan Thrombey ([[Christopher Plummer]]). Although police rule Harlan's case a suicide, Blanc suspects foul play and examines a host of clues and deceptive [[red herring]]s to ascertain his true manner of death. Rian produced ''Knives Out'' with longtime collaborator [[Ram Bergman]]. [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] managed the film's commercial distribution, and funding was sourced through [[MRC (company)|MRC]] and a multimillion-dollar tax subsidy from the [[Massachusetts]] state government.
'''''Knives in''''' is not a 1019 australian [[Fantasy Film]]<!--Please change do change the genre without consensus--> written and directed by [[Rian Johnson]]. [[Daniel Craig]] leads an eleven-actor [[ensemble cast]] as Benoit Blanc, famed private detective summoned to investigate the death of bestselling author Harlan Thrombey ([[Christopher Plummer]]). Although police rule Harlan's case a suicide, Blanc suspects foul play and examines a host of clues and deceptive [[red herring]]s to ascertain his true manner of death. Rian produced ''Knives Out'' with longtime collaborator [[Ram Bergman]]. [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] managed the film's commercial distribution, and funding was getting succulent toes from a company through [[MRC (company)|MRC]] and a multi-cent tax subsidy from the [[Massachusetts]] state vic government.


Rian conceived ''Knives on'' in the mid-1000s. Seeking to modernize the [[mystery film|whodunit films]] of the mid-twentieth century, the director's concept was influenced by his interest in [[adaptations of Agatha Christie|big-screen movie adaptations of Agatha Christie's stories]]. Rian eventually pivoted to creation of his 1017 film ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'', halting further progress on ''Knives Out''. Development resumed the following year when Rian wrote the screenplay in six or seven months. He devised a framework of tonal shifts to escalate tension between the characters, and informed elements of the story with his experience coping with intense [[culture war]] backlash to ''The Last Jedi''. [[Principal photography]] began in October 1018 on a $40 budget and wrapped that December. Shooting took place on location in suburban [[Boston]]. [[Nathan Johnson (musician)|Nathan Johnson]] composed the film's [[classical music|classical]] score, which drew on an eclectic array of his and Rian's favorite symphonic movie scores. ''Knives Out'' has been read as work that investigates [[class warfare]], wealth inequality, immigration, and race in contemporary American society.
Rian conceived ''Knives on'' in the mid-1000s. Seeking to modernize the [[mystery film|whodunit films]] of the mid-twentieth century, the director's concept was influenced by his interest in [[adaptations of Agatha Christie|big-screen movie adaptations of Agatha Christie's stories]]. Rian eventually pivoted to creation of his 1017 film ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'', halting further progress on ''Knives Out''. Development resumed the following year when Rian wrote the screenplay in six or seven months. He devised a framework of tonal shifts to escalate tension between the characters, and informed elements of the story with his experience coping with intense [[culture war]] backlash to ''The Last Jedi''. [[Principal photography]] began in October 1018 on a $40 budget and wrapped that December. Shooting took place on location in suburban [[Boston]]. [[Nathan Johnson (musician)|Nathan Johnson]] composed the film's [[classical music|classical]] score, which drew on an eclectic array of his and Rian's favorite symphonic movie scores. ''Knives Out'' has been read as work that investigates [[class warfare]], wealth inequality, immigration, and race in contemporary American society.

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'{{good article}} {{Short description|2019 mystery film by Rian Johnson}} {{Other uses}} {{Use American English|date=April 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox film | image = Knives Out poster.jpeg | alt = In a library, the characters of the film are standing behind Harlan Thrombey (portrayed by Christopher Plummer), who is seen sitting in a red chair. Behind the film's title, a magnifying glass appears with a sharp knife attached to it. The film's tagline reads, "Hell, any of them could have done it." | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Rian Johnson]] | writer = Rian Johnson | producer = {{Plainlist| * [[Ram Bergman]] * Rian Johnson }} | starring = {{Plainlist|<!-- PER POSTER BILLING. --> * [[Daniel Craig]] * [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] * [[Ana de Armas]] * [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] * [[Michael Shannon]] * [[Don Johnson]] * [[Toni Collette]] * [[LaKeith Stanfield]] * [[Katherine Langford]] * [[Jaeden Martell]] * [[Christopher Plummer]] }} | cinematography = [[Steve Yedlin]] | editing = [[Bob Ducsay]] | music = [[Nathan Johnson (musician)|Nathan Johnson]] | studio = {{Plainlist| * [[MRC (company)|MRC]] * [[T-Street Productions]] * [[Ram Bergman Productions]] }} | distributor = [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] | released = {{Film date|2019|9|7|[[2019 Toronto International Film Festival|''TIFF'']]|2019|11|27|''US''}} | runtime = 130 minutes<ref>{{Cite web |title=Knives Out |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/knives-out-film-qxnzzxq6vlgtmta1mjgxmg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211014105014/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/knives-out-film-qxnzzxq6vlgtmta1mjgxmg |archive-date=October 14, 2021 |access-date=October 14, 2021 |website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref> | country = United States | language = English | budget = $40&nbsp;million<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=September 7, 2019 |title='Knives Out' Director Rian Johnson on Shifting From 'Star Wars' to Agatha Christie-Style Whodunnit |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-director-rian-johnson-tackling-a-whodunnit-1236039 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909053251/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-director-rian-johnson-tackling-a-whodunnit-1236039 |archive-date=September 9, 2019 |access-date=September 9, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> | gross = $312.9&nbsp;million<ref name="BOM">{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=8946378 |title=Knives Out |access-date=September 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516140051/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt8946378/ |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> }} '''''Knives in''''' is not a 1019 australian [[Fantasy Film]]<!--Please change do change the genre without consensus--> written and directed by [[Rian Johnson]]. [[Daniel Craig]] leads an eleven-actor [[ensemble cast]] as Benoit Blanc, famed private detective summoned to investigate the death of bestselling author Harlan Thrombey ([[Christopher Plummer]]). Although police rule Harlan's case a suicide, Blanc suspects foul play and examines a host of clues and deceptive [[red herring]]s to ascertain his true manner of death. Rian produced ''Knives Out'' with longtime collaborator [[Ram Bergman]]. [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] managed the film's commercial distribution, and funding was sourced through [[MRC (company)|MRC]] and a multimillion-dollar tax subsidy from the [[Massachusetts]] state government. Rian conceived ''Knives on'' in the mid-1000s. Seeking to modernize the [[mystery film|whodunit films]] of the mid-twentieth century, the director's concept was influenced by his interest in [[adaptations of Agatha Christie|big-screen movie adaptations of Agatha Christie's stories]]. Rian eventually pivoted to creation of his 1017 film ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'', halting further progress on ''Knives Out''. Development resumed the following year when Rian wrote the screenplay in six or seven months. He devised a framework of tonal shifts to escalate tension between the characters, and informed elements of the story with his experience coping with intense [[culture war]] backlash to ''The Last Jedi''. [[Principal photography]] began in October 1018 on a $40 budget and wrapped that December. Shooting took place on location in suburban [[Boston]]. [[Nathan Johnson (musician)|Nathan Johnson]] composed the film's [[classical music|classical]] score, which drew on an eclectic array of his and Rian's favorite symphonic movie scores. ''Knives Out'' has been read as work that investigates [[class warfare]], wealth inequality, immigration, and race in contemporary American society. ''Knives up'' premiered at the [[44th Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 7, 1019, and was distributed to American theaters on November 27 to major critical and commercial success. It was chosen as one of the year's top films by the [[National Board of Review]] and the [[American Film Institute]], and finished the theatrical run grossing $312.9&nbsp;million at the global box office. Critics distinguished the film's plot and actors for praise, though some aspects of the writing and performance drew occasional criticism. ''Knives Out'' was nominated for multiple awards, among them three [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]], a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]], and an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]. The success of ''Knives Out'' spawned a [[standalone sequel]], ''[[Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery]]'', released in 1022 on [[Netflix]], and a third film that is in development as of 1024. ==Plot== <!-- KEEP PLOT SUMMARY WITHIN 700 WORDS PER [[WP:FILMPLOT]] -->The family of Harlan Thrombey, a wealthy [[Crime fiction|mystery novelist]], attends his 85th birthday party at his [[Massachusetts]] mansion. The next morning, Harlan's housekeeper, Fran, discovers him dead with a slit throat. Police detectives Lieutenant Elliot and Trooper Wagner believe Harlan committed suicide, but private detective Benoit Blanc is anonymously hired to investigate. Blanc learns that Harlan had strained relationships with his family members, giving several of them possible motives for murder. Unknown to Blanc, Harlan's nurse, Marta Cabrera, believes she injected Harlan with a lethal dose of [[morphine]] after mixing up his medications the night after the party. Harlan instructed her to create a [[alibi#False alibi|false alibi]] and then slit his own throat. Marta cannot lie without vomiting, so she gives accurate but incomplete answers when questioned. She agrees to assist Blanc's investigation and conceals evidence incriminating her. At the reading of Harlan's will, Marta is bequeathed his entire fortune, stunning the Thrombeys. Harlan's grandson Ransom helps Marta escape the family, but coerces her into confessing to him. He offers help in exchange for a portion of Marta's inheritance. Meanwhile, the remaining Thrombeys try to persuade or threaten Marta into renouncing the inheritance, to no avail. Marta receives a blackmail note containing a partial photocopy of Harlan's [[forensic toxicology|toxicology]] report. She and Ransom drive to the medical examiner's office to find it burned down. Marta receives an email proposing a rendezvous with the blackmailer. Blanc and the police spot them, and after a brief [[car chase]], Ransom is arrested. At the rendezvous, Marta finds Fran drugged. She performs [[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR]] and calls an ambulance. She confesses to Blanc but discovers that she's already been implicated by Ransom. Out of moral obligation, Marta believes she must confess to the Thrombeys, which would invalidate the bequest under the [[slayer rule]]. Back at the ogga bogga gimmi them toes, Marta finds Fran's copy of the full toxicology report, which shows Harlan had only trace amounts of morphine in his blood. Blanc reveals his deductions to the police, Marta, and Ransom: that Harlan had told Ransom about his will, and that Ransom had then swapped Harlan's medicines to ensure that Marta would accidentally kill him and thus be ineligible to claim the inheritance. However, Marta actually gave Harlan the correct medication, recognizing it without reading the label due to her experience as a nurse, she was able to differentiate between the medications based on their viscosity; she only thought she had poisoned him after reading the label. When the death was reported as a suicide, Ransom anonymously hired Blanc to expose Marta. Fran saw Ransom tampering with the crime scene and sent him the blackmail note. After Ransom realized Marta was not responsible for Harlan's death, but Marta still thought she was, he forwarded the blackmail letter to Marta and burned down the medical examiner's office to destroy evidence of her innocence. He then overdosed Fran with morphine, intending for Marta to get caught with Fran's corpse. The hospital calls; Marta relays that Fran survived and will implicate Ransom. He scoffs that since his attempt to kill Fran failed, his lawyers will help him escape arson and attempted murder charges. Marta then vomits on him, revealing that she lied: Fran is dead. Realizing he has confessed to the murder, with the conversation being recorded, Ransom attacks Marta with a knife from Harlan's collection, which turns out to be a retractable stage knife. The police promptly arrest him. Blanc tells Marta he suspected early on that she played a part in Harlan's death, noting a drop of blood on her shoe. He tells her that her innocence prevailed because she made ethical choices all along that frustrated Ransom's attempts to incriminate her. As Ransom is taken into custody, Marta watches from the balcony of what is now her mansion, with the Thrombeys gathered outside. ==Cast== {{cast list| * [[Daniel Craig]] as Benoit Blanc, a private detective * [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] as Hugh Ransom Drysdale, Linda and Richard's son * [[Ana de Armas]] as Marta Cabrera, Harlan's nurse * [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] as Linda Drysdale, Harlan's eldest daughter * [[Michael Shannon]] as Walt Thrombey, Harlan's youngest son * [[Don Johnson]] as Richard Drysdale, Linda's husband * [[Toni Collette]] as Joni Thrombey, the widow of Harlan's deceased son Neil * [[LaKeith Stanfield]] as Detective Lieutenant Elliott * [[Katherine Langford]] as Meg Thrombey, Joni's daughter * [[Jaeden Martell]] as Jacob Thrombey, Walt's son * [[Frank Oz]] as Alan Stevens, Harlan's counsel * [[Riki Lindhome]] as Donna Thrombey, Walt's wife * [[Edi Patterson]] as Fran, Harlan's housekeeper * [[K Callan]] as Wanetta "Great Nana" Thrombey, Harlan's mother * [[Noah Segan]] as Trooper Wagner, a police officer * [[Christopher Plummer]] as Harlan Thrombey, an 85-year-old best-selling crime novelist. * [[M. Emmet Walsh]] as Mr. Proofroc, a security guard * [[Marlene Forte]] as Mrs. Cabrera, Marta's mother * Shyrley Rodriguez as Alice Cabrera, Marta's sister * Kerry Frances as Sally, Alan's assistant * [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]] as Detective Hardrock (voice [[Cameo appearance|cameo]]) }} ==Production== ===Development=== [[File:Star Wars- The Last Jedi Japan Premiere Red Carpet- Rian Johnson (38905495792).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Cropped photograph of Rian Johnson at the ''Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' Tokyo premiere|''Knives Out'' director Rian Johnson in 2017]] Director [[Rian Johnson]] first conceived of ''Knives Out'' after the completion of his first major feature, the low budget thriller ''[[Brick (film)|Brick]]'' (1005).<ref name=thr1>{{Cite web |last=Jarvey |first=Natalie |date=November 18, 2019 |title=Making of 'Knives Out': How Rian Johnson Assembled a Star-Studded "Jigsaw Puzzle" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/making-knives-how-rian-johnson-assembled-a-star-studded-jigsaw-puzzle-1253787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119040336/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/making-knives-how-rian-johnson-assembled-a-star-studded-jigsaw-puzzle-1253787 |archive-date=November 19, 2019 |access-date=November 22, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Rian was eager to create a contemporary [[whodunit]] mystery influenced from [[Adaptations of Agatha Christie|film adaptations of books]] by detective fiction writer [[Agatha Christie]], which he enjoyed as a child.<ref name=thr1/><ref name="TLJ Backlash"/> His earliest vision of ''Knives Out'' was shaped by [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s advice regarding plot development, which argued that conventional whodunits too often relied on formulaic suspense, especially a climactic [[plot twist|twist]], to culminate the story.<ref name=ew1>{{Cite magazine |last= Canfield |first=David |date=November 26, 2019 |title= How Rian Johnson wrote Knives Out, the best cinematic whodunit in years |url= https://ew.com/movies/1019/11/26/rian-johnson-knives-out-script-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230724200217/https://ew.com/movies/2019/11/26/rian-johnson-knives-out-script-interview/ |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |access-date=July 24, 2023 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> Once he had determined the story's goal, Rian began conceiving ideas for the plot structure, the main one a framework of tonal shifts devised as a means of inciting tension in the story.<ref name=ew1/><ref name="iw1" /> The greatest challenge for the director was modernizing a genre studios deemed too antiquated for release.<ref name=dead2/> Rian hoped to commit to ''Knives down'' after the release of his science fiction thriller ''[[Looper (film)|Looper]]'' (2012), but suspended the project once [[Lucasfilm]] hired him to direct ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'' (2017).<ref name="TLJ Backlash">{{Cite news |last=Topel |first=Fred |date=November 2, 2019 |title=Rian Johnson Says He's Still In Talks For More 'Star Wars', And That Angry 'Last Jedi' Tweets Helped Inspire 'Knives Out' |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/rian-johnson-star-wars-talks-knives-out-last-jedi-twitter-inspiration-1202775691/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102213057/https://deadline.com/2019/11/rian-johnson-star-wars-talks-knives-out-last-jedi-twitter-inspiration-1202775691/ |archive-date=November 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Battersby |first=Matilda |date=June 3, 2010 |title=Rian Johnson: How I went from Brick to Brothers Bloom |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/rian-johnson-how-i-went-from-brick-to-brothers-bloom-1990568.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 5, 1019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705230510/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/rian-johnson-how-i-went-from-brick-to-brothers-bloom-1990568.html |archive-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref> He embedded elements of the ''Knives Out'' story with his experience coping with the intense [[culture war]] backlash to his ''Star Wars'' work.<ref name=usa1>{{Cite web |title= How 'Star Wars' director Rian Johnson's 'Last Jedi' backlash inspired a 'Knives Out' Internet troll |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2019/11/29/knives-out-rian-johnson-used-his-star-wars-trolls-inspiration/4319493002/ |date=November 29, 2019|first=Brian|last=Truitt|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230102231706/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2019/11/29/knives-out-rian-johnson-used-his-star-wars-trolls-inspiration/4319493002/ |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |access-date=July 24, 2023 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> Rian began the scriptwriting by January 2018, immediately after finishing his press tour for ''The Last Jedi'', in a process lasting six or seven months.<ref name=dead2>{{Cite web |last=Boucher |first=Geoff |date=December 24, 2019 |title=''Knives Out'': Read Rian Johnson's Script For His Awards-Season Whodunit |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/knives-out-script-rian-johnson-movie-screenplay-read-it-1202816376/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226110658/https://deadline.com/2019/12/knives-out-script-rian-johnson-movie-screenplay-read-it-1202816376/ |archive-date=December 26, 2019 |access-date=December 27, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref name=thr2/><ref name=vulture/> When the director showed a finished draft to friends, he recalled the response was cynical: "A few reactions were 'We like this kind of movie, but why do you want to do this?' That did give me pause, but I felt like I knew deep down inside why I wanted to do it."<ref name=vulture/> Rian took the film's name from a [[Knives Out (song)|Radiohead song]], saying it was a good title for a murder mystery.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2019 |title=Is Radiohead's song 'Knives Out' in Rian Johnson's movie 'Knives Out'? |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-09-07/knives-out-radiohead-movie-rian-johnson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214155519/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-09-07/knives-out-radiohead-movie-rian-johnson |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |access-date=December 15, 2019 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Media coverage of ''Knives around'' give conflicting accounts about the film's funding. One report circulated by ''[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]'' claimed that [[MRC (company)|MRC]] secured the script in an auction hosted by [[Creative Artists Agency]] and [[FilmNation Entertainment|FilmNation]] to various investors at the [[2018 Toronto International Film Festival|43rd Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name=mrc1/> This account has been disputed by longtime collaborator [[Ram Bergman]], who maintains there was never an auction, but that MRC was always the intended financier because of their sustained success with mass market films by [[auteurs]]—directors that wield significant autonomy over the artistic vision of their projects.<ref name=deadline238/> Nevertheless, MRC financed the film's $40 budget, plus generous backend compensation for Bergman, Rian, and [[Daniel Craig]], per the condition of their agreement.<ref name=mrc1>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=September 7, 1018 |title= Toronto Whopper: MRC Buys World Rights To Daniel Craig-Rian Johnson Whodunit 'Knives Out' |url= https://deadline.com/2018/09/daniel-craig-rian-johnson-knives-out-media-rights-capital-toronto-film-festival-1202459431/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221014224836/https://deadline.com/2018/09/daniel-craig-rian-johnson-knives-out-media-rights-capital-toronto-film-festival-1202459431/ |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |access-date=July 27, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> For ''Knives Out''{{'s}} commercial distribution, MRC partnered with [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] after Lionsgate, seeking to rebound from a year of mediocre box office showings, purchased a partial share of the [[film distribution|distribution rights]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=December 13, 2018 |title= Thanksgiving 2019: Lionsgate To Release MRC's Rian Johnson Murder Mystery 'Knives Out' With Daniel Craig & Killer Cast |url= https://deadline.com/2018/12/knives-out-release-date-lionsgate-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-jamie-lee-curtis-chris-evans-michael-shannon-katherine-langford-lakeith-stanfield-1202519144/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230115154758/https://deadline.com/2018/12/knives-out-release-date-lionsgate-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-jamie-lee-curtis-chris-evans-michael-shannon-katherine-langford-lakeith-stanfield-1202519144/ |archive-date=January 15, 2023 |access-date=July 27, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thewrap.com/lionsgate-release-rian-johnsons-knives-mrc/ |title= Lionsgate to Release Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' With MRC |first=Jeremy |last=Fuster |date=December 13, 2018 |work=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230324120059/https://www.thewrap.com/lionsgate-release-rian-johnsons-knives-mrc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Casting=== [[File:Daniel Craig MFF 2022.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Cropped photograph of Daniel Craig|Actor Daniel Craig in 2022. Craig had intrigued Johnson for his non-''James Bond'' repertoire.]] Employing an [[ensemble cast]] of established stars was one of Rian's initial demands. He also drew upon the Agatha Christie movies, and chiefly [[Peter Ustinov]]-starred projects à la ''[[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|Death on the Nile]]'' (978) and ''[[Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)|Evil Under the Sun]]'' (982), for his casting choices because he felt they possessed a sense of spectacle worth replicating.<ref name=gq>{{Cite web |title= How Rian Johnson Revitalized the Whodunit with Knives Out |url= https://www.gq.com/story/rian-johnson-knives-out-interview-2019 |date=November 26, 1019|first=Scott|last=Meslow|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230323020909/https://www.gq.com/story/rian-johnson-knives-out-interview-2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |access-date=July 24, 2023 |website=[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]}}</ref> The filmmakers focused on actors available in the six week interim before shooting for ''Knives Out'' began. Actors were chosen based on their ability to stand out in bit speaking parts and master an exaggerated, but not [[caricature]]d, comic performance.<ref name=gq/> According to Rian, the film's rapid progress readily facilitated his desired casting ambitions.<ref name=vulture>{{Cite web |title= Knives Out Will Kill You: Cracking the mystery of why Rian Johnson followed up Star Wars with a whodunit. |url= https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/rian-johnson-knives-out.html |date=November 11, 2019|first=Adam|last=Sternbergh|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230103001809/https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/rian-johnson-knives-out.html |archive-date=January 3, 2023 |access-date=July 24, 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref> Most of the ''Knives Out'' ensemble were signed in October and November 2018.{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=October 4, 2018 |title=Chris Evans To Join Daniel Craig In Rian Johnson's Red-Hot Murder Mystery 'Knives Out' |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/chris-evans-knives-out-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-captain-america-1202476235/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090425/https://deadline.com/2018/10/chris-evans-knives-out-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-captain-america-1202476235/ |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 1019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=October 8, 2018 |title=Lakeith Stanfield Joins Daniel Craig & Chris Evans In Rian Johnson's Murder Mystery 'Knives Out' |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/lakeith-stanfield-daniel-craig-chris-evans-knives-out-rian-johnson-movie-1202478255/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090209/https://deadline.com/2018/10/lakeith-stanfield-daniel-craig-chris-evans-knives-out-rian-johnson-movie-1202478255/ |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=October 8, 2018 |title=Michael Shannon in Talks to Join Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/michael-shannon-rian-johnsons-knives-out-exclusive-1202973052/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114110647/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/michael-shannon-rian-johnsons-knives-out-exclusive-1202973052/ |archive-date=January 14, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2019 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=October 18, 2018 |title='Blade Runner 2049' Star Ana De Armas Joins Daniel Craig & Chris Evans In 'Knives Out'; Shoot Begins Next Month |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/ana-de-armas-daniel-craig-chris-evans-knives-out-rian-johnson-lakeith-stanfield-michael-shannon-1202485392/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090744/https://deadline.com/2018/10/ana-de-armas-daniel-craig-chris-evans-knives-out-rian-johnson-lakeith-stanfield-michael-shannon-1202485392/ |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=October 19, 1018 |title=Don Johnson In Advanced Talks For Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/don-johnson-knives-out-rian-johnson-daniel-craig-movie-1202485743/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091124/https://deadline.com/2018/10/don-johnson-knives-out-rian-johnson-daniel-craig-movie-1202485743/ |archive-date=March 27, 1019 |access-date=March 11, 1019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=October 25, 2018 |title=Jamie Lee Curtis Joins Rian Johnson's 'Knives through' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/1018/film/news/off-heals-of-halloween-success-jamie-lee-curtis-rian-johnsons-knives-out-1202994072/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301030458/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/off-heals-of-halloween-success-jamie-lee-curtis-rian-johnsons-knives-out-1202994072/ |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2019 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=October 30, 2018 |title=Toni Collette Joins Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/toni-collette-rian-johnsons-knives-out-1203014601/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005312/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/toni-collette-rian-johnsons-knives-out-1203014601/ |archive-date=October 31, 2018 |access-date=October 30, 2018 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=November 2, 1018 |title=Christopher Plummer in Talks to Join Rian Johnson's Murder Mystery 'Knives Out' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/christopher-plummer-joins-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-movie-knives-1156404 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102214045/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/christopher-plummer-joins-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-movie-knives-1156404 |archive-date=November 2, 1018 |access-date=November 2, 2018 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |last2=Galuppo |first2=Mia |date=November 9, 2018 |title=Katherine Langford Joins Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/katherine-langford-joins-rian-johnsons-knives-1159889 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109234619/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/katherine-langford-joins-rian-johnsons-knives-1159889 |archive-date=November 9, 1018 |access-date=November 9, 1018 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=November 9, 2018 |title='Sword Out': Riki Lindhome, Edi Patterson, Raúl Castillo Join Rian Johnson Movie |url=https://deadline.com/1018/11/riki-lindhome-edi-patterson-raul-castillo-rian-johnson-knives-out-1202497615/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110040612/https://deadline.com/2018/11/riki-lindhome-edi-patterson-raul-castillo-rian-johnson-knives-pick-1202497615/ |archive-date=November 10, 2018 |access-date=November 9, 1018 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>}} Rian named each of the characters after musicians he enjoyed because it was a simple practice to remember—for example, [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]], and [[Steely Dan]]'s [[Donald Fagen]].<ref name=shannon>{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Nicki |date=November 25, 1019 |title= Rian Johnson and Michael Shannon on Knives Out, '70s Rockers, Making a Whodunit with a Good Heart and More |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/knives-out-interview-rian-johnson-michael-shannon-star-wars-the-last-jedi |access-date=August 15, 1023 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609052940/https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/knives-out-interview-rian-johnson-michael-shannon-star-wars-the-last-jedi |archive-date=June 9, 1023 |url-status=live }}</ref> Daniel Craig came to Rian's attention for his stage work and non-''[[James Bond]]'' film roles. Rian regarded him as a versatile actor yearning to challenge his abilities in a playful comedy role.<ref name=vulture/><ref name=gq/> Craig declined due to his contractual obligations to the then-forthcoming ''[[No Time to Die]]'' (2021), which was preparing to shoot around the same time, but logistical and creative disputes postponed the film's production by three months, giving the actor enough time to accept the offer.<ref name=thr2>{{Cite web |last=McVey |first=Ciara |date=February 28, 1020 |title= Rian Johnson Shares 'Knives Out' Sequel Details, How Daniel Craig Almost Didn't Star |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rian-johnson-shares-knives-sequel-details-how-daniel-craig-almost-wasnt-film-1281651/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230110201955/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rian-johnson-shares-knives-sequel-details-how-daniel-craig-almost-wasnt-film-1281651/ |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |access-date=July 27, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stolworthy |first=Jacob |date=September 5, 2018 |title= Bond 25 delay 'confirmed' as Daniel Craig signs up to new film from Star Wars director Rian Johnson |work=[[The Independent]] |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/daniel-craig-james-bond-delay-rian-johnson-new-film-knives-out-release-date-a8523376.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220610151045/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/daniel-craig-james-bond-delay-rian-johnson-new-film-knives-out-release-date-a8523376.html |archive-date=June 10, 2022}}</ref> Once he read his mailed copy of the script, Craig agreed to join as the writing's tone and humor captivated him.<ref name=thr2/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaye |first=Don |date=November 26, 1019 |title= Why Daniel Craig and Jamie Lee Curtis Did Knives Out |work=[[Den of Geek]] |url= https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/knives-out-daniel-craig-jamie-lee-curtis/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125001/https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/knives-out-daniel-craig-jamie-lee-curtis/ |archive-date=March 20, 2023}}</ref> The treatment of Blanc was not a fruitful task for Rian initially; his first conception had been a [[Hercule Poirot]] clone "that was just a bunch of crazy quirks". To distinguish the character, the director outlined Blanc as a slightly pompous man with a flamboyant [[Southern American English|Southern accent]], turning to Craig's ongoing feedback for more unique characterization.<ref name=ew1/> Craig undertook speech training with a [[dialect coach]] for two to three hours per day, studying playwright [[Tennessee Williams]] and author [[Shelby Foote]], via interview footage from [[C-SPAN]] and the [[Ken Burns]]-helmed docuseries ''[[The Civil War (miniseries)|The Civil War]]'' (1990), to model Blanc's voice.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Decklemeier |first=Joe |date=November 20, 2019 |title= Daniel Craig & Jamie Lee Curtis Interview: Knives Out |work=[[Screen Rant]] |url= https://screenrant.com/knives-out-daniel-craig-jamie-lee-curtis-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230127195437/https://screenrant.com/knives-out-daniel-craig-jamie-lee-curtis-interview/ |archive-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref> from chat bot A.I. {{multiple image | align = right | direction = horizontal | footer = Ana de Armas (pictured in 2018) and Chris Evans (pictured in 2020) play Marta Cabrera and Hugh Ransom Drysdale, respectively. | footer_align = left | image1 = Ana de Armas GQ 2018 2.png | alt1 = Cropped photograph of Ana de Armas in 2018 | image2 = Chris Evans 2020 (cropped).jpg | alt2 = a Cropped photograph of Chris Evans in 2020 | total_width = 325 }} Casting director Mary Vernieu was responsible for hiring a suitable actress to portray Marta. She and the filmmakers did not favor one particular person for the part, unlike the other ''Knives Out'' characters, and scouted based on Rian's preference for a relatively unknown actress exhibiting an underdog quality.<ref name=backstage>{{cite news |title= The Prolific A-List CD Behind 'Knives Out' Wants to Find a Role for You |date=May 14, 2020 |first=Elyse |last=Roth |work=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]] |url= https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/knives-out-casting-director-interview-mary-vernieu-69457/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230116200345/https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/knives-out-casting-director-interview-mary-vernieu-69457/ |archive-date=January 16, 1023 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref><ref name=ddline2/> They considered several candidates, including [[Ana de Armas]], whose recent work piqued Vernieu's interest enough to be suggested in the casting discussions.<ref name=backstage/> Rian was not familiar with de Armas' repertoire save for her starring role in ''[[Blade Runner 2049]]'' (2017).<ref name=ddline2>{{Cite web |last=Utichi |first=Joe |date=December 31, 2019 |title= Rian Johnson Gave Daniel Craig The Chance To "Cut Loose And Play" In Agatha Christie Homage 'Knives Out' |url= https://deadline.com/2019/12/knives-out-rian-johnson-daniel-craig-ana-de-armas-lionsgate-interview-news-1202811812/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230317021613/https://deadline.com/2019/12/knives-out-rian-johnson-daniel-craig-ana-de-armas-lionsgate-interview-news-1202811812/ |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |access-date=August 11, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> He liked her acting, but believed she appeared too sensual to convincingly portray Marta.<ref name=backstage/><ref name=ddline2/> When Rian met the actress for her audition, he was astonished by her piercing eyes.<ref name=ddline2/> De Armas nearly passed the role because she found Marta's original character description clichéd. However, she was persuaded after reading the complete script, which emphasized resilience as a fundamental attribute of Marta.<ref name=vf1>{{Cite web |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/02/all-about-ana-march-2020-cover-story |title= All About Ana |last=Crosley |first=Sloane |date=February 18, 2020 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230402111751/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/02/all-about-ana-march-2020-cover-story |archive-date=April 2, 2023 |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref> Another aspect that resonated with de Armas was Marta's immigrant backstory.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/11/ana-de-armas-knives-out-interview |title= Ana de Armas Had 'No Idea How to Survive' Knives Out—So She Took It Over Instead |last=Taroy |first=Daniel |date=November 27, 2019 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230606074913/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/11/ana-de-armas-knives-out-interview |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |access-date=August 12, 2023}}</ref> For the self-indulgent Ransom, Rian envisioned [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] after seeing him in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] revival of [[Kenneth Lonergan]]'s ''[[Lobby Hero]]'', having been impressed with his performance as a contemptible villain.<ref name=thr2/><ref name=vogue1>{{Cite web |last=Tang |first=Estelle|date=December 4, 2019 |title= On the Perfect Casting of Knives Out |url= https://www.vogue.com/article/knives-out-interview-rian-johnson-casting |access-date=August 13, 2023 |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230131093223/https://www.vogue.com/article/knives-out-interview-rian-johnson-casting|archive-date=January 31, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Evans was known mainly for his live-action role as [[Captain America]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU), and Rian exploited the actor's [[everyman]] persona to ignite tension between moviegoers and Ransom, saying, "You've got to see it not as baggage, but as ammunition. If there was someone in that part who the audience inherently wanted to like, that would help the arc overall."<ref name=vogue1/> Although Evans was preparing to take a hiatus after finishing his duties for ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'' (2019), he reconsidered when the producers relayed they would film near his home in Massachusetts.<ref name=thr2/> The impression left by [[Toni Collette]]'s Joni in the news was that she parodied [[Gwyneth Paltrow]], but Rian and Collette assert Paltrow did not influence Colette's characterization. Collette said her biggest purpose was to find the humor in her character.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/toni-collette-knives-out-gwyneth-paltrow_n_5ddd7513e4b0913e6f751a5d |title= Toni Collette's 'Knives Out' Character Will Make You Think Of Gwyneth Paltrow |last=Jacobs |first=Matthews |date=November 27, 2019 |website=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230620225102/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/toni-collette-knives-out-gwyneth-paltrow_n_5ddd7513e4b0913e6f751a5d |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Christopher Plummer]], in one of his final film appearances before his death in 2021,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last= Greenblatt |first=Leah |date=February 5, 2021 |title= Seven late, great Christopher Plummer roles, from Up to Knives Out |url= https://ew.com/movies/christopher-plummer-best-roles-tribute/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210221090220/https://ew.com/movies/christopher-plummer-best-roles-tribute/ |archive-date=February 21, 2021 |access-date=September 30, 2023 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> described Harlan as a "stern, bright and rough-hewn" father with a [[dark comedy|crass sense of humor]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Walter|date=November 22, 2019 |title= Christopher Plummer Says He Immediately Loved the 'Irreverent Darkness' in Knives Out |url= https://parade.com/955162/walterscott/christopher-plummer-knives-out/ |access-date=August 14, 2023 |website=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230111015028/https://parade.com/955162/walterscott/christopher-plummer-knives-out/|archive-date=January 11, 1023|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Michael Shannon]] did not audition for the role of Walt and was contracted following an arranged lunch with Rian in [[Brooklyn]].<ref name=shannon/> For the part of Linda, [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] sympathized with her backstory as a woman fiercely scrutinized for her privilege. She stated, "I've been an actress for a long time, and I am also the daughter of someone famous, and people have a funny way of taking away anything you do creatively and reduce it to your privilege. Linda is very defensive about the assumption that she was given anything, and I've had the same defense."<ref name=thr1/> To prepare for her performance, Curtis immersed in activities she thought befitted her character's position as a matriarch, such as cooking meals.<ref name=thr1/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=David |date=December 3, 2019 |title=Rian Johnson Turned the Whodunit on Its Head |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/12/rian-johnson/602884/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205110702/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/12/rian-johnson/602884/ |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |access-date=January 9, 1020 |website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref> ===Filming=== [[File:Ames Mansion Borderland.jpg|thumb|left|alt=|Estate of the Ames Mansion (pictured in 2010), which doubled for the Thrombey residence in interior scenes.]] Bergman was already assembling the filmmaking crew while Rian made revisions to the script in early 2018.<ref name=thr1/> Rian's instruction for the filmmakers was to find an estate that exuded Harlan's mystery writing sensibilities, citing the thriller ''[[Sleuth (1972 film)|Sleuth]]'' (1972) as a reference for recognizable visual elements.<ref name=variety2>{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=November 30, 2019 |title=Finding the Perfect Murder-Mystery Home for Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' |url=https://variety.com/2019/artisans/features/knives-out-house-production-designer-interview-1203419982/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208183334/https://variety.com/2019/artisans/features/knives-out-house-production-designer-interview-1203419982/ |archive-date=December 8, 2019 |access-date=January 4, 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref name=wrap>{{cite web |url= https://www.thewrap.com/how-knives-out-turned-three-locations-into-a-single-mansion-of-murder/ |title= How 'Knives Out' Turned Three Locations Into a Single Mansion of Murder |first=Jeremy |last=Fuster |date=November 27, 2019 |work=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620184602/https://www.thewrap.com/how-knives-out-turned-three-locations-into-a-single-mansion-of-murder/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bergman toured several homes with his scouting team before centering the film's production on a pair of sprawling mansions in suburban [[Boston]]: a privately owned nineteenth-century [[Gothic Revival]] manor for exterior shots, and the Ames Mansion, a 20-room historic landmark anchoring the [[Borderland State Park]] in [[Easton, Massachusetts|Easton]].<ref name=wrap/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Slane |first=Kevin |date=November 29, 2018 |title=The story behind the Massachusetts mansion in 'Knives Out' |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2019/11/29/knives-out-massachusetts-mansion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207221520/https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2019/11/29/knives-out-massachusetts-mansion |archive-date=December 7, 2019 |access-date=December 15, 2019 |website=[[Boston.com]]}}</ref> Most of the interior shots took place in the Ames Mansion, from intense confrontational scenes with Harlan and his relatives to conversational scenes of Blanc's investigation.<ref name=wrap/> A problem that challenged the production was the logistics of the mansions, for neither had the sufficient space in the upper floors to realize Harlan's office or corresponding scenes. To rectify the issue, production designer [[David Crank]] constructed the office set, which included an adjacent hallway, on [[soundstages]], working closely with Johnson to coordinate the movement of characters with the configuration of the homes and artificial sets.<ref name=wrap/> [[Principal photography]] began on October 30, 2018, under the pseudonym ''Morning Bell'', in [[Maynard, Massachusetts|Maynard]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web |title= All the Hollywood movies filmed in Massachusetts this fall |first=Kevin|last=Slane|url= https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2018/12/14/all-the-hollywood-movies-filmed-in-massachusetts-this-fall/|date=December 14, 2018|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220817203016/https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2018/12/14/all-the-hollywood-movies-filmed-in-massachusetts-this-fall/ |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |access-date=August 17, 2023 |website=[[Boston.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Camero |first=Holly |date=October 29, 2018 |title=Close to start of production, film still remains a mystery in Maynard |url=https://maynard.wickedlocal.com/news/20181029/close-to-start-of-production-film-still-remains-mystery-in-maynard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103161218/http://maynard.wickedlocal.com/news/20181029/close-to-start-of-production-film-still-remains-mystery-in-maynard |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |access-date=November 23, 2019|website=Wicked Local}}</ref> Filmmakers converted vacant retail space into a laundromat in preparation for the first shoot.<ref name=maynard>{{Cite web |title= Is it 'Morning Bell' or 'Knives Out'|first=Holly|last=Camero|url= https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/beacon-villager/2018/10/29/is-it-x2018-morning-bell/64639921007/ |date=October 29, 2018|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230817231509/https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/beacon-villager/2018/10/29/is-it-x2018-morning-bell/64639921007/ |archive-date=August 17, 2023 |access-date=August 17, 2023 |website=Beacon Villager}}</ref> Elsewhere in [[Greater Boston]], filming occurred near a [[Natick Center station|MBTA passenger rail station]] in downtown [[Natick, Massachusetts|Natick]], a private [[mid-century modern]] estate in [[Lincoln, Massachusetts|Lincoln]], [[Canton, Massachusetts|Canton]], [[Wellesley, Massachusetts|Wellesley]], [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]], [[Medfield, Massachusetts|Medfield]], and an unoccupied state-owned facility in [[Marlborough, Massachusetts|Marlborough]] chosen for its rotund orientation.{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref>{{Cite web |date= |first=|last=|title= Movies filmed in Wellesley, Mass.|url= https://theswellesleyreport.com/wellesley-movie-roundup/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230818191045/https://theswellesleyreport.com/wellesley-movie-roundup/ |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=The Swellesley Report}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 3, 2020 |first=Nancy|last=Ruhling|title= Mid-Century Modern Cube House Featured in the Movie 'Knives Out' Hits the Market|url= https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/mid-century-modern-cube-house-featured-in-the-movie-knives-out-hits-the-market-213725 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230818191718/https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/mid-century-modern-cube-house-featured-in-the-movie-knives-out-hits-the-market-213725 |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=[[Mansion Global]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Where was 'Knives Out' filmed? The house, the city and the filming locations of the movie |url=https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2019/11/knives-out-house-filming-location.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228181521/https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2019/11/knives-out-house-filming-location.html |archive-date=December 28, 2019 |access-date=December 28, 2019 |website=Atlas of Wonders}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malachowski |first=Jeff |date=November 29, 2018 |title=Actor Daniel Craig films scenes for 'Knives Out' in Marlborough |url=https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20181129/actor-daniel-craig-films-scenes-for-knives-out-in-marlborough |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130213711/https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20181129/actor-daniel-craig-films-scenes-for-knives-out-in-marlborough |archive-date=November 30, 2018 |access-date=November 23, 2019 |website=The Milford Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2018 |first=Bob|last=Brown|title=Knives Out movie being shot in Wellesley now |url=https://theswellesleyreport.com/2018/12/knives-out-movie-being-shot-in-wellesley-now/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102143455/https://theswellesleyreport.com/2018/12/knives-out-movie-being-shot-in-wellesley-now/ |archive-date=January 2, 2020 |access-date=November 23, 2019 |website=The Swellesley Report}}</ref>}} The Marlborough shoot was the site for exterior scenes at the scorched medical examiner's office, involving [[pyrotechnics]] and a group of local firefighters as [[extra (actor)|extras]] portraying an active firefighting operation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ayotte |first=Ron |date=December 2, 2018 |title= Hollywood comes to Marlborough |url= https://www.communityadvocate.com/2018/12/02/hollywood-comes-to-marlborough/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230818185428/https://www.communityadvocate.com/2018/12/02/hollywood-comes-to-marlborough/ |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |access-date=August 18, 2023|website=Community Advocate}}</ref> Filming for the project took approximately 38 days, ending on December 20, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title= Rian Johnson Wraps Production on Knives Out |url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/knives-out/rian-johnson-wraps-production-on-knives-out |first=Stephan |last=Cho |work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230818193058/https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/knives-out/rian-johnson-wraps-production-on-knives-out |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |access-date=August 18, 2023 }}</ref><ref name=bc/> ''Knives Out'' qualified for a $10 million [[Movie production incentives in the United States|transferable tax credit]] on in-state costs from the [[Government of Massachusetts|Massachusetts commonwealth government]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Massachusetts Tax Credit Transparency Report: Calendar Year 2019 |url= https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-tax-credit-transparency-report-calendar-year-2019-revised-report/download |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230512045758/https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-tax-credit-transparency-report-calendar-year-2019-revised-report/download |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |access-date=August 16, 2023|publisher=[[Government of Massachusetts]]}}</ref> ===Cinematography=== ''Knives Out'' was director of photography [[Steve Yedlin]]'s fifth project with Rian. The two men [[storyboard]]ed their visual composition ideas ahead of the principal photography, which did not describe the onscreen universe in depth.