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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Descendants

The Numbers Rating: 7.33 (3 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 89% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $82,624,961
International Box Office$91,572,407
Worldwide Box Office$174,197,368
Home Market Performance
Domestic DVD Sales: $14,986,654 Weekly Breakdown
For full financial breakdown, please contact our research team.
Theatrical Release: November 16th, 2011 (Limited) by Fox Searchlight
December 9th, 2011 (Expands Wide) by Fox Searchlight
Video Release: March 13th, 2012 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for language including some sexual references.
(Rating bulletin 2160, 2/23/2011)
Keywords: Inspired by a True Story, Coming of Age, Character's Journey Shown on Map, Death of a Son or Daughter, Death of a Spouse, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Surprise Twist, Infidelity, Land Developer, Inheritance, Dysfunctional Family, Medical and Hospitals, Voiceover/Narration
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Marketing Budget (including Oscar campaign):$30 million (Hollywood Reporter)

Cast

George Clooney    Matt King
Shailene Woodley    Alexandra King
Beau Bridges    Cousin Hugh
Robert Forster    Scott Thorson
Judy Greer    Julie Speer
Matthew Lillard    Brian Speer
Nick Krause    Sid
Amara Miller    Scottie King
Mary Birdsong    Kai Mitchell
Rob Huebel    Mark Mitchell
Patricia Hastie    Elizabeth King

Production and Technical Credits

Director    Alexander Payne
Screenwriter    Alexander Payne
Screenwriter    Nat Faxon
Screenwriter    Jim Rash
Producer    Jim Burke
Producer    Alexander Payne
Producer    Jim Taylor
Cinematographer    Phedon Papamichael
Production Designer    Jane Ann Stewart
Casting Director    Jonathan Jackson
Casting Director    John Jackson
Co-Producer    George Parra
Music Supervisor    Dondi Bastone
Executive Music Producer    Richard Bradford
Editor    Kevin Tent
Art Director    Timothy "T.K." Kirkpatrick
Set Decorator    Matt Callahan
Costume Designer    Wendy Chuck
Sound Mixer    Jose Antonio Garcia
Supervising Sound Editor    Frank Gaeta
Re-recording Mixer    Patrick Cyccone
Stunt Coordinator    Brian L. Keaulana
Visual Effects Supervisor    Mark Dornfeld
Associate Producer    Tracy Boyd
Assistant Director    Richard L. Fox
Second Unit Director    Tracy Boyd
Second Unit Camera    Radan Popovic

Weekend Chart Record

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
2011/11/18 10 $1,190,096   29 $41,038   $1,269,296 5
2011/11/25 9 $7,345,720 +517% 433 $16,965   $10,886,952 12
2011/12/02 7 $4,789,741 -35% 574 $8,344   $17,677,071 19
2011/12/09 7 $4,380,138 -9% 876 $5,000   $23,630,561 26
2011/12/16 11 $3,268,357 -25% 878 $3,723   $28,645,909 33
2011/12/23 12 $2,073,371 -37% 813 $2,550   $32,364,923 40
2011/12/30 10 $3,396,129 +64% 758 $4,480   $39,420,775 47
2012/01/06 12 $2,584,137 -24% 737 $3,506   $43,960,700 54
2012/01/13 14 $2,100,256 -19% 660 $3,182   $47,104,452 61
2012/01/20 16 $2,372,298 +13% 560 $4,236   $51,259,658 68
2012/01/27 8 $6,405,285 +170% 2,001 $3,201   $58,703,299 75
2012/02/03 8 $4,552,943 -29% 2,038 $2,234   $65,475,595 82
2012/02/10 9 $3,441,676 -24% 1,582 $2,176   $70,671,289 89
2012/02/17 11 $2,932,824 -15% 1,243 $2,359   $75,015,594 96
2012/02/24 15 $2,133,442 -27% 889 $2,400   $78,460,135 103
2012/03/02 15 $1,291,817 -39% 694 $1,861   $80,392,543 110
2012/03/09 19 $676,862 -48% 517 $1,309   $81,454,624 117
2012/03/16 24 $291,231 -57% 347 $839   $81,996,042 124
2012/03/23 32 $145,849 -50% 199 $733   $82,278,717 131
2012/03/30 40 $87,802 -40% 118 $744   $82,436,578 138
2012/04/06 46 $47,244 -46% 78 $606   $82,523,809 145
2012/04/13 60 $20,703 -56% 41 $505   $82,570,653 152
2012/04/20 61 $23,665 +14% 37 $640   $82,607,825 159
2012/04/27 81 $7,923 -67% 21 $377   $82,624,961 166

