The Debt (2011)

The Debt poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $31,177,548Details
International Box Office $15,426,506Details
Worldwide Box Office $46,604,054
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $6,687,571 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $3,143,111 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $9,830,682
Further financial details...

Synopsis

In 1997, shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel and Stefan about their former colleague David. All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1966, when the trio tracked down Nazi war criminal Vogel in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team’s mission was accomplished—or was it? The suspense builds in and across two different time periods.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$9,909,499 (31.8% of total gross)
Legs:3.15 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:66.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,826 opening theaters/1,876 max. theaters, 4.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $41,399,685

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes, iTunes, iTunes
Google Play:Google Play, Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 31st, 2011 (Wide) by Focus Features
International Releases: March 23rd, 2012 (Wide) (Colombia)
March 23rd, 2012 (Wide) (Uruguay)
Video Release: December 6th, 2011 by Lionsgate Miramax
MPAA Rating: R for some violence and language
(Rating bulletin 2109, 2/24/2010)
Running Time: 113 minutes
Comparisons: vs. From Hell
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Political, Foreign-Language Remake, World War II, Secret Agent, One Last Job, Non-Chronological, Out of Retirement, Same Role, Multiple Actors, Nazis, War Crimes, Remake, Political Thriller
Source:Remake
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: MARV Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 49 $9,909,499 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 118 $14,120,729 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 42 $12,851,600 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 62 $18,313,130 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (Opening, 3-Day) 16 $9,909,499 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 27 $14,120,729 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 15 $12,851,600 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 19 $18,313,130 Sep 2, 2011 5

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 2, 2011 2 $9,909,499   1,826 $5,427   $11,810,913 1
Sep 9, 2011 4 $4,770,720 -52% 1,876 $2,543   $21,867,676 2
Sep 16, 2011 7 $2,942,631 -38% 1,831 $1,607   $26,564,431 3
Sep 23, 2011 11 $1,260,611 -57% 1,067 $1,181   $28,967,074 4
Sep 30, 2011 14 $628,884 -50% 603 $1,043   $30,073,751 5
Oct 7, 2011 21 $248,929 -60% 358 $695   $30,564,766 6
Oct 14, 2011 28 $171,857 -31% 200 $859   $30,875,262 7
Oct 21, 2011 39 $100,550 -41% 119 $845   $31,052,624 8
Oct 28, 2011 47 $50,187 -50% 87 $577   $31,146,570 9

