Chef (2014)

Chef poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $31,424,004Details
International Box Office $15,405,305Details
Worldwide Box Office $46,829,309
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $6,348,857 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $2,855,612 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $9,204,469
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Synopsis

Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what’s next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen—and zest for life and love.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$204,961 (0.7% of total gross)
Legs:11.99 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:67.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:6 opening theaters/1,298 max. theaters, 7.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $41,462,758

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 9th, 2014 (Limited) by Open Road
June 6th, 2014 (Wide) by Open Road
August 29th, 2014 (Wide) by Open Road
International Releases: May 9th, 2014 (Wide) (New Zealand)
May 22nd, 2014 (Wide) (United Arab Emirates)
May 29th, 2014 (Wide) (Lebanon)
June 5th, 2014 (Wide) (Singapore)
June 13th, 2014 (Wide) (Latvia)
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Video Release: September 30th, 2014 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for language, including some suggestive references.
(Rating bulletin 2319, 4/23/2014)
Running Time: 115 minutes
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Keywords: Directing Yourself, Screenplay Written By the Star, Food, Fired, Workaholic, You Can't Go Home Again, Hispanic, Critic, Internet, Viral Video, Social Media, Split Screen, Road Trip, Divorced Couple Falling Back in Love, Intertitle, Scene in End Credits, Improvised, Digital Cinematography, Gastronomy, Comedy Drama
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Fairview Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 18th Weekend Limited Release 38 $478,414 Sep 5, 2014 122
Biggest 17th Weekend Limited Release 36 $725,168 Aug 29, 2014 115
Biggest 14th Weekend Limited Release 90 $320,277 Aug 8, 2014 94
Biggest 13th Weekend Limited Release 64 $657,530 Aug 1, 2014 87
Biggest 12th Weekend Limited Release 61 $763,624 Jul 25, 2014 80
Biggest 11th Weekend Limited Release 54 $1,110,317 Jul 18, 2014 73
Biggest 10th Wednesday 96 $196,255 Jul 16, 2014 69
Biggest 10th Weekend Limited Release 52 $1,259,529 Jul 11, 2014 66
Biggest 9th Weekend Limited Release 48 $1,695,678 Jul 4, 2014 59
Biggest 8th Weekend Limited Release 55 $1,657,391 Jun 27, 2014 52
Biggest 7th Weekend Limited Release 60 $1,708,590 Jun 20, 2014 45
Biggest 6th Weekend Limited Release 56 $2,187,526 Jun 13, 2014 38
Biggest 5th Weekend Limited Release 63 $2,621,829 Jun 6, 2014 31
Biggest 3rd Weekend Limited Release 75 $2,266,586 May 23, 2014 17
Top 2014 Theater Average 19 $34,160 May 9, 2014 3
Widest Expansion Limited Release 46 1,292 May 9, 2014 0

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 9, 2014 28 $204,961   6 $34,160   $204,961 1
May 16, 2014 15 $708,689 +246% 72 $9,843   $991,561 2
May 23, 2014 9 $2,266,586 +220% 498 $4,551   $3,554,885 3
May 30, 2014 9 $1,911,548 -16% 624 $3,063   $6,826,430 4
Jun 6, 2014 9 $2,621,829 +37% 1,298 $2,020   $10,383,524 5
Jun 13, 2014 10 $2,187,526 -17% 1,102 $1,985   $13,987,979 6
Jun 20, 2014 10 $1,708,590 -22% 961 $1,778   $16,805,780 7
Jun 27, 2014 10 $1,657,391 -3% 801 $2,069   $19,413,440 8
Jul 4, 2014 14 $1,695,678 +2% 686 $2,472   $22,057,430 9
Jul 11, 2014 15 $1,259,529 -26% 701 $1,797   $24,075,529 10
Jul 18, 2014 16 $1,110,317 -12% 552 $2,011   $25,922,002 11
Jul 25, 2014 21 $763,624 -31% 405 $1,885   $27,262,926 12
Aug 1, 2014 19 $657,530 -14% 405 $1,624   $28,309,999 13
Aug 8, 2014 22 $320,277 -51% 242 $1,323   $28,944,199 14
Aug 15, 2014 31 $169,375 -47% 122 $1,388   $29,297,196 15
Aug 22, 2014 34 $141,473 -16% 105 $1,347   $29,517,276 16
Aug 29, 2014 23 $725,168 +413% 757 $958   $30,303,257 17
Sep 5, 2014 22 $478,414 -34% 532 $899   $31,237,528 18

