By 31 October , Les Films Séville reported the film grossed $ 747,386 in Quebec . By 12 February 2017 , Box Office Mojo reported a worldwide gross of $ 9 million . The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Grand Prix and the Ecumenical Jury Prize . It became the second Canadian film to win the Grand Prix , after Atom Egoyan 's '' The Sweet Hereafter '' , and Dolan became the first Quebec filmmaker to win the Grand Prix . The announcement of the awards drew boos from the press , with Dolan emotionally quoting French poet Anatole France in saying , " I prefer the madness of passion to the wisdom of indifference " . Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated Dolan on Twitter , writing " You ’ve made us proud again , Xavier "
2016 Cannes Film Festival
2016 Cannes Film Festival
It's Only the End of the World