Holy Motors (2012)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $641,054Details
International Box Office $3,589,372
Worldwide Box Office $4,230,426
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Over the course of a single day, Monsieur Oscar travels by limousine around Paris to a series of nine "appointments," transforming into new characters or incarnations at each stop. Fetched in the morning by Céline, his trusty chauffeur on this surreal journey, Oscar begins the day as a captain of industry. Then he becomes a gypsy crone, begging for spare change on a bridge over the Seine. Inside a digital production facility, heʼs a ninja warrior transformed by cutting edge technology into a reptilian sex god. Next he's a gibberish-spewing troglodyte who kidnaps a fashion model from a photo shoot in Père-Lachaise cemetery, ferrying her to his underground lair in the sewers. Then he's the melancholy father of a teenage daughter, followed by a shadowy assassin sent to kill his own doppelgänger, a dying old man, and finally a thwarted lover revisiting a flame from his past atop a decaying Right Bank department store next to the Pont-Neuf. Monster movie, film noir, romantic drama, musical, crime thriller, futuristic sex fantasia… HOLY MOTORS is all of these and, then again, none of these. It is a ravishing, shape-shifting, fever dream of becoming, unraveling and starting all over again. From celluloid magic to the digital data stream, Monsieur Oscarʼs epic journey of the soul is all of our dreams.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$18,866 (2.9% of total gross)
Legs:13.20 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:15.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$4,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/29 max. theaters, 7.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $959,108

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 17th, 2012 (Limited) by Indomina Releasing
International Releases: July 11th, 2012 (Wide) (Belgium)
August 9th, 2012 (Wide) (Netherlands)
August 23rd, 2012 (Wide) (Australia)
August 30th, 2012 (Wide) (Germany)
August 31st, 2012 (Wide) (Austria)
Video Release: February 26th, 2013 by Indomina Releasing
MPA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 116 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Unnamed Character
Plot point: Avant Garde
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Martine Marignac, Maurice Tinchant, Albert Prevost, Pierre Grise Productions, Theo Films, ARTE France, Pandora Filmproduktion, WDR/Arte, Canal Plus, Le Centre National du Cinema et de L'Image
Production Countries: France, Germany
Languages: English, French

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 19, 2012 59 $18,866   2 $9,433   $27,680 1
Oct 26, 2012 61 $15,296 -19% 2 $7,648   $56,208 2
Nov 2, 2012 59 $15,234 n/c 5 $3,047   $83,665 3
Nov 9, 2012 49 $32,153 +111% 14 $2,297   $124,060 4
Nov 16, 2012 41 $48,576 +51% 23 $2,112   $193,129 5
Nov 23, 2012 45 $45,953 -5% 21 $2,188   $268,753 6
Nov 30, 2012 47 $35,242 -23% 25 $1,410   $332,510 7
Dec 7, 2012 43 $37,886 +8% 29 $1,306   $391,692 8
Dec 14, 2012 50 $25,194 -34% 21 $1,200   $445,328 9
Dec 21, 2012 52 $14,100 -44% 11 $1,282   $476,876 10
Dec 28, 2012 45 $24,177 +71% 14 $1,727   $511,231 11
Jan 4, 2013 48 $25,382 +5% 18 $1,410   $560,586 12
Jan 11, 2013 54 $16,788 -34% 13 $1,291   $588,099 13
Jan 18, 2013 53 $11,394 -32% 6 $1,899   $612,168 14
Jan 25, 2013 57 $18,583 +63% 12 $1,549   $641,054 15

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 19, 2012 57 $32,098   2 $16,049   $40,912 2
Oct 26, 2012 59 $27,519 -14% 2 $13,760   $68,431 3
Nov 2, 2012 60 $23,476 -15% 5 $4,695   $91,907 4
Nov 9, 2012 47 $52,646 +124% 14 $3,760   $144,553 5
Nov 16, 2012 43 $78,247 +49% 23 $3,402   $222,800 6
Nov 23, 2012 44 $74,468 -5% 21 $3,546   $297,268 7
Nov 30, 2012 46 $56,538 -24% 25 $2,262   $353,806 8
Dec 7, 2012 42 $66,328 +17% 29 $2,287   $420,134 9
Dec 14, 2012 53 $42,642 -36% 21 $2,031   $462,776 10
Dec 21, 2012 52 $24,278 -43% 11 $2,207   $487,054 11
Dec 28, 2012 45 $48,150 +98% 14 $3,439   $535,204 12
Jan 4, 2013 50 $36,107 -25% 18 $2,006   $571,311 13
Jan 11, 2013 48 $29,463 -18% 13 $2,266   $600,774 14
Jan 18, 2013 52 $21,697 -26% 6 $3,616   $622,471 15
Jan 25, 2013 60 $18,583 -14% 12 $1,549   $641,054 16

