them as a "superpower." The Jewish concept of "learning through suffering" would be important for the character of Howard throughout the film. Music Daniel Lopatin composed the original soundtrack. He also recorded several songs with the Weeknd for the film, which went unused; however, he has production credits on the Weeknd's album, After Hours. The score was released on December 13, 2019, on CD and vinyl and digital streaming services. Release Uncut Gems had its world premiere at the 46th Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2019. It also screened at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2019. It was released in limited theaters in the United States on December 13, 2019, and had a nationwide release on December 25, 2019. It was released internationally on Netflix on January 31, 2020, and began streaming in the United States on May 25, 2020. Reception Box office In its limited opening weekend, the film made $537,242 from five theaters for a per-venue average of $107,448, the highest ever for A24 and the second-best total of 2019. It then made $241,431 in its second weekend. The film made $5.9 million on the first day of wide release (including $1.1 million from previews on Christmas Eve), the highest single-day gross in A24's history. It went on to make a total of $18.5 million over the five days ($9.6 million in the weekend), finishing sixth at the box office. In its second weekend of wide release, the film made $7.5 million, finishing eighth. With $50 million, Uncut Gems was A24's highest-grossing film domestically until it was surpassed by Everything Everywhere All at Once in May 2022. Critical response On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 345 reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Uncut Gems reaffirms the Safdies as masters of anxiety-inducing cinema—and proves Adam Sandler remains a formidable dramatic actor when given the right material." Metacritic gave the film a weighted average score of 91 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore during the film's limited release gave it an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale; upon going wide, it earned a "C+" score, as well as an average 2 out of 5 stars on PostTrak. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian calls the film "a cinema of