Compliance (2012)

Compliance poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $319,285Details
International Box Office $511,415Details
Worldwide Box Office $830,700
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Becky and Sandra aren't the best of friends. Sandra is a middle-aged manager at a fast-food restaurant; Becky is a teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day (too many customers and too little bacon), a police officer calls, accusing Becky of stealing money from a customer's purse, which she vehemently denies. Sandra, overwhelmed by her managerial responsibilities, complies with the officer's orders to detain Becky. This choice begins a nightmare that tragically blurs the lines between expedience and prudence, legality and reason.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$16,427 (5.1% of total gross)
Legs:5.90 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:38.4% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$270,000 (worldwide box office is 3.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/21 max. theaters, 6.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $432,397

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Google Play:Google Play

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 17th, 2012 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures
International Releases: March 22nd, 2013 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
Video Release: January 8th, 2013 by Magnolia Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for language and sexual content/nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2218, 4/11/2012)
Running Time: 90 minutes
Comparisons: vs. The Fits
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Inspired by a True Story, False Identity, Fake Cop, Epilogue, Psychological Thriller, Sex Crimes, Falsely Accused, Prank Gone Wrong, One Location
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Dogfish Pictures, Muskat Filmed Properties, Low Spark Films, Bad Cop / Bad Cop Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Top 2012 Theater Average 60 $16,427 Aug 17, 2012 3

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 17, 2012 60 $16,427   1 $16,427   $16,427 1
Aug 24, 2012 55 $44,749 +172% 11 $4,068   $88,095 2
Aug 31, 2012 51 $54,141 +21% 19 $2,850   $165,599 3
Sep 7, 2012 54 $34,300 -37% 21 $1,633   $231,363 4
Sep 14, 2012 64 $20,075 -41% 17 $1,181   $268,348 5
Sep 21, 2012 72 $12,802 -36% 16 $800   $291,297 6
Sep 28, 2012 81 $6,146 -52% 15 $410   $302,416 7
Oct 5, 2012 84 $2,169 -65% 7 $310   $307,672 8
Oct 12, 2012 87 $1,555 -28% 5 $311   $311,935 9
Oct 19, 2012 87 $2,582 +66% 11 $235   $315,106 10
Oct 26, 2012 94 $1,922 -26% 8 $240   $318,622 11

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 17, 2012 62 $25,344   1 $25,344   $25,344 1
Aug 24, 2012 55 $68,112 +169% 11 $6,192   $111,458 2
Aug 31, 2012 51 $85,605 +26% 19 $4,506   $197,063 3
Sep 7, 2012 52 $51,210 -40% 21 $2,439   $248,273 4
Sep 14, 2012 63 $30,222 -41% 17 $1,778   $278,495 5
Sep 21, 2012 73 $17,775 -41% 16 $1,111   $296,270 6
Sep 28, 2012 81 $9,233 -48% 15 $616   $305,503 7
Oct 5, 2012 80 $4,877 -47% 7 $697   $310,380 8
Oct 12, 2012 92 $2,144 -56% 5 $429   $312,524 9
Oct 19, 2012 92 $4,176 +95% 11 $380   $316,700 10
Oct 26, 2012 94 $2,585 -38% 8 $323   $319,285 11

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
United Kingdom 3/22/2013 $108,901 35 35 77 $265,193 12/14/2015
 
Rest of World $246,222
 
International Total$511,415 12/14/2015

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

Dreama Walker    Becky

Supporting Cast

Ann Dowd    Sandra
Pat Healy    Officer Daniels
Bill Camp    Van

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

Production and Technical Credits

Craig Zobel    Screenwriter
Craig Zobel    Director
Craig Zobel    Producer
Sophia Lin    Producer
Lisa Muskat    Producer
Tyler Davidson    Producer
Theo Sena    Producer
David Gordon Green    Executive Producer
James Belfer    Executive Producer
Matthew Munn    Production Designer
Adam Stone    Director of Photography

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for February 26th, 2013

February 26th, 2013

It's a good week on the home market with not only one of the biggest films of the last year coming out, but also one of the best. The biggest is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2, which should be the best selling DVD and Blu-ray for the week, but it isn't a contender for Pick of the Week. For that honor, we go back a few weeks to Frankenweenie. The screener arrived late, but it was worth waiting for and the 3D Combo Pack, while a little pricey, is worth picking up. Also in contender for Pick of the Week is Rocko's Modern Life: The Complete Series. More...

Featured DVD / Blu-ray Review: Compliance

February 23rd, 2013

Compliance had some pretty good pre-release buzz for a limited release and its reviews were even better than the buzz. This helped it opened with more than $16,000 in just one theater. However, after that it really struggled and quickly disappeared from theaters. Is it the type of film that will please critics, but not the average moviegoer? Or does it deserve a wider audience? More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 8th, 2013

January 7th, 2013

After two weeks of almost nothing worth talking about on the home market, there's plenty to talk about this week. ... Actually, to be totally honest, it is another slow week, it's just not painfully slow. (Also, I'm unwilling to pad the list like I had to do the last couple weeks.) Worse still, because the holiday just ended, a lot of the screeners that were supposed to arrive have not, including a few Pick of the Week contenders. Compliance, Dredd, and Frankenweenie are all contenders that are currently late, and I really don't like choosing a late screener. In the end, it was literally a coin toss between Archer: Season Three on DVD or Blu-ray and Red Dwarf: X on DVD or Blu-ray. And the coin said... Red Dwarf: X. More...

