Philomena (2013)

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Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $37,709,979Details
International Box Office $61,253,413Details
Worldwide Box Office $98,963,392
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $6,784,830 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $1,511,987 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $8,296,817
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Falling pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena was sent to the convent of Roscrea to be looked after as a “fallen woman.” When her baby was only a toddler, he was taken away by the nuns for adoption in America. Philomena spent the next fifty years searching for him in vain. Then she met Martin Sixsmith, a world-weary political journalist who happened to be intrigued by her story. Together they set off for America on a journey that would not only reveal the extraordinary story of Philomena’s son, but also create an unexpectedly close bond between them.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$128,435 (0.3% of total gross)
Legs:10.26 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:38.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$12,000,000 (worldwide box office is 8.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/1,225 max. theaters, 10.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $49,884,008

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,439 $37,709,979
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,703 $61,253,413
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,831 $98,963,392
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies 54 $37,709,979

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Vudu:Vudu
Netflix:Netflix, Netflix, Netflix
Hulu:Hulu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 22nd, 2013 (Limited) by Weinstein Co.
International Releases: November 1st, 2013 (Wide) (Iceland)
November 1st, 2013 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
November 15th, 2013 (Wide) (Norway)
November 28th, 2013 (Wide) (Denmark)
December 6th, 2013 (Wide) (Sweden)
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Video Release: April 15th, 2014 by Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 on appeal for some strong language, thematic elements and sexual references.
(Rating bulletin 2299, 11/20/2013)
Running Time: 97 minutes
Comparisons: Best Picture Oscar Nominees, 2014
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Keywords: Investigative Journalist, Adopted Family, Adopted Family Seeking Reunion, Religious, Epilogue, Non-Chronological, Bigotry, LGBTQ+, AIDS, 1950s, 2014 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Historical Drama, Monks and Nuns, Child Abuse
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Pathe, BBC Films, BFI, Canal Plus, Cine Plus, Baby Cow, Magnolia May
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 20th Weekend Limited Release 93 $86,582 Apr 4, 2014 136
Biggest 19th Weekend Limited Release 98 $106,001 Mar 28, 2014 129
Biggest 18th Weekend Limited Release 67 $207,666 Mar 21, 2014 122
Biggest 17th Weekend Limited Release 50 $420,936 Mar 14, 2014 115
Biggest 16th Weekend Limited Release 39 $683,630 Mar 7, 2014 108
Biggest 15th Weekend Limited Release 26 $1,206,841 Feb 28, 2014 101
Biggest 14th Weekend Limited Release 35 $1,196,316 Feb 21, 2014 94
Biggest 13th Weekend Limited Release 28 $1,524,443 Feb 14, 2014 87
Biggest 12th Weekend Limited Release 58 $797,653 Feb 7, 2014 80
Biggest 11th Weekend Limited Release 61 $965,107 Jan 31, 2014 73
Biggest 10th Weekend Limited Release 59 $1,075,904 Jan 24, 2014 66
Biggest 9th Weekend Limited Release 62 $1,261,381 Jan 17, 2014 59
Biggest 8th Weekend Limited Release 66 $1,385,067 Jan 10, 2014 52
Biggest 7th Weekend Limited Release 82 $1,442,960 Jan 3, 2014 45
Biggest 6th Weekend Limited Release 90 $1,767,560 Dec 27, 2013 38
Biggest 3rd Weekend Limited Release 80 $2,195,341 Dec 6, 2013 17
Biggest 2nd Weekend Limited Release 14 $3,676,001 Nov 29, 2013 10
Top 2013 Theater Average 25 $32,109 Nov 22, 2013 3
Widest Expansion Limited Release 55 1,221 Nov 22, 2013 0

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 22, 2013 25 $128,435   4 $32,109   $128,435 1
Nov 29, 2013 8 $3,676,001 +2,762% 753 $4,882   $4,637,419 2
Dec 6, 2013 9 $2,195,341 -40% 753 $2,915   $8,167,976 3
Dec 13, 2013 8 $1,820,479 -17% 835 $2,180   $11,083,457 4
Dec 20, 2013 10 $1,210,637 -33% 738 $1,640   $13,322,189 5
Dec 27, 2013 15 $1,767,560 +46% 727 $2,431   $16,444,983 6
Jan 3, 2014 14 $1,442,960 -18% 607 $2,377   $19,586,311 7
Jan 10, 2014 18 $1,385,067 -4% 607 $2,282   $21,941,095 8
Jan 17, 2014 20 $1,261,381 -9% 505 $2,498   $24,023,865 9
Jan 24, 2014 20 $1,075,904 -15% 505 $2,131   $25,814,483 10
Jan 31, 2014 20 $965,107 -10% 567 $1,702   $27,380,353 11
Feb 7, 2014 17 $797,653 -17% 504 $1,583   $28,672,575 12
Feb 14, 2014 16 $1,524,443 +91% 1,225 $1,244   $30,597,570 13
Feb 21, 2014 15 $1,196,316 -22% 1,004 $1,192   $32,720,252 14
Feb 28, 2014 16 $1,206,841 +1% 1,097 $1,100   $34,611,509 15
Mar 7, 2014 19 $683,630 -43% 670 $1,020   $35,907,377 16
Mar 14, 2014 22 $420,936 -38% 502 $839   $36,651,098 17
Mar 21, 2014 23 $207,666 -51% 297 $699   $37,089,371 18
Mar 28, 2014 30 $106,001 -49% 202 $525   $37,325,124 19
Apr 4, 2014 32 $86,582 -18% 197 $440   $37,470,370 20
Apr 11, 2014 60 $15,936 -82% 197 $81   $37,538,171 21
Apr 18, 2014 47 $30,258 +90% 101 $300   $37,638,922 22
Apr 25, 2014 61 $14,654 -52% 33 $444   $37,675,700 23
May 2, 2014 61 $10,661 -27% 22 $485   $37,692,013 24
May 9, 2014 77 $4,971 -53% 13 $382   $37,701,989 25
May 16, 2014 73 $3,716 -25% 9 $413   $37,707,719 26