Daily Chart Record

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
2011/11/16 - $39,777   5 $7,955   $39,777 1
2011/11/17 - $39,423 -1% 5 $7,885   $79,200 2
2011/11/18 11 $318,639 +708% 29 $10,988   $397,839 3
2011/11/19 10 $493,704 +55% 29 $17,024   $891,543 4
2011/11/20 10 $377,753 -23% 29 $13,026   $1,269,296 5
2011/11/21 10 $113,525 -70% 29 $3,915   $1,382,821 6
2011/11/22 12 $123,073 +8% 29 $4,244   $1,505,894 7
2011/11/23 10 $980,177 +696% 390 $2,513   $2,486,071 8
2011/11/24 - $1,055,161 +8% 390 $2,706   $3,541,232 9
2011/11/25 10 $2,703,756 +156% 433 $6,244   $6,244,988 10
2011/11/26 9 $2,976,845 +10% 433 $6,875   $9,221,833 11
2011/11/27 8 $1,665,119 -44% 433 $3,846   $10,886,952 12
2011/11/28 6 $485,880 -71% 433 $1,122   $11,372,832 13
2011/11/29 6 $584,378 +20% 433 $1,350   $11,957,210 14
2011/11/30 4 $476,808 -18% 433 $1,101   $12,434,018 15
2011/12/01 6 $453,312 -5% 433 $1,047   $12,887,330 16
2011/12/02 6 $1,437,336 +217% 574 $2,504   $14,324,666 17
2011/12/03 7 $2,226,643 +55% 574 $3,879   $16,551,309 18
2011/12/04 8 $1,125,762 -49% 574 $1,961   $17,677,071 19
2011/12/05 5 $353,076 -69% 574 $615   $18,030,147 20
2011/12/06 5 $465,361 +32% 574 $811   $18,495,508 21
2011/12/07 6 $378,813 -19% 574 $660   $18,874,321 22
2011/12/08 6 $376,102 -1% 574 $655   $19,250,423 23
2011/12/09 7 $1,318,017 +250% 876 $1,505   $20,568,440 24
2011/12/10 7 $2,008,132 +52% 876 $2,292   $22,576,572 25
2011/12/11 8 $1,053,989 -48% 876 $1,203   $23,630,561 26
2011/12/12 5 $420,304 -60% 876 $480   $24,050,865 27
2011/12/13 5 $490,422 +17% 876 $560   $24,541,287 28
2011/12/14 6 $405,151 -17% 876 $463   $24,946,438 29
2011/12/15 6 $431,114 +6% 876 $492   $25,377,552 30
2011/12/16 9 $928,759 +115% 878 $1,058   $26,306,311 31
2011/12/17 10 $1,469,079 +58% 878 $1,673   $27,775,390 32
2011/12/18 11 $870,519 -41% 878 $991   $28,645,909 33
2011/12/19 11 $398,316 -54% 878 $454   $29,044,225 34
2011/12/20 10 $445,784 +12% 878 $508   $29,490,009 35
2011/12/21 12 $384,822 -14% 835 $461   $29,874,831 36
2011/12/22 12 $416,721 +8% 835 $499   $30,291,552 37
2011/12/23 12 $619,725 +49% 813 $762   $30,911,277 38
2011/12/24 12 $445,663 -28% 813 $548   $31,356,940 39
2011/12/25 10 $1,007,983 +126% 753 $1,339   $32,364,923 40
2011/12/26 10 $1,198,609 +19% 753 $1,592   $33,563,532 41
2011/12/27 11 $829,963 -31% 753 $1,102   $34,393,495 42
2011/12/28 11 $805,549 -3% 753 $1,070   $35,199,044 43
2011/12/29 11 $825,602 +2% 753 $1,096   $36,024,646 44
2011/12/30 11 $1,098,787 +33% 758 $1,450   $37,123,433 45
2011/12/31 9 $1,251,598 +14% 758 $1,651   $38,375,031 46
2012/01/01 10 $1,045,744 -16% 758 $1,380   $39,420,775 47
2012/01/02 11 $894,890 -14% 758 $1,181   $40,315,665 48
2012/01/03 10 $371,550 -58% 758 $490   $40,687,215 49
2012/01/04 10 $340,267 -8% 758 $449   $41,027,482 50
2012/01/05 10 $349,081 +3% 758 $461   $41,376,563 51
2012/01/06 12 $749,113 +115% 737 $1,016   $42,125,676 52
2012/01/07 12 $1,186,409 +58% 737 $1,610   $43,312,085 53
2012/01/08 11 $648,615 -45% 737 $880   $43,960,700 54