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 31, 2011 2 $970,532     1,786 $543   $970,532 1
Sep 1, 2011 2 $930,882 -4%   1,786 $521   $1,901,414 2
Sep 2, 2011 4 $2,631,999 +183%   1,826 $1,441   $4,533,413 3
Sep 3, 2011 2 $3,658,555 +39%   1,826 $2,004   $8,191,968 4
Sep 4, 2011 2 $3,618,945 -1%   1,826 $1,982   $11,810,913 5
Sep 5, 2011 2 $2,942,101 -19%   1,826 $1,611   $14,753,014 6
Sep 6, 2011 2 $938,212 -68%   1,826 $514   $15,691,226 7
Sep 7, 2011 2 $749,060 -20% -23% 1,826 $410   $16,440,286 8
Sep 8, 2011 2 $656,670 -12% -29% 1,826 $360   $17,096,956 9
Sep 9, 2011 4 $1,433,487 +118% -46% 1,876 $764   $18,530,443 10
Sep 10, 2011 3 $2,187,037 +53% -40% 1,876 $1,166   $20,717,480 11
Sep 11, 2011 4 $1,150,196 -47% -68% 1,876 $613   $21,867,676 12
Sep 12, 2011 4 $359,677 -69% -88% 1,876 $192   $22,227,353 13
Sep 13, 2011 4 $539,800 +50% -42% 1,876 $288   $22,767,153 14
Sep 14, 2011 4 $421,667 -22% -44% 1,876 $225   $23,188,820 15
Sep 15, 2011 4 $432,980 +3% -34% 1,876 $231   $23,621,800 16
Sep 16, 2011 8 $870,197 +101% -39% 1,831 $475   $24,491,997 17
Sep 17, 2011 7 $1,368,632 +57% -37% 1,831 $747   $25,860,629 18
Sep 18, 2011 8 $703,802 -49% -39% 1,831 $384   $26,564,431 19
Sep 19, 2011 8 $243,096 -65% -32% 1,831 $133   $26,807,527 20
Sep 20, 2011 7 $351,492 +45% -35% 1,831 $192   $27,159,019 21
Sep 21, 2011 7 $269,163 -23% -36% 1,831 $147   $27,428,182 22
Sep 22, 2011 7 $278,281 +3% -36% 1,831 $152   $27,706,463 23
Sep 23, 2011 12 $357,916 +29% -59% 1,067 $335   $28,064,379 24
Sep 24, 2011 11 $596,800 +67% -56% 1,067 $559   $28,661,179 25
Sep 25, 2011 11 $305,895 -49% -57% 1,067 $287   $28,967,074 26
Sep 26, 2011 11 $103,657 -66% -57% 1,067 $97   $29,070,731 27
Sep 27, 2011 11 $130,128 +26% -63% 1,067 $122   $29,200,859 28
Sep 28, 2011 11 $111,354 -14% -59% 1,067 $104   $29,312,213 29
Sep 29, 2011 11 $132,654 +19% -52% 1,067 $124   $29,444,867 30
Sep 30, 2011 - $171,225 +29% -52% 603 $284   $29,616,092 31
Oct 1, 2011 - $310,543 +81% -48% 603 $515   $29,926,635 32
Oct 2, 2011 - $147,116 -53% -52% 603 $244   $30,073,751 33
Oct 3, 2011 - $53,895 -63% -48% 603 $89   $30,127,646 34
Oct 4, 2011 - $69,005 +28% -47% 603 $114   $30,196,651 35
Oct 5, 2011 - $62,601 -9% -44% 603 $104   $30,259,252 36
Oct 6, 2011 - $56,585 -10% -57% 603 $94   $30,315,837 37
Oct 7, 2011 - $65,517 +16% -62% 358 $183   $30,381,354 38
Oct 8, 2011 - $108,701 +66% -65% 358 $304   $30,490,055 39
Oct 9, 2011 - $74,711 -31% -49% 358 $209   $30,564,766 40
Oct 10, 2011 - $41,769 -44% -22% 358 $117   $30,606,535 41
Oct 11, 2011 - $32,375 -22% -53% 358 $90   $30,638,910 42
Oct 12, 2011 - $30,980 -4% -51% 358 $87   $30,669,890 43
Oct 13, 2011 - $33,515 +8% -41% 358 $94   $30,703,405 44
Oct 14, 2011 - $45,065 +34% -31% 200 $225   $30,748,470 45
Oct 15, 2011 - $84,814 +88% -22% 200 $424   $30,833,284 46
Oct 16, 2011 - $41,978 -51% -44% 200 $210   $30,875,262 47
Oct 17, 2011 - $18,489 -56% -56% 200 $92   $30,893,751 48
Oct 18, 2011 - $20,428 +10% -37% 200 $102   $30,914,179 49
Oct 19, 2011 - $19,868 -3% -36% 200 $99   $30,934,047 50
Oct 20, 2011 - $18,027 -9% -46% 200 $90   $30,952,074 51
Oct 21, 2011 - $28,239 +57% -37% 119 $237   $30,980,313 52
Oct 22, 2011 - $47,825 +69% -44% 119 $402   $31,028,138 53
Oct 23, 2011 - $24,486 -49% -42% 119 $206   $31,052,624 54
Oct 24, 2011 - $8,474 -65% -54% 119 $71   $31,061,098 55
Oct 25, 2011 - $12,298 +45% -40% 119 $103   $31,073,396 56
Oct 26, 2011 - $11,750 -4% -41% 119 $99   $31,085,146 57
Oct 27, 2011 - $11,237 -4% -38% 119 $94   $31,096,383 58
Oct 28, 2011 - $13,346 +19% -53% 87 $153   $31,109,729 59
Oct 29, 2011 - $22,667 +70% -53% 87 $261   $31,132,396 60
Oct 30, 2011 - $14,174 -37% -42% 87 $163   $31,146,570 61
Oct 31, 2011 - $8,459 -40% n/c 87 $97   $31,155,029 62
Nov 1, 2011 - $8,521 +1% -31% 87 $98   $31,163,550 63
Nov 2, 2011 - $6,826 -20% -42% 87 $78   $31,170,376 64
Nov 3, 2011 - $7,172 +5% -36% 87 $82   $31,177,548 65

