The Paperboy (2012)

The Paperboy poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $677,200Details
International Box Office $3,350,463Details
Worldwide Box Office $4,027,663
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $3,618,950 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $607,882 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $4,226,832
Further financial details...

Synopsis

In the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story. With the help of Ward’s younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff. The sleepy small town’s decades-old façade of Southern gentility peels back to reveal a quagmire of evil as dark as a Florida bayou.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$102,706 (15.2% of total gross)
Legs:6.59 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:16.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$12,500,000 (worldwide box office is 0.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:11 opening theaters/76 max. theaters, 3.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $917,109

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


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Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 5th, 2012 (Limited) by Alchemy
International Releases: October 17th, 2012 (Wide) (Belgium)
October 17th, 2012 (Wide) (France)
November 8th, 2012 (Wide) (Netherlands)
November 29th, 2012 (Wide) (Thailand)
November 29th, 2012 (Wide) (United Arab Emirates)
... Show all releases
Video Release: January 22nd, 2013 by Alchemy
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, violence and language.
(Rating bulletin 2234, 8/1/2012)
Running Time: 107 minutes
Comparisons: vs. London Fields
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Keywords: Investigative Journalist, News, Bigotry, Life in a Small Town, Framed, Wrongfully Convicted, Corrupt Cops, Film Noir, Voiceover/Narration
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Lee Daniels Entertainment, Millennium Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 5, 2012 37 $102,706   11 $9,337   $102,706 1
Oct 12, 2012 30 $96,111 -6% 49 $1,961   $236,901 2
Oct 19, 2012 70 $11,153 -88% 74 $151   $394,085 3
Oct 26, 2012 36 $89,327 +701% 76 $1,175   $538,352 4
Nov 2, 2012 45 $48,416 -46% 42 $1,153   $628,198 5
Nov 9, 2012 53 $23,610 -51% 34 $694   $675,813 6

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 5, 2012 38 $140,790   11 $12,799   $140,790 1
Oct 12, 2012 23 $242,142 +72% 49 $4,942   $382,932 2
Oct 19, 2012 43 $66,093 -73% 74 $893   $449,025 3
Oct 26, 2012 35 $130,757 +98% 76 $1,720   $579,782 4
Nov 2, 2012 47 $72,421 -45% 42 $1,724   $652,203 5
Nov 9, 2012 56 $24,997 -65% 34 $735   $677,200 6

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 2/28/2013 $29,989 5 5 5 $29,989 12/14/2015
Belgium 10/17/2012 $30,097 12 12 29 $60,023 12/12/2015
Bolivia 6/26/2014 $3,200 4 4 4 $3,200 12/30/2018
Brazil 10/4/2013 $0 0 2 2 $142,328 12/13/2015
Croatia 4/11/2013 $4,500 4 4 8 $8,130 12/30/2018
Finland 1/18/2013 $14,386 9 9 9 $14,386 12/14/2015
France 10/17/2012 $630,485 190 190 428 $1,225,043 12/12/2015
Greece 3/7/2013 $17,662 10 10 10 $17,662 12/14/2015
Lebanon 3/7/2013 $10,015 9 9 9 $12,422 12/30/2018
Netherlands 11/8/2012 $0 0 9 9 $19,610 12/13/2015
Poland 1/4/2013 $0 0 28 48 $107,126 12/30/2018
Portugal 12/27/2012 $54,166 16 16 50 $124,528 12/14/2015
Spain 3/15/2013 $181,445 133 133 379 $360,851 12/14/2015
Thailand 11/29/2012 $4,633 2 2 5 $12,383 12/13/2015
Turkey 4/12/2013 $0 0 12 19 $35,946 12/30/2018
United Arab Emirates 11/29/2012 $39,597 22 22 22 $54,340 12/29/2018
United Kingdom 3/15/2013 $213,361 82 82 199 $597,639 12/14/2015
Vietnam 12/7/2012 $6,766 8 8 16 $19,347 12/29/2018
 
Rest of World $505,510
 
International Total$3,350,463 12/30/2018

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
Jan 27, 20135105,463 105,463$1,106,307$1,106,3071
Feb 3, 20132026,679-75% 132,142$345,760$1,452,0672

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jan 27, 2013620,659 20,659$280,636$280,6361

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

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

Matthew McConaughey    Ward
Zac Efron    Jack Jansen
John Cusack    Hillary Van Wetter
Nicole Kidman    Charlotte Bless

Supporting Cast

David Oyelowo    Yardley
Macy Gray    Anita
Scott Glenn    W.W. Jansen

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

Production and Technical Credits

Lee Daniels    Director
Lee Daniels    Screenwriter
Pete Dexter    Screenwriter
Pete Dexter    Based on the novel by
Hilary Shor    Producer
Lee Daniels    Producer
Avi Lerner    Producer
Ed Cathell III    Producer
Cassian Elwes    Producer
Danny Dimbort    Executive Producer
Trevor Short    Executive Producer
John Thompson    Executive Producer
Boaz Davidson    Executive Producer
Mark Gill    Executive Producer
Jan De Bont    Executive Producer
Roberto Schaefer    Cinematographer
Daniel T. Dorrance    Production Designer
Joe Klotz    Editor
Mario Gregorov    Composer

Blu-ray Sales: January 27th, 2013: End Begins On Top

March 14th, 2013

New releases did well on the Blu-ray sales chart for the week of January 27th, 2013. This includes End of Watch, which earned first place with 428,000 units / $9.41 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was just a hair over 50%, which is really impressive for this type of release. More...

