Synopsis
Ricky is a 13-year-old boy with autism. Mariana, Ricky’s mother, is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, who works long days cleaning houses while Ricky, deeply imaginative but painfully isolated, struggles to cope. They live in Rockaway Beach, Queens along with Ricky’s rebellious older sister, Carla, and semi-absent father, Ricardo Sr. Carla doesn’t pick Ricky up from school one day and, as he walks home alone, he is scolded by Mariana over the phone. Blocking out his mother’s anger, he is swooned by a mysterious dragon illustration into the subway. This marks the beginning of the young boy’s odyssey of self-discovery, where his confrontation with the bizarre, indifferent world of the subway pushes him to interact with the world. Meanwhile, Mariana’s search brings her out into her neighborhood in new ways. She forms a new relationship with the beach and befriends a shopkeeper who knows her son. As days pass with no sign of Ricky and an impending hurricane, the divisions that the family has tried to ignore are brought to light.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $7,000 (40.5% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 2.47 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/3 max. theaters, 0.3 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $22,800 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 15,701-15,800) | 15,760 | $17,282 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 31,001-31,100) | 31,009 | $17,282 |
| All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,101-7,200) | 7,177 | $17,282 |
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | May 23rd, 2014 (Limited) by Oscilloscope Pictures |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 100 minutes |
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| Keywords: | Autism, Immigration, Hispanic, Extreme Weather, Missing Person |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | How Follows What, See Think Films, Mssng Peces |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |