Sufat Chol (2016)

Sufat Chol
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $86,800Details
International Box Office $343,607Details
Worldwide Box Office $430,407
Further financial details...

Synopsis

As wedding festivities get underway in a Bedouin village in Southern Israel, Jalila finds herself in the awkward position of hosting her husband Suliman’s marriage to a second, much younger wife. During the celebration, Jalila stumbles across her eldest daughter Layla’s involvement with a boy from her university —a strictly forbidden liaison that would shame the family. Burying the indignity of Suliman and his new bride living next door, Jalila also tries to contain Layla’s situation by clamping down on her. But Layla sees a different life for herself...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$6,849 (7.9% of total gross)
Legs:5.69 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:20.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/6 max. theaters, 4.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $108,167

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,901-13,000) 12,957 $86,800
All Time International Box Office (Rank 13,801-13,900) 13,805 $343,607
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 18,301-18,400) 18,387 $430,407
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,801-4,900) 4,850 $86,800

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 28th, 2016 (Limited) by Kino Lorber, released as Sand Storm
International Releases: December 2nd, 2016 (Limited), released as Sand Storm (Australia)
January 27th, 2017 (Wide) (France)
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 87 minutes
Comparisons: vs. The Secret Life of Pets
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Keywords: Wedding Day, Dysfunctional Family, Forbidden Romance, Romance, Bigamy or Polygamy, Set in Israel, Sundance Film Festival 2016
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Beta Cinema, Two Team Production, Yehoshua Rabinovich Tel-Aviv Foundation for the Arts, Cinema Projects, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Production Countries: Israel
Languages: Arabic

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 30, 2016 78 $6,849   2 $3,425   $14,256 1
Oct 7, 2016 59 $15,247 +123% 6 $2,541   $39,295 2
Oct 14, 2016 74 $5,977 -61% 4 $1,494   $50,271 3
Oct 21, 2016 75 $10,229 +71% 6 $1,705   $64,043 4
Oct 28, 2016 88 $2,370 -77% 2 $1,185   $69,316 5
Nov 4, 2016 70 $3,841 +62% 4 $960   $83,078 6

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 23, 2016 118 $1,222   1 $1,222   $7,407 1
Sep 30, 2016 69 $16,641 +1,262% 1 $16,641   $24,048 2
Oct 7, 2016 62 $21,468 +29% 2 $10,734   $45,516 3
Oct 14, 2016 78 $9,540 -56% 5 $1,908   $53,814 4
Oct 21, 2016 78 $13,132 +38% 6 $2,189   $66,946 5
Oct 28, 2016 67 $12,291 -6% 5 $2,458   $79,237 6
Nov 4, 2016 69 $7,563 -38% 5 $1,513   $86,800 7

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 12/2/2016 $4,196 7 8 22 $15,709 12/19/2016
France 1/27/2017 $165,440 0 0 0 $327,898 6/26/2018
 
International Total$343,607 6/26/2018

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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

Lamis Ammar    Layla
Ruba Blal Asfour    Jalila

Supporting Cast

Haitham Omari    Suliman
Khadija Alakel    Tasnim
Jalal Masarwa    Anwar

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

Production and Technical Credits

Elite Zexer    Director
Elite Zexer    Screenwriter
Haim Mecklberg    Producer
Estee Yakov-Mecklberg    Producer
Rami Yehoshua    Executive Producer
Moshe Edery    Executive Producer
Leon Edery    Executive Producer
Ygal Mograbi    Executive Producer
Shai Peleg    Director of Photography
Ronit Porat    Editor
Nir Adler    Production Designer

Theater Averages: Denial Denies American Honey Top Spot with $18,746

October 5th, 2016

American Honey

Denial and American Honey were the only two films in the $10,000 club on the theater average chart this week. Denial earned first place with an average of $18,746 in five theaters, while American Honey was relatively close behind with an average of $17,801 in four. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Don’t be in Denial

