Dheepan (2015)

Dheepan poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $248,795Details
International Box Office $7,455,562Details
Worldwide Box Office $7,704,357
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $87,498 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $51,945 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $139,443
Further financial details...

Synopsis

On the losing side of a civil war in Sri Lanka, a Tamil soldier poses as the husband and father of two other refugees in order to escape their ravaged homeland. Arriving in France, the makeshift “family” sets about establishing a new life—only to find themselves once again embroiled in violence on the mean streets of Paris. A heartrending saga of three strangers united by circumstance and struggle, Dheepan is both a tour-de-force thriller and a powerful depiction of the immigrant experience.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$20,249 (8.1% of total gross)
Legs:9.40 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:3.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$9,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/26 max. theaters, 6.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $310,054

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 6th, 2016 (Limited) by Sundance Selects
International Releases: August 26th, 2015 (Wide) (Belgium)
August 26th, 2015 (Wide) (France)
September 3rd, 2015 (Wide) (Netherlands)
September 18th, 2015 (Wide) (Sweden)
October 22nd, 2015 (Wide) (Italy)
... Show all releases
Video Release: May 23rd, 2017 by Criterion
MPAA Rating: R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2418 (Cert #50385), 3/30/2016)
Running Time: 115 minutes
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Keywords: Civil War, Set in France, Adopted Family, Immigration, Hindu, Drug Dealer, Gang Warfare, Drug Trafficking, False Identity, 2010s, Refugee, Orphan
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Why Not Productions, Page 114, France 2 Cinema
Production Countries: France
Languages: English, French, Tamil

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 6, 2016 50 $20,249   2 $10,125   $20,249 1
May 13, 2016 50 $19,240 -5% 5 $3,848   $49,907 2
May 20, 2016 50 $23,200 +21% 10 $2,320   $86,385 3
May 27, 2016 50 $10,788 -54% 15 $719   $97,217 4
Jun 3, 2016 41 $15,297 +42% 11 $1,391   $122,159 5
Jun 10, 2016 43 $26,459 +73% 22 $1,203   $157,479 6
Jun 17, 2016 47 $19,502 -26% 24 $813   $188,753 7
Jun 24, 2016 51 $15,023 -23% 26 $578   $212,355 8
Jul 1, 2016 57 $6,460 -57% 16 $404   $228,180 9
Jul 8, 2016 67 $4,546 -30% 11 $413   $237,366 10
Jul 15, 2016 82 $1,507 -67% 7 $215   $241,789 11
Jul 22, 2016 78 $2,662 +77% 4 $666   $245,641 12
Jul 29, 2016 81 $1,174 -56% 3 $391   $247,597 13
Oct 14, 2016 110 $403   1 $403   $248,795 24

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 6, 2016 53 $30,667   2 $15,334   $30,667 1
May 13, 2016 48 $32,518 +6% 5 $6,504   $63,185 2
May 20, 2016 55 $23,244 -29% 10 $2,324   $86,429 3
May 27, 2016 50 $20,433 -12% 9 $2,270   $106,862 4
Jun 3, 2016 43 $24,158 +18% 11 $2,196   $128,997 5
Jun 10, 2016 45 $38,231 +58% 22 $1,738   $169,251 6
Jun 17, 2016 47 $28,081 -27% 24 $1,170   $197,332 7
Jun 24, 2016 52 $24,388 -13% 26 $938   $221,720 8
Jul 1, 2016 61 $11,100 -54% 16 $694   $232,820 9
Jul 8, 2016 72 $7,462 -33% 11 $678   $240,282 10
Jul 15, 2016 86 $2,697 -64% 7 $385   $242,979 11
Jul 22, 2016 88 $3,444 +28% 4 $861   $246,423 12
Jul 29, 2016 95 $1,969 -43% 3 $656   $248,392 13