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 22, 2013 - $33,115     4 $8,279   $33,115 1
Nov 23, 2013 - $57,486 +74%   4 $14,372   $90,601 2
Nov 24, 2013 - $37,834 -34%   4 $9,459   $128,435 3
Nov 27, 2013 13 $376,097     753 $499   $529,806 6
Nov 28, 2013 11 $431,612 +15%   753 $573   $961,418 7
Nov 29, 2013 9 $1,332,828 +209% +3,925% 753 $1,770   $2,294,246 8
Nov 30, 2013 9 $1,443,572 +8% +2,411% 753 $1,917   $3,737,818 9
Dec 1, 2013 8 $899,601 -38% +2,278% 753 $1,195   $4,637,419 10
Dec 2, 2013 8 $297,245 -67%   753 $395   $4,934,664 11
Dec 3, 2013 8 $394,427 +33%   753 $524   $5,329,091 12
Dec 4, 2013 7 $332,369 -16% -12% 753 $441   $5,661,460 13
Dec 5, 2013 7 $311,175 -6% -28% 753 $413   $5,972,635 14
Dec 6, 2013 9 $625,458 +101% -53% 753 $831   $6,598,093 15
Dec 7, 2013 9 $1,003,311 +60% -30% 753 $1,332   $7,601,404 16
Dec 8, 2013 9 $566,572 -44% -37% 753 $752   $8,167,976 17
Dec 9, 2013 8 $233,688 -59% -21% 835 $280   $8,401,664 18
Dec 10, 2013 8 $300,327 +29% -24% 835 $360   $8,701,991 19
Dec 11, 2013 8 $270,887 -10% -18% 835 $324   $8,972,878 20
Dec 12, 2013 7 $290,100 +7% -7% 835 $347   $9,262,978 21
Dec 13, 2013 - $563,294 +94% -10% 835 $675   $9,826,272 22
Dec 14, 2013 - $702,396 +25% -30% 835 $841   $10,528,668 23
Dec 15, 2013 - $554,789 -21% -2% 835 $664   $11,083,457 24
Dec 16, 2013 7 $239,087 -57% +2% 835 $286   $11,322,544 25
Dec 17, 2013 7 $274,232 +15% -9% 835 $328   $11,596,776 26
Dec 18, 2013 7 $255,924 -7% -6% 835 $306   $11,852,700 27
Dec 19, 2013 7 $258,852 +1% -11% 835 $310   $12,111,552 28
Dec 20, 2013 10 $322,676 +25% -43% 835 $386   $12,434,228 29
Dec 21, 2013 10 $501,321 +55% -29% 835 $600   $12,935,549 30
Dec 22, 2013 10 $386,640 -23% -30% 835 $463   $13,322,189 31
Dec 27, 2013 15 $558,717   +73% 727 $769   $15,236,140 36
Dec 28, 2013 11 $685,891 +23% +37% 727 $943   $15,922,031 37
Dec 29, 2013 12 $522,952 -24% +35% 727 $719   $16,444,983 38
Dec 30, 2013 - $383,880 -27%   727 $528   $16,828,863 39
Dec 31, 2013 - $483,171 +26%   727 $665   $17,312,034 40
Jan 1, 2014 13 $550,268 +14%   727 $757   $17,862,302 41
Jan 2, 2014 13 $281,049 -49%   727 $387   $18,143,351 42
Jan 3, 2014 - $401,458 +43% -28% 607 $661   $18,544,809 43
Jan 4, 2014 - $682,045 +70% -1% 607 $1,124   $19,226,854 44
Jan 5, 2014 - $359,457 -47% -31% 607 $592   $19,586,311 45
Jan 6, 2014 14 $143,632 -60% -63% 607 $237   $19,729,943 46
Jan 7, 2014 13 $238,384 +66% -51% 607 $393   $19,968,327 47
Jan 8, 2014 12 $282,393 +18% -49% 607 $465   $20,250,720 48
Jan 9, 2014 12 $305,308 +8% +9% 607 $503   $20,556,028 49
Jan 10, 2014 17 $396,796 +30% -1% 607 $654   $20,952,824 50
Jan 11, 2014 18 $599,499 +51% -12% 607 $988   $21,552,323 51
Jan 12, 2014 18 $388,772 -35% +8% 607 $640   $21,941,095 52
Jan 13, 2014 16 $165,969 -57% +16% 607 $273   $22,107,064 53
Jan 14, 2014 15 $217,479 +31% -9% 607 $358   $22,324,543 54
Jan 15, 2014 14 $199,789 -8% -29% 607 $329   $22,524,332 55
Jan 16, 2014 14 $238,152 +19% -22% 607 $392   $22,762,484 56
Jan 17, 2014 - $348,752 +46% -12% 505 $691   $23,111,236 57
Jan 18, 2014 - $560,930 +61% -6% 505 $1,111   $23,672,166 58
Jan 19, 2014 - $351,699 -37% -10% 505 $696   $24,023,865 59
Jan 20, 2014 - $288,162 -18% +74% 505 $571   $24,312,027 60
Jan 21, 2014 18 $140,511 -51% -35% 505 $278   $24,452,538 61
Jan 22, 2014 18 $142,849 +2% -29% 505 $283   $24,595,387 62
Jan 23, 2014 18 $143,192 n/c -40% 505 $284   $24,738,579 63
Jan 24, 2014 - $280,710 +96% -20% 505 $556   $25,019,289 64
Jan 25, 2014 - $450,795 +61% -20% 505 $893   $25,470,084 65
Jan 26, 2014 - $344,399 -24% -2% 505 $682   $25,814,483 66
Jan 27, 2014 18 $112,176 -67% -61% 505 $222   $25,926,659 67
Jan 28, 2014 18 $155,248 +38% +10% 505 $307   $26,081,907 68
Jan 29, 2014 17 $164,017 +6% +15% 505 $325   $26,245,924 69
Jan 30, 2014 17 $169,322 +3% +18% 505 $335   $26,415,246 70
Jan 31, 2014 - $289,703 +71% +3% 567 $511   $26,704,949 71
Feb 1, 2014 - $465,386 +61% +3% 567 $821   $27,170,335 72
Feb 2, 2014 18 $210,018 -55% -39% 567 $370   $27,380,353 73
Feb 3, 2014 18 $101,181 -52% -10% 567 $178   $27,481,534 74
Feb 4, 2014 16 $137,110 +36% -12% 567 $242   $27,618,644 75
Feb 5, 2014 17 $120,573 -12% -26% 567 $213   $27,739,217 76
Feb 6, 2014 15 $135,705 +13% -20% 567 $239   $27,874,922 77
Feb 7, 2014 17 $189,454 +40% -35% 504 $376   $28,064,376 78
Feb 8, 2014 17 $365,257 +93% -22% 504 $725   $28,429,633 79
Feb 9, 2014 16 $242,942 -33% +16% 504 $482   $28,672,575 80
Feb 10, 2014 16 $85,368 -65% -16% 504 $169   $28,757,943 81
Feb 11, 2014 16 $109,676 +28% -20% 504 $218   $28,867,619 82
Feb 12, 2014 15 $103,763 -5% -14% 504 $206   $28,971,382 83
Feb 13, 2014 15 $101,745 -2% -25% 504 $202   $29,073,127 84
Feb 14, 2014 16 $415,070 +308% +119% 1,225 $339   $29,488,197 85
Feb 15, 2014 16 $587,274 +41% +61% 1,225 $479   $30,075,471 86
Feb 16, 2014 15 $522,099 -11% +115% 1,225 $426   $30,597,570 87
Feb 17, 2014 15 $330,873 -37% +288% 1,225 $270   $30,928,443 88
Feb 18, 2014 11 $211,389 -36% +93% 1,225 $173   $31,139,832 89
Feb 19, 2014 11 $194,563 -8% +88% 1,225 $159   $31,334,395 90
Feb 20, 2014 12 $189,541 -3% +86% 1,225 $155   $31,523,936 91
Feb 21, 2014 15 $297,960 +57% -28% 1,004 $297   $31,821,896 92
Feb 22, 2014 15 $536,268 +80% -9% 1,004 $534   $32,358,164 93
Feb 23, 2014 14 $362,088 -32% -31% 1,004 $361   $32,720,252 94
Feb 24, 2014 13 $138,335 -62% -58% 1,004 $138   $32,858,587 95
Feb 25, 2014 11 $181,626 +31% -14% 1,004 $181   $33,040,213 96
Feb 26, 2014 11 $180,086 -1% -7% 1,004 $179   $33,220,299 97
Feb 27, 2014 12 $184,369 +2% -3% 1,004 $184   $33,404,668 98
Feb 28, 2014 15 $341,803 +85% +15% 1,097 $312   $33,746,471 99
Mar 1, 2014 16 $588,028 +72% +10% 1,097 $536   $34,334,499 100
Mar 2, 2014 15 $277,010 -53% -23% 1,097 $253   $34,611,509 101
Mar 3, 2014 14 $130,068 -53% -6% 1,097 $119   $34,741,577 102
Mar 4, 2014 11 $171,277 +32% -6% 1,097 $156   $34,912,854 103
Mar 5, 2014 13 $137,540 -20% -24% 1,097 $125   $35,050,394 104
Mar 6, 2014 11 $173,353 +26% -6% 1,097 $158   $35,223,747 105
Mar 7, 2014 - $192,379 +11% -44% 670 $287   $35,416,126 106
Mar 8, 2014 18 $311,457 +62% -47% 670 $465   $35,727,583 107
Mar 9, 2014 18 $179,794 -42% -35% 670 $268   $35,907,377 108
Mar 10, 2014 18 $68,465 -62% -47% 670 $102   $35,975,842 109
Mar 11, 2014 16 $88,293 +29% -48% 670 $132   $36,064,135 110
Mar 12, 2014 16 $84,684 -4% -38% 670 $126   $36,148,819 111
Mar 13, 2014 16 $81,343 -4% -53% 670 $121   $36,230,162 112
Mar 14, 2014 22 $113,619 +40% -41% 502 $226   $36,343,781 113
Mar 15, 2014 22 $185,154 +63% -41% 502 $369   $36,528,935 114
Mar 16, 2014 22 $122,163 -34% -32% 502 $243   $36,651,098 115
Mar 17, 2014 19 $55,847 -54% -18% 502 $111   $36,706,945 116
Mar 18, 2014 18 $68,476 +23% -22% 502 $136   $36,775,421 117
Mar 19, 2014 19 $54,859 -20% -35% 502 $109   $36,830,280 118
Mar 20, 2014 17 $51,425 -6% -37% 502 $102   $36,881,705 119
Mar 21, 2014 - $56,591 +10% -50% 297 $191   $36,938,296 120
Mar 22, 2014 - $93,252 +65% -50% 297 $314   $37,031,548 121
Mar 23, 2014 - $57,823 -38% -53% 297 $195   $37,089,371 122
Mar 24, 2014 - $29,348 -49% -47% 297 $99   $37,118,719 123
Mar 25, 2014 - $37,879 +29% -45% 297 $128   $37,156,598 124
Mar 26, 2014 - $31,702 -16% -42% 297 $107   $37,188,300 125
Mar 27, 2014 - $30,823 -3% -40% 297 $104   $37,219,123 126
Mar 28, 2014 - $28,580 -7% -49% 202 $141   $37,247,703 127
Mar 29, 2014 - $49,555 +73% -47% 202 $245   $37,297,258 128
Mar 30, 2014 - $27,866 -44% -52% 202 $138   $37,325,124 129
Mar 31, 2014 - $11,255 -60% -62% 202 $56   $37,336,379 130
Apr 1, 2014 - $16,606 +48% -56% 202 $82   $37,352,985 131
Apr 2, 2014 - $15,038 -9% -53% 202 $74   $37,368,023 132
Apr 3, 2014 - $15,765 +5% -49% 202 $78   $37,383,788 133
Apr 4, 2014 - $25,139 +59% -12% 197 $128   $37,408,927 134
Apr 5, 2014 - $37,102 +48% -25% 197 $188   $37,446,029 135
Apr 6, 2014 - $24,341 -34% -13% 197 $124   $37,470,370 136
Apr 7, 2014 - $11,581 -52% +3% 197 $59   $37,481,951 137
Apr 8, 2014 - $15,241 +32% -8% 197 $77   $37,497,192 138
Apr 9, 2014 - $11,827 -22% -21% 197 $60   $37,509,019 139
Apr 10, 2014 - $13,216 +12% -16% 197 $67   $37,522,235 140
Apr 11, 2014 - $15,936 +21% -37% 157 $102   $37,538,171 141
Apr 12, 2014 - $23,541 +48% -37% 157 $150   $37,561,712 142
Apr 13, 2014 - $13,188 -44% -46% 157 $84   $37,574,900 143
Apr 14, 2014 - $6,581 -50% -43% 157 $42   $37,581,481 144
Apr 15, 2014 - $9,486 +44% -38% 157 $60   $37,590,967 145
Apr 16, 2014 - $8,726 -8% -26% 157 $56   $37,599,693 146
Apr 17, 2014 - $8,971 +3% -32% 157 $57   $37,608,664 147
Apr 18, 2014 - $10,887 +21% -32% 101 $108   $37,619,551 148
Apr 19, 2014 - $12,886 +18% -45% 101 $128   $37,632,437 149
Apr 20, 2014 - $6,485 -50% -51% 101 $64   $37,638,922 150
Apr 21, 2014 - $4,680 -28% -29% 101 $46   $37,643,602 151
Apr 22, 2014 - $5,176 +11% -45% 101 $51   $37,648,778 152
Apr 23, 2014 - $6,171 +19% -29% 101 $61   $37,654,949 153
Apr 24, 2014 - $6,097 -1% -32% 101 $60   $37,661,046 154
Apr 25, 2014 - $3,624 -41% -67% 33 $110   $37,664,670 155
Apr 26, 2014 - $7,068 +95% -45% 33 $214   $37,671,738 156
Apr 27, 2014 - $3,962 -44% -39% 33 $120   $37,675,700 157
Apr 28, 2014 - $1,374 -65% -71% 33 $42   $37,677,074 158
Apr 29, 2014 - $1,383 +1% -73% 33 $42   $37,678,457 159
Apr 30, 2014 - $1,590 +15% -74% 33 $48   $37,680,047 160
May 1, 2014 - $1,305 -18% -79% 33 $40   $37,681,352 161
May 2, 2014 - $2,520 +93% -30% 22 $115   $37,683,872 162
May 3, 2014 - $4,786 +90% -32% 22 $218   $37,688,658 163
May 4, 2014 - $3,355 -30% -15% 22 $153   $37,692,013 164
May 5, 2014 - $919 -73% -33% 22 $42   $37,692,932 165
May 6, 2014 - $1,344 +46% -3% 22 $61   $37,694,276 166
May 7, 2014 - $1,642 +22% +3% 22 $75   $37,695,918 167
May 8, 2014 - $1,100 -33% -16% 22 $50   $37,697,018 168
May 9, 2014 - $1,417 +29% -44% 13 $109   $37,698,435 169
May 10, 2014 - $2,027 +43% -58% 13 $156   $37,700,462 170
May 11, 2014 - $1,527 -25% -54% 13 $117   $37,701,989 171
May 12, 2014 - $323 -79% -65% 13 $25   $37,702,312 172
May 13, 2014 - $598 +85% -56% 13 $46   $37,702,910 173
May 14, 2014 - $479 -20% -71% 13 $37   $37,703,389 174
May 15, 2014 - $614 +28% -44% 13 $47   $37,704,003 175
May 16, 2014 - $954 +55% -33% 9 $106   $37,704,957 176
May 17, 2014 - $1,335 +40% -34% 9 $148   $37,706,292 177
May 18, 2014 - $1,427 +7% -7% 9 $159   $37,707,719 178
May 19, 2014 - $864 -39% +167% 9 $96   $37,708,583 179
May 20, 2014 - $597 -31% n/c 9 $66   $37,709,180 180
May 21, 2014 - $283 -53% -41% 9 $31   $37,709,463 181
May 22, 2014 - $516 +82% -16% 9 $57   $37,709,979 182

