Saul fia (2015)

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Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $1,777,043Details
International Box Office $7,919,494Details
Worldwide Box Office $9,696,537
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $307,225
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $89,268
Total $396,493
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Further financial details...

Synopsis

October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul discovers the body of a boy he takes for his son. As the Sonderkommando plans a rebellion, Saul decides to carry out an impossible task: save the child’s body from the flames, find a rabbi to recite the mourner's Kaddish and offer the boy a proper burial.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$37,930 (2.1% of total gross)
Legs:10.82 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:18.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$1,700,000 (worldwide box office is 5.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/180 max. theaters, 4.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $2,461,583

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 18th, 2015 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics, released as Son of Saul
International Releases: June 11th, 2015 (Wide) (Hungary)
October 28th, 2015 (Wide) (Belgium)
November 5th, 2015 (Wide) (Netherlands)
November 12th, 2015 (Wide) (Greece)
January 15th, 2016 (Wide) (Spain)
... Show all releases
Video Release: April 26th, 2016 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, released as Son of Saul
MPA Rating: R for disturbing violent content, and some graphic nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2389, 9/2/2015)
Running Time: 107 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Prologue
Plot point: Jewish, POW, Prison Break
Social setting: Holocaust, World War II
Time period setting: 1940s
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Laokoon Cinema, Hungarian National Film Fund, Claims Conference
Production Countries: Hungary
Languages: Hungarian

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 18, 2015 37 $37,930   3 $12,643   $37,930 1
Dec 25, 2015 42 $34,060 -10% 4 $8,515   $97,944 2
Jan 1, 2016 44 $32,761 -4% 4 $8,190   $158,534 3
Jan 8, 2016 46 $24,709 -25% 4 $6,177   $201,327 4
Jan 15, 2016 32 $121,643 +392% 21 $5,793   $342,571 5
Jan 22, 2016 38 $91,715 -25% 34 $2,698   $498,239 6
Jan 29, 2016 35 $164,298 +79% 55 $2,987   $716,129 7
Feb 5, 2016 40 $90,059 -45% 54 $1,668   $874,200 8
Feb 12, 2016 40 $71,555 -21% 50 $1,431   $985,129 9
Feb 19, 2016 41 $84,527 +18% 75 $1,127   $1,112,311 10
Feb 26, 2016 37 $130,592 +54% 151 $865   $1,286,220 11
Mar 4, 2016 36 $150,945 +16% 180 $839   $1,524,582 12
Mar 11, 2016 45 $74,248 -51% 105 $707   $1,666,866 13
Mar 18, 2016 56 $28,469 -62% 57 $499   $1,724,875 14
Mar 25, 2016 63 $10,718 -62% 35 $306   $1,748,071 15
Apr 1, 2016 74 $4,925 -54% 16 $308   $1,758,647 16
Apr 8, 2016 78 $2,630 -47% 13 $202   $1,763,677 17
Apr 15, 2016 77 $3,038 +16% 11 $276   $1,767,793 18
Apr 22, 2016 84 $1,709 -44% 7 $244   $1,772,944 19
Apr 29, 2016 95 $125 -93% 2 $63   $1,774,214 20
May 6, 2016 97 $858 +586% 4 $215   $1,775,122 21
May 13, 2016 96 $636 -26% 1 $636   $1,776,814 22

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 18, 2015 37 $63,884   3 $21,295   $63,884 1
Dec 25, 2015 44 $61,889 -3% 4 $15,472   $125,773 2
Jan 1, 2016 44 $50,845 -18% 4 $12,711   $176,618 3
Jan 8, 2016 43 $44,310 -13% 4 $11,078   $220,928 4
Jan 15, 2016 32 $185,596 +319% 21 $8,838   $406,524 5
Jan 22, 2016 35 $145,307 -22% 34 $4,274   $551,831 6
Jan 29, 2016 35 $232,310 +60% 55 $4,224   $784,141 7
Feb 5, 2016 40 $129,433 -44% 54 $2,397   $913,574 8
Feb 12, 2016 42 $114,210 -12% 50 $2,284   $1,027,784 9
Feb 19, 2016 39 $127,844 +12% 75 $1,705   $1,155,628 10
Feb 26, 2016 36 $218,009 +71% 151 $1,444   $1,373,637 11
Mar 4, 2016 36 $218,981 n/c 180 $1,217   $1,592,618 12
Mar 11, 2016 48 $103,788 -53% 105 $988   $1,696,406 13
Mar 18, 2016 58 $40,947 -61% 57 $718   $1,737,353 14
Mar 25, 2016 65 $16,369 -60% 35 $468   $1,753,722 15
Apr 1, 2016 80 $7,325 -55% 16 $458   $1,761,047 16
Apr 8, 2016 87 $3,708 -49% 13 $285   $1,764,755 17
Apr 15, 2016 80 $6,480 +75% 13 $498   $1,771,235 18
Apr 22, 2016 91 $2,854 -56% 7 $408   $1,774,089 19
Apr 29, 2016 111 $175 -94% 2 $88   $1,774,264 20
May 6, 2016 102 $1,914 +994% 4 $479   $1,776,178 21
May 13, 2016 107 $865 -55% 1 $865   $1,777,043 22

