| Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
| Australia Box Office | $539,930 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $13,353,855 | Details |
| Further financial details... | ||
| Production Budget: | $11,000,000 |
| Australia Releases: | February 11th, 2005 (Wide) |
| MPAA Rating: | R for depiction of strong thematic material |
| Running Time: | 125 minutes |
| Keywords: | Historical Drama, 1950s, Abortion, Set in London |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
March 28th, 2005
Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases and a few from the growing TV on DVD section including this week's winner, The Lone Gunmen - The Complete Series - Buy from Amazon
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March 6th, 2005
The Aviator beat weekend estimates by a substantial margin leading to a $5.9 million box office on 3000 screens in 34 markets. The multi-Oscar winning movie has hit $86.2 million internationally and will cross $200 million worldwide before too long. The film dropped a spot to fifth place in South Korea with $834,660 for the week and slipped to second in Australia with $798,000. The only market the film opened it was Argentina, where it easily took top spot with $232,000. More...February 27th, 2005
Ocean's Twelve may have dropped out of the top five, but it is still going strong with $4.5 million on 1400 screens in 35 markets for an international box office of $225.8 million so far. No new openings means the heist film had to rely on holdovers likes its $2.5 million during its third weekend in the U.K. and $1.4 million during its fifth week of release in Japan, finishing second in both those markets. More...February 23rd, 2005
Only two films were able to crack the $10,000 club this week, at least if you only count the three day weekend.
The charts were led by the German Oscar contender, Downfall, which opened in only one theater and earned $18,195 over the 3-day weekend, and $24,220 if you add in the holiday Monday.
In second place was Bride and Prejudice with a per theater average of $10,047 / $12,015.
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February 20th, 2005
Iznogoud: Calife a la place du calife, a movie based on a Asterix and Obelix spin off of sorts, dominated the French box office taking in $7.1 million, more than double the second place film and more than a third of the top ten total. It is also enough to push it into the Top Five on the international scene, dropping Finding Neverland into sixth place. Unfortunately, like the several films made in the Asterix and Obelix series, this one is unlikely to make much of an impact outside the French speaking markets. More...February 5th, 2005
The 11th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are handed out tonight and while there are numerous awards only five are for theatrical releases. More...February 1st, 2005
Oscar Nominations gave a box office boost to many films this past weekend while other films are too far into their runs for it to make a difference, (The Motorcycle Diaries) or out of theatres completely, (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.) But of the 35 films that received Oscar Nominations, 17 saw increases in either their overall box office, per theatre average or both. More...January 28th, 2005
A handful of limited releases on this week's list, including the latest IMAX film.
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January 25th, 2005
The Oscar Nominations were announced this morning and at first glance it appears that most of the nominations went to films with smaller budgets and box office results. Box office hits were nearly shut out of the major nominations. More...December 21st, 2004
It is a week after the Golden Globe nominees were announced and a perfect time to look at the effect, if any, that the acclaim has brought previously released films. More...December 21st, 2004
During its second weekend of release, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou saw its per theatre average drop just 12.6% to land at $49,394, easily the best result this weekend. Next on the list are two new award season hopefuls, Million Dollar Baby with $22,494 in 8 theatres and The Aviator with $21,451 in 40 theatres. The second returning member of the $10,000 club rounds out the list as Bad Education earned an average of $12,816 to spend its fifth week on the list. More...December 14th, 2004