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 9, 2014 - $53,272     6 $8,879   $53,272 1
May 10, 2014 - $81,450 +53%   6 $13,575   $134,722 2
May 11, 2014 - $70,239 -14%   6 $11,707   $204,961 3
May 12, 2014 - $16,550 -76%   6 $2,758   $221,511 4
May 13, 2014 - $17,775 +7%   6 $2,963   $239,285 5
May 14, 2014 - $20,875 +17%   6 $3,479   $260,160 6
May 15, 2014 - $22,713 +9%   6 $3,786   $282,873 7
May 16, 2014 15 $200,000 +781% +275% 72 $2,778   $482,872 8
May 17, 2014 14 $314,000 +57% +286% 72 $4,361   $796,872 9
May 18, 2014 15 $194,690 -38% +177% 72 $2,704   $991,561 10
May 19, 2014 15 $72,035 -63% +335% 72 $1,000   $1,063,597 11
May 20, 2014 15 $67,067 -7% +277% 72 $931   $1,130,664 12
May 21, 2014 15 $75,786 +13% +263% 72 $1,053   $1,206,450 13
May 22, 2014 15 $81,849 +8% +260% 72 $1,137   $1,288,299 14
May 23, 2014 8 $562,187 +587% +181% 498 $1,129   $1,850,486 15
May 24, 2014 9 $894,233 +59% +185% 498 $1,796   $2,744,719 16
May 25, 2014 9 $810,166 -9% +316% 498 $1,627   $3,554,885 17
May 26, 2014 10 $709,198 -12% +885% 498 $1,424   $4,264,083 18
May 27, 2014 10 $213,222 -70% +218% 498 $428   $4,477,305 19
May 28, 2014 8 $230,245 +8% +204% 498 $462   $4,707,550 20
May 29, 2014 9 $207,332 -10% +153% 498 $416   $4,914,882 21
May 30, 2014 9 $499,166 +141% -11% 624 $800   $5,414,048 22
May 31, 2014 9 $888,273 +78% -1% 624 $1,424   $6,302,321 23
Jun 1, 2014 9 $524,109 -41% -35% 624 $840   $6,826,430 24
Jun 2, 2014 9 $206,211 -61% -71% 624 $330   $7,032,641 25
Jun 3, 2014 9 $237,294 +15% +11% 624 $380   $7,269,935 26
Jun 4, 2014 9 $244,412 +3% +6% 624 $392   $7,514,347 27
Jun 5, 2014 9 $247,348 +1% +19% 624 $396   $7,761,695 28
Jun 6, 2014 9 $720,232 +191% +44% 1,298 $555   $8,481,927 29
Jun 7, 2014 9 $1,105,294 +53% +24% 1,298 $852   $9,587,221 30
Jun 8, 2014 9 $796,303 -28% +52% 1,298 $613   $10,383,524 31
Jun 9, 2014 9 $326,484 -59% +58% 1,298 $252   $10,710,008 32
Jun 10, 2014 9 $403,101 +23% +70% 1,298 $311   $11,113,109 33
Jun 11, 2014 9 $374,883 -7% +53% 1,298 $289   $11,487,992 34
Jun 12, 2014 9 $312,461 -17% +26% 1,298 $241   $11,800,453 35
Jun 13, 2014 10 $605,103 +94% -16% 1,102 $549   $12,405,556 36
Jun 14, 2014 10 $938,206 +55% -15% 1,102 $851   $13,343,762 37
Jun 15, 2014 9 $644,217 -31% -19% 1,102 $585   $13,987,979 38
Jun 16, 2014 10 $225,282 -65% -31% 1,102 $204   $14,213,261 39
Jun 17, 2014 10 $306,214 +36% -24% 1,102 $278   $14,519,475 40
Jun 18, 2014 10 $291,109 -5% -22% 1,102 $264   $14,810,584 41
Jun 19, 2014 10 $286,606 -2% -8% 1,102 $260   $15,097,190 42
Jun 20, 2014 11 $480,165 +68% -21% 961 $500   $15,577,355 43
Jun 21, 2014 - $780,232 +62% -17% 961 $812   $16,357,587 44
Jun 22, 2014 - $448,193 -43% -30% 961 $466   $16,805,780 45
Jun 23, 2014 11 $211,103 -53% -6% 961 $220   $17,016,883 46
Jun 24, 2014 10 $260,208 +23% -15% 961 $271   $17,277,091 47
Jun 25, 2014 10 $248,165 -5% -15% 961 $258   $17,525,256 48
Jun 26, 2014 9 $230,793 -7% -19% 961 $240   $17,756,049 49
Jun 27, 2014 10 $435,203 +89% -9% 801 $543   $18,191,252 50
Jun 28, 2014 10 $717,125 +65% -8% 801 $895   $18,908,377 51
Jun 29, 2014 10 $505,063 -30% +13% 801 $631   $19,413,440 52
Jun 30, 2014 10 $222,653 -56% +5% 801 $278   $19,636,093 53
Jul 1, 2014 10 $212,822 -4% -18% 801 $266   $19,848,915 54
Jul 2, 2014 14 $206,386 -3% -17% 686 $301   $20,055,301 55
Jul 3, 2014 14 $306,451 +48% +33% 686 $447   $20,361,752 56
Jul 4, 2014 14 $536,193 +75% +23% 686 $782   $20,897,945 57
Jul 5, 2014 14 $672,222 +25% -6% 686 $980   $21,570,167 58
Jul 6, 2014 14 $487,263 -28% -4% 686 $710   $22,057,430 59
Jul 7, 2014 14 $190,307 -61% -15% 686 $277   $22,247,737 60
Jul 8, 2014 14 $206,105 +8% -3% 686 $300   $22,453,842 61
Jul 9, 2014 14 $180,372 -12% -13% 686 $263   $22,634,214 62
Jul 10, 2014 14 $182,175 +1% -41% 686 $266   $22,816,389 63
Jul 11, 2014 - $335,000 +84% -38% 701 $478   $23,151,389 64
Jul 12, 2014 - $574,000 +71% -15% 701 $819   $23,725,389 65
Jul 13, 2014 - $350,140 -39% -28% 701 $499   $24,075,529 66
Jul 14, 2014 15 $175,070 -50% -8% 701 $250   $24,250,599 67
Jul 15, 2014 15 $210,910 +20% +2% 701 $301   $24,461,509 68
Jul 16, 2014 15 $196,255 -7% +9% 701 $280   $24,657,764 69
Jul 17, 2014 15 $153,921 -22% -16% 701 $220   $24,811,685 70
Jul 18, 2014 - $270,102 +75% -19% 552 $489   $25,081,787 71
Jul 19, 2014 15 $505,090 +87% -12% 552 $915   $25,586,877 72
Jul 20, 2014 15 $335,125 -34% -4% 552 $607   $25,922,002 73
Jul 21, 2014 - $129,150 -61% -26% 552 $234   $26,051,152 74
Jul 22, 2014 - $149,510 +16% -29% 552 $271   $26,200,662 75
Jul 23, 2014 17 $155,542 +4% -21% 552 $282   $26,356,204 76
Jul 24, 2014 16 $143,098 -8% -7% 552 $259   $26,499,302 77
Jul 25, 2014 - $182,137 +27% -33% 405 $450   $26,681,439 78
Jul 26, 2014 - $326,233 +79% -35% 405 $806   $27,007,672 79
Jul 27, 2014 - $255,254 -22% -24% 405 $630   $27,262,926 80
Jul 28, 2014 - $99,225 -61% -23% 405 $245   $27,362,151 81
Jul 29, 2014 - $102,456 +3% -31% 405 $253   $27,464,607 82
Jul 30, 2014 - $98,357 -4% -37% 405 $243   $27,562,964 83
Jul 31, 2014 - $89,505 -9% -37% 405 $221   $27,652,469 84
Aug 1, 2014 - $155,105 +73% -15% 405 $383   $27,807,574 85
Aug 2, 2014 15 $300,100 +93% -8% 405 $741   $28,107,674 86
Aug 3, 2014 15 $202,325 -33% -21% 405 $500   $28,309,999 87
Aug 4, 2014 - $82,953 -59% -16% 405 $205   $28,392,952 88
Aug 5, 2014 - $79,635 -4% -22% 405 $197   $28,472,587 89
Aug 6, 2014 - $79,650 n/c -19% 405 $197   $28,552,237 90
Aug 7, 2014 - $71,685 -10% -20% 405 $177   $28,623,922 91
Aug 8, 2014 - $88,410 +23% -43% 242 $365   $28,712,332 92
Aug 9, 2014 - $142,250 +61% -53% 242 $588   $28,854,582 93
Aug 10, 2014 - $89,617 -37% -56% 242 $370   $28,944,199 94
Aug 11, 2014 - $41,223 -54% -50% 242 $170   $28,985,422 95
Aug 12, 2014 - $51,120 +24% -36% 242 $211   $29,036,542 96
Aug 13, 2014 - $49,075 -4% -38% 242 $203   $29,085,617 97
Aug 14, 2014 - $42,204 -14% -41% 242 $174   $29,127,821 98
Aug 15, 2014 - $42,436 +1% -52% 122 $348   $29,170,257 99
Aug 16, 2014 - $75,112 +77% -47% 122 $616   $29,245,369 100
Aug 17, 2014 - $51,827 -31% -42% 122 $425   $29,297,196 101
Aug 18, 2014 - $17,621 -66% -57% 122 $144   $29,314,817 102
Aug 19, 2014 - $20,616 +17% -60% 122 $169   $29,335,433 103
Aug 20, 2014 - $18,350 -11% -63% 122 $150   $29,353,783 104
Aug 21, 2014 - $22,020 +20% -48% 122 $180   $29,375,803 105
Aug 22, 2014 - $36,580 +66% -14% 105 $348   $29,412,383 106
Aug 23, 2014 - $67,673 +85% -10% 105 $645   $29,480,056 107
Aug 24, 2014 - $37,220 -45% -28% 105 $354   $29,517,276 108
Aug 25, 2014 - $13,399 -64% -24% 105 $128   $29,530,675 109
Aug 26, 2014 - $16,079 +20% -22% 105 $153   $29,546,754 110
Aug 27, 2014 - $15,436 -4% -16% 105 $147   $29,562,190 111
Aug 28, 2014 - $15,899 +3% -28% 105 $151   $29,578,089 112
Aug 29, 2014 - $156,009 +881% +326% 757 $206   $29,734,098 113
Aug 30, 2014 - $260,535 +67% +285% 757 $344   $29,994,633 114
Aug 31, 2014 - $308,624 +18% +729% 757 $408   $30,303,257 115
Sep 1, 2014 - $265,417 -14% +1,881% 757 $351   $30,568,674 116
Sep 2, 2014 - $71,662 -73% +346% 757 $95   $30,640,336 117
Sep 3, 2014 17 $60,912 -15% +295% 757 $80   $30,701,248 118
Sep 4, 2014 - $57,866 -5% +264% 757 $76   $30,759,114 119
Sep 5, 2014 - $127,116 +120% -19% 532 $239   $30,886,230 120
Sep 6, 2014 - $238,978 +88% -8% 532 $449   $31,125,208 121
Sep 7, 2014 - $112,320 -53% -64% 532 $211   $31,237,528 122
Sep 8, 2014 - $41,558 -63% -84% 532 $78   $31,279,086 123
Sep 9, 2014 - $52,778 +27% -26% 532 $99   $31,331,864 124
Sep 10, 2014 - $45,389 -14% -25% 532 $85   $31,377,253 125
Sep 11, 2014 - $46,750 +3% -19% 532 $88   $31,424,003 126