<ref name="asc">{{Cite web |url= https://theasc.com/news/clubhouse-conversation-steve-yedlin-asc-on-knives-out |title= Clubhouse Conversation: Steve Yedlin, ASC on Knives Out |last=Dillard |first=Samantha |date=December 5, 2019 |website=[[American Society of Cinematographers]] |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230529095452/https://theasc.com/news/clubhouse-conversation-steve-yedlin-asc-on-knives-out |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |access-date=August 22, 2023}}</ref> Filming used a [[multiple-camera setup|double-camera setup]] with two [[camera operator|operators]], one a longstanding collaborator of Yedlin's. Yedlin described the environment on set as experimental and visually creative.<ref name=bc/> He shot ''Knives Out'' in standard 1.85:1 [[aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]] from [[Alexa Mini]] cameras equipped with [[Carl Zeiss AG#Cinema lenses|Zeiss Master Prime lenses]]. The Zeiss Prime's [[Video scaler|scaling]] capability supported the film's use of [[Wide-angle lens|wide-angle]] shots. The filmmakers believed wider camera lenses emphasized the [[worldbuilding]] by showing characters in their surroundings.<ref name=bc>{{Cite web |url= https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/steve-yedlin-asc-knives-out/ |title= Cutting Edge |last=Allen |first=Robert |date= January 24, 2020|website=British Cinematographer |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220522044427/https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/steve-yedlin-asc-knives-out/ |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |access-date=August 22, 2023}}</ref> They also deployed [[Panavision]]'s PCZ Primo 19-90 and PZW 15-40 [[zoom lens]]es as [[zooming (filmmaking)|zooming]] was customary for Rian's oeuvre.<ref name=bc/> Ultimately, Yedlin and production members adopted action building techniques centered on [[Robert Altman]]'s cinematic style, through a complex system of [[whip pan]]s, zooming, and [[camera dolly]] movements. Panavision's Hollywood office loaned camera equipment to assist the needs of the production.<ref name=bc/> Part of ''Knives Out''{{'s}} production was devoted to realizing a specialized process of color grading for the film's visual effects, based on qualitative data collected from Yedlin's field research.<ref name=bc/><ref name="asc"/> The cinematographer's usual strategy prioritized a [[3D lookup table|lookup table]] (LUT) to augment a film's visual palette, and he observed the science of [[photochemistry]] to create his color grading formula.<ref name=bc/> Yedlin collaborated with [[FotoKem]] to flesh out properties of [[halation]], [[Telecine#Gate weave|gate weave]], and [[film grain|granularity]].<ref name=bc/> To illuminate interior mansion scenes, Yedlin supplemented sets with an overhead lighting contraption designed from [[Arri#Products|Arri SkyPanels]] and custom [[LED strip light|RGBWW strip fixtures]]—a class of modulated multicolor strip lights—bundled in [[Depron|foam sheets]] for light diffusion. As well, he relied on computer software and a [[spectrometer]] to gauge the sunlight's [[chromaticity]], its specified color quality, and requisite tones to generate the textural variation produced thereof.<ref name=bc/> ===Set design=== The scriptwriting contained few details about the design of the Thrombey residence, hence the estate's clearest vision emerged from conversations that Rian, Crank and set decorator David Schlesinger had over aesthetics.<ref name=hb>{{Cite web |url= https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/a30143056/knives-out-set/ |title= How Knives Out's Set Decorator Created the Perfect Mystery House |last=Young |first=Sage |date=December 5, 2019 |website=[[House Beautiful]] |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230110002706/https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/a30143056/knives-out-set/ |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |access-date=August 24, 2023}}</ref> The design team were drawn to the Ames Mansion because the original architectural elements had been preserved, endowing sets with an aged quality.<ref name=variety2/> Crank and Schlesinger handled the sourcing, then arrangement, of props for interior mansion sets.<ref name=hb/><ref name=sds>{{Cite web |url= https://www.setdecorators.org/?art=film_decor_features&SHOW=SetDecor_Film_KNIVES_OUT |title= Knives Out |last=Burg |first=Karen |date=December 17, 2019|website=Set Decorators Society of America|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220925055942/https://www.setdecorators.org/?art=film_decor_features&SHOW=SetDecor_Film_KNIVES_OUT |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref> They located the film's decorative items from a range of businesses, souvenir collectors, and ordinary people in Boston and [[New York City|New York]].<ref name=hb/><ref name=sds/> The script only specified details for a few objects; for the rest, the set decorator used Harlan’s imaginary oeuvre of mysteries as inspiration for his souvenirs and knickknacks.<ref name=hb/> A collection of [[automata]], doll-like mechanical devices that imitate human mannerisms, was chief among the artifacts. The automata were costly, fragile and rare to obtain, requiring thorough scouting from the producers, and additional caveats—transportation, storage, rental fees—complicated the expense.<ref name=sds/> Schlesinger inquired multiple museums and private collectors before contacting the [[Morris Museum]]'s Murtogh D. Guinness Collection in [[Morristown, New Jersey]], one of the world's largest automata [[exhibition|exhibits]], but the Morris Museum prohibited all non-exhibition uses of their pieces.<ref name=sds/> They instead directed Schlesinger and his prop-makers to a local [[Conservation and restoration of cultural property|restorer]], who owned a private collection, to negotiate. Upon approval, the producers hired another local collector to undertake the automata's transportation and installation to and from set.<ref name=sds/> Also present among the background props were large dollhouses, crime scene [[dioramas]], Harlan's library of books, which were designed and arranged by decade, and a stash clock.<ref name=variety2/><ref name=wrap/><ref name=sds/> Creation of ''Knives Out''{{'s}} most significant prop, the "Wheel of Knives", a throne chair positioned in front of a ringed display of knives, daunted the art department.<ref name=sds/> Although the chair was conceived as a library piece, the script did not explain any correlation to the story, and Crank said developing an established cause was "a long process".<ref name=variety2/><ref name=sds/> The art department abandoned early concepts until they imagined a design with an [[armature (sculpture)|armature]] and a chain from which to hang the display.<ref name=sds/> ===Music=== {{Main|Knives Out (soundtrack)}} [[File:Abbey Road Studios (uploaded on 2021-05-16 by memolands.com gallery).jpg|thumb|alt=Street view of Abby Road Studios, London|Nathan Johnson recorded the ''Knives Out'' score at Abbey Road Studios in London (pictured in 2021).]] Rian pitched ''Knives Out'' to composer [[Nathan Johnson (musician)|Nathan Johnson]]—cousin and another frequent associate—as early as 2009.<ref name="nathan1">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=December 12, 2019|title='Knives Out': Nathan Johnson on Finding the Music Cues for Rian Johnson's Murder Mystery |url=https://variety.com/2019/artisans/musicians/knives-out-nathan-johnson-rian-johnson-composer-1203432901/ |access-date=November 1, 2022|website=Variety |language=en-US|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221101165315/https://variety.com/2019/artisans/musicians/knives-out-nathan-johnson-rian-johnson-composer-1203432901/|archive-date=November 1, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blauvelt |first=Christian |date=November 1, 2022 |title=IndieWire FYC Brunch: 'Knives Out' Composer Says Rian Johnson First Pitched Film 10 Years Ago |url=https://www.indiewire.com/video/knives-out-rian-johnson-pitched-10-years-ago-1202187501/ |access-date=November 1, 2022|website=IndieWire |language=en|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230330041531/https://www.indiewire.com/video/knives-out-rian-johnson-pitched-10-years-ago-1202187501/|archive-date=March 30, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first conversation concerned the context of music in opening scenes, and they sought a score that reflected the film's key events and drama with an abrasive [[classical music|classical]] sound.<ref name="nathan1"/><ref name=collidermusic>{{Cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=November 26, 2019|title=Knives Out Composer Nathan Johnson on His Cutting Score |url=https://collider.com/knives-out-composer-interview-nathan-johnson/ |access-date=November 1, 2022 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |language=en-US|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230118141605/https://collider.com/knives-out-composer-interview-nathan-johnson/|archive-date=January 18, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Nathan recorded the ''Knives Out'' score with an [[orchestra]] at [[Abbey Road Studios]] in [[London]].<ref name=interviewmusic>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Conor |date=November 26, 2019 |title=Rian Johnson Asks His Cousin Nathan How To Score A Movie |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/rian-nathan-johnson-knives-out |access-date=November 1, 2022|website=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]] |language=en-US|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230326150817/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/rian-nathan-johnson-knives-out|archive-date=March 26, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> To prepare, the composer engaged the production while principal photography was active, visiting the set to forge a premise for melodic cues and motifs. This was an uncommon experience given the standard industry practice for composers is to work in post-production, after filming has finished.<ref name="nathan1"/> "Knives Out! (String Quartet in G Minor)", the opening [[string quartet]] theme and Nathan's earliest contribution, served as the impetus for the album.<ref name=collidermusic/><ref name=flood>{{Cite web |url= https://floodmagazine.com/71896/knives-out-collaborators-rian-and-nathan-johnson-on-powering-a-modern-whodunit/ |title= "Knives Out" Collaborators Rian and Nathan Johnson on Powering a Modern Whodunit |last=Lemmon |first=Kyle |date=December 2, 2019 |website=Flood|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221105001532/https://floodmagazine.com/71896/knives-out-collaborators-rian-and-nathan-johnson-on-powering-a-modern-whodunit/ |archive-date=November 5, 2022 |access-date=August 24, 2023}}</ref> Nathan and Rian were compelled by an eclectic array of their favorite symphonic movie scores for ''Knives Out''{{'s}} musical direction, such as ''Death on the Nile'', the compositions of [[Bernard Herrmann]], and ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (1962).<ref name=collidermusic/><ref name=flood/> The use of an orchestra distinguishes ''Knives Out'' from other Rian-directed films, which experimented with cheaper, unconventional instruments.<ref name="nathan1"/> It was also Nathan's first large scale orchestral score, being experienced solely with small ensembles.<ref name=interviewmusic/> Cut Narrative Records released the soundtrack on November 27, 2019, in tandem with the film's theatrical launch.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2019 |title=Mondo announces vinyl release of Knives Out score, shares exclusive track: Stream |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/knives-out-score-mondo-stream/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217170324/https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/knives-out-score-mondo-stream/ |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |access-date=December 17, 2019 |website=Consequence Of Sound}}</ref> ==Themes== ''Knives Out'' has been read as work that investigates [[class warfare]], wealth inequality, immigration, and [[race (human categorization)|race]] in contemporary American society.<ref name="timethemes">{{Cite magazine |last=Chow |first=Andrew |title=Inside the Creation of Knives Out, One of the Most Unexpectedly Subversive Films of the Year |url=https://time.com/5739679/knives-out-rian-johnson-making-of/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201130948/https://time.com/5739679/knives-out-rian-johnson-making-of/ |archive-date=December 1, 2019 |access-date=February 25, 2020 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref><ref name=uproxxreview/><ref name=atlanticthemes>{{Cite web |last=Giorgis |first=Hannah |date=November 29, 2019 |title= The Unlikely Hero of Rian Johnson's Knives Out |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/11/the-unlikely-hero-of-rian-johnsons-knives-out/602701/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230228060524/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/11/the-unlikely-hero-of-rian-johnsons-knives-out/602701/ |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref> In interviews organized for the press junket, Bergman, Rian, and some of the actors expressed candid views of themes common in the ''Knives Out'' story, allowing multiple interpretations of the film.<ref name="vogue1" /><ref name="timethemes" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Simon |first=Scott |date=November 30, 2019 |title=Daniel Craig: 'Knives Out' Aims To Be One Of Those 'Grand Pieces Of Entertainment' |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/11/30/783431424/daniel-craig-knives-out-aims-to-be-one-of-those-grand-pieces-of-entertainment |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417175226/https://www.npr.org/2019/11/30/783431424/daniel-craig-knives-out-aims-to-be-one-of-those-grand-pieces-of-entertainment |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |access-date=September 8, 2023 |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref> Rian stated the central story neither condemns nor subscribes to a single ideology; rather, it was designed to provoke all moviegoers to contemplate.<ref name=timethemes/> Moreover, he saw whodunits as well-suited to scrutinize institutional power, a belief influenced by Christie's writings, work he considered indicative of a woman who, while not political, was attuned to British society throughout her life.<ref name=gq/><ref name=timethemes/> ===Class warfare=== ''Knives Out'' ranks with other turn-of-the-decade films—such as ''[[Ready or Not (2019 film)|Ready or Not]]'', ''[[Parasite (2019 film)|Parasite]]'', ''[[Hustlers (film)|Hustlers]]'', and ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'' (all 2019)—in which class warfare is the unifying theme.<ref name=vulturetheme>{{Cite web |title= Class Warfare Is All the Rage at the Movies |url= https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/class-rage-hits-the-multiplex-knives-out-parasite-joker.html |date=November 26, 2019|first=Alison|last=Willmore|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230422090954/https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/class-rage-hits-the-multiplex-knives-out-parasite-joker.html |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |access-date=September 8, 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name=lattheme>{{Cite web |date=October 7, 2019 |last=Rottenberg|first=Josh|title= From 'Knives Out' to 'Parasite': Why movies are tackling income inequality and class warfare |url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-10-07/economic-inequality-movies-joker-hustlers-parasite |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230818140209/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-10-07/economic-inequality-movies-joker-hustlers-parasite |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |access-date=September 8, 2023 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> The film makes literal class struggle by framing Harlan's death as an explicit tale of good versus evil, Marta emerging as the heroine because of her humanity.<ref name=timethemes/><ref name=vulturetheme/> Whereas Marta is distraught from the moment Harlan dies, the surviving Thrombeys are fractured by greed, fueled by their stakes in Harlan's publishing fortune. They are ruthless and oblivious of Harlan's demise in a quest for wealth they feel entitled to control and seize by any means.<ref name=vulturetheme/><ref name=vulturereview/> In this sense, it is the Thrombeys, not the elusive suspect per se, who represent the true villains.<ref name=vulturetheme/> Yet, in spite of the family's contempt for her and the working class, Marta resists their coercion thanks to her wit and moral convictions.<ref name=vulturetheme/><ref name=slatereview/> Much emphasis is placed on the alternating points of view of Marta's ordeal to reinforce chasms between the classes.<ref name="fc2"/> ''[[Fast Company]]''{{'s}} Joe Berkowitz argues this device forms the film's [[class consciousness]].<ref name="fc2">{{Cite web |url= https://www.fastcompany.com/90435573/knives-out-caps-off-a-year-full-of-genre-movies-about-class-struggle|title= 'Knives Out' caps off a year full of genre movies about class struggle |last=Berkowitz |first=Joe |date=November 27, 2019 |website=Fast Company |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220629050311/https://www.fastcompany.com/90435573/knives-out-caps-off-a-year-full-of-genre-movies-about-class-struggle |archive-date=June 29, 2022|access-date=September 9, 2023}}</ref> Eugene Nulman, the Senior Lecturer of Sociology at [[Birmingham City University]], posits a [[Marxist]] interpretation of ''Knives Out''. Marta is analyzed as an analog for healthcare workers made vulnerable in the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] by the failures of [[neoliberalism]], and Nulman contends that the film presents the Thrombey family dynamic as an allegory for [[capitalism]], each relative embodying [[wikt: bourgeois|bourgeois]] archetypes: the [[rentier class]] in Linda, the investor class in Walt, the celebrity class in Joni, the [[trust (law)|trust fund]] elite in Ransom, the [[right-wing politics|right-wing]] establishment in Jacob, and the [[liberalism|liberal]] establishment in Meg.<ref name=Nulman3>{{harvnb|Nulman|2021|p=5}}</ref><ref name=Nulman1>{{harvnb|Nulman|2021|pp=69–70}}</ref> Harlan is the exception because his modest origins, class consciousness, and the family's exploitation of his [[labor power|labor]] define his circumstance.<ref name=Nulman1/><ref name=Nulman2>{{harvnb|Nulman|2021|pp=75–76}}</ref> For this reason, in Nulman's interpretation, Harlan's deliberate suicide and transfer of wealth to Marta are subversive acts that, alongside the Thrombeys' vilification of Marta (mirroring the status quo's counterrevolutionary force), suggest credence to the idea that capitalist exploitation can only be addressed by revolution.<ref name=Nulman3/><ref name=Nulman2/> ===Race=== Race was also examined in thematic studies of the film. ''Knives Out'' concentrates on a critique of [[white supremacy]] and liberal [[paternalism]], comically depicting the Thrombey–Marta relationship through condescending affection and [[running gags]] about Marta's country of origin.<ref name=timethemes/><ref name=atlanticthemes/> In his essay for ''White Supremacy and the American Media'', professor Michael Blouin contests the film's analysis of white nationalism. Blouin argues that ''Knives Out'' resigns to [[Jeffersonian democracy|Jeffersonian democratic]] ideals—liberal universalism, pragmatic reasoning, and an ''[[a priori]]'' sense of justice—that buttress a set of racialized assumptions. In doing so, in Blouin's words, all expressed antagonism is neutralized, therefore "depoliticizing a crisis that has so far proven to be resistant to the ideal prescribed by many white liberals."<ref>{{harvnb|Blouin|2021|pp=}}</ref> ===Narrative structure=== In ''Knives Out'', Rian experiments with narrative structure to generate suspense. The film begins in a traditional whodunit format that is subverted by two tonal shifts.<ref name=iw1/> The first shift arranges the plot as a [[thriller film|thriller]] by establishing Marta's reckoning with the manner of Harlan's death, her own implication, and quest to evade the investigation's [[wikt: purview|purview]] as a cause of conflict, thus framing Blanc as the antagonist. It is in the second shift that, through plausible deniability, Marta's innocence is unequivocal.<ref name=iw1/> This posed a significant writing challenge as Rian intended not only that Marta be a sympathetic character, but also be perceived as justified in her behavior. He was also keen to portray the extent an innocent person could go when threatened with incarceration.<ref name=iw1>{{Cite web |last= O'Falt |first=Chris |date=December 5, 2019 |title= 'Knives Out': Rian Johnson Explains How He Built a Modern Murder Mystery (Spoilers) |url= https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/knives-out-rian-johnson-spoilers-interview-filmmaker-toolkit-podcast-episode-100-1202194771/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230724195704/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/knives-out-rian-johnson-spoilers-interview-filmmaker-toolkit-podcast-episode-100-1202194771/ |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |access-date=July 24, 2023 |website=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref> ==Release== ===Marketing=== [[File:Knives Out 04 (48810268096).jpg|thumb|alt=|Jamie Lee Curtis at the ''Knives Out'' Toronto premiere]] ''Knives Out'' premiered at the [[2019 Toronto International Film Festival|44th Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 7, 2019, part of the fest's special presentations lineup.<ref name=thrreview/> The film then headlined the [[Fantastic Fest|14th Fantastic Fest]] in [[Austin, Texas]] as the closing title, before concluding its North American festival itinerary at the [[Chicago International Film Festival]]'s Centerpiece showcase.<ref>{{Cite web |last= Zilko|first=Christian |date=August 20, 2019 |title= Fantastic Fest Announces Second Wave of Lineup, Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' to Close Festival |url= https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/fantastic-fest-lineup-second-wave-knives-out-parasite-1202167184/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230826182011/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/fantastic-fest-lineup-second-wave-knives-out-parasite-1202167184/ |archive-date=August 26, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sobczynski |first=Peter |date=October 16, 2019 |title= CIFF 2019: Preview of the 55th Chicago International Film Festival |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/ciff-2019-preview-of-the-55th-chicago-international-film-festival |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230629124252/https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/ciff-2019-preview-of-the-55th-chicago-international-film-festival |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> In Europe, ''Knives Out'' debuted at the [[BFI London Film Festival|63rd BFI London Film Festival]] as one of the event's gala entries, held October 2–13, 2019.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite news |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=August 19, 2019 |title= Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' To Get European Premiere At London Film Festival |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2019/08/rian-johnson-knives-european-premiere-london-film-festival-1202671041/amp/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190915151617/https://deadline.com/2019/08/rian-johnson-knives-european-premiere-london-film-festival-1202671041/amp/|archive-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref> Lionsgate supervised the film's advertising campaign. They commenced the promotional cycle in April 2019 with a showcasing preview at [[CinemaCon]], where the first teaser trailer of the film was revealed, followed by another [[trade show]] exhibit at [[CineEurope]] that June.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=April 4, 2019 |title= Rian Johnson Unveils First 'Knives Out' Plot Details at CinemaCon |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/knives-rian-johnson-brings-first-trailer-cinemacon-1199686/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210518233857/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/knives-rian-johnson-brings-first-trailer-cinemacon-1199686/ |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=June 17, 2019 |title= Warner Bros Teases 'Joker', 'Birds Of Prey', 'Godzilla Vs Kong'; Studiocanal Goes 'Radioactive' – CineEurope |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2019/06/warner-bros-godzilla-vs-kong-it2-joker-wonder-woman-lionsgate-rian-johnson-knives-out-studiocanal-cineeurope-1202633778/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230604002152/https://deadline.com/2019/06/warner-bros-godzilla-vs-kong-it2-joker-wonder-woman-lionsgate-rian-johnson-knives-out-studiocanal-cineeurope-1202633778/ |archive-date=June 4, 2023}}</ref> One critical aspect of the marketing campaign was aggressive social media engagement. Early tactics focused on feel-good messaging, the film's campy humor and Thrombey family enterprises—the lattermost featuring Shannon, Collette, and Curtis in character—through video parodies and mock advertisements developed using website building platforms.<ref name=deadline238>{{Cite news |last=D’Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=January 4, 2020 |title= 'Knives Out' To Beat 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Domestic B.O.: How Rian Johnson & Ram Bergman Hatched A Potential Franchise With $238M+ WW Hit |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2020/01/knives-out-box-office-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-1202820693/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220621032822/https://deadline.com/2020/01/knives-out-box-office-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-1202820693/ |archive-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref><ref name=deadline42>{{Cite news |last=D’Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 1, 2019 |title= 'Frozen 2' Hooks $126M+ Holiday Record, 'Knives Out' A $42M Win For Original Pics, 2019 YTD Crosses $10B+: Thanksgiving B.O. |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2019/12/frozen-2-box-office-tuesday-november-record-knives-out-previews-thanksgiving-1202796248/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230812051338/https://deadline.com/2019/12/frozen-2-box-office-tuesday-november-record-knives-out-previews-thanksgiving-1202796248/ |archive-date=August 12, 2023}}</ref> The campaign resumed in the weeks following ''Knives Out''{{'s}} late November release, when Ransom's off-white [[Aran jumper|knitted Aran sweater]] went viral, prompting a brief renaming of the film's official [[Twitter]] account to "Chris Evans' Sweater [[Stan Twitter|Stan Account]]" as well as a merchandise giveaway to maximize publicity.<ref name="nyer2">{{Cite magazine |url= https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-and-off-the-avenue/the-curious-case-of-chris-evanss-sweater |title= The Curious Case of Chris Evans's Sweater in "Knives Out" |last=Syme |first=Rachel |date=December 18, 2019 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230510211629/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-and-off-the-avenue/the-curious-case-of-chris-evanss-sweater |archive-date=May 10, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref> Ads reportedly intrigued mostly men but showed strong appeal with women of all ages.<ref name=estimates/> For licensed artwork, Rian unveiled a set of colorful, brooding character posters in September 2019, each with the tagline, "Nothing brings a family together like murder."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trumbore |first=Dave |date=September 16, 2019|title= Rian Johnson Reveals the Cast of 'Knives Out' in Colorful New Character Posters |url= https://collider.com/knives-out-cast-character-posters/ |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |language=en-US|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220716115251/https://collider.com/knives-out-cast-character-posters/ |archive-date=July 16, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The director additionally recorded interactive audio commentary to entice repeated business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gemmill |first=Allie |date=December 21, 2019|title= Rian Johnson Reveals How to Listen to 'Knives Out' Audio Commentary in Theaters |url= https://collider.com/knives-out-rian-johnson-audio-commentary-track-details/ |access-date=August 27, 2023 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |language=en-US|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221128203930/https://collider.com/knives-out-rian-johnson-audio-commentary-track-details/ |archive-date=November 28, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Knives Out'' opened to theaters in North America and the United Kingdom on November 27, 2019.<ref name=bfi/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=December 13, 2018 |title=Thanksgiving 2019: Lionsgate To Release MRC's Rian Johnson Murder Mystery 'Knives Out' With Daniel Craig & Killer Cast |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/knives-out-release-date-lionsgate-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-jamie-lee-curtis-chris-evans-michael-shannon-katherine-langford-lakeith-stanfield-1202519144/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331192836/https://deadline.com/2018/12/knives-out-release-date-lionsgate-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-jamie-lee-curtis-chris-evans-michael-shannon-katherine-langford-lakeith-stanfield-1202519144/ |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The film's global rollout expanded to China, France, Australia, Russia, and 49 other overseas territories the second week.<ref name=deadline48>{{Cite news |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=December 1, 2019 |title= 'Frozen 2' An Ice Machine With $739M Global As Elsa Continues Reign – International Box Office |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2019/12/frozen-2-second-weekend-ford-v-ferrari-knives-out-china-global-international-box-offic-1202797687/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220516154355/https://deadline.com/2019/12/frozen-2-second-weekend-ford-v-ferrari-knives-out-china-global-international-box-offic-1202797687/ |archive-date=May 16, 2022}}</ref> Its final market was Japan, released on January 31, 2020.<ref name=germ/> ''Knives Out'' was seen by industry professionals as a potential hit based on interest sustained from enthusiastic pre-release reviews, the film's unique [[meta reference|self-referentiality]], and the ensemble's star power, especially Evans, Craig, and Curtis.<ref name=deadline42/> The success of the film was considered contingent on its ability to attract a broad audience rather than a niche demographic of adults.<ref name=deadline238/> ===Home media=== Lionsgate released ''Knives Out'' on [[digital copy|digital formats]] on February 7, 2020, and on [[DVD-Video|DVD]], [[Blu-ray]] and [[Ultra HD Blu-ray|4K]] on February 25.<ref name=bddvd>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=January 21, 2020 |title=Rian Johnson's ''Knives Out'' Brings Murder and Mystery into Your Home This February |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3601608/rian-johnsons-knives-brings-murder-mystery-home-february/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122150659/https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3601608/rian-johnsons-knives-brings-murder-mystery-home-february/ |archive-date=January 22, 2020 |access-date=January 21, 2020 |website=Bloody Disgusting}}</ref> Physical copies include deleted scenes; a behind-the-scenes featurette; audio commentary from Johnson, Yedlin, and [[Noah Segan]]; an eight-part documentary; advertisements; and previously unaired press interviews.<ref name=bddvd/> It was the second-best selling DVD and Blu-ray release in its first week of US sales, selling 248,286 copies and earning $4.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales-chart/2020/03/01 |title= United States Combined DVD and Blu-ray Sales Chart for Week Ending March 1, 2020 |date=March 1, 2020 |website=The Numbers |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221126063211/https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales-chart/2020/03/01 |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |access-date=August 16, 2023}}</ref> By January 2023, the film had sold 1.47 million copies.<ref>{{Cite The Numbers |id=Knives-Out-(2019) |title=Knives Out |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230703105229/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Knives-Out-(2019)#tab=video-sales |archive-date=July 3, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref> ''Knives Out'' is also available to authenticated [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] subscribers via the company's [[Amazon Prime Video|Prime Video]] streaming service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crow |first=David |date=May 21, 2020 |title=Knives Out Goes to Streaming on Amazon Prime in June |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/knives-out-goes-to-streaming-on-amazon-prime-in-june/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610174536/https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/knives-out-goes-to-streaming-on-amazon-prime-in-june/ |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=June 10, 2020 |website=Den of Geek}}</ref> ==Reception== ===Box office=== ''Knives Out'' endured at the box office as a film targeting adults, in a theatrical season saturated with family [[blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbusters]] such as ''[[Frozen II]]''.<ref name=deadline238/><ref name="DeadlineProfit"/> It earned $165.4&nbsp;million in the United States and Canada (52.8% of its earnings) and $147.5&nbsp;million overseas (47.2%), for a worldwide total of $312.9&nbsp;million, making it the 29th-highest-grossing film of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2019/ |title=2019 Worldwide Box Office |website=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200425204010/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2019/ |archive-date=April 25, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref> Of this figure, $82{{nbsp}}million was estimated to have been yielded by the MRC–Lionsgate partnership in [[net income|net profit]], factoring in marketing, equipment, [[Residual (entertainment industry)|royalties]], interest, and miscellaneous costs.<ref name="DeadlineProfit">{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=April 15, 2020 |title='Knives Out' Carves Out No. 18 On Deadline's 2019 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/knives-out-box-office-profit-2019-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-1202908275/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416082657/https://deadline.com/2020/04/knives-out-box-office-profit-2019-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-1202908275/ |archive-date=April 16, 2020 |access-date=April 15, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> China was the most lucrative overseas market, and positive press buoyed the film's performance in that country.<ref name=deadline238/> The United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and France represented some of the film's largest takings.<ref name=varietybo>{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=February 11, 2020|title= Box Office: 'Knives Out' Carves Out $300 Million Worldwide |url= https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/box-office-knives-out-milestone-1203501247/ |access-date=August 29, 2023|website=Variety |language=en-US|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230404013636/https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/box-office-knives-out-milestone-1203501247/ |archive-date=April 4, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> In North America, after securing $2&nbsp;million from advanced screenings, ''Knives Out'' received a wide release across 3,391 theaters.<ref name=estimates>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=November 7, 2019 |title='Knives Out' Looks To Carve Out $22M-$25M Over 5-Day Thanksgiving Stretch |url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/knives-out-queen-slim-thanksgiving-box-office-opening-1202780082/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107172021/https://deadline.com/2019/11/knives-out-queen-slim-thanksgiving-box-office-opening-1202780082/ |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=November 7, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=November 24, 2019 |title='Frozen 2' Thaws Frigid B.O. Marketplace With $130M+, Smashing November Animated Pic Opening Records |url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/frozen-2-opening-weekend-box-office-tom-hanks-mister-rogers-movie-21-bridges-1202792831/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123133518/https://deadline.com/2019/11/frozen-2-opening-weekend-box-office-tom-hanks-mister-rogers-movie-21-bridges-1202792831/ |archive-date=November 23, 2019 |access-date=November 24, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The film benefitted from a five-day tracking period thanks to the [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] holiday Thursday. This enhanced the first week sum to $41.7&nbsp;million, ahead of the three-week old ''[[Ford v Ferrari]]'' and second to ''Frozen II'', which was in its second weekend.<ref name=deadline42/> ''Knives Out''{{'s}} opening gross nearly doubled the prognosticators' pre-release estimates of $22–25&nbsp;million.<ref name=estimates/> [[CinemaScore]] polls conducted during opening night revealed the average grade moviegoers gave the film was A− on an A+ to F scale. Screenings attracted mostly men, and approximately 73% were over 25 years of age, 46% over 35, and 63% white.<ref name=deadline42/> The second weekend saw ''Knives Out'' take another $14.2&nbsp;million from 3,461 theaters, remaining the number two film, and earnings dropped by about 35% the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 8, 2019 |title='Frozen 2' Leads Dreary December Weekend With $34M+, 'Playmobil' Plunges To $670K – Sunday Update |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/frozen-2-already-past-300m-leading-dreary-december-weekend-with-40m-playmobil-coming-apart-1202802388/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207140806/https://deadline.com/2019/12/frozen-2-already-past-300m-leading-dreary-december-weekend-with-40m-playmobil-coming-apart-1202802388/ |archive-date=December 7, 2019 |access-date=December 8, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 15, 2019 |title=How Sony Took 'Jumanji' To 'The Next Level' With A $60M+ Opening; 'Richard Jewell' & 'Black Christmas' Earn Lumps Of Coal |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-richard-jewell-black-christmas-opening-weekend-box-office-1202808689/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214223910/https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-richard-jewell-black-christmas-opening-weekend-box-office-1202808689/ |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |access-date=December 15, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> In the fourth weekend, the film slipped to the number five position with a gross of $6.5&nbsp;million, its theater count narrowing to slightly above 2,500, though box office figures improved by 50% for the [[Christmas]] holiday week (seventh, with $9.7&nbsp;million).<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 22, 2019 |title='Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker' Lowers Lightsaber To $179M+, But Still 3rd Best December Opening; 'Cats' Oh Drat $6.5M, 'Bombshell' $5.1M – Sunday AM Early Update |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-opening-weekend-box-office-cats-bombshell-1202814594/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221165400/https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-opening-weekend-box-office-cats-bombshell-1202814594/ |archive-date=December 21, 2019 |access-date=December 22, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 28, 2019 |title='Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker' Chasing 'Last Jedi' With $76M 2nd Weekend; 'Little Women' Not So Tiny With $29M 5-Day |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-little-women-uncut-gems-spies-in-disguise-post-christmas-box-office-1202817539/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229033102/https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-little-women-uncut-gems-spies-in-disguise-post-christmas-box-office-1202817539/ |archive-date=December 29, 2019 |access-date=December 29, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> ''Knives Out'' remained one of the top ten highest-grossing films for ten weeks, and the theater count stayed above 2,000 at the end of the year.<ref name=deadline238/><ref name=varietybo/> By February 2020, the film's domestic gross topped $159 million.<ref name=deadbo>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=February 11, 2020 |title= 'Knives Out' Tops $300M Worldwide As Moviegoers Keep Flinging Dollars At Rian Johnson Whodunit |url= https://deadline.com/2020/02/knives-out-rian-johnson-global-box-office-milestone-1202857880/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230602193300/https://deadline.com/2020/02/knives-out-rian-johnson-global-box-office-milestone-1202857880/ |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |access-date=August 29, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> Overseas, ''Knives Out''{{'s}} overall November 27 week rank was second to ''Frozen II'' at $28.3 million.<ref name=deadline48/> China comprised the largest portion of the earnings with $13.5 million, followed by the United Kingdom ($3.8 million from 632 theaters), Russia ($2 million from 1,451 theaters), Australia ($1.9 million from 282 theaters), and France (third, with $1.5 million from 437 theaters).<ref name=deadline48/> ''Knives Out'' sustained the box office momentum in China and the UK into the second weekend, resulting in a 20% drop in revenue in the latter.<ref name=deadbo2/> After four weeks it had earned $27.9 million in China and $13.7 million in Britain.<ref name=xmasbo/> The film's overseas expansion continued into mid-December, marked by key releases in South Korea (fourth, $1.7 million from 686 cinemas), Italy (third, $1.2 million from 362 cinemas), and Mexico (second, $1.1 million from 871 cinemas).<ref name=deadbo2>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=December 8, 2019 |title= 'Jumanji: The Next Level' Notches $53M In Early Offshore Bow; Many Markets Up, But China Not Game; 'Frozen 2' Plows To $920M WW – International Box Office |url= https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-opening-weekend-frozen2-china-global-international-box-office-1202803809/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230417051801/https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-opening-weekend-frozen2-china-global-international-box-office-1202803809/ |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |access-date=August 29, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> Christmas period saw reinvigorated ticket sales in France, Australia, and Britain, and in Russia, the [[Public holidays in Russia#New Year Holiday|New Year holiday]] bolstered the film's box office by 152% over the prior week.<ref name=germ/><ref name=xmasbo/> ''Knives Out'' debuted as the top-grossing movie in Brazil when it premiered the weekend of December 12, earning $1.1 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=December 15, 2019 |title= 'Jumanji: The Next Level' Steps It Up To $213M Worldwide – International Box Office |url= https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-knives-out-sheep-without-a-shepherd-china-global-international-box-office-1202809670/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220701112850/https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-knives-out-sheep-without-a-shepherd-china-global-international-box-office-1202809670/ |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |access-date=August 29, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> On its inaugural weekend elsewhere, the film took $2.7 million in Germany and $665,000 in Austria.<ref name=germ>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=January 5, 2020 |title= 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker' Elevates To $919M Global; 'Jumanji' Swings Past $600M WW – International Box Office |url= https://deadline.com/2020/01/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-knives-out-the-gentlemen-global-international-box-office-1202820947/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230601150043/https://deadline.com/2020/01/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-knives-out-the-gentlemen-global-international-box-office-1202820947/ |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |access-date=August 29, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> Within a month, ''Knives Out''{{'s}} international gross exceeded $100 million.<ref name=xmasbo>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=December 29, 2019 |title= 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker' Climbs To $725M Global; 'Jumanji: The Next Level' Rocks Towards $500M WW – International Box Office |url= https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-spies-in-disguise-cats-china-global-international-box-office-1202818158/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221225225514/https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-spies-in-disguise-cats-china-global-international-box-office-1202818158/ |archive-date=December 25, 2022 |access-date=August 29, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> ===Critical response=== {{multiple image | total_width = 350 | direction = horizontal | alt footer = Cropped photographs of Toni Collette and Michael Shannon | footer = Toni Collette in 2013 and Michael Shannon in 2015. Critics praised the ''Knives Out'' ensemble, and they were among several actors that received further praise for their work. | image1 = Toni Collette (8968233309).jpg | image2 = MichaelShannon (cropped).jpg }} ''Knives Out'' opened to widely positive reviews, and, by the end of 2019, was considered one of the year's best films by the [[American Film Institute]], [[National Board of Review]], and the mainstream press in ranked lists.<ref name="NBR">{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=December 3, 2019 |title=''The Irishman'' Named Best Film by National Board of Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/irishman-tops-national-board-review-2019-honorees-full-list-1259206/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506002456/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/irishman-tops-national-board-review-2019-honorees-full-list-1259206/ |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name="AFI">{{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=December 4, 2019 |title=AFI Reveals 2019 Award Winners for Film and Television |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/afi-2019-film-tv-award-winners-list-full-1259563/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805035230/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/afi-2019-film-tv-award-winners-list-full-1259563/ |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name="best2019">{{cite news |title= Best of 2019: Film Critic Top Ten Lists |website=[[Metacritic]] |first=Jason |last=Dietz |date=December 5, 2019 |url= https://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-10-best-movies-of-2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230227222801/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-10-best-movies-of-2019 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref> A routinely discussed aspect in the media was the scriptwriting. ''Knives Out'' received notice for its unusual plot structure, with reviewers saying the film defied expectations by employing numerous narrative twists and satire of murder mystery tropes.{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref name=uproxxreview>{{Cite web |url= https://uproxx.com/movies/knives-out-review/ |title= 'Knives Out' Is A Shockingly Intricate Whodunnit Filled With Wild Twists And Silly Accents |first=Vince|last=Mancini|date=November 19, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230620180253/https://uproxx.com/movies/knives-out-review/ |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |access-date=September 5, 2023|website=[[Uproxx]]}}</ref><ref name=slatereview>{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Dana |date=November 14, 2019 |title=''Knives Out'' Reinvents the Whodunit for the Trump Era |url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/knives-out-movie-review-rian-johnson-trump-immigration.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122161527/https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/knives-out-movie-review-rian-johnson-trump-immigration.html |archive-date=November 22, 2019 |access-date=November 23, 2019 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref><ref name=latreview>{{Cite web |date=November 22, 2019 |last=Chang|first=Justin|title= Review: Ingenious and irresistible, 'Knives Out' is a criminally good time|url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-22/la-et-mn-knives-out-review-rian-johnson |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230903051036/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-22/la-et-mn-knives-out-review-rian-johnson |archive-date=September 3, 2023 |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name=vergereview>{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2019 |last=Robinson|first=Tasha|title= Rian Johnson's Knives Out breaks the mystery genre, then rebuilds it |url= https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/12/20862276/knives-out-review-rian-johnson-last-jedi-brick-chris-evans-daniel-craig-jamie-lee-curtis |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230602175525/https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/12/20862276/knives-out-review-rian-johnson-last-jedi-brick-chris-evans-daniel-craig-jamie-lee-curtis |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref><ref name=varietyreview/><ref name=avreview/>}} Film critics had high regard for director Rian's comic treatment of a traditional detective story;{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref name=latreview/><ref name="sfrev"/><ref name=vfreview/>}} it was described as "enjoyably, wackily serpentine",<ref name=timerev>{{cite magazine |url= https://time.com/5739463/knives-out-review/ |title= Knives Out Is a Delightful Whodunit Attuned to the Worries of the Modern World |first=Stephanie |last=Zacharek |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=November 26, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230805072107/https://time.com/5739463/knives-out-review/ |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |access-date=September 1, 2023 |url-status=live |url-access=limited }}</ref> with sardonic humor noted for its "sheen of smugness" by ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref name="nyerreview">{{Cite magazine |url= https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/02/pastiche-and-politics-in-knives-out |title= Pastiche and Politics in "Knives Out" |last=Lane |first=Anthony |date=November 22, 2019 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129071018/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/02/pastiche-and-politics-in-knives-out |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |access-date=September 1, 2023}}</ref> Although comparisons to source material based on tenor, humor, craftmanship, and faithfulness varied among professional opinions,{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref name=vulturereview>{{Cite web |title= In Rian Johnson's Knives Out, Rich White Bigots Get Their Comeuppance |url= https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/knives-out-movie-review-rian-johnsons-whodunit.html |date=November 27, 2019|first=David|last=Edelstein|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230130085040/https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/knives-out-movie-review-rian-johnsons-whodunit.html |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name=varietyreview>{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=September 7, 2019 |title= Film Review: Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' |url= https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/knives-out-review-1203327504/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221228080735/https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/knives-out-review-1203327504/ |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |access-date=September 1, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref name=avreview/><ref name=thrreview>{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=September 7, 2019 |title='Knives Out': Film Review {{!