2012/01/09 10 $191,765 -70% 737 $260   $44,152,465 55
2012/01/10 10 $299,635 +56% 737 $407   $44,452,100 56
2012/01/11 10 $292,764 -2% 737 $397   $44,744,864 57
2012/01/12 10 $259,332 -11% 737 $352   $45,004,196 58
2012/01/13 - $554,602 +114% 660 $840   $45,558,798 59
2012/01/14 - $877,162 +58% 660 $1,329   $46,435,960 60
2012/01/15 - $668,492 -24% 660 $1,013   $47,104,452 61
2012/01/16 13 $823,730 +23% 660 $1,248   $47,928,182 62
2012/01/17 11 $350,466 -57% 660 $531   $48,278,648 63
2012/01/18 10 $303,051 -14% 660 $459   $48,581,699 64
2012/01/19 10 $305,661 +1% 660 $463   $48,887,360 65
2012/01/20 - $651,847 +113% 560 $1,164   $49,539,207 66
2012/01/21 - $1,198,634 +84% 560 $2,140   $50,737,841 67
2012/01/22 - $521,817 -56% 560 $932   $51,259,658 68
2012/01/23 - $193,349 -63% 560 $345   $51,453,007 69
2012/01/24 - $287,691 +49% 560 $514   $51,740,698 70
2012/01/25 - $271,058 -6% 560 $484   $52,011,756 71
2012/01/26 - $286,258 +6% 560 $511   $52,298,014 72
2012/01/27 8 $1,733,633 +506% 2,001 $866   $54,031,647 73
2012/01/28 8 $2,945,618 +70% 2,001 $1,472   $56,977,265 74
2012/01/29 8 $1,726,034 -41% 2,001 $863   $58,703,299 75
2012/01/30 7 $483,373 -72% 2,001 $242   $59,186,672 76
2012/01/31 6 $625,273 +29% 2,001 $312   $59,811,945 77
2012/02/01 5 $554,294 -11% 2,001 $277   $60,366,239 78
2012/02/02 5 $556,413 n/c 2,001 $278   $60,922,652 79
2012/02/03 9 $1,425,716 +156% 2,038 $700   $62,348,368 80
2012/02/04 8 $2,396,074 +68% 2,038 $1,176   $64,744,442 81
2012/02/05 7 $731,153 -69% 2,038 $359   $65,475,595 82
2012/02/06 7 $377,996 -48% 2,038 $185   $65,853,591 83
2012/02/07 6 $525,841 +39% 2,038 $258   $66,379,432 84
2012/02/08 5 $421,088 -20% 2,038 $207   $66,800,520 85
2012/02/09 5 $429,093 +2% 2,038 $211   $67,229,613 86
2012/02/10 9 $877,260 +104% 1,582 $555   $68,106,873 87
2012/02/11 9 $1,638,074 +87% 1,582 $1,035   $69,744,947 88
2012/02/12 9 $926,342 -43% 1,582 $586   $70,671,289 89
2012/02/13 8 $265,252 -71% 1,582 $168   $70,936,541 90
2012/02/14 9 $585,174 +121% 1,582 $370   $71,521,715 91
2012/02/15 8 $271,553 -54% 1,582 $172   $71,793,268 92
2012/02/16 8 $289,502 +7% 1,582 $183   $72,082,770 93
2012/02/17 11 $663,728 +129% 1,243 $534   $72,746,498 94
2012/02/18 11 $1,295,020 +95% 1,243 $1,042   $74,041,518 95
2012/02/19 11 $974,076 -25% 1,243 $784   $75,015,594 96
2012/02/20 12 $556,848 -43% 1,243 $448   $75,572,442 97
2012/02/21 12 $268,412 -52% 1,243 $216   $75,840,854 98
2012/02/22 12 $221,569 -17% 1,243 $178   $76,062,423 99
2012/02/23 11 $264,270 +19% 1,243 $213   $76,326,693 100
2012/02/24 - $542,539 +105% 889 $610   $76,869,232 101
2012/02/25 - $1,097,789 +102% 889 $1,235   $77,967,021 102
2012/02/26 - $493,114 -55% 889 $555   $78,460,135 103
2012/02/27 - $157,323 -68% 889 $177   $78,617,458 104
2012/02/28 - $179,995 +14% 889 $202   $78,797,453 105
2012/02/29 - $150,695 -16% 889 $170   $78,948,148 106
2012/03/01 16 $152,578 +1% 889 $172   $79,100,726 107
2012/03/02 - $322,272 +111% 694 $464   $79,422,998 108