September 30th, 2016

Denial

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Synopsis

As wedding festivities get underway in a Bedouin village in Southern Israel, Jalila finds herself in the awkward position of hosting her husband Suliman’s marriage to a second, much younger wife. During the celebration, Jalila stumbles across her eldest daughter Layla’s involvement with a boy from her university —a strictly forbidden liaison that would shame the family. Burying the indignity of Suliman and his new bride living next door, Jalila also tries to contain Layla’s situation by clamping down on her. But Layla sees a different life for herself...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$6,849 (7.9% of total gross)
Legs:5.69 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:20.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/6 max. theaters, 4.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $108,167

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,901-13,000) 12,957 $86,800
All Time International Box Office (Rank 13,801-13,900) 13,805 $343,607
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 18,301-18,400) 18,387 $430,407
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,801-4,900) 4,850 $86,800

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 28th, 2016 (Limited) by Kino Lorber, released as Sand Storm
International Releases: December 2nd, 2016 (Limited), released as Sand Storm (Australia)
January 27th, 2017 (Wide) (France)
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 87 minutes
Comparisons: vs. The Secret Life of Pets
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Keywords: Wedding Day, Dysfunctional Family, Forbidden Romance, Romance, Bigamy or Polygamy, Set in Israel, Sundance Film Festival 2016
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Beta Cinema, Two Team Production, Yehoshua Rabinovich Tel-Aviv Foundation for the Arts, Cinema Projects, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
Production Countries: Israel
Languages: Arabic

Leading Cast

Lamis Ammar    Layla
Ruba Blal Asfour    Jalila

Supporting Cast

Haitham Omari    Suliman
Khadija Alakel    Tasnim
Jalal Masarwa    Anwar

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

Production and Technical Credits

Elite Zexer    Director
Elite Zexer    Screenwriter
Haim Mecklberg    Producer
Estee Yakov-Mecklberg    Producer
Rami Yehoshua    Executive Producer
Moshe Edery    Executive Producer
Leon Edery    Executive Producer
Ygal Mograbi    Executive Producer
Shai Peleg    Director of Photography
Ronit Porat    Editor
Nir Adler    Production Designer

Theater Averages: Denial Denies American Honey Top Spot with $18,746

October 5th, 2016

American Honey

Denial and American Honey were the only two films in the $10,000 club on the theater average chart this week. Denial earned first place with an average of $18,746 in five theaters, while American Honey was relatively close behind with an average of $17,801 in four. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Don’t be in Denial

September 30th, 2016

Denial

There are more than a few films on this week’s list that were made to win Oscars. Of these, Sand Storm is the best. However, Denial has the biggest box office potential. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 30, 2016 78 $6,849   2 $3,425   $14,256 1
Oct 7, 2016 59 $15,247 +123% 6 $2,541   $39,295 2
Oct 14, 2016 74 $5,977 -61% 4 $1,494   $50,271 3
Oct 21, 2016 75 $10,229 +71% 6 $1,705   $64,043 4
Oct 28, 2016 88 $2,370 -77% 2 $1,185   $69,316 5
Nov 4, 2016 70 $3,841 +62% 4 $960   $83,078 6

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 23, 2016 118 $1,222   1 $1,222   $7,407 1
Sep 30, 2016 69 $16,641 +1,262% 1 $16,641   $24,048 2
Oct 7, 2016 62 $21,468 +29% 2 $10,734   $45,516 3
Oct 14, 2016 78 $9,540 -56% 5 $1,908   $53,814 4
Oct 21, 2016 78 $13,132 +38% 6 $2,189   $66,946 5
Oct 28, 2016 67 $12,291 -6% 5 $2,458   $79,237 6
Nov 4, 2016 69 $7,563 -38% 5 $1,513   $86,800 7

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 12/2/2016 $4,196 7 8 22 $15,709 12/19/2016
France 1/27/2017 $165,440 0 0 0 $327,898 6/26/2018
 
International Total$343,607 6/26/2018

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.