Roofman
Directed by Derek Cianfrance
A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname "Roofman." After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, surviving undetected while planning his next move. But when he falls for a divorced mom drawn to his undeniable charm, his double life begins to unravel, setting off a compelling and… From TMDB
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Roofman grossed $23 million in the United States and Canada and $11 million in other territories, for a total of $34 million worldwide. In the United States and Canada, Roofman was projected to gross $8–12 million from 3,340 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $3.2 million on its first day. It went on to debut to $8.1 million, finishing second behind fellow newcomer Tron: Ares. In its second weekend, the film dropped 54%, grossing $3.7 million, finishing fifth. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 87% of 218 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "A disarmingly sweet tonal gearshift for director Derek…
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60 of 263 · most liked firstChanning Tatum thinks Toronto is dope! He's here for the TIFF premiere of his film "Roofman" and told us what he loves most about the 6ix! #TIFF50 #TIFF2025 #ChanningTatum
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunate but understandable that Roofman is underperforming. There hasn't been a good movie about the character since the 1980s, and audiences aren't as familiar with all the lore as they were then.
negative · AI labelView post →I watched 225 movies in 2025. Here's my rating and two* sentences on each with my thoughts (Part 1: 2025 Releases). I watch a lot of movies, I don't necessarily have a yearly goal but I started recording all of the movies I watched in 2023 and have wanted to post my thoughts so here they are. A few notes - My rating scale is .5-5, and my review philosophy is "how well does the movie succeed at what it is trying to do?" - Thus Pacific Rim would be rated highly, whereas Transformers would not.…
neutral · AI labelView post →‘ROOFMAN’, starring Channing Tatum & Kirsten Dunst, is now playing in theaters The film follows the true story of a thief who robbed more than 60 McDonald’s and lived in a Toys’R’Us store after escaping from prison. Read our review: bit.ly/DFRoof
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching the movie Roofman, which is set in the late 90s, and immediately I noticed this. Where did they source the period-accurate Mario statue for their Toys R Us set?! I know some collectors have this one, but that's real dedication from the set designers
neutral · AI labelView post →In Roofman 2, Channing Tatum escapes from prison and hides completely undetected in prime time screenings of the movie Melania.
neutral · AI labelView post →today’s movie in our advent calendar is Roofman. it’s a classic holiday tale: hot criminal lives in a toy store, dates Kirsten Dunst and shit falls apart at Christmas 🎄
positive · AI labelView post →watching Roofman; how did I not hear about this movie last year it is exactly up my alley
positive · AI labelView post →Honestly, 10/10 movie imho. Highly suggest it! Now I can’t wait to see Roofman return in Avengers: Doomsday! #FilmSky #Movies #Roofman
positive · AI labelView post →Season 16 Ep 2 gets right into it with two, maybe three, and possibly even four movie reviews. You can stream 1602 ‘Roofman’ and ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ right now exclusively on the HEI Network.
neutral · AI labelView post →This weeks L4W: TRON: Ares (2025) Ad Astra (2019) The Running Man (2025) Roofman (2025) #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky 🎬🍿📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Trailers (came in late): Good Fortune, Roofman Yep, the credits gags are back. Even a post-credit scene too! Also, the third film in recent weeks to have an in-universe song play over the end credits.
neutral · AI labelView post →Still thinking about Roofman, a movie many people would enjoy if they knew it existed
positive · AI labelView post →finally seated for the movie that everybody has been talking about. that’s right: Roofman
neutral · AI labelView post →The third & final round of this year's Slate Movie Club rolls on w/ @justincchang.bsky.social on the low-key Channing Tatum/Kirsten Dunst romance Roofman, the collapse of the midbudget studio movie, & his #1 of the year, Oliver Laxe's harrowing Morocco-set road movie Sirât: slate.com/culture/2025...
neutral · AI labelView post →The one fall film released so far that feels like it could have been a bigger hit in another time was Roofman.