DVD Sales: January 27th, 2013: Watch Gets Taken Out in the End

March 14th, 2013

There were four new releases in the top five of the DVD sales chart for the week of January 27th. However, Taken 2 was able to remain in first place with 516,000 units / $7.73 million over the week for totals of 1.68 million units / $27.55 million after two. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 22nd, 2013

January 21st, 2013

There are not a lot of big releases on this week's list with End of Watch being the biggest. Conveniently, it is also the best and it is the Pick of the Week on either DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack. More...

Awards Season: Lincoln Shows a United Front at the Golden Globes

December 13th, 2012

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominations and the same list of films that have been mentioned since the beginning of Awards Season were rewarded today. Lincoln led the way with seven nods, while Argo and Django Unchained were close behind with five. More...

2013 Awards Season: SAG Focuses a Searchlight on Silver Linings

December 12th, 2012

SAG nominations were announced and there were only a few surprises to deal with. Leading the way for total nominations was The Silver Linings Playbook, Lincoln, and Les Miserables, all of which earned nominations in four of the six categories. More...

Per Theater Chart: Taken to the Top

October 9th, 2012

Taken 2 was the only film to top the $10,000 mark on this week's per theater chart earning an average of $13,525. The best new limited release was The Paperboy, which came very close with an average of $9,337 in eleven theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Taken 2 Posts Top 3 October Opening

October 7th, 2012

After Hotel Transylvania's record-breaking September opening last week, Taken 2 will make its mark on the October record book this weekend, with Fox projecting a $50 million opening, most likely enough for a place in the top 3 October weekends. The film still has a shot at ousting Paranormal Activity 3 from the top of that list, although it would have to have a very strong Sunday to break the record. Regardless of that, we're looking at another up weekend and 2012 will pull further ahead of last year's pace. More...

Limited Releases: Under the Weather

October 4th, 2012

There are a large number of limited releases on this week's list, but very few have a serious shot at box office success. There are several films with casts with strong name recognition that were earning pre-release buzz, Butter, The Oranges, and The Paperboy, but none of them are earning strong enough reviews to suggest they will thrive in limited release. Fat Kid Rules the World might be the film with the best chance at mainstream success on this week's list, while Escape Fire might do well for a documentary. More...


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Synopsis

In the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story. With the help of Ward’s younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff. The sleepy small town’s decades-old façade of Southern gentility peels back to reveal a quagmire of evil as dark as a Florida bayou.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$102,706 (15.2% of total gross)
Legs:6.59 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:16.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$12,500,000 (worldwide box office is 0.3 times production budget)
Theater counts:11 opening theaters/76 max. theaters, 3.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $917,109

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 5th, 2012 (Limited) by Alchemy
International Releases: October 17th, 2012 (Wide) (Belgium)
October 17th, 2012 (Wide) (France)
November 8th, 2012 (Wide) (Netherlands)
November 29th, 2012 (Wide) (Thailand)
November 29th, 2012 (Wide) (United Arab Emirates)
... Show all releases
Video Release: January 22nd, 2013 by Alchemy
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, violence and language.
(Rating bulletin 2234, 8/1/2012)
Running Time: 107 minutes
Comparisons: vs. London Fields
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Investigative Journalist, News, Bigotry, Life in a Small Town, Framed, Wrongfully Convicted, Corrupt Cops, Film Noir, Voiceover/Narration
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Lee Daniels Entertainment, Millennium Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Matthew McConaughey    Ward
Zac Efron    Jack Jansen
John Cusack    Hillary Van Wetter
Nicole Kidman    Charlotte Bless

Supporting Cast

David Oyelowo    Yardley
Macy Gray    Anita
Scott Glenn    W.W. Jansen

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

Production and Technical Credits

Lee Daniels    Director
Lee Daniels    Screenwriter
Pete Dexter    Screenwriter
Pete Dexter    Based on the novel by
Hilary Shor    Producer
Lee Daniels    Producer
Avi Lerner    Producer
Ed Cathell III    Producer
Cassian Elwes    Producer
Danny Dimbort    Executive Producer
Trevor Short    Executive Producer
John Thompson    Executive Producer
Boaz Davidson    Executive Producer
Mark Gill    Executive Producer
Jan De Bont    Executive Producer
Roberto Schaefer    Cinematographer
Daniel T. Dorrance    Production Designer
Joe Klotz    Editor
Mario Gregorov    Composer

Blu-ray Sales: January 27th, 2013: End Begins On Top

March 14th, 2013

New releases did well on the Blu-ray sales chart for the week of January 27th, 2013. This includes End of Watch, which earned first place with 428,000 units / $9.41 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was just a hair over 50%, which is really impressive for this type of release. More...

