Bright Star (2009)

Bright Star
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $4,444,637Details
International Box Office $12,775,454Details
Worldwide Box Office $17,220,091
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$189,703 (4.3% of total gross)
Legs:6.21 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:25.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$8,500,000 (worldwide box office is 2.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:19 opening theaters/317 max. theaters, 4.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $6,388,422

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,701-6,800) 6,742 $4,444,637
All Time International Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400) 4,336 $12,775,454
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,801-5,900) 5,896 $17,220,091
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 501-600) 574 $4,444,637

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 17th, 2009 (Limited) by Apparition
Video Release: January 26th, 2010 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG For thematic elements, some sensuality, brief language and incidental smoking
Running Time: 119 minutes
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Keywords: Biographical Drama, Biography, Romance, 1800s, Death of a Sibling, Relationships Gone Wrong, Medical and Hospitals, Death of a Girlfriend / Boyfriend
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Pathe, Screen Australia, BBC Films, UK Film Council, New South Wales Film & Television Office, Hopscotch Features, Jan Chapman Films
Production Countries: Australia, France, United Kingdom
Languages: English, French

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Theater Average 4th Weekend 60 $16,443 Oct 9, 2009 24
Top 2009 Theater Average 67 $16,443 Oct 9, 2009 24

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 18, 2009 33 $189,703   19 $9,984   $206,649 1
Sep 25, 2009 18 $671,895 +254% 130 $5,168   $962,153 2
Oct 2, 2009 17 $716,096 +7% 317 $2,259   $1,936,829 3
Oct 9, 2009 20 $624,834 -13% 38 $16,443   $2,846,921 4
Oct 16, 2009 20 $396,479 -37% 295 $1,344   $3,534,192 5
Oct 23, 2009 25 $212,138 -46% 209 $1,015   $3,901,214 6
Oct 30, 2009 27 $132,684 -37% 142 $934   $4,121,818 7
Nov 6, 2009 41 $70,280 -47% 86 $817   $4,252,058 8
Nov 13, 2009 44 $50,265 -28% 72 $698   $4,341,275 9
Nov 20, 2009 52 $26,476 -47% 35 $756   $4,390,226 10
Nov 27, 2009 60 $19,120 -28% 25 $765   $4,420,963 11
Dec 4, 2009 58 $13,128 -31% 17 $772   $4,440,055 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 20, 2009 - $7,467     35 $213   $4,371,217 64
Nov 21, 2009 - $11,885 +59%   35 $340   $4,383,102 65
Nov 22, 2009 - $7,124 -40%   35 $204   $4,390,226 66
Nov 27, 2009 - $6,469   -13% 25 $259   $4,408,312 71
Nov 28, 2009 - $7,632 +18% -36% 25 $305   $4,415,944 72
Nov 29, 2009 - $5,019 -34% -30% 25 $201   $4,420,963 73
Nov 30, 2009 - $1,111 -78%   25 $44   $4,422,074 74
Dec 1, 2009 - $1,275 +15%   25 $51   $4,423,349 75
Dec 2, 2009 - $2,010 +58%   25 $80   $4,425,359 76
Dec 3, 2009 - $1,568 -22%   25 $63   $4,426,927 77
Dec 4, 2009 - $3,916 +150% -39% 17 $230   $4,430,843 78
Dec 5, 2009 - $5,495 +40% -28% 17 $323   $4,436,338 79
Dec 6, 2009 - $3,717 -32% -26% 17 $219   $4,440,055 80
Dec 7, 2009 - $1,197 -68% +8% 17 $70   $4,441,252 81
Dec 8, 2009 - $1,106 -8% -13% 17 $65   $4,442,358 82
Dec 9, 2009 - $969 -12% -52% 17 $57   $4,443,327 83
Dec 10, 2009 - $1,310 +35% -16% 17 $77   $4,444,637 84

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 11, 2009 73 $16,946   2 $8,473   $16,946 0
Sep 18, 2009 32 $273,312 +1,513% 19 $14,385   $290,258 1
Sep 25, 2009 18 $930,475 +240% 130 $7,158   $1,220,733 2
Oct 2, 2009 17 $1,001,354 +8% 317 $3,159   $2,222,087 3
Oct 9, 2009 19 $915,626 -9% 38 $24,095   $3,137,713 4
Oct 16, 2009 19 $551,363 -40% 295 $1,869   $3,689,076 5
Oct 23, 2009 25 $300,058 -46% 209 $1,436   $3,989,134 6
Oct 30, 2009 26 $192,644 -36% 142 $1,357   $4,181,778 7
Nov 6, 2009 40 $109,232 -43% 86 $1,270   $4,291,010 8
Nov 13, 2009 46 $72,740 -33% 72 $1,010   $4,363,750 9
Nov 20, 2009 60 $38,093 -48% 35 $1,088   $4,401,843 10
Nov 27, 2009 61 $25,084 -34% 25 $1,003   $4,426,927 11
Dec 4, 2009 60 $17,710 -29% 17 $1,042   $4,444,637 12