Golden Globe Nominations were announced on Monday and as with the IFP Independent Spirit Awards, Sideways lead the pack with 7 nominations. This does not mean it is the favorite in any particular category, but it does help its chances of taking home some hardware on January 16th. More...November 17th, 2004
Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason opened in a mere half a dozen international markets over the weekend, but what an opening it was. Despite place on fewer than 1000 screens the film was able to pull in an amazing $26.7 million, the lion's share coming from the U.K. where the film took in $19.1 million on 496 screens, (including $5.9 million from sneak peaks.) That was the best opening for a Working Title film smashing the previous record of $11.1 million for Love Actually. In each market the film broke the record for Working Title films and more than doubled the original's debut. And even with legs that are expected to be much lower, it should be able to break $300 million internationally, although it may have trouble hitting $50 million domestically. More...November 10th, 2004
It's a rare feat for a non-Hollywood film to top the international charts, but that's just what the German spoof, Seven Dwarfs, did this week. Playing in just three markets the film took in $10.6 million on under 1,000 screens. In its home market of Germany the film eased just 19% to $9.2 million; the result was not quite as good in Austria where it dropped a respectable 30% to $915,000, but it was in Switzerland where it shined - increasing 4% to $500,000. Overall the film has now made $29.0 million so far but the real test comes with increased competition from holiday fare and the ability to find an audience in non-German speaking markets. More...November 9th, 2004
While it was the overall box office champ, The Incredibles that lead the way on the per theatre charts this week with $17,917, several limited releases are still making noise at the box office. One such movie is Sideways, which managed to stay above the $10,000 per theatre average mark for the third weekend in a row. The film earned more than $1 million over the weekend in just 66 theatres for an average of $15,873. More...October 19th, 2004
Vera Drake, which opened last Sunday, topped the Per Theatre Charts this week with $20,435. It's Sunday to Sunday performance was very flat, which bodes well for its legs. More...October 8th, 2004
Unlike last week, there are no political documentaries on this week's list. I'm as happy as you are about that. There are, on the other hand, several award season hopefuls on the list. More...October 7th, 2004
During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner Beauty Shop - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...September 23rd, 2004
During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner I ♥ Huckabees - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005/02/11 | - | $70,046 | 19 | $3,687 | $92,629 | 1 | |
| 2005/02/18 | - | $69,604 | -1% | 19 | $3,663 | $198,839 | 2 |
| 2005/02/25 | - | $54,702 | -21% | 19 | $2,879 | $284,387 | 3 |
| 2005/03/04 | - | $39,421 | -28% | 20 | $1,971 | $352,041 | 4 |
| 2005/03/11 | - | $29,334 | -26% | 20 | $1,467 | $402,929 | 5 |
| 2005/03/18 | - | $16,173 | -45% | 15 | $1,078 | $434,896 | 6 |
| 2005/03/25 | - | $9,643 | -40% | 11 | $877 | $441,958 | 7 |
| 2005/04/01 | - | $9,277 | -4% | 12 | $773 | $458,154 | 8 |
| 2005/04/08 | - | $6,761 | -27% | 12 | $563 | $472,026 | 9 |
| 2005/04/15 | - | $4,732 | -30% | 7 | $676 | $481,141 | 10 |
| 2005/04/22 | - | $6,613 | +40% | 10 | $661 | $498,597 | 11 |
| 2005/05/06 | - | $2,387 | 8 | $298 | $511,681 | 13 | |
| 2005/05/13 | - | $11,470 | +381% | 15 | $765 | $515,064 | 14 |
| 2005/05/20 | - | $4,388 | -62% | 9 | $488 | $521,130 | 15 |
| 2005/05/27 | - | $5,593 | +27% | 12 | $466 | $536,588 | 16 |
| 2005/06/03 | - | $5,117 | -9% | 8 | $640 | $539,930 | 17 |
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2/11/2005 | $70,046 | 19 | 20 | 216 | $539,930 | 9/25/2020 |
| North America | 10/10/2004 | $13,207 | 2 | 97 | 1,430 | $3,753,806 | 2/17/2014 |
| Rest of World | $9,060,119 | ||||||
| Worldwide Total | $13,353,855 | 9/25/2020 | |||||
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| Imelda Staunton | Vera Drake |
| Heather Craney | Joyce | |
| Phillip Davis | Stan | |
| Jim Broadbent | Judge |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
| Mike Leigh | Director | |
| Mike Leigh | Screenwriter | |
| Simon Channing Williams | Producer | |
| Andrew Dickson | Composer |