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 9, 2014 28 $282,874   6 $47,146   $282,874 1
May 16, 2014 16 $1,005,426 +255% 72 $13,964   $1,288,300 2
May 23, 2014 9 $3,626,583 +261% 498 $7,282   $4,914,883 3
May 30, 2014 10 $2,846,813 -22% 624 $4,562   $7,761,696 4
Jun 6, 2014 9 $4,038,758 +42% 1,298 $3,112   $11,800,454 5
Jun 13, 2014 10 $3,296,737 -18% 1,102 $2,992   $15,097,191 6
Jun 20, 2014 10 $2,658,859 -19% 961 $2,767   $17,756,050 7
Jun 27, 2014 13 $2,605,703 -2% 686 $3,798   $20,361,753 8
Jul 4, 2014 14 $2,454,637 -6% 686 $3,578   $22,816,390 9
Jul 11, 2014 15 $1,995,296 -19% 701 $2,846   $24,811,686 10
Jul 18, 2014 16 $1,687,617 -15% 552 $3,057   $26,499,303 11
Jul 25, 2014 21 $1,153,167 -32% 405 $2,847   $27,652,470 12
Aug 1, 2014 19 $971,453 -16% 405 $2,399   $28,623,923 13
Aug 8, 2014 25 $503,899 -48% 242 $2,082   $29,127,822 14
Aug 15, 2014 32 $247,982 -51% 122 $2,033   $29,375,804 15
Aug 22, 2014 32 $202,286 -18% 105 $1,927   $29,578,090 16
Aug 29, 2014 21 $1,181,025 +484% 757 $1,560   $30,759,115 17
Sep 5, 2014 22 $664,889 -44% 532 $1,250   $31,424,004 18

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/2/2023 $550 1 1 2 $2,033,134 3/18/2024
Austria 5/29/2015 $0 0 32 102 $107,470 8/18/2015
Estonia 6/20/2014 $0 0 7 13 $49,094 12/15/2015
Germany 5/28/2015 $214,743 0 3 15 $600,617 8/22/2018
Hong Kong 7/10/2014 $83,418 18 19 53 $304,013 12/17/2015
Iceland 7/18/2014 $0 0 3 3 $18,688 12/30/2018
Japan 2/28/2015 $228,513 0 38 38 $1,450,735 8/24/2018
Latvia 6/13/2014 $0 0 4 8 $33,478 12/30/2018
Lebanon 5/29/2014 $0 0 1 1 $66,962 12/30/2018
Lithuania 6/27/2014 $7,483 9 9 19 $20,223 12/16/2015
Mexico 7/10/2014 $283,525 187 187 380 $885,612 12/17/2015
New Zealand 5/9/2014 $0 0 3 3 $538,001 7/10/2018
Philippines 7/2/2014 $20,702 40 40 40 $36,772 12/30/2018
Poland 7/25/2014 $74,682 93 93 93 $85,817 12/30/2018
Romania 6/13/2014 $0 0 4 7 $61,251 12/30/2018
Serbia and Montenegro 7/10/2014 $37 4 4 4 $4,480 12/30/2018
Singapore 6/5/2014 $0 0 6 20 $167,079 12/17/2015
South Korea 1/7/2015 $0 0 31 31 $1,063,592 7/9/2020
Switzerland 5/14/2015 $0 0 1 1 $103,701 8/4/2015
United Arab Emirates 5/22/2014 $0 0 4 19 $522,338 12/30/2018
United Kingdom 6/25/2014 $1,032,280 372 372 917 $2,484,173 10/11/2017
 
Rest of World $4,768,075
 
International Total$15,405,305 3/18/2024

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Oct 5, 2014845,338 45,338$668,282$668,2821
Oct 19, 20142411,817 71,004$224,168$1,155,4433

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Oct 5, 2014733,568 33,568$664,317$664,3171
Oct 12, 2014198,712-74% 42,280$200,201$864,5182

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Leading Cast

Jon Favreau    Chef Carl Casper
Sofia Vergara    Inez
John Leguizamo    Carl's Friend
Emjay Anthony    Percy

Supporting Cast

Scarlett Johansson    Restaurant Employee
Oliver Platt    Restaurant Blogger
Bobby Cannavale    Restaurant Employee
Dustin Hoffman    Owner
Robert Downey, Jr.    Inez's First Husband

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jon Favreau    Director
Jon Favreau    Screenwriter
Jon Favreau    Producer
Sergei Bespalov    Producer
Karen Gilchrist    Executive Producer
Molly Allen    Executive Producer
Mark C. Manuel    Executive Producer
Ted O'Neal    Executive Producer
Oleg Teterin    Executive Producer
Marina Bespalov    Executive Producer

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Per Theater Chart: Putting Thought in the Per Theater Chart

June 24th, 2014

Think Like a Man Too poster

There were three films in the $10,000 club. They were led by the number one film on the overall chart, Think Like a Man Too, with an average of $13,142 in more than 2,000 theaters. Venus in Fur was close behind with an average of $12,381 in two theaters. The final film in this list was Le Chef with $11,290 in one theater. More...