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 22, 2013 20 $936,144   753 $1,243   $961,418 1
Nov 29, 2013 8 $5,011,217 +435% 753 $6,655   $5,972,635 2
Dec 6, 2013 9 $3,290,343 -34% 835 $3,941   $9,262,978 3
Dec 13, 2013 8 $2,848,574 -13% 835 $3,411   $12,111,552 4
Dec 20, 2013 13 $2,565,871 -10% 738 $3,477   $14,677,423 5
Dec 27, 2013 15 $1,698,368 -34% 727 $2,336   $18,143,351 6
Jan 3, 2014 14 $2,412,677 +42% 607 $3,975   $20,556,028 7
Jan 10, 2014 17 $2,206,456 -9% 607 $3,635   $22,762,484 8
Jan 17, 2014 18 $1,976,095 -10% 505 $3,913   $24,738,579 9
Jan 24, 2014 19 $1,676,667 -15% 505 $3,320   $26,415,246 10
Jan 31, 2014 19 $1,459,676 -13% 567 $2,574   $27,874,922 11
Feb 7, 2014 17 $1,198,205 -18% 504 $2,377   $29,073,127 12
Feb 14, 2014 16 $2,450,809 +105% 1,225 $2,001   $31,523,936 13
Feb 21, 2014 13 $1,880,732 -23% 1,004 $1,873   $33,404,668 14
Feb 28, 2014 15 $1,819,079 -3% 1,097 $1,658   $35,223,747 15
Mar 7, 2014 18 $1,006,415 -45% 670 $1,502   $36,230,162 16
Mar 14, 2014 21 $651,543 -35% 502 $1,298   $36,881,705 17
Mar 21, 2014 20 $337,418 -48% 297 $1,136   $37,219,123 18
Mar 28, 2014 29 $164,665 -51% 202 $815   $37,383,788 19
Apr 4, 2014 30 $138,447 -16% 197 $703   $37,522,235 20
Apr 11, 2014 40 $86,429 -38% 157 $551   $37,608,664 21
Apr 18, 2014 42 $52,382 -39% 101 $519   $37,661,046 22
Apr 25, 2014 57 $20,306 -61% 33 $615   $37,681,352 23
May 2, 2014 62 $15,666 -23% 22 $712   $37,697,018 24
May 9, 2014 77 $6,985 -55% 13 $537   $37,704,003 25
May 16, 2014 63 $5,976 -14% 9 $664   $37,709,979 26

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Denmark 11/28/2013 $110,516 74 77 206 $476,892 12/13/2015
Hungary 12/26/2013 $28,772 19 19 19 $28,772 12/30/2018
Iceland 11/1/2013 $0 0 3 14 $47,605 12/30/2018
Italy 12/19/2013 $756,106 158 214 372 $3,509,753 12/13/2015
New Zealand 12/26/2013 $46,401 39 74 113 $433,820 12/13/2015
Norway 11/15/2013 $0 0 39 72 $263,366 12/13/2015
Slovenia 12/12/2013 $3,249 3 3 9 $28,731 12/13/2015
Sweden 12/6/2013 $103,423 43 53 197 $673,007 12/13/2015
United Kingdom 11/1/2013 $0 0 530 1,520 $17,081,726 12/13/2015
 
Rest of World $38,709,741
 
International Total$61,253,413 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
Apr 20, 20141090,671 90,671$1,359,158$1,359,1581
Apr 27, 2014936,047-60% 126,718$539,263$1,898,4212
May 4, 20141720,827-42% 147,545$311,572$2,209,9933
May 11, 20142518,656-10% 166,201$279,094$2,489,0874
May 18, 20142219,902+7% 186,103$297,734$2,786,8215

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 20, 20141329,584 29,584$519,498$519,4981
Apr 27, 2014189,013-70% 38,597$195,500$714,9982

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Leading Cast

Judi Dench    Philomena Lee
Steve Coogan    Martin Sixsmith

Supporting Cast

Charlie Murphy    Kathleen

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

Production and Technical Credits

Stephen Frears    Director
Steve Coogan    Screenwriter
Jeff Pope    Screenwriter
Martin Sixsmith    Story Creator
Gabrielle Tana    Producer
Steve Coogan    Producer
Tracey Seaward    Producer
Henry Normal    Executive Producer
Carolyn Marks Blackwood    Executive Producer
Christine Langan    Executive Producer
Francois Ivernel    Executive Producer
Cameron McCracken    Executive Producer
Robbie Ryan    Director of Photography
Alan MacDonald    Production Designer
Valerio Bonelli    Editor
Alexandre Desplat    Composer
Consolata Boyle    Costume Designer
Naomi Donne    Make-up and Hair Designer
Leo Davis    Casting Director
Lissy Holm    Casting Director

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for April 15th, 2014

April 15th, 2014

It is a busy week on the home market with five films that either opened at least semi-wide or expanded semi-wide. However, unlike last week, there's no monster hit like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug leading the way. In fact, most of the semi-wide or wide releases on this week's list were critical and box office disappointments. Only Philomena did well with critics. Fortunately, it did well enough that it is a contender for Pick of the Week without even considering the extras on the DVD or Blu-ray. There are a few other new releases that are noteworthy, but most of them are catalog Blu-ray releases. These include Touch of Evil on Blu-ray and Double Indemnity on Blu-ray. In the end, I went with Touch of Evil, but I literally had to roll a dice to decide. More...