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 26, 2011 17 $1,901,414   1,786 $1,065   $1,901,414 1
Sep 2, 2011 2 $18,532,775 +875% 1,826 $10,149   $20,434,189 2
Sep 9, 2011 4 $6,524,844 -65% 1,876 $3,478   $23,621,800 3
Sep 16, 2011 7 $4,084,663 -37% 1,831 $2,231   $27,706,463 4
Sep 23, 2011 11 $1,738,404 -57% 1,067 $1,629   $29,444,867 5
Sep 30, 2011 13 $870,970 -50% 603 $1,444   $30,315,837 6
Oct 7, 2011 21 $387,568 -56% 358 $1,083   $30,703,405 7
Oct 14, 2011 28 $248,669 -36% 200 $1,243   $30,952,074 8
Oct 21, 2011 38 $144,309 -42% 119 $1,213   $31,096,383 9

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Colombia 3/23/2012 $0 0 2 2 $40,170 12/29/2018
Uruguay 3/23/2012 $0 0 2 7 $49,522 12/29/2018
 
Rest of World $15,336,814
 
International Total$15,426,506 12/29/2018

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
Dec 11, 201113111,139 111,139$1,888,252$1,888,2521
Dec 25, 20112986,433 197,572$1,468,497$3,356,7493
Jan 1, 20123041,391-52% 238,963$703,233$4,059,9824

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 11, 20111742,437 42,437$1,060,511$1,060,5111

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Leading Cast

Helen Mirren    Rachel Singer
Sam Worthington    Young David
Jessica Chastain    Young Rachel

Supporting Cast

Marton Csokas    Young Steven
Tom Wilkinson    Stefan
Ciaran Hinds    David
Romi Aboulafia    Sarah
Jesper Christensen    Dieter Vogel

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

Production and Technical Credits

John Madden    Director
Kris Thykier    Producer
Matthew Vaughn    Producer
Eduardo Rossoff    Producer
Matthew Vaughn    Screenwriter
Eitan Evan    Producer
Jane Goldman    Screenwriter
Peter Straughan    Screenwriter
Tarquin Pack    Executive Producer
Ben Davis    Cinematographer
Alexander Berner    Editor
Thomas Newman    Composer
Jim Clay    Production Designer
Natalie Ward    Costume Designer
Peter Lindsay    Sound Mixer
Ian Wilson    Supervising Sound Editor
Tim Cavain    Re-recording Mixer
Steve Single    Re-recording Mixer
Stuart Brisdon    Special Effects Supervisor
Deborah Saban    Assistant Director
Michel Guish    Casting

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

Blu-ray Sales: Hanging Out on Top

December 21st, 2011

The Hangover II was the first of three new releases on top of this week's Blu-ray sales chart, selling 951,000 units while generating $16.89 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 42%, which was good for a comedy. More...

DVD Sales: Helping Itself to First Place

December 20th, 2011

New releases took four or five of the top five spots on the DVD sales chart this week. (The Smurfs is a bit of a complicated case, but more on that in a second.) First place went to The Help with 1.75 million units sold generating $29.78 million in revenue. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for December 6th, 2011

December 6th, 2011

I hate this time for year, because of the holidays. Due to the five-day Thanksgiving long weekend and the Christmas shipping rush, screeners are even more likely to arrive late. Most of the prime releases I'm supposed to review are still on route. It makes it hard to keep up to date on reviews, plus it makes it really hard to figure out what the Pick of the Week should be. The Help is in contention, but I want to see the Blu-ray first. In the end, I went with the The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Extended Trilogy Box Set on Blu-ray. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Contagion is Catchy, the Rest of Box Office Is Sick

September 12th, 2011

The weekend after the Labor Day long weekend is often the worst weekend of the year, and that appears to be the case this time around. No film matched Thursday's predictions, although a couple came relatively close, like Contagion. Unfortunately, the rest of the new releases really bombed and most of the holdovers fell significantly more than expected. This led to the box office falling 24% from last weekend to just $82 million. This is the lowest it's been all year, and lower than last year, but by less than 1%. Unless next weekend will be even worse, and it is almost hard to imagine that as a possibility, this will be the lowest point for the year. On the other hand, there's a chance that we don't dip below this level for a long, long time, if ever. Given population growth and inflation, hitting these low points are less likely each year. More...