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 2/25/2016 $10,909 8 11 27 $30,125 4/19/2016
Australia 2/25/2016 $41,156 10 12 95 $231,892 6/21/2016
Austria 3/18/2016 $4,591 6 9 29 $24,011 6/9/2016
Belgium 10/28/2015 $45,350 21 23 148 $286,008 6/9/2016
Brazil 2/4/2016 $31,073 21 21 129 $200,025 6/8/2016
Central America 4/21/2016 $4,619 1 1 2 $5,933 5/6/2016
Colombia 2/11/2016 $20,057 28 28 77 $69,325 12/31/2018
Czech Republic 2/18/2016 $12,350 17 17 17 $12,350 12/31/2018
Denmark 2/25/2016 $0 0 15 15 $106,274 6/9/2016
Finland 3/4/2016 $35,182 36 36 92 $86,416 6/9/2016
Germany 3/10/2016 $15,832 29 35 154 $63,226 6/9/2016
Greece 11/12/2015 $37,620 4 8 24 $149,225 12/8/2015
Hong Kong 3/3/2016 $25,590 3 5 15 $80,775 6/9/2016
Hungary 6/11/2015 $0 0 45 221 $943,618 12/31/2018
Italy 1/21/2016 $102,131 42 59 177 $477,028 6/9/2016
Lithuania 3/4/2016 $0 0 17 33 $1,419 6/9/2016
Mexico 2/26/2016 $24,941 14 16 77 $102,025 6/9/2016
Netherlands 11/5/2015 $67,650 27 42 213 $378,129 12/21/2015
New Zealand 2/26/2016 $3,916 3 3 12 $12,406 6/9/2016
Peru 3/3/2016 $3,314 1 2 8 $26,421 12/31/2018
Poland 1/22/2016 $26,579 0 0 0 $120,218 12/31/2018
Portugal 2/25/2016 $0 0 6 16 $38,846 6/9/2016
Russia (CIS) 4/14/2016 $15,230 0 45 45 $27,776 11/13/2018
South Korea 2/25/2016 $31,932 50 50 138 $151,305 6/9/2016
Spain 1/15/2016 $106,152 45 45 221 $419,431 6/9/2016
Taiwan 1/22/2016 $7,952 6 7 20 $41,747 10/30/2018
Thailand 2/25/2016 $5,740 7 7 13 $12,843 6/9/2016
Turkey 2/19/2016 $8,659 0 0 0 $48,321 12/31/2018
United Kingdom 4/29/2016 $261,212 55 63 118 $484,285 6/9/2016
Uruguay 2/25/2016 $1,196 1 2 5 $6,301 12/31/2018
Venezuela 2/26/2016 $2,188 6 9 17 $10,287 6/9/2016
  
Rest of World $3,271,503
  
International Total $7,919,494 12/31/2018

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Leading

Geza Rohrig    Saul
Levente Molnar    Abraham

Supporting

Urs Rechn    Oberkapo Biederman
Todd Charmont    Bearded Man
Sandor Zsoter    Doctor
Amitai Kedar    Hirsch
Uwe Lauer    SS Voss
Christian Harting    SS Busch
Jerzy Walczak    Sonderkommando Rabbi
Marcin Czarnik    Feigenbaum
Levente Orban    Vassili
Attila Fritz    Yankl
Kamil Dobrowlski    Mietek
Istvan Pion    Katz
Juli Jakab    Ella

Production and Technical Credits

Laszlo Nemes    Director
Laszlo Nemes    Screenwriter
Clara Royer    Screenwriter
Gabor Sipos    Producer
Gabor Rajna    Producer
Matyas Erdely    Cinematographer
Matthieu Taponier    Editor
Laszlo Rajk    Production Designer
Tamas Zanyi    Sound Mixer
Eva Zabezsinszkij    Casting Director

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

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.


