Wadjda (2012)
| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $1,342,455 | Details |
| International Box Office | $13,162,647 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $14,505,102 | |
| Domestic Physical Disc Sales | ||
| Blu-ray Sales (estimated) | $731,384 | |
| Total | $731,384 | |
| OpusData ID: 187700100 More info... | ||
| Further financial details... | ||
Synopsis
Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun-loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. After a fight with her friend Abdullah, a neighborhood boy she shouldn’t be playing with, Wadjda sees a beautiful green bicycle for sale. She wants the bicycle desperately so that she can beat Abdullah in a race. But Wadjda’s mother won’t allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl’s virtue. So Wadjda decides to try and raise the money herself. At first, Wadjda’s mother is too preoccupied with convincing her husband not to take a second wife to realize what’s going on. And soon enough Wadjda’s plans are thwarted when she is caught running various schemes at school. Just as she is losing hope of raising enough money, she hears of a cash prize for a Koran recitation competition at her school. She devotes herself to the memorization and recitation of Koranic verses, and her teachers begin to see Wadjda as a model pious girl. The competition isn’t going to be easy, especially for a troublemaker like Wadjda, but she refuses to give in. She is determined to continue fighting for her dreams...
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $41,253 (3.1% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 9.53 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 9.3% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 3 opening theaters/87 max. theaters, 4.3 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $1,974,883 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | September 13th, 2013 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics |
| International Releases: | December 6th, 2012 (Wide) (Italy)
February 6th, 2013 (Wide) (Belgium) April 3rd, 2013 (Wide) (Switzerland) June 28th, 2013 (Wide) (Spain) September 5th, 2013 (Wide) (Germany) ... Show all releases |
| Video Release: | February 11th, 2014 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPA Rating: | PG for thematic elements, brief mild language and smoking. (Rating bulletin 2259, 2/13/2013) |
| Running Time: | 98 minutes |
| Plot point: | Bigamy or Polygamy, Bigotry, Coming of Age, Muslims, Orthodox Religion, Religious, Sexism, Underdog |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | The Match Factory |
| Production Countries: | Saudi Arabia |
| Languages: | Arabic |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2013 | 49 | $41,253 | 3 | $13,751 | $116,920 | 1 | |
| Sep 20, 2013 | 49 | $66,566 | +61% | 9 | $7,396 | $204,394 | 2 |
| Sep 27, 2013 | 43 | $73,703 | +11% | 16 | $4,606 | $308,339 | 3 |
| Oct 4, 2013 | 37 | $120,078 | +63% | 44 | $2,729 | $460,544 | 4 |
| Oct 11, 2013 | 37 | $105,418 | -12% | 47 | $2,243 | $616,104 | 5 |
| Oct 18, 2013 | 32 | $140,924 | +34% | 66 | $2,135 | $800,649 | 6 |
| Oct 25, 2013 | 31 | $123,035 | -13% | 87 | $1,414 | $984,914 | 7 |
| Nov 8, 2013 | 41 | $52,975 | 59 | $898 | $1,231,309 | 9 | |
| Nov 22, 2013 | 48 | $19,820 | 24 | $826 | $1,319,806 | 11 | |
| Nov 29, 2013 | 50 | $14,374 | -27% | 21 | $684 | $1,342,455 | 12 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2013 | 47 | $62,161 | 3 | $20,720 | $137,828 | 1 | |
| Sep 20, 2013 | 48 | $96,808 | +56% | 9 | $10,756 | $234,636 | 2 |
| Sep 27, 2013 | 42 | $105,830 | +9% | 16 | $6,614 | $340,466 | 3 |
| Oct 4, 2013 | 34 | $170,220 | +61% | 44 | $3,869 | $510,686 | 4 |
| Oct 11, 2013 | 36 | $149,039 | -12% | 47 | $3,171 | $659,725 | 5 |
| Oct 18, 2013 | 31 | $202,154 | +36% | 66 | $3,063 | $861,879 | 6 |
| Nov 22, 2013 | 48 | $28,095 | 24 | $1,171 | $1,328,081 | 11 |
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 | 5/22/2014 | $0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | $79,037 | 12/30/2018 | |||
| Belgium | 2/6/2013 | $43,449 | 13 | 16 | 126 | $249,021 | 12/14/2015 | |||
| Colombia | 12/13/2013 | $12,443 | 12 | 12 | 19 | $53,066 | 12/30/2018 | |||
| Germany | 9/5/2013 | $0 | 0 | 62 | 118 | $1,796,943 | 10/20/2015 | |||
| Italy | 12/6/2012 | $56,358 | 18 | 46 | 127 | $9,442,952 | 12/13/2015 | |||
| Spain | 6/28/2013 | $0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | $504,825 | 12/13/2015 | |||
| Switzerland | 4/3/2013 | $0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | $158,757 | 12/14/2015 | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 11/28/2013 | $15,358 | 19 | 19 | 19 | $21,962 | 12/30/2018 | |||
| Rest of World | $856,084 | |||||||||
| International Total | $13,162,647 | 12/30/2018 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Leading
| Waad Mohammed | Wadjda |
Supporting
| Reem Abdullah | Mother | |
| Abdullrahman Al Gohani | Abdullah | |
| Ahd | Hussa | |
| Sultan Al Assaf | Father |
Production and Technical Credits
| Haifaa Al-Mansour | Director | |
| Haifaa Al-Mansour | Screenwriter | |
| Roman Paul | Producer | |
| Gerhard Meixner | Producer | |
| Andreas Wodraschke | Editor | |
| Lutz Reitemeier | Cinematographer | |
| Thomas Molt | Production Designer | |
| Max Richter | Composer |
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
Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun-loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. After a fight with her friend Abdullah, a neighborhood boy she shouldn’t be playing with, Wadjda sees a beautiful green bicycle for sale. She wants the bicycle desperately so that she can beat Abdullah in a race. But Wadjda’s mother won’t allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl’s virtue. So Wadjda decides to try and raise the money herself. At first, Wadjda’s mother is too preoccupied with convincing her husband not to take a second wife to realize what’s going on. And soon enough Wadjda’s plans are thwarted when she is caught running various schemes at school. Just as she is losing hope of raising enough money, she hears of a cash prize for a Koran recitation competition at her school. She devotes herself to the memorization and recitation of Koranic verses, and her teachers begin to see Wadjda as a model pious girl. The competition isn’t going to be easy, especially for a troublemaker like Wadjda, but she refuses to give in. She is determined to continue fighting for her dreams...