Awards Season: Silver Linings for Limited Releases

November 28th, 2012

The Independent Spirit Awards has a special place in the Awards Season. The nominations are the unoffficial start of Awards Season, but the actual awards aren't given out until Oscar weekend, so they are the beginning at the end of Awards Season. They also help out a lot of limited releases that would otherwise not get enough buzz, although they are not so good at predicting Oscar wins. This year, two films tied for most nominations, Moonrise Kingdom and The Silver Linings Playbook, both of which earned five nominations. They weren't the only films to earn multiple nominations though. More...

Per Theater Chart: Cosmopolis is Cosmopolitan

August 22nd, 2012

Cosmopolis led the way on the per theater chart with an excellent opening of $70,000 in three theaters for an average of $23,446. Given its reviews, I'm not sure it will do well as it expands. Robot and Frank was also strong with an average of $17,770 in two theaters, while Compliance was right behind with $16,427 in one theater. Ek Tha Tiger didn't quite reach the $10,000 club over the weekend with an average of $9,655, but it was a Wednesday release, so had it opened on Friday, it likely would have easily made the cut.

More...

Weekend Estimates: Expendables 2 Blasts Competition

August 19th, 2012

The Expendables 2 will enjoy a comfortable win at the box office this weekend, even though its debut number looks as though it will fall somewhat behind the first film in the franchise. Lionsgate currently has the film pegged at $28.75 million for the weekend, well ahead of The Bourne Legacy's $17 million second weekend. ParaNorman will scare up about $14 million for third place, and a total of seven films will top $10 million this weekend, including the two other debutants, Sparkle (which is set for $12 million, per Sony), and The Odd Life of Timothy Green (shooting for $10.9 million, according to Disney). More...

Frank Discussion about Limited Releases

August 17th, 2012

Late August is a poor time of year for wide releases, but it is also usually not a good time of year for limited releases. It is too late to take advantage of the summer holidays, but it is also too early for Awards Season. However, there are nine films on this week's list, several of which are earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. Chicken and Plums, Compliance, Robot and Frank, and Side by Side are all earning amazing reviews. There are also several others that are earning good, but not great reviews. There might be too many good films coming out this week and the competition could cause one or two films that truly deserve to earn some measure of mainstream success from reaching their potential. More...


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Synopsis

Becky and Sandra aren't the best of friends. Sandra is a middle-aged manager at a fast-food restaurant; Becky is a teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day (too many customers and too little bacon), a police officer calls, accusing Becky of stealing money from a customer's purse, which she vehemently denies. Sandra, overwhelmed by her managerial responsibilities, complies with the officer's orders to detain Becky. This choice begins a nightmare that tragically blurs the lines between expedience and prudence, legality and reason.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$16,427 (5.1% of total gross)
Legs:5.90 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:38.4% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$270,000 (worldwide box office is 3.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/21 max. theaters, 6.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $432,397

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 17th, 2012 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures
International Releases: March 22nd, 2013 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
Video Release: January 8th, 2013 by Magnolia Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for language and sexual content/nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2218, 4/11/2012)
Running Time: 90 minutes
Comparisons: vs. The Fits
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Inspired by a True Story, False Identity, Fake Cop, Epilogue, Psychological Thriller, Sex Crimes, Falsely Accused, Prank Gone Wrong, One Location
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Dogfish Pictures, Muskat Filmed Properties, Low Spark Films, Bad Cop / Bad Cop Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Top 2012 Theater Average 60 $16,427 Aug 17, 2012 3

Leading Cast

Dreama Walker    Becky

Supporting Cast

Ann Dowd    Sandra
Pat Healy    Officer Daniels
Bill Camp    Van

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

Production and Technical Credits

Craig Zobel    Screenwriter
Craig Zobel    Director
Craig Zobel    Producer
Sophia Lin    Producer
Lisa Muskat    Producer
Tyler Davidson    Producer
Theo Sena    Producer
David Gordon Green    Executive Producer
James Belfer    Executive Producer
Matthew Munn    Production Designer
Adam Stone    Director of Photography

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for February 26th, 2013

February 26th, 2013

It's a good week on the home market with not only one of the biggest films of the last year coming out, but also one of the best. The biggest is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2, which should be the best selling DVD and Blu-ray for the week, but it isn't a contender for Pick of the Week. For that honor, we go back a few weeks to Frankenweenie. The screener arrived late, but it was worth waiting for and the 3D Combo Pack, while a little pricey, is worth picking up. Also in contender for Pick of the Week is Rocko's Modern Life: The Complete Series. More...