Per Theater Chart: Grand, Grandeur, Grandest

March 12th, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel poster

The Grand Budapest Hotel led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $202,792 in four theaters. This is the best per theater average this year and the best per theater average since Frozen's debut last year. It is also the best per theater average for a live action film of all time, beating The Master's old record of $147,262 in five theaters set in 2012. The film will clearly expand wide enough to earn a significant measure of mainstream success, if it doesn't expand truly wide. Particle Fever was next with an average of $14,323 in three theaters over the weekend, while its total since Wednesday is $49,869. The only wide release to top $10,000 on the per theater chart was 300: Rise of an Empire, which earned an average of $13,006. Interior. Leather Bar. was a surprise entrant in the $10,000 club earning $10,902 in one theater. More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Picture

February 27th, 2014

12 Years a Slave poster

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. We wrap up our look at the prestigious categories with the most prestigious of them all: Best Picture. Like last year, there were nine nominees. Unlike last year, none of them were completely out of left field. That's not to say they all have a legitimate shot at winning; there's definitely a favorite. However, politics could become an issue. I don't mean politics as in Democrat vs. Republican. I mean behind-the-scenes issues might play a bigger role than what is on the screen. More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Adapted Screenplay

February 25th, 2014

12 Years a Slave poster

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we will look at the two writing categories, ending with Best Adapted Screenplay. This race is about as uncompetitive as it can be with nearly all analysts agreeing on the likely winner. More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Lead Actress

February 20th, 2014

Blue Jasmine poster

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. This week we will look at the four acting categories, finishing with Best Lead Actress. Unlike last year, this year the race is far more competitive in nearly all of the of the four acting categories this year. The person seen as the favorite has switched, more than once, and at the moment, I'm not sure who is going to win. More...

Per Theater Chart: In Love with the Top

February 19th, 2014

Bei Jing Ai Qing Gu Shi poster

Beijing Love Story led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $18,708 in 9 theaters. This is surprisingly strong, given its weak reviews. Next up is the overall box office leader, The LEGO Movie, with an average of $13,204 and the overall second place film, About Last Night, was right behind with an average of $11,384. More...

Weekend Estimates: LEGO Towers Over All

February 16th, 2014

Lego poster

It's looking like a healthy President's Day weekend at the box office, with one impressive debut and several movies enjoying strong second, fourth, and even thirteenth weekends. The champion opener is About Last Night, a remake of the 1986 hit, which will open with about $27 million over three days, helped by a big $13 million Valentine's Day. With the film playing in only 2,253 theaters, that represents a terrific $12,000 theater average, and continues Kevin Hart's hot streak. Handily beating About Last Night at the top of the chart, though, is The LEGO Movie, with a projected $48.8 million over three days, and around $60 million over the full four-day weekend. That's down a decent 29% from last weekend, for a theater average of almost $13,000. More...

Weekend Estimates: LEGO Builds Instant Franchise

February 9th, 2014

Lego poster

2014 is shaping up to be a good year at the box office. After excellent openings for Ride Along and Lone Survivor in January, February is getting off to a spectacular start thanks to a huge opening weekend for The LEGO Movie. Warner Bros. is projecting an opening of $69.1 million for the toy spin-off -- far and away the biggest weekend of the year so far, and the second-best February weekend ever, behind only The Passion of the Christ. Numbers like that guarantee a sequel or three, and boost a franchise that has already built an impressive following in the video market. More...

Per Theater Chart: Glory to Gloria

January 28th, 2014

Gloria

There were not a lot of new releases to do well on the per theater chart this week, but one of them, Gloria, led the way with an average of $19.592 in three theaters. A long-time release, The Great Beauty, returned to the $10,000 club with an average of $13,121 in nine theaters. More...

2014 Awards Season: PGA Buries the Lead

January 19th, 2014

12 Years a Slave poster

Producers Guild of America announce the winners tonight, but it seems I forgot to upload the story when they announced their nominations. In my defense, they announced them on January 2nd. You don't make an announcement on January 2nd, not unless you are trying to bury a story. As for the actual nominations, there are very few differences between this group and others, except when it comes to documentaries. Then again, that's been the norm this year. No one seems to agree on what the best documentaries were. More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscars Understand the Gravity of the Situation

January 16th, 2014

Gravity poster

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning and there are some surprises mixed in with the predictable results. Gravity and American Hustle led the way with ten nominations each while 12 Years a Slave was right behind with nine. The fact that 12 Years a Slave wasn't the leader is the first of the surprises. More...

Per Theater Chart: Still Lonely

January 14th, 2014

Lone Survivor poster

There was only one film in the $10,000 club, but that's one more than a lot of people thought there would be. Lone Survivor expanded wide earning $37.85 million in 2,876 theaters for an average of $13,161. That's awesome, especially for this time of year. More...

Per Theater Chart: Holdovers Feeling Lonely

January 7th, 2014

Lone Survivor poster

It was a slow week for new releases as none topped $10,000 on the per theater chart. There were some holdovers that performed well, led by Lone Survivor, which pulled in an average of $42,429 in two theaters. This is compared to $45,436 during its opening weekend. Such a small decline is great news for its upcoming wide expansion. August: Osage County was next with an average of $27,983 in five theaters, which is 22% lower than its opening average of $35,860. Its running tally is already at nearly half a million and it has potential to expand, especially if it continues to do well during Awards Season. The final film in the $10,000 club was Her with an average of $15,378 in 47 theaters. It is already at nearly $3 million after three weeks of release and it expands wide this weekend. More...

Per Theater Chart: Hustle Speeds to the Top

December 17th, 2013

American Hustle poster

American Hustle started its box office run in limited release with a stunning average of $123,409. This is the second best per theater average for the year, behind only Frozen. Saving Mr. Banks opened in 15 theaters earning an average of $27,558. It should do well in its upcoming expansion. Inside Llewyn Davis expanded, playing in 15 theaters over the weekend while its per theater average fell to $23,786. It will continue to expand. The overall box office leader, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, was the final film in the $10,000 club earning an average of $18,869. More...

2014 Awards Season: Slave Hustles to the Top

December 14th, 2013

12 Years a Slave poster

Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their Golden Globe nominations this week, and a clear picture is forming. 12 Years a Slave was again the recipient of the most nominations, but this time it was a tie, as it and American Hustle both grabbed seven nominations. If you look down the list of other multi-nominated films, you will find a number of familiar faces. More...

2014 Awards Season: SAG a Slave to Slave

December 14th, 2013

12 Years a Slave poster

SAG handed out nominations over the week, and like with the Independent Spirit Awards, 12 Years a Slave led the way and earned four nominations. It wasn't the only film that was singled out. More...

Per Theater Chart: Insider Trading

December 12th, 2013

Inside Llewyn Davis poster

Inside Llewyn Davis had an incredible opening earning more than $400,000 in four theaters for a per theater average of $101,353. This is the third best per theater for the year behind just Frozen and Blue Jasmine. Mandela Long Walk to Freedom had a strong hold with an average of $19,413 in four theaters. The reason for this is obvious, but a little ghoulish to talk about. More...

Weekend Projections: Frozen Top During Calm Between the Storms

December 8th, 2013

Frozen poster

Frozen will come out the winner at the box office this weekend, topping Catching Fire $31.6 million to $27 million, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. Both films are down over 50% from last weekend's holiday frame, but Frozen enjoys an advantage as the more seasonal of the two and will likely maintain its lead, at least until The Hobbit blows them both away on Friday. More...

Per Theater Chart: Mandela Sprints to the Top

December 4th, 2013

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom poster

Mandela Long Walk to Freedom earned first place on the per theater chart with an average of $21,071 in four theaters. However, its reviews are only good, not great, and it likely won't have great legs. Frozen and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire were neck and neck with averages of $18,009 and $17,819 respectively. More...

Weekend Predictions: Fire vs. Ice

November 27th, 2013

Frozen poster

Thanksgiving long weekend won't be remembered for the quality of the films opening wide. In fact, of the three new releases on this week's list, only one of them is truly opening wide. Homefront is debuting in 2,500 theaters, while Black Nativity is only opening in 1,500. Oldboy is only opening in 600 theaters, but it still has a reasonable shot at the top ten. If it weren't for the wide expansion of Frozen and hopefully a strong hold by The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the weekend would be a write-off. As it is, 2013 should crush 2012... mostly because there is a misalignment and this weekend last year was the weekend after Thanksgiving. The post holiday slump meant the top five was only able to bring in a little under $75 million. I'm not saying Catching Fire will top that number, at least not over three days, but it should clear at least that much over the next five days. More...

Per Theater Chart: Frozen has a Hot Opening

November 26th, 2013

Frozen poster

Frozen begun its short prestige release before its wide expansion on Wednesday and it was fantastic. The film pulled in $243,390 in one theater giving it the best per theater average for the year so far, topping Blue Jasmine and pushing Spring Breakers into third place. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was in a distant second place with an average of $37,971 in more than 4,000 theaters. Philomena did very well with an average of $32,109 in four theaters. The Great Beauty remained in the $10,000 club with an average of $17,452 in three theaters. Nebraska rounded out the $10,000 club with an average of $11,634 in 28 theaters. It should continue to expand and start hitting major milestones. More...

Weekend Projections: Catching Fire Takes November Record

November 24th, 2013

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire poster

As expected, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire topped Delivery Man to win at the box office this weekend. OK, topped is perhaps an understatement when the gap between the two movies is about $150 million. Catching Fire will easily record the biggest November weekend of all time, topping The Twilight Saga: New Moon. It's also heading towards the 4th-biggest weekend of all time, per Lionsgate's Sunday estimate, although there's a good chance it'll end up just behind The Dark Knight Rises' $160.8 million from last year. It will definitely end behind Iron Man 3's $174 million from earlier this year, but continued big earnings for Catching Fire over Thanksgiving means that this year's box office championship race is about to get interesting. More...

Limited Releases: Limited Releases are Frozen Out

November 22nd, 2013

Frozen poster

This week's list of limited releases is kind of mixed. Frozen is coming out this week for a prestige opening before expanding wide on Wednesday and it is virtually guaranteed box office success. On the other hand, most of the rest of the films are documentaries, which almost never have breakout success. Every documentary on this list looks interesting, but of the non-Frozen releases, I think Philomena has the best shot at box office success. More...