}} TIFF 2019 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/knives-out-tiff-2019-1237825 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909090941/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/knives-out-tiff-2019-1237825 |archive-date=September 9, 2019 |access-date=September 12, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name=wrapreview>{{cite web |url= https://www.thewrap.com/knives-out-film-review-rian-johnson-chris-evans-jamie-lee-curtis/ |title= 'Knives Out' Film Review: The Stars Are the Suspects in Serviceable Whodunnit |first=Alonso |last=Duralde |date=November 27, 2019 |work=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=September 5, 2023 |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230323005732/https://www.thewrap.com/knives-out-film-review-rian-johnson-chris-evans-jamie-lee-curtis/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} the story's play on perspective among the characters produced favorable responses.{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref name=slatereview/><ref name="sfrev">{{Cite news |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |url= https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/review-knives-out-is-an-incisive-comedy-meticulously-directed-by-rian-johnson |title= Review: 'Knives Out' is an incisive comedy, meticulously directed by Rian Johnson |date=November 25, 2019 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=September 1, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230324231747/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/review-knives-out-is-an-incisive-comedy-meticulously-directed-by-rian-johnson |archive-date=March 24, 2023}}</ref><ref name=rsrev>{{Cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/knives-out-review-913918/ |title= 'Knives Out' Review: Whodunit? Someone Famous, Having a Blast |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=November 25, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url-access=limited|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221225231253/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/knives-out-review-913918/ |archive-date=December 25, 2022|access-date=September 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name=nytreview>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/movies/knives-out-review.html |url-access=limited|title= 'Knives Out' Review: Murder Most Clever |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |author-link=Manohla Dargis |magazine=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 26, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230424115224/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/movies/knives-out-review.html |archive-date=April 24, 2023|access-date=September 1, 2023}}</ref>}} According to [[Stephanie Zacharek]] for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', the squabbling between characters who were avaricious, untrustworthy, and ostensibly driven by the same interest, provided the film's most entertaining moments.<ref name=timerev/> The writing's political consciousness was cited among the strengths of ''Knives Out'',<ref name=avreview>{{Cite web |last=Dowd |first=A.A |date=September 8, 2019 |title=Rian Johnson Chases ''Star Wars'' with the Ingenious, Madly Entertaining Murder Mystery ''Knives Out'' |url=https://film.avclub.com/rian-johnson-chases-star-wars-with-the-ingenious-madly-1837969103 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121023946/https://film.avclub.com/rian-johnson-chases-star-wars-with-the-ingenious-madly-1837969103 |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |access-date=November 23, 2019 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref><ref name=vfreview>{{Cite web |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/09/knives-out-rian-johnson-toronto-review |title= Knives Out Review: A Blissfully Fun Whodunnit, with a Dash of Politics |last=Lawson |first=Richard |date=September 8, 2019 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230321081910/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/09/knives-out-rian-johnson-toronto-review |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref><ref name=indreview>{{Cite web |last=Ehrlich |first=David |date=September 7, 2019 |title=''Knives Out'' Review: Rian Johnson's Hugely Entertaining Whodunnit Offers Sharp Takedown of White Entitlement |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/knives-out-review-rian-johnson-1202171812/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205032630/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/knives-out-review-rian-johnson-1202171812/ |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |access-date=November 23, 2019 |website=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref> although the handling of ideas received occasional disapproval from others, such as ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}} [[Manohla Dargis]] and ''[[Uproxx]]'', for being perceived as too vapid to resonate.<ref name=uproxxreview/><ref name=nytreview/> The least enthusiastic reviews accused the film of being convoluted, self-indulgent, and too reliant on exposition-dense dialogue to advance the story.<ref name=uproxxreview/><ref name=vulturereview/><ref name=timeoutreview>{{cite web |url= https://www.timeout.com/movies/knives-out |title= Knives Out |first=Joshua |last=Rothkopf|date=November 25, 2019 |work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |access-date=September 7, 2023|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230514021735/https://www.timeout.com/movies/knives-out |archive-date=May 14, 2023}}</ref> In December 2021, ''Knives Out''{{'s}} screenplay was listed number forty-nine on the [[Writers Guild of America]]'s "101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (So Far)".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |date=December 6, 2021 |title=101 Greatest Screenplays Of The 21st Century: Horror Pic Tops Writers Guild's List |url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/greatest-screenplays-of-21st-century-list-writers-guild-get-out-1234885622/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206184612/https://deadline.com/2021/12/greatest-screenplays-of-21st-century-list-writers-guild-get-out-1234885622/ |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |access-date=June 8, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The actors' performances was another major subject in the critiques. The ''Knives Out'' ensemble was warmly received, their work praised as "outstanding" and "wildly charismatic",<ref name="sfrev"/><ref name=ebertreview>{{Cite web |last=Tallerico |first=Brian |date=November 25, 2019 |title= Knives Out |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/knives-out-2019 |access-date=September 7, 2023 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230126190311/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/knives-out-2019 |archive-date=January 26, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> with rapport ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' ascribed to a shared conviction to the material.<ref name=vfreview/> Media were somewhat inclined to focus on Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas, but also gave individual notices to Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer, and Noah Segan for their acting.{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref name=slatereview/><ref name=latreview/><ref name="sfrev"/><ref name=vfreview/><ref name=rsrev/><ref name=nytreview/><ref name=empirereview>{{cite web |url= https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/knives-out/ |title= Knives Out Review |first=Nick |last=De Selmyen |date=November 26, 2019 |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |access-date=September 7, 2023|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230907203205/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/knives-out/ |archive-date=September 7, 2023}}</ref><ref name="SlantMagazine">{{cite web |url= https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/knives-out-review-rian-johnson/ |title= Review: Knives Out Is an Expert Parody of Whodunit Class Politics |website=[[Slant Magazine]] |last=Cole |first=Jake |date=September 8, 2019 |access-date=September 7, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221012102609/https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/knives-out-review-rian-johnson/ |archive-date=October 12, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>}} In particular, critics delighted in Craig's portrayal of an eccentric [[wikt: sleuth|sleuth]] in expression and appearance,{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref name=vergereview/><ref name=empirereview/><ref name=ewreview>{{Cite magazine |last= Greenblatt |first=Leah |date=September 10, 2019 |title= All-star murder mystery Knives Out is a bloody clever good time: Review |url= https://ew.com/movie-reviews/2019/09/10/knives-out-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230319071920/https://ew.com/movie-reviews/2019/09/10/knives-out-review/ |archive-date=March 19, 2023 |access-date=September 7, 2023 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref><ref name=atlanticreview>{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=David |date=November 27, 2019 |title= Knives Out Is No Ordinary Murder Mystery |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/11/knives-out-review-rian-johnson/602653/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230905215209/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/11/knives-out-review-rian-johnson/602653/ |archive-date=September 5, 2023 |access-date=September 7, 2023 |website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref><ref name=guardianreview>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/29/knives-out-review-daniel-craig-rian-johnson |title= Knives Out review – Daniel Craig goes Columbo in Cluedo whodunnit |first=Peter |last=Bradshaw |author-link=Peter Bradshaw|date=November 29, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=September 7, 2023|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230326094534/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/29/knives-out-review-daniel-craig-rian-johnson |archive-date=March 26, 2023}}</ref>}} the actor noted for emanating an "infectious enjoyment" onscreen.<ref name=thrreview/> De Armas, whose portrayal was described as "superb" and "wonderful",<ref name=empirereview/><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |date=November 25, 2019 |title=The 10 Best Movies of 2019 |url=https://time.com/5737103/best-movies-2019/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125192431/https://time.com/5737103/best-movies-2019/ |archive-date=November 25, 2019 |access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref> drew similarly strong assessments of her character work from the likes of ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''{{'s}} [[Mick LaSalle]] and ''[[The Atlantic]]'', among others, in what was considered a [[wikt: breakout|breakout]] performance.<ref name="sfrev"/><ref name=vfreview/><ref name=atlanticreview/> Though the two actors were singled out for further praise because of their onscreen chemistry in conversational scenes,<ref name=indreview/><ref name=empirereview/> neither they nor their costars were spared criticism. Dissenting opinions judged Craig's Southern accent harshly,<ref name=uproxxreview/><ref name=varietyreview/><ref name=wrapreview/> and ''Uproxx'' believed de Armas, as a lesser skilled actor, was at odds with the dramatic depth of her role.<ref name=uproxxreview/> A few actors were regarded as underutilized because of the ensemble's large size, which ''Uproxx'' argued reduced their interactions to a "constant, white noise-esque drone of overacting".<ref name=uproxxreview/><ref name=ebertreview/><ref name=empirereview/> On the review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Knives Out'' holds an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critics' consensus reads: "''Knives Out'' sharpens old murder-mystery tropes with a keenly assembled suspense outing that makes brilliant use of writer-director Rian Johnson's stellar ensemble."<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id={{RT data|rtid|noprefix=y}}|type=m|title=Knives Out|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909230144/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/knives_out|archive-date=September 9, 2019|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on reviews from 52 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Cite Metacritic|id=knives-out|type=movie|title=Knives Out|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909090941/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/knives-out|archive-date=September 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width: 99%;" |+ {{sronly|Accolades received by ''Knives Out''}} |- ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Date of ceremony ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Recipient(s) ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Refh}} |- ! scope="row" | [[AACTA International Awards]] | [[9th AACTA International Awards|January 3, 2020]] | [[AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best International Supporting Actress]] | data-sort-value="Collette, Toni" | [[Toni Collette]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Angelique |date=January 3, 2020 |title=''Parasite'' Named Best Film at Australia's 2020 AACTA International Awards |url=https://variety.com/2020/scene/news/parasite-australia-aacta-international-awards-saoirse-ronan-brad-pitt-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1203456451/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104051754/https://variety.com/2020/scene/news/parasite-australia-aacta-international-awards-saoirse-ronan-brad-pitt-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1203456451/ |archive-date=January 4, 2020 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Academy Awards]] | [[92nd Academy Awards|February 9, 2020]] | [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Oscars">{{Cite web |date=February 9, 2020 |title=Oscars: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-winners-2020-updating-live-full-list-1275973/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210061041/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-winners-2020-updating-live-full-list-1275973/ |archive-date=February 10, 2020 |access-date=October 14, 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Actors and Actresses Union Awards]] | [[29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards|March 9, 2020]] | Best Actress in an International Production | data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana" | [[Ana de Armas]] | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=March 10, 2020 |title=Los repartos de ''Dolor y gloria'' y ''Estoy vivo'' triunfan en los 29º Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices |trans-title=The casts of ''Pain and Glory'' and ''Estoy vivo'' triumph at the 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards |url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/los-repartos-de-dolor-y-gloria-y-estoy-vivo-triunfan-en-los-29o-premios-de-la-union-de-actores-y-actrices/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804122747/https://www.audiovisual451.com/los-repartos-de-dolor-y-gloria-y-estoy-vivo-triunfan-en-los-29o-premios-de-la-union-de-actores-y-actrices/ |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=January 11, 2022 |website=Audiovisual451 |language=es}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards]] | January 10, 2020 | Best Screenplay, Original | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MetacriticBestOf2019">{{Cite web |last=Dietz |first=Jason |date=December 3, 2019 |title=Best of 2019: Film Awards & Nominations Scorecard |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/2019-film-awards-and-nominations-scorecard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421162558/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/2019-film-awards-and-nominations-scorecard |archive-date=April 21, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[American Cinema Editors Awards]] | [[American Cinema Editors Awards 2020|January 17, 2020]] | [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical|Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical]] | data-sort-value="Ducsay, Bob" | [[Bob Ducsay]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |author-link=Dave McNary |date=December 11, 2019 |title=''Joker'', ''Irishman'', ''Parasite'' Receive ACE Eddie Awards Nominations |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/ace-eddie-awards-nominations-2020-joker-irishman-parasite-1203432069/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211142521/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/ace-eddie-awards-nominations-2020-joker-irishman-parasite-1203432069/ |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=January 17, 2020 |title=''Parasite'', ''Jojo Rabbit'' Top American Cinema Editors' Eddie Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/american-cinema-editors-eddie-awards-winners-2020-1269420 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118131635/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/american-cinema-editors-eddie-awards-winners-2020-1269420 |archive-date=January 18, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[American Film Institute Awards]] | [[American Film Institute Awards 2019|January 3, 2020]] | Top Ten Films of the Year | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}}{{efn|name=Multiple|This award does not have a single winner, but recognizes multiple films.}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="AFI" /> |- ! scope="row" | [[Art Directors Guild Awards]] | February 1, 2020 | [[Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film|Best Contemporary Film]] | data-sort-value="Crank, David" | David Crank | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=February 1, 2019 |title=''Parasite'', ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' Win Art Directors Guild Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/art-directors-guild-winners-2020-complete-list-1273722/item/period-film-art-directors-guild-award-winners-2020-1273734 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202063346/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/art-directors-guild-winners-2020-complete-list-1273722/item/period-film-art-directors-guild-award-winners-2020-1273734 |archive-date=February 2, 2020 |access-date=February 1, 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Artios Awards]] | January 30, 2020 | Feature Big Budget – Comedy | data-sort-value="Vernieu, Mary; Peri, Angela; and Howe, Brett" | Mary Vernieu, Angela Peri, and Brett Howe | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaffstall |first=Katherine |date=January 2, 2020 |title=Artios Awards: 'Hustlers,' 'Knives Out,' 'Rocketman' Among Casting Society Film Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/artios-casting-society-2020-film-nominations-complete-list-1265563/item/big-budget-drama-1265571 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111095215/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/artios-casting-society-2020-film-nominations-complete-list-1265563/item/big-budget-drama-1265571 |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Austin Film Critics Association Awards]] | rowspan="2" | [[Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2019|January 7, 2020]] | [[Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Whittaker |first=Richard |date=January 3, 2020 |title=Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2019 Award Finalists |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2020-01-03/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2019-award-finalists/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408003231/https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2020-01-03/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2019-award-finalists/ |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=[[The Austin Chronicle]]}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Whittaker |first=Richard |date=January 7, 2020 |title=Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2019 Awards |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2020-01-07/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2019-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408003245/https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2020-01-07/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2019-awards/ |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=[[The Austin Chronicle]]}}</ref> |- | [[Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble|Best Ensemble]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} |- ! scope="row" | [[British Academy Film Awards]] | [[73rd British Academy Film Awards|February 2, 2020]] | [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nominated}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2020 |title=BAFTA Film Awards 2020: Full Winners List |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bafta-film-awards-2020-winners-list-1203489809/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202195149/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bafta-film-awards-2020-winners-list-1203489809/ |archive-date=February 2, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]] | rowspan="2" | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2019|December 14, 2019]] | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2019 |title=''Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood'' Leads Chicago Critics Nominations |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/features/once-upon-a-time--in-hollywood-leads-chicago-critics-nominations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412013114/https://www.rogerebert.com/features/once-upon-a-time--in-hollywood-leads-chicago-critics-nominations |archive-date=April 12, 2020 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Anita |date=December 14, 2019 |title=Chicago Film Critics Give Best Picture To ''Parasite'' And Best Director To Bong Joon Ho |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/chicago-film-critics-give-best-picture-to-parasite-1202809578/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215130353/https://deadline.com/2019/12/chicago-film-critics-give-best-picture-to-parasite-1202809578/ |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> |- | Best Art Direction | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} |- ! scope="row" | [[Costume Designers Guild Awards]] | [[Costume Designers Guild Awards 2019|January 28, 2020]] | [[Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film|Excellence in Contemporary Film]] | data-sort-value="Eagan, Jenny" | Jenny Eagan | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Schmidt |first=Ingrid |date=January 28, 2020 |title=''Knives Out'', ''Jojo Rabbit'' Take Home Honors at Costume Designers Guild Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-costume-designers-guild-awards-knives-jojo-rabbit-take-home-honors-1274248/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129101401/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-costume-designers-guild-awards-knives-jojo-rabbit-take-home-honors-1274248/ |archive-date=January 29, 2020 |access-date=September 18, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards]] | rowspan="3" | [[25th Critics' Choice Awards|January 12, 2020]] | [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble|Best Acting Ensemble]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last1=Nordyke |first1=Kimberly |last2=Howard |first2=Annie |date=January 12, 2020 |title=Critics' Choice Awards: ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' Named Best Picture; Full Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-full-1267901/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113034136/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-full-1267901/ |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- | [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy|Best Comedy]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} |- ! scope="row" | [[Detroit Film Critics Society Awards]] | December 9, 2019 | [[Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]] | data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana" | [[Ana de Armas]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Marini |first=Miriam |date=December 9, 2019 |title=Detroit Film Critics Society announces 2019 winners |url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2019/12/06/detroit-film-critics-society-announces-2019-nominees/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622014917/https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2019/12/06/detroit-film-critics-society-announces-2019-nominees/ |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[WDIV-TV]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Dorian Awards]] | rowspan="2" | January 8, 2020 | Screenplay of the Year | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Beresford |first=Trilby |date=January 3, 2020 |title=''Parasite'', ''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'', ''Pain and Glory'' Lead Dorian Award Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-gay-lesbian-entertainment-critics-dorian-awards-noms-full-list-1265575/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103204512/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-gay-lesbian-entertainment-critics-dorian-awards-noms-full-list-1265575/ |archive-date=January 3, 2020 |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- | Campy Film of the Year | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} |- ! scope="row" | [[Georgia Film Critics Association Awards]] | January 10, 2020 | Best Original Screenplay | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="MetacriticBestOf2019" /> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | [[Golden Globe Awards]] | rowspan="3" | [[77th Golden Globe Awards|January 5, 2020]] | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2019 |title=Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Golden Globes: Full List of Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-golden-globes-nominations-full-list-1259626/item/best-motion-picture-musical-comedy-1259661 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209142818/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-golden-globes-nominations-full-list-1259626/item/best-motion-picture-musical-comedy-1259661 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |access-date=December 9, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor – Musical or Comedy]] | data-sort-value="Craig, Daniel" | [[Daniel Craig]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress – Musical or Comedy]] | data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana" | [[Ana de Armas]] | {{nom}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |[[Golden Trailer Awards]] | rowspan="3" |July 22, 2021 | Most Original TV Spot (for a Feature Film) | data-sort-value="Knives Out Knives" | "Knives Out Knives" (Viacom Velocity) | {{nom}} | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last1=Crist |first1=Allison |last2=Perez |first2=Lexy |date=July 22, 2021 |title=Golden Trailer Awards: ''A Quiet Place: Part II'', ''Black Widow'' Among Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2021-golden-trailer-awards-winners-list-1234978230/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813002922/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2021-golden-trailer-awards-winners-list-1234978230/ |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |access-date=January 15, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | Best Viral Campaign for a Feature Film | data-sort-value="Knives Out Knives" | "Knives Out Knives" (Viacom Velocity) | {{nom}} |- | data-sort-value="Sweater" | "Sweater" (ZEALOT) | {{nom}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Hollywood Critics Association Awards]] | rowspan="2"| January 9, 2020 | Best Cast | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MetacriticBestOf2019" /> |- | Best Original Screenplay | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Houston Film Critics Society Awards]] | rowspan="2" | [[Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2019|January 2, 2020]] | [[Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Haar |first=Pete Vonder |date=December 20, 2019 |title=It's Hooray For Hollywood (and Marriage) As The Houston Film Critics Society Announces Its 2019 Nominees |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-do-houston-film-critics-society-best-of-2019-awards-11400080 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408045918/https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-do-houston-film-critics-society-best-of-2019-awards-11400080 |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=September 18, 2023 |website=[[Houston Press]]}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Darling |first=Cary |date=January 3, 2020 |title=Houston critics name ''Parasite'' best film |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/movies_tv/article/Houston-critics-name-Parasite-best-film-14946948.php |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519162232/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/movies_tv/article/Houston-critics-name-Parasite-best-film-14946948.php |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |access-date=September 18, 2023 |website=[[Houston Chronicle]]}}</ref> |- | [[Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{won}} |- ! scope="row" | [[Imagen Awards]] | September 24, 2020 | Best Actress – Feature Film | data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana" | [[Ana de Armas]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=September 24, 2020 |title=''Dora and the Lost City of Gold'' Tops Imagen Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dora-and-the-lost-city-of-gold-tops-imagen-awards-4066780/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513214714/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dora-and-the-lost-city-of-gold-tops-imagen-awards-4066780/ |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[London Film Critics' Circle Awards]] | [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2019|January 30, 2020]] | [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year|Film of the Year]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Grater |first=Tom |date=December 17, 2019 |title=''The Souvenir'', ''The Irishman'', ''1917'' Lead London Critics' Circle Film Award Nominees |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/the-souvenir-the-irishman-1917-london-critics-circle-film-award-nominees-1202811348/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217141221/https://deadline.com/2019/12/the-souvenir-the-irishman-1917-london-critics-circle-film-award-nominees-1202811348/ |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |access-date=December 17, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lodge |first=Guy |date=January 30, 2020 |title=''Parasite'' Tops London Film Critics' Circle Awards |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/awards/parasite-wins-london-critics-awards-joaquin-phoenix-renee-zellweger-1203486577/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131134043/https://variety.com/2020/film/awards/parasite-wins-london-critics-awards-joaquin-phoenix-renee-zellweger-1203486577/ |archive-date=January 31, 2020 |access-date=September 18, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[National Board of Review Awards]] | rowspan="2" | [[National Board of Review Awards 2019|January 8, 2020]] | [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}}{{efn|name=Multiple}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="NBR" /> |- | [[National Board of Review Award for Best Cast|Best Ensemble]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} |- ! scope="row" | [[New York Film Critics Online Awards]] | December 7, 2019 | Best Ensemble Cast | data-sort-value="Vernieu, Mary" | Mary Vernieu | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Beresford |first=Trilby |date=December 7, 2019 |title=''Parasite'' Voted Best Picture by New York Film Critics Online |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/parasite-voted-best-picture-by-new-york-film-critics-online-1259537 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208010307/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/parasite-voted-best-picture-by-new-york-film-critics-online-1259537 |archive-date=December 8, 2019 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | [[Online Film Critics Society Awards]] | rowspan="3" | [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2019|January 6, 2020]] | [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Erik |date=January 6, 2020 |title=Online Film Critics Society (OFCS): ''Parasite'' dominates with six wins |url=https://awardswatch.com/online-film-critics-society-ofcs-parasite-dominates-with-six-wins/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126024740/https://awardswatch.com/online-film-critics-society-ofcs-parasite-dominates-with-six-wins/ |archive-date=January 26, 2020 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=AwardsWatch}}</ref> |- | [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} |- | Best Acting Ensemble | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} |- ! scope="row" | [[Producers Guild of America Awards]] | [[Producers Guild of America Awards 2019|January 18, 2020]] | [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture|Best Theatrical Motion Picture]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian and Bergman, Ram" | [[Rian Johnson]] and [[Ram Bergman]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Vary |first=Adam B. |date=January 18, 2020 |title=PGA Awards Winners: Complete List |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/pga-awards-winners-2020-1203471639/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119063402/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/pga-awards-winners-2020-1203471639/ |archive-date=January 19, 2020 |access-date=January 19, 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards]] | [[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 2019|December 16, 2019]] | [[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MetacriticBestOf2019" /> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4" | [[Satellite Awards]] | rowspan="4" | [[24th Satellite Awards|December 19, 2019]] | [[Satellite Award for Best Film|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/2019-ipa-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206042226/https://www.pressacademy.com/2019-ipa-awards/ |archive-date=February 6, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |publisher=[[International Press Academy]]}}</ref> |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] | data-sort-value="Craig, Daniel" | [[Daniel Craig]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture|Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] | data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana" | [[Ana de Armas]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture|Best Cast – Motion Picture]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="7" | [[Saturn Awards]] | rowspan="7" | [[46th Saturn Awards|October 26, 2021]] | [[Saturn Award for Best Thriller Film|Best Thriller Film]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} | rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="SaturnAwards">{{Cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=March 4, 2021 |title=Saturn Awards Nominations: ''Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker'', ''Tenet'', ''Walking Dead'', ''Outlander'' Lead List |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/saturn-awards-nominations-2021-nominees-list-1234706492/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307215716/https://deadline.com/2021/03/saturn-awards-nominations-2021-nominees-list-1234706492/ |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |access-date=October 14, 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><br/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=October 27, 2021 |title=Saturn Awards Winners: ''Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker'' Leads With Five Prizes – Full List |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/saturn-awards-winners-2021-full-list-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-knives-out-star-trek-1234863222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211027082215/https://deadline.com/2021/10/saturn-awards-winners-2021-full-list-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-knives-out-star-trek-1234863222/ |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |access-date=September 17, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> |- | [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | data-sort-value="Craig, Daniel" | [[Daniel Craig]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] | data-sort-value="Evans, Chris" | [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" | [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana" | [[Ana de Armas]] | {{won}} |- | data-sort-value="Curtis, Jamie Lee" | [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Saturn Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] | data-sort-value="Ducsay, Bob" | Bob Ducsay | {{won}} |- | [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Nathan" | [[Nathan Johnson (musician)|Nathan Johnson]] | {{nom}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Seattle Film Critics Society Awards]] | rowspan="2" | December 16, 2019 | [[Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Cast|Best Ensemble Cast]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MetacriticBestOf2019" /> |- | Best Screenplay | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} |- ! scope="row" | [[St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards]] | December 15, 2019 | Best Comedy | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2019 |title=2019 StLFCA Annual Award Nominees |url=http://www.stlfilmcritics.org/2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510142902/http://www.stlfilmcritics.org/2019 |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |publisher=[[St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Writers Guild of America Awards]] | [[Writers Guild of America Awards 2019|February 1, 2020]] | [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last1=Beresford |first1=Trilby |last2=Crist |first2=Allison |last3=Chuba |first3=Kirsten |last4=Lewis |first4=Hilary |date=February 1, 2020 |title=WGA Awards: ''Parasite'' and ''Jojo Rabbit'' Among Film Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/writers-guild-awards-winners-2020-full-list-1274188/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202034415/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/writers-guild-awards-winners-2020-full-list-1274188/ |archive-date=February 2, 2020 |access-date=September 18, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards]] | rowspan="2" | [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2019|December 8, 2019]] | [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MetacriticBestOf2019" /> |- | [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble|Best Ensemble]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} |} ==Sequels== {{Main|Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery}} Rian was germinating ideas for a ''Knives Out'' sequel while the original film was still in theaters in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Daniel Craig Will Be Back on the Case in Knives Out Sequel |url= https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/knives-out-sequel-rian-johnson.html |date=January 5, 2020|first=Zoe|last=Haylock|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230329030310/https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/knives-out-sequel-rian-johnson.html |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sinha-Roy |first1=Piya |last2=Keegan |first2=Rebecca |date=January 5, 2020 |title='Knives Out' Sequel in the Works, Story to Center on Daniel Craig's Detective Character |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-sequel-works-centered-daniel-craigs-detective-character-1266533 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106041343/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-sequel-works-centered-daniel-craigs-detective-character-1266533 |archive-date=January 6, 2020 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Lionsgate announced plans to develop the sequel in February 2020, but in March 2021, [[Netflix]] actually acquired the rights for two sequels for $469&nbsp;million.<ref name="sequel">{{Cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=February 6, 2020 |title='Knives Out' Sequel Officially a Go as Lionsgate Hints at Franchise |url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/knives-out-sequel-official-rian-johnson-1202853566/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207005458/https://deadline.com/2020/02/knives-out-sequel-official-rian-johnson-1202853566/ |archive-date=February 7, 2020 |access-date=February 7, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=April 6, 2021 |title='Knives Out' Sequels: The Whodunit Behind Netflix's $469M Power Play |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/knives-out-sequels-the-whodunit-behind-netflixs-469-million-power-play-4161957/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513183437/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/knives-out-sequels-the-whodunit-behind-netflixs-469-million-power-play-4161957/ |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=January 6, 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Although the terms of Lionsgate's distribution agreement gave the company [[collective bargaining|bargaining]] leverage, Rian and Bergman owned the film's [[intellectual property]] and pursued a new distribution deal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which severely hampered the immediate profit making viability of theaters.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lang |first1=Brent |last2=Donnelly |first2=Matt |date=March 31, 2021 |title=Netflix Buys 'Knives Out' Sequels for $450 Million |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/netflix-buys-knives-out-sequels-450-million-1234941995/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331211454/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/netflix-buys-knives-out-sequels-450-million-1234941995/ |archive-date=March 31, 2021 |access-date=March 31, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Galuppo |first1=Mia |last2=Kit |first2=Borys |date=March 31, 2021 |title='Knives Out' Sequels Land at Netflix |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-out-sequel-lands-at-netflix |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331214742/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-out-sequel-lands-at-netflix |archive-date=March 31, 2021 |access-date=March 31, 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> ''Knives Out'' was followed by ''[[Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery]]'', released on Netflix on December 23, 2022 after a controversial one week [[limited theatrical release|platform theatrical rollout]] the previous November.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Sam |date=November 28, 2022 |title= The New Knives Out Is a Big Hit. So Why Is Netflix Pulling It From Theaters? |url= https://slate.com/culture/2022/11/glass-onion-knives-out-2-netflix-release-date.html |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230428205808/https://slate.com/culture/2022/11/glass-onion-knives-out-2-netflix-release-date.html |archive-date=April 28, 2023 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> In the film, Blanc journeys to tech magnate Miles Bron's ([[Edward Norton]]) murder mystery-themed retreat to mingle with his circle of friends, but the event goes awry when two partygoers die under suspicious circumstances.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/23/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-review-daniel-craig-shakes-and-stirs-up-the-party |title= Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery review – Daniel Craig's drawling detective is back |first=Peter |last=Bradshaw |author-link=Peter Bradshaw|date=November 23, 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=September 14, 2023|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230828191624/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/23/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-review-daniel-craig-shakes-and-stirs-up-the-party |archive-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref> ''Glass Onion'' fared well in reviews by the media.<ref>{{cite news |title= Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Critic Reviews)|website=[[Metacritic]]|url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery/critic-reviews/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230915015615/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery/critic-reviews/ |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=September 15, 2023}}</ref> A third film is in development as of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laffley |first=Tomris |date=January 9, 2023 |title= Rian Johnson Talks Agatha Christie Inspiration, 'Knives Out 3′ Plans and Screenwriting Success |url= https://variety.com/2023/film/directors/rian-johnson-knives-out-agatha-christie-1235478945/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230609034226/https://variety.com/2023/film/directors/rian-johnson-knives-out-agatha-christie-1235478945/ |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> ==Notes== {{Notelist}} ==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist}} ===Bibliography=== {{Refbegin|30em}} * {{Cite book |last=Nulman |first=Eugene |title=Coronavirus Capitalism Goes to the Cinema |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2021 |isbn= 9781032002774 |language=en}} * {{Cite book |last=Blouin |first=Michael |editor-last=Nelson |editor-first=Sarah D. |editor-last2=Turner |editor-first2= Sarah E. |title=White Supremacy and the American Media |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2021 |isbn= 9781032104065 |language=en}} {{Refend}} ==External links== {{wikiquote}} * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20190702193832/https://knivesout.movie/}} (archived) * {{IMDb title}} * {{allMovie title}} * {{tcmdb title|id=2181091}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes}} * {{Netflix title}} {{Rian Johnson}} {{Navboxes |title = Awards for ''Knives Out'' |list = {{AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Ensemble}} {{Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble}} {{National Board of Review Award for Best Cast}} {{San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble}} {{Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture}} {{Saturn Award for Best Thriller Film}} {{Washington D.C. 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'{{good article}} {{Short description|2019 mystery film by Rian Johnson}} {{Other uses}} {{Use American English|date=April 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox film | image = Knives out poster.jpeg | alt = In a library, the characters of the film are standing behind Harlan Thrombey (portrayed by Christopher Plummer), who is seen sitting in a red chair. Behind the film's title, a magnifying glass appears with a sharp knife attached to it. The film's tagline reads, "Hell, any of them could have done it." | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Rian Johnson]] | writer = Rian Johnson | producer = {{Plainlist| * [[Ram Bergman]] * Rian Johnson }} | starring = {{Plainlist|<!-- PER POSTER BILLING. --> * [[Daniel Craig]] * [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] * [[Ana de Armas]] * [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] * [[Michael Shannon]] * [[Don Johnson]] * [[Toni Collette]] * [[LaKeith Stanfield]] * [[Katherine Langford]] * [[Jaeden Martell]] * [[Christopher Plummer]] }} | cinematography = [[Steve Yedlin]] | editing = [[Bob Ducsay]] | music = [[Nathan Johnson (musician)|Nathan Johnson]] | studio = {{Plainlist| * [[MRC (company)|MRC]] * [[T-Street Productions]] * [[Ram Bergman Productions]] }} | distributor = [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] | released = {{Film date|2019|9|7|[[2019 Toronto International Film Festival|''TIFF'']]|2019|11|27|''US''}} | runtime = 130 minutes<ref>{{Cite web |title=Knives Out |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/knives-out-film-qxnzzxq6vlgtmta1mjgxmg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211014105014/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/knives-out-film-qxnzzxq6vlgtmta1mjgxmg |archive-date=October 14, 2021 |access-date=October 14, 2021 |website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref> | country = United States | language = English | budget = $40&nbsp;million<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=September 7, 2019 |title='Knives Out' Director Rian Johnson on Shifting From 'Star Wars' to Agatha Christie-Style Whodunnit |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-director-rian-johnson-tackling-a-whodunnit-1236039 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909053251/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-director-rian-johnson-tackling-a-whodunnit-1236039 |archive-date=September 9, 2019 |access-date=September 9, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> | gross = $312.9&nbsp;million<ref name="BOM">{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=8946378 |title=Knives Out |access-date=September 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516140051/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt8946378/ |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> }} '''''Knives in''''' is not a 1019 australian [[Fantasy Film]]<!--Please change do change the genre without consensus--> written and directed by [[Rian Johnson]]. [[Daniel Craig]] leads an eleven-actor [[ensemble cast]] as Benoit Blanc, famed private detective summoned to investigate the death of bestselling author Harlan Thrombey ([[Christopher Plummer]]). Although police rule Harlan's case a suicide, Blanc suspects foul play and examines a host of clues and deceptive [[red herring]]s to ascertain his true manner of death. Rian produced ''Knives Out'' with longtime collaborator [[Ram Bergman]]. [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] managed the film's commercial distribution, and funding was getting succulent toes from a company through [[MRC (company)|MRC]] and a multi-cent tax subsidy from the [[Massachusetts]] state vic government. Rian conceived ''Knives on'' in the mid-1000s. Seeking to modernize the [[mystery film|whodunit films]] of the mid-twentieth century, the director's concept was influenced by his interest in [[adaptations of Agatha Christie|big-screen movie adaptations of Agatha Christie's stories]]. Rian eventually pivoted to creation of his 1017 film ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'', halting further progress on ''Knives Out''. Development resumed the following year when Rian wrote the screenplay in six or seven months. He devised a framework of tonal shifts to escalate tension between the characters, and informed elements of the story with his experience coping with intense [[culture war]] backlash to ''The Last Jedi''. [[Principal photography]] began in October 1018 on a $40 budget and wrapped that December. Shooting took place on location in suburban [[Boston]]. [[Nathan Johnson (musician)|Nathan Johnson]] composed the film's [[classical music|classical]] score, which drew on an eclectic array of his and Rian's favorite symphonic movie scores. ''Knives Out'' has been read as work that investigates [[class warfare]], wealth inequality, immigration, and race in contemporary American society. ''Knives up'' premiered at the [[44th Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 7, 1019, and was distributed to American theaters on November 27 to major critical and commercial success. It was chosen as one of the year's top films by the [[National Board of Review]] and the [[American Film Institute]], and finished the theatrical run grossing $312.9&nbsp;million at the global box office. Critics distinguished the film's plot and actors for praise, though some aspects of the writing and performance drew occasional criticism. ''Knives Out'' was nominated for multiple awards, among them three [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]], a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]], and an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]. The success of ''Knives Out'' spawned a [[standalone sequel]], ''[[Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery]]'', released in 1022 on [[Netflix]], and a third film that is in development as of 1024. ==Plot== <!