Per Theater Chart: It is Obvious Who Won

June 11th, 2014

The Fault in Our Stars poster

Obvious Child led the way on the per theater chart with $77,000 in three theaters for an average of $25,772. The Fault in Our Stars earned an average of $15,128, which was surprisingly strong. The final film in the $10,000 club was Citizen Koch, which earned $10,200 in one theater. More...

Per Theater Chart: Maleficent Holds Off Trio of Limited Releases

June 3rd, 2014

Maleficent poster

The overall box office leader, Maleficent, also led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $17,586 in nearly 4,000 theaters. Korengal was the best of the limited releases earning $14,630 in one lone theater. Night Moves was close behind with an average of $12,050 in two theaters. The final $10,000 film was Elena with $10,341 in one theater. More...

Per Theater Chart: The Full Picture

May 28th, 2014

Words and Pictures poster

There were only two films in the $10,000 club this weekend. X-Men: Days of Future Past led the way with an average of $22,729 in nearly 4,000 theaters. The only other film was The Dance of Reality with an average of $12,384 in two theaters. However, if one were to include holiday Monday, Words and Pictures would also reach the $10,000 club with an average of $11,544 in ten theaters. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: X-Men Earn Monster Opening, but Overall Box Office Still Down

May 27th, 2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past poster

X-Men: Days of Future Past easily won the weekend race at the box office earning more than $100 million over the four-day weekend. That's great news and it helped the overall box office grow by 5% to $187 million over the three-day weekend from last week. That's the good news. The bad news the other new release, Blended, bombed and the three-day weekend was down 27% from the same weekend last year. In fact, this year's four-day weekend total of $231 million was 9% lower than last year's three-day total and 26% lower than the four-day weekend from last year. That's a devastating collapse. The only saving grace is last year was a record-breaking Memorial Day long weekend, so a sharp drop-off isn't that unexpected. So far, 2014 has pulled in $3.95 billion, which is 4% more than 2013's running tally of $3.80 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Godzilla Joins $90 Million Club

May 18th, 2014

Godzilla poster

After a huge start on Friday, estimated at $38.5 million, Godzilla looked as though it might be the first film of 2014 to have a $100 million opening weekend. But the monster movie seems to have run out of energy a little through the weekend, and Warner Bros. is projecting a weekend around $93.2 million, based on figures through Sunday morning. The film’s performance is well ahead of earlier tracking, which pegged its opening around $60 million–$80 million, and impressive for a non-sequel (although clearly Godzilla is a well-established franchise at this point). In fact, it is one of the top 10 non-sequel openers ever (see full list here). More...

Per Theater Chart: Eat It Up

May 14th, 2014

Chef poster

It was a good week on the per theater chart with five films in the $10,000 club, led by Chef with an average of $34,160 in six theaters, which is the third best opening average of the year so far. Palo Alto was well back, but was still strong earning an average of $15,865 in four theaters. The overall box office leader, Neighbors, was next with an average of $14,954. There were also a couple of holdovers in the $10,000 club, which is impressive. Ida held on strong earning an average of $12,223 in seven theaters, with room to keep growing. Belle expanded from 4 theaters to 45 theaters, but still managed an average of $10,825. By this time next week, it will have reached its first major milestone, with more to come. More...

Weekend Estimates: Neighbors Tops $50 Million

May 11th, 2014

Neighbors poster

Comedy triumphs at the box office this weekend, with Neighbors posting an impressive $51 million, according to Universal’s Sunday morning estimate. That’s the 16th-biggest opening ever for a comedy film (depending somewhat on one’s definition of what constitutes a comedy), and comparable to the debut of Ted (which made $54 million in 2012). It’s also easily Seth Rogen’s best weekend, ahead of the $33.5 million debut for The Green Hornet, and Zac Efron’s best, beating High School Musical: Senior Year. More...

Limited Releases: What's Cooking?

May 9th, 2014

Chef poster

There are a number of limited releases coming out this week that are earning strong buzz and good reviews. Some of the films that have reviews that are strong enough to suggest box office success are Palo Alto and The Double, as well as two documentaries, Fed Up and Llyn Foulkes One Man Band. However, the film with the best combination of buzz and reviews is Chef. More...

2014 Preview: May

May 1st, 2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 poster

It has been a great year so far and April was again a strong month. The box office was led by Captain America: The Winter Soldier, as it became the second film of the year to reach $200 million, while Rio 2 is on pace to become the seventh $100 million hit of the year. Big picture, 2014 has already hit $3 billion, which isn't a record for this time of the year, but it is $250 million ahead of 2013. That streak ends in May. Don't get me wrong. There are six films opening this month that at least have a shot at $100 million and two of those should earn more than $200 million and there are two others that at least have a shot at that milestone. Leading the way is The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which is looking to top The Winter Soldier and become the second biggest hit of the year so far. Its main competition this month is X-men: Days of Future Past, while Godzilla also has a shot at $200 million. Unfortunately, this month last year, Iron Man 3 earned more than $400 million, while two other films took in $200 million and seven films in total reached the century mark. That is going to be really hard to replicate this year and 2014 will likely lose some of its lead over 2013. Fortunately, 2014 has such a big lead that unless the box office really slumps, it will end the month with at least a small lead over 2013. More...


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Synopsis

Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what’s next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen—and zest for life and love.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$204,961 (0.7% of total gross)
Legs:11.99 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:67.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:6 opening theaters/1,298 max. theaters, 7.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $41,462,758