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Austria 12/11/2015 $5,524 15 15 28 $11,062 12/21/2015
Belgium 8/26/2015 $0 0 27 97 $202,689 11/3/2015
Brazil 10/29/2015 $0 0 2 2 $1,813 6/9/2016
Bulgaria 1/22/2016 $88 6 6 12 $1,781 12/31/2018
Finland 10/23/2015 $11,407 17 18 56 $43,222 11/25/2015
France 8/26/2015 $1,217,084 0 469 878 $3,882,022 8/21/2018
Germany 12/10/2015 $0 0 60 115 $130,041 9/5/2016
Greece 11/19/2015 $32,993 8 9 17 $58,504 12/1/2015
Hong Kong 1/7/2016 $10,294 2 2 8 $34,481 6/9/2016
Italy 10/22/2015 $157,262 99 99 121 $229,223 6/9/2016
Netherlands 9/3/2015 $44,805 40 41 120 $155,691 11/24/2018
Portugal 5/13/2016 $5,412 7 7 20 $18,473 6/9/2016
Russia (CIS) 12/4/2015 $2,209 10 10 21 $4,867 11/20/2018
Slovenia 5/20/2016 $591 4 4 6 $1,054 6/9/2016
Spain 11/6/2015 $0 0 12 19 $150,511 6/9/2016
Sweden 9/18/2015 $21,863 34 34 56 $50,983 9/30/2015
Turkey 1/1/2016 $2,192 0 0 0 $24,964 12/31/2018
United Kingdom 4/8/2016 $196,821 48 49 97 $339,933 6/9/2016
 
Rest of World $2,114,248
 
International Total$7,455,562 12/31/2018

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

Antonythasan Jesuthasan    Dheepan
Kalieaswari Srinivasan    Yalini
Vincent Rottiers    Brahim
Claudine Vinasithamby    Illayaal

Supporting Cast

Marc Zinga    Youssouf
Franck Falise    Dealer

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jacques Audiard    Director
Jacques Audiard    Screenwriter
Thomas Bidegain    Screenwriter
Noe Debre    Screenwriter
Pascal Caucheteux    Producer
Michel Barthelemy    Production Designer
Juliette Welfling    Editor
Nicolas Jaar    Composer
Eponine Momenceau    Director of Photography
Philippe Elkoubi    Casting Director

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

Home Market Releases for May 23rd, 2017

May 24th, 2017

My Life as a Zucchini

It is a great week on the home market with two monster hits coming out: Logan and Get Out. However, both have previously been named Pick of the Week. Fortunately there was one other release in competition for Pick of the Week, My Life as a Zucchini on Blu-ray. Thank goodness this film comes out this week. Otherwise, John Wick: Chapter Two would have become the third Video on Demand release in a row to win Pick of the Week. More...

2016 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations

January 11th, 2017

La La Land

The BAFTA nominations were announced and it should come as no surprise what film lead the way... La La Land with 11 nominations, Nocturnal Animals and Arrival are tied for second with nine nominations a piece. More...

Theater Averages: Civil War Sets Yearly Mark with $42,390

May 10th, 2016

Captain America: Civil War

Captain America: Civil War not only had the best theater average of the weekend, but it also had the best theater average for any film released in 2016. Its average of $42,390 was just ahead of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, while Midnight Special remains the best average for a limited release this year. Other films in the $10,000 club this week include A Bigger Splash, which earned an average of $22,884 in five theaters over the weekend for an average of $27,697 from Wednesday through Sunday. Eva Hesse saw its average rise 8% to $13,816, but it did open on a Wednesday last week, so that likely depressed its weekend numbers last week. Dheepan just made it into the $10,000 club with an average of $10,125 in two theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Civil War Sets New 2016 Benchmark with $181.8 Million Projected Weekend

May 8th, 2016

Captain America: Civil War

Another weekend, another triumph at the box office for Disney. After a hattrick of wins for The Jungle Book, the studio’s Captain America: Civil War will top the chart this weekend with a year’s-best $181.8 million, according to the studio’s weekend projection, released on Sunday morning. Our model projects that it will fall just short of $180 million, but either way it will set easily a new best weekend in 2016, beating the $166 million debut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and record the fifth-best weekend of all time, landing in between The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Iron Man 3. The Marvel Cinematic Universe now claims four of the top six spots on the all-time list. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: What New Releases will Make a Splash?

May 6th, 2016

A Bigger Splash

Out of all of the new releases this week, A Bigger Splash is the only one earning lots of buzz. Of course, Captain America: Civil War's buzz is so great that it is drowning out all limited releases, which explains why there's not a lot of films on this week's list. More...