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Synopsis

Falling pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena was sent to the convent of Roscrea to be looked after as a “fallen woman.” When her baby was only a toddler, he was taken away by the nuns for adoption in America. Philomena spent the next fifty years searching for him in vain. Then she met Martin Sixsmith, a world-weary political journalist who happened to be intrigued by her story. Together they set off for America on a journey that would not only reveal the extraordinary story of Philomena’s son, but also create an unexpectedly close bond between them.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$128,435 (0.3% of total gross)
Legs:10.26 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:38.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$12,000,000 (worldwide box office is 8.2 times production budget)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/1,225 max. theaters, 10.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $49,884,008

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,439 $37,709,979
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,703 $61,253,413
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,831 $98,963,392
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies 54 $37,709,979

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 22nd, 2013 (Limited) by Weinstein Co.
International Releases: November 1st, 2013 (Wide) (Iceland)
November 1st, 2013 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
November 15th, 2013 (Wide) (Norway)
November 28th, 2013 (Wide) (Denmark)
December 6th, 2013 (Wide) (Sweden)
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Video Release: April 15th, 2014 by Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 on appeal for some strong language, thematic elements and sexual references.
(Rating bulletin 2299, 11/20/2013)
Running Time: 97 minutes
Comparisons: Best Picture Oscar Nominees, 2014
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Keywords: Investigative Journalist, Adopted Family, Adopted Family Seeking Reunion, Religious, Epilogue, Non-Chronological, Bigotry, LGBTQ+, AIDS, 1950s, 2014 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Historical Drama, Monks and Nuns, Child Abuse
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Pathe, BBC Films, BFI, Canal Plus, Cine Plus, Baby Cow, Magnolia May
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 20th Weekend Limited Release 93 $86,582 Apr 4, 2014 136
Biggest 19th Weekend Limited Release 98 $106,001 Mar 28, 2014 129
Biggest 18th Weekend Limited Release 67 $207,666 Mar 21, 2014 122
Biggest 17th Weekend Limited Release 50 $420,936 Mar 14, 2014 115
Biggest 16th Weekend Limited Release 39 $683,630 Mar 7, 2014 108
Biggest 15th Weekend Limited Release 26 $1,206,841 Feb 28, 2014 101
Biggest 14th Weekend Limited Release 35 $1,196,316 Feb 21, 2014 94
Biggest 13th Weekend Limited Release 28 $1,524,443 Feb 14, 2014 87
Biggest 12th Weekend Limited Release 58 $797,653 Feb 7, 2014 80
Biggest 11th Weekend Limited Release 61 $965,107 Jan 31, 2014 73
Biggest 10th Weekend Limited Release 59 $1,075,904 Jan 24, 2014 66
Biggest 9th Weekend Limited Release 62 $1,261,381 Jan 17, 2014 59
Biggest 8th Weekend Limited Release 66 $1,385,067 Jan 10, 2014 52
Biggest 7th Weekend Limited Release 82 $1,442,960 Jan 3, 2014 45
Biggest 6th Weekend Limited Release 90 $1,767,560 Dec 27, 2013 38
Biggest 3rd Weekend Limited Release 80 $2,195,341 Dec 6, 2013 17
Biggest 2nd Weekend Limited Release 14 $3,676,001 Nov 29, 2013 10
Top 2013 Theater Average 25 $32,109 Nov 22, 2013 3
Widest Expansion Limited Release 55 1,221 Nov 22, 2013 0

Leading Cast

Judi Dench    Philomena Lee
Steve Coogan    Martin Sixsmith

Supporting Cast

Charlie Murphy    Kathleen

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

Production and Technical Credits

Stephen Frears    Director
Steve Coogan    Screenwriter
Jeff Pope    Screenwriter
Martin Sixsmith    Story Creator
Gabrielle Tana    Producer
Steve Coogan    Producer
Tracey Seaward    Producer
Henry Normal    Executive Producer
Carolyn Marks Blackwood    Executive Producer
Christine Langan    Executive Producer
Francois Ivernel    Executive Producer
Cameron McCracken    Executive Producer
Robbie Ryan    Director of Photography
Alan MacDonald    Production Designer
Valerio Bonelli    Editor
Alexandre Desplat    Composer
Consolata Boyle    Costume Designer
Naomi Donne    Make-up and Hair Designer
Leo Davis    Casting Director
Lissy Holm    Casting Director

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for April 15th, 2014

April 15th, 2014

It is a busy week on the home market with five films that either opened at least semi-wide or expanded semi-wide. However, unlike last week, there's no monster hit like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug leading the way. In fact, most of the semi-wide or wide releases on this week's list were critical and box office disappointments. Only Philomena did well with critics. Fortunately, it did well enough that it is a contender for Pick of the Week without even considering the extras on the DVD or Blu-ray. There are a few other new releases that are noteworthy, but most of them are catalog Blu-ray releases. These include Touch of Evil on Blu-ray and Double Indemnity on Blu-ray. In the end, I went with Touch of Evil, but I literally had to roll a dice to decide. More...

Per Theater Chart: Grand, Grandeur, Grandest

March 12th, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel poster

The Grand Budapest Hotel led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $202,792 in four theaters. This is the best per theater average this year and the best per theater average since Frozen's debut last year. It is also the best per theater average for a live action film of all time, beating The Master's old record of $147,262 in five theaters set in 2012. The film will clearly expand wide enough to earn a significant measure of mainstream success, if it doesn't expand truly wide. Particle Fever was next with an average of $14,323 in three theaters over the weekend, while its total since Wednesday is $49,869. The only wide release to top $10,000 on the per theater chart was 300: Rise of an Empire, which earned an average of $13,006. Interior. Leather Bar. was a surprise entrant in the $10,000 club earning $10,902 in one theater. More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Picture

February 27th, 2014

12 Years a Slave poster

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. We wrap up our look at the prestigious categories with the most prestigious of them all: Best Picture. Like last year, there were nine nominees. Unlike last year, none of them were completely out of left field. That's not to say they all have a legitimate shot at winning; there's definitely a favorite. However, politics could become an issue. I don't mean politics as in Democrat vs. Republican. I mean behind-the-scenes issues might play a bigger role than what is on the screen. More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Adapted Screenplay

February 25th, 2014

12 Years a Slave poster

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we will look at the two writing categories, ending with Best Adapted Screenplay. This race is about as uncompetitive as it can be with nearly all analysts agreeing on the likely winner. More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Lead Actress

February 20th, 2014

Blue Jasmine poster

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. This week we will look at the four acting categories, finishing with Best Lead Actress. Unlike last year, this year the race is far more competitive in nearly all of the of the four acting categories this year. The person seen as the favorite has switched, more than once, and at the moment, I'm not sure who is going to win. More...

Per Theater Chart: In Love with the Top

February 19th, 2014

Bei Jing Ai Qing Gu Shi poster

Beijing Love Story led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $18,708 in 9 theaters. This is surprisingly strong, given its weak reviews. Next up is the overall box office leader, The LEGO Movie, with an average of $13,204 and the overall second place film, About Last Night, was right behind with an average of $11,384. More...

Weekend Estimates: LEGO Towers Over All

February 16th, 2014

Lego poster

It's looking like a healthy President's Day weekend at the box office, with one impressive debut and several movies enjoying strong second, fourth, and even thirteenth weekends. The champion opener is About Last Night, a remake of the 1986 hit, which will open with about $27 million over three days, helped by a big $13 million Valentine's Day. With the film playing in only 2,253 theaters, that represents a terrific $12,000 theater average, and continues Kevin Hart's hot streak. Handily beating About Last Night at the top of the chart, though, is The LEGO Movie, with a projected $48.8 million over three days, and around $60 million over the full four-day weekend. That's down a decent 29% from last weekend, for a theater average of almost $13,000. More...

Weekend Estimates: LEGO Builds Instant Franchise

February 9th, 2014

Lego poster

2014 is shaping up to be a good year at the box office. After excellent openings for Ride Along and Lone Survivor in January, February is getting off to a spectacular start thanks to a huge opening weekend for The LEGO Movie. Warner Bros. is projecting an opening of $69.1 million for the toy spin-off -- far and away the biggest weekend of the year so far, and the second-best February weekend ever, behind only The Passion of the Christ. Numbers like that guarantee a sequel or three, and boost a franchise that has already built an impressive following in the video market. More...

Per Theater Chart: Glory to Gloria

January 28th, 2014

Gloria

There were not a lot of new releases to do well on the per theater chart this week, but one of them, Gloria, led the way with an average of $19.592 in three theaters. A long-time release, The Great Beauty, returned to the $10,000 club with an average of $13,121 in nine theaters. More...

2014 Awards Season: PGA Buries the Lead

January 19th, 2014

12 Years a Slave poster

Producers Guild of America announce the winners tonight, but it seems I forgot to upload the story when they announced their nominations. In my defense, they announced them on January 2nd. You don't make an announcement on January 2nd, not unless you are trying to bury a story. As for the actual nominations, there are very few differences between this group and others, except when it comes to documentaries. Then again, that's been the norm this year. No one seems to agree on what the best documentaries were. More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscars Understand the Gravity of the Situation

January 16th, 2014

Gravity poster

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning and there are some surprises mixed in with the predictable results. Gravity and American Hustle led the way with ten nominations each while 12 Years a Slave was right behind with nine. The fact that 12 Years a Slave wasn't the leader is the first of the surprises. More...