2012/03/03 - $646,475 +101% 694 $932   $80,069,473 109
2012/03/04 - $323,070 -50% 694 $466   $80,392,543 110
2012/03/05 - $87,253 -73% 694 $126   $80,479,796 111
2012/03/06 - $109,478 +25% 694 $158   $80,589,274 112
2012/03/07 - $93,910 -14% 694 $135   $80,683,184 113
2012/03/08 - $94,578 +1% 694 $136   $80,777,762 114
2012/03/09 - $181,432 +92% 517 $351   $80,959,194 115
2012/03/10 - $331,326 +83% 517 $641   $81,290,520 116
2012/03/11 - $164,104 -50% 517 $317   $81,454,624 117
2012/03/12 - $56,184 -66% 517 $109   $81,510,808 118
2012/03/13 - $75,739 +35% 517 $146   $81,586,547 119
2012/03/14 - $57,936 -24% 517 $112   $81,644,483 120
2012/03/15 - $60,328 +4% 517 $117   $81,704,811 121
2012/03/16 - $88,328 +46% 347 $255   $81,793,139 122
2012/03/17 - $128,413 +45% 347 $370   $81,921,552 123
2012/03/18 - $74,490 -42% 347 $215   $81,996,042 124
2012/03/19 - $30,668 -59% 347 $88   $82,026,710 125
2012/03/20 - $40,332 +32% 347 $116   $82,067,042 126
2012/03/21 - $32,665 -19% 347 $94   $82,099,707 127
2012/03/22 - $33,161 +2% 347 $96   $82,132,868 128
2012/03/23 - $38,676 +17% 347 $111   $82,171,544 129
2012/03/24 - $71,205 +84% 347 $205   $82,242,749 130
2012/03/25 - $35,968 -49% 347 $104   $82,278,717 131
2012/03/26 - $15,106 -58% 347 $44   $82,293,823 132
2012/03/27 - $19,813 +31% 347 $57   $82,313,636 133
2012/03/28 - $16,727 -16% 347 $48   $82,330,363 134
2012/03/29 - $18,413 +10% 347 $53   $82,348,776 135
2012/03/30 - $25,798 +40% 118 $219   $82,374,574 136
2012/03/31 - $40,810 +58% 118 $346   $82,415,384 137
2012/04/01 - $21,194 -48% 118 $180   $82,436,578 138
2012/04/02 - $7,819 -63% 118 $66   $82,444,397 139
2012/04/03 - $11,036 +41% 118 $94   $82,455,433 140
2012/04/04 - $10,328 -6% 118 $88   $82,465,761 141
2012/04/05 - $10,804 +5% 118 $92   $82,476,565 142
2012/04/06 - $16,907 +56% 78 $217   $82,493,472 143
2012/04/07 - $19,614 +16% 78 $251   $82,513,086 144
2012/04/08 - $10,723 -45% 78 $137   $82,523,809 145
2012/04/09 - $6,390 -40% 78 $82   $82,530,199 146
2012/04/10 - $7,527 +18% 78 $97   $82,537,726 147
2012/04/11 - $6,425 -15% 78 $82   $82,544,151 148
2012/04/12 - $5,799 -10% 78 $74   $82,549,950 149
2012/04/13 - $6,543 +13% 41 $160   $82,556,493 150
2012/04/14 - $9,509 +45% 41 $232   $82,566,002 151
2012/04/15 - $4,651 -51% 41 $113   $82,570,653 152
2012/04/16 - $3,719 -20% 41 $91   $82,574,372 153
2012/04/17 - $3,304 -11% 41 $81   $82,577,676 154
2012/04/18 - $3,049 -8% 41 $74   $82,580,725 155
2012/04/19 - $3,435 +13% 41 $84   $82,584,160 156
2012/04/20 - $7,010 +104% 37 $189   $82,591,170 157
2012/04/21 - $11,174 +59% 37 $302   $82,602,344 158
2012/04/22 - $5,481 -51% 37 $148   $82,607,825 159
2012/04/23 - $1,893 -65% 37 $51   $82,609,718 160
2012/04/24 - $2,647 +40% 37 $72   $82,612,365 161
2012/04/25 - $2,327 -12% 37 $63   $82,614,692 162
2012/04/26 - $2,346 +1% 37 $63   $82,617,038 163
2012/04/27 - $2,418 +3% 21 $115   $82,619,456 164
2012/04/28 - $4,139 +71% 21 $197   $82,623,595 165
2012/04/29 - $1,366 -67% 21 $65   $82,624,961 166