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Ben Whishaw    John Keats
Abbie Cornish    Fanny Brawne

Supporting Cast

Thomas Brodie-Sangster   

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jane Campion    Director
Jane Campion    Screenwriter
Caroline Hewitt    Producer
Jan Chapman    Producer
Francois Ivernel    Executive Producer
Cameron McCracken    Executive Producer
Christine Langan    Executive Producer
David M. Thompson    Executive Producer
Mark Holt    Special Effects Supervisor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Awards Season: Avatar Not Hurting for Oscar Nominations

February 2nd, 2010

Oscar nominations were announced at 5:38 this morning, continuing a tradition that have never been adequately explained to me. (Why so early in the morning? Does earning an Oscar nomination become sweeter if people have to wake you up to congratulate you?) Leading the way in nominations were Avatar and The Hurt Locker, both of which pick up nine nods each, many of them in the same categories. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 26th, 2010

January 26th, 2010

It's a soft week at the top, as the biggest release of the week is Michael Jackson's This Is It. There are a few other wide releases hitting the home market as well, but all the rest were box office disappointments of varying degrees. This Is It is a good movie and the DVD / Blu-ray are worth picking up, but they are not Pick of the Week material. For that we have to look to a smaller Canadian film, Pontypool, which earned excellent reviews while the DVD gets a rarely-awarded Puck of the Week. More...

Education High on the Per Theater Chart

November 3rd, 2009

The per theater chart took a hit over the weekend and no movie topped $10,000; however, An Education was close with an average of $9,737 in 48 theaters. More...

Things are Not Normal on the Per Theater Chart

October 20th, 2009

Paranormal Activity remained on top of the per theater chart with an average of $25,711. The film finally saw its per theater average drop this past weekend, but it should still have no trouble expanding. Second place went to The Maid, which earned $17,036 in one theater. An Education remained in the $10,000 club with an average of $12,882, while A Serious Man took in more than $800,000 in 82 theaters for an average of $10,275. More...

Massive Activity on the Per Theater Chart

October 13th, 2009

No less than six films broke the $10,000 per theater average barrier over the weekend. Paranormal Activity topped the per theater chart with its record-breaking weekend, earning an average of $49,379 in 160 theaters. An Education was relatively close behind with an average of $39,754 in 4 theaters, which is a spectacular result at any time. A Serious Man remained strong with an average of $21,872, which is enough to suggest further significant expansion over the coming weeks. The number one film at the box office, Couples Retreat, was next with an average of $11,429. Yes Men Fix the World and Bronson had nearly identical averages at $10,956 vs. $10,940. More...

Serious Money on the Per Theater Chart

October 6th, 2009

A Serious Man showed the competition who was serious by earning first place on the per theater chart earning an average of $41,890 in six theaters. Paranormal Activity climbed into the $10,000 club with a sophomore average of $16,129 and now there's a push to get it into 1000 theaters nationwide. More Than a Game earned an average of more than $10,000, $13,067 to be precise, placing third in the process. Coco Before Chanel repeated in the $10,000 club with an average of $12,878, but it will need some strong word-of-mouth if it wants to stay they one more week. More...

No Bright Spot on the Per Theater Chart

September 22nd, 2009

It's officially the first day of Fall, and you can tell just by looking at the per theater chart. No film was able to reach the $10,000 mark on the per theater chart, but two did come very close. Bright Star was the best with an average of $9,984 in 19 theaters while the overall box office leader, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, was close behind with $9,716. More...

Weekend Estimates: Cloudy Tops with $30.1 Million

September 20th, 2009

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was the clear winner at the box office, according to studio estimates released on Sunday morning. The digitally-animated comedy earned a very respectable $30.1 million, according to Sony, making it their best opening ever for an animated film ahead of Open Season, which posted a $23.6 million opening back in 2006. Meatballs looks a fair bet to hit $100 million during its run. More...

Limited Releases Heating Up

September 18th, 2009

Could Awards Season be unofficially starting this week? We do have a period piece, Bright Star, which could earn some Awards Season buzz, which in turn could help it at the box office. More...