Weekend Predictions: Four Wide Releases for a Slow Weekend

September 8th, 2011

The weekend after the Labor Day long weekend tends to be one of the worst, if not the worst weekend of the year, but that probably won't be the case this year. This weekend we have four wide releases, one of which is a bit of a surprise wide release. One of them, Contagion, could wind up being a real hit. The other three, well, they are not opening truly wide. Maybe The Warrior will be a sleeper hit, but the other two could struggle to reach the top ten. By comparison, this weekend last year Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D was a surprise hit with $26.65 million. It's not terribly likely any film will match that opening, but 2011 has better depth and hopefully that will be the key to victory. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Painless Labor Marks End of Summer

September 7th, 2011

We had a pleasant surprise over Labor Day long weekend as the holdover held on a lot better than expected, while the new releases were on par with expectations, at least on average. (One struggled, one came within a rounding error of the weekend prediction, and one crushed expectations.) This led to a total box office haul of $107 million from Friday through Sunday and $137 million if you include Monday. By comparison, last year the total box office was $106 million / $133 million. It was a close win, but a win's a win. Overall 2011 is behind 2010 by 4% at $7.46 billion to $7.78 billion. There's a slim chance 2011 will close the gap and come out on top in the end, but in order to do that, it will need to earn bigger victories than it did this weekend. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Labor Day Weekend be a Painful End to Summer?

September 1st, 2011

Summer officially ends at the box office this weekend, although looking at the numbers it's clear that summer ended weeks ago. The selection of new releases includes two horror films that were not screened for critics and a film that I don't think it would be unfair to call busted Oscar bait. There is a chance all three films will bomb and The Help will remain in first place for the third week in a row. On the opposite end of that scale, all three films could find an audience and 2011 could squeak out a win over 2010. More...

2011 Preview: September

September 1st, 2011

After a strong start, August ended on a really low note, and that's bad news for September, as it means the positive momentum we had is gone. Looking at the upcoming month, there are 18 films opening wide over five weekends (including one re-release) but only four or five of them have a real shot at being midlevel hits, and it is unlikely that all of them will get there. Worse still, there are no films opening this month that look like they will match The Town, which made more than $90 million last September. In fact, the selection of releases is so weak that the film I'm most looking forward to is a limited release that has already come out on Video on Demand, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. (It has seventeen reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and still not a negative one among them.) More...


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  3. Box Office
  4. International
  5. Video Sales
  6. Full Financials
  7. Cast & Crew
  8. Trailer

Synopsis

In 1997, shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel and Stefan about their former colleague David. All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1966, when the trio tracked down Nazi war criminal Vogel in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team’s mission was accomplished—or was it? The suspense builds in and across two different time periods.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$9,909,499 (31.8% of total gross)
Legs:3.15 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:66.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,826 opening theaters/1,876 max. theaters, 4.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $41,399,685

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes, iTunes, iTunes
Google Play:Google Play, Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 31st, 2011 (Wide) by Focus Features
International Releases: March 23rd, 2012 (Wide) (Colombia)
March 23rd, 2012 (Wide) (Uruguay)
Video Release: December 6th, 2011 by Lionsgate Miramax
MPAA Rating: R for some violence and language
(Rating bulletin 2109, 2/24/2010)
Running Time: 113 minutes
Comparisons: vs. From Hell
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Political, Foreign-Language Remake, World War II, Secret Agent, One Last Job, Non-Chronological, Out of Retirement, Same Role, Multiple Actors, Nazis, War Crimes, Remake, Political Thriller
Source:Remake
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: MARV Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 49 $9,909,499 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 118 $14,120,729 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 42 $12,851,600 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 62 $18,313,130 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (Opening, 3-Day) 16 $9,909,499 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 27 $14,120,729 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 15 $12,851,600 Sep 2, 2011 5
Labor Day (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 19 $18,313,130 Sep 2, 2011 5

Leading Cast

Helen Mirren    Rachel Singer
Sam Worthington    Young David
Jessica Chastain    Young Rachel

Supporting Cast

Marton Csokas    Young Steven
Tom Wilkinson    Stefan
Ciaran Hinds    David
Romi Aboulafia    Sarah
Jesper Christensen    Dieter Vogel