Synopsis

October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul discovers the body of a boy he takes for his son. As the Sonderkommando plans a rebellion, Saul decides to carry out an impossible task: save the child’s body from the flames, find a rabbi to recite the mourner's Kaddish and offer the boy a proper burial.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$37,930 (2.1% of total gross)
Legs:10.82 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:18.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$1,700,000 (worldwide box office is 5.7 times production budget)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/180 max. theaters, 4.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $2,461,583

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 18th, 2015 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics, released as Son of Saul
International Releases: June 11th, 2015 (Wide) (Hungary)
October 28th, 2015 (Wide) (Belgium)
November 5th, 2015 (Wide) (Netherlands)
November 12th, 2015 (Wide) (Greece)
January 15th, 2016 (Wide) (Spain)
... Show all releases
Video Release: April 26th, 2016 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, released as Son of Saul
MPA Rating: R for disturbing violent content, and some graphic nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2389, 9/2/2015)
Running Time: 107 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Prologue
Plot point: Jewish, POW, Prison Break
Social setting: Holocaust, World War II
Time period setting: 1940s
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Laokoon Cinema, Hungarian National Film Fund, Claims Conference
Production Countries: Hungary
Languages: Hungarian

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 18, 2015 37 $37,930   3 $12,643   $37,930 1
Dec 25, 2015 42 $34,060 -10% 4 $8,515   $97,944 2
Jan 1, 2016 44 $32,761 -4% 4 $8,190   $158,534 3
Jan 8, 2016 46 $24,709 -25% 4 $6,177   $201,327 4
Jan 15, 2016 32 $121,643 +392% 21 $5,793   $342,571 5
Jan 22, 2016 38 $91,715 -25% 34 $2,698   $498,239 6
Jan 29, 2016 35 $164,298 +79% 55 $2,987   $716,129 7
Feb 5, 2016 40 $90,059 -45% 54 $1,668   $874,200 8
Feb 12, 2016 40 $71,555 -21% 50 $1,431   $985,129 9
Feb 19, 2016 41 $84,527 +18% 75 $1,127   $1,112,311 10
Feb 26, 2016 37 $130,592 +54% 151 $865   $1,286,220 11
Mar 4, 2016 36 $150,945 +16% 180 $839   $1,524,582 12
Mar 11, 2016 45 $74,248 -51% 105 $707   $1,666,866 13
Mar 18, 2016 56 $28,469 -62% 57 $499   $1,724,875 14
Mar 25, 2016 63 $10,718 -62% 35 $306   $1,748,071 15
Apr 1, 2016 74 $4,925 -54% 16 $308   $1,758,647 16
Apr 8, 2016 78 $2,630 -47% 13 $202   $1,763,677 17
Apr 15, 2016 77 $3,038 +16% 11 $276   $1,767,793 18
Apr 22, 2016 84 $1,709 -44% 7 $244   $1,772,944 19
Apr 29, 2016 95 $125 -93% 2 $63   $1,774,214 20
May 6, 2016 97 $858 +586% 4 $215   $1,775,122 21
May 13, 2016 96 $636 -26% 1 $636   $1,776,814 22

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 18, 2015 37 $63,884   3 $21,295   $63,884 1
Dec 25, 2015 44 $61,889 -3% 4 $15,472   $125,773 2
Jan 1, 2016 44 $50,845 -18% 4 $12,711   $176,618 3
Jan 8, 2016 43 $44,310 -13% 4 $11,078   $220,928 4
Jan 15, 2016 32 $185,596 +319% 21 $8,838   $406,524 5
Jan 22, 2016 35 $145,307 -22% 34 $4,274   $551,831 6
Jan 29, 2016 35 $232,310 +60% 55 $4,224   $784,141 7
Feb 5, 2016 40 $129,433 -44% 54 $2,397   $913,574 8
Feb 12, 2016 42 $114,210 -12% 50 $2,284   $1,027,784 9
Feb 19, 2016 39 $127,844 +12% 75 $1,705   $1,155,628 10
Feb 26, 2016 36 $218,009 +71% 151 $1,444   $1,373,637 11
Mar 4, 2016 36 $218,981 n/c 180 $1,217   $1,592,618 12
Mar 11, 2016 48 $103,788 -53% 105 $988   $1,696,406 13
Mar 18, 2016 58 $40,947 -61% 57 $718   $1,737,353 14
Mar 25, 2016 65 $16,369 -60% 35 $468   $1,753,722 15
Apr 1, 2016 80 $7,325 -55% 16 $458   $1,761,047 16
Apr 8, 2016 87 $3,708 -49% 13 $285   $1,764,755 17
Apr 15, 2016 80 $6,480 +75% 13 $498   $1,771,235 18
Apr 22, 2016 91 $2,854 -56% 7 $408   $1,774,089 19
Apr 29, 2016 111 $175 -94% 2 $88   $1,774,264 20
May 6, 2016 102 $1,914 +994% 4 $479   $1,776,178 21
May 13, 2016 107 $865 -55% 1 $865   $1,777,043 22