Per Theater Chart: Still Lonely

January 14th, 2014

Lone Survivor poster

There was only one film in the $10,000 club, but that's one more than a lot of people thought there would be. Lone Survivor expanded wide earning $37.85 million in 2,876 theaters for an average of $13,161. That's awesome, especially for this time of year. More...

Per Theater Chart: Holdovers Feeling Lonely

January 7th, 2014

Lone Survivor poster

It was a slow week for new releases as none topped $10,000 on the per theater chart. There were some holdovers that performed well, led by Lone Survivor, which pulled in an average of $42,429 in two theaters. This is compared to $45,436 during its opening weekend. Such a small decline is great news for its upcoming wide expansion. August: Osage County was next with an average of $27,983 in five theaters, which is 22% lower than its opening average of $35,860. Its running tally is already at nearly half a million and it has potential to expand, especially if it continues to do well during Awards Season. The final film in the $10,000 club was Her with an average of $15,378 in 47 theaters. It is already at nearly $3 million after three weeks of release and it expands wide this weekend. More...

Per Theater Chart: Hustle Speeds to the Top

December 17th, 2013

American Hustle poster

American Hustle started its box office run in limited release with a stunning average of $123,409. This is the second best per theater average for the year, behind only Frozen. Saving Mr. Banks opened in 15 theaters earning an average of $27,558. It should do well in its upcoming expansion. Inside Llewyn Davis expanded, playing in 15 theaters over the weekend while its per theater average fell to $23,786. It will continue to expand. The overall box office leader, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, was the final film in the $10,000 club earning an average of $18,869. More...

2014 Awards Season: Slave Hustles to the Top

December 14th, 2013

12 Years a Slave poster

Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their Golden Globe nominations this week, and a clear picture is forming. 12 Years a Slave was again the recipient of the most nominations, but this time it was a tie, as it and American Hustle both grabbed seven nominations. If you look down the list of other multi-nominated films, you will find a number of familiar faces. More...

2014 Awards Season: SAG a Slave to Slave

December 14th, 2013

12 Years a Slave poster

SAG handed out nominations over the week, and like with the Independent Spirit Awards, 12 Years a Slave led the way and earned four nominations. It wasn't the only film that was singled out. More...

Per Theater Chart: Insider Trading

December 12th, 2013

Inside Llewyn Davis poster

Inside Llewyn Davis had an incredible opening earning more than $400,000 in four theaters for a per theater average of $101,353. This is the third best per theater for the year behind just Frozen and Blue Jasmine. Mandela Long Walk to Freedom had a strong hold with an average of $19,413 in four theaters. The reason for this is obvious, but a little ghoulish to talk about. More...

Weekend Projections: Frozen Top During Calm Between the Storms

December 8th, 2013

Frozen poster

Frozen will come out the winner at the box office this weekend, topping Catching Fire $31.6 million to $27 million, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. Both films are down over 50% from last weekend's holiday frame, but Frozen enjoys an advantage as the more seasonal of the two and will likely maintain its lead, at least until The Hobbit blows them both away on Friday. More...

Per Theater Chart: Mandela Sprints to the Top

December 4th, 2013

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom poster

Mandela Long Walk to Freedom earned first place on the per theater chart with an average of $21,071 in four theaters. However, its reviews are only good, not great, and it likely won't have great legs. Frozen and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire were neck and neck with averages of $18,009 and $17,819 respectively. More...

Weekend Predictions: Fire vs. Ice

November 27th, 2013

Frozen poster

Thanksgiving long weekend won't be remembered for the quality of the films opening wide. In fact, of the three new releases on this week's list, only one of them is truly opening wide. Homefront is debuting in 2,500 theaters, while Black Nativity is only opening in 1,500. Oldboy is only opening in 600 theaters, but it still has a reasonable shot at the top ten. If it weren't for the wide expansion of Frozen and hopefully a strong hold by The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the weekend would be a write-off. As it is, 2013 should crush 2012... mostly because there is a misalignment and this weekend last year was the weekend after Thanksgiving. The post holiday slump meant the top five was only able to bring in a little under $75 million. I'm not saying Catching Fire will top that number, at least not over three days, but it should clear at least that much over the next five days. More...

Per Theater Chart: Frozen has a Hot Opening

November 26th, 2013

Frozen poster

Frozen begun its short prestige release before its wide expansion on Wednesday and it was fantastic. The film pulled in $243,390 in one theater giving it the best per theater average for the year so far, topping Blue Jasmine and pushing Spring Breakers into third place. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was in a distant second place with an average of $37,971 in more than 4,000 theaters. Philomena did very well with an average of $32,109 in four theaters. The Great Beauty remained in the $10,000 club with an average of $17,452 in three theaters. Nebraska rounded out the $10,000 club with an average of $11,634 in 28 theaters. It should continue to expand and start hitting major milestones. More...

Weekend Projections: Catching Fire Takes November Record

November 24th, 2013

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire poster

As expected, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire topped Delivery Man to win at the box office this weekend. OK, topped is perhaps an understatement when the gap between the two movies is about $150 million. Catching Fire will easily record the biggest November weekend of all time, topping The Twilight Saga: New Moon. It's also heading towards the 4th-biggest weekend of all time, per Lionsgate's Sunday estimate, although there's a good chance it'll end up just behind The Dark Knight Rises' $160.8 million from last year. It will definitely end behind Iron Man 3's $174 million from earlier this year, but continued big earnings for Catching Fire over Thanksgiving means that this year's box office championship race is about to get interesting. More...

Limited Releases: Limited Releases are Frozen Out

November 22nd, 2013

Frozen poster

This week's list of limited releases is kind of mixed. Frozen is coming out this week for a prestige opening before expanding wide on Wednesday and it is virtually guaranteed box office success. On the other hand, most of the rest of the films are documentaries, which almost never have breakout success. Every documentary on this list looks interesting, but of the non-Frozen releases, I think Philomena has the best shot at box office success. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 22, 2013 25 $128,435   4 $32,109   $128,435 1
Nov 29, 2013 8 $3,676,001 +2,762% 753 $4,882   $4,637,419 2
Dec 6, 2013 9 $2,195,341 -40% 753 $2,915   $8,167,976 3
Dec 13, 2013 8 $1,820,479 -17% 835 $2,180   $11,083,457 4
Dec 20, 2013 10 $1,210,637 -33% 738 $1,640   $13,322,189 5
Dec 27, 2013 15 $1,767,560 +46% 727 $2,431   $16,444,983 6
Jan 3, 2014 14 $1,442,960 -18% 607 $2,377   $19,586,311 7
Jan 10, 2014 18 $1,385,067 -4% 607 $2,282   $21,941,095 8
Jan 17, 2014 20 $1,261,381 -9% 505 $2,498   $24,023,865 9
Jan 24, 2014 20 $1,075,904 -15% 505 $2,131   $25,814,483 10
Jan 31, 2014 20 $965,107 -10% 567 $1,702   $27,380,353 11
Feb 7, 2014 17 $797,653 -17% 504 $1,583   $28,672,575 12
Feb 14, 2014 16 $1,524,443 +91% 1,225 $1,244   $30,597,570 13
Feb 21, 2014 15 $1,196,316 -22% 1,004 $1,192   $32,720,252 14
Feb 28, 2014 16 $1,206,841 +1% 1,097 $1,100   $34,611,509 15
Mar 7, 2014 19 $683,630 -43% 670 $1,020   $35,907,377 16
Mar 14, 2014 22 $420,936 -38% 502 $839   $36,651,098 17
Mar 21, 2014 23 $207,666 -51% 297 $699   $37,089,371 18
Mar 28, 2014 30 $106,001 -49% 202 $525   $37,325,124 19
Apr 4, 2014 32 $86,582 -18% 197 $440   $37,470,370 20
Apr 11, 2014 60 $15,936 -82% 197 $81   $37,538,171 21
Apr 18, 2014 47 $30,258 +90% 101 $300   $37,638,922 22
Apr 25, 2014 61 $14,654 -52% 33 $444   $37,675,700 23
May 2, 2014 61 $10,661 -27% 22 $485   $37,692,013 24
May 9, 2014 77 $4,971 -53% 13 $382   $37,701,989 25
May 16, 2014 73 $3,716 -25% 9 $413   $37,707,719 26