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 9th, 2014 (Limited) by Open Road
June 6th, 2014 (Wide) by Open Road
August 29th, 2014 (Wide) by Open Road
International Releases: May 9th, 2014 (Wide) (New Zealand)
May 22nd, 2014 (Wide) (United Arab Emirates)
May 29th, 2014 (Wide) (Lebanon)
June 5th, 2014 (Wide) (Singapore)
June 13th, 2014 (Wide) (Latvia)
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Video Release: September 30th, 2014 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for language, including some suggestive references.
(Rating bulletin 2319, 4/23/2014)
Running Time: 115 minutes
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Keywords: Directing Yourself, Screenplay Written By the Star, Food, Fired, Workaholic, You Can't Go Home Again, Hispanic, Critic, Internet, Viral Video, Social Media, Split Screen, Road Trip, Divorced Couple Falling Back in Love, Intertitle, Scene in End Credits, Improvised, Digital Cinematography, Gastronomy, Comedy Drama
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Fairview Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 18th Weekend Limited Release 38 $478,414 Sep 5, 2014 122
Biggest 17th Weekend Limited Release 36 $725,168 Aug 29, 2014 115
Biggest 14th Weekend Limited Release 90 $320,277 Aug 8, 2014 94
Biggest 13th Weekend Limited Release 64 $657,530 Aug 1, 2014 87
Biggest 12th Weekend Limited Release 61 $763,624 Jul 25, 2014 80
Biggest 11th Weekend Limited Release 54 $1,110,317 Jul 18, 2014 73
Biggest 10th Wednesday 96 $196,255 Jul 16, 2014 69
Biggest 10th Weekend Limited Release 52 $1,259,529 Jul 11, 2014 66
Biggest 9th Weekend Limited Release 48 $1,695,678 Jul 4, 2014 59
Biggest 8th Weekend Limited Release 55 $1,657,391 Jun 27, 2014 52
Biggest 7th Weekend Limited Release 60 $1,708,590 Jun 20, 2014 45
Biggest 6th Weekend Limited Release 56 $2,187,526 Jun 13, 2014 38
Biggest 5th Weekend Limited Release 63 $2,621,829 Jun 6, 2014 31
Biggest 3rd Weekend Limited Release 75 $2,266,586 May 23, 2014 17
Top 2014 Theater Average 19 $34,160 May 9, 2014 3
Widest Expansion Limited Release 46 1,292 May 9, 2014 0

Leading Cast

Jon Favreau    Chef Carl Casper
Sofia Vergara    Inez
John Leguizamo    Carl's Friend
Emjay Anthony    Percy

Supporting Cast

Scarlett Johansson    Restaurant Employee
Oliver Platt    Restaurant Blogger
Bobby Cannavale    Restaurant Employee
Dustin Hoffman    Owner
Robert Downey, Jr.    Inez's First Husband

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jon Favreau    Director
Jon Favreau    Screenwriter
Jon Favreau    Producer
Sergei Bespalov    Producer
Karen Gilchrist    Executive Producer
Molly Allen    Executive Producer
Mark C. Manuel    Executive Producer
Ted O'Neal    Executive Producer
Oleg Teterin    Executive Producer
Marina Bespalov    Executive Producer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for September 30th, 2014

September 30th, 2014

Transformers: Age of Extinction leads the pack of new releases this week, at least in terms of sales potential. It is by far not the best movie on this week's list, but it does appear to have to scared away a lot of the competition. Fortunately, the next best selling new release is Chef on Blu-ray Combo Pack, which is a clear contender for Pick of the Week. The main competitor for this title is Once Upon a Time in America on Blu-ray, but I'm going with Chef. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Chef

September 30th, 2014

Jon Favreau's career behind the camera started out with smaller movies. He co-wrote Swingers and wrote and directed Made. However, recently he has directed a number of major movies. He was the one behind the camera for the first two Iron Man movies, for instance, and the average budget for his three most recent films he directed is close to $175 million. With his latest film, Chef, he went the opposite direction and created a much, much smaller film. Was he able to still maintain his usual high level of quality? Or does he need the spectacle to make a compelling movie? More...

Per Theater Chart: Lovely and Strange

September 3rd, 2014

The Last of Robin Hood poster

The Last of Robin Hood led the way on the Per Theater Chart with an average of $17,709 in two theaters. Through a Lens Darkly was the only other member of the $10,000 club with $11,764 in its lone theater. This is more impressive, because it opened on Wednesday. More...

Per Theater Chart: Boyhood has Extended Childhood

July 23rd, 2014

Boyhood poster

The biggest film on the per theater chart this weekend was Boyhood, for the second weekend in a row. It expanded from 5 to 34 theaters, but its average fell just 56% to $34,418. That's fantastic. It has already earned a measure of mainstream success, while it has its eyes on Chef for best limited release for the summer. Second place went to There's No Place Like Utopia with $30,710 in one theater. This is a great start, but there are still no reviews, so I think it will have short legs. A Five Star Life and Mood Indigo were relatively close with averages of $15,996 and $13,256 respectively. The only wide release to reach the $10,000 club was The Purge: Anarchy, which earned an average of $10,626. More...

Weekend Estimates: Transformers On Cusp of $100 Million Weekend

June 29th, 2014

Transformers: Age of Extinction poster

Transformers: Age of Extinction is set to deliver the year’s biggest weekend, as it performs to sell-out crowds across the country. Paramount is projecting a weekend total of $100 million as of Sunday morning, which honestly seems like a conveniently round number. Perhaps the studio is playing it safe, and the actual weekend number will be a few million over $100 million? Or maybe they’re hoping that announcing a $100 million weekend will help encourage people to theaters today and push the film over the line? Based on the numbers we’re seeing, it looks more like the latter, and we’ll have to wait until Monday to see if Age of Extinction will actually be the first $100 million opener of the year. At the end of the day, it probably doesn’t matter a huge amount: $99 million versus $101 million is a rounding error, and the film has topped $200 million internationally this weekend, which is a great start towards repaying its reported $210 million production budget. More...

Per Theater Chart: Putting Thought in the Per Theater Chart

June 24th, 2014

Think Like a Man Too poster

There were three films in the $10,000 club. They were led by the number one film on the overall chart, Think Like a Man Too, with an average of $13,142 in more than 2,000 theaters. Venus in Fur was close behind with an average of $12,381 in two theaters. The final film in this list was Le Chef with $11,290 in one theater. More...

Per Theater Chart: It is Obvious Who Won

June 11th, 2014

The Fault in Our Stars poster

Obvious Child led the way on the per theater chart with $77,000 in three theaters for an average of $25,772. The Fault in Our Stars earned an average of $15,128, which was surprisingly strong. The final film in the $10,000 club was Citizen Koch, which earned $10,200 in one theater. More...

Per Theater Chart: Maleficent Holds Off Trio of Limited Releases

June 3rd, 2014

Maleficent poster

The overall box office leader, Maleficent, also led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $17,586 in nearly 4,000 theaters. Korengal was the best of the limited releases earning $14,630 in one lone theater. Night Moves was close behind with an average of $12,050 in two theaters. The final $10,000 film was Elena with $10,341 in one theater. More...