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 2/25/2016 $10,909 8 11 27 $30,125 4/19/2016
Australia 2/25/2016 $41,156 10 12 95 $231,892 6/21/2016
Austria 3/18/2016 $4,591 6 9 29 $24,011 6/9/2016
Belgium 10/28/2015 $45,350 21 23 148 $286,008 6/9/2016
Brazil 2/4/2016 $31,073 21 21 129 $200,025 6/8/2016
Central America 4/21/2016 $4,619 1 1 2 $5,933 5/6/2016
Colombia 2/11/2016 $20,057 28 28 77 $69,325 12/31/2018
Czech Republic 2/18/2016 $12,350 17 17 17 $12,350 12/31/2018
Denmark 2/25/2016 $0 0 15 15 $106,274 6/9/2016
Finland 3/4/2016 $35,182 36 36 92 $86,416 6/9/2016
Germany 3/10/2016 $15,832 29 35 154 $63,226 6/9/2016
Greece 11/12/2015 $37,620 4 8 24 $149,225 12/8/2015
Hong Kong 3/3/2016 $25,590 3 5 15 $80,775 6/9/2016
Hungary 6/11/2015 $0 0 45 221 $943,618 12/31/2018
Italy 1/21/2016 $102,131 42 59 177 $477,028 6/9/2016
Lithuania 3/4/2016 $0 0 17 33 $1,419 6/9/2016
Mexico 2/26/2016 $24,941 14 16 77 $102,025 6/9/2016
Netherlands 11/5/2015 $67,650 27 42 213 $378,129 12/21/2015
New Zealand 2/26/2016 $3,916 3 3 12 $12,406 6/9/2016
Peru 3/3/2016 $3,314 1 2 8 $26,421 12/31/2018
Poland 1/22/2016 $26,579 0 0 0 $120,218 12/31/2018
Portugal 2/25/2016 $0 0 6 16 $38,846 6/9/2016
Russia (CIS) 4/14/2016 $15,230 0 45 45 $27,776 11/13/2018
South Korea 2/25/2016 $31,932 50 50 138 $151,305 6/9/2016
Spain 1/15/2016 $106,152 45 45 221 $419,431 6/9/2016
Taiwan 1/22/2016 $7,952 6 7 20 $41,747 10/30/2018
Thailand 2/25/2016 $5,740 7 7 13 $12,843 6/9/2016
Turkey 2/19/2016 $8,659 0 0 0 $48,321 12/31/2018
United Kingdom 4/29/2016 $261,212 55 63 118 $484,285 6/9/2016
Uruguay 2/25/2016 $1,196 1 2 5 $6,301 12/31/2018
Venezuela 2/26/2016 $2,188 6 9 17 $10,287 6/9/2016
  
Rest of World $3,271,503
  
International Total $7,919,494 12/31/2018

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Leading

Geza Rohrig    Saul
Levente Molnar    Abraham

Supporting

Urs Rechn    Oberkapo Biederman
Todd Charmont    Bearded Man
Sandor Zsoter    Doctor
Amitai Kedar    Hirsch
Uwe Lauer    SS Voss
Christian Harting    SS Busch
Jerzy Walczak    Sonderkommando Rabbi
Marcin Czarnik    Feigenbaum
Levente Orban    Vassili
Attila Fritz    Yankl
Kamil Dobrowlski    Mietek
Istvan Pion    Katz
Juli Jakab    Ella

Production and Technical Credits

Laszlo Nemes    Director
Laszlo Nemes    Screenwriter
Clara Royer    Screenwriter
Gabor Sipos    Producer
Gabor Rajna    Producer
Matyas Erdely    Cinematographer
Matthieu Taponier    Editor
Laszlo Rajk    Production Designer
Tamas Zanyi    Sound Mixer
Eva Zabezsinszkij    Casting Director

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

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.