Featured DVD / Blu-ray Review: Compliance

February 23rd, 2013

Compliance had some pretty good pre-release buzz for a limited release and its reviews were even better than the buzz. This helped it opened with more than $16,000 in just one theater. However, after that it really struggled and quickly disappeared from theaters. Is it the type of film that will please critics, but not the average moviegoer? Or does it deserve a wider audience? More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 8th, 2013

January 7th, 2013

After two weeks of almost nothing worth talking about on the home market, there's plenty to talk about this week. ... Actually, to be totally honest, it is another slow week, it's just not painfully slow. (Also, I'm unwilling to pad the list like I had to do the last couple weeks.) Worse still, because the holiday just ended, a lot of the screeners that were supposed to arrive have not, including a few Pick of the Week contenders. Compliance, Dredd, and Frankenweenie are all contenders that are currently late, and I really don't like choosing a late screener. In the end, it was literally a coin toss between Archer: Season Three on DVD or Blu-ray and Red Dwarf: X on DVD or Blu-ray. And the coin said... Red Dwarf: X. More...

Awards Season: Silver Linings for Limited Releases

November 28th, 2012

The Independent Spirit Awards has a special place in the Awards Season. The nominations are the unoffficial start of Awards Season, but the actual awards aren't given out until Oscar weekend, so they are the beginning at the end of Awards Season. They also help out a lot of limited releases that would otherwise not get enough buzz, although they are not so good at predicting Oscar wins. This year, two films tied for most nominations, Moonrise Kingdom and The Silver Linings Playbook, both of which earned five nominations. They weren't the only films to earn multiple nominations though. More...

Per Theater Chart: Cosmopolis is Cosmopolitan

August 22nd, 2012

Cosmopolis led the way on the per theater chart with an excellent opening of $70,000 in three theaters for an average of $23,446. Given its reviews, I'm not sure it will do well as it expands. Robot and Frank was also strong with an average of $17,770 in two theaters, while Compliance was right behind with $16,427 in one theater. Ek Tha Tiger didn't quite reach the $10,000 club over the weekend with an average of $9,655, but it was a Wednesday release, so had it opened on Friday, it likely would have easily made the cut.

More...

Weekend Estimates: Expendables 2 Blasts Competition

August 19th, 2012

The Expendables 2 will enjoy a comfortable win at the box office this weekend, even though its debut number looks as though it will fall somewhat behind the first film in the franchise. Lionsgate currently has the film pegged at $28.75 million for the weekend, well ahead of The Bourne Legacy's $17 million second weekend. ParaNorman will scare up about $14 million for third place, and a total of seven films will top $10 million this weekend, including the two other debutants, Sparkle (which is set for $12 million, per Sony), and The Odd Life of Timothy Green (shooting for $10.9 million, according to Disney). More...

Frank Discussion about Limited Releases

August 17th, 2012

Late August is a poor time of year for wide releases, but it is also usually not a good time of year for limited releases. It is too late to take advantage of the summer holidays, but it is also too early for Awards Season. However, there are nine films on this week's list, several of which are earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. Chicken and Plums, Compliance, Robot and Frank, and Side by Side are all earning amazing reviews. There are also several others that are earning good, but not great reviews. There might be too many good films coming out this week and the competition could cause one or two films that truly deserve to earn some measure of mainstream success from reaching their potential. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 17, 2012 60 $16,427   1 $16,427   $16,427 1
Aug 24, 2012 55 $44,749 +172% 11 $4,068   $88,095 2
Aug 31, 2012 51 $54,141 +21% 19 $2,850   $165,599 3
Sep 7, 2012 54 $34,300 -37% 21 $1,633   $231,363 4
Sep 14, 2012 64 $20,075 -41% 17 $1,181   $268,348 5
Sep 21, 2012 72 $12,802 -36% 16 $800   $291,297 6
Sep 28, 2012 81 $6,146 -52% 15 $410   $302,416 7
Oct 5, 2012 84 $2,169 -65% 7 $310   $307,672 8
Oct 12, 2012 87 $1,555 -28% 5 $311   $311,935 9
Oct 19, 2012 87 $2,582 +66% 11 $235   $315,106 10
Oct 26, 2012 94 $1,922 -26% 8 $240   $318,622 11

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 17, 2012 62 $25,344   1 $25,344   $25,344 1
Aug 24, 2012 55 $68,112 +169% 11 $6,192   $111,458 2
Aug 31, 2012 51 $85,605 +26% 19 $4,506   $197,063 3
Sep 7, 2012 52 $51,210 -40% 21 $2,439   $248,273 4
Sep 14, 2012 63 $30,222 -41% 17 $1,778   $278,495 5
Sep 21, 2012 73 $17,775 -41% 16 $1,111   $296,270 6
Sep 28, 2012 81 $9,233 -48% 15 $616   $305,503 7
Oct 5, 2012 80 $4,877 -47% 7 $697   $310,380 8
Oct 12, 2012 92 $2,144 -56% 5 $429   $312,524 9
Oct 19, 2012 92 $4,176 +95% 11 $380   $316,700 10
Oct 26, 2012 94 $2,585 -38% 8 $323   $319,285 11

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
United Kingdom 3/22/2013 $108,901 35 35 77 $265,193 12/14/2015
 
Rest of World $246,222
 
International Total$511,415 12/14/2015

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.