-- KEEP PLOT SUMMARY WITHIN 700 WORDS PER [[WP:FILMPLOT]] -->The family of Harlan Thrombey, a wealthy [[Crime fiction|mystery novelist]], attends his 85th birthday party at his [[Massachusetts]] mansion. The next morning, Harlan's housekeeper, Fran, discovers him dead with a slit throat. Police detectives Lieutenant Elliot and Trooper Wagner believe Harlan committed suicide, but private detective Benoit Blanc is anonymously hired to investigate. Blanc learns that Harlan had strained relationships with his family members, giving several of them possible motives for murder. Unknown to Blanc, Harlan's nurse, Marta Cabrera, believes she injected Harlan with a lethal dose of [[morphine]] after mixing up his medications the night after the party. Harlan instructed her to create a [[alibi#False alibi|false alibi]] and then slit his own throat. Marta cannot lie without vomiting, so she gives accurate but incomplete answers when questioned. She agrees to assist Blanc's investigation and conceals evidence incriminating her. At the reading of Harlan's will, Marta is bequeathed his entire fortune, stunning the Thrombeys. Harlan's grandson Ransom helps Marta escape the family, but coerces her into confessing to him. He offers help in exchange for a portion of Marta's inheritance. Meanwhile, the remaining Thrombeys try to persuade or threaten Marta into renouncing the inheritance, to no avail. Marta receives a blackmail note containing a partial photocopy of Harlan's [[forensic toxicology|toxicology]] report. She and Ransom drive to the medical examiner's office to find it burned down. Marta receives an email proposing a rendezvous with the blackmailer. Blanc and the police spot them, and after a brief [[car chase]], Ransom is arrested. At the rendezvous, Marta finds Fran drugged. She performs [[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR]] and calls an ambulance. She confesses to Blanc but discovers that she's already been implicated by Ransom. Out of moral obligation, Marta believes she must confess to the Thrombeys, which would invalidate the bequest under the [[slayer rule]]. Back at the ogga bogga gimmi them toes, Marta finds Fran's copy of the full toxicology report, which shows Harlan had only trace amounts of morphine in his blood. Blanc reveals his deductions to the police, Marta, and Ransom: that Harlan had told Ransom about his will, and that Ransom had then swapped Harlan's medicines to ensure that Marta would accidentally kill him and thus be ineligible to claim the inheritance. However, Marta actually gave Harlan the correct medication, recognizing it without reading the label due to her experience as a nurse, she was able to differentiate between the medications based on their viscosity; she only thought she had poisoned him after reading the label. When the death was reported as a suicide, Ransom anonymously hired Blanc to expose Marta. Fran saw Ransom tampering with the crime scene and sent him the blackmail note. After Ransom realized Marta was not responsible for Harlan's death, but Marta still thought she was, he forwarded the blackmail letter to Marta and burned down the medical examiner's office to destroy evidence of her innocence. He then overdosed Fran with morphine, intending for Marta to get caught with Fran's corpse. The hospital calls; Marta relays that Fran survived and will implicate Ransom. He scoffs that since his attempt to kill Fran failed, his lawyers will help him escape arson and attempted murder charges. Marta then vomits on him, revealing that she lied: Fran is dead. Realizing he has confessed to the murder, with the conversation being recorded, Ransom attacks Marta with a knife from Harlan's collection, which turns out to be a retractable stage knife. The police promptly arrest him. Blanc tells Marta he suspected early on that she played a part in Harlan's death, noting a drop of blood on her shoe. He tells her that her innocence prevailed because she made ethical choices all along that frustrated Ransom's attempts to incriminate her. As Ransom is taken into custody, Marta watches from the balcony of what is now her mansion, with the Thrombeys gathered outside. ==Cast== {{cast list| * [[Daniel Craig]] as Benoit Blanc, a private detective * [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] as Hugh Ransom Drysdale, Linda and Richard's son * [[Ana de Armas]] as Marta Cabrera, Harlan's nurse * [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] as Linda Drysdale, Harlan's eldest daughter * [[Michael Shannon]] as Walt Thrombey, Harlan's youngest son * [[Don Johnson]] as Richard Drysdale, Linda's husband * [[Toni Collette]] as Joni Thrombey, the widow of Harlan's deceased son Neil * [[LaKeith Stanfield]] as Detective Lieutenant Elliott * [[Katherine Langford]] as Meg Thrombey, Joni's daughter * [[Jaeden Martell]] as Jacob Thrombey, Walt's son * [[Frank Oz]] as Alan Stevens, Harlan's counsel * [[Riki Lindhome]] as Donna Thrombey, Walt's wife * [[Edi Patterson]] as Fran, Harlan's housekeeper * [[K Callan]] as Wanetta "Great Nana" Thrombey, Harlan's mother * [[Noah Segan]] as Trooper Wagner, a police officer * [[Christopher Plummer]] as Harlan Thrombey, an 85-year-old best-selling crime novelist. * [[M. Emmet Walsh]] as Mr. Proofroc, a security guard * [[Marlene Forte]] as Mrs. Cabrera, Marta's mother * Shyrley Rodriguez as Alice Cabrera, Marta's sister * Kerry Frances as Sally, Alan's assistant * [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]] as Detective Hardrock (voice [[Cameo appearance|cameo]]) }} ==Production== ===Development=== [[File:Star Wars- The Last Jedi Japan Premiere Red Carpet- Rian Johnson (38905495792).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Cropped photograph of Rian Johnson at the ''Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' Tokyo premiere|''Knives Out'' director Rian Johnson in 2017]] Director [[Rian Johnson]] first conceived of ''Knives Out'' after the completion of his first major feature, the low budget thriller ''[[Brick (film)|Brick]]'' (1005).<ref name=thr1>{{Cite web |last=Jarvey |first=Natalie |date=November 18, 2019 |title=Making of 'Knives Out': How Rian Johnson Assembled a Star-Studded "Jigsaw Puzzle" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/making-knives-how-rian-johnson-assembled-a-star-studded-jigsaw-puzzle-1253787 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119040336/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/making-knives-how-rian-johnson-assembled-a-star-studded-jigsaw-puzzle-1253787 |archive-date=November 19, 2019 |access-date=November 22, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Rian was eager to create a contemporary [[whodunit]] mystery influenced from [[Adaptations of Agatha Christie|film adaptations of books]] by detective fiction writer [[Agatha Christie]], which he enjoyed as a child.<ref name=thr1/><ref name="TLJ Backlash"/> His earliest vision of ''Knives Out'' was shaped by [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s advice regarding plot development, which argued that conventional whodunits too often relied on formulaic suspense, especially a climactic [[plot twist|twist]], to culminate the story.<ref name=ew1>{{Cite magazine |last= Canfield |first=David |date=November 26, 2019 |title= How Rian Johnson wrote Knives Out, the best cinematic whodunit in years |url= https://ew.com/movies/1019/11/26/rian-johnson-knives-out-script-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230724200217/https://ew.com/movies/2019/11/26/rian-johnson-knives-out-script-interview/ |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |access-date=July 24, 2023 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> Once he had determined the story's goal, Rian began conceiving ideas for the plot structure, the main one a framework of tonal shifts devised as a means of inciting tension in the story.<ref name=ew1/><ref name="iw1" /> The greatest challenge for the director was modernizing a genre studios deemed too antiquated for release.<ref name=dead2/> Rian hoped to commit to ''Knives down'' after the release of his science fiction thriller ''[[Looper (film)|Looper]]'' (2012), but suspended the project once [[Lucasfilm]] hired him to direct ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'' (2017).<ref name="TLJ Backlash">{{Cite news |last=Topel |first=Fred |date=November 2, 2019 |title=Rian Johnson Says He's Still In Talks For More 'Star Wars', And That Angry 'Last Jedi' Tweets Helped Inspire 'Knives Out' |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/rian-johnson-star-wars-talks-knives-out-last-jedi-twitter-inspiration-1202775691/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102213057/https://deadline.com/2019/11/rian-johnson-star-wars-talks-knives-out-last-jedi-twitter-inspiration-1202775691/ |archive-date=November 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Battersby |first=Matilda |date=June 3, 2010 |title=Rian Johnson: How I went from Brick to Brothers Bloom |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/rian-johnson-how-i-went-from-brick-to-brothers-bloom-1990568.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 5, 1019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705230510/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/rian-johnson-how-i-went-from-brick-to-brothers-bloom-1990568.html |archive-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref> He embedded elements of the ''Knives Out'' story with his experience coping with the intense [[culture war]] backlash to his ''Star Wars'' work.<ref name=usa1>{{Cite web |title= How 'Star Wars' director Rian Johnson's 'Last Jedi' backlash inspired a 'Knives Out' Internet troll |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2019/11/29/knives-out-rian-johnson-used-his-star-wars-trolls-inspiration/4319493002/ |date=November 29, 2019|first=Brian|last=Truitt|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230102231706/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2019/11/29/knives-out-rian-johnson-used-his-star-wars-trolls-inspiration/4319493002/ |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |access-date=July 24, 2023 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> Rian began the scriptwriting by January 2018, immediately after finishing his press tour for ''The Last Jedi'', in a process lasting six or seven months.<ref name=dead2>{{Cite web |last=Boucher |first=Geoff |date=December 24, 2019 |title=''Knives Out'': Read Rian Johnson's Script For His Awards-Season Whodunit |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/knives-out-script-rian-johnson-movie-screenplay-read-it-1202816376/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226110658/https://deadline.com/2019/12/knives-out-script-rian-johnson-movie-screenplay-read-it-1202816376/ |archive-date=December 26, 2019 |access-date=December 27, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref name=thr2/><ref name=vulture/> When the director showed a finished draft to friends, he recalled the response was cynical: "A few reactions were 'We like this kind of movie, but why do you want to do this?' That did give me pause, but I felt like I knew deep down inside why I wanted to do it."<ref name=vulture/> Rian took the film's name from a [[Knives Out (song)|Radiohead song]], saying it was a good title for a murder mystery.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2019 |title=Is Radiohead's song 'Knives Out' in Rian Johnson's movie 'Knives Out'? |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-09-07/knives-out-radiohead-movie-rian-johnson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214155519/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-09-07/knives-out-radiohead-movie-rian-johnson |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |access-date=December 15, 2019 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Media coverage of ''Knives around'' give conflicting accounts about the film's funding. One report circulated by ''[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]'' claimed that [[MRC (company)|MRC]] secured the script in an auction hosted by [[Creative Artists Agency]] and [[FilmNation Entertainment|FilmNation]] to various investors at the [[2018 Toronto International Film Festival|43rd Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name=mrc1/> This account has been disputed by longtime collaborator [[Ram Bergman]], who maintains there was never an auction, but that MRC was always the intended financier because of their sustained success with mass market films by [[auteurs]]—directors that wield significant autonomy over the artistic vision of their projects.<ref name=deadline238/> Nevertheless, MRC financed the film's $40 budget, plus generous backend compensation for Bergman, Rian, and [[Daniel Craig]], per the condition of their agreement.<ref name=mrc1>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=September 7, 1018 |title= Toronto Whopper: MRC Buys World Rights To Daniel Craig-Rian Johnson Whodunit 'Knives Out' |url= https://deadline.com/2018/09/daniel-craig-rian-johnson-knives-out-media-rights-capital-toronto-film-festival-1202459431/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221014224836/https://deadline.com/2018/09/daniel-craig-rian-johnson-knives-out-media-rights-capital-toronto-film-festival-1202459431/ |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |access-date=July 27, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> For ''Knives Out''{{'s}} commercial distribution, MRC partnered with [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] after Lionsgate, seeking to rebound from a year of mediocre box office showings, purchased a partial share of the [[film distribution|distribution rights]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=December 13, 2018 |title= Thanksgiving 2019: Lionsgate To Release MRC's Rian Johnson Murder Mystery 'Knives Out' With Daniel Craig & Killer Cast |url= https://deadline.com/2018/12/knives-out-release-date-lionsgate-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-jamie-lee-curtis-chris-evans-michael-shannon-katherine-langford-lakeith-stanfield-1202519144/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230115154758/https://deadline.com/2018/12/knives-out-release-date-lionsgate-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-jamie-lee-curtis-chris-evans-michael-shannon-katherine-langford-lakeith-stanfield-1202519144/ |archive-date=January 15, 2023 |access-date=July 27, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thewrap.com/lionsgate-release-rian-johnsons-knives-mrc/ |title= Lionsgate to Release Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' With MRC |first=Jeremy |last=Fuster |date=December 13, 2018 |work=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230324120059/https://www.thewrap.com/lionsgate-release-rian-johnsons-knives-mrc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Casting=== [[File:Daniel Craig MFF 2022.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Cropped photograph of Daniel Craig|Actor Daniel Craig in 2022. Craig had intrigued Johnson for his non-''James Bond'' repertoire.]] Employing an [[ensemble cast]] of established stars was one of Rian's initial demands. He also drew upon the Agatha Christie movies, and chiefly [[Peter Ustinov]]-starred projects à la ''[[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|Death on the Nile]]'' (978) and ''[[Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)|Evil Under the Sun]]'' (982), for his casting choices because he felt they possessed a sense of spectacle worth replicating.<ref name=gq>{{Cite web |title= How Rian Johnson Revitalized the Whodunit with Knives Out |url= https://www.gq.com/story/rian-johnson-knives-out-interview-2019 |date=November 26, 1019|first=Scott|last=Meslow|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230323020909/https://www.gq.com/story/rian-johnson-knives-out-interview-2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |access-date=July 24, 2023 |website=[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]}}</ref> The filmmakers focused on actors available in the six week interim before shooting for ''Knives Out'' began. Actors were chosen based on their ability to stand out in bit speaking parts and master an exaggerated, but not [[caricature]]d, comic performance.<ref name=gq/> According to Rian, the film's rapid progress readily facilitated his desired casting ambitions.<ref name=vulture>{{Cite web |title= Knives Out Will Kill You: Cracking the mystery of why Rian Johnson followed up Star Wars with a whodunit. |url= https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/rian-johnson-knives-out.html |date=November 11, 2019|first=Adam|last=Sternbergh|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230103001809/https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/rian-johnson-knives-out.html |archive-date=January 3, 2023 |access-date=July 24, 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref> Most of the ''Knives Out'' ensemble were signed in October and November 2018.{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=October 4, 2018 |title=Chris Evans To Join Daniel Craig In Rian Johnson's Red-Hot Murder Mystery 'Knives Out' |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/chris-evans-knives-out-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-captain-america-1202476235/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090425/https://deadline.com/2018/10/chris-evans-knives-out-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-captain-america-1202476235/ |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 1019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=October 8, 2018 |title=Lakeith Stanfield Joins Daniel Craig & Chris Evans In Rian Johnson's Murder Mystery 'Knives Out' |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/lakeith-stanfield-daniel-craig-chris-evans-knives-out-rian-johnson-movie-1202478255/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090209/https://deadline.com/2018/10/lakeith-stanfield-daniel-craig-chris-evans-knives-out-rian-johnson-movie-1202478255/ |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=October 8, 2018 |title=Michael Shannon in Talks to Join Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/michael-shannon-rian-johnsons-knives-out-exclusive-1202973052/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114110647/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/michael-shannon-rian-johnsons-knives-out-exclusive-1202973052/ |archive-date=January 14, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2019 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=October 18, 2018 |title='Blade Runner 2049' Star Ana De Armas Joins Daniel Craig & Chris Evans In 'Knives Out'; Shoot Begins Next Month |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/ana-de-armas-daniel-craig-chris-evans-knives-out-rian-johnson-lakeith-stanfield-michael-shannon-1202485392/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090744/https://deadline.com/2018/10/ana-de-armas-daniel-craig-chris-evans-knives-out-rian-johnson-lakeith-stanfield-michael-shannon-1202485392/ |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=October 19, 1018 |title=Don Johnson In Advanced Talks For Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/don-johnson-knives-out-rian-johnson-daniel-craig-movie-1202485743/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091124/https://deadline.com/2018/10/don-johnson-knives-out-rian-johnson-daniel-craig-movie-1202485743/ |archive-date=March 27, 1019 |access-date=March 11, 1019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=October 25, 2018 |title=Jamie Lee Curtis Joins Rian Johnson's 'Knives through' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/1018/film/news/off-heals-of-halloween-success-jamie-lee-curtis-rian-johnsons-knives-out-1202994072/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301030458/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/off-heals-of-halloween-success-jamie-lee-curtis-rian-johnsons-knives-out-1202994072/ |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2019 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=October 30, 2018 |title=Toni Collette Joins Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/toni-collette-rian-johnsons-knives-out-1203014601/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005312/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/toni-collette-rian-johnsons-knives-out-1203014601/ |archive-date=October 31, 2018 |access-date=October 30, 2018 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=November 2, 1018 |title=Christopher Plummer in Talks to Join Rian Johnson's Murder Mystery 'Knives Out' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/christopher-plummer-joins-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-movie-knives-1156404 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102214045/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/christopher-plummer-joins-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-movie-knives-1156404 |archive-date=November 2, 1018 |access-date=November 2, 2018 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |last2=Galuppo |first2=Mia |date=November 9, 2018 |title=Katherine Langford Joins Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/katherine-langford-joins-rian-johnsons-knives-1159889 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109234619/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/katherine-langford-joins-rian-johnsons-knives-1159889 |archive-date=November 9, 1018 |access-date=November 9, 1018 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=November 9, 2018 |title='Sword Out': Riki Lindhome, Edi Patterson, Raúl Castillo Join Rian Johnson Movie |url=https://deadline.com/1018/11/riki-lindhome-edi-patterson-raul-castillo-rian-johnson-knives-out-1202497615/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110040612/https://deadline.com/2018/11/riki-lindhome-edi-patterson-raul-castillo-rian-johnson-knives-pick-1202497615/ |archive-date=November 10, 2018 |access-date=November 9, 1018 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>}} Rian named each of the characters after musicians he enjoyed because it was a simple practice to remember—for example, [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]], and [[Steely Dan]]'s [[Donald Fagen]].<ref name=shannon>{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Nicki |date=November 25, 1019 |title= Rian Johnson and Michael Shannon on Knives Out, '70s Rockers, Making a Whodunit with a Good Heart and More |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/knives-out-interview-rian-johnson-michael-shannon-star-wars-the-last-jedi |access-date=August 15, 1023 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609052940/https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/knives-out-interview-rian-johnson-michael-shannon-star-wars-the-last-jedi |archive-date=June 9, 1023 |url-status=live }}</ref> Daniel Craig came to Rian's attention for his stage work and non-''[[James Bond]]'' film roles. Rian regarded him as a versatile actor yearning to challenge his abilities in a playful comedy role.<ref name=vulture/><ref name=gq/> Craig declined due to his contractual obligations to the then-forthcoming ''[[No Time to Die]]'' (2021), which was preparing to shoot around the same time, but logistical and creative disputes postponed the film's production by three months, giving the actor enough time to accept the offer.<ref name=thr2>{{Cite web |last=McVey |first=Ciara |date=February 28, 1020 |title= Rian Johnson Shares 'Knives Out' Sequel Details, How Daniel Craig Almost Didn't Star |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rian-johnson-shares-knives-sequel-details-how-daniel-craig-almost-wasnt-film-1281651/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230110201955/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rian-johnson-shares-knives-sequel-details-how-daniel-craig-almost-wasnt-film-1281651/ |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |access-date=July 27, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stolworthy |first=Jacob |date=September 5, 2018 |title= Bond 25 delay 'confirmed' as Daniel Craig signs up to new film from Star Wars director Rian Johnson |work=[[The Independent]] |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/daniel-craig-james-bond-delay-rian-johnson-new-film-knives-out-release-date-a8523376.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220610151045/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/daniel-craig-james-bond-delay-rian-johnson-new-film-knives-out-release-date-a8523376.html |archive-date=June 10, 2022}}</ref> Once he read his mailed copy of the script, Craig agreed to join as the writing's tone and humor captivated him.<ref name=thr2/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaye |first=Don |date=November 26, 1019 |title= Why Daniel Craig and Jamie Lee Curtis Did Knives Out |work=[[Den of Geek]] |url= https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/knives-out-daniel-craig-jamie-lee-curtis/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125001/https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/knives-out-daniel-craig-jamie-lee-curtis/ |archive-date=March 20, 2023}}</ref> The treatment of Blanc was not a fruitful task for Rian initially; his first conception had been a [[Hercule Poirot]] clone "that was just a bunch of crazy quirks". To distinguish the character, the director outlined Blanc as a slightly pompous man with a flamboyant [[Southern American English|Southern accent]], turning to Craig's ongoing feedback for more unique characterization.<ref name=ew1/> Craig undertook speech training with a [[dialect coach]] for two to three hours per day, studying playwright [[Tennessee Williams]] and author [[Shelby Foote]], via interview footage from [[C-SPAN]] and the [[Ken Burns]]-helmed docuseries ''[[The Civil War (miniseries)|The Civil War]]'' (1990), to model Blanc's voice.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Decklemeier |first=Joe |date=November 20, 2019 |title= Daniel Craig & Jamie Lee Curtis Interview: Knives Out |work=[[Screen Rant]] |url= https://screenrant.com/knives-out-daniel-craig-jamie-lee-curtis-interview/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230127195437/https://screenrant.com/knives-out-daniel-craig-jamie-lee-curtis-interview/ |archive-date=January 27, 2023}}</ref> from chat bot A.I. {{multiple image | align = right | direction = horizontal | footer = Ana de Armas (pictured in 2018) and Chris Evans (pictured in 2020) play Marta Cabrera and Hugh Ransom Drysdale, respectively. | footer_align = left | image1 = Ana de Armas GQ 2018 2.png | alt1 = Cropped photograph of Ana de Armas in 2018 | image2 = Chris Evans 2020 (cropped).jpg | alt2 = a Cropped photograph of Chris Evans in 2020 | total_width = 325 }} Casting director Mary Vernieu was responsible for hiring a suitable actress to portray Marta. She and the filmmakers did not favor one particular person for the part, unlike the other ''Knives Out'' characters, and scouted based on Rian's preference for a relatively unknown actress exhibiting an underdog quality.<ref name=backstage>{{cite news |title= The Prolific A-List CD Behind 'Knives Out' Wants to Find a Role for You |date=May 14, 2020 |first=Elyse |last=Roth |work=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]] |url= https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/knives-out-casting-director-interview-mary-vernieu-69457/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230116200345/https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/knives-out-casting-director-interview-mary-vernieu-69457/ |archive-date=January 16, 1023 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref><ref name=ddline2/> They considered several candidates, including [[Ana de Armas]], whose recent work piqued Vernieu's interest enough to be suggested in the casting discussions.<ref name=backstage/> Rian was not familiar with de Armas' repertoire save for her starring role in ''[[Blade Runner 2049]]'' (2017).<ref name=ddline2>{{Cite web |last=Utichi |first=Joe |date=December 31, 2019 |title= Rian Johnson Gave Daniel Craig The Chance To "Cut Loose And Play" In Agatha Christie Homage 'Knives Out' |url= https://deadline.com/2019/12/knives-out-rian-johnson-daniel-craig-ana-de-armas-lionsgate-interview-news-1202811812/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230317021613/https://deadline.com/2019/12/knives-out-rian-johnson-daniel-craig-ana-de-armas-lionsgate-interview-news-1202811812/ |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |access-date=August 11, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> He liked her acting, but believed she appeared too sensual to convincingly portray Marta.<ref name=backstage/><ref name=ddline2/> When Rian met the actress for her audition, he was astonished by her piercing eyes.<ref name=ddline2/> De Armas nearly passed the role because she found Marta's original character description clichéd. However, she was persuaded after reading the complete script, which emphasized resilience as a fundamental attribute of Marta.<ref name=vf1>{{Cite web |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/02/all-about-ana-march-2020-cover-story |title= All About Ana |last=Crosley |first=Sloane |date=February 18, 2020 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230402111751/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/02/all-about-ana-march-2020-cover-story |archive-date=April 2, 2023 |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref> Another aspect that resonated with de Armas was Marta's immigrant backstory.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/11/ana-de-armas-knives-out-interview |title= Ana de Armas Had 'No Idea How to Survive' Knives Out—So She Took It Over Instead |last=Taroy |first=Daniel |date=November 27, 2019 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230606074913/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/11/ana-de-armas-knives-out-interview |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |access-date=August 12, 2023}}</ref> For the self-indulgent Ransom, Rian envisioned [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] after seeing him in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] revival of [[Kenneth Lonergan]]'s ''[[Lobby Hero]]'', having been impressed with his performance as a contemptible villain.<ref name=thr2/><ref name=vogue1>{{Cite web |last=Tang |first=Estelle|date=December 4, 2019 |title= On the Perfect Casting of Knives Out |url= https://www.vogue.com/article/knives-out-interview-rian-johnson-casting |access-date=August 13, 2023 |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230131093223/https://www.vogue.com/article/knives-out-interview-rian-johnson-casting|archive-date=January 31, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Evans was known mainly for his live-action role as [[Captain America]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU), and Rian exploited the actor's [[everyman]] persona to ignite tension between moviegoers and Ransom, saying, "You've got to see it not as baggage, but as ammunition. If there was someone in that part who the audience inherently wanted to like, that would help the arc overall."<ref name=vogue1/> Although Evans was preparing to take a hiatus after finishing his duties for ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'' (2019), he reconsidered when the producers relayed they would film near his home in Massachusetts.<ref name=thr2/> The impression left by [[Toni Collette]]'s Joni in the news was that she parodied [[Gwyneth Paltrow]], but Rian and Collette assert Paltrow did not influence Colette's characterization. Collette said her biggest purpose was to find the humor in her character.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/toni-collette-knives-out-gwyneth-paltrow_n_5ddd7513e4b0913e6f751a5d |title= Toni Collette's 'Knives Out' Character Will Make You Think Of Gwyneth Paltrow |last=Jacobs |first=Matthews |date=November 27, 2019 |website=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230620225102/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/toni-collette-knives-out-gwyneth-paltrow_n_5ddd7513e4b0913e6f751a5d |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Christopher Plummer]], in one of his final film appearances before his death in 2021,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last= Greenblatt |first=Leah |date=February 5, 2021 |title= Seven late, great Christopher Plummer roles, from Up to Knives Out |url= https://ew.com/movies/christopher-plummer-best-roles-tribute/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210221090220/https://ew.com/movies/christopher-plummer-best-roles-tribute/ |archive-date=February 21, 2021 |access-date=September 30, 2023 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> described Harlan as a "stern, bright and rough-hewn" father with a [[dark comedy|crass sense of humor]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Walter|date=November 22, 2019 |title= Christopher Plummer Says He Immediately Loved the 'Irreverent Darkness' in Knives Out |url= https://parade.com/955162/walterscott/christopher-plummer-knives-out/ |access-date=August 14, 2023 |website=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230111015028/https://parade.com/955162/walterscott/christopher-plummer-knives-out/|archive-date=January 11, 1023|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Michael Shannon]] did not audition for the role of Walt and was contracted following an arranged lunch with Rian in [[Brooklyn]].<ref name=shannon/> For the part of Linda, [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] sympathized with her backstory as a woman fiercely scrutinized for her privilege. She stated, "I've been an actress for a long time, and I am also the daughter of someone famous, and people have a funny way of taking away anything you do creatively and reduce it to your privilege. Linda is very defensive about the assumption that she was given anything, and I've had the same defense."<ref name=thr1/> To prepare for her performance, Curtis immersed in activities she thought befitted her character's position as a matriarch, such as cooking meals.<ref name=thr1/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=David |date=December 3, 2019 |title=Rian Johnson Turned the Whodunit on Its Head |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/12/rian-johnson/602884/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205110702/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/12/rian-johnson/602884/ |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |access-date=January 9, 1020 |website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref> ===Filming=== [[File:Ames Mansion Borderland.jpg|thumb|left|alt=|Estate of the Ames Mansion (pictured in 2010), which doubled for the Thrombey residence in interior scenes.]] Bergman was already assembling the filmmaking crew while Rian made revisions to the script in early 2018.<ref name=thr1/> Rian's instruction for the filmmakers was to find an estate that exuded Harlan's mystery writing sensibilities, citing the thriller ''[[Sleuth (1972 film)|Sleuth]]'' (1972) as a reference for recognizable visual elements.<ref name=variety2>{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=November 30, 2019 |title=Finding the Perfect Murder-Mystery Home for Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' |url=https://variety.com/2019/artisans/features/knives-out-house-production-designer-interview-1203419982/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208183334/https://variety.com/2019/artisans/features/knives-out-house-production-designer-interview-1203419982/ |archive-date=December 8, 2019 |access-date=January 4, 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref name=wrap>{{cite web |url= https://www.thewrap.com/how-knives-out-turned-three-locations-into-a-single-mansion-of-murder/ |title= How 'Knives Out' Turned Three Locations Into a Single Mansion of Murder |first=Jeremy |last=Fuster |date=November 27, 2019 |work=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620184602/https://www.thewrap.com/how-knives-out-turned-three-locations-into-a-single-mansion-of-murder/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bergman toured several homes with his scouting team before centering the film's production on a pair of sprawling mansions in suburban [[Boston]]: a privately owned nineteenth-century [[Gothic Revival]] manor for exterior shots, and the Ames Mansion, a 20-room historic landmark anchoring the [[Borderland State Park]] in [[Easton, Massachusetts|Easton]].<ref name=wrap/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Slane |first=Kevin |date=November 29, 2018 |title=The story behind the Massachusetts mansion in 'Knives Out' |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2019/11/29/knives-out-massachusetts-mansion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207221520/https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2019/11/29/knives-out-massachusetts-mansion |archive-date=December 7, 2019 |access-date=December 15, 2019 |website=[[Boston.com]]}}</ref> Most of the interior shots took place in the Ames Mansion, from intense confrontational scenes with Harlan and his relatives to conversational scenes of Blanc's investigation.<ref name=wrap/> A problem that challenged the production was the logistics of the mansions, for neither had the sufficient space in the upper floors to realize Harlan's office or corresponding scenes. To rectify the issue, production designer [[David Crank]] constructed the office set, which included an adjacent hallway, on [[soundstages]], working closely with Johnson to coordinate the movement of characters with the configuration of the homes and artificial sets.<ref name=wrap/> [[Principal photography]] began on October 30, 2018, under the pseudonym ''Morning Bell'', in [[Maynard, Massachusetts|Maynard]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web |title= All the Hollywood movies filmed in Massachusetts this fall |first=Kevin|last=Slane|url= https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2018/12/14/all-the-hollywood-movies-filmed-in-massachusetts-this-fall/|date=December 14, 2018|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220817203016/https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2018/12/14/all-the-hollywood-movies-filmed-in-massachusetts-this-fall/ |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |access-date=August 17, 2023 |website=[[Boston.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Camero |first=Holly |date=October 29, 2018 |title=Close to start of production, film still remains a mystery in Maynard |url=https://maynard.wickedlocal.com/news/20181029/close-to-start-of-production-film-still-remains-mystery-in-maynard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103161218/http://maynard.wickedlocal.com/news/20181029/close-to-start-of-production-film-still-remains-mystery-in-maynard |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |access-date=November 23, 2019|website=Wicked Local}}</ref> Filmmakers converted vacant retail space into a laundromat in preparation for the first shoot.<ref name=maynard>{{Cite web |title= Is it 'Morning Bell' or 'Knives Out'|first=Holly|last=Camero|url= https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/beacon-villager/2018/10/29/is-it-x2018-morning-bell/64639921007/ |date=October 29, 2018|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230817231509/https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/beacon-villager/2018/10/29/is-it-x2018-morning-bell/64639921007/ |archive-date=August 17, 2023 |access-date=August 17, 2023 |website=Beacon Villager}}</ref> Elsewhere in [[Greater Boston]], filming occurred near a [[Natick Center station|MBTA passenger rail station]] in downtown [[Natick, Massachusetts|Natick]], a private [[mid-century modern]] estate in [[Lincoln, Massachusetts|Lincoln]], [[Canton, Massachusetts|Canton]], [[Wellesley, Massachusetts|Wellesley]], [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]], [[Medfield, Massachusetts|Medfield]], and an unoccupied state-owned facility in [[Marlborough, Massachusetts|Marlborough]] chosen for its rotund orientation.{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref>{{Cite web |date= |first=|last=|title= Movies filmed in Wellesley, Mass.|url= https://theswellesleyreport.com/wellesley-movie-roundup/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230818191045/https://theswellesleyreport.com/wellesley-movie-roundup/ |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=The Swellesley Report}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 3, 2020 |first=Nancy|last=Ruhling|title= Mid-Century Modern Cube House Featured in the Movie 'Knives Out' Hits the Market|url= https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/mid-century-modern-cube-house-featured-in-the-movie-knives-out-hits-the-market-213725 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230818191718/https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/mid-century-modern-cube-house-featured-in-the-movie-knives-out-hits-the-market-213725 |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=[[Mansion Global]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Where was 'Knives Out' filmed? The house, the city and the filming locations of the movie |url=https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2019/11/knives-out-house-filming-location.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228181521/https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2019/11/knives-out-house-filming-location.html |archive-date=December 28, 2019 |access-date=December 28, 2019 |website=Atlas of Wonders}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malachowski |first=Jeff |date=November 29, 2018 |title=Actor Daniel Craig films scenes for 'Knives Out' in Marlborough |url=https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20181129/actor-daniel-craig-films-scenes-for-knives-out-in-marlborough |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130213711/https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20181129/actor-daniel-craig-films-scenes-for-knives-out-in-marlborough |archive-date=November 30, 2018 |access-date=November 23, 2019 |website=The Milford Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2018 |first=Bob|last=Brown|title=Knives Out movie being shot in Wellesley now |url=https://theswellesleyreport.com/2018/12/knives-out-movie-being-shot-in-wellesley-now/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102143455/https://theswellesleyreport.com/2018/12/knives-out-movie-being-shot-in-wellesley-now/ |archive-date=January 2, 2020 |access-date=November 23, 2019 |website=The Swellesley Report}}</ref>}} The Marlborough shoot was the site for exterior scenes at the scorched medical examiner's office, involving [[pyrotechnics]] and a group of local firefighters as [[extra (actor)|extras]] portraying an active firefighting operation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ayotte |first=Ron |date=December 2, 2018 |title= Hollywood comes to Marlborough |url= https://www.communityadvocate.com/2018/12/02/hollywood-comes-to-marlborough/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230818185428/https://www.communityadvocate.com/2018/12/02/hollywood-comes-to-marlborough/ |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |access-date=August 18, 2023|website=Community Advocate}}</ref> Filming for the project took approximately 38 days, ending on December 20, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title= Rian Johnson Wraps Production on Knives Out |url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/knives-out/rian-johnson-wraps-production-on-knives-out |first=Stephan |last=Cho |work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230818193058/https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/knives-out/rian-johnson-wraps-production-on-knives-out |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |access-date=August 18, 2023 }}</ref><ref name=bc/> ''Knives Out'' qualified for a $10 million [[Movie production incentives in the United States|transferable tax credit]] on in-state costs from the [[Government of Massachusetts|Massachusetts commonwealth government]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Massachusetts Tax Credit Transparency Report: Calendar Year 2019 |url= https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-tax-credit-transparency-report-calendar-year-2019-revised-report/download |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230512045758/https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-tax-credit-transparency-report-calendar-year-2019-revised-report/download |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |access-date=August 16, 2023|publisher=[[Government of Massachusetts]]}}</ref> ===Cinematography=== ''Knives Out'' was director of photography [[Steve Yedlin]]'s fifth project with Rian. The two men [[storyboard]]ed their visual composition ideas ahead of the principal photography, which did not describe the onscreen universe in depth.<ref name="asc">{{Cite web |url= https://theasc.com/news/clubhouse-conversation-steve-yedlin-asc-on-knives-out |title= Clubhouse Conversation: Steve Yedlin, ASC on Knives Out |last=Dillard |first=Samantha |date=December 5, 2019 |website=[[American Society of Cinematographers]] |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230529095452/https://theasc.com/news/clubhouse-conversation-steve-yedlin-asc-on-knives-out |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |access-date=August 22, 2023}}</ref> Filming used a [[multiple-camera setup|double-camera setup]] with two [[camera operator|operators]], one a longstanding collaborator of Yedlin's. Yedlin described the environment on set as experimental and visually creative.<ref name=bc/> He shot ''Knives Out'' in standard 1.85:1 [[aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]] from [[Alexa Mini]] cameras equipped with [[Carl Zeiss AG#Cinema lenses|Zeiss Master Prime lenses]]. The Zeiss Prime's [[Video scaler|scaling]] capability supported the film's use of [[Wide-angle lens|wide-angle]] shots. The filmmakers believed wider camera lenses emphasized the [[worldbuilding]] by showing characters in their surroundings.<ref name=bc>{{Cite web |url= https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/steve-yedlin-asc-knives-out/ |title= Cutting Edge |last=Allen |first=Robert |date= January 24, 2020|website=British Cinematographer |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220522044427/https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/steve-yedlin-asc-knives-out/ |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |access-date=August 22, 2023}}</ref> They also deployed [[Panavision]]'s PCZ Primo 19-90 and PZW 15-40 [[zoom lens]]es as [[zooming (filmmaking)|zooming]] was customary for Rian's oeuvre.<ref name=bc/> Ultimately, Yedlin and production members adopted action building techniques centered on [[Robert Altman]]'s cinematic style, through a complex system of [[whip pan]]s, zooming, and [[camera dolly]] movements. Panavision's Hollywood office loaned camera equipment to assist the needs of the production.<ref name=bc/> Part of ''Knives Out''{{'s}} production was devoted to realizing a specialized process of color grading for the film's visual effects, based on qualitative data collected from Yedlin's field research.<ref name=bc/><ref name="asc"/> The cinematographer's usual strategy prioritized a [[3D lookup table|lookup table]] (LUT) to augment a film's visual palette, and he observed the science of [[photochemistry]] to create his color grading formula.<ref name=bc/> Yedlin collaborated with [[FotoKem]] to flesh out properties of [[halation]], [[Telecine#Gate weave|gate weave]], and [[film grain|granularity]].<ref name=bc/> To illuminate interior mansion scenes, Yedlin supplemented sets with an overhead lighting contraption designed from [[Arri#Products|Arri SkyPanels]] and custom [[LED strip light|RGBWW strip fixtures]]—a class of modulated multicolor strip lights—bundled in [[Depron|foam sheets]] for light diffusion. As well, he relied on computer software and a [[spectrometer]] to gauge the sunlight's [[chromaticity]], its specified color quality, and requisite tones to generate the textural variation produced thereof.<ref name=bc/> ===Set design=== The scriptwriting contained few details about the design of the Thrombey residence, hence the estate's clearest vision emerged from conversations that Rian, Crank and set decorator David Schlesinger had over aesthetics.<ref name=hb>{{Cite web |url= https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/a30143056/knives-out-set/ |title= How Knives Out's Set Decorator Created the Perfect Mystery House |last=Young |first=Sage |date=December 5, 2019 |website=[[House Beautiful]] |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230110002706/https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/a30143056/knives-out-set/ |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |access-date=August 24, 2023}}</ref> The design team were drawn to the Ames Mansion because the original architectural elements had been preserved, endowing sets with an aged quality.<ref name=variety2/> Crank and Schlesinger handled the sourcing, then arrangement, of props for interior mansion sets.<ref name=hb/><ref name=sds>{{Cite web |url= https://www.setdecorators.org/?art=film_decor_features&SHOW=SetDecor_Film_KNIVES_OUT |title= Knives Out |last=Burg |first=Karen |date=December 17, 2019|website=Set Decorators Society of America|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220925055942/https://www.setdecorators.org/?art=film_decor_features&SHOW=SetDecor_Film_KNIVES_OUT |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |access-date=August 25, 2023}}</ref> They located the film's decorative items from a range of businesses, souvenir collectors, and ordinary people in Boston and [[New York City|New York]].<ref name=hb/><ref name=sds/> The script only specified details for a few objects; for the rest, the set decorator used Harlan’s imaginary oeuvre of mysteries as inspiration for his souvenirs and knickknacks.<ref name=hb/> A collection of [[automata]], doll-like mechanical devices that imitate human mannerisms, was chief among the artifacts. The automata were costly, fragile and rare to obtain, requiring thorough scouting from the producers, and additional caveats—transportation, storage, rental fees—complicated the expense.<ref name=sds/> Schlesinger inquired multiple museums and private collectors before contacting the [[Morris Museum]]'s Murtogh D. Guinness Collection in [[Morristown, New Jersey]], one of the world's largest automata [[exhibition|exhibits]], but the Morris Museum prohibited all non-exhibition uses of their pieces.<ref name=sds/> They instead directed Schlesinger and his prop-makers to a local [[Conservation and restoration of cultural property|restorer]], who owned a private collection, to negotiate. Upon approval, the producers hired another local collector to undertake the automata's transportation and installation to and from set.<ref name=sds/> Also present among the background props were large dollhouses, crime scene [[dioramas]], Harlan's library of books, which were designed and arranged by decade, and a stash clock.<ref name=variety2/><ref name=wrap/><ref name=sds/> Creation of ''Knives Out''{{'s}} most significant prop, the "Wheel of Knives", a throne chair positioned in front of a ringed display of knives, daunted the art department.<ref name=sds/> Although the chair was conceived as a library piece, the script did not explain any correlation to the story, and Crank said developing an established cause was "a long process".<ref name=variety2/><ref name=sds/> The art department abandoned early concepts until they imagined a design with an [[armature (sculpture)|armature]] and a chain from which to hang the display.