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

Production and Technical Credits

John Madden    Director
Kris Thykier    Producer
Matthew Vaughn    Producer
Eduardo Rossoff    Producer
Matthew Vaughn    Screenwriter
Eitan Evan    Producer
Jane Goldman    Screenwriter
Peter Straughan    Screenwriter
Tarquin Pack    Executive Producer
Ben Davis    Cinematographer
Alexander Berner    Editor
Thomas Newman    Composer
Jim Clay    Production Designer
Natalie Ward    Costume Designer
Peter Lindsay    Sound Mixer
Ian Wilson    Supervising Sound Editor
Tim Cavain    Re-recording Mixer
Steve Single    Re-recording Mixer
Stuart Brisdon    Special Effects Supervisor
Deborah Saban    Assistant Director
Michel Guish    Casting

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

Blu-ray Sales: Hanging Out on Top

December 21st, 2011

The Hangover II was the first of three new releases on top of this week's Blu-ray sales chart, selling 951,000 units while generating $16.89 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 42%, which was good for a comedy. More...

DVD Sales: Helping Itself to First Place

December 20th, 2011

New releases took four or five of the top five spots on the DVD sales chart this week. (The Smurfs is a bit of a complicated case, but more on that in a second.) First place went to The Help with 1.75 million units sold generating $29.78 million in revenue. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for December 6th, 2011

December 6th, 2011

I hate this time for year, because of the holidays. Due to the five-day Thanksgiving long weekend and the Christmas shipping rush, screeners are even more likely to arrive late. Most of the prime releases I'm supposed to review are still on route. It makes it hard to keep up to date on reviews, plus it makes it really hard to figure out what the Pick of the Week should be. The Help is in contention, but I want to see the Blu-ray first. In the end, I went with the The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Extended Trilogy Box Set on Blu-ray. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Contagion is Catchy, the Rest of Box Office Is Sick

September 12th, 2011

The weekend after the Labor Day long weekend is often the worst weekend of the year, and that appears to be the case this time around. No film matched Thursday's predictions, although a couple came relatively close, like Contagion. Unfortunately, the rest of the new releases really bombed and most of the holdovers fell significantly more than expected. This led to the box office falling 24% from last weekend to just $82 million. This is the lowest it's been all year, and lower than last year, but by less than 1%. Unless next weekend will be even worse, and it is almost hard to imagine that as a possibility, this will be the lowest point for the year. On the other hand, there's a chance that we don't dip below this level for a long, long time, if ever. Given population growth and inflation, hitting these low points are less likely each year. More...

Weekend Predictions: Four Wide Releases for a Slow Weekend

September 8th, 2011

The weekend after the Labor Day long weekend tends to be one of the worst, if not the worst weekend of the year, but that probably won't be the case this year. This weekend we have four wide releases, one of which is a bit of a surprise wide release. One of them, Contagion, could wind up being a real hit. The other three, well, they are not opening truly wide. Maybe The Warrior will be a sleeper hit, but the other two could struggle to reach the top ten. By comparison, this weekend last year Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D was a surprise hit with $26.65 million. It's not terribly likely any film will match that opening, but 2011 has better depth and hopefully that will be the key to victory. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Painless Labor Marks End of Summer

September 7th, 2011

We had a pleasant surprise over Labor Day long weekend as the holdover held on a lot better than expected, while the new releases were on par with expectations, at least on average. (One struggled, one came within a rounding error of the weekend prediction, and one crushed expectations.) This led to a total box office haul of $107 million from Friday through Sunday and $137 million if you include Monday. By comparison, last year the total box office was $106 million / $133 million. It was a close win, but a win's a win. Overall 2011 is behind 2010 by 4% at $7.46 billion to $7.78 billion. There's a slim chance 2011 will close the gap and come out on top in the end, but in order to do that, it will need to earn bigger victories than it did this weekend. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Labor Day Weekend be a Painful End to Summer?

September 1st, 2011

Summer officially ends at the box office this weekend, although looking at the numbers it's clear that summer ended weeks ago. The selection of new releases includes two horror films that were not screened for critics and a film that I don't think it would be unfair to call busted Oscar bait. There is a chance all three films will bomb and The Help will remain in first place for the third week in a row. On the opposite end of that scale, all three films could find an audience and 2011 could squeak out a win over 2010. More...