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 22, 2013 - $33,115     4 $8,279   $33,115 1
Nov 23, 2013 - $57,486 +74%   4 $14,372   $90,601 2
Nov 24, 2013 - $37,834 -34%   4 $9,459   $128,435 3
Nov 27, 2013 13 $376,097     753 $499   $529,806 6
Nov 28, 2013 11 $431,612 +15%   753 $573   $961,418 7
Nov 29, 2013 9 $1,332,828 +209% +3,925% 753 $1,770   $2,294,246 8
Nov 30, 2013 9 $1,443,572 +8% +2,411% 753 $1,917   $3,737,818 9
Dec 1, 2013 8 $899,601 -38% +2,278% 753 $1,195   $4,637,419 10
Dec 2, 2013 8 $297,245 -67%   753 $395   $4,934,664 11
Dec 3, 2013 8 $394,427 +33%   753 $524   $5,329,091 12
Dec 4, 2013 7 $332,369 -16% -12% 753 $441   $5,661,460 13
Dec 5, 2013 7 $311,175 -6% -28% 753 $413   $5,972,635 14
Dec 6, 2013 9 $625,458 +101% -53% 753 $831   $6,598,093 15
Dec 7, 2013 9 $1,003,311 +60% -30% 753 $1,332   $7,601,404 16
Dec 8, 2013 9 $566,572 -44% -37% 753 $752   $8,167,976 17
Dec 9, 2013 8 $233,688 -59% -21% 835 $280   $8,401,664 18
Dec 10, 2013 8 $300,327 +29% -24% 835 $360   $8,701,991 19
Dec 11, 2013 8 $270,887 -10% -18% 835 $324   $8,972,878 20
Dec 12, 2013 7 $290,100 +7% -7% 835 $347   $9,262,978 21
Dec 13, 2013 - $563,294 +94% -10% 835 $675   $9,826,272 22
Dec 14, 2013 - $702,396 +25% -30% 835 $841   $10,528,668 23
Dec 15, 2013 - $554,789 -21% -2% 835 $664   $11,083,457 24
Dec 16, 2013 7 $239,087 -57% +2% 835 $286   $11,322,544 25
Dec 17, 2013 7 $274,232 +15% -9% 835 $328   $11,596,776 26
Dec 18, 2013 7 $255,924 -7% -6% 835 $306   $11,852,700 27
Dec 19, 2013 7 $258,852 +1% -11% 835 $310   $12,111,552 28
Dec 20, 2013 10 $322,676 +25% -43% 835 $386   $12,434,228 29
Dec 21, 2013 10 $501,321 +55% -29% 835 $600   $12,935,549 30
Dec 22, 2013 10 $386,640 -23% -30% 835 $463   $13,322,189 31
Dec 27, 2013 15 $558,717   +73% 727 $769   $15,236,140 36
Dec 28, 2013 11 $685,891 +23% +37% 727 $943   $15,922,031 37
Dec 29, 2013 12 $522,952 -24% +35% 727 $719   $16,444,983 38
Dec 30, 2013 - $383,880 -27%   727 $528   $16,828,863 39
Dec 31, 2013 - $483,171 +26%   727 $665   $17,312,034 40
Jan 1, 2014 13 $550,268 +14%   727 $757   $17,862,302 41
Jan 2, 2014 13 $281,049 -49%   727 $387   $18,143,351 42
Jan 3, 2014 - $401,458 +43% -28% 607 $661   $18,544,809 43
Jan 4, 2014 - $682,045 +70% -1% 607 $1,124   $19,226,854 44
Jan 5, 2014 - $359,457 -47% -31% 607 $592   $19,586,311 45
Jan 6, 2014 14 $143,632 -60% -63% 607 $237   $19,729,943 46
Jan 7, 2014 13 $238,384 +66% -51% 607 $393   $19,968,327 47
Jan 8, 2014 12 $282,393 +18% -49% 607 $465   $20,250,720 48
Jan 9, 2014 12 $305,308 +8% +9% 607 $503   $20,556,028 49
Jan 10, 2014 17 $396,796 +30% -1% 607 $654   $20,952,824 50
Jan 11, 2014 18 $599,499 +51% -12% 607 $988   $21,552,323 51
Jan 12, 2014 18 $388,772 -35% +8% 607 $640   $21,941,095 52
Jan 13, 2014 16 $165,969 -57% +16% 607 $273   $22,107,064 53
Jan 14, 2014 15 $217,479 +31% -9% 607 $358   $22,324,543 54
Jan 15, 2014 14 $199,789 -8% -29% 607 $329   $22,524,332 55
Jan 16, 2014 14 $238,152 +19% -22% 607 $392   $22,762,484 56
Jan 17, 2014 - $348,752 +46% -12% 505 $691   $23,111,236 57
Jan 18, 2014 - $560,930 +61% -6% 505 $1,111   $23,672,166 58
Jan 19, 2014 - $351,699 -37% -10% 505 $696   $24,023,865 59
Jan 20, 2014 - $288,162 -18% +74% 505 $571   $24,312,027 60
Jan 21, 2014 18 $140,511 -51% -35% 505 $278   $24,452,538 61
Jan 22, 2014 18 $142,849 +2% -29% 505 $283   $24,595,387 62
Jan 23, 2014 18 $143,192 n/c -40% 505 $284   $24,738,579 63
Jan 24, 2014 - $280,710 +96% -20% 505 $556   $25,019,289 64
Jan 25, 2014 - $450,795 +61% -20% 505 $893   $25,470,084 65
Jan 26, 2014 - $344,399 -24% -2% 505 $682   $25,814,483 66
Jan 27, 2014 18 $112,176 -67% -61% 505 $222   $25,926,659 67
Jan 28, 2014 18 $155,248 +38% +10% 505 $307   $26,081,907 68
Jan 29, 2014 17 $164,017 +6% +15% 505 $325   $26,245,924 69
Jan 30, 2014 17 $169,322 +3% +18% 505 $335   $26,415,246 70
Jan 31, 2014 - $289,703 +71% +3% 567 $511   $26,704,949 71
Feb 1, 2014 - $465,386 +61% +3% 567 $821   $27,170,335 72
Feb 2, 2014 18 $210,018 -55% -39% 567 $370   $27,380,353 73
Feb 3, 2014 18 $101,181 -52% -10% 567 $178   $27,481,534 74
Feb 4, 2014 16 $137,110 +36% -12% 567 $242   $27,618,644 75
Feb 5, 2014 17 $120,573 -12% -26% 567 $213   $27,739,217 76
Feb 6, 2014 15 $135,705 +13% -20% 567 $239   $27,874,922 77
Feb 7, 2014 17 $189,454 +40% -35% 504 $376   $28,064,376 78
Feb 8, 2014 17 $365,257 +93% -22% 504 $725   $28,429,633 79
Feb 9, 2014 16 $242,942 -33% +16% 504 $482   $28,672,575 80
Feb 10, 2014 16 $85,368 -65% -16% 504 $169   $28,757,943 81
Feb 11, 2014 16 $109,676 +28% -20% 504 $218   $28,867,619 82
Feb 12, 2014 15 $103,763 -5% -14% 504 $206   $28,971,382 83
Feb 13, 2014 15 $101,745 -2% -25% 504 $202   $29,073,127 84
Feb 14, 2014 16 $415,070 +308% +119% 1,225 $339   $29,488,197 85
Feb 15, 2014 16 $587,274 +41% +61% 1,225 $479   $30,075,471 86
Feb 16, 2014 15 $522,099 -11% +115% 1,225 $426   $30,597,570 87
Feb 17, 2014 15 $330,873 -37% +288% 1,225 $270   $30,928,443 88
Feb 18, 2014 11 $211,389 -36% +93% 1,225 $173   $31,139,832 89
Feb 19, 2014 11 $194,563 -8% +88% 1,225 $159   $31,334,395 90
Feb 20, 2014 12 $189,541 -3% +86% 1,225 $155   $31,523,936 91
Feb 21, 2014 15 $297,960 +57% -28% 1,004 $297   $31,821,896 92
Feb 22, 2014 15 $536,268 +80% -9% 1,004 $534   $32,358,164 93
Feb 23, 2014 14 $362,088 -32% -31% 1,004 $361   $32,720,252 94
Feb 24, 2014 13 $138,335 -62% -58% 1,004 $138   $32,858,587 95
Feb 25, 2014 11 $181,626 +31% -14% 1,004 $181   $33,040,213 96
Feb 26, 2014 11 $180,086 -1% -7% 1,004 $179   $33,220,299 97
Feb 27, 2014 12 $184,369 +2% -3% 1,004 $184   $33,404,668 98
Feb 28, 2014 15 $341,803 +85% +15% 1,097 $312   $33,746,471 99
Mar 1, 2014 16 $588,028 +72% +10% 1,097 $536   $34,334,499 100
Mar 2, 2014 15 $277,010 -53% -23% 1,097 $253   $34,611,509 101
Mar 3, 2014 14 $130,068 -53% -6% 1,097 $119   $34,741,577 102
Mar 4, 2014 11 $171,277 +32% -6% 1,097 $156   $34,912,854 103
Mar 5, 2014 13 $137,540 -20% -24% 1,097 $125   $35,050,394 104
Mar 6, 2014 11 $173,353 +26% -6% 1,097 $158   $35,223,747 105
Mar 7, 2014 - $192,379 +11% -44% 670 $287   $35,416,126 106
Mar 8, 2014 18 $311,457 +62% -47% 670 $465   $35,727,583 107
Mar 9, 2014 18 $179,794 -42% -35% 670 $268   $35,907,377 108
Mar 10, 2014 18 $68,465 -62% -47% 670 $102   $35,975,842 109
Mar 11, 2014 16 $88,293 +29% -48% 670 $132   $36,064,135 110
Mar 12, 2014 16 $84,684 -4% -38% 670 $126   $36,148,819 111
Mar 13, 2014 16 $81,343 -4% -53% 670 $121   $36,230,162 112
Mar 14, 2014 22 $113,619 +40% -41% 502 $226   $36,343,781 113
Mar 15, 2014 22 $185,154 +63% -41% 502 $369   $36,528,935 114
Mar 16, 2014 22 $122,163 -34% -32% 502 $243   $36,651,098 115
Mar 17, 2014 19 $55,847 -54% -18% 502 $111   $36,706,945 116
Mar 18, 2014 18 $68,476 +23% -22% 502 $136   $36,775,421 117
Mar 19, 2014 19 $54,859 -20% -35% 502 $109   $36,830,280 118
Mar 20, 2014 17 $51,425 -6% -37% 502 $102   $36,881,705 119
Mar 21, 2014 - $56,591 +10% -50% 297 $191   $36,938,296 120
Mar 22, 2014 - $93,252 +65% -50% 297 $314   $37,031,548 121
Mar 23, 2014 - $57,823 -38% -53% 297 $195   $37,089,371 122
Mar 24, 2014 - $29,348 -49% -47% 297 $99   $37,118,719 123
Mar 25, 2014 - $37,879 +29% -45% 297 $128   $37,156,598 124
Mar 26, 2014 - $31,702 -16% -42% 297 $107   $37,188,300 125
Mar 27, 2014 - $30,823 -3% -40% 297 $104   $37,219,123 126
Mar 28, 2014 - $28,580 -7% -49% 202 $141   $37,247,703 127
Mar 29, 2014 - $49,555 +73% -47% 202 $245   $37,297,258 128
Mar 30, 2014 - $27,866 -44% -52% 202 $138   $37,325,124 129
Mar 31, 2014 - $11,255 -60% -62% 202 $56   $37,336,379 130
Apr 1, 2014 - $16,606 +48% -56% 202 $82   $37,352,985 131
Apr 2, 2014 - $15,038 -9% -53% 202 $74   $37,368,023 132
Apr 3, 2014 - $15,765 +5% -49% 202 $78   $37,383,788 133
Apr 4, 2014 - $25,139 +59% -12% 197 $128   $37,408,927 134
Apr 5, 2014 - $37,102 +48% -25% 197 $188   $37,446,029 135
Apr 6, 2014 - $24,341 -34% -13% 197 $124   $37,470,370 136
Apr 7, 2014 - $11,581 -52% +3% 197 $59   $37,481,951 137
Apr 8, 2014 - $15,241 +32% -8% 197 $77   $37,497,192 138
Apr 9, 2014 - $11,827 -22% -21% 197 $60   $37,509,019 139
Apr 10, 2014 - $13,216 +12% -16% 197 $67   $37,522,235 140
Apr 11, 2014 - $15,936 +21% -37% 157 $102   $37,538,171 141
Apr 12, 2014 - $23,541 +48% -37% 157 $150   $37,561,712 142
Apr 13, 2014 - $13,188 -44% -46% 157 $84   $37,574,900 143
Apr 14, 2014 - $6,581 -50% -43% 157 $42   $37,581,481 144
Apr 15, 2014 - $9,486 +44% -38% 157 $60   $37,590,967 145
Apr 16, 2014 - $8,726 -8% -26% 157 $56   $37,599,693 146
Apr 17, 2014 - $8,971 +3% -32% 157 $57   $37,608,664 147
Apr 18, 2014 - $10,887 +21% -32% 101 $108   $37,619,551 148
Apr 19, 2014 - $12,886 +18% -45% 101 $128   $37,632,437 149
Apr 20, 2014 - $6,485 -50% -51% 101 $64   $37,638,922 150
Apr 21, 2014 - $4,680 -28% -29% 101 $46   $37,643,602 151
Apr 22, 2014 - $5,176 +11% -45% 101 $51   $37,648,778 152
Apr 23, 2014 - $6,171 +19% -29% 101 $61   $37,654,949 153
Apr 24, 2014 - $6,097 -1% -32% 101 $60   $37,661,046 154
Apr 25, 2014 - $3,624 -41% -67% 33 $110   $37,664,670 155
Apr 26, 2014 - $7,068 +95% -45% 33 $214   $37,671,738 156
Apr 27, 2014 - $3,962 -44% -39% 33 $120   $37,675,700 157
Apr 28, 2014 - $1,374 -65% -71% 33 $42   $37,677,074 158
Apr 29, 2014 - $1,383 +1% -73% 33 $42   $37,678,457 159
Apr 30, 2014 - $1,590 +15% -74% 33 $48   $37,680,047 160
May 1, 2014 - $1,305 -18% -79% 33 $40   $37,681,352 161
May 2, 2014 - $2,520 +93% -30% 22 $115   $37,683,872 162
May 3, 2014 - $4,786 +90% -32% 22 $218   $37,688,658 163
May 4, 2014 - $3,355 -30% -15% 22 $153   $37,692,013 164
May 5, 2014 - $919 -73% -33% 22 $42   $37,692,932 165
May 6, 2014 - $1,344 +46% -3% 22 $61   $37,694,276 166
May 7, 2014 - $1,642 +22% +3% 22 $75   $37,695,918 167
May 8, 2014 - $1,100 -33% -16% 22 $50   $37,697,018 168
May 9, 2014 - $1,417 +29% -44% 13 $109   $37,698,435 169
May 10, 2014 - $2,027 +43% -58% 13 $156   $37,700,462 170
May 11, 2014 - $1,527 -25% -54% 13 $117   $37,701,989 171
May 12, 2014 - $323 -79% -65% 13 $25   $37,702,312 172
May 13, 2014 - $598 +85% -56% 13 $46   $37,702,910 173
May 14, 2014 - $479 -20% -71% 13 $37   $37,703,389 174
May 15, 2014 - $614 +28% -44% 13 $47   $37,704,003 175
May 16, 2014 - $954 +55% -33% 9 $106   $37,704,957 176
May 17, 2014 - $1,335 +40% -34% 9 $148   $37,706,292 177
May 18, 2014 - $1,427 +7% -7% 9 $159   $37,707,719 178
May 19, 2014 - $864 -39% +167% 9 $96   $37,708,583 179
May 20, 2014 - $597 -31% n/c 9 $66   $37,709,180 180
May 21, 2014 - $283 -53% -41% 9 $31   $37,709,463 181
May 22, 2014 - $516 +82% -16% 9 $57   $37,709,979 182