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching ROOFMAN (2025). Director: Derek Cianfrance. Channing Tarum, Kirsten Dunst. True story of a burglar who evades police by hiding in toy store. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →I recently got to spend five minutes talking with Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst about the movie ROOFMAN, and I wrote up those five minutes as a print piece because I really needed everyone to know what movie Mr. Tatum was recommending to people in 2022. consequence.net/2025/12/chan...
neutral · AI labelView post →Perhaps the most interesting thing to me about ROOFMAN is how narrowly it avoided being a Christian Movie ™
neutral · AI labelView post →Back in theaters to see a ROOFMAN. I’m expecting 100% less Nine Inch Nails than I got with TRON ARES last night.
neutral · AI labelView post →I am PUMPED to watch this Roofman movie
positive · AI labelView post →If anyone goes to see the movie Roofman, one of my birbs is in it!
neutral · AI labelView post →Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso are not quite on fire for Roofman #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst came to the LA premiere of #Roofman dressed like they plan on promoting this film for the next 6 months tomandlorenzo.com/2025/09/chan...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Roofman, enjoyable enough true crime romcom. Tatum & Dunst are a good pairing. There's no reason it needed to be 126m though. There's a good 90 min film in there that woulda been seen 20 yrs ago when cinema screenings per day mattered. Streaming breeds this bloat in dire need of an editor.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movies! #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #movies #filmsky #cinema Grizzly Man was my first watch on my recent @criterion.bsky.social channel purchase! What a movie. What a person! Roofman, charming, sad, funny, and also… kinda a Christmas movie? Check it out. Oh and 8-Mile just because. Movies!
positive · AI labelView post →I don't know anything about the movie Roofman, but I have to assume it's about a guy that was bitten by a radioactive roof #Movies #Roofman
neutral · AI labelView post →Genuinely tragic that streaming has killed the DVD market, and therefore killed the kind of movie that would have found its audience on DVD. I've just watched Roofman, which is *exactly* that kind of movie. If you picked it up in a 3 for €10 sale at HMV, you'd have been very happy.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched Roofman (which I had no clue was a Cianfrance film ..nice to see him back) and through Im not altogether sold on the overall product, (good, not great) the central performances by Tatum (Career best imo) and Dunst (just another day at the office) are easily amongst my best of the year...
neutral · AI labelView post →if we have ever talked, you know how much THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES and Derek Cianfrance's sad dads mean to me. I spoke with him about that film, ROOFMAN, and why the American dad as an outlaw created by capitalism looks so large in his work. a joy. @vulture.com: www.vulture.com/article/roof...
neutral · AI labelView post →it's here baby!!!!!! we only have one film that overlaps and it's at the exact same spot on our lists!!!! gavia includes a film so obscure you can't even log it on letterboxd!!!! I advocate for ROOFMAN!!!!! neither of us can predict what will be each others' number one film!!!! tune in!!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →I swear Roofman was marketed as a dark comedy and it turned out to be a rather slow drama. Bad marketing, decent movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Whoa! In other TMNT news today, I walked by a poster for The Roofman movie and something familiar caught my eye. Channing Tatum is wearing a shirt featuring a Dontatello I worked on for Nickelodeon! #tmnt #teenagemutantninjaturtles #theroofmanmovie #tmntdonatello #donatello
neutral · AI labelView post →With #Roofman / #RoofmanMovie, Derek Cianfrance crafts a compelling contemporary Capra-esque tale about a good guy, survival & capitalism as a love language. A quiet movie with a BIG heart. Channing Tatum & Kirsten Dunst are terrific - charming, endearing & vulnerable. 💛
positive · AI labelView post →Last movie you saw 🎬 - Roofman Last game you played 🎮 - Overcooked Last show you watched 🖥 - Our Flag Means Death Last song you listened to 🎶 - Slut! By Taylor Swift
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Roofman is VERY different than the trailer might have you believe. Wasn’t for me. Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally is still the greatest Romcom performance in history. Khan is still good fun. Wake Up Dead Man is my second favorite knives out movie.
negative · AI labelView post →One day they will make a Roofman-type movie about Eric Adams.
neutral · AI labelView post →What if there was a man, but he was in the roof? Well in the upcoming Channing Tatum movie ROOFMAN,
neutral · AI labelView post →You know what I really appreciated about the movie Roofman? It’s the only movie or show I’ve ever seen that showed people that lived in apartments like these, which either I or many people I know have lived in my entire life. Like they’re so common but completely un-cinematic.
