New Zealand Box Office for Battle Of The Sexes (2017)

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Battle of the Sexes
Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $325,034Details
Worldwide Box Office $18,445,379Details
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Synopsis

The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs was billed as “The Battle of the Sexes,” and became the most watched televised sports event of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement. Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposites sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. With a supportive husband urging her to fight the Establishment for equal pay, the fiercely private King was also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, while Riggs gambled his legacy and reputation in a bid to relive the glories of his past. Together, Billie and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that resonated far beyond the tennis courts and animated the discussions between men and women in bedrooms and boardrooms around the world.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$25,000,000
New Zealand Releases: September 29th, 2017 (Wide), released as Battle Of The Sexes
Video Release: December 19th, 2017 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content and partial nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2467 (Cert #50877), 3/15/2017)
Running Time: 121 minutes
Keywords: Tennis, 1970s, Feminism, Battle of the Sexes, Media Circus, LGBTQ+, Sports Drama
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Lucky

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December 19th, 2017

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October 18th, 2017

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October 11th, 2017

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Weekend Estimates: Blade Runner Stumbles Out the Gate

October 8th, 2017

Blade Runner 2049

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Weekend Estimates: Threeway Tie at the Top

October 1st, 2017

American Made

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Weekend Estimates: Kingsman Circles $39 Million

September 24th, 2017

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September 23rd, 2017

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

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September 22nd, 2017

Battle of the Sexes

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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2017/09/29 7 $94,988   63 $1,508   $115,094 1
2017/10/06 7 $70,611 -26% 68 $1,038   $221,063 2
2017/10/13 10 $31,622 -55% 66 $479   $290,413 3
2017/10/20 19 $13,032 -59% 52 $251   $304,038 4
2017/10/27 23 $4,410 -66% 21 $210   $313,166 5
2017/11/03 - $3,116 -29% 13 $240   $321,191 6
2017/11/10 - $1,319 -58% 8 $165   $325,034 7

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 12/1/2017 $36,785 0 0 0 $48,978 1/1/2019
Australia 9/29/2017 $615,744 277 277 1024 $1,851,780 11/20/2017
Czech Republic 4/6/2018 $4,612 35 35 35 $4,616 1/1/2019
France 11/24/2017 $310,093 0 0 0 $535,830 6/28/2018
Italy 10/20/2017 $379,557 0 0 0 $547,975 11/1/2017
Netherlands 11/24/2017 $59,398 41 41 116 $191,489 12/11/2017
New Zealand 9/29/2017 $94,988 63 68 291 $325,034 11/13/2017
North America 9/22/2017 $518,332 21 1,822 5,679 $12,638,526
Russia (CIS) 12/8/2017 $12,334 0 0 0 $23,125 12/30/2018
Slovakia 4/20/2018 $3,853 35 35 46 $6,167 5/1/2018
South Korea 10/24/2017 $0 0 135 198 $145,231 12/22/2017
Spain 11/3/2017 $186,095 155 155 308 $345,103 11/16/2017
United Kingdom 11/24/2017 $736,793 464 464 1077 $1,781,525 12/13/2017
 
Worldwide Total$18,445,379 1/1/2019

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Leading Cast

Emma Stone    Billie Jean King
Steve Carell    Bobby Riggs

Supporting Cast

Andrea Riseborough    Marilyn Barnett
Sarah Silverman    Gladys Heldman
Bill Pullman    Jack Kramer
Alan Cumming    Cuthbert “Ted” Tinling
Elisabeth Shue    Priscilla Riggs
Austin Stowell    Larry King
Jessica McNamee    Margaret Court
Natalie Morales    Rosie Casals
Fred Armisen    Rheo Blair
Martha MacIsaac    Jane “Peaches” Bartkowicz
Mickey Sumner    Valerie Ziegenfuss
Bridey Elliott    Julie Heldman
Eric Christian Olsen    Lornie Kuhle
Wallace Langham    Henry
Matt Malloy    Rigg’s Therapist

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Jonathan Dayton    Director
Valerie Faris    Director
Simon Beaufoy    Screenwriter
Christian Colson    Producer
Danny Boyle    Producer
Robert Graf    Producer