Synopsis
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club’s most notorious and beautiful star.
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Movie Details
| Production Budget: | $53,000,000 |
| United Kingdom Releases: |
February 17th, 2017 (Limited), released as Moulin Rouge! (Secret Cinema 2017) |
| Video Release: |
January 14th, 2003 by Fox Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for sexual content |
| Running Time: |
126 minutes |
| Franchise: |
The Red Curtain Trilogy |
| Keywords: |
Writing and Writers, Romance, Terminal Illness, Writer's Block, Mistaken Identity, Relationships Gone Wrong, Intentionally Anachronistic, 2002 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Romantic Musical |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Musical |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Bazmark |
| Production Countries: |
Australia, United States |
| Languages: |
English |
December 17th, 2010
The final installment of our Holiday Gift Guide is here. Part I dealt with first run releases, Part II dealt with box sets and TV on DVD releases, while Part III dealt with limited releases, foreign releases, and classics. This week we look at everything else, including a few that I missed before. This will be far less organized than previous installments, which is saying something. However, at this point, with just a week until Christmas, we are getting close to panic levels when it comes to shopping.
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November 2nd, 2010
It's a good week in terms of quality as the biggest hit and the best movie of the year hits the home market this week. However, it appears that release might have scared away the competition. Of course, that release is Toy Story 3, and the 4-Disc Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack, which is not only the Pick of the Week, it might be the Pick of the Year.
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October 28th, 2010
Baz Luhrmann started in theater. He wrote many works, including Strictly Ballroom, which he later adapted into a movie. That film was the first in the "Red Curtain Trilogy", the other two were Romeo+Juliet and Moulin Rouge!, which recently came out on Blu-ray. The screeners arrived late, so without further ado...
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October 18th, 2010
There's a bit of a lull in activity on the home market this week, at least in terms of big sellers. The best selling release is Predators and while I recommend picking up the Blu-ray, the movie barely made $50 million at the box office, so I have realistic expectations regarding its sales potential. Meanwhile, the Pick of the Week is a classic from 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 35th Anniversary Blu-ray.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2017/03/03 |
14 |
$242,513 |
|
1 |
$242,513 |
$1,203,607 |
3 |
| 2017/03/10 |
13 |
$241,884 |
n/c |
1 |
$241,884 |
$1,572,979 |
4 |
| 2017/03/17 |
8 |
$246,394 |
+2% |
317 |
$777 |
$1,976,762 |
5 |
| 2017/03/24 |
9 |
$250,511 |
+2% |
1 |
$250,511 |
$2,387,102 |
6 |
| 2017/03/31 |
11 |
$249,787 |
n/c |
1 |
$249,787 |
$2,781,098 |
7 |
| 2017/04/07 |
11 |
$250,957 |
n/c |
1 |
$250,957 |
$3,139,633 |
8 |
| 2017/04/14 |
12 |
$254,536 |
+1% |
1 |
$254,536 |
$3,572,481 |
9 |
| 2017/04/21 |
11 |
$258,331 |
+1% |
1 |
$258,331 |
$4,039,381 |
10 |
| 2017/04/28 |
7 |
$264,200 |
+2% |
1 |
$264,200 |
$4,494,905 |
11 |
| 2017/05/05 |
14 |
$113,758 |
-57% |
1 |
$113,758 |
$4,668,722 |
12 |
| 2017/05/12 |
12 |
$133,319 |
+17% |
1 |
$133,319 |
$4,829,948 |
13 |
| 2017/05/19 |
11 |
$146,416 |
+10% |
1 |
$146,416 |
$5,084,915 |
14 |
| 2017/05/26 |
8 |
$144,055 |
-2% |
1 |
$144,055 |
$5,201,840 |
15 |
| 2017/06/02 |
9 |
$171,299 |
+19% |
1 |
$171,299 |
$5,479,353 |
16 |
| 2017/06/09 |
9 |
$208,221 |
+22% |
1 |
$208,221 |
$5,712,517 |
17 |
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Production and Technical Credits
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