<ref name=sds/> ===Music=== {{Main|Knives Out (soundtrack)}} [[File:Abbey Road Studios (uploaded on 2021-05-16 by memolands.com gallery).jpg|thumb|alt=Street view of Abby Road Studios, London|Nathan Johnson recorded the ''Knives Out'' score at Abbey Road Studios in London (pictured in 2021).]] Rian pitched ''Knives Out'' to composer [[Nathan Johnson (musician)|Nathan Johnson]]—cousin and another frequent associate—as early as 2009.<ref name="nathan1">{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=December 12, 2019|title='Knives Out': Nathan Johnson on Finding the Music Cues for Rian Johnson's Murder Mystery |url=https://variety.com/2019/artisans/musicians/knives-out-nathan-johnson-rian-johnson-composer-1203432901/ |access-date=November 1, 2022|website=Variety |language=en-US|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221101165315/https://variety.com/2019/artisans/musicians/knives-out-nathan-johnson-rian-johnson-composer-1203432901/|archive-date=November 1, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blauvelt |first=Christian |date=November 1, 2022 |title=IndieWire FYC Brunch: 'Knives Out' Composer Says Rian Johnson First Pitched Film 10 Years Ago |url=https://www.indiewire.com/video/knives-out-rian-johnson-pitched-10-years-ago-1202187501/ |access-date=November 1, 2022|website=IndieWire |language=en|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230330041531/https://www.indiewire.com/video/knives-out-rian-johnson-pitched-10-years-ago-1202187501/|archive-date=March 30, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first conversation concerned the context of music in opening scenes, and they sought a score that reflected the film's key events and drama with an abrasive [[classical music|classical]] sound.<ref name="nathan1"/><ref name=collidermusic>{{Cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=November 26, 2019|title=Knives Out Composer Nathan Johnson on His Cutting Score |url=https://collider.com/knives-out-composer-interview-nathan-johnson/ |access-date=November 1, 2022 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |language=en-US|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230118141605/https://collider.com/knives-out-composer-interview-nathan-johnson/|archive-date=January 18, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Nathan recorded the ''Knives Out'' score with an [[orchestra]] at [[Abbey Road Studios]] in [[London]].<ref name=interviewmusic>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Conor |date=November 26, 2019 |title=Rian Johnson Asks His Cousin Nathan How To Score A Movie |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/rian-nathan-johnson-knives-out |access-date=November 1, 2022|website=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]] |language=en-US|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230326150817/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/rian-nathan-johnson-knives-out|archive-date=March 26, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> To prepare, the composer engaged the production while principal photography was active, visiting the set to forge a premise for melodic cues and motifs. This was an uncommon experience given the standard industry practice for composers is to work in post-production, after filming has finished.<ref name="nathan1"/> "Knives Out! (String Quartet in G Minor)", the opening [[string quartet]] theme and Nathan's earliest contribution, served as the impetus for the album.<ref name=collidermusic/><ref name=flood>{{Cite web |url= https://floodmagazine.com/71896/knives-out-collaborators-rian-and-nathan-johnson-on-powering-a-modern-whodunit/ |title= "Knives Out" Collaborators Rian and Nathan Johnson on Powering a Modern Whodunit |last=Lemmon |first=Kyle |date=December 2, 2019 |website=Flood|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221105001532/https://floodmagazine.com/71896/knives-out-collaborators-rian-and-nathan-johnson-on-powering-a-modern-whodunit/ |archive-date=November 5, 2022 |access-date=August 24, 2023}}</ref> Nathan and Rian were compelled by an eclectic array of their favorite symphonic movie scores for ''Knives Out''{{'s}} musical direction, such as ''Death on the Nile'', the compositions of [[Bernard Herrmann]], and ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (1962).<ref name=collidermusic/><ref name=flood/> The use of an orchestra distinguishes ''Knives Out'' from other Rian-directed films, which experimented with cheaper, unconventional instruments.<ref name="nathan1"/> It was also Nathan's first large scale orchestral score, being experienced solely with small ensembles.<ref name=interviewmusic/> Cut Narrative Records released the soundtrack on November 27, 2019, in tandem with the film's theatrical launch.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2019 |title=Mondo announces vinyl release of Knives Out score, shares exclusive track: Stream |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/knives-out-score-mondo-stream/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217170324/https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/knives-out-score-mondo-stream/ |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |access-date=December 17, 2019 |website=Consequence Of Sound}}</ref> ==Themes== ''Knives Out'' has been read as work that investigates [[class warfare]], wealth inequality, immigration, and [[race (human categorization)|race]] in contemporary American society.<ref name="timethemes">{{Cite magazine |last=Chow |first=Andrew |title=Inside the Creation of Knives Out, One of the Most Unexpectedly Subversive Films of the Year |url=https://time.com/5739679/knives-out-rian-johnson-making-of/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201130948/https://time.com/5739679/knives-out-rian-johnson-making-of/ |archive-date=December 1, 2019 |access-date=February 25, 2020 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref><ref name=uproxxreview/><ref name=atlanticthemes>{{Cite web |last=Giorgis |first=Hannah |date=November 29, 2019 |title= The Unlikely Hero of Rian Johnson's Knives Out |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/11/the-unlikely-hero-of-rian-johnsons-knives-out/602701/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230228060524/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/11/the-unlikely-hero-of-rian-johnsons-knives-out/602701/ |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref> In interviews organized for the press junket, Bergman, Rian, and some of the actors expressed candid views of themes common in the ''Knives Out'' story, allowing multiple interpretations of the film.<ref name="vogue1" /><ref name="timethemes" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Simon |first=Scott |date=November 30, 2019 |title=Daniel Craig: 'Knives Out' Aims To Be One Of Those 'Grand Pieces Of Entertainment' |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/11/30/783431424/daniel-craig-knives-out-aims-to-be-one-of-those-grand-pieces-of-entertainment |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417175226/https://www.npr.org/2019/11/30/783431424/daniel-craig-knives-out-aims-to-be-one-of-those-grand-pieces-of-entertainment |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |access-date=September 8, 2023 |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref> Rian stated the central story neither condemns nor subscribes to a single ideology; rather, it was designed to provoke all moviegoers to contemplate.<ref name=timethemes/> Moreover, he saw whodunits as well-suited to scrutinize institutional power, a belief influenced by Christie's writings, work he considered indicative of a woman who, while not political, was attuned to British society throughout her life.<ref name=gq/><ref name=timethemes/> ===Class warfare=== ''Knives Out'' ranks with other turn-of-the-decade films—such as ''[[Ready or Not (2019 film)|Ready or Not]]'', ''[[Parasite (2019 film)|Parasite]]'', ''[[Hustlers (film)|Hustlers]]'', and ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'' (all 2019)—in which class warfare is the unifying theme.<ref name=vulturetheme>{{Cite web |title= Class Warfare Is All the Rage at the Movies |url= https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/class-rage-hits-the-multiplex-knives-out-parasite-joker.html |date=November 26, 2019|first=Alison|last=Willmore|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230422090954/https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/class-rage-hits-the-multiplex-knives-out-parasite-joker.html |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |access-date=September 8, 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name=lattheme>{{Cite web |date=October 7, 2019 |last=Rottenberg|first=Josh|title= From 'Knives Out' to 'Parasite': Why movies are tackling income inequality and class warfare |url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-10-07/economic-inequality-movies-joker-hustlers-parasite |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230818140209/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-10-07/economic-inequality-movies-joker-hustlers-parasite |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |access-date=September 8, 2023 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> The film makes literal class struggle by framing Harlan's death as an explicit tale of good versus evil, Marta emerging as the heroine because of her humanity.<ref name=timethemes/><ref name=vulturetheme/> Whereas Marta is distraught from the moment Harlan dies, the surviving Thrombeys are fractured by greed, fueled by their stakes in Harlan's publishing fortune. They are ruthless and oblivious of Harlan's demise in a quest for wealth they feel entitled to control and seize by any means.<ref name=vulturetheme/><ref name=vulturereview/> In this sense, it is the Thrombeys, not the elusive suspect per se, who represent the true villains.<ref name=vulturetheme/> Yet, in spite of the family's contempt for her and the working class, Marta resists their coercion thanks to her wit and moral convictions.<ref name=vulturetheme/><ref name=slatereview/> Much emphasis is placed on the alternating points of view of Marta's ordeal to reinforce chasms between the classes.<ref name="fc2"/> ''[[Fast Company]]''{{'s}} Joe Berkowitz argues this device forms the film's [[class consciousness]].<ref name="fc2">{{Cite web |url= https://www.fastcompany.com/90435573/knives-out-caps-off-a-year-full-of-genre-movies-about-class-struggle|title= 'Knives Out' caps off a year full of genre movies about class struggle |last=Berkowitz |first=Joe |date=November 27, 2019 |website=Fast Company |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220629050311/https://www.fastcompany.com/90435573/knives-out-caps-off-a-year-full-of-genre-movies-about-class-struggle |archive-date=June 29, 2022|access-date=September 9, 2023}}</ref> Eugene Nulman, the Senior Lecturer of Sociology at [[Birmingham City University]], posits a [[Marxist]] interpretation of ''Knives Out''. Marta is analyzed as an analog for healthcare workers made vulnerable in the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] by the failures of [[neoliberalism]], and Nulman contends that the film presents the Thrombey family dynamic as an allegory for [[capitalism]], each relative embodying [[wikt: bourgeois|bourgeois]] archetypes: the [[rentier class]] in Linda, the investor class in Walt, the celebrity class in Joni, the [[trust (law)|trust fund]] elite in Ransom, the [[right-wing politics|right-wing]] establishment in Jacob, and the [[liberalism|liberal]] establishment in Meg.<ref name=Nulman3>{{harvnb|Nulman|2021|p=5}}</ref><ref name=Nulman1>{{harvnb|Nulman|2021|pp=69–70}}</ref> Harlan is the exception because his modest origins, class consciousness, and the family's exploitation of his [[labor power|labor]] define his circumstance.<ref name=Nulman1/><ref name=Nulman2>{{harvnb|Nulman|2021|pp=75–76}}</ref> For this reason, in Nulman's interpretation, Harlan's deliberate suicide and transfer of wealth to Marta are subversive acts that, alongside the Thrombeys' vilification of Marta (mirroring the status quo's counterrevolutionary force), suggest credence to the idea that capitalist exploitation can only be addressed by revolution.<ref name=Nulman3/><ref name=Nulman2/> ===Race=== Race was also examined in thematic studies of the film. ''Knives Out'' concentrates on a critique of [[white supremacy]] and liberal [[paternalism]], comically depicting the Thrombey–Marta relationship through condescending affection and [[running gags]] about Marta's country of origin.<ref name=timethemes/><ref name=atlanticthemes/> In his essay for ''White Supremacy and the American Media'', professor Michael Blouin contests the film's analysis of white nationalism. Blouin argues that ''Knives Out'' resigns to [[Jeffersonian democracy|Jeffersonian democratic]] ideals—liberal universalism, pragmatic reasoning, and an ''[[a priori]]'' sense of justice—that buttress a set of racialized assumptions. In doing so, in Blouin's words, all expressed antagonism is neutralized, therefore "depoliticizing a crisis that has so far proven to be resistant to the ideal prescribed by many white liberals."<ref>{{harvnb|Blouin|2021|pp=}}</ref> ===Narrative structure=== In ''Knives Out'', Rian experiments with narrative structure to generate suspense. The film begins in a traditional whodunit format that is subverted by two tonal shifts.<ref name=iw1/> The first shift arranges the plot as a [[thriller film|thriller]] by establishing Marta's reckoning with the manner of Harlan's death, her own implication, and quest to evade the investigation's [[wikt: purview|purview]] as a cause of conflict, thus framing Blanc as the antagonist. It is in the second shift that, through plausible deniability, Marta's innocence is unequivocal.<ref name=iw1/> This posed a significant writing challenge as Rian intended not only that Marta be a sympathetic character, but also be perceived as justified in her behavior. He was also keen to portray the extent an innocent person could go when threatened with incarceration.<ref name=iw1>{{Cite web |last= O'Falt |first=Chris |date=December 5, 2019 |title= 'Knives Out': Rian Johnson Explains How He Built a Modern Murder Mystery (Spoilers) |url= https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/knives-out-rian-johnson-spoilers-interview-filmmaker-toolkit-podcast-episode-100-1202194771/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230724195704/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/knives-out-rian-johnson-spoilers-interview-filmmaker-toolkit-podcast-episode-100-1202194771/ |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |access-date=July 24, 2023 |website=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref> ==Release== ===Marketing=== [[File:Knives Out 04 (48810268096).jpg|thumb|alt=|Jamie Lee Curtis at the ''Knives Out'' Toronto premiere]] ''Knives Out'' premiered at the [[2019 Toronto International Film Festival|44th Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 7, 2019, part of the fest's special presentations lineup.<ref name=thrreview/> The film then headlined the [[Fantastic Fest|14th Fantastic Fest]] in [[Austin, Texas]] as the closing title, before concluding its North American festival itinerary at the [[Chicago International Film Festival]]'s Centerpiece showcase.<ref>{{Cite web |last= Zilko|first=Christian |date=August 20, 2019 |title= Fantastic Fest Announces Second Wave of Lineup, Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' to Close Festival |url= https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/fantastic-fest-lineup-second-wave-knives-out-parasite-1202167184/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230826182011/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/fantastic-fest-lineup-second-wave-knives-out-parasite-1202167184/ |archive-date=August 26, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sobczynski |first=Peter |date=October 16, 2019 |title= CIFF 2019: Preview of the 55th Chicago International Film Festival |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/ciff-2019-preview-of-the-55th-chicago-international-film-festival |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230629124252/https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/ciff-2019-preview-of-the-55th-chicago-international-film-festival |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> In Europe, ''Knives Out'' debuted at the [[BFI London Film Festival|63rd BFI London Film Festival]] as one of the event's gala entries, held October 2–13, 2019.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite news |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=August 19, 2019 |title= Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' To Get European Premiere At London Film Festival |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2019/08/rian-johnson-knives-european-premiere-london-film-festival-1202671041/amp/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190915151617/https://deadline.com/2019/08/rian-johnson-knives-european-premiere-london-film-festival-1202671041/amp/|archive-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref> Lionsgate supervised the film's advertising campaign. They commenced the promotional cycle in April 2019 with a showcasing preview at [[CinemaCon]], where the first teaser trailer of the film was revealed, followed by another [[trade show]] exhibit at [[CineEurope]] that June.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=April 4, 2019 |title= Rian Johnson Unveils First 'Knives Out' Plot Details at CinemaCon |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/knives-rian-johnson-brings-first-trailer-cinemacon-1199686/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210518233857/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/knives-rian-johnson-brings-first-trailer-cinemacon-1199686/ |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=June 17, 2019 |title= Warner Bros Teases 'Joker', 'Birds Of Prey', 'Godzilla Vs Kong'; Studiocanal Goes 'Radioactive' – CineEurope |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2019/06/warner-bros-godzilla-vs-kong-it2-joker-wonder-woman-lionsgate-rian-johnson-knives-out-studiocanal-cineeurope-1202633778/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230604002152/https://deadline.com/2019/06/warner-bros-godzilla-vs-kong-it2-joker-wonder-woman-lionsgate-rian-johnson-knives-out-studiocanal-cineeurope-1202633778/ |archive-date=June 4, 2023}}</ref> One critical aspect of the marketing campaign was aggressive social media engagement. Early tactics focused on feel-good messaging, the film's campy humor and Thrombey family enterprises—the lattermost featuring Shannon, Collette, and Curtis in character—through video parodies and mock advertisements developed using website building platforms.<ref name=deadline238>{{Cite news |last=D’Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=January 4, 2020 |title= 'Knives Out' To Beat 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Domestic B.O.: How Rian Johnson & Ram Bergman Hatched A Potential Franchise With $238M+ WW Hit |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2020/01/knives-out-box-office-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-1202820693/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220621032822/https://deadline.com/2020/01/knives-out-box-office-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-1202820693/ |archive-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref><ref name=deadline42>{{Cite news |last=D’Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 1, 2019 |title= 'Frozen 2' Hooks $126M+ Holiday Record, 'Knives Out' A $42M Win For Original Pics, 2019 YTD Crosses $10B+: Thanksgiving B.O. |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2019/12/frozen-2-box-office-tuesday-november-record-knives-out-previews-thanksgiving-1202796248/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230812051338/https://deadline.com/2019/12/frozen-2-box-office-tuesday-november-record-knives-out-previews-thanksgiving-1202796248/ |archive-date=August 12, 2023}}</ref> The campaign resumed in the weeks following ''Knives Out''{{'s}} late November release, when Ransom's off-white [[Aran jumper|knitted Aran sweater]] went viral, prompting a brief renaming of the film's official [[Twitter]] account to "Chris Evans' Sweater [[Stan Twitter|Stan Account]]" as well as a merchandise giveaway to maximize publicity.<ref name="nyer2">{{Cite magazine |url= https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-and-off-the-avenue/the-curious-case-of-chris-evanss-sweater |title= The Curious Case of Chris Evans's Sweater in "Knives Out" |last=Syme |first=Rachel |date=December 18, 2019 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230510211629/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-and-off-the-avenue/the-curious-case-of-chris-evanss-sweater |archive-date=May 10, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref> Ads reportedly intrigued mostly men but showed strong appeal with women of all ages.<ref name=estimates/> For licensed artwork, Rian unveiled a set of colorful, brooding character posters in September 2019, each with the tagline, "Nothing brings a family together like murder."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trumbore |first=Dave |date=September 16, 2019|title= Rian Johnson Reveals the Cast of 'Knives Out' in Colorful New Character Posters |url= https://collider.com/knives-out-cast-character-posters/ |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |language=en-US|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220716115251/https://collider.com/knives-out-cast-character-posters/ |archive-date=July 16, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The director additionally recorded interactive audio commentary to entice repeated business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gemmill |first=Allie |date=December 21, 2019|title= Rian Johnson Reveals How to Listen to 'Knives Out' Audio Commentary in Theaters |url= https://collider.com/knives-out-rian-johnson-audio-commentary-track-details/ |access-date=August 27, 2023 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |language=en-US|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221128203930/https://collider.com/knives-out-rian-johnson-audio-commentary-track-details/ |archive-date=November 28, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Knives Out'' opened to theaters in North America and the United Kingdom on November 27, 2019.<ref name=bfi/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=December 13, 2018 |title=Thanksgiving 2019: Lionsgate To Release MRC's Rian Johnson Murder Mystery 'Knives Out' With Daniel Craig & Killer Cast |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/knives-out-release-date-lionsgate-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-jamie-lee-curtis-chris-evans-michael-shannon-katherine-langford-lakeith-stanfield-1202519144/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331192836/https://deadline.com/2018/12/knives-out-release-date-lionsgate-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-jamie-lee-curtis-chris-evans-michael-shannon-katherine-langford-lakeith-stanfield-1202519144/ |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The film's global rollout expanded to China, France, Australia, Russia, and 49 other overseas territories the second week.<ref name=deadline48>{{Cite news |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=December 1, 2019 |title= 'Frozen 2' An Ice Machine With $739M Global As Elsa Continues Reign – International Box Office |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2019/12/frozen-2-second-weekend-ford-v-ferrari-knives-out-china-global-international-box-offic-1202797687/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220516154355/https://deadline.com/2019/12/frozen-2-second-weekend-ford-v-ferrari-knives-out-china-global-international-box-offic-1202797687/ |archive-date=May 16, 2022}}</ref> Its final market was Japan, released on January 31, 2020.<ref name=germ/> ''Knives Out'' was seen by industry professionals as a potential hit based on interest sustained from enthusiastic pre-release reviews, the film's unique [[meta reference|self-referentiality]], and the ensemble's star power, especially Evans, Craig, and Curtis.<ref name=deadline42/> The success of the film was considered contingent on its ability to attract a broad audience rather than a niche demographic of adults.<ref name=deadline238/> ===Home media=== Lionsgate released ''Knives Out'' on [[digital copy|digital formats]] on February 7, 2020, and on [[DVD-Video|DVD]], [[Blu-ray]] and [[Ultra HD Blu-ray|4K]] on February 25.<ref name=bddvd>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=January 21, 2020 |title=Rian Johnson's ''Knives Out'' Brings Murder and Mystery into Your Home This February |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3601608/rian-johnsons-knives-brings-murder-mystery-home-february/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122150659/https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3601608/rian-johnsons-knives-brings-murder-mystery-home-february/ |archive-date=January 22, 2020 |access-date=January 21, 2020 |website=Bloody Disgusting}}</ref> Physical copies include deleted scenes; a behind-the-scenes featurette; audio commentary from Johnson, Yedlin, and [[Noah Segan]]; an eight-part documentary; advertisements; and previously unaired press interviews.<ref name=bddvd/> It was the second-best selling DVD and Blu-ray release in its first week of US sales, selling 248,286 copies and earning $4.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales-chart/2020/03/01 |title= United States Combined DVD and Blu-ray Sales Chart for Week Ending March 1, 2020 |date=March 1, 2020 |website=The Numbers |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221126063211/https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales-chart/2020/03/01 |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |access-date=August 16, 2023}}</ref> By January 2023, the film had sold 1.47 million copies.<ref>{{Cite The Numbers |id=Knives-Out-(2019) |title=Knives Out |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230703105229/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Knives-Out-(2019)#tab=video-sales |archive-date=July 3, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref> ''Knives Out'' is also available to authenticated [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] subscribers via the company's [[Amazon Prime Video|Prime Video]] streaming service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crow |first=David |date=May 21, 2020 |title=Knives Out Goes to Streaming on Amazon Prime in June |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/knives-out-goes-to-streaming-on-amazon-prime-in-june/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610174536/https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/knives-out-goes-to-streaming-on-amazon-prime-in-june/ |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=June 10, 2020 |website=Den of Geek}}</ref> ==Reception== ===Box office=== ''Knives Out'' endured at the box office as a film targeting adults, in a theatrical season saturated with family [[blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbusters]] such as ''[[Frozen II]]''.<ref name=deadline238/><ref name="DeadlineProfit"/> It earned $165.4&nbsp;million in the United States and Canada (52.8% of its earnings) and $147.5&nbsp;million overseas (47.2%), for a worldwide total of $312.9&nbsp;million, making it the 29th-highest-grossing film of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2019/ |title=2019 Worldwide Box Office |website=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200425204010/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2019/ |archive-date=April 25, 2020 |access-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref> Of this figure, $82{{nbsp}}million was estimated to have been yielded by the MRC–Lionsgate partnership in [[net income|net profit]], factoring in marketing, equipment, [[Residual (entertainment industry)|royalties]], interest, and miscellaneous costs.<ref name="DeadlineProfit">{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=April 15, 2020 |title='Knives Out' Carves Out No. 18 On Deadline's 2019 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/knives-out-box-office-profit-2019-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-1202908275/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416082657/https://deadline.com/2020/04/knives-out-box-office-profit-2019-daniel-craig-rian-johnson-1202908275/ |archive-date=April 16, 2020 |access-date=April 15, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> China was the most lucrative overseas market, and positive press buoyed the film's performance in that country.<ref name=deadline238/> The United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and France represented some of the film's largest takings.<ref name=varietybo>{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=February 11, 2020|title= Box Office: 'Knives Out' Carves Out $300 Million Worldwide |url= https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/box-office-knives-out-milestone-1203501247/ |access-date=August 29, 2023|website=Variety |language=en-US|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230404013636/https://variety.com/2020/film/box-office/box-office-knives-out-milestone-1203501247/ |archive-date=April 4, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> In North America, after securing $2&nbsp;million from advanced screenings, ''Knives Out'' received a wide release across 3,391 theaters.<ref name=estimates>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=November 7, 2019 |title='Knives Out' Looks To Carve Out $22M-$25M Over 5-Day Thanksgiving Stretch |url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/knives-out-queen-slim-thanksgiving-box-office-opening-1202780082/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107172021/https://deadline.com/2019/11/knives-out-queen-slim-thanksgiving-box-office-opening-1202780082/ |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=November 7, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=November 24, 2019 |title='Frozen 2' Thaws Frigid B.O. Marketplace With $130M+, Smashing November Animated Pic Opening Records |url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/frozen-2-opening-weekend-box-office-tom-hanks-mister-rogers-movie-21-bridges-1202792831/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123133518/https://deadline.com/2019/11/frozen-2-opening-weekend-box-office-tom-hanks-mister-rogers-movie-21-bridges-1202792831/ |archive-date=November 23, 2019 |access-date=November 24, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The film benefitted from a five-day tracking period thanks to the [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] holiday Thursday. This enhanced the first week sum to $41.7&nbsp;million, ahead of the three-week old ''[[Ford v Ferrari]]'' and second to ''Frozen II'', which was in its second weekend.<ref name=deadline42/> ''Knives Out''{{'s}} opening gross nearly doubled the prognosticators' pre-release estimates of $22–25&nbsp;million.<ref name=estimates/> [[CinemaScore]] polls conducted during opening night revealed the average grade moviegoers gave the film was A− on an A+ to F scale. Screenings attracted mostly men, and approximately 73% were over 25 years of age, 46% over 35, and 63% white.<ref name=deadline42/> The second weekend saw ''Knives Out'' take another $14.2&nbsp;million from 3,461 theaters, remaining the number two film, and earnings dropped by about 35% the following week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 8, 2019 |title='Frozen 2' Leads Dreary December Weekend With $34M+, 'Playmobil' Plunges To $670K – Sunday Update |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/frozen-2-already-past-300m-leading-dreary-december-weekend-with-40m-playmobil-coming-apart-1202802388/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207140806/https://deadline.com/2019/12/frozen-2-already-past-300m-leading-dreary-december-weekend-with-40m-playmobil-coming-apart-1202802388/ |archive-date=December 7, 2019 |access-date=December 8, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 15, 2019 |title=How Sony Took 'Jumanji' To 'The Next Level' With A $60M+ Opening; 'Richard Jewell' & 'Black Christmas' Earn Lumps Of Coal |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-richard-jewell-black-christmas-opening-weekend-box-office-1202808689/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214223910/https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-richard-jewell-black-christmas-opening-weekend-box-office-1202808689/ |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |access-date=December 15, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> In the fourth weekend, the film slipped to the number five position with a gross of $6.5&nbsp;million, its theater count narrowing to slightly above 2,500, though box office figures improved by 50% for the [[Christmas]] holiday week (seventh, with $9.7&nbsp;million).<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 22, 2019 |title='Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker' Lowers Lightsaber To $179M+, But Still 3rd Best December Opening; 'Cats' Oh Drat $6.5M, 'Bombshell' $5.1M – Sunday AM Early Update |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-opening-weekend-box-office-cats-bombshell-1202814594/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221165400/https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-opening-weekend-box-office-cats-bombshell-1202814594/ |archive-date=December 21, 2019 |access-date=December 22, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 28, 2019 |title='Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker' Chasing 'Last Jedi' With $76M 2nd Weekend; 'Little Women' Not So Tiny With $29M 5-Day |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-little-women-uncut-gems-spies-in-disguise-post-christmas-box-office-1202817539/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229033102/https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-little-women-uncut-gems-spies-in-disguise-post-christmas-box-office-1202817539/ |archive-date=December 29, 2019 |access-date=December 29, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> ''Knives Out'' remained one of the top ten highest-grossing films for ten weeks, and the theater count stayed above 2,000 at the end of the year.<ref name=deadline238/><ref name=varietybo/> By February 2020, the film's domestic gross topped $159 million.<ref name=deadbo>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=February 11, 2020 |title= 'Knives Out' Tops $300M Worldwide As Moviegoers Keep Flinging Dollars At Rian Johnson Whodunit |url= https://deadline.com/2020/02/knives-out-rian-johnson-global-box-office-milestone-1202857880/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230602193300/https://deadline.com/2020/02/knives-out-rian-johnson-global-box-office-milestone-1202857880/ |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |access-date=August 29, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> Overseas, ''Knives Out''{{'s}} overall November 27 week rank was second to ''Frozen II'' at $28.3 million.<ref name=deadline48/> China comprised the largest portion of the earnings with $13.5 million, followed by the United Kingdom ($3.8 million from 632 theaters), Russia ($2 million from 1,451 theaters), Australia ($1.9 million from 282 theaters), and France (third, with $1.5 million from 437 theaters).<ref name=deadline48/> ''Knives Out'' sustained the box office momentum in China and the UK into the second weekend, resulting in a 20% drop in revenue in the latter.<ref name=deadbo2/> After four weeks it had earned $27.9 million in China and $13.7 million in Britain.<ref name=xmasbo/> The film's overseas expansion continued into mid-December, marked by key releases in South Korea (fourth, $1.7 million from 686 cinemas), Italy (third, $1.2 million from 362 cinemas), and Mexico (second, $1.1 million from 871 cinemas).<ref name=deadbo2>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=December 8, 2019 |title= 'Jumanji: The Next Level' Notches $53M In Early Offshore Bow; Many Markets Up, But China Not Game; 'Frozen 2' Plows To $920M WW – International Box Office |url= https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-opening-weekend-frozen2-china-global-international-box-office-1202803809/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230417051801/https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-opening-weekend-frozen2-china-global-international-box-office-1202803809/ |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |access-date=August 29, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> Christmas period saw reinvigorated ticket sales in France, Australia, and Britain, and in Russia, the [[Public holidays in Russia#New Year Holiday|New Year holiday]] bolstered the film's box office by 152% over the prior week.<ref name=germ/><ref name=xmasbo/> ''Knives Out'' debuted as the top-grossing movie in Brazil when it premiered the weekend of December 12, earning $1.1 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=December 15, 2019 |title= 'Jumanji: The Next Level' Steps It Up To $213M Worldwide – International Box Office |url= https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-knives-out-sheep-without-a-shepherd-china-global-international-box-office-1202809670/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220701112850/https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-knives-out-sheep-without-a-shepherd-china-global-international-box-office-1202809670/ |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |access-date=August 29, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> On its inaugural weekend elsewhere, the film took $2.7 million in Germany and $665,000 in Austria.<ref name=germ>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=January 5, 2020 |title= 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker' Elevates To $919M Global; 'Jumanji' Swings Past $600M WW – International Box Office |url= https://deadline.com/2020/01/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-knives-out-the-gentlemen-global-international-box-office-1202820947/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230601150043/https://deadline.com/2020/01/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-knives-out-the-gentlemen-global-international-box-office-1202820947/ |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |access-date=August 29, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> Within a month, ''Knives Out''{{'s}} international gross exceeded $100 million.<ref name=xmasbo>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=December 29, 2019 |title= 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker' Climbs To $725M Global; 'Jumanji: The Next Level' Rocks Towards $500M WW – International Box Office |url= https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-spies-in-disguise-cats-china-global-international-box-office-1202818158/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221225225514/https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-jumanji-the-next-level-frozen-2-spies-in-disguise-cats-china-global-international-box-office-1202818158/ |archive-date=December 25, 2022 |access-date=August 29, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> ===Critical response=== {{multiple image | total_width = 350 | direction = horizontal | alt footer = Cropped photographs of Toni Collette and Michael Shannon | footer = Toni Collette in 2013 and Michael Shannon in 2015. Critics praised the ''Knives Out'' ensemble, and they were among several actors that received further praise for their work. | image1 = Toni Collette (8968233309).jpg | image2 = MichaelShannon (cropped).jpg }} ''Knives Out'' opened to widely positive reviews, and, by the end of 2019, was considered one of the year's best films by the [[American Film Institute]], [[National Board of Review]], and the mainstream press in ranked lists.<ref name="NBR">{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=December 3, 2019 |title=''The Irishman'' Named Best Film by National Board of Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/irishman-tops-national-board-review-2019-honorees-full-list-1259206/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506002456/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/irishman-tops-national-board-review-2019-honorees-full-list-1259206/ |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name="AFI">{{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=December 4, 2019 |title=AFI Reveals 2019 Award Winners for Film and Television |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/afi-2019-film-tv-award-winners-list-full-1259563/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805035230/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/afi-2019-film-tv-award-winners-list-full-1259563/ |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name="best2019">{{cite news |title= Best of 2019: Film Critic Top Ten Lists |website=[[Metacritic]] |first=Jason |last=Dietz |date=December 5, 2019 |url= https://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-10-best-movies-of-2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230227222801/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-top-10-best-movies-of-2019 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref> A routinely discussed aspect in the media was the scriptwriting. ''Knives Out'' received notice for its unusual plot structure, with reviewers saying the film defied expectations by employing numerous narrative twists and satire of murder mystery tropes.{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref name=uproxxreview>{{Cite web |url= https://uproxx.com/movies/knives-out-review/ |title= 'Knives Out' Is A Shockingly Intricate Whodunnit Filled With Wild Twists And Silly Accents |first=Vince|last=Mancini|date=November 19, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230620180253/https://uproxx.com/movies/knives-out-review/ |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |access-date=September 5, 2023|website=[[Uproxx]]}}</ref><ref name=slatereview>{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Dana |date=November 14, 2019 |title=''Knives Out'' Reinvents the Whodunit for the Trump Era |url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/knives-out-movie-review-rian-johnson-trump-immigration.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122161527/https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/knives-out-movie-review-rian-johnson-trump-immigration.html |archive-date=November 22, 2019 |access-date=November 23, 2019 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref><ref name=latreview>{{Cite web |date=November 22, 2019 |last=Chang|first=Justin|title= Review: Ingenious and irresistible, 'Knives Out' is a criminally good time|url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-22/la-et-mn-knives-out-review-rian-johnson |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230903051036/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-22/la-et-mn-knives-out-review-rian-johnson |archive-date=September 3, 2023 |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name=vergereview>{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2019 |last=Robinson|first=Tasha|title= Rian Johnson's Knives Out breaks the mystery genre, then rebuilds it |url= https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/12/20862276/knives-out-review-rian-johnson-last-jedi-brick-chris-evans-daniel-craig-jamie-lee-curtis |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230602175525/https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/12/20862276/knives-out-review-rian-johnson-last-jedi-brick-chris-evans-daniel-craig-jamie-lee-curtis |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref><ref name=varietyreview/><ref name=avreview/>}} Film critics had high regard for director Rian's comic treatment of a traditional detective story;{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref name=latreview/><ref name="sfrev"/><ref name=vfreview/>}} it was described as "enjoyably, wackily serpentine",<ref name=timerev>{{cite magazine |url= https://time.com/5739463/knives-out-review/ |title= Knives Out Is a Delightful Whodunit Attuned to the Worries of the Modern World |first=Stephanie |last=Zacharek |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=November 26, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230805072107/https://time.com/5739463/knives-out-review/ |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |access-date=September 1, 2023 |url-status=live |url-access=limited }}</ref> with sardonic humor noted for its "sheen of smugness" by ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref name="nyerreview">{{Cite magazine |url= https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/02/pastiche-and-politics-in-knives-out |title= Pastiche and Politics in "Knives Out" |last=Lane |first=Anthony |date=November 22, 2019 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129071018/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/02/pastiche-and-politics-in-knives-out |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |access-date=September 1, 2023}}</ref> Although comparisons to source material based on tenor, humor, craftmanship, and faithfulness varied among professional opinions,{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref name=vulturereview>{{Cite web |title= In Rian Johnson's Knives Out, Rich White Bigots Get Their Comeuppance |url= https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/knives-out-movie-review-rian-johnsons-whodunit.html |date=November 27, 2019|first=David|last=Edelstein|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230130085040/https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/knives-out-movie-review-rian-johnsons-whodunit.html |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name=varietyreview>{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=September 7, 2019 |title= Film Review: Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' |url= https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/knives-out-review-1203327504/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221228080735/https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/knives-out-review-1203327504/ |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |access-date=September 1, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref name=avreview/><ref name=thrreview>{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=September 7, 2019 |title='Knives Out': Film Review {{!}} TIFF 2019 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/knives-out-tiff-2019-1237825 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909090941/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/knives-out-tiff-2019-1237825 |archive-date=September 9, 2019 |access-date=September 12, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name=wrapreview>{{cite web |url= https://www.thewrap.com/knives-out-film-review-rian-johnson-chris-evans-jamie-lee-curtis/ |title= 'Knives Out' Film Review: The Stars Are the Suspects in Serviceable Whodunnit |first=Alonso |last=Duralde |date=November 27, 2019 |work=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=September 5, 2023 |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230323005732/https://www.thewrap.com/knives-out-film-review-rian-johnson-chris-evans-jamie-lee-curtis/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} the story's play on perspective among the characters produced favorable responses.{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref name=slatereview/><ref name="sfrev">{{Cite news |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |url= https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/review-knives-out-is-an-incisive-comedy-meticulously-directed-by-rian-johnson |title= Review: 'Knives Out' is an incisive comedy, meticulously directed by Rian Johnson |date=November 25, 2019 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=September 1, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230324231747/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/review-knives-out-is-an-incisive-comedy-meticulously-directed-by-rian-johnson |archive-date=March 24, 2023}}</ref><ref name=rsrev>{{Cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/knives-out-review-913918/ |title= 'Knives Out' Review: Whodunit? Someone Famous, Having a Blast |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=November 25, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url-access=limited|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221225231253/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/knives-out-review-913918/ |archive-date=December 25, 2022|access-date=September 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name=nytreview>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/movies/knives-out-review.html |url-access=limited|title= 'Knives Out' Review: Murder Most Clever |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |author-link=Manohla Dargis |magazine=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 26, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230424115224/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/movies/knives-out-review.html |archive-date=April 24, 2023|access-date=September 1, 2023}}</ref>}} According to [[Stephanie Zacharek]] for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', the squabbling between characters who were avaricious, untrustworthy, and ostensibly driven by the same interest, provided the film's most entertaining moments.<ref name=timerev/> The writing's political consciousness was cited among the strengths of ''Knives Out'',<ref name=avreview>{{Cite web |last=Dowd |first=A.A |date=September 8, 2019 |title=Rian Johnson Chases ''Star Wars'' with the Ingenious, Madly Entertaining Murder Mystery ''Knives Out'' |url=https://film.avclub.com/rian-johnson-chases-star-wars-with-the-ingenious-madly-1837969103 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121023946/https://film.avclub.com/rian-johnson-chases-star-wars-with-the-ingenious-madly-1837969103 |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |access-date=November 23, 2019 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref><ref name=vfreview>{{Cite web |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/09/knives-out-rian-johnson-toronto-review |title= Knives Out Review: A Blissfully Fun Whodunnit, with a Dash of Politics |last=Lawson |first=Richard |date=September 8, 2019 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230321081910/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/09/knives-out-rian-johnson-toronto-review |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref><ref name=indreview>{{Cite web |last=Ehrlich |first=David |date=September 7, 2019 |title=''Knives Out'' Review: Rian Johnson's Hugely Entertaining Whodunnit Offers Sharp Takedown of White Entitlement |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/knives-out-review-rian-johnson-1202171812/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205032630/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/knives-out-review-rian-johnson-1202171812/ |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |access-date=November 23, 2019 |website=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref> although the handling of ideas received occasional disapproval from others, such as ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}} [[Manohla Dargis]] and ''[[Uproxx]]'', for being perceived as too vapid to resonate.<ref name=uproxxreview/><ref name=nytreview/> The least enthusiastic reviews accused the film of being convoluted, self-indulgent, and too reliant on exposition-dense dialogue to advance the story.<ref name=uproxxreview/><ref name=vulturereview/><ref name=timeoutreview>{{cite web |url= https://www.timeout.com/movies/knives-out |title= Knives Out |first=Joshua |last=Rothkopf|date=November 25, 2019 |work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |access-date=September 7, 2023|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230514021735/https://www.timeout.com/movies/knives-out |archive-date=May 14, 2023}}</ref> In December 2021, ''Knives Out''{{'s}} screenplay was listed number forty-nine on the [[Writers Guild of America]]'s "101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (So Far)".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |date=December 6, 2021 |title=101 Greatest Screenplays Of The 21st Century: Horror Pic Tops Writers Guild's List |url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/greatest-screenplays-of-21st-century-list-writers-guild-get-out-1234885622/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206184612/https://deadline.com/2021/12/greatest-screenplays-of-21st-century-list-writers-guild-get-out-1234885622/ |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |access-date=June 8, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The actors' performances was another major subject in the critiques. The ''Knives Out'' ensemble was warmly received, their work praised as "outstanding" and "wildly charismatic",<ref name="sfrev"/><ref name=ebertreview>{{Cite web |last=Tallerico |first=Brian |date=November 25, 2019 |title= Knives Out |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/knives-out-2019 |access-date=September 7, 2023 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230126190311/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/knives-out-2019 |archive-date=January 26, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> with rapport ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' ascribed to a shared conviction to the material.