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Synopsis

On the losing side of a civil war in Sri Lanka, a Tamil soldier poses as the husband and father of two other refugees in order to escape their ravaged homeland. Arriving in France, the makeshift “family” sets about establishing a new life—only to find themselves once again embroiled in violence on the mean streets of Paris. A heartrending saga of three strangers united by circumstance and struggle, Dheepan is both a tour-de-force thriller and a powerful depiction of the immigrant experience.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$20,249 (8.1% of total gross)
Legs:9.40 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:3.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$9,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/26 max. theaters, 6.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $310,054

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 6th, 2016 (Limited) by Sundance Selects
International Releases: August 26th, 2015 (Wide) (Belgium)
August 26th, 2015 (Wide) (France)
September 3rd, 2015 (Wide) (Netherlands)
September 18th, 2015 (Wide) (Sweden)
October 22nd, 2015 (Wide) (Italy)
... Show all releases
Video Release: May 23rd, 2017 by Criterion
MPAA Rating: R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2418 (Cert #50385), 3/30/2016)
Running Time: 115 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Aloft
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Civil War, Set in France, Adopted Family, Immigration, Hindu, Drug Dealer, Gang Warfare, Drug Trafficking, False Identity, 2010s, Refugee, Orphan
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Why Not Productions, Page 114, France 2 Cinema
Production Countries: France
Languages: English, French, Tamil

Leading Cast

Antonythasan Jesuthasan    Dheepan
Kalieaswari Srinivasan    Yalini
Vincent Rottiers    Brahim
Claudine Vinasithamby    Illayaal

Supporting Cast

Marc Zinga    Youssouf
Franck Falise    Dealer

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jacques Audiard    Director
Jacques Audiard    Screenwriter
Thomas Bidegain    Screenwriter
Noe Debre    Screenwriter
Pascal Caucheteux    Producer
Michel Barthelemy    Production Designer
Juliette Welfling    Editor
Nicolas Jaar    Composer
Eponine Momenceau    Director of Photography
Philippe Elkoubi    Casting Director

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

Home Market Releases for May 23rd, 2017

May 24th, 2017

My Life as a Zucchini

It is a great week on the home market with two monster hits coming out: Logan and Get Out. However, both have previously been named Pick of the Week. Fortunately there was one other release in competition for Pick of the Week, My Life as a Zucchini on Blu-ray. Thank goodness this film comes out this week. Otherwise, John Wick: Chapter Two would have become the third Video on Demand release in a row to win Pick of the Week. More...

2016 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations

January 11th, 2017

La La Land

The BAFTA nominations were announced and it should come as no surprise what film lead the way... La La Land with 11 nominations, Nocturnal Animals and Arrival are tied for second with nine nominations a piece. More...

Theater Averages: Civil War Sets Yearly Mark with $42,390

May 10th, 2016

Captain America: Civil War

Captain America: Civil War not only had the best theater average of the weekend, but it also had the best theater average for any film released in 2016. Its average of $42,390 was just ahead of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, while Midnight Special remains the best average for a limited release this year. Other films in the $10,000 club this week include A Bigger Splash, which earned an average of $22,884 in five theaters over the weekend for an average of $27,697 from Wednesday through Sunday. Eva Hesse saw its average rise 8% to $13,816, but it did open on a Wednesday last week, so that likely depressed its weekend numbers last week. Dheepan just made it into the $10,000 club with an average of $10,125 in two theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Civil War Sets New 2016 Benchmark with $181.8 Million Projected Weekend

May 8th, 2016

Captain America: Civil War

Another weekend, another triumph at the box office for Disney. After a hattrick of wins for The Jungle Book, the studio’s Captain America: Civil War will top the chart this weekend with a year’s-best $181.8 million, according to the studio’s weekend projection, released on Sunday morning. Our model projects that it will fall just short of $180 million, but either way it will set easily a new best weekend in 2016, beating the $166 million debut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and record the fifth-best weekend of all time, landing in between The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Iron Man 3. The Marvel Cinematic Universe now claims four of the top six spots on the all-time list. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: What New Releases will Make a Splash?