2011 Preview: September

September 1st, 2011

After a strong start, August ended on a really low note, and that's bad news for September, as it means the positive momentum we had is gone. Looking at the upcoming month, there are 18 films opening wide over five weekends (including one re-release) but only four or five of them have a real shot at being midlevel hits, and it is unlikely that all of them will get there. Worse still, there are no films opening this month that look like they will match The Town, which made more than $90 million last September. In fact, the selection of releases is so weak that the film I'm most looking forward to is a limited release that has already come out on Video on Demand, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. (It has seventeen reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and still not a negative one among them.) More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 2, 2011 2 $9,909,499   1,826 $5,427   $11,810,913 1
Sep 9, 2011 4 $4,770,720 -52% 1,876 $2,543   $21,867,676 2
Sep 16, 2011 7 $2,942,631 -38% 1,831 $1,607   $26,564,431 3
Sep 23, 2011 11 $1,260,611 -57% 1,067 $1,181   $28,967,074 4
Sep 30, 2011 14 $628,884 -50% 603 $1,043   $30,073,751 5
Oct 7, 2011 21 $248,929 -60% 358 $695   $30,564,766 6
Oct 14, 2011 28 $171,857 -31% 200 $859   $30,875,262 7
Oct 21, 2011 39 $100,550 -41% 119 $845   $31,052,624 8
Oct 28, 2011 47 $50,187 -50% 87 $577   $31,146,570 9

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 31, 2011 2 $970,532     1,786 $543   $970,532 1
Sep 1, 2011 2 $930,882 -4%   1,786 $521   $1,901,414 2
Sep 2, 2011 4 $2,631,999 +183%   1,826 $1,441   $4,533,413 3
Sep 3, 2011 2 $3,658,555 +39%   1,826 $2,004   $8,191,968 4
Sep 4, 2011 2 $3,618,945 -1%   1,826 $1,982   $11,810,913 5
Sep 5, 2011 2 $2,942,101 -19%   1,826 $1,611   $14,753,014 6
Sep 6, 2011 2 $938,212 -68%   1,826 $514   $15,691,226 7
Sep 7, 2011 2 $749,060 -20% -23% 1,826 $410   $16,440,286 8
Sep 8, 2011 2 $656,670 -12% -29% 1,826 $360   $17,096,956 9
Sep 9, 2011 4 $1,433,487 +118% -46% 1,876 $764   $18,530,443 10
Sep 10, 2011 3 $2,187,037 +53% -40% 1,876 $1,166   $20,717,480 11
Sep 11, 2011 4 $1,150,196 -47% -68% 1,876 $613   $21,867,676 12
Sep 12, 2011 4 $359,677 -69% -88% 1,876 $192   $22,227,353 13
Sep 13, 2011 4 $539,800 +50% -42% 1,876 $288   $22,767,153 14
Sep 14, 2011 4 $421,667 -22% -44% 1,876 $225   $23,188,820 15
Sep 15, 2011 4 $432,980 +3% -34% 1,876 $231   $23,621,800 16
Sep 16, 2011 8 $870,197 +101% -39% 1,831 $475   $24,491,997 17
Sep 17, 2011 7 $1,368,632 +57% -37% 1,831 $747   $25,860,629 18
Sep 18, 2011 8 $703,802 -49% -39% 1,831 $384   $26,564,431 19
Sep 19, 2011 8 $243,096 -65% -32% 1,831 $133   $26,807,527 20
Sep 20, 2011 7 $351,492 +45% -35% 1,831 $192   $27,159,019 21
Sep 21, 2011 7 $269,163 -23% -36% 1,831 $147   $27,428,182 22
Sep 22, 2011 7 $278,281 +3% -36% 1,831 $152   $27,706,463 23
Sep 23, 2011 12 $357,916 +29% -59% 1,067 $335   $28,064,379 24
Sep 24, 2011 11 $596,800 +67% -56% 1,067 $559   $28,661,179 25
Sep 25, 2011 11 $305,895 -49% -57% 1,067 $287   $28,967,074 26
Sep 26, 2011 11 $103,657 -66% -57% 1,067 $97   $29,070,731 27
Sep 27, 2011 11 $130,128 +26% -63% 1,067 $122   $29,200,859 28
Sep 28, 2011 11 $111,354 -14% -59% 1,067 $104   $29,312,213 29
Sep 29, 2011 11 $132,654 +19% -52% 1,067 $124   $29,444,867 30
Sep 30, 2011 - $171,225 +29% -52% 603 $284   $29,616,092 31
Oct 1, 2011 - $310,543 +81% -48% 603 $515   $29,926,635 32
Oct 2, 2011 - $147,116 -53% -52% 603 $244   $30,073,751 33
Oct 3, 2011 - $53,895 -63% -48% 603 $89   $30,127,646 34
Oct 4, 2011 - $69,005 +28% -47% 603 $114   $30,196,651 35
Oct 5, 2011 - $62,601 -9% -44% 603 $104   $30,259,252 36
Oct 6, 2011 - $56,585 -10% -57% 603 $94   $30,315,837 37
Oct 7, 2011 - $65,517 +16% -62% 358 $183   $30,381,354 38
Oct 8, 2011 - $108,701 +66% -65% 358 $304   $30,490,055 39
Oct 9, 2011 - $74,711 -31% -49% 358 $209   $30,564,766 40
Oct 10, 2011 - $41,769 -44% -22% 358 $117   $30,606,535 41
Oct 11, 2011 - $32,375 -22% -53% 358 $90   $30,638,910 42
Oct 12, 2011 - $30,980 -4% -51% 358 $87   $30,669,890 43
Oct 13, 2011 - $33,515 +8% -41% 358 $94   $30,703,405 44
Oct 14, 2011 - $45,065 +34% -31% 200 $225   $30,748,470 45
Oct 15, 2011 - $84,814 +88% -22% 200 $424   $30,833,284 46
Oct 16, 2011 - $41,978 -51% -44% 200 $210   $30,875,262 47
Oct 17, 2011 - $18,489 -56% -56% 200 $92   $30,893,751 48
Oct 18, 2011 - $20,428 +10% -37% 200 $102   $30,914,179 49
Oct 19, 2011 - $19,868 -3% -36% 200 $99   $30,934,047 50
Oct 20, 2011 - $18,027 -9% -46% 200 $90   $30,952,074 51
Oct 21, 2011 - $28,239 +57% -37% 119 $237   $30,980,313 52
Oct 22, 2011 - $47,825 +69% -44% 119 $402   $31,028,138 53
Oct 23, 2011 - $24,486 -49% -42% 119 $206   $31,052,624 54
Oct 24, 2011 - $8,474 -65% -54% 119 $71   $31,061,098 55
Oct 25, 2011 - $12,298 +45% -40% 119 $103   $31,073,396 56
Oct 26, 2011 - $11,750 -4% -41% 119 $99   $31,085,146 57
Oct 27, 2011 - $11,237 -4% -38% 119 $94   $31,096,383 58
Oct 28, 2011 - $13,346 +19% -53% 87 $153   $31,109,729 59
Oct 29, 2011 - $22,667 +70% -53% 87 $261   $31,132,396 60
Oct 30, 2011 - $14,174 -37% -42% 87 $163   $31,146,570 61
Oct 31, 2011 - $8,459 -40% n/c 87 $97   $31,155,029 62
Nov 1, 2011 - $8,521 +1% -31% 87 $98   $31,163,550 63
Nov 2, 2011 - $6,826 -20% -42% 87 $78   $31,170,376 64
Nov 3, 2011 - $7,172 +5% -36% 87 $82   $31,177,548 65