Per Theater Chart: The Full Picture

May 28th, 2014

Words and Pictures poster

There were only two films in the $10,000 club this weekend. X-Men: Days of Future Past led the way with an average of $22,729 in nearly 4,000 theaters. The only other film was The Dance of Reality with an average of $12,384 in two theaters. However, if one were to include holiday Monday, Words and Pictures would also reach the $10,000 club with an average of $11,544 in ten theaters. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: X-Men Earn Monster Opening, but Overall Box Office Still Down

May 27th, 2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past poster

X-Men: Days of Future Past easily won the weekend race at the box office earning more than $100 million over the four-day weekend. That's great news and it helped the overall box office grow by 5% to $187 million over the three-day weekend from last week. That's the good news. The bad news the other new release, Blended, bombed and the three-day weekend was down 27% from the same weekend last year. In fact, this year's four-day weekend total of $231 million was 9% lower than last year's three-day total and 26% lower than the four-day weekend from last year. That's a devastating collapse. The only saving grace is last year was a record-breaking Memorial Day long weekend, so a sharp drop-off isn't that unexpected. So far, 2014 has pulled in $3.95 billion, which is 4% more than 2013's running tally of $3.80 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Godzilla Joins $90 Million Club

May 18th, 2014

Godzilla poster

After a huge start on Friday, estimated at $38.5 million, Godzilla looked as though it might be the first film of 2014 to have a $100 million opening weekend. But the monster movie seems to have run out of energy a little through the weekend, and Warner Bros. is projecting a weekend around $93.2 million, based on figures through Sunday morning. The film’s performance is well ahead of earlier tracking, which pegged its opening around $60 million–$80 million, and impressive for a non-sequel (although clearly Godzilla is a well-established franchise at this point). In fact, it is one of the top 10 non-sequel openers ever (see full list here). More...

Per Theater Chart: Eat It Up

May 14th, 2014

Chef poster

It was a good week on the per theater chart with five films in the $10,000 club, led by Chef with an average of $34,160 in six theaters, which is the third best opening average of the year so far. Palo Alto was well back, but was still strong earning an average of $15,865 in four theaters. The overall box office leader, Neighbors, was next with an average of $14,954. There were also a couple of holdovers in the $10,000 club, which is impressive. Ida held on strong earning an average of $12,223 in seven theaters, with room to keep growing. Belle expanded from 4 theaters to 45 theaters, but still managed an average of $10,825. By this time next week, it will have reached its first major milestone, with more to come. More...

Weekend Estimates: Neighbors Tops $50 Million

May 11th, 2014

Neighbors poster

Comedy triumphs at the box office this weekend, with Neighbors posting an impressive $51 million, according to Universal’s Sunday morning estimate. That’s the 16th-biggest opening ever for a comedy film (depending somewhat on one’s definition of what constitutes a comedy), and comparable to the debut of Ted (which made $54 million in 2012). It’s also easily Seth Rogen’s best weekend, ahead of the $33.5 million debut for The Green Hornet, and Zac Efron’s best, beating High School Musical: Senior Year. More...

Limited Releases: What's Cooking?

May 9th, 2014

Chef poster

There are a number of limited releases coming out this week that are earning strong buzz and good reviews. Some of the films that have reviews that are strong enough to suggest box office success are Palo Alto and The Double, as well as two documentaries, Fed Up and Llyn Foulkes One Man Band. However, the film with the best combination of buzz and reviews is Chef. More...

2014 Preview: May

May 1st, 2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 poster

It has been a great year so far and April was again a strong month. The box office was led by Captain America: The Winter Soldier, as it became the second film of the year to reach $200 million, while Rio 2 is on pace to become the seventh $100 million hit of the year. Big picture, 2014 has already hit $3 billion, which isn't a record for this time of the year, but it is $250 million ahead of 2013. That streak ends in May. Don't get me wrong. There are six films opening this month that at least have a shot at $100 million and two of those should earn more than $200 million and there are two others that at least have a shot at that milestone. Leading the way is The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which is looking to top The Winter Soldier and become the second biggest hit of the year so far. Its main competition this month is X-men: Days of Future Past, while Godzilla also has a shot at $200 million. Unfortunately, this month last year, Iron Man 3 earned more than $400 million, while two other films took in $200 million and seven films in total reached the century mark. That is going to be really hard to replicate this year and 2014 will likely lose some of its lead over 2013. Fortunately, 2014 has such a big lead that unless the box office really slumps, it will end the month with at least a small lead over 2013. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 9, 2014 28 $204,961   6 $34,160   $204,961 1
May 16, 2014 15 $708,689 +246% 72 $9,843   $991,561 2
May 23, 2014 9 $2,266,586 +220% 498 $4,551   $3,554,885 3
May 30, 2014 9 $1,911,548 -16% 624 $3,063   $6,826,430 4
Jun 6, 2014 9 $2,621,829 +37% 1,298 $2,020   $10,383,524 5
Jun 13, 2014 10 $2,187,526 -17% 1,102 $1,985   $13,987,979 6
Jun 20, 2014 10 $1,708,590 -22% 961 $1,778   $16,805,780 7
Jun 27, 2014 10 $1,657,391 -3% 801 $2,069   $19,413,440 8
Jul 4, 2014 14 $1,695,678 +2% 686 $2,472   $22,057,430 9
Jul 11, 2014 15 $1,259,529 -26% 701 $1,797   $24,075,529 10
Jul 18, 2014 16 $1,110,317 -12% 552 $2,011   $25,922,002 11
Jul 25, 2014 21 $763,624 -31% 405 $1,885   $27,262,926 12
Aug 1, 2014 19 $657,530 -14% 405 $1,624   $28,309,999 13
Aug 8, 2014 22 $320,277 -51% 242 $1,323   $28,944,199 14
Aug 15, 2014 31 $169,375 -47% 122 $1,388   $29,297,196 15
Aug 22, 2014 34 $141,473 -16% 105 $1,347   $29,517,276 16
Aug 29, 2014 23 $725,168 +413% 757 $958   $30,303,257 17
Sep 5, 2014 22 $478,414 -34% 532 $899   $31,237,528 18