May 6th, 2016

A Bigger Splash

Out of all of the new releases this week, A Bigger Splash is the only one earning lots of buzz. Of course, Captain America: Civil War's buzz is so great that it is drowning out all limited releases, which explains why there's not a lot of films on this week's list. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 6, 2016 50 $20,249   2 $10,125   $20,249 1
May 13, 2016 50 $19,240 -5% 5 $3,848   $49,907 2
May 20, 2016 50 $23,200 +21% 10 $2,320   $86,385 3
May 27, 2016 50 $10,788 -54% 15 $719   $97,217 4
Jun 3, 2016 41 $15,297 +42% 11 $1,391   $122,159 5
Jun 10, 2016 43 $26,459 +73% 22 $1,203   $157,479 6
Jun 17, 2016 47 $19,502 -26% 24 $813   $188,753 7
Jun 24, 2016 51 $15,023 -23% 26 $578   $212,355 8
Jul 1, 2016 57 $6,460 -57% 16 $404   $228,180 9
Jul 8, 2016 67 $4,546 -30% 11 $413   $237,366 10
Jul 15, 2016 82 $1,507 -67% 7 $215   $241,789 11
Jul 22, 2016 78 $2,662 +77% 4 $666   $245,641 12
Jul 29, 2016 81 $1,174 -56% 3 $391   $247,597 13
Oct 14, 2016 110 $403   1 $403   $248,795 24

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 6, 2016 53 $30,667   2 $15,334   $30,667 1
May 13, 2016 48 $32,518 +6% 5 $6,504   $63,185 2
May 20, 2016 55 $23,244 -29% 10 $2,324   $86,429 3
May 27, 2016 50 $20,433 -12% 9 $2,270   $106,862 4
Jun 3, 2016 43 $24,158 +18% 11 $2,196   $128,997 5
Jun 10, 2016 45 $38,231 +58% 22 $1,738   $169,251 6
Jun 17, 2016 47 $28,081 -27% 24 $1,170   $197,332 7
Jun 24, 2016 52 $24,388 -13% 26 $938   $221,720 8
Jul 1, 2016 61 $11,100 -54% 16 $694   $232,820 9
Jul 8, 2016 72 $7,462 -33% 11 $678   $240,282 10
Jul 15, 2016 86 $2,697 -64% 7 $385   $242,979 11
Jul 22, 2016 88 $3,444 +28% 4 $861   $246,423 12
Jul 29, 2016 95 $1,969 -43% 3 $656   $248,392 13

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Austria 12/11/2015 $5,524 15 15 28 $11,062 12/21/2015
Belgium 8/26/2015 $0 0 27 97 $202,689 11/3/2015
Brazil 10/29/2015 $0 0 2 2 $1,813 6/9/2016
Bulgaria 1/22/2016 $88 6 6 12 $1,781 12/31/2018
Finland 10/23/2015 $11,407 17 18 56 $43,222 11/25/2015
France 8/26/2015 $1,217,084 0 469 878 $3,882,022 8/21/2018
Germany 12/10/2015 $0 0 60 115 $130,041 9/5/2016
Greece 11/19/2015 $32,993 8 9 17 $58,504 12/1/2015
Hong Kong 1/7/2016 $10,294 2 2 8 $34,481 6/9/2016
Italy 10/22/2015 $157,262 99 99 121 $229,223 6/9/2016
Netherlands 9/3/2015 $44,805 40 41 120 $155,691 11/24/2018
Portugal 5/13/2016 $5,412 7 7 20 $18,473 6/9/2016
Russia (CIS) 12/4/2015 $2,209 10 10 21 $4,867 11/20/2018
Slovenia 5/20/2016 $591 4 4 6 $1,054 6/9/2016
Spain 11/6/2015 $0 0 12 19 $150,511 6/9/2016
Sweden 9/18/2015 $21,863 34 34 56 $50,983 9/30/2015
Turkey 1/1/2016 $2,192 0 0 0 $24,964 12/31/2018
United Kingdom 4/8/2016 $196,821 48 49 97 $339,933 6/9/2016
 
Rest of World $2,114,248
 
International Total$7,455,562 12/31/2018

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.