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 26, 2011 17 $1,901,414   1,786 $1,065   $1,901,414 1
Sep 2, 2011 2 $18,532,775 +875% 1,826 $10,149   $20,434,189 2
Sep 9, 2011 4 $6,524,844 -65% 1,876 $3,478   $23,621,800 3
Sep 16, 2011 7 $4,084,663 -37% 1,831 $2,231   $27,706,463 4
Sep 23, 2011 11 $1,738,404 -57% 1,067 $1,629   $29,444,867 5
Sep 30, 2011 13 $870,970 -50% 603 $1,444   $30,315,837 6
Oct 7, 2011 21 $387,568 -56% 358 $1,083   $30,703,405 7
Oct 14, 2011 28 $248,669 -36% 200 $1,243   $30,952,074 8
Oct 21, 2011 38 $144,309 -42% 119 $1,213   $31,096,383 9

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Colombia 3/23/2012 $0 0 2 2 $40,170 12/29/2018
Uruguay 3/23/2012 $0 0 2 7 $49,522 12/29/2018
 
Rest of World $15,336,814
 
International Total$15,426,506 12/29/2018

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
Dec 11, 201113111,139 111,139$1,888,252$1,888,2521
Dec 25, 20112986,433 197,572$1,468,497$3,356,7493
Jan 1, 20123041,391-52% 238,963$703,233$4,059,9824

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 11, 20111742,437 42,437$1,060,511$1,060,5111

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