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 22, 2013 20 $936,144   753 $1,243   $961,418 1
Nov 29, 2013 8 $5,011,217 +435% 753 $6,655   $5,972,635 2
Dec 6, 2013 9 $3,290,343 -34% 835 $3,941   $9,262,978 3
Dec 13, 2013 8 $2,848,574 -13% 835 $3,411   $12,111,552 4
Dec 20, 2013 13 $2,565,871 -10% 738 $3,477   $14,677,423 5
Dec 27, 2013 15 $1,698,368 -34% 727 $2,336   $18,143,351 6
Jan 3, 2014 14 $2,412,677 +42% 607 $3,975   $20,556,028 7
Jan 10, 2014 17 $2,206,456 -9% 607 $3,635   $22,762,484 8
Jan 17, 2014 18 $1,976,095 -10% 505 $3,913   $24,738,579 9
Jan 24, 2014 19 $1,676,667 -15% 505 $3,320   $26,415,246 10
Jan 31, 2014 19 $1,459,676 -13% 567 $2,574   $27,874,922 11
Feb 7, 2014 17 $1,198,205 -18% 504 $2,377   $29,073,127 12
Feb 14, 2014 16 $2,450,809 +105% 1,225 $2,001   $31,523,936 13
Feb 21, 2014 13 $1,880,732 -23% 1,004 $1,873   $33,404,668 14
Feb 28, 2014 15 $1,819,079 -3% 1,097 $1,658   $35,223,747 15
Mar 7, 2014 18 $1,006,415 -45% 670 $1,502   $36,230,162 16
Mar 14, 2014 21 $651,543 -35% 502 $1,298   $36,881,705 17
Mar 21, 2014 20 $337,418 -48% 297 $1,136   $37,219,123 18
Mar 28, 2014 29 $164,665 -51% 202 $815   $37,383,788 19
Apr 4, 2014 30 $138,447 -16% 197 $703   $37,522,235 20
Apr 11, 2014 40 $86,429 -38% 157 $551   $37,608,664 21
Apr 18, 2014 42 $52,382 -39% 101 $519   $37,661,046 22
Apr 25, 2014 57 $20,306 -61% 33 $615   $37,681,352 23
May 2, 2014 62 $15,666 -23% 22 $712   $37,697,018 24
May 9, 2014 77 $6,985 -55% 13 $537   $37,704,003 25
May 16, 2014 63 $5,976 -14% 9 $664   $37,709,979 26

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Denmark 11/28/2013 $110,516 74 77 206 $476,892 12/13/2015
Hungary 12/26/2013 $28,772 19 19 19 $28,772 12/30/2018
Iceland 11/1/2013 $0 0 3 14 $47,605 12/30/2018
Italy 12/19/2013 $756,106 158 214 372 $3,509,753 12/13/2015
New Zealand 12/26/2013 $46,401 39 74 113 $433,820 12/13/2015
Norway 11/15/2013 $0 0 39 72 $263,366 12/13/2015
Slovenia 12/12/2013 $3,249 3 3 9 $28,731 12/13/2015
Sweden 12/6/2013 $103,423 43 53 197 $673,007 12/13/2015
United Kingdom 11/1/2013 $0 0 530 1,520 $17,081,726 12/13/2015
 
Rest of World $38,709,741
 
International Total$61,253,413 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
Apr 20, 20141090,671 90,671$1,359,158$1,359,1581
Apr 27, 2014936,047-60% 126,718$539,263$1,898,4212
May 4, 20141720,827-42% 147,545$311,572$2,209,9933
May 11, 20142518,656-10% 166,201$279,094$2,489,0874
May 18, 20142219,902+7% 186,103$297,734$2,786,8215

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 20, 20141329,584 29,584$519,498$519,4981
Apr 27, 2014189,013-70% 38,597$195,500$714,9982

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