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 9, 2014 - $53,272     6 $8,879   $53,272 1
May 10, 2014 - $81,450 +53%   6 $13,575   $134,722 2
May 11, 2014 - $70,239 -14%   6 $11,707   $204,961 3
May 12, 2014 - $16,550 -76%   6 $2,758   $221,511 4
May 13, 2014 - $17,775 +7%   6 $2,963   $239,285 5
May 14, 2014 - $20,875 +17%   6 $3,479   $260,160 6
May 15, 2014 - $22,713 +9%   6 $3,786   $282,873 7
May 16, 2014 15 $200,000 +781% +275% 72 $2,778   $482,872 8
May 17, 2014 14 $314,000 +57% +286% 72 $4,361   $796,872 9
May 18, 2014 15 $194,690 -38% +177% 72 $2,704   $991,561 10
May 19, 2014 15 $72,035 -63% +335% 72 $1,000   $1,063,597 11
May 20, 2014 15 $67,067 -7% +277% 72 $931   $1,130,664 12
May 21, 2014 15 $75,786 +13% +263% 72 $1,053   $1,206,450 13
May 22, 2014 15 $81,849 +8% +260% 72 $1,137   $1,288,299 14
May 23, 2014 8 $562,187 +587% +181% 498 $1,129   $1,850,486 15
May 24, 2014 9 $894,233 +59% +185% 498 $1,796   $2,744,719 16
May 25, 2014 9 $810,166 -9% +316% 498 $1,627   $3,554,885 17
May 26, 2014 10 $709,198 -12% +885% 498 $1,424   $4,264,083 18
May 27, 2014 10 $213,222 -70% +218% 498 $428   $4,477,305 19
May 28, 2014 8 $230,245 +8% +204% 498 $462   $4,707,550 20
May 29, 2014 9 $207,332 -10% +153% 498 $416   $4,914,882 21
May 30, 2014 9 $499,166 +141% -11% 624 $800   $5,414,048 22
May 31, 2014 9 $888,273 +78% -1% 624 $1,424   $6,302,321 23
Jun 1, 2014 9 $524,109 -41% -35% 624 $840   $6,826,430 24
Jun 2, 2014 9 $206,211 -61% -71% 624 $330   $7,032,641 25
Jun 3, 2014 9 $237,294 +15% +11% 624 $380   $7,269,935 26
Jun 4, 2014 9 $244,412 +3% +6% 624 $392   $7,514,347 27
Jun 5, 2014 9 $247,348 +1% +19% 624 $396   $7,761,695 28
Jun 6, 2014 9 $720,232 +191% +44% 1,298 $555   $8,481,927 29
Jun 7, 2014 9 $1,105,294 +53% +24% 1,298 $852   $9,587,221 30
Jun 8, 2014 9 $796,303 -28% +52% 1,298 $613   $10,383,524 31
Jun 9, 2014 9 $326,484 -59% +58% 1,298 $252   $10,710,008 32
Jun 10, 2014 9 $403,101 +23% +70% 1,298 $311   $11,113,109 33
Jun 11, 2014 9 $374,883 -7% +53% 1,298 $289   $11,487,992 34
Jun 12, 2014 9 $312,461 -17% +26% 1,298 $241   $11,800,453 35
Jun 13, 2014 10 $605,103 +94% -16% 1,102 $549   $12,405,556 36
Jun 14, 2014 10 $938,206 +55% -15% 1,102 $851   $13,343,762 37
Jun 15, 2014 9 $644,217 -31% -19% 1,102 $585   $13,987,979 38
Jun 16, 2014 10 $225,282 -65% -31% 1,102 $204   $14,213,261 39
Jun 17, 2014 10 $306,214 +36% -24% 1,102 $278   $14,519,475 40
Jun 18, 2014 10 $291,109 -5% -22% 1,102 $264   $14,810,584 41
Jun 19, 2014 10 $286,606 -2% -8% 1,102 $260   $15,097,190 42
Jun 20, 2014 11 $480,165 +68% -21% 961 $500   $15,577,355 43
Jun 21, 2014 - $780,232 +62% -17% 961 $812   $16,357,587 44
Jun 22, 2014 - $448,193 -43% -30% 961 $466   $16,805,780 45
Jun 23, 2014 11 $211,103 -53% -6% 961 $220   $17,016,883 46
Jun 24, 2014 10 $260,208 +23% -15% 961 $271   $17,277,091 47
Jun 25, 2014 10 $248,165 -5% -15% 961 $258   $17,525,256 48
Jun 26, 2014 9 $230,793 -7% -19% 961 $240   $17,756,049 49
Jun 27, 2014 10 $435,203 +89% -9% 801 $543   $18,191,252 50
Jun 28, 2014 10 $717,125 +65% -8% 801 $895   $18,908,377 51
Jun 29, 2014 10 $505,063 -30% +13% 801 $631   $19,413,440 52
Jun 30, 2014 10 $222,653 -56% +5% 801 $278   $19,636,093 53
Jul 1, 2014 10 $212,822 -4% -18% 801 $266   $19,848,915 54
Jul 2, 2014 14 $206,386 -3% -17% 686 $301   $20,055,301 55
Jul 3, 2014 14 $306,451 +48% +33% 686 $447   $20,361,752 56
Jul 4, 2014 14 $536,193 +75% +23% 686 $782   $20,897,945 57
Jul 5, 2014 14 $672,222 +25% -6% 686 $980   $21,570,167 58
Jul 6, 2014 14 $487,263 -28% -4% 686 $710   $22,057,430 59
Jul 7, 2014 14 $190,307 -61% -15% 686 $277   $22,247,737 60
Jul 8, 2014 14 $206,105 +8% -3% 686 $300   $22,453,842 61
Jul 9, 2014 14 $180,372 -12% -13% 686 $263   $22,634,214 62
Jul 10, 2014 14 $182,175 +1% -41% 686 $266   $22,816,389 63
Jul 11, 2014 - $335,000 +84% -38% 701 $478   $23,151,389 64
Jul 12, 2014 - $574,000 +71% -15% 701 $819   $23,725,389 65
Jul 13, 2014 - $350,140 -39% -28% 701 $499   $24,075,529 66
Jul 14, 2014 15 $175,070 -50% -8% 701 $250   $24,250,599 67
Jul 15, 2014 15 $210,910 +20% +2% 701 $301   $24,461,509 68
Jul 16, 2014 15 $196,255 -7% +9% 701 $280   $24,657,764 69
Jul 17, 2014 15 $153,921 -22% -16% 701 $220   $24,811,685 70
Jul 18, 2014 - $270,102 +75% -19% 552 $489   $25,081,787 71
Jul 19, 2014 15 $505,090 +87% -12% 552 $915   $25,586,877 72
Jul 20, 2014 15 $335,125 -34% -4% 552 $607   $25,922,002 73
Jul 21, 2014 - $129,150 -61% -26% 552 $234   $26,051,152 74
Jul 22, 2014 - $149,510 +16% -29% 552 $271   $26,200,662 75
Jul 23, 2014 17 $155,542 +4% -21% 552 $282   $26,356,204 76
Jul 24, 2014 16 $143,098 -8% -7% 552 $259   $26,499,302 77
Jul 25, 2014 - $182,137 +27% -33% 405 $450   $26,681,439 78
Jul 26, 2014 - $326,233 +79% -35% 405 $806   $27,007,672 79
Jul 27, 2014 - $255,254 -22% -24% 405 $630   $27,262,926 80
Jul 28, 2014 - $99,225 -61% -23% 405 $245   $27,362,151 81
Jul 29, 2014 - $102,456 +3% -31% 405 $253   $27,464,607 82
Jul 30, 2014 - $98,357 -4% -37% 405 $243   $27,562,964 83
Jul 31, 2014 - $89,505 -9% -37% 405 $221   $27,652,469 84
Aug 1, 2014 - $155,105 +73% -15% 405 $383   $27,807,574 85
Aug 2, 2014 15 $300,100 +93% -8% 405 $741   $28,107,674 86
Aug 3, 2014 15 $202,325 -33% -21% 405 $500   $28,309,999 87
Aug 4, 2014 - $82,953 -59% -16% 405 $205   $28,392,952 88
Aug 5, 2014 - $79,635 -4% -22% 405 $197   $28,472,587 89
Aug 6, 2014 - $79,650 n/c -19% 405 $197   $28,552,237 90
Aug 7, 2014 - $71,685 -10% -20% 405 $177   $28,623,922 91
Aug 8, 2014 - $88,410 +23% -43% 242 $365   $28,712,332 92
Aug 9, 2014 - $142,250 +61% -53% 242 $588   $28,854,582 93
Aug 10, 2014 - $89,617 -37% -56% 242 $370   $28,944,199 94
Aug 11, 2014 - $41,223 -54% -50% 242 $170   $28,985,422 95
Aug 12, 2014 - $51,120 +24% -36% 242 $211   $29,036,542 96
Aug 13, 2014 - $49,075 -4% -38% 242 $203   $29,085,617 97
Aug 14, 2014 - $42,204 -14% -41% 242 $174   $29,127,821 98
Aug 15, 2014 - $42,436 +1% -52% 122 $348   $29,170,257 99
Aug 16, 2014 - $75,112 +77% -47% 122 $616   $29,245,369 100
Aug 17, 2014 - $51,827 -31% -42% 122 $425   $29,297,196 101
Aug 18, 2014 - $17,621 -66% -57% 122 $144   $29,314,817 102
Aug 19, 2014 - $20,616 +17% -60% 122 $169   $29,335,433 103
Aug 20, 2014 - $18,350 -11% -63% 122 $150   $29,353,783 104
Aug 21, 2014 - $22,020 +20% -48% 122 $180   $29,375,803 105
Aug 22, 2014 - $36,580 +66% -14% 105 $348   $29,412,383 106
Aug 23, 2014 - $67,673 +85% -10% 105 $645   $29,480,056 107
Aug 24, 2014 - $37,220 -45% -28% 105 $354   $29,517,276 108
Aug 25, 2014 - $13,399 -64% -24% 105 $128   $29,530,675 109
Aug 26, 2014 - $16,079 +20% -22% 105 $153   $29,546,754 110
Aug 27, 2014 - $15,436 -4% -16% 105 $147   $29,562,190 111
Aug 28, 2014 - $15,899 +3% -28% 105 $151   $29,578,089 112
Aug 29, 2014 - $156,009 +881% +326% 757 $206   $29,734,098 113
Aug 30, 2014 - $260,535 +67% +285% 757 $344   $29,994,633 114
Aug 31, 2014 - $308,624 +18% +729% 757 $408   $30,303,257 115
Sep 1, 2014 - $265,417 -14% +1,881% 757 $351   $30,568,674 116
Sep 2, 2014 - $71,662 -73% +346% 757 $95   $30,640,336 117
Sep 3, 2014 17 $60,912 -15% +295% 757 $80   $30,701,248 118
Sep 4, 2014 - $57,866 -5% +264% 757 $76   $30,759,114 119
Sep 5, 2014 - $127,116 +120% -19% 532 $239   $30,886,230 120
Sep 6, 2014 - $238,978 +88% -8% 532 $449   $31,125,208 121
Sep 7, 2014 - $112,320 -53% -64% 532 $211   $31,237,528 122
Sep 8, 2014 - $41,558 -63% -84% 532 $78   $31,279,086 123
Sep 9, 2014 - $52,778 +27% -26% 532 $99   $31,331,864 124
Sep 10, 2014 - $45,389 -14% -25% 532 $85   $31,377,253 125
Sep 11, 2014 - $46,750 +3% -19% 532 $88   $31,424,003 126