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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$189,703 (4.3% of total gross)
Legs:6.21 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:25.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$8,500,000 (worldwide box office is 2.0 times production budget)
Theater counts:19 opening theaters/317 max. theaters, 4.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $6,388,422

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,701-6,800) 6,742 $4,444,637
All Time International Box Office (Rank 4,301-4,400) 4,336 $12,775,454
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,801-5,900) 5,896 $17,220,091
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 501-600) 574 $4,444,637

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Watch Now On

Netflix:Netflix, Netflix

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 17th, 2009 (Limited) by Apparition
Video Release: January 26th, 2010 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG For thematic elements, some sensuality, brief language and incidental smoking
Running Time: 119 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Greater
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Biographical Drama, Biography, Romance, 1800s, Death of a Sibling, Relationships Gone Wrong, Medical and Hospitals, Death of a Girlfriend / Boyfriend
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Pathe, Screen Australia, BBC Films, UK Film Council, New South Wales Film & Television Office, Hopscotch Features, Jan Chapman Films
Production Countries: Australia, France, United Kingdom
Languages: English, French

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Theater Average 4th Weekend 60 $16,443 Oct 9, 2009 24
Top 2009 Theater Average 67 $16,443 Oct 9, 2009 24

Leading Cast

Ben Whishaw    John Keats
Abbie Cornish    Fanny Brawne

Supporting Cast

Thomas Brodie-Sangster   

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jane Campion    Director
Jane Campion    Screenwriter
Caroline Hewitt    Producer
Jan Chapman    Producer
Francois Ivernel    Executive Producer
Cameron McCracken    Executive Producer
Christine Langan    Executive Producer
David M. Thompson    Executive Producer
Mark Holt    Special Effects Supervisor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Awards Season: Avatar Not Hurting for Oscar Nominations

February 2nd, 2010

Oscar nominations were announced at 5:38 this morning, continuing a tradition that have never been adequately explained to me. (Why so early in the morning? Does earning an Oscar nomination become sweeter if people have to wake you up to congratulate you?) Leading the way in nominations were Avatar and The Hurt Locker, both of which pick up nine nods each, many of them in the same categories. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 26th, 2010

January 26th, 2010

It's a soft week at the top, as the biggest release of the week is Michael Jackson's This Is It. There are a few other wide releases hitting the home market as well, but all the rest were box office disappointments of varying degrees. This Is It is a good movie and the DVD / Blu-ray are worth picking up, but they are not Pick of the Week material. For that we have to look to a smaller Canadian film, Pontypool, which earned excellent reviews while the DVD gets a rarely-awarded Puck of the Week. More...

Education High on the Per Theater Chart

November 3rd, 2009

The per theater chart took a hit over the weekend and no movie topped $10,000; however, An Education was close with an average of $9,737 in 48 theaters. More...

Things are Not Normal on the Per Theater Chart

October 20th, 2009

Paranormal Activity remained on top of the per theater chart with an average of $25,711. The film finally saw its per theater average drop this past weekend, but it should still have no trouble expanding. Second place went to The Maid, which earned $17,036 in one theater. An Education remained in the $10,000 club with an average of $12,882, while A Serious Man took in more than $800,000 in 82 theaters for an average of $10,275. More...

Massive Activity on the Per Theater Chart

October 13th, 2009

No less than six films broke the $10,000 per theater average barrier over the weekend. Paranormal Activity topped the per theater chart with its record-breaking weekend, earning an average of $49,379 in 160 theaters. An Education was relatively close behind with an average of $39,754 in 4 theaters, which is a spectacular result at any time. A Serious Man remained strong with an average of $21,872, which is enough to suggest further significant expansion over the coming weeks. The number one film at the box office, Couples Retreat, was next with an average of $11,429. Yes Men Fix the World and Bronson had nearly identical averages at $10,956 vs. $10,940. More...

Serious Money on the Per Theater Chart

October 6th, 2009

A Serious Man showed the competition who was serious by earning first place on the per theater chart earning an average of $41,890 in six theaters. Paranormal Activity climbed into the $10,000 club with a sophomore average of $16,129 and now there's a push to get it into 1000 theaters nationwide. More Than a Game earned an average of more than $10,000, $13,067 to be precise, placing third in the process. Coco Before Chanel repeated in the $10,000 club with an average of $12,878, but it will need some strong word-of-mouth if it wants to stay they one more week. More...