positive · AI labelView post →Roofman is a Christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Roofman (2025) is a way more serious dramady than the trailers lead me to believe. Really fucking good though. Movie had me tearing up by the end. 😢 Most of the major events take place on Christmas, so if you're looking for an emotional dramady to rent this holiday season then check out Roofman.
positive · AI labelView post →Always enjoy features like this, both a nice way to acknowledge the unrewarded and an encouragement to seek out the films in question (just added Twinless to the list). Fiennes is terrific in 28YL, and Dunst is a huge part of why I fell so hard for Roofman. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching Roofman (2025) 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve written a theme for the hit Channing Tatum film, Roofman. It goes like “Yeahhhhhhh, here come the Roofman” Then it gets all sick and heavy like “AWWWW YEAHHHHH. You know he ain’t gonna die” It just came to me
neutral · AI labelView post →ROOFMAN - REVIEW 🏠🏠🏠🏠 Pretty solid story, the characters feel very believable, and the romance feels genuine. It's always very interesting to see a movie based on a real life story, even talking with some of the people who were involved at the time. Wonder how accurate it is to the IRL story. 🤔
positive · AI labelView post →Been a week of a lot of first-watches. Ready or Not was fun. The Rip was pretty alright. Air was surprisingly incredibly well-made. and Wallis Island was fucking adorable. That makes sense? A harmful fun film that's considered adorable? Still no Roofman. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →As a former Toys R Us employee, Roofman hits different. Really enjoyed this movie, great role for Channing Tatum.
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Roofman (D:Derek Cianfrance, 2025) "A warm and engaging crime dramedy uplifted by Tatum and Dunst’s chemistry, Roofman charms but never digs deep enough. Cianfrance trades his usual raw edge for a gentler touch, resulting in an appealing yet surprisingly subdued film."
neutral · AI labelView post →The earnestness of “Roofman” won me over. Yes, it’s a heist film. Yes, there’s a rom-dramedy element. But more than anything, the way this film wears its heart on its sleeve deeply moved me. Full review on the Female Gaze: The Film Club website! www.femalegazefilmclub.com/filmreviews/...
positive · AI labelView post →ROOFMAN: The trailers pulled a switch; this is a bit more serious though it has funny moments. But this was excellent. Probably Channing Tatum’s best performance. Has a ton of heart and the film feels old fashioned in the best ways. This was far better than I expected, and worth your time.
positive · AI labelView post →Five seconds into the Roofman screening @jennifer.holz.gay leaned over and whispered "That's Roofman" and honestly it is a miracle I stopped laughing in time to actually watch the movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Swung by the Toys’R’Us filming location for ‘Roofman’ today while I was at the mall. Looks just how I left it in 2017. Kinda wish they’d left the signage they added for the film.
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's Sunday evening movie was Roofman. The true-life story of criminal Jeffrey Manchester who, after robbing several fast food restaurants by breaking in through the roof spent 6 months hiding in a Toys R Us after escaping prison whilst getting involved with the local community & church.
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched Roofman last night. It was cute! That said, I’m a little surprised that so many people point to this movie as a symptom of Hollywood’s issues connecting at the box office. This was still very much an indie film directed by an indie filmmaker with indie sensibilities…
positive · AI labelView post →The movie i just saw Roofman has The Simpsons Hit and Run being one of the games featured in it
neutral · AI labelView post →Channing Tatum's golden retriever energy and chemistry with Kirsten Dunst give Roofman more heart than I was expecting. Quick review on YouTube here youtube.com/shorts/OWzyr... #filmsky #roofmanmovie
positive · AI labelView post →ROOFMAN succeeds on Channing Tatum's charm which makes up for the rest of the crew feeling underwritten. My review is live at The Film Maven! thefilmmaven.com/roofman-revi...
neutral · AI labelView post →Trailers: Shelby Oaks, Roofman, Urchin, The Smashing Machine Crowd was definitely with this, and lots of laughs (mostly in the right places). I think - or hope - this film will help with people's understanding of Tourette's Syndrome, and be more compassionate generally.
neutral · AI labelView post →Roofman is a Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Roofman 1st film up in a double feature at the movies #filmsky #promosky
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