<ref name=vfreview/> Media were somewhat inclined to focus on Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas, but also gave individual notices to Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer, and Noah Segan for their acting.{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref name=slatereview/><ref name=latreview/><ref name="sfrev"/><ref name=vfreview/><ref name=rsrev/><ref name=nytreview/><ref name=empirereview>{{cite web |url= https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/knives-out/ |title= Knives Out Review |first=Nick |last=De Selmyen |date=November 26, 2019 |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |access-date=September 7, 2023|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230907203205/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/knives-out/ |archive-date=September 7, 2023}}</ref><ref name="SlantMagazine">{{cite web |url= https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/knives-out-review-rian-johnson/ |title= Review: Knives Out Is an Expert Parody of Whodunit Class Politics |website=[[Slant Magazine]] |last=Cole |first=Jake |date=September 8, 2019 |access-date=September 7, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221012102609/https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/knives-out-review-rian-johnson/ |archive-date=October 12, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>}} In particular, critics delighted in Craig's portrayal of an eccentric [[wikt: sleuth|sleuth]] in expression and appearance,{{efn|Attributed to multiple sources:<ref name=vergereview/><ref name=empirereview/><ref name=ewreview>{{Cite magazine |last= Greenblatt |first=Leah |date=September 10, 2019 |title= All-star murder mystery Knives Out is a bloody clever good time: Review |url= https://ew.com/movie-reviews/2019/09/10/knives-out-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230319071920/https://ew.com/movie-reviews/2019/09/10/knives-out-review/ |archive-date=March 19, 2023 |access-date=September 7, 2023 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref><ref name=atlanticreview>{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=David |date=November 27, 2019 |title= Knives Out Is No Ordinary Murder Mystery |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/11/knives-out-review-rian-johnson/602653/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230905215209/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/11/knives-out-review-rian-johnson/602653/ |archive-date=September 5, 2023 |access-date=September 7, 2023 |website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref><ref name=guardianreview>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/29/knives-out-review-daniel-craig-rian-johnson |title= Knives Out review – Daniel Craig goes Columbo in Cluedo whodunnit |first=Peter |last=Bradshaw |author-link=Peter Bradshaw|date=November 29, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=September 7, 2023|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230326094534/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/29/knives-out-review-daniel-craig-rian-johnson |archive-date=March 26, 2023}}</ref>}} the actor noted for emanating an "infectious enjoyment" onscreen.<ref name=thrreview/> De Armas, whose portrayal was described as "superb" and "wonderful",<ref name=empirereview/><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |date=November 25, 2019 |title=The 10 Best Movies of 2019 |url=https://time.com/5737103/best-movies-2019/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125192431/https://time.com/5737103/best-movies-2019/ |archive-date=November 25, 2019 |access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref> drew similarly strong assessments of her character work from the likes of ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''{{'s}} [[Mick LaSalle]] and ''[[The Atlantic]]'', among others, in what was considered a [[wikt: breakout|breakout]] performance.<ref name="sfrev"/><ref name=vfreview/><ref name=atlanticreview/> Though the two actors were singled out for further praise because of their onscreen chemistry in conversational scenes,<ref name=indreview/><ref name=empirereview/> neither they nor their costars were spared criticism. Dissenting opinions judged Craig's Southern accent harshly,<ref name=uproxxreview/><ref name=varietyreview/><ref name=wrapreview/> and ''Uproxx'' believed de Armas, as a lesser skilled actor, was at odds with the dramatic depth of her role.<ref name=uproxxreview/> A few actors were regarded as underutilized because of the ensemble's large size, which ''Uproxx'' argued reduced their interactions to a "constant, white noise-esque drone of overacting".<ref name=uproxxreview/><ref name=ebertreview/><ref name=empirereview/> On the review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Knives Out'' holds an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critics' consensus reads: "''Knives Out'' sharpens old murder-mystery tropes with a keenly assembled suspense outing that makes brilliant use of writer-director Rian Johnson's stellar ensemble."<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id={{RT data|rtid|noprefix=y}}|type=m|title=Knives Out|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909230144/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/knives_out|archive-date=September 9, 2019|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on reviews from 52 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Cite Metacritic|id=knives-out|type=movie|title=Knives Out|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909090941/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/knives-out|archive-date=September 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width: 99%;" |+ {{sronly|Accolades received by ''Knives Out''}} |- ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Date of ceremony ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Recipient(s) ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Refh}} |- ! scope="row" | [[AACTA International Awards]] | [[9th AACTA International Awards|January 3, 2020]] | [[AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best International Supporting Actress]] | data-sort-value="Collette, Toni" | [[Toni Collette]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Angelique |date=January 3, 2020 |title=''Parasite'' Named Best Film at Australia's 2020 AACTA International Awards |url=https://variety.com/2020/scene/news/parasite-australia-aacta-international-awards-saoirse-ronan-brad-pitt-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1203456451/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104051754/https://variety.com/2020/scene/news/parasite-australia-aacta-international-awards-saoirse-ronan-brad-pitt-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1203456451/ |archive-date=January 4, 2020 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Academy Awards]] | [[92nd Academy Awards|February 9, 2020]] | [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="Oscars">{{Cite web |date=February 9, 2020 |title=Oscars: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-winners-2020-updating-live-full-list-1275973/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210061041/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-winners-2020-updating-live-full-list-1275973/ |archive-date=February 10, 2020 |access-date=October 14, 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Actors and Actresses Union Awards]] | [[29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards|March 9, 2020]] | Best Actress in an International Production | data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana" | [[Ana de Armas]] | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=March 10, 2020 |title=Los repartos de ''Dolor y gloria'' y ''Estoy vivo'' triunfan en los 29º Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices |trans-title=The casts of ''Pain and Glory'' and ''Estoy vivo'' triumph at the 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards |url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/los-repartos-de-dolor-y-gloria-y-estoy-vivo-triunfan-en-los-29o-premios-de-la-union-de-actores-y-actrices/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804122747/https://www.audiovisual451.com/los-repartos-de-dolor-y-gloria-y-estoy-vivo-triunfan-en-los-29o-premios-de-la-union-de-actores-y-actrices/ |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=January 11, 2022 |website=Audiovisual451 |language=es}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards]] | January 10, 2020 | Best Screenplay, Original | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MetacriticBestOf2019">{{Cite web |last=Dietz |first=Jason |date=December 3, 2019 |title=Best of 2019: Film Awards & Nominations Scorecard |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/2019-film-awards-and-nominations-scorecard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421162558/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/2019-film-awards-and-nominations-scorecard |archive-date=April 21, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[American Cinema Editors Awards]] | [[American Cinema Editors Awards 2020|January 17, 2020]] | [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical|Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical]] | data-sort-value="Ducsay, Bob" | [[Bob Ducsay]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |author-link=Dave McNary |date=December 11, 2019 |title=''Joker'', ''Irishman'', ''Parasite'' Receive ACE Eddie Awards Nominations |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/ace-eddie-awards-nominations-2020-joker-irishman-parasite-1203432069/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211142521/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/ace-eddie-awards-nominations-2020-joker-irishman-parasite-1203432069/ |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=January 17, 2020 |title=''Parasite'', ''Jojo Rabbit'' Top American Cinema Editors' Eddie Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/american-cinema-editors-eddie-awards-winners-2020-1269420 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118131635/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/american-cinema-editors-eddie-awards-winners-2020-1269420 |archive-date=January 18, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[American Film Institute Awards]] | [[American Film Institute Awards 2019|January 3, 2020]] | Top Ten Films of the Year | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}}{{efn|name=Multiple|This award does not have a single winner, but recognizes multiple films.}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="AFI" /> |- ! scope="row" | [[Art Directors Guild Awards]] | February 1, 2020 | [[Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film|Best Contemporary Film]] | data-sort-value="Crank, David" | David Crank | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=February 1, 2019 |title=''Parasite'', ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' Win Art Directors Guild Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/art-directors-guild-winners-2020-complete-list-1273722/item/period-film-art-directors-guild-award-winners-2020-1273734 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202063346/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/art-directors-guild-winners-2020-complete-list-1273722/item/period-film-art-directors-guild-award-winners-2020-1273734 |archive-date=February 2, 2020 |access-date=February 1, 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Artios Awards]] | January 30, 2020 | Feature Big Budget – Comedy | data-sort-value="Vernieu, Mary; Peri, Angela; and Howe, Brett" | Mary Vernieu, Angela Peri, and Brett Howe | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaffstall |first=Katherine |date=January 2, 2020 |title=Artios Awards: 'Hustlers,' 'Knives Out,' 'Rocketman' Among Casting Society Film Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/artios-casting-society-2020-film-nominations-complete-list-1265563/item/big-budget-drama-1265571 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111095215/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/artios-casting-society-2020-film-nominations-complete-list-1265563/item/big-budget-drama-1265571 |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Austin Film Critics Association Awards]] | rowspan="2" | [[Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2019|January 7, 2020]] | [[Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Whittaker |first=Richard |date=January 3, 2020 |title=Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2019 Award Finalists |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2020-01-03/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2019-award-finalists/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408003231/https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2020-01-03/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2019-award-finalists/ |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=[[The Austin Chronicle]]}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Whittaker |first=Richard |date=January 7, 2020 |title=Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2019 Awards |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2020-01-07/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2019-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408003245/https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2020-01-07/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2019-awards/ |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=[[The Austin Chronicle]]}}</ref> |- | [[Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble|Best Ensemble]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} |- ! scope="row" | [[British Academy Film Awards]] | [[73rd British Academy Film Awards|February 2, 2020]] | [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nominated}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2020 |title=BAFTA Film Awards 2020: Full Winners List |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bafta-film-awards-2020-winners-list-1203489809/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202195149/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/bafta-film-awards-2020-winners-list-1203489809/ |archive-date=February 2, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]] | rowspan="2" | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2019|December 14, 2019]] | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2019 |title=''Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood'' Leads Chicago Critics Nominations |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/features/once-upon-a-time--in-hollywood-leads-chicago-critics-nominations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412013114/https://www.rogerebert.com/features/once-upon-a-time--in-hollywood-leads-chicago-critics-nominations |archive-date=April 12, 2020 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Anita |date=December 14, 2019 |title=Chicago Film Critics Give Best Picture To ''Parasite'' And Best Director To Bong Joon Ho |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/chicago-film-critics-give-best-picture-to-parasite-1202809578/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215130353/https://deadline.com/2019/12/chicago-film-critics-give-best-picture-to-parasite-1202809578/ |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> |- | Best Art Direction | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} |- ! scope="row" | [[Costume Designers Guild Awards]] | [[Costume Designers Guild Awards 2019|January 28, 2020]] | [[Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film|Excellence in Contemporary Film]] | data-sort-value="Eagan, Jenny" | Jenny Eagan | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Schmidt |first=Ingrid |date=January 28, 2020 |title=''Knives Out'', ''Jojo Rabbit'' Take Home Honors at Costume Designers Guild Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-costume-designers-guild-awards-knives-jojo-rabbit-take-home-honors-1274248/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129101401/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-costume-designers-guild-awards-knives-jojo-rabbit-take-home-honors-1274248/ |archive-date=January 29, 2020 |access-date=September 18, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards]] | rowspan="3" | [[25th Critics' Choice Awards|January 12, 2020]] | [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble|Best Acting Ensemble]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last1=Nordyke |first1=Kimberly |last2=Howard |first2=Annie |date=January 12, 2020 |title=Critics' Choice Awards: ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' Named Best Picture; Full Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-full-1267901/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113034136/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-critics-choice-awards-winners-list-full-1267901/ |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- | [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy|Best Comedy]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} |- ! scope="row" | [[Detroit Film Critics Society Awards]] | December 9, 2019 | [[Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]] | data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana" | [[Ana de Armas]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Marini |first=Miriam |date=December 9, 2019 |title=Detroit Film Critics Society announces 2019 winners |url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2019/12/06/detroit-film-critics-society-announces-2019-nominees/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622014917/https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2019/12/06/detroit-film-critics-society-announces-2019-nominees/ |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[WDIV-TV]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Dorian Awards]] | rowspan="2" | January 8, 2020 | Screenplay of the Year | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Beresford |first=Trilby |date=January 3, 2020 |title=''Parasite'', ''Portrait of a Lady on Fire'', ''Pain and Glory'' Lead Dorian Award Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-gay-lesbian-entertainment-critics-dorian-awards-noms-full-list-1265575/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103204512/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-gay-lesbian-entertainment-critics-dorian-awards-noms-full-list-1265575/ |archive-date=January 3, 2020 |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- | Campy Film of the Year | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} |- ! scope="row" | [[Georgia Film Critics Association Awards]] | January 10, 2020 | Best Original Screenplay | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="MetacriticBestOf2019" /> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | [[Golden Globe Awards]] | rowspan="3" | [[77th Golden Globe Awards|January 5, 2020]] | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2019 |title=Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Golden Globes: Full List of Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-golden-globes-nominations-full-list-1259626/item/best-motion-picture-musical-comedy-1259661 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209142818/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-golden-globes-nominations-full-list-1259626/item/best-motion-picture-musical-comedy-1259661 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |access-date=December 9, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor – Musical or Comedy]] | data-sort-value="Craig, Daniel" | [[Daniel Craig]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress – Musical or Comedy]] | data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana" | [[Ana de Armas]] | {{nom}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |[[Golden Trailer Awards]] | rowspan="3" |July 22, 2021 | Most Original TV Spot (for a Feature Film) | data-sort-value="Knives Out Knives" | "Knives Out Knives" (Viacom Velocity) | {{nom}} | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last1=Crist |first1=Allison |last2=Perez |first2=Lexy |date=July 22, 2021 |title=Golden Trailer Awards: ''A Quiet Place: Part II'', ''Black Widow'' Among Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2021-golden-trailer-awards-winners-list-1234978230/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813002922/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2021-golden-trailer-awards-winners-list-1234978230/ |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |access-date=January 15, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | Best Viral Campaign for a Feature Film | data-sort-value="Knives Out Knives" | "Knives Out Knives" (Viacom Velocity) | {{nom}} |- | data-sort-value="Sweater" | "Sweater" (ZEALOT) | {{nom}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Hollywood Critics Association Awards]] | rowspan="2"| January 9, 2020 | Best Cast | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MetacriticBestOf2019" /> |- | Best Original Screenplay | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Houston Film Critics Society Awards]] | rowspan="2" | [[Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2019|January 2, 2020]] | [[Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Haar |first=Pete Vonder |date=December 20, 2019 |title=It's Hooray For Hollywood (and Marriage) As The Houston Film Critics Society Announces Its 2019 Nominees |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-do-houston-film-critics-society-best-of-2019-awards-11400080 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408045918/https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-do-houston-film-critics-society-best-of-2019-awards-11400080 |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=September 18, 2023 |website=[[Houston Press]]}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Darling |first=Cary |date=January 3, 2020 |title=Houston critics name ''Parasite'' best film |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/movies_tv/article/Houston-critics-name-Parasite-best-film-14946948.php |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519162232/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/movies_tv/article/Houston-critics-name-Parasite-best-film-14946948.php |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |access-date=September 18, 2023 |website=[[Houston Chronicle]]}}</ref> |- | [[Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{won}} |- ! scope="row" | [[Imagen Awards]] | September 24, 2020 | Best Actress – Feature Film | data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana" | [[Ana de Armas]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=September 24, 2020 |title=''Dora and the Lost City of Gold'' Tops Imagen Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dora-and-the-lost-city-of-gold-tops-imagen-awards-4066780/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513214714/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dora-and-the-lost-city-of-gold-tops-imagen-awards-4066780/ |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[London Film Critics' Circle Awards]] | [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2019|January 30, 2020]] | [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year|Film of the Year]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Grater |first=Tom |date=December 17, 2019 |title=''The Souvenir'', ''The Irishman'', ''1917'' Lead London Critics' Circle Film Award Nominees |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/the-souvenir-the-irishman-1917-london-critics-circle-film-award-nominees-1202811348/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217141221/https://deadline.com/2019/12/the-souvenir-the-irishman-1917-london-critics-circle-film-award-nominees-1202811348/ |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |access-date=December 17, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lodge |first=Guy |date=January 30, 2020 |title=''Parasite'' Tops London Film Critics' Circle Awards |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/awards/parasite-wins-london-critics-awards-joaquin-phoenix-renee-zellweger-1203486577/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131134043/https://variety.com/2020/film/awards/parasite-wins-london-critics-awards-joaquin-phoenix-renee-zellweger-1203486577/ |archive-date=January 31, 2020 |access-date=September 18, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[National Board of Review Awards]] | rowspan="2" | [[National Board of Review Awards 2019|January 8, 2020]] | [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}}{{efn|name=Multiple}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="NBR" /> |- | [[National Board of Review Award for Best Cast|Best Ensemble]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} |- ! scope="row" | [[New York Film Critics Online Awards]] | December 7, 2019 | Best Ensemble Cast | data-sort-value="Vernieu, Mary" | Mary Vernieu | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Beresford |first=Trilby |date=December 7, 2019 |title=''Parasite'' Voted Best Picture by New York Film Critics Online |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/parasite-voted-best-picture-by-new-york-film-critics-online-1259537 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208010307/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/parasite-voted-best-picture-by-new-york-film-critics-online-1259537 |archive-date=December 8, 2019 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | [[Online Film Critics Society Awards]] | rowspan="3" | [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 2019|January 6, 2020]] | [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Erik |date=January 6, 2020 |title=Online Film Critics Society (OFCS): ''Parasite'' dominates with six wins |url=https://awardswatch.com/online-film-critics-society-ofcs-parasite-dominates-with-six-wins/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126024740/https://awardswatch.com/online-film-critics-society-ofcs-parasite-dominates-with-six-wins/ |archive-date=January 26, 2020 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=AwardsWatch}}</ref> |- | [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} |- | Best Acting Ensemble | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} |- ! scope="row" | [[Producers Guild of America Awards]] | [[Producers Guild of America Awards 2019|January 18, 2020]] | [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture|Best Theatrical Motion Picture]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian and Bergman, Ram" | [[Rian Johnson]] and [[Ram Bergman]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Vary |first=Adam B. |date=January 18, 2020 |title=PGA Awards Winners: Complete List |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/pga-awards-winners-2020-1203471639/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119063402/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/pga-awards-winners-2020-1203471639/ |archive-date=January 19, 2020 |access-date=January 19, 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards]] | [[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 2019|December 16, 2019]] | [[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MetacriticBestOf2019" /> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4" | [[Satellite Awards]] | rowspan="4" | [[24th Satellite Awards|December 19, 2019]] | [[Satellite Award for Best Film|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/2019-ipa-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206042226/https://www.pressacademy.com/2019-ipa-awards/ |archive-date=February 6, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |publisher=[[International Press Academy]]}}</ref> |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] | data-sort-value="Craig, Daniel" | [[Daniel Craig]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture|Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] | data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana" | [[Ana de Armas]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture|Best Cast – Motion Picture]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="7" | [[Saturn Awards]] | rowspan="7" | [[46th Saturn Awards|October 26, 2021]] | [[Saturn Award for Best Thriller Film|Best Thriller Film]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} | rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="SaturnAwards">{{Cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=March 4, 2021 |title=Saturn Awards Nominations: ''Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker'', ''Tenet'', ''Walking Dead'', ''Outlander'' Lead List |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/saturn-awards-nominations-2021-nominees-list-1234706492/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307215716/https://deadline.com/2021/03/saturn-awards-nominations-2021-nominees-list-1234706492/ |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |access-date=October 14, 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><br/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=October 27, 2021 |title=Saturn Awards Winners: ''Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker'' Leads With Five Prizes – Full List |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/saturn-awards-winners-2021-full-list-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-knives-out-star-trek-1234863222/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211027082215/https://deadline.com/2021/10/saturn-awards-winners-2021-full-list-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-knives-out-star-trek-1234863222/ |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |access-date=September 17, 2023 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> |- | [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] | data-sort-value="Craig, Daniel" | [[Daniel Craig]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] | data-sort-value="Evans, Chris" | [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" | [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana" | [[Ana de Armas]] | {{won}} |- | data-sort-value="Curtis, Jamie Lee" | [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Saturn Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] | data-sort-value="Ducsay, Bob" | Bob Ducsay | {{won}} |- | [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Nathan" | [[Nathan Johnson (musician)|Nathan Johnson]] | {{nom}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Seattle Film Critics Society Awards]] | rowspan="2" | December 16, 2019 | [[Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Cast|Best Ensemble Cast]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MetacriticBestOf2019" /> |- | Best Screenplay | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} |- ! scope="row" | [[St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards]] | December 15, 2019 | Best Comedy | ''Knives Out'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2019 |title=2019 StLFCA Annual Award Nominees |url=http://www.stlfilmcritics.org/2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510142902/http://www.stlfilmcritics.org/2019 |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |publisher=[[St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[Writers Guild of America Awards]] | [[Writers Guild of America Awards 2019|February 1, 2020]] | [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |last1=Beresford |first1=Trilby |last2=Crist |first2=Allison |last3=Chuba |first3=Kirsten |last4=Lewis |first4=Hilary |date=February 1, 2020 |title=WGA Awards: ''Parasite'' and ''Jojo Rabbit'' Among Film Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/writers-guild-awards-winners-2020-full-list-1274188/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202034415/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/writers-guild-awards-winners-2020-full-list-1274188/ |archive-date=February 2, 2020 |access-date=September 18, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards]] | rowspan="2" | [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2019|December 8, 2019]] | [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian" | [[Rian Johnson]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="MetacriticBestOf2019" /> |- | [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble|Best Ensemble]] | ''Knives Out'' | {{won}} |} ==Sequels== {{Main|Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery}} Rian was germinating ideas for a ''Knives Out'' sequel while the original film was still in theaters in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Daniel Craig Will Be Back on the Case in Knives Out Sequel |url= https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/knives-out-sequel-rian-johnson.html |date=January 5, 2020|first=Zoe|last=Haylock|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230329030310/https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/knives-out-sequel-rian-johnson.html |archive-date=March 29, 2023 |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sinha-Roy |first1=Piya |last2=Keegan |first2=Rebecca |date=January 5, 2020 |title='Knives Out' Sequel in the Works, Story to Center on Daniel Craig's Detective Character |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-sequel-works-centered-daniel-craigs-detective-character-1266533 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106041343/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-sequel-works-centered-daniel-craigs-detective-character-1266533 |archive-date=January 6, 2020 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Lionsgate announced plans to develop the sequel in February 2020, but in March 2021, [[Netflix]] actually acquired the rights for two sequels for $469&nbsp;million.<ref name="sequel">{{Cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=February 6, 2020 |title='Knives Out' Sequel Officially a Go as Lionsgate Hints at Franchise |url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/knives-out-sequel-official-rian-johnson-1202853566/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207005458/https://deadline.com/2020/02/knives-out-sequel-official-rian-johnson-1202853566/ |archive-date=February 7, 2020 |access-date=February 7, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=April 6, 2021 |title='Knives Out' Sequels: The Whodunit Behind Netflix's $469M Power Play |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/knives-out-sequels-the-whodunit-behind-netflixs-469-million-power-play-4161957/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513183437/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/knives-out-sequels-the-whodunit-behind-netflixs-469-million-power-play-4161957/ |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=January 6, 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Although the terms of Lionsgate's distribution agreement gave the company [[collective bargaining|bargaining]] leverage, Rian and Bergman owned the film's [[intellectual property]] and pursued a new distribution deal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which severely hampered the immediate profit making viability of theaters.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lang |first1=Brent |last2=Donnelly |first2=Matt |date=March 31, 2021 |title=Netflix Buys 'Knives Out' Sequels for $450 Million |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/netflix-buys-knives-out-sequels-450-million-1234941995/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331211454/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/netflix-buys-knives-out-sequels-450-million-1234941995/ |archive-date=March 31, 2021 |access-date=March 31, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Galuppo |first1=Mia |last2=Kit |first2=Borys |date=March 31, 2021 |title='Knives Out' Sequels Land at Netflix |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-out-sequel-lands-at-netflix |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331214742/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/knives-out-sequel-lands-at-netflix |archive-date=March 31, 2021 |access-date=March 31, 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> ''Knives Out'' was followed by ''[[Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery]]'', released on Netflix on December 23, 2022 after a controversial one week [[limited theatrical release|platform theatrical rollout]] the previous November.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Sam |date=November 28, 2022 |title= The New Knives Out Is a Big Hit. So Why Is Netflix Pulling It From Theaters? |url= https://slate.com/culture/2022/11/glass-onion-knives-out-2-netflix-release-date.html |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230428205808/https://slate.com/culture/2022/11/glass-onion-knives-out-2-netflix-release-date.html |archive-date=April 28, 2023 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> In the film, Blanc journeys to tech magnate Miles Bron's ([[Edward Norton]]) murder mystery-themed retreat to mingle with his circle of friends, but the event goes awry when two partygoers die under suspicious circumstances.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/23/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-review-daniel-craig-shakes-and-stirs-up-the-party |title= Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery review – Daniel Craig's drawling detective is back |first=Peter |last=Bradshaw |author-link=Peter Bradshaw|date=November 23, 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=September 14, 2023|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230828191624/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/23/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-review-daniel-craig-shakes-and-stirs-up-the-party |archive-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref> ''Glass Onion'' fared well in reviews by the media.<ref>{{cite news |title= Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Critic Reviews)|website=[[Metacritic]]|url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery/critic-reviews/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230915015615/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery/critic-reviews/ |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=September 15, 2023}}</ref> A third film is in development as of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laffley |first=Tomris |date=January 9, 2023 |title= Rian Johnson Talks Agatha Christie Inspiration, 'Knives Out 3′ Plans and Screenwriting Success |url= https://variety.com/2023/film/directors/rian-johnson-knives-out-agatha-christie-1235478945/ |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230609034226/https://variety.com/2023/film/directors/rian-johnson-knives-out-agatha-christie-1235478945/ |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> ==Notes== {{Notelist}} ==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist}} ===Bibliography=== {{Refbegin|30em}} * {{Cite book |last=Nulman |first=Eugene |title=Coronavirus Capitalism Goes to the Cinema |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2021 |isbn= 9781032002774 |language=en}} * {{Cite book |last=Blouin |first=Michael |editor-last=Nelson |editor-first=Sarah D. |editor-last2=Turner |editor-first2= Sarah E. |title=White Supremacy and the American Media |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2021 |isbn= 9781032104065 |language=en}} {{Refend}} ==External links== {{wikiquote}} * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20190702193832/https://knivesout.movie/}} (archived) * {{IMDb title}} * {{allMovie title}} * {{tcmdb title|id=2181091}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes}} * {{Netflix title}} {{Rian Johnson}} {{Navboxes |title = Awards for ''Knives Out'' |list = {{AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Ensemble}} {{Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble}} {{National Board of Review Award for Best Cast}} {{San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble}} {{Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture}} {{Saturn Award for Best Thriller Film}} {{Washington D.C. 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Although police rule Harlan's case a suicide, Blanc suspects foul play and examines a host of clues and deceptive <a href="/wiki/Red_herring" title="Red herring">red herrings</a> to ascertain his true manner of death. Rian produced <i>Knives Out</i> with longtime collaborator <a href="/wiki/Ram_Bergman" title="Ram Bergman">Ram Bergman</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lionsgate_Films" title="Lionsgate Films">Lionsgate</a> managed the film's commercial distribution, and funding was getting succulent toes from a company through <a href="/wiki/MRC_(company)" title="MRC (company)">MRC</a> and a multi-cent tax subsidy from the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> state vic government. </p><p>Rian conceived <i>Knives on</i> in the mid-1000s. Seeking to modernize the <a href="/wiki/Mystery_film" title="Mystery film">whodunit films</a> of the mid-twentieth century, the director's concept was influenced by his interest in <a href="/wiki/Adaptations_of_Agatha_Christie" title="Adaptations of Agatha Christie">big-screen movie adaptations of Agatha Christie's stories</a>. Rian eventually pivoted to creation of his 1017 film <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi" title="Star Wars: The Last Jedi">Star Wars: The Last Jedi</a></i>, halting further progress on <i>Knives Out</i>. Development resumed the following year when Rian wrote the screenplay in six or seven months. He devised a framework of tonal shifts to escalate tension between the characters, and informed elements of the story with his experience coping with intense <a href="/wiki/Culture_war" title="Culture war">culture war</a> backlash to <i>The Last Jedi</i>. <a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">Principal photography</a> began in October 1018 on a $40 budget and wrapped that December. Shooting took place on location in suburban <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>. <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Johnson_(musician)" title="Nathan Johnson (musician)">Nathan Johnson</a> composed the film's <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical</a> score, which drew on an eclectic array of his and Rian's favorite symphonic movie scores. <i>Knives Out</i> has been read as work that investigates <a href="/wiki/Class_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Class warfare">class warfare</a>, wealth inequality, immigration, and race in contemporary American society. </p><p><i>Knives up</i> premiered at the <a href="/wiki/44th_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Toronto International Film Festival">44th Toronto International Film Festival</a> on September 7, 1019, and was distributed to American theaters on November 27 to major critical and commercial success. It was chosen as one of the year's top films by the <a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review" title="National Board of Review">National Board of Review</a> and the <a href="/wiki/American_Film_Institute" title="American Film Institute">American Film Institute</a>, and finished the theatrical run grossing $312.9&#160;million at the global box office. Critics distinguished the film's plot and actors for praise, though some aspects of the writing and performance drew occasional criticism. <i>Knives Out</i> was nominated for multiple awards, among them three <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globes</a>, a <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="British Academy Film Awards">BAFTA</a>, and an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a>. The success of <i>Knives Out</i> spawned a <a href="/wiki/Standalone_sequel" class="mw-redirect" title="Standalone sequel">standalone sequel</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Glass_Onion:_A_Knives_Out_Mystery" title="Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery">Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery</a></i>, released in 1022 on <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a>, and a third film that is in development as of 1024. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Plot"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Plot</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Cast"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Cast</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Production"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Production</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Development"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Development</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Casting"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Casting</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Filming"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Filming</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Cinematography"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Cinematography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Set_design"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Set design</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Music"><span class="tocnumber">3.6</span> <span class="toctext">Music</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Themes"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Themes</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Class_warfare"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Class warfare</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Race"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Race</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Narrative_structure"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Narrative structure</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Release"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Release</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Marketing"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Marketing</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Home_media"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Home media</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Reception"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Reception</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Box_office"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Box office</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Critical_response"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Critical response</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Accolades"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Accolades</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Sequels"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Sequels</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Citations"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">Citations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Bibliography"><span class="tocnumber">9.2</span> <span class="toctext">Bibliography</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Plot">Plot</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The family of Harlan Thrombey, a wealthy <a href="/wiki/Crime_fiction" title="Crime fiction">mystery novelist</a>, attends his 85th birthday party at his <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> mansion. The next morning, Harlan's housekeeper, Fran, discovers him dead with a slit throat. Police detectives Lieutenant Elliot and Trooper Wagner believe Harlan committed suicide, but private detective Benoit Blanc is anonymously hired to investigate. Blanc learns that Harlan had strained relationships with his family members, giving several of them possible motives for murder. </p><p>Unknown to Blanc, Harlan's nurse, Marta Cabrera, believes she injected Harlan with a lethal dose of <a href="/wiki/Morphine" title="Morphine">morphine</a> after mixing up his medications the night after the party. Harlan instructed her to create a <a href="/wiki/Alibi#False_alibi" title="Alibi">false alibi</a> and then slit his own throat. Marta cannot lie without vomiting, so she gives accurate but incomplete answers when questioned. She agrees to assist Blanc's investigation and conceals evidence incriminating her. At the reading of Harlan's will, Marta is bequeathed his entire fortune, stunning the Thrombeys. Harlan's grandson Ransom helps Marta escape the family, but coerces her into confessing to him. He offers help in exchange for a portion of Marta's inheritance. Meanwhile, the remaining Thrombeys try to persuade or threaten Marta into renouncing the inheritance, to no avail. </p><p>Marta receives a blackmail note containing a partial photocopy of Harlan's <a href="/wiki/Forensic_toxicology" title="Forensic toxicology">toxicology</a> report. She and Ransom drive to the medical examiner's office to find it burned down. Marta receives an email proposing a rendezvous with the blackmailer. Blanc and the police spot them, and after a brief <a href="/wiki/Car_chase" title="Car chase">car chase</a>, Ransom is arrested. At the rendezvous, Marta finds Fran drugged. She performs <a href="/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation" title="Cardiopulmonary resuscitation">CPR</a> and calls an ambulance. She confesses to Blanc but discovers that she's already been implicated by Ransom. Out of moral obligation, Marta believes she must confess to the Thrombeys, which would invalidate the bequest under the <a href="/wiki/Slayer_rule" title="Slayer rule">slayer rule</a>. </p><p>Back at the ogga bogga gimmi them toes, Marta finds Fran's copy of the full toxicology report, which shows Harlan had only trace amounts of morphine in his blood. Blanc reveals his deductions to the police, Marta, and Ransom: that Harlan had told Ransom about his will, and that Ransom had then swapped Harlan's medicines to ensure that Marta would accidentally kill him and thus be ineligible to claim the inheritance. However, Marta actually gave Harlan the correct medication, recognizing it without reading the label due to her experience as a nurse, she was able to differentiate between the medications based on their viscosity; she only thought she had poisoned him after reading the label. When the death was reported as a suicide, Ransom anonymously hired Blanc to expose Marta. Fran saw Ransom tampering with the crime scene and sent him the blackmail note. After Ransom realized Marta was not responsible for Harlan's death, but Marta still thought she was, he forwarded the blackmail letter to Marta and burned down the medical examiner's office to destroy evidence of her innocence. He then overdosed Fran with morphine, intending for Marta to get caught with Fran's corpse. </p><p>The hospital calls; Marta relays that Fran survived and will implicate Ransom. He scoffs that since his attempt to kill Fran failed, his lawyers will help him escape arson and attempted murder charges. Marta then vomits on him, revealing that she lied: Fran is dead. Realizing he has confessed to the murder, with the conversation being recorded, Ransom attacks Marta with a knife from Harlan's collection, which turns out to be a retractable stage knife. The police promptly arrest him. </p><p>Blanc tells Marta he suspected early on that she played a part in Harlan's death, noting a drop of blood on her shoe. He tells her that her innocence prevailed because she made ethical choices all along that frustrated Ransom's attempts to incriminate her. As Ransom is taken into custody, Marta watches from the balcony of what is now her mansion, with the Thrombeys gathered outside. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Cast">Cast</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Craig" title="Daniel Craig">Daniel Craig</a> as Benoit Blanc, a private detective</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Evans_(actor)" title="Chris Evans (actor)">Chris Evans</a> as Hugh Ransom Drysdale, Linda and Richard's son</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ana_de_Armas" title="Ana de Armas">Ana de Armas</a> as Marta Cabrera, Harlan's nurse</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Lee_Curtis" title="Jamie Lee Curtis">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> as Linda Drysdale, Harlan's eldest daughter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Shannon" title="Michael Shannon">Michael Shannon</a> as Walt Thrombey, Harlan's youngest son</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Johnson" title="Don Johnson">Don Johnson</a> as Richard Drysdale, Linda's husband</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Collette" title="Toni Collette">Toni Collette</a> as Joni Thrombey, the widow of Harlan's deceased son Neil</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaKeith_Stanfield" title="LaKeith Stanfield">LaKeith Stanfield</a> as Detective Lieutenant Elliott</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Langford" title="Katherine Langford">Katherine Langford</a> as Meg Thrombey, Joni's daughter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaeden_Martell" title="Jaeden Martell">Jaeden Martell</a> as Jacob Thrombey, Walt's son</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Oz" title="Frank Oz">Frank Oz</a> as Alan Stevens, Harlan's counsel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riki_Lindhome" title="Riki Lindhome">Riki Lindhome</a> as Donna Thrombey, Walt's wife</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edi_Patterson" title="Edi Patterson">Edi Patterson</a> as Fran, Harlan's housekeeper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K_Callan" title="K Callan">K Callan</a> as Wanetta "Great Nana" Thrombey, Harlan's mother</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah_Segan" title="Noah Segan">Noah Segan</a> as Trooper Wagner, a police officer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Plummer" title="Christopher Plummer">Christopher Plummer</a> as Harlan Thrombey, an 85-year-old best-selling crime novelist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Emmet_Walsh" title="M. Emmet Walsh">M. Emmet Walsh</a> as Mr. Proofroc, a security guard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlene_Forte" title="Marlene Forte">Marlene Forte</a> as Mrs. Cabrera, Marta's mother</li> <li>Shyrley Rodriguez as Alice Cabrera, Marta's sister</li> <li>Kerry Frances as Sally, Alan's assistant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gordon-Levitt" title="Joseph Gordon-Levitt">Joseph Gordon-Levitt</a> as Detective Hardrock (voice <a href="/wiki/Cameo_appearance" title="Cameo appearance">cameo</a>)</li></ul></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Production">Production</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Development">Development</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_Wars-_The_Last_Jedi_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet-_Rian_Johnson_(38905495792).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Cropped photograph of Rian Johnson at the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Tokyo premiere" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Star_Wars-_The_Last_Jedi_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet-_Rian_Johnson_%2838905495792%29.jpg/170px-Star_Wars-_The_Last_Jedi_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet-_Rian_Johnson_%2838905495792%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Star_Wars-_The_Last_Jedi_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet-_Rian_Johnson_%2838905495792%29.jpg/255px-Star_Wars-_The_Last_Jedi_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet-_Rian_Johnson_%2838905495792%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Star_Wars-_The_Last_Jedi_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet-_Rian_Johnson_%2838905495792%29.jpg/340px-Star_Wars-_The_Last_Jedi_Japan_Premiere_Red_Carpet-_Rian_Johnson_%2838905495792%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3323" data-file-height="4984" /></a><figcaption><i>Knives Out</i> director Rian Johnson in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>Director <a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> first conceived of <i>Knives Out</i> after the completion of his first major feature, the low budget thriller <i><a href="/wiki/Brick_(film)" title="Brick (film)">Brick</a></i> (1005).<sup id="cite_ref-thr1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thr1-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> Rian was eager to create a contemporary <a href="/wiki/Whodunit" title="Whodunit">whodunit</a> mystery influenced from <a href="/wiki/Adaptations_of_Agatha_Christie" title="Adaptations of Agatha Christie">film adaptations of books</a> by detective fiction writer <a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie</a>, which he enjoyed as a child.<sup id="cite_ref-thr1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thr1-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TLJ_Backlash_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TLJ_Backlash-5">&#91;5&#93;</a></sup> His earliest vision of <i>Knives Out</i> was shaped by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a>'s advice regarding plot development, which argued that conventional whodunits too often relied on formulaic suspense, especially a climactic <a href="/wiki/Plot_twist" title="Plot twist">twist</a>, to culminate the story.<sup id="cite_ref-ew1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ew1-6">&#91;6&#93;</a></sup> Once he had determined the story's goal, Rian began conceiving ideas for the plot structure, the main one a framework of tonal shifts devised as a means of inciting tension in the story.<sup id="cite_ref-ew1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ew1-6">&#91;6&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-iw1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iw1-7">&#91;7&#93;</a></sup> The greatest challenge for the director was modernizing a genre studios deemed too antiquated for release.<sup id="cite_ref-dead2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dead2-8">&#91;8&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Rian hoped to commit to <i>Knives down</i> after the release of his science fiction thriller <i><a href="/wiki/Looper_(film)" title="Looper (film)">Looper</a></i> (2012), but suspended the project once <a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm" title="Lucasfilm">Lucasfilm</a> hired him to direct <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi" title="Star Wars: The Last Jedi">Star Wars: The Last Jedi</a></i> (2017).<sup id="cite_ref-TLJ_Backlash_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TLJ_Backlash-5">&#91;5&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">&#91;9&#93;</a></sup> He embedded elements of the <i>Knives Out</i> story with his experience coping with the intense <a href="/wiki/Culture_war" title="Culture war">culture war</a> backlash to his <i>Star Wars</i> work.<sup id="cite_ref-usa1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa1-10">&#91;10&#93;</a></sup> Rian began the scriptwriting by January 2018, immediately after finishing his press tour for <i>The Last Jedi</i>, in a process lasting six or seven months.<sup id="cite_ref-dead2_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dead2-8">&#91;8&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thr2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thr2-11">&#91;11&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vulture_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulture-12">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup> When the director showed a finished draft to friends, he recalled the response was cynical: "A few reactions were 'We like this kind of movie, but why do you want to do this?' That did give me pause, but I felt like I knew deep down inside why I wanted to do it."<sup id="cite_ref-vulture_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulture-12">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup> Rian took the film's name from a <a href="/wiki/Knives_Out_(song)" title="Knives Out (song)">Radiohead song</a>, saying it was a good title for a murder mystery.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">&#91;13&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Media coverage of <i>Knives around</i> give conflicting accounts about the film's funding. One report circulated by <i><a href="/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood" title="Deadline Hollywood">Deadline</a></i> claimed that <a href="/wiki/MRC_(company)" title="MRC (company)">MRC</a> secured the script in an auction hosted by <a href="/wiki/Creative_Artists_Agency" title="Creative Artists Agency">Creative Artists Agency</a> and <a href="/wiki/FilmNation_Entertainment" title="FilmNation Entertainment">FilmNation</a> to various investors at the <a href="/wiki/2018_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2018 Toronto International Film Festival">43rd Toronto International Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mrc1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrc1-14">&#91;14&#93;</a></sup> This account has been disputed by longtime collaborator <a href="/wiki/Ram_Bergman" title="Ram Bergman">Ram Bergman</a>, who maintains there was never an auction, but that MRC was always the intended financier because of their sustained success with mass market films by <a href="/wiki/Auteurs" class="mw-redirect" title="Auteurs">auteurs</a>—directors that wield significant autonomy over the artistic vision of their projects.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline238_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline238-15">&#91;15&#93;</a></sup> Nevertheless, MRC financed the film's $40 budget, plus generous backend compensation for Bergman, Rian, and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Craig" title="Daniel Craig">Daniel Craig</a>, per the condition of their agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-mrc1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrc1-14">&#91;14&#93;</a></sup> For <i>Knives Out</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;s</span> commercial distribution, MRC partnered with <a href="/wiki/Lionsgate_Films" title="Lionsgate Films">Lionsgate</a> after Lionsgate, seeking to rebound from a year of mediocre box office showings, purchased a partial share of the <a href="/wiki/Film_distribution" title="Film distribution">distribution rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">&#91;16&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">&#91;17&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Casting">Casting</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Casting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Daniel_Craig_MFF_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Cropped photograph of Daniel Craig" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Daniel_Craig_MFF_2022.jpg/170px-Daniel_Craig_MFF_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Daniel_Craig_MFF_2022.jpg/255px-Daniel_Craig_MFF_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Daniel_Craig_MFF_2022.jpg/340px-Daniel_Craig_MFF_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1069" data-file-height="1331" /></a><figcaption>Actor Daniel Craig in 2022. Craig had intrigued Johnson for his non-<i>James Bond</i> repertoire.</figcaption></figure> <p>Employing an <a href="/wiki/Ensemble_cast" title="Ensemble cast">ensemble cast</a> of established stars was one of Rian's initial demands. He also drew upon the Agatha Christie movies, and chiefly <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ustinov" title="Peter Ustinov">Peter Ustinov</a>-starred projects à la <i><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile_(1978_film)" title="Death on the Nile (1978 film)">Death on the Nile</a></i> (978) and <i><a href="/wiki/Evil_Under_the_Sun_(1982_film)" title="Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)">Evil Under the Sun</a></i> (982), for his casting choices because he felt they possessed a sense of spectacle worth replicating.<sup id="cite_ref-gq_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gq-18">&#91;18&#93;</a></sup> The filmmakers focused on actors available in the six week interim before shooting for <i>Knives Out</i> began. Actors were chosen based on their ability to stand out in bit speaking parts and master an exaggerated, but not <a href="/wiki/Caricature" title="Caricature">caricatured</a>, comic performance.<sup id="cite_ref-gq_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gq-18">&#91;18&#93;</a></sup> According to Rian, the film's rapid progress readily facilitated his desired casting ambitions.<sup id="cite_ref-vulture_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulture-12">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup> Most of the <i>Knives Out</i> ensemble were signed in October and November 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">&#91;a&#93;</a></sup> Rian named each of the characters after musicians he enjoyed because it was a simple practice to remember—for example, <a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Thompson_(musician)" title="Richard Thompson (musician)">Richard Thompson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Steely_Dan" title="Steely Dan">Steely Dan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Donald_Fagen" title="Donald Fagen">Donald Fagen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-shannon_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shannon-30">&#91;29&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Daniel Craig came to Rian's attention for his stage work and non-<i><a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a></i> film roles. Rian regarded him as a versatile actor yearning to challenge his abilities in a playful comedy role.<sup id="cite_ref-vulture_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulture-12">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gq_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gq-18">&#91;18&#93;</a></sup> Craig declined due to his contractual obligations to the then-forthcoming <i><a href="/wiki/No_Time_to_Die" title="No Time to Die">No Time to Die</a></i> (2021), which was preparing to shoot around the same time, but logistical and creative disputes postponed the film's production by three months, giving the actor enough time to accept the offer.<sup id="cite_ref-thr2_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thr2-11">&#91;11&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">&#91;30&#93;</a></sup> Once he read his mailed copy of the script, Craig agreed to join as the writing's tone and humor captivated him.<sup id="cite_ref-thr2_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thr2-11">&#91;11&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">&#91;31&#93;</a></sup> The treatment of Blanc was not a fruitful task for Rian initially; his first conception had been a <a href="/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot">Hercule Poirot</a> clone "that was just a bunch of crazy quirks". To distinguish the character, the director outlined Blanc as a slightly pompous man with a flamboyant <a href="/wiki/Southern_American_English" title="Southern American English">Southern accent</a>, turning to Craig's ongoing feedback for more unique characterization.<sup id="cite_ref-ew1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ew1-6">&#91;6&#93;</a></sup> Craig undertook speech training with a <a href="/wiki/Dialect_coach" title="Dialect coach">dialect coach</a> for two to three hours per day, studying playwright <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Williams" title="Tennessee Williams">Tennessee Williams</a> and author <a href="/wiki/Shelby_Foote" title="Shelby Foote">Shelby Foote</a>, via interview footage from <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burns" title="Ken Burns">Ken Burns</a>-helmed docuseries <i><a href="/wiki/The_Civil_War_(miniseries)" title="The Civil War (miniseries)">The Civil War</a></i> (1990), to model Blanc's voice.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">&#91;32&#93;</a></sup> from chat bot A.I. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096954695/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:317px;max-width:317px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:147px;max-width:147px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:225px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ana_de_Armas_GQ_2018_2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Cropped photograph of Ana de Armas in 2018" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Ana_de_Armas_GQ_2018_2.png/145px-Ana_de_Armas_GQ_2018_2.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Ana_de_Armas_GQ_2018_2.png/218px-Ana_de_Armas_GQ_2018_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Ana_de_Armas_GQ_2018_2.png/290px-Ana_de_Armas_GQ_2018_2.png 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="742" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:166px;max-width:166px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:225px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chris_Evans_2020_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="a Cropped photograph of Chris Evans in 2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Chris_Evans_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/164px-Chris_Evans_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="164" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Chris_Evans_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/246px-Chris_Evans_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Chris_Evans_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/328px-Chris_Evans_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="419" data-file-height="577" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flow-root"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:left">Ana de Armas (pictured in 2018) and Chris Evans (pictured in 2020) play Marta Cabrera and Hugh Ransom Drysdale, respectively.</div></div></div></div> <p>Casting director Mary Vernieu was responsible for hiring a suitable actress to portray Marta. She and the filmmakers did not favor one particular person for the part, unlike the other <i>Knives Out</i> characters, and scouted based on Rian's preference for a relatively unknown actress exhibiting an underdog quality.<sup id="cite_ref-backstage_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-backstage-34">&#91;33&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ddline2_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ddline2-35">&#91;34&#93;</a></sup> They considered several candidates, including <a href="/wiki/Ana_de_Armas" title="Ana de Armas">Ana de Armas</a>, whose recent work piqued Vernieu's interest enough to be suggested in the casting discussions.<sup id="cite_ref-backstage_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-backstage-34">&#91;33&#93;</a></sup> Rian was not familiar with de Armas' repertoire save for her starring role in <i><a href="/wiki/Blade_Runner_2049" title="Blade Runner 2049">Blade Runner 2049</a></i> (2017).<sup id="cite_ref-ddline2_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ddline2-35">&#91;34&#93;</a></sup> He liked her acting, but believed she appeared too sensual to convincingly portray Marta.<sup id="cite_ref-backstage_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-backstage-34">&#91;33&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ddline2_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ddline2-35">&#91;34&#93;</a></sup> When Rian met the actress for her audition, he was astonished by her piercing eyes.<sup id="cite_ref-ddline2_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ddline2-35">&#91;34&#93;</a></sup> De Armas nearly passed the role because she found Marta's original character description clichéd. However, she was persuaded after reading the complete script, which emphasized resilience as a fundamental attribute of Marta.<sup id="cite_ref-vf1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vf1-36">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup> Another aspect that resonated with de Armas was Marta's immigrant backstory.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">&#91;36&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>For the self-indulgent Ransom, Rian envisioned <a href="/wiki/Chris_Evans_(actor)" title="Chris Evans (actor)">Chris Evans</a> after seeing him in the <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> revival of <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Lonergan" title="Kenneth Lonergan">Kenneth Lonergan</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Lobby_Hero" title="Lobby Hero">Lobby Hero</a></i>, having been impressed with his performance as a contemptible villain.<sup id="cite_ref-thr2_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thr2-11">&#91;11&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vogue1_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vogue1-38">&#91;37&#93;</a></sup> Evans was known mainly for his live-action role as <a href="/wiki/Captain_America" title="Captain America">Captain America</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe" title="Marvel Cinematic Universe">Marvel Cinematic Universe</a> (MCU), and Rian exploited the actor's <a href="/wiki/Everyman" title="Everyman">everyman</a> persona to ignite tension between moviegoers and Ransom, saying, "You've got to see it not as baggage, but as ammunition. If there was someone in that part who the audience inherently wanted to like, that would help the arc overall."<sup id="cite_ref-vogue1_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vogue1-38">&#91;37&#93;</a></sup> Although Evans was preparing to take a hiatus after finishing his duties for <i><a href="/wiki/Avengers:_Endgame" title="Avengers: Endgame">Avengers: Endgame</a></i> (2019), he reconsidered when the producers relayed they would film near his home in Massachusetts.<sup id="cite_ref-thr2_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thr2-11">&#91;11&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>The impression left by <a href="/wiki/Toni_Collette" title="Toni Collette">Toni Collette</a>'s Joni in the news was that she parodied <a href="/wiki/Gwyneth_Paltrow" title="Gwyneth Paltrow">Gwyneth Paltrow</a>, but Rian and Collette assert Paltrow did not influence Colette's characterization. Collette said her biggest purpose was to find the humor in her character.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">&#91;38&#93;</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Plummer" title="Christopher Plummer">Christopher Plummer</a>, in one of his final film appearances before his death in 2021,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">&#91;39&#93;</a></sup> described Harlan as a "stern, bright and rough-hewn" father with a <a href="/wiki/Dark_comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Dark comedy">crass sense of humor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">&#91;40&#93;</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Shannon" title="Michael Shannon">Michael Shannon</a> did not audition for the role of Walt and was contracted following an arranged lunch with Rian in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-shannon_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shannon-30">&#91;29&#93;</a></sup> For the part of Linda, <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Lee_Curtis" title="Jamie Lee Curtis">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> sympathized with her backstory as a woman fiercely scrutinized for her privilege. She stated, "I've been an actress for a long time, and I am also the daughter of someone famous, and people have a funny way of taking away anything you do creatively and reduce it to your privilege. Linda is very defensive about the assumption that she was given anything, and I've had the same defense."<sup id="cite_ref-thr1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thr1-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> To prepare for her performance, Curtis immersed in activities she thought befitted her character's position as a matriarch, such as cooking meals.<sup id="cite_ref-thr1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thr1-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">&#91;41&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Filming">Filming</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ames_Mansion_Borderland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ames_Mansion_Borderland.jpg/220px-Ames_Mansion_Borderland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ames_Mansion_Borderland.jpg/330px-Ames_Mansion_Borderland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ames_Mansion_Borderland.jpg/440px-Ames_Mansion_Borderland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1750" data-file-height="1220" /></a><figcaption>Estate of the Ames Mansion (pictured in 2010), which doubled for the Thrombey residence in interior scenes.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bergman was already assembling the filmmaking crew while Rian made revisions to the script in early 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-thr1_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thr1-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> Rian's instruction for the filmmakers was to find an estate that exuded Harlan's mystery writing sensibilities, citing the thriller <i><a href="/wiki/Sleuth_(1972_film)" title="Sleuth (1972 film)">Sleuth</a></i> (1972) as a reference for recognizable visual elements.<sup id="cite_ref-variety2_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety2-43">&#91;42&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wrap_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wrap-44">&#91;43&#93;</a></sup> Bergman toured several homes with his scouting team before centering the film's production on a pair of sprawling mansions in suburban <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>: a privately owned nineteenth-century <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Revival" class="mw-redirect" title="Gothic Revival">Gothic Revival</a> manor for exterior shots, and the Ames Mansion, a 20-room historic landmark anchoring the <a href="/wiki/Borderland_State_Park" title="Borderland State Park">Borderland State Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Easton,_Massachusetts" title="Easton, Massachusetts">Easton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wrap_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wrap-44">&#91;43&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">&#91;44&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Most of the interior shots took place in the Ames Mansion, from intense confrontational scenes with Harlan and his relatives to conversational scenes of Blanc's investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-wrap_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wrap-44">&#91;43&#93;</a></sup> A problem that challenged the production was the logistics of the mansions, for neither had the sufficient space in the upper floors to realize Harlan's office or corresponding scenes. To rectify the issue, production designer <a href="/wiki/David_Crank" title="David Crank">David Crank</a> constructed the office set, which included an adjacent hallway, on <a href="/wiki/Soundstages" class="mw-redirect" title="Soundstages">soundstages</a>, working closely with Johnson to coordinate the movement of characters with the configuration of the homes and artificial sets.<sup id="cite_ref-wrap_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wrap-44">&#91;43&#93;</a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">Principal photography</a> began on October 30, 2018, under the pseudonym <i>Morning Bell</i>, in <a href="/wiki/Maynard,_Massachusetts" title="Maynard, Massachusetts">Maynard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">&#91;45&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47">&#91;46&#93;</a></sup> Filmmakers converted vacant retail space into a laundromat in preparation for the first shoot.<sup id="cite_ref-maynard_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maynard-48">&#91;47&#93;</a></sup> Elsewhere in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Boston" title="Greater Boston">Greater Boston</a>, filming occurred near a <a href="/wiki/Natick_Center_station" title="Natick Center station">MBTA passenger rail station</a> in downtown <a href="/wiki/Natick,_Massachusetts" title="Natick, Massachusetts">Natick</a>, a private <a href="/wiki/Mid-century_modern" title="Mid-century modern">mid-century modern</a> estate in <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Massachusetts" title="Lincoln, Massachusetts">Lincoln</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Massachusetts" title="Canton, Massachusetts">Canton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wellesley,_Massachusetts" title="Wellesley, Massachusetts">Wellesley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waltham,_Massachusetts" title="Waltham, Massachusetts">Waltham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medfield,_Massachusetts" title="Medfield, Massachusetts">Medfield</a>, and an unoccupied state-owned facility in <a href="/wiki/Marlborough,_Massachusetts" title="Marlborough, Massachusetts">Marlborough</a> chosen for its rotund orientation.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">&#91;b&#93;</a></sup> The Marlborough shoot was the site for exterior scenes at the scorched medical examiner's office, involving <a href="/wiki/Pyrotechnics" title="Pyrotechnics">pyrotechnics</a> and a group of local firefighters as <a href="/wiki/Extra_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra (actor)">extras</a> portraying an active firefighting operation.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55">&#91;53&#93;</a></sup> Filming for the project took approximately 38 days, ending on December 20, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56">&#91;54&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bc_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc-57">&#91;55&#93;</a></sup> <i>Knives Out</i> qualified for a $10 million <a href="/wiki/Movie_production_incentives_in_the_United_States" title="Movie production incentives in the United States">transferable tax credit</a> on in-state costs from the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Massachusetts" title="Government of Massachusetts">Massachusetts commonwealth government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58">&#91;56&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Cinematography">Cinematography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Cinematography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p><i>Knives Out</i> was director of photography <a href="/wiki/Steve_Yedlin" title="Steve Yedlin">Steve Yedlin</a>'s fifth project with Rian. The two men <a href="/wiki/Storyboard" title="Storyboard">storyboarded</a> their visual composition ideas ahead of the principal photography, which did not describe the onscreen universe in depth.<sup id="cite_ref-asc_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asc-59">&#91;57&#93;</a></sup> Filming used a <a href="/wiki/Multiple-camera_setup" title="Multiple-camera setup">double-camera setup</a> with two <a href="/wiki/Camera_operator" title="Camera operator">operators</a>, one a longstanding collaborator of Yedlin's. Yedlin described the environment on set as experimental and visually creative.<sup id="cite_ref-bc_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc-57">&#91;55&#93;</a></sup> He shot <i>Knives Out</i> in standard 1.85:1 <a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)" title="Aspect ratio (image)">aspect ratio</a> from <a href="/wiki/Alexa_Mini" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexa Mini">Alexa Mini</a> cameras equipped with <a href="/wiki/Carl_Zeiss_AG#Cinema_lenses" title="Carl Zeiss AG">Zeiss Master Prime lenses</a>. The Zeiss Prime's <a href="/wiki/Video_scaler" title="Video scaler">scaling</a> capability supported the film's use of <a href="/wiki/Wide-angle_lens" title="Wide-angle lens">wide-angle</a> shots. The filmmakers believed wider camera lenses emphasized the <a href="/wiki/Worldbuilding" title="Worldbuilding">worldbuilding</a> by showing characters in their surroundings.<sup id="cite_ref-bc_57-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc-57">&#91;55&#93;</a></sup> They also deployed <a href="/wiki/Panavision" title="Panavision">Panavision</a>'s PCZ Primo 19-90 and PZW 15-40 <a href="/wiki/Zoom_lens" title="Zoom lens">zoom lenses</a> as <a href="/wiki/Zooming_(filmmaking)" title="Zooming (filmmaking)">zooming</a> was customary for Rian's oeuvre.<sup id="cite_ref-bc_57-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc-57">&#91;55&#93;</a></sup> Ultimately, Yedlin and production members adopted action building techniques centered on <a href="/wiki/Robert_Altman" title="Robert Altman">Robert Altman</a>'s cinematic style, through a complex system of <a href="/wiki/Whip_pan" title="Whip pan">whip pans</a>, zooming, and <a href="/wiki/Camera_dolly" title="Camera dolly">camera dolly</a> movements. Panavision's Hollywood office loaned camera equipment to assist the needs of the production.<sup id="cite_ref-bc_57-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc-57">&#91;55&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Part of <i>Knives Out</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;s</span> production was devoted to realizing a specialized process of color grading for the film's visual effects, based on qualitative data collected from Yedlin's field research.<sup id="cite_ref-bc_57-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc-57">&#91;55&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-asc_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asc-59">&#91;57&#93;</a></sup> The cinematographer's usual strategy prioritized a <a href="/wiki/3D_lookup_table" title="3D lookup table">lookup table</a> (LUT) to augment a film's visual palette, and he observed the science of <a href="/wiki/Photochemistry" title="Photochemistry">photochemistry</a> to create his color grading formula.<sup id="cite_ref-bc_57-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc-57">&#91;55&#93;</a></sup> Yedlin collaborated with <a href="/wiki/FotoKem" title="FotoKem">FotoKem</a> to flesh out properties of <a href="/wiki/Halation" class="mw-redirect" title="Halation">halation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telecine#Gate_weave" title="Telecine">gate weave</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Film_grain" title="Film grain">granularity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bc_57-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc-57">&#91;55&#93;</a></sup> To illuminate interior mansion scenes, Yedlin supplemented sets with an overhead lighting contraption designed from <a href="/wiki/Arri#Products" title="Arri">Arri SkyPanels</a> and custom <a href="/wiki/LED_strip_light" title="LED strip light">RGBWW strip fixtures</a>—a class of modulated multicolor strip lights—bundled in <a href="/wiki/Depron" class="mw-redirect" title="Depron">foam sheets</a> for light diffusion. As well, he relied on computer software and a <a href="/wiki/Spectrometer" title="Spectrometer">spectrometer</a> to gauge the sunlight's <a href="/wiki/Chromaticity" title="Chromaticity">chromaticity</a>, its specified color quality, and requisite tones to generate the textural variation produced thereof.<sup id="cite_ref-bc_57-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc-57">&#91;55&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Set_design">Set design</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Set design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The scriptwriting contained few details about the design of the Thrombey residence, hence the estate's clearest vision emerged from conversations that Rian, Crank and set decorator David Schlesinger had over aesthetics.<sup id="cite_ref-hb_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hb-60">&#91;58&#93;</a></sup> The design team were drawn to the Ames Mansion because the original architectural elements had been preserved, endowing sets with an aged quality.<sup id="cite_ref-variety2_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety2-43">&#91;42&#93;</a></sup> Crank and Schlesinger handled the sourcing, then arrangement, of props for interior mansion sets.<sup id="cite_ref-hb_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hb-60">&#91;58&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sds_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sds-61">&#91;59&#93;</a></sup> They located the film's decorative items from a range of businesses, souvenir collectors, and ordinary people in Boston and <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hb_60-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hb-60">&#91;58&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sds_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sds-61">&#91;59&#93;</a></sup> The script only specified details for a few objects; for the rest, the set decorator used Harlan’s imaginary oeuvre of mysteries as inspiration for his souvenirs and knickknacks.<sup id="cite_ref-hb_60-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hb-60">&#91;58&#93;</a></sup> A collection of <a href="/wiki/Automata" class="mw-redirect" title="Automata">automata</a>, doll-like mechanical devices that imitate human mannerisms, was chief among the artifacts. The automata were costly, fragile and rare to obtain, requiring thorough scouting from the producers, and additional caveats—transportation, storage, rental fees—complicated the expense.<sup id="cite_ref-sds_61-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sds-61">&#91;59&#93;</a></sup> Schlesinger inquired multiple museums and private collectors before contacting the <a href="/wiki/Morris_Museum" title="Morris Museum">Morris Museum</a>'s Murtogh D. Guinness Collection in <a href="/wiki/Morristown,_New_Jersey" title="Morristown, New Jersey">Morristown, New Jersey</a>, one of the world's largest automata <a href="/wiki/Exhibition" title="Exhibition">exhibits</a>, but the Morris Museum prohibited all non-exhibition uses of their pieces.<sup id="cite_ref-sds_61-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sds-61">&#91;59&#93;</a></sup> They instead directed Schlesinger and his prop-makers to a local <a href="/wiki/Conservation_and_restoration_of_cultural_property" title="Conservation and restoration of cultural property">restorer</a>, who owned a private collection, to negotiate. Upon approval, the producers hired another local collector to undertake the automata's transportation and installation to and from set.<sup id="cite_ref-sds_61-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sds-61">&#91;59&#93;</a></sup> Also present among the background props were large dollhouses, crime scene <a href="/wiki/Dioramas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dioramas">dioramas</a>, Harlan's library of books, which were designed and arranged by decade, and a stash clock.<sup id="cite_ref-variety2_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety2-43">&#91;42&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wrap_44-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wrap-44">&#91;43&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sds_61-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sds-61">&#91;59&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Creation of <i>Knives Out</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;s</span> most significant prop, the "Wheel of Knives", a throne chair positioned in front of a ringed display of knives, daunted the art department.<sup id="cite_ref-sds_61-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sds-61">&#91;59&#93;</a></sup> Although the chair was conceived as a library piece, the script did not explain any correlation to the story, and Crank said developing an established cause was "a long process".<sup id="cite_ref-variety2_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety2-43">&#91;42&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sds_61-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sds-61">&#91;59&#93;</a></sup> The art department abandoned early concepts until they imagined a design with an <a href="/wiki/Armature_(sculpture)" title="Armature (sculpture)">armature</a> and a chain from which to hang the display.<sup id="cite_ref-sds_61-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sds-61">&#91;59&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Music">Music</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Knives_Out_(soundtrack)" title="Knives Out (soundtrack)">Knives Out (soundtrack)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abbey_Road_Studios_(uploaded_on_2021-05-16_by_memolands.com_gallery).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Street view of Abby Road Studios, London" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Abbey_Road_Studios_%28uploaded_on_2021-05-16_by_memolands.com_gallery%29.jpg/220px-Abbey_Road_Studios_%28uploaded_on_2021-05-16_by_memolands.com_gallery%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Abbey_Road_Studios_%28uploaded_on_2021-05-16_by_memolands.com_gallery%29.jpg/330px-Abbey_Road_Studios_%28uploaded_on_2021-05-16_by_memolands.com_gallery%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Abbey_Road_Studios_%28uploaded_on_2021-05-16_by_memolands.com_gallery%29.jpg/440px-Abbey_Road_Studios_%28uploaded_on_2021-05-16_by_memolands.com_gallery%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1069" /></a><figcaption>Nathan Johnson recorded the <i>Knives Out</i> score at Abbey Road Studios in London (pictured in 2021).</figcaption></figure> <p>Rian pitched <i>Knives Out</i> to composer <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Johnson_(musician)" title="Nathan Johnson (musician)">Nathan Johnson</a>—cousin and another frequent associate—as early as 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-nathan1_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nathan1-62">&#91;60&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63">&#91;61&#93;</a></sup> Their first conversation concerned the context of music in opening scenes, and they sought a score that reflected the film's key events and drama with an abrasive <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical</a> sound.<sup id="cite_ref-nathan1_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nathan1-62">&#91;60&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-collidermusic_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collidermusic-64">&#91;62&#93;</a></sup> Nathan recorded the <i>Knives Out</i> score with an <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a> at <a href="/wiki/Abbey_Road_Studios" title="Abbey Road Studios">Abbey Road Studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-interviewmusic_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interviewmusic-65">&#91;63&#93;</a></sup> To prepare, the composer engaged the production while principal photography was active, visiting the set to forge a premise for melodic cues and motifs. This was an uncommon experience given the standard industry practice for composers is to work in post-production, after filming has finished.<sup id="cite_ref-nathan1_62-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nathan1-62">&#91;60&#93;</a></sup> "Knives Out! (String Quartet in G Minor)", the opening <a href="/wiki/String_quartet" title="String quartet">string quartet</a> theme and Nathan's earliest contribution, served as the impetus for the album.<sup id="cite_ref-collidermusic_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collidermusic-64">&#91;62&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-flood_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flood-66">&#91;64&#93;</a></sup> Nathan and Rian were compelled by an eclectic array of their favorite symphonic movie scores for <i>Knives Out</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;s</span> musical direction, such as <i>Death on the Nile</i>, the compositions of <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Herrmann" title="Bernard Herrmann">Bernard Herrmann</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia_(film)" title="Lawrence of Arabia (film)">Lawrence of Arabia</a></i> (1962).<sup id="cite_ref-collidermusic_64-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collidermusic-64">&#91;62&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-flood_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flood-66">&#91;64&#93;</a></sup> The use of an orchestra distinguishes <i>Knives Out</i> from other Rian-directed films, which experimented with cheaper, unconventional instruments.<sup id="cite_ref-nathan1_62-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nathan1-62">&#91;60&#93;</a></sup> It was also Nathan's first large scale orchestral score, being experienced solely with small ensembles.<sup id="cite_ref-interviewmusic_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interviewmusic-65">&#91;63&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Cut Narrative Records released the soundtrack on November 27, 2019, in tandem with the film's theatrical launch.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67">&#91;65&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Themes">Themes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p><i>Knives Out</i> has been read as work that investigates <a href="/wiki/Class_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Class warfare">class warfare</a>, wealth inequality, immigration, and <a href="/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)" title="Race (human categorization)">race</a> in contemporary American society.<sup id="cite_ref-timethemes_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timethemes-68">&#91;66&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-uproxxreview_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uproxxreview-69">&#91;67&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-atlanticthemes_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlanticthemes-70">&#91;68&#93;</a></sup> In interviews organized for the press junket, Bergman, Rian, and some of the actors expressed candid views of themes common in the <i>Knives Out</i> story, allowing multiple interpretations of the film.<sup id="cite_ref-vogue1_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vogue1-38">&#91;37&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-timethemes_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timethemes-68">&#91;66&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71">&#91;69&#93;</a></sup> Rian stated the central story neither condemns nor subscribes to a single ideology; rather, it was designed to provoke all moviegoers to contemplate.<sup id="cite_ref-timethemes_68-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timethemes-68">&#91;66&#93;</a></sup> Moreover, he saw whodunits as well-suited to scrutinize institutional power, a belief influenced by Christie's writings, work he considered indicative of a woman who, while not political, was attuned to British society throughout her life.<sup id="cite_ref-gq_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gq-18">&#91;18&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-timethemes_68-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timethemes-68">&#91;66&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Class_warfare">Class warfare</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Class warfare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p><i>Knives Out</i> ranks with other turn-of-the-decade films—such as <i><a href="/wiki/Ready_or_Not_(2019_film)" title="Ready or Not (2019 film)">Ready or Not</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Parasite_(2019_film)" title="Parasite (2019 film)">Parasite</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hustlers_(film)" title="Hustlers (film)">Hustlers</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Joker_(2019_film)" title="Joker (2019 film)">Joker</a></i> (all 2019)—in which class warfare is the unifying theme.<sup id="cite_ref-vulturetheme_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulturetheme-72">&#91;70&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lattheme_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lattheme-73">&#91;71&#93;</a></sup> The film makes literal class struggle by framing Harlan's death as an explicit tale of good versus evil, Marta emerging as the heroine because of her humanity.<sup id="cite_ref-timethemes_68-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timethemes-68">&#91;66&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vulturetheme_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulturetheme-72">&#91;70&#93;</a></sup> Whereas Marta is distraught from the moment Harlan dies, the surviving Thrombeys are fractured by greed, fueled by their stakes in Harlan's publishing fortune. They are ruthless and oblivious of Harlan's demise in a quest for wealth they feel entitled to control and seize by any means.<sup id="cite_ref-vulturetheme_72-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulturetheme-72">&#91;70&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vulturereview_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulturereview-74">&#91;72&#93;</a></sup> In this sense, it is the Thrombeys, not the elusive suspect per se, who represent the true villains.<sup id="cite_ref-vulturetheme_72-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulturetheme-72">&#91;70&#93;</a></sup> Yet, in spite of the family's contempt for her and the working class, Marta resists their coercion thanks to her wit and moral convictions.<sup id="cite_ref-vulturetheme_72-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulturetheme-72">&#91;70&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-slatereview_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slatereview-75">&#91;73&#93;</a></sup> Much emphasis is placed on the alternating points of view of Marta's ordeal to reinforce chasms between the classes.<sup id="cite_ref-fc2_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fc2-76">&#91;74&#93;</a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Fast_Company" title="Fast Company">Fast Company</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;s</span> Joe Berkowitz argues this device forms the film's <a href="/wiki/Class_consciousness" title="Class consciousness">class consciousness</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fc2_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fc2-76">&#91;74&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Eugene Nulman, the Senior Lecturer of Sociology at <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_University" title="Birmingham City University">Birmingham City University</a>, posits a <a href="/wiki/Marxist" class="mw-redirect" title="Marxist">Marxist</a> interpretation of <i>Knives Out</i>. Marta is analyzed as an analog for healthcare workers made vulnerable in the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> by the failures of <a href="/wiki/Neoliberalism" title="Neoliberalism">neoliberalism</a>, and Nulman contends that the film presents the Thrombey family dynamic as an allegory for <a href="/wiki/Capitalism" title="Capitalism">capitalism</a>, each relative embodying <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bourgeois" class="extiw" title="wikt:bourgeois">bourgeois</a> archetypes: the <a href="/wiki/Rentier_class" class="mw-redirect" title="Rentier class">rentier class</a> in Linda, the investor class in Walt, the celebrity class in Joni, the <a href="/wiki/Trust_(law)" title="Trust (law)">trust fund</a> elite in Ransom, the <a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">right-wing</a> establishment in Jacob, and the <a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">liberal</a> establishment in Meg.<sup id="cite_ref-Nulman3_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nulman3-77">&#91;75&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nulman1_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nulman1-78">&#91;76&#93;</a></sup> Harlan is the exception because his modest origins, class consciousness, and the family's exploitation of his <a href="/wiki/Labor_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor power">labor</a> define his circumstance.<sup id="cite_ref-Nulman1_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nulman1-78">&#91;76&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nulman2_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nulman2-79">&#91;77&#93;</a></sup> For this reason, in Nulman's interpretation, Harlan's deliberate suicide and transfer of wealth to Marta are subversive acts that, alongside the Thrombeys' vilification of Marta (mirroring the status quo's counterrevolutionary force), suggest credence to the idea that capitalist exploitation can only be addressed by revolution.<sup id="cite_ref-Nulman3_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nulman3-77">&#91;75&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nulman2_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nulman2-79">&#91;77&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Race">Race</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Race was also examined in thematic studies of the film. <i>Knives Out</i> concentrates on a critique of <a href="/wiki/White_supremacy" title="White supremacy">white supremacy</a> and liberal <a href="/wiki/Paternalism" title="Paternalism">paternalism</a>, comically depicting the Thrombey–Marta relationship through condescending affection and <a href="/wiki/Running_gags" class="mw-redirect" title="Running gags">running gags</a> about Marta's country of origin.