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 9, 2014 28 $282,874   6 $47,146   $282,874 1
May 16, 2014 16 $1,005,426 +255% 72 $13,964   $1,288,300 2
May 23, 2014 9 $3,626,583 +261% 498 $7,282   $4,914,883 3
May 30, 2014 10 $2,846,813 -22% 624 $4,562   $7,761,696 4
Jun 6, 2014 9 $4,038,758 +42% 1,298 $3,112   $11,800,454 5
Jun 13, 2014 10 $3,296,737 -18% 1,102 $2,992   $15,097,191 6
Jun 20, 2014 10 $2,658,859 -19% 961 $2,767   $17,756,050 7
Jun 27, 2014 13 $2,605,703 -2% 686 $3,798   $20,361,753 8
Jul 4, 2014 14 $2,454,637 -6% 686 $3,578   $22,816,390 9
Jul 11, 2014 15 $1,995,296 -19% 701 $2,846   $24,811,686 10
Jul 18, 2014 16 $1,687,617 -15% 552 $3,057   $26,499,303 11
Jul 25, 2014 21 $1,153,167 -32% 405 $2,847   $27,652,470 12
Aug 1, 2014 19 $971,453 -16% 405 $2,399   $28,623,923 13
Aug 8, 2014 25 $503,899 -48% 242 $2,082   $29,127,822 14
Aug 15, 2014 32 $247,982 -51% 122 $2,033   $29,375,804 15
Aug 22, 2014 32 $202,286 -18% 105 $1,927   $29,578,090 16
Aug 29, 2014 21 $1,181,025 +484% 757 $1,560   $30,759,115 17
Sep 5, 2014 22 $664,889 -44% 532 $1,250   $31,424,004 18

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/2/2023 $550 1 1 2 $2,033,134 3/18/2024
Austria 5/29/2015 $0 0 32 102 $107,470 8/18/2015
Estonia 6/20/2014 $0 0 7 13 $49,094 12/15/2015
Germany 5/28/2015 $214,743 0 3 15 $600,617 8/22/2018
Hong Kong 7/10/2014 $83,418 18 19 53 $304,013 12/17/2015
Iceland 7/18/2014 $0 0 3 3 $18,688 12/30/2018
Japan 2/28/2015 $228,513 0 38 38 $1,450,735 8/24/2018
Latvia 6/13/2014 $0 0 4 8 $33,478 12/30/2018
Lebanon 5/29/2014 $0 0 1 1 $66,962 12/30/2018
Lithuania 6/27/2014 $7,483 9 9 19 $20,223 12/16/2015
Mexico 7/10/2014 $283,525 187 187 380 $885,612 12/17/2015
New Zealand 5/9/2014 $0 0 3 3 $538,001 7/10/2018
Philippines 7/2/2014 $20,702 40 40 40 $36,772 12/30/2018
Poland 7/25/2014 $74,682 93 93 93 $85,817 12/30/2018
Romania 6/13/2014 $0 0 4 7 $61,251 12/30/2018
Serbia and Montenegro 7/10/2014 $37 4 4 4 $4,480 12/30/2018
Singapore 6/5/2014 $0 0 6 20 $167,079 12/17/2015
South Korea 1/7/2015 $0 0 31 31 $1,063,592 7/9/2020
Switzerland 5/14/2015 $0 0 1 1 $103,701 8/4/2015
United Arab Emirates 5/22/2014 $0 0 4 19 $522,338 12/30/2018
United Kingdom 6/25/2014 $1,032,280 372 372 917 $2,484,173 10/11/2017
 
Rest of World $4,768,075
 
International Total$15,405,305 3/18/2024

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Oct 5, 2014845,338 45,338$668,282$668,2821
Oct 19, 20142411,817 71,004$224,168$1,155,4433

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Oct 5, 2014733,568 33,568$664,317$664,3171
Oct 12, 2014198,712-74% 42,280$200,201$864,5182

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