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Synopsis

Over the course of a single day, Monsieur Oscar travels by limousine around Paris to a series of nine "appointments," transforming into new characters or incarnations at each stop. Fetched in the morning by Céline, his trusty chauffeur on this surreal journey, Oscar begins the day as a captain of industry. Then he becomes a gypsy crone, begging for spare change on a bridge over the Seine. Inside a digital production facility, heʼs a ninja warrior transformed by cutting edge technology into a reptilian sex god. Next he's a gibberish-spewing troglodyte who kidnaps a fashion model from a photo shoot in Père-Lachaise cemetery, ferrying her to his underground lair in the sewers. Then he's the melancholy father of a teenage daughter, followed by a shadowy assassin sent to kill his own doppelgänger, a dying old man, and finally a thwarted lover revisiting a flame from his past atop a decaying Right Bank department store next to the Pont-Neuf. Monster movie, film noir, romantic drama, musical, crime thriller, futuristic sex fantasia… HOLY MOTORS is all of these and, then again, none of these. It is a ravishing, shape-shifting, fever dream of becoming, unraveling and starting all over again. From celluloid magic to the digital data stream, Monsieur Oscarʼs epic journey of the soul is all of our dreams.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$18,866 (2.9% of total gross)
Legs:13.20 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:15.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$4,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/29 max. theaters, 7.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $959,108

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 17th, 2012 (Limited) by Indomina Releasing
International Releases: July 11th, 2012 (Wide) (Belgium)
August 9th, 2012 (Wide) (Netherlands)
August 23rd, 2012 (Wide) (Australia)
August 30th, 2012 (Wide) (Germany)
August 31st, 2012 (Wide) (Austria)
Video Release: February 26th, 2013 by Indomina Releasing
MPA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 116 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Unnamed Character
Plot point: Avant Garde
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Martine Marignac, Maurice Tinchant, Albert Prevost, Pierre Grise Productions, Theo Films, ARTE France, Pandora Filmproduktion, WDR/Arte, Canal Plus, Le Centre National du Cinema et de L'Image
Production Countries: France, Germany
Languages: English, French

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 19, 2012 59 $18,866   2 $9,433   $27,680 1
Oct 26, 2012 61 $15,296 -19% 2 $7,648   $56,208 2
Nov 2, 2012 59 $15,234 n/c 5 $3,047   $83,665 3
Nov 9, 2012 49 $32,153 +111% 14 $2,297   $124,060 4
Nov 16, 2012 41 $48,576 +51% 23 $2,112   $193,129 5
Nov 23, 2012 45 $45,953 -5% 21 $2,188   $268,753 6
Nov 30, 2012 47 $35,242 -23% 25 $1,410   $332,510 7
Dec 7, 2012 43 $37,886 +8% 29 $1,306   $391,692 8
Dec 14, 2012 50 $25,194 -34% 21 $1,200   $445,328 9
Dec 21, 2012 52 $14,100 -44% 11 $1,282   $476,876 10
Dec 28, 2012 45 $24,177 +71% 14 $1,727   $511,231 11
Jan 4, 2013 48 $25,382 +5% 18 $1,410   $560,586 12
Jan 11, 2013 54 $16,788 -34% 13 $1,291   $588,099 13
Jan 18, 2013 53 $11,394 -32% 6 $1,899   $612,168 14
Jan 25, 2013 57 $18,583 +63% 12 $1,549   $641,054 15

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 19, 2012 57 $32,098   2 $16,049   $40,912 2
Oct 26, 2012 59 $27,519 -14% 2 $13,760   $68,431 3
Nov 2, 2012 60 $23,476 -15% 5 $4,695   $91,907 4
Nov 9, 2012 47 $52,646 +124% 14 $3,760   $144,553 5
Nov 16, 2012 43 $78,247 +49% 23 $3,402   $222,800 6
Nov 23, 2012 44 $74,468 -5% 21 $3,546   $297,268 7
Nov 30, 2012 46 $56,538 -24% 25 $2,262   $353,806 8
Dec 7, 2012 42 $66,328 +17% 29 $2,287   $420,134 9
Dec 14, 2012 53 $42,642 -36% 21 $2,031   $462,776 10
Dec 21, 2012 52 $24,278 -43% 11 $2,207   $487,054 11
Dec 28, 2012 45 $48,150 +98% 14 $3,439   $535,204 12
Jan 4, 2013 50 $36,107 -25% 18 $2,006   $571,311 13
Jan 11, 2013 48 $29,463 -18% 13 $2,266   $600,774 14
Jan 18, 2013 52 $21,697 -26% 6 $3,616   $622,471 15
Jan 25, 2013 60 $18,583 -14% 12 $1,549   $641,054 16

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.