<sup id="cite_ref-timethemes_68-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timethemes-68">&#91;66&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-atlanticthemes_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlanticthemes-70">&#91;68&#93;</a></sup> In his essay for <i>White Supremacy and the American Media</i>, professor Michael Blouin contests the film's analysis of white nationalism. Blouin argues that <i>Knives Out</i> resigns to <a href="/wiki/Jeffersonian_democracy" title="Jeffersonian democracy">Jeffersonian democratic</a> ideals—liberal universalism, pragmatic reasoning, and an <i><a href="/wiki/A_priori" class="mw-redirect" title="A priori">a priori</a></i> sense of justice—that buttress a set of racialized assumptions. In doing so, in Blouin's words, all expressed antagonism is neutralized, therefore "depoliticizing a crisis that has so far proven to be resistant to the ideal prescribed by many white liberals."<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80">&#91;78&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Narrative_structure">Narrative structure</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Narrative structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>In <i>Knives Out</i>, Rian experiments with narrative structure to generate suspense. The film begins in a traditional whodunit format that is subverted by two tonal shifts.<sup id="cite_ref-iw1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iw1-7">&#91;7&#93;</a></sup> The first shift arranges the plot as a <a href="/wiki/Thriller_film" title="Thriller film">thriller</a> by establishing Marta's reckoning with the manner of Harlan's death, her own implication, and quest to evade the investigation's <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/purview" class="extiw" title="wikt:purview">purview</a> as a cause of conflict, thus framing Blanc as the antagonist. It is in the second shift that, through plausible deniability, Marta's innocence is unequivocal.<sup id="cite_ref-iw1_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iw1-7">&#91;7&#93;</a></sup> This posed a significant writing challenge as Rian intended not only that Marta be a sympathetic character, but also be perceived as justified in her behavior. He was also keen to portray the extent an innocent person could go when threatened with incarceration.<sup id="cite_ref-iw1_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iw1-7">&#91;7&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Release">Release</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Marketing">Marketing</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Marketing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Knives_Out_04_(48810268096).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Knives_Out_04_%2848810268096%29.jpg/220px-Knives_Out_04_%2848810268096%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Knives_Out_04_%2848810268096%29.jpg/330px-Knives_Out_04_%2848810268096%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Knives_Out_04_%2848810268096%29.jpg/440px-Knives_Out_04_%2848810268096%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1804" data-file-height="2526" /></a><figcaption>Jamie Lee Curtis at the <i>Knives Out</i> Toronto premiere</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Knives Out</i> premiered at the <a href="/wiki/2019_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="2019 Toronto International Film Festival">44th Toronto International Film Festival</a> on September 7, 2019, part of the fest's special presentations lineup.<sup id="cite_ref-thrreview_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thrreview-81">&#91;79&#93;</a></sup> The film then headlined the <a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Fest" title="Fantastic Fest">14th Fantastic Fest</a> in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a> as the closing title, before concluding its North American festival itinerary at the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_International_Film_Festival" title="Chicago International Film Festival">Chicago International Film Festival</a>'s Centerpiece showcase.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82">&#91;80&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83">&#91;81&#93;</a></sup> In Europe, <i>Knives Out</i> debuted at the <a href="/wiki/BFI_London_Film_Festival" title="BFI London Film Festival">63rd BFI London Film Festival</a> as one of the event's gala entries, held October 2–13, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-bfi_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bfi-84">&#91;82&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Lionsgate supervised the film's advertising campaign. They commenced the promotional cycle in April 2019 with a showcasing preview at <a href="/wiki/CinemaCon" class="mw-redirect" title="CinemaCon">CinemaCon</a>, where the first teaser trailer of the film was revealed, followed by another <a href="/wiki/Trade_show" title="Trade show">trade show</a> exhibit at <a href="/wiki/CineEurope" title="CineEurope">CineEurope</a> that June.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85">&#91;83&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86">&#91;84&#93;</a></sup> One critical aspect of the marketing campaign was aggressive social media engagement. Early tactics focused on feel-good messaging, the film's campy humor and Thrombey family enterprises—the lattermost featuring Shannon, Collette, and Curtis in character—through video parodies and mock advertisements developed using website building platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline238_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline238-15">&#91;15&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deadline42_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline42-87">&#91;85&#93;</a></sup> The campaign resumed in the weeks following <i>Knives Out</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;s</span> late November release, when Ransom's off-white <a href="/wiki/Aran_jumper" title="Aran jumper">knitted Aran sweater</a> went viral, prompting a brief renaming of the film's official <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> account to "Chris Evans' Sweater <a href="/wiki/Stan_Twitter" title="Stan Twitter">Stan Account</a>" as well as a merchandise giveaway to maximize publicity.<sup id="cite_ref-nyer2_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyer2-88">&#91;86&#93;</a></sup> Ads reportedly intrigued mostly men but showed strong appeal with women of all ages.<sup id="cite_ref-estimates_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-estimates-89">&#91;87&#93;</a></sup> For licensed artwork, Rian unveiled a set of colorful, brooding character posters in September 2019, each with the tagline, "Nothing brings a family together like murder."<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90">&#91;88&#93;</a></sup> The director additionally recorded interactive audio commentary to entice repeated business.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91">&#91;89&#93;</a></sup> </p><p><i>Knives Out</i> opened to theaters in North America and the United Kingdom on November 27, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-bfi_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bfi-84">&#91;82&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92">&#91;90&#93;</a></sup> The film's global rollout expanded to China, France, Australia, Russia, and 49 other overseas territories the second week.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline48_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline48-93">&#91;91&#93;</a></sup> Its final market was Japan, released on January 31, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-germ_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-germ-94">&#91;92&#93;</a></sup> <i>Knives Out</i> was seen by industry professionals as a potential hit based on interest sustained from enthusiastic pre-release reviews, the film's unique <a href="/wiki/Meta_reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Meta reference">self-referentiality</a>, and the ensemble's star power, especially Evans, Craig, and Curtis.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline42_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline42-87">&#91;85&#93;</a></sup> The success of the film was considered contingent on its ability to attract a broad audience rather than a niche demographic of adults.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline238_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline238-15">&#91;15&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Home_media">Home media</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Lionsgate released <i>Knives Out</i> on <a href="/wiki/Digital_copy" title="Digital copy">digital formats</a> on February 7, 2020, and on <a href="/wiki/DVD-Video" title="DVD-Video">DVD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray">Blu-ray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray" title="Ultra HD Blu-ray">4K</a> on February 25.<sup id="cite_ref-bddvd_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bddvd-95">&#91;93&#93;</a></sup> Physical copies include deleted scenes; a behind-the-scenes featurette; audio commentary from Johnson, Yedlin, and <a href="/wiki/Noah_Segan" title="Noah Segan">Noah Segan</a>; an eight-part documentary; advertisements; and previously unaired press interviews.<sup id="cite_ref-bddvd_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bddvd-95">&#91;93&#93;</a></sup> It was the second-best selling DVD and Blu-ray release in its first week of US sales, selling 248,286 copies and earning $4.6 million.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96">&#91;94&#93;</a></sup> By January 2023, the film had sold 1.47 million copies.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97">&#91;95&#93;</a></sup> <i>Knives Out</i> is also available to authenticated <a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a> subscribers via the company's <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Video" title="Amazon Prime Video">Prime Video</a> streaming service.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98">&#91;96&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Reception">Reception</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Box_office">Box office</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Box office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p><i>Knives Out</i> endured at the box office as a film targeting adults, in a theatrical season saturated with family <a href="/wiki/Blockbuster_(entertainment)" title="Blockbuster (entertainment)">blockbusters</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Frozen_II" title="Frozen II">Frozen II</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline238_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline238-15">&#91;15&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DeadlineProfit_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeadlineProfit-99">&#91;97&#93;</a></sup> It earned $165.4&#160;million in the United States and Canada (52.8% of its earnings) and $147.5&#160;million overseas (47.2%), for a worldwide total of $312.9&#160;million, making it the 29th-highest-grossing film of 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100">&#91;98&#93;</a></sup> Of this figure, $82<span class="nowrap">&#160;</span>million was estimated to have been yielded by the MRC–Lionsgate partnership in <a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">net profit</a>, factoring in marketing, equipment, <a href="/wiki/Residual_(entertainment_industry)" title="Residual (entertainment industry)">royalties</a>, interest, and miscellaneous costs.<sup id="cite_ref-DeadlineProfit_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DeadlineProfit-99">&#91;97&#93;</a></sup> China was the most lucrative overseas market, and positive press buoyed the film's performance in that country.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline238_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline238-15">&#91;15&#93;</a></sup> The United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and France represented some of the film's largest takings.<sup id="cite_ref-varietybo_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varietybo-101">&#91;99&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>In North America, after securing $2&#160;million from advanced screenings, <i>Knives Out</i> received a wide release across 3,391 theaters.<sup id="cite_ref-estimates_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-estimates-89">&#91;87&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102">&#91;100&#93;</a></sup> The film benefitted from a five-day tracking period thanks to the <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)" title="Thanksgiving (United States)">Thanksgiving</a> holiday Thursday. This enhanced the first week sum to $41.7&#160;million, ahead of the three-week old <i><a href="/wiki/Ford_v_Ferrari" title="Ford v Ferrari">Ford v Ferrari</a></i> and second to <i>Frozen II</i>, which was in its second weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline42_87-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline42-87">&#91;85&#93;</a></sup> <i>Knives Out</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;s</span> opening gross nearly doubled the prognosticators' pre-release estimates of $22–25&#160;million.<sup id="cite_ref-estimates_89-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-estimates-89">&#91;87&#93;</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/CinemaScore" title="CinemaScore">CinemaScore</a> polls conducted during opening night revealed the average grade moviegoers gave the film was A− on an A+ to F scale. Screenings attracted mostly men, and approximately 73% were over 25 years of age, 46% over 35, and 63% white.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline42_87-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline42-87">&#91;85&#93;</a></sup> The second weekend saw <i>Knives Out</i> take another $14.2&#160;million from 3,461 theaters, remaining the number two film, and earnings dropped by about 35% the following week.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103">&#91;101&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104">&#91;102&#93;</a></sup> In the fourth weekend, the film slipped to the number five position with a gross of $6.5&#160;million, its theater count narrowing to slightly above 2,500, though box office figures improved by 50% for the <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> holiday week (seventh, with $9.7&#160;million).<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105">&#91;103&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106">&#91;104&#93;</a></sup> <i>Knives Out</i> remained one of the top ten highest-grossing films for ten weeks, and the theater count stayed above 2,000 at the end of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline238_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline238-15">&#91;15&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-varietybo_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varietybo-101">&#91;99&#93;</a></sup> By February 2020, the film's domestic gross topped $159 million.<sup id="cite_ref-deadbo_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadbo-107">&#91;105&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Overseas, <i>Knives Out</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;s</span> overall November 27 week rank was second to <i>Frozen II</i> at $28.3 million.<sup id="cite_ref-deadline48_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline48-93">&#91;91&#93;</a></sup> China comprised the largest portion of the earnings with $13.5 million, followed by the United Kingdom ($3.8 million from 632 theaters), Russia ($2 million from 1,451 theaters), Australia ($1.9 million from 282 theaters), and France (third, with $1.5 million from 437 theaters).<sup id="cite_ref-deadline48_93-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadline48-93">&#91;91&#93;</a></sup> <i>Knives Out</i> sustained the box office momentum in China and the UK into the second weekend, resulting in a 20% drop in revenue in the latter.<sup id="cite_ref-deadbo2_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadbo2-108">&#91;106&#93;</a></sup> After four weeks it had earned $27.9 million in China and $13.7 million in Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-xmasbo_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xmasbo-109">&#91;107&#93;</a></sup> The film's overseas expansion continued into mid-December, marked by key releases in South Korea (fourth, $1.7 million from 686 cinemas), Italy (third, $1.2 million from 362 cinemas), and Mexico (second, $1.1 million from 871 cinemas).<sup id="cite_ref-deadbo2_108-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deadbo2-108">&#91;106&#93;</a></sup> Christmas period saw reinvigorated ticket sales in France, Australia, and Britain, and in Russia, the <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Russia#New_Year_Holiday" title="Public holidays in Russia">New Year holiday</a> bolstered the film's box office by 152% over the prior week.<sup id="cite_ref-germ_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-germ-94">&#91;92&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-xmasbo_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xmasbo-109">&#91;107&#93;</a></sup> <i>Knives Out</i> debuted as the top-grossing movie in Brazil when it premiered the weekend of December 12, earning $1.1 million.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110">&#91;108&#93;</a></sup> On its inaugural weekend elsewhere, the film took $2.7 million in Germany and $665,000 in Austria.<sup id="cite_ref-germ_94-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-germ-94">&#91;92&#93;</a></sup> Within a month, <i>Knives Out</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;s</span> international gross exceeded $100 million.<sup id="cite_ref-xmasbo_109-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xmasbo-109">&#91;107&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Critical_response">Critical response</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1096954695/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:342px;max-width:342px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:163px;max-width:163px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:239px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Toni_Collette_(8968233309).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Toni_Collette_%288968233309%29.jpg/161px-Toni_Collette_%288968233309%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="161" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Toni_Collette_%288968233309%29.jpg/242px-Toni_Collette_%288968233309%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Toni_Collette_%288968233309%29.jpg/322px-Toni_Collette_%288968233309%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1487" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:175px;max-width:175px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:239px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MichaelShannon_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/MichaelShannon_%28cropped%29.jpg/173px-MichaelShannon_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="173" height="239" 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Critics praised the <i>Knives Out</i> ensemble, and they were among several actors that received further praise for their work.</div></div></div></div> <p><i>Knives Out</i> opened to widely positive reviews, and, by the end of 2019, was considered one of the year's best films by the <a href="/wiki/American_Film_Institute" title="American Film Institute">American Film Institute</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review" title="National Board of Review">National Board of Review</a>, and the mainstream press in ranked lists.<sup id="cite_ref-NBR_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBR-111">&#91;109&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFI_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFI-112">&#91;110&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-best2019_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-best2019-113">&#91;111&#93;</a></sup> A routinely discussed aspect in the media was the scriptwriting. <i>Knives Out</i> received notice for its unusual plot structure, with reviewers saying the film defied expectations by employing numerous narrative twists and satire of murder mystery tropes.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118">&#91;c&#93;</a></sup> Film critics had high regard for director Rian's comic treatment of a traditional detective story;<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121">&#91;d&#93;</a></sup> it was described as "enjoyably, wackily serpentine",<sup id="cite_ref-timerev_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timerev-122">&#91;118&#93;</a></sup> with sardonic humor noted for its "sheen of smugness" by <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyerreview_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyerreview-123">&#91;119&#93;</a></sup> Although comparisons to source material based on tenor, humor, craftmanship, and faithfulness varied among professional opinions,<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125">&#91;e&#93;</a></sup> the story's play on perspective among the characters produced favorable responses.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128">&#91;f&#93;</a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Zacharek" title="Stephanie Zacharek">Stephanie Zacharek</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>, the squabbling between characters who were avaricious, untrustworthy, and ostensibly driven by the same interest, provided the film's most entertaining moments.<sup id="cite_ref-timerev_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timerev-122">&#91;118&#93;</a></sup> The writing's political consciousness was cited among the strengths of <i>Knives Out</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-avreview_117-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-avreview-117">&#91;115&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vfreview_120-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vfreview-120">&#91;117&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-indreview_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indreview-129">&#91;123&#93;</a></sup> although the handling of ideas received occasional disapproval from others, such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span> <a href="/wiki/Manohla_Dargis" title="Manohla Dargis">Manohla Dargis</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Uproxx" title="Uproxx">Uproxx</a></i>, for being perceived as too vapid to resonate.<sup id="cite_ref-uproxxreview_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uproxxreview-69">&#91;67&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytreview_127-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytreview-127">&#91;122&#93;</a></sup> The least enthusiastic reviews accused the film of being convoluted, self-indulgent, and too reliant on exposition-dense dialogue to advance the story.<sup id="cite_ref-uproxxreview_69-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uproxxreview-69">&#91;67&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vulturereview_74-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulturereview-74">&#91;72&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-timeoutreview_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeoutreview-130">&#91;124&#93;</a></sup> In December 2021, <i>Knives Out</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;s</span> screenplay was listed number forty-nine on the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writers Guild of America</a>'s "101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (So Far)".<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131">&#91;125&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>The actors' performances was another major subject in the critiques. The <i>Knives Out</i> ensemble was warmly received, their work praised as "outstanding" and "wildly charismatic",<sup id="cite_ref-sfrev_119-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfrev-119">&#91;116&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ebertreview_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ebertreview-132">&#91;126&#93;</a></sup> with rapport <i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)" title="Vanity Fair (magazine)">Vanity Fair</a></i> ascribed to a shared conviction to the material.<sup id="cite_ref-vfreview_120-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vfreview-120">&#91;117&#93;</a></sup> Media were somewhat inclined to focus on Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas, but also gave individual notices to Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer, and Noah Segan for their acting.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135">&#91;g&#93;</a></sup> In particular, critics delighted in Craig's portrayal of an eccentric <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sleuth" class="extiw" title="wikt:sleuth">sleuth</a> in expression and appearance,<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139">&#91;h&#93;</a></sup> the actor noted for emanating an "infectious enjoyment" onscreen.<sup id="cite_ref-thrreview_81-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thrreview-81">&#91;79&#93;</a></sup> De Armas, whose portrayal was described as "superb" and "wonderful",<sup id="cite_ref-empirereview_133-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-empirereview-133">&#91;127&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140">&#91;132&#93;</a></sup> drew similarly strong assessments of her character work from the likes of <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;s</span> <a href="/wiki/Mick_LaSalle" title="Mick LaSalle">Mick LaSalle</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a></i>, among others, in what was considered a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breakout" class="extiw" title="wikt:breakout">breakout</a> performance.<sup id="cite_ref-sfrev_119-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfrev-119">&#91;116&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vfreview_120-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vfreview-120">&#91;117&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-atlanticreview_137-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlanticreview-137">&#91;130&#93;</a></sup> Though the two actors were singled out for further praise because of their onscreen chemistry in conversational scenes,<sup id="cite_ref-indreview_129-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indreview-129">&#91;123&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-empirereview_133-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-empirereview-133">&#91;127&#93;</a></sup> neither they nor their costars were spared criticism. Dissenting opinions judged Craig's Southern accent harshly,<sup id="cite_ref-uproxxreview_69-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uproxxreview-69">&#91;67&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-varietyreview_116-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varietyreview-116">&#91;114&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wrapreview_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wrapreview-124">&#91;120&#93;</a></sup> and <i>Uproxx</i> believed de Armas, as a lesser skilled actor, was at odds with the dramatic depth of her role.<sup id="cite_ref-uproxxreview_69-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uproxxreview-69">&#91;67&#93;</a></sup> A few actors were regarded as underutilized because of the ensemble's large size, which <i>Uproxx</i> argued reduced their interactions to a "constant, white noise-esque drone of overacting".<sup id="cite_ref-uproxxreview_69-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uproxxreview-69">&#91;67&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ebertreview_132-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ebertreview-132">&#91;126&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-empirereview_133-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-empirereview-133">&#91;127&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>On the review aggregation website <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, <i>Knives Out</i> holds an approval rating of 97% based on 467 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The website's critics' consensus reads: "<i>Knives Out</i> sharpens old murder-mystery tropes with a keenly assembled suspense outing that makes brilliant use of writer-director Rian Johnson's stellar ensemble."<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141">&#91;133&#93;</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on reviews from 52 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142">&#91;134&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Accolades">Accolades</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width: 99%;"> <caption><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Accolades received by <i>Knives Out</i></span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Date of ceremony </th> <th scope="col">Category </th> <th scope="col">Recipient(s) </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/AACTA_International_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="AACTA International Awards">AACTA International Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/9th_AACTA_International_Awards" title="9th AACTA International Awards">January 3, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AACTA_International_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress">Best International Supporting Actress</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Collette, Toni"><a href="/wiki/Toni_Collette" title="Toni Collette">Toni Collette</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143">&#91;135&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/92nd_Academy_Awards" title="92nd Academy Awards">February 9, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-Oscars_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oscars-144">&#91;136&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Actors_and_Actresses_Union_Awards" title="Actors and Actresses Union Awards">Actors and Actresses Union Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/29th_Actors_and_Actresses_Union_Awards" title="29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards">March 9, 2020</a> </td> <td>Best Actress in an International Production </td> <td data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana"><a href="/wiki/Ana_de_Armas" title="Ana de Armas">Ana de Armas</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145">&#91;137&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Women_Film_Journalists_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards">Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards</a> </th> <td>January 10, 2020 </td> <td>Best Screenplay, Original </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-MetacriticBestOf2019_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MetacriticBestOf2019-146">&#91;138&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/American_Cinema_Editors_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="American Cinema Editors Awards">American Cinema Editors Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Cinema_Editors_Awards_2020" title="American Cinema Editors Awards 2020">January 17, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Cinema_Editors_Award_for_Best_Edited_Feature_Film_%E2%80%93_Comedy_or_Musical" title="American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical">Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Ducsay, Bob"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Ducsay" title="Bob Ducsay">Bob Ducsay</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147">&#91;139&#93;</a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148">&#91;140&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/American_Film_Institute_Awards" title="American Film Institute Awards">American Film Institute Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Film_Institute_Awards_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="American Film Institute Awards 2019">January 3, 2020</a> </td> <td>Top Ten Films of the Year </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-Multiple_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Multiple-149">&#91;i&#93;</a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-AFI_112-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFI-112">&#91;110&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Art_Directors_Guild_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Art Directors Guild Awards">Art Directors Guild Awards</a> </th> <td>February 1, 2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Art_Directors_Guild_Award_for_Excellence_in_Production_Design_for_a_Contemporary_Film" title="Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film">Best Contemporary Film</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Crank, David">David Crank </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150">&#91;141&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Artios_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Artios Awards">Artios Awards</a> </th> <td>January 30, 2020 </td> <td>Feature Big Budget – Comedy </td> <td data-sort-value="Vernieu, Mary; Peri, Angela; and Howe, Brett">Mary Vernieu, Angela Peri, and Brett Howe </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151">&#91;142&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Austin_Film_Critics_Association_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Austin Film Critics Association Awards">Austin Film Critics Association Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Austin_Film_Critics_Association_Awards_2019" title="Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2019">January 7, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austin_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152">&#91;143&#93;</a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153">&#91;144&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Austin_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Ensemble" title="Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble">Best Ensemble</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="British Academy Film Awards">British Academy Film Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/73rd_British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="73rd British Academy Film Awards">February 2, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154">&#91;145&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Film Critics Association Awards">Chicago Film Critics Association Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Awards_2019" title="Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2019">December 14, 2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155">&#91;146&#93;</a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156">&#91;147&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Art Direction </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Costume_Designers_Guild_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Costume Designers Guild Awards">Costume Designers Guild Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Costume_Designers_Guild_Awards_2019" title="Costume Designers Guild Awards 2019">January 28, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Costume_Designers_Guild_Award_for_Excellence_in_Contemporary_Film" title="Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film">Excellence in Contemporary Film</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Eagan, Jenny">Jenny Eagan </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157">&#91;148&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Awards" title="Critics&#39; Choice Movie Awards">Critics' Choice Movie Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/25th_Critics%27_Choice_Awards" title="25th Critics&#39; Choice Awards">January 12, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Award_for_Best_Acting_Ensemble" title="Critics&#39; Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble">Best Acting Ensemble</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158">&#91;149&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Award_for_Best_Screenplay" class="mw-redirect" title="Critics&#39; Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Award_for_Best_Comedy" title="Critics&#39; Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy">Best Comedy</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Film_Critics_Society_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit Film Critics Society Awards">Detroit Film Critics Society Awards</a> </th> <td>December 9, 2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Breakthrough_Performance" title="Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance">Best Breakthrough Performance</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana"><a href="/wiki/Ana_de_Armas" title="Ana de Armas">Ana de Armas</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159">&#91;150&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dorian_Awards" title="Dorian Awards">Dorian Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">January 8, 2020 </td> <td>Screenplay of the Year </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160">&#91;151&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Campy Film of the Year </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Film_Critics_Association_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Film Critics Association Awards">Georgia Film Critics Association Awards</a> </th> <td>January 10, 2020 </td> <td>Best Original Screenplay </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-MetacriticBestOf2019_146-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MetacriticBestOf2019-146">&#91;138&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/77th_Golden_Globe_Awards" title="77th Golden Globe Awards">January 5, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Musical_or_Comedy" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy">Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161">&#91;152&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture_Musical_or_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy">Best Actor – Musical or Comedy</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Craig, Daniel"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Craig" title="Daniel Craig">Daniel Craig</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture_Musical_or_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy">Best Actress – Musical or Comedy</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana"><a href="/wiki/Ana_de_Armas" title="Ana de Armas">Ana de Armas</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Golden_Trailer_Awards" title="Golden Trailer Awards">Golden Trailer Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="3">July 22, 2021 </td> <td>Most Original TV Spot (for a Feature Film) </td> <td data-sort-value="Knives Out Knives">"Knives Out Knives" (Viacom Velocity) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162">&#91;153&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Best Viral Campaign for a Feature Film </td> <td data-sort-value="Knives Out Knives">"Knives Out Knives" (Viacom Velocity) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Sweater">"Sweater" (ZEALOT) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Critics_Association_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood Critics Association Awards">Hollywood Critics Association Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">January 9, 2020 </td> <td>Best Cast </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-MetacriticBestOf2019_146-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MetacriticBestOf2019-146">&#91;138&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Original Screenplay </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Film_Critics_Society_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Film Critics Society Awards">Houston Film Critics Society Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Film_Critics_Society_Awards_2019" title="Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2019">January 2, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163">&#91;154&#93;</a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164">&#91;155&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Screenplay" title="Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay">Best Screenplay</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Imagen_Awards" title="Imagen Awards">Imagen Awards</a> </th> <td>September 24, 2020 </td> <td>Best Actress – Feature Film </td> <td data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana"><a href="/wiki/Ana_de_Armas" title="Ana de Armas">Ana de Armas</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165">&#91;156&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/London_Film_Critics%27_Circle_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="London Film Critics&#39; Circle Awards">London Film Critics' Circle Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Film_Critics_Circle_Awards_2019" title="London Film Critics Circle Awards 2019">January 30, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Film_Critics%27_Circle_Award_for_Film_of_the_Year" title="London Film Critics&#39; Circle Award for Film of the Year">Film of the Year</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166">&#91;157&#93;</a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167">&#91;158&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="National Board of Review Awards">National Board of Review Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_Awards_2019" title="National Board of Review Awards 2019">January 8, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review:_Top_Ten_Films" title="National Board of Review: Top Ten Films">Top Ten Films</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won<sup id="cite_ref-Multiple_149-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Multiple-149">&#91;i&#93;</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-NBR_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBR-111">&#91;109&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_Award_for_Best_Cast" title="National Board of Review Award for Best Cast">Best Ensemble</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Film_Critics_Online_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Film Critics Online Awards">New York Film Critics Online Awards</a> </th> <td>December 7, 2019 </td> <td>Best Ensemble Cast </td> <td data-sort-value="Vernieu, Mary">Mary Vernieu </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168">&#91;159&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Society_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Online Film Critics Society Awards">Online Film Critics Society Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Society_Awards_2019" title="Online Film Critics Society Awards 2019">January 6, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169">&#91;160&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Acting Ensemble </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Producers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="Producers Guild of America Awards">Producers Guild of America Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Producers_Guild_of_America_Awards_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Producers Guild of America Awards 2019">January 18, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Producers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Theatrical_Motion_Picture" title="Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture">Best Theatrical Motion Picture</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian and Bergman, Ram"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ram_Bergman" title="Ram Bergman">Ram Bergman</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170">&#91;161&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area_Film_Critics_Circle_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards">San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area_Film_Critics_Circle_Awards_2019" title="San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 2019">December 16, 2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-MetacriticBestOf2019_146-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MetacriticBestOf2019-146">&#91;138&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Awards" title="Satellite Awards">Satellite Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/24th_Satellite_Awards" title="24th Satellite Awards">December 19, 2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Film" title="Satellite Award for Best Film">Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171">&#91;162&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture">Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Craig, Daniel"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Craig" title="Daniel Craig">Daniel Craig</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture">Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana"><a href="/wiki/Ana_de_Armas" title="Ana de Armas">Ana de Armas</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Cast_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture">Best Cast – Motion Picture</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Saturn_Awards" title="Saturn Awards">Saturn Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/46th_Saturn_Awards" title="46th Saturn Awards">October 26, 2021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Thriller_Film" title="Saturn Award for Best Thriller Film">Best Thriller Film</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-SaturnAwards_172-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SaturnAwards-172">&#91;163&#93;</a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173">&#91;164&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Saturn Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Craig, Daniel"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Craig" title="Daniel Craig">Daniel Craig</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Evans, Chris"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Evans_(actor)" title="Chris Evans (actor)">Chris Evans</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress">Best Supporting Actress</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="de Armas, Ana"><a href="/wiki/Ana_de_Armas" title="Ana de Armas">Ana de Armas</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Curtis, Jamie Lee"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Lee_Curtis" title="Jamie Lee Curtis">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Editing" title="Saturn Award for Best Editing">Best Editing</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Ducsay, Bob">Bob Ducsay </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saturn_Award_for_Best_Music" title="Saturn Award for Best Music">Best Music</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Nathan"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Johnson_(musician)" title="Nathan Johnson (musician)">Nathan Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Film_Critics_Society_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Film Critics Society Awards">Seattle Film Critics Society Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">December 16, 2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Ensemble_Cast" title="Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Cast">Best Ensemble Cast</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-MetacriticBestOf2019_146-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MetacriticBestOf2019-146">&#91;138&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Screenplay </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Film_Critics_Association_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards">St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards</a> </th> <td>December 15, 2019 </td> <td>Best Comedy </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174">&#91;165&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="Writers Guild of America Awards">Writers Guild of America Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Writers Guild of America Awards 2019">February 1, 2020</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175">&#91;166&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C._Area_Film_Critics_Association_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards">Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C._Area_Film_Critics_Association_Awards_2019" title="Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2019">December 8, 2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C._Area_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="Johnson, Rian"><a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-MetacriticBestOf2019_146-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MetacriticBestOf2019-146">&#91;138&#93;</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C._Area_Film_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Ensemble" title="Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble">Best Ensemble</a> </td> <td><i>Knives Out</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Sequels">Sequels</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Sequels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Glass_Onion:_A_Knives_Out_Mystery" title="Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery">Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery</a></div> <p>Rian was germinating ideas for a <i>Knives Out</i> sequel while the original film was still in theaters in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176">&#91;167&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177">&#91;168&#93;</a></sup> Lionsgate announced plans to develop the sequel in February 2020, but in March 2021, <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> actually acquired the rights for two sequels for $469&#160;million.<sup id="cite_ref-sequel_178-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sequel-178">&#91;169&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179">&#91;170&#93;</a></sup> Although the terms of Lionsgate's distribution agreement gave the company <a href="/wiki/Collective_bargaining" title="Collective bargaining">bargaining</a> leverage, Rian and Bergman owned the film's <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> and pursued a new distribution deal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which severely hampered the immediate profit making viability of theaters.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180">&#91;171&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181">&#91;172&#93;</a></sup> <i>Knives Out</i> was followed by <i><a href="/wiki/Glass_Onion:_A_Knives_Out_Mystery" title="Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery">Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery</a></i>, released on Netflix on December 23, 2022 after a controversial one week <a href="/wiki/Limited_theatrical_release" title="Limited theatrical release">platform theatrical rollout</a> the previous November.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182">&#91;173&#93;</a></sup> In the film, Blanc journeys to tech magnate Miles Bron's (<a href="/wiki/Edward_Norton" title="Edward Norton">Edward Norton</a>) murder mystery-themed retreat to mingle with his circle of friends, but the event goes awry when two partygoers die under suspicious circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183">&#91;174&#93;</a></sup> <i>Glass Onion</i> fared well in reviews by the media.<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184">&#91;175&#93;</a></sup> A third film is in development as of 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185">&#91;176&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knives_Out&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1217336898">.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/8538148997705459870002">VIAF</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://catalogo.bne.es/uhtbin/authoritybrowse.cgi?action=display&amp;authority_id=XX6092958">Spain</a></span></li> <li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/no2020060848">United States</a></span></li> <li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Knives out (film)"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aleph.nkp.cz/F/?func=find-c&amp;local_base=aut&amp;ccl_term=ica=unn20201092390&amp;CON_LNG=ENG">Czech Republic</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dbn.bn.org.pl/descriptor-details/9810603526105606">Poland</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>'
Whether or not the change was made through a Tor exit node (tor_exit_node)
false
Unix timestamp of change (timestamp)
'1714952440'