Austria Box Office for Saul fia (2015)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Austria Box Office $24,011Details
Worldwide Box Office $9,696,537Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $301,063 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $84,947 Details
Total North America Video Sales $386,010
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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.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$1,700,000
Austria Releases: March 18th, 2016 (Wide)
Video Release: April 26th, 2016 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for disturbing violent content, and some graphic nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2389, 9/2/2015)
Running Time: 107 minutes
Keywords: Holocaust, World War II, Jewish, Prison Break, Prologue, POW, 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

Home Market Releases for April 26th, 2016

April 26th, 2016

Phoenix

We are in Q2, which is historically the slowest time of the year on the home market. The last of the monster Christmas hits were released weeks ago and none of the yearly year hits have come out yet. Ironically, the biggest release of the week is actually a Christmas film, Krampus, and its Blu-ray Combo Pack is a contender for Pick of the Week. (It is admittedly a slow week.) Its two biggest competitors are both foreign-language films: Phoenix: Criterion Collection - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray and Son of Saul - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray. Son of Saul won the Oscar this year for Best Foreign-Language Film, but I'm going with Phoenix instead. More...

Oscar Predictions: Mad Max Heads Technical Categories, Revenant Favorite for Best Picture

February 28th, 2016

Voting in our annual Predict the Academy Awards contest is now closed, and we can reveal the final vote totals in each category, along with the rough probability for which film will win each award. This is a year where readers are very confident about the outcomes in many of the categories. In fact, there isn’t a single major category where less than 50% of readers picked the same winner, and there are five Oscars where 90% or more of readers agreed on the outcome, including a massive 97% of the vote for Inside Out for Best Animated Feature. That makes The Revenant a rather more uncertain bet, with 70% of readers favoring it for Best Picture. That’s actually theoretically the closest call among all the major prizes… More...

Weekend Estimates: Deadpool Enjoys Third Weekend Win

February 28th, 2016

Deadpool

This is shaping up to be a triumphant weekend for 20th Century Fox. The studio will take three out of the top five spots at the box office this weekend, with Deadpool claiming a third straight win with $31.5 million, taking it to a huge (for the time of year) $285.6 million by close of business on Sunday. The studio’s Kung Fu Panda 3 will be down just 28% to $9 million in third place, for $128.5 million to date, and their new release Eddie the Eagle will land in fifth with a slightly disappointing, but not horrible, $6.3 million. Oh, and The Revenant is still in the top ten in its tenth weekend in release, and is the hot favorite to win Best Picture at the Oscars this evening (more on that in a moment).

All of which is a roundabout way of saying that Gods of Egypt had a horrible opening weekend… More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Preview

February 28th, 2016

The Revenant

It’s Oscar day and, if all goes to plan, I will be live-blogging the ceremony tonight. Here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions from our readers, and my personal wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers (we’ll have a full rundown of the predictions at noon, after the contest ends). If I am predicting a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don’t think will win, are Underlined. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award was not even nominated, plus a few I don’t have a real opinion on.

If you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to enter our Oscar competition, and win all Best Picture nominees on Blu-ray or DVD. More...

Theater Averages: Mermaid Nearly Cracks $1,000,000

February 24th, 2016

The Mermaid

The Mermaid led the way as far as limited releases were concerned with $985,000 in 35 theaters for an average of $28,144. The film has broken records in China, which we will talk about more tomorrow with the international top five. The Embrace of the Serpent was next with an average of $16,985 in three theaters over the weekend, while it earned an average of $20,721 during its five-day opening. The only other film in the $10,000 club was Deadpool with an average of $15,172. On a related note, Warner Bros. has announced an R-rated Blu-ray for Batman v. Superman. The is the wrong lesson to learn from the success of Deadpool. More...

2015 Awards Season: DGA Winners—The Revenant Bounces Back

February 7th, 2016

The Revenant

The Directors Guild of America awards were handed out and it was a big night for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and The Revenant. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations

January 15th, 2016

The Revenant

The Oscar nominations were announced at 5:30 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, this was a terrible year for snubs, especially when it comes to diversity of the nominees. The voters for the Oscars are 94% white and 77% male... but that's still more diverse than the list of nominees. The Revenant led the way with 12 nominations and it is expected to win a few of those, while it is a serious contender in most of the categories it was nominated in. More...

2015 - Awards Season: DGA - Nominations

January 14th, 2016

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Directors Guild of America spread out the nominations, which I always felt hurt the buzz. There are ten categories of awards, but only three of which pertain to theatrical releases. There are very few surprises across these three categories, so the Oscar nominations today shouldn't be full of surprises either. More...

2015 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Winners

January 11th, 2016

The Revenant

The Golden Globes were handed out on Sunday evening. There were a few minor surprises and some infuriating results. On the other hand, no one film truly dominated, with The Revenant leading the way with just three wins. Only two other movies earned more than one win, The Martian and Steve Jobs. More...

Theater Averages: Star Wars Set Another Records with $59,982

December 22nd, 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens led the way on the theater average chart and broke the record for highest theater average for a wide release. Its average was $59,982, which is the fifth best opening theater average this year. This is just ahead of Ex Machina and just behind Carol. The Big Short fell 46% to $47,286. A 46% drop-off is bad news for a limited release most of the time, but The Force Awakens hurt all of the holdovers and I'm still bullish on its box office chances for its Wednesday expansion. Carol remained in the $10,000 for the fifth week in a row, this time earning an average of $14,446 in 16 theaters. Mojin: The Lost Legend opened with an average of $12,726 in 22 theaters, while Son of Saul was right behind with an average of $12,643. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: These Limited Releases Won't Die

December 18th, 2015

Son of Saul

It's not a long list this week, but there are a few films worth checking out. Topping that list is Son of Saul, which could win an Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film. Also worth checking out are He Never Died and The Lady in the Car with Glasses and A Gun. More...

2015 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations

December 10th, 2015

Carol

The Golden Globes nominations were announced this morning and we are already beginning to see a trend for this year's Awards Season. For the most part, the same films are coming up over and over again. Carol led the way with five awards, while there was a three-way tie for second place with The Big Short, The Revenant and Steve Jobs each picking up four. More...

2015 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations

November 25th, 2015

Carol

Awards Season begins with the Independent Spirit Awards nominations. There were definitely some surprise nominees this year, but that also meant there were some unfortunate snubs as well. The overall leader was Carol, which just opened this past weekend. This is great timing and should help its box office numbers, as well as its chances throughout Awards Season. Its six nominations were one ahead of Beasts of No Nation and Spotlight. (One of Spotlight's was the Robert Altman Award, which has no nominations, just one winner.)

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Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2016/03/18 25 $4,591   6 $765   $4,591 1
2016/03/25 26 $2,749 -40% 7 $393   $14,203 2
2016/04/01 26 $2,797 +2% 9 $311   $20,276 3
2016/04/08 33 $1,549 -45% 4 $387   $23,207 4
2016/04/15 46 $495 -68% 3 $165   $24,011 5

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
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
North America 12/18/2015 $37,930 3 180 886 $1,777,043 9/12/2017
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
 
Worldwide Total$9,696,537 12/31/2018

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

Geza Rohrig    Saul
Levente Molnar    Abraham

Supporting Cast

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

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

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