No Bright Spot on the Per Theater Chart

September 22nd, 2009

It's officially the first day of Fall, and you can tell just by looking at the per theater chart. No film was able to reach the $10,000 mark on the per theater chart, but two did come very close. Bright Star was the best with an average of $9,984 in 19 theaters while the overall box office leader, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, was close behind with $9,716. More...

Weekend Estimates: Cloudy Tops with $30.1 Million

September 20th, 2009

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was the clear winner at the box office, according to studio estimates released on Sunday morning. The digitally-animated comedy earned a very respectable $30.1 million, according to Sony, making it their best opening ever for an animated film ahead of Open Season, which posted a $23.6 million opening back in 2006. Meatballs looks a fair bet to hit $100 million during its run. More...

Limited Releases Heating Up

September 18th, 2009

Could Awards Season be unofficially starting this week? We do have a period piece, Bright Star, which could earn some Awards Season buzz, which in turn could help it at the box office. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 18, 2009 33 $189,703   19 $9,984   $206,649 1
Sep 25, 2009 18 $671,895 +254% 130 $5,168   $962,153 2
Oct 2, 2009 17 $716,096 +7% 317 $2,259   $1,936,829 3
Oct 9, 2009 20 $624,834 -13% 38 $16,443   $2,846,921 4
Oct 16, 2009 20 $396,479 -37% 295 $1,344   $3,534,192 5
Oct 23, 2009 25 $212,138 -46% 209 $1,015   $3,901,214 6
Oct 30, 2009 27 $132,684 -37% 142 $934   $4,121,818 7
Nov 6, 2009 41 $70,280 -47% 86 $817   $4,252,058 8
Nov 13, 2009 44 $50,265 -28% 72 $698   $4,341,275 9
Nov 20, 2009 52 $26,476 -47% 35 $756   $4,390,226 10
Nov 27, 2009 60 $19,120 -28% 25 $765   $4,420,963 11
Dec 4, 2009 58 $13,128 -31% 17 $772   $4,440,055 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 20, 2009 - $7,467     35 $213   $4,371,217 64
Nov 21, 2009 - $11,885 +59%   35 $340   $4,383,102 65
Nov 22, 2009 - $7,124 -40%   35 $204   $4,390,226 66
Nov 27, 2009 - $6,469   -13% 25 $259   $4,408,312 71
Nov 28, 2009 - $7,632 +18% -36% 25 $305   $4,415,944 72
Nov 29, 2009 - $5,019 -34% -30% 25 $201   $4,420,963 73
Nov 30, 2009 - $1,111 -78%   25 $44   $4,422,074 74
Dec 1, 2009 - $1,275 +15%   25 $51   $4,423,349 75
Dec 2, 2009 - $2,010 +58%   25 $80   $4,425,359 76
Dec 3, 2009 - $1,568 -22%   25 $63   $4,426,927 77
Dec 4, 2009 - $3,916 +150% -39% 17 $230   $4,430,843 78
Dec 5, 2009 - $5,495 +40% -28% 17 $323   $4,436,338 79
Dec 6, 2009 - $3,717 -32% -26% 17 $219   $4,440,055 80
Dec 7, 2009 - $1,197 -68% +8% 17 $70   $4,441,252 81
Dec 8, 2009 - $1,106 -8% -13% 17 $65   $4,442,358 82
Dec 9, 2009 - $969 -12% -52% 17 $57   $4,443,327 83
Dec 10, 2009 - $1,310 +35% -16% 17 $77   $4,444,637 84

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 11, 2009 73 $16,946   2 $8,473   $16,946 0
Sep 18, 2009 32 $273,312 +1,513% 19 $14,385   $290,258 1
Sep 25, 2009 18 $930,475 +240% 130 $7,158   $1,220,733 2
Oct 2, 2009 17 $1,001,354 +8% 317 $3,159   $2,222,087 3
Oct 9, 2009 19 $915,626 -9% 38 $24,095   $3,137,713 4
Oct 16, 2009 19 $551,363 -40% 295 $1,869   $3,689,076 5
Oct 23, 2009 25 $300,058 -46% 209 $1,436   $3,989,134 6
Oct 30, 2009 26 $192,644 -36% 142 $1,357   $4,181,778 7
Nov 6, 2009 40 $109,232 -43% 86 $1,270   $4,291,010 8
Nov 13, 2009 46 $72,740 -33% 72 $1,010   $4,363,750 9
Nov 20, 2009 60 $38,093 -48% 35 $1,088   $4,401,843 10
Nov 27, 2009 61 $25,084 -34% 25 $1,003   $4,426,927 11
Dec 4, 2009 60 $17,710 -29% 17 $1,042   $4,444,637 12

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.