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $41,253 (3.1% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 9.53 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 9.3% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 3 opening theaters/87 max. theaters, 4.3 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $1,974,883 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | September 13th, 2013 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics |
| International Releases: | December 6th, 2012 (Wide) (Italy)
February 6th, 2013 (Wide) (Belgium) April 3rd, 2013 (Wide) (Switzerland) June 28th, 2013 (Wide) (Spain) September 5th, 2013 (Wide) (Germany) ... Show all releases |
| Video Release: | February 11th, 2014 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPA Rating: | PG for thematic elements, brief mild language and smoking. (Rating bulletin 2259, 2/13/2013) |
| Running Time: | 98 minutes |
| Plot point: | Bigamy or Polygamy, Bigotry, Coming of Age, Muslims, Orthodox Religion, Religious, Sexism, Underdog |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | The Match Factory |
| Production Countries: | Saudi Arabia |
| Languages: | Arabic |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2013 | 49 | $41,253 | 3 | $13,751 | $116,920 | 1 | |
| Sep 20, 2013 | 49 | $66,566 | +61% | 9 | $7,396 | $204,394 | 2 |
| Sep 27, 2013 | 43 | $73,703 | +11% | 16 | $4,606 | $308,339 | 3 |
| Oct 4, 2013 | 37 | $120,078 | +63% | 44 | $2,729 | $460,544 | 4 |
| Oct 11, 2013 | 37 | $105,418 | -12% | 47 | $2,243 | $616,104 | 5 |
| Oct 18, 2013 | 32 | $140,924 | +34% | 66 | $2,135 | $800,649 | 6 |
| Oct 25, 2013 | 31 | $123,035 | -13% | 87 | $1,414 | $984,914 | 7 |
| Nov 8, 2013 | 41 | $52,975 | 59 | $898 | $1,231,309 | 9 | |
| Nov 22, 2013 | 48 | $19,820 | 24 | $826 | $1,319,806 | 11 | |
| Nov 29, 2013 | 50 | $14,374 | -27% | 21 | $684 | $1,342,455 | 12 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2013 | 47 | $62,161 | 3 | $20,720 | $137,828 | 1 | |
| Sep 20, 2013 | 48 | $96,808 | +56% | 9 | $10,756 | $234,636 | 2 |
| Sep 27, 2013 | 42 | $105,830 | +9% | 16 | $6,614 | $340,466 | 3 |
| Oct 4, 2013 | 34 | $170,220 | +61% | 44 | $3,869 | $510,686 | 4 |
| Oct 11, 2013 | 36 | $149,039 | -12% | 47 | $3,171 | $659,725 | 5 |
| Oct 18, 2013 | 31 | $202,154 | +36% | 66 | $3,063 | $861,879 | 6 |
| Nov 22, 2013 | 48 | $28,095 | 24 | $1,171 | $1,328,081 | 11 |
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 | 5/22/2014 | $0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | $79,037 | 12/30/2018 | |||
| Belgium | 2/6/2013 | $43,449 | 13 | 16 | 126 | $249,021 | 12/14/2015 | |||
| Colombia | 12/13/2013 | $12,443 | 12 | 12 | 19 | $53,066 | 12/30/2018 | |||
| Germany | 9/5/2013 | $0 | 0 | 62 | 118 | $1,796,943 | 10/20/2015 | |||
| Italy | 12/6/2012 | $56,358 | 18 | 46 | 127 | $9,442,952 | 12/13/2015 | |||
| Spain | 6/28/2013 | $0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | $504,825 | 12/13/2015 | |||
| Switzerland | 4/3/2013 | $0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | $158,757 | 12/14/2015 | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 11/28/2013 | $15,358 | 19 | 19 | 19 | $21,962 | 12/30/2018 | |||
| Rest of World | $856,084 | |||||||||
| International Total | $13,162,647 | 12/30/2018 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Leading
| Waad Mohammed | Wadjda |
Supporting
| Reem Abdullah | Mother | |
| Abdullrahman Al Gohani | Abdullah | |
| Ahd | Hussa | |
| Sultan Al Assaf | Father |
Production and Technical Credits
| Haifaa Al-Mansour | Director | |
| Haifaa Al-Mansour | Screenwriter | |
| Roman Paul | Producer | |
| Gerhard Meixner | Producer | |
| Andreas Wodraschke | Editor | |
| Lutz Reitemeier | Cinematographer | |
| Thomas Molt | Production Designer | |
| Max Richter | Composer |
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.