DVD Sales: January 27th, 2013: Watch Gets Taken Out in the End

March 14th, 2013

There were four new releases in the top five of the DVD sales chart for the week of January 27th. However, Taken 2 was able to remain in first place with 516,000 units / $7.73 million over the week for totals of 1.68 million units / $27.55 million after two. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 22nd, 2013

January 21st, 2013

There are not a lot of big releases on this week's list with End of Watch being the biggest. Conveniently, it is also the best and it is the Pick of the Week on either DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack. More...

Awards Season: Lincoln Shows a United Front at the Golden Globes

December 13th, 2012

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominations and the same list of films that have been mentioned since the beginning of Awards Season were rewarded today. Lincoln led the way with seven nods, while Argo and Django Unchained were close behind with five. More...

2013 Awards Season: SAG Focuses a Searchlight on Silver Linings

December 12th, 2012

SAG nominations were announced and there were only a few surprises to deal with. Leading the way for total nominations was The Silver Linings Playbook, Lincoln, and Les Miserables, all of which earned nominations in four of the six categories. More...

Per Theater Chart: Taken to the Top

October 9th, 2012

Taken 2 was the only film to top the $10,000 mark on this week's per theater chart earning an average of $13,525. The best new limited release was The Paperboy, which came very close with an average of $9,337 in eleven theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Taken 2 Posts Top 3 October Opening

October 7th, 2012

After Hotel Transylvania's record-breaking September opening last week, Taken 2 will make its mark on the October record book this weekend, with Fox projecting a $50 million opening, most likely enough for a place in the top 3 October weekends. The film still has a shot at ousting Paranormal Activity 3 from the top of that list, although it would have to have a very strong Sunday to break the record. Regardless of that, we're looking at another up weekend and 2012 will pull further ahead of last year's pace. More...

Limited Releases: Under the Weather

October 4th, 2012

There are a large number of limited releases on this week's list, but very few have a serious shot at box office success. There are several films with casts with strong name recognition that were earning pre-release buzz, Butter, The Oranges, and The Paperboy, but none of them are earning strong enough reviews to suggest they will thrive in limited release. Fat Kid Rules the World might be the film with the best chance at mainstream success on this week's list, while Escape Fire might do well for a documentary. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 5, 2012 37 $102,706   11 $9,337   $102,706 1
Oct 12, 2012 30 $96,111 -6% 49 $1,961   $236,901 2
Oct 19, 2012 70 $11,153 -88% 74 $151   $394,085 3
Oct 26, 2012 36 $89,327 +701% 76 $1,175   $538,352 4
Nov 2, 2012 45 $48,416 -46% 42 $1,153   $628,198 5
Nov 9, 2012 53 $23,610 -51% 34 $694   $675,813 6

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 5, 2012 38 $140,790   11 $12,799   $140,790 1
Oct 12, 2012 23 $242,142 +72% 49 $4,942   $382,932 2
Oct 19, 2012 43 $66,093 -73% 74 $893   $449,025 3
Oct 26, 2012 35 $130,757 +98% 76 $1,720   $579,782 4
Nov 2, 2012 47 $72,421 -45% 42 $1,724   $652,203 5
Nov 9, 2012 56 $24,997 -65% 34 $735   $677,200 6

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 2/28/2013 $29,989 5 5 5 $29,989 12/14/2015
Belgium 10/17/2012 $30,097 12 12 29 $60,023 12/12/2015
Bolivia 6/26/2014 $3,200 4 4 4 $3,200 12/30/2018
Brazil 10/4/2013 $0 0 2 2 $142,328 12/13/2015
Croatia 4/11/2013 $4,500 4 4 8 $8,130 12/30/2018
Finland 1/18/2013 $14,386 9 9 9 $14,386 12/14/2015
France 10/17/2012 $630,485 190 190 428 $1,225,043 12/12/2015
Greece 3/7/2013 $17,662 10 10 10 $17,662 12/14/2015
Lebanon 3/7/2013 $10,015 9 9 9 $12,422 12/30/2018
Netherlands 11/8/2012 $0 0 9 9 $19,610 12/13/2015
Poland 1/4/2013 $0 0 28 48 $107,126 12/30/2018
Portugal 12/27/2012 $54,166 16 16 50 $124,528 12/14/2015
Spain 3/15/2013 $181,445 133 133 379 $360,851 12/14/2015
Thailand 11/29/2012 $4,633 2 2 5 $12,383 12/13/2015
Turkey 4/12/2013 $0 0 12 19 $35,946 12/30/2018
United Arab Emirates 11/29/2012 $39,597 22 22 22 $54,340 12/29/2018
United Kingdom 3/15/2013 $213,361 82 82 199 $597,639 12/14/2015
Vietnam 12/7/2012 $6,766 8 8 16 $19,347 12/29/2018
 
Rest of World $505,510
 
International Total$3,350,463 12/30/2018

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
Jan 27, 20135105,463 105,463$1,106,307$1,106,3071
Feb 3, 20132026,679-75% 132,142$345,760$1,452,0672

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jan 27, 2013620,659 20,659$280,636$280,6361

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

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.