New Zealand Box Office for Words and Pictures (2014)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $65,236Details
Worldwide Box Office $3,345,795Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $1,124,012 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $59,591 Details
Total North America Video Sales $1,183,603
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Synopsis

Prep school English teacher Jack Marcus laments his students’ obsession with social media and good grades rather than engaging with the power of the written word. A one-time literary star, Jack has not published in years filling his spare time with drink versus the art of language. He meets his match in Dina Delsanto—an abstract painter and new teacher on campus, who was once celebrated for her art. From the start, the two flirt and provoke each other with equal relish. With a performance review looming and his teaching job on the line, Jack hatches an inspired plan for galvanizing student interest in their studies: he declares a war between Words and Pictures, confident that the former can convey greater meaning than the latter. Dina and her art students accept the challenge between Jack and his English students, and the battle lines are drawn.

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Movie Details

New Zealand Releases: June 13th, 2014 (Limited)
Video Release: September 9th, 2014 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual material including nude sketches, language and some mature thematic material.
(Rating bulletin 2307, 1/29/2014)
Running Time: 116 minutes
Keywords: Writing and Writers, College, Teachers, Addiction, Writer's Block, Artists, Romance
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Romantic Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Latitude Productions, Lascaux Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for September 9th, 2014

September 9th, 2014

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Per Theater Chart: Boyhood has Extended Childhood

July 23rd, 2014

Boyhood poster

The biggest film on the per theater chart this weekend was Boyhood, for the second weekend in a row. It expanded from 5 to 34 theaters, but its average fell just 56% to $34,418. That's fantastic. It has already earned a measure of mainstream success, while it has its eyes on Chef for best limited release for the summer. Second place went to There's No Place Like Utopia with $30,710 in one theater. This is a great start, but there are still no reviews, so I think it will have short legs. A Five Star Life and Mood Indigo were relatively close with averages of $15,996 and $13,256 respectively. The only wide release to reach the $10,000 club was The Purge: Anarchy, which earned an average of $10,626. More...

Per Theater Chart: Jumping over the Competition

June 18th, 2014

22 Jump Street poster

There were three films in the $10,000 club, including the top two on the overall chart. 22 Jump Street led the way with an average of $17,263. The Rover was wedged between the two wide releases with an average of $13,860 in five theaters. Next up was How to Train Your Dragon 2 with an average of $11,627. This is good, but lower than expected. More...

Weekend Estimates: Maleficent Magnificent

June 1st, 2014

Maleficent poster

Disney’s $180 million gamble on Maleficent looks to have paid off this weekend, with Angelina Jolie’s starring role carrying the film to a $70 million opening weekend, in spite of middling reviews. The film is as much a triumph for Jolie as World War Z was for husband Brad Pitt. They truly are Hollywood’s power couple. More...

Per Theater Chart: The Full Picture

May 28th, 2014

Words and Pictures poster

There were only two films in the $10,000 club this weekend. X-Men: Days of Future Past led the way with an average of $22,729 in nearly 4,000 theaters. The only other film was The Dance of Reality with an average of $12,384 in two theaters. However, if one were to include holiday Monday, Words and Pictures would also reach the $10,000 club with an average of $11,544 in ten theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: X-Men Joins 2014 $90 Million Club

May 25th, 2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past poster

Another weekend, another $90 million opener. This time, there’s an asterisk at least, because X-Men: Days of Future Past will “open” with $110 million, thanks to the four day Memorial Day long weekend, giving Fox an arguable claim to the biggest weekend of the year, and the first $100 million debut. The reality, however, is that it will line up in fourth place when comparing 3-day weekends, with Captain America still out in front, thanks to its $95 million opening back in April. May has seen the three other $90 million-plus weekends, with Godzilla second ($93 million) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 third ($91.6 million). More...

Limited Releases: Talking Pictures

May 23rd, 2014

Words and Pictures poster

It is not a particularly strong week for limited releases. There are a few that are earning good reviews, but almost none are earning good reviews and any buzz. Cold in July is one of the exceptions and its reviews and star power could have resulted in a fast start, but it is also playing on Video on Demand. 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.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2014/07/11 24 $4,121   18 $229   $65,236 5

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Austria 6/13/2014 $0 0 17 51 $71,514 12/16/2015
Germany 5/22/2014 $0 0 66 66 $439,256 12/15/2015
New Zealand 6/13/2014 $0 0 18 18 $65,236 1/8/2016
North America 5/23/2014 $87,879 10 216 821 $2,171,257 1/23/2015
Poland 6/13/2014 $0 0 93 118 $289,911 12/30/2018
Portugal 6/26/2014 $30,119 19 19 50 $85,320 12/16/2015
Singapore 6/12/2014 $0 0 1 1 $12,112 12/15/2015
South Korea 11/10/2017 $8,561 0 0 0 $10,937 10/14/2018
Spain 5/1/2015 $34,613 37 37 102 $86,127 11/28/2018
Thailand 7/17/2014 $4,274 6 6 7 $7,769 12/17/2015
 
Rest of World $106,356
 
Worldwide Total$3,345,795 12/30/2018

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Leading Cast

Clive Owen    Jack Marcus
Juliette Binoche    Dina Delsanto

Supporting Cast

Bruce Davison    Walt
Navid Negahban    Will Rashid
Amy Brenneman    Elspeth Croyden
Christian Scheider    Tony
Valerie Tian    Emily
Josh Ssettuba    Cole
Janet Kidder    Sabine
Adam DiMarco    Swint

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

Production and Technical Credits

Fred Schepisi    Director
Gerald DiPego    Screenwriter
Curtis Burch    Producer
Gerald DiPego    Producer
Fred Schepisi    Producer
Nancy Rae Stone    Executive Producer
Bob Gass    Executive Producer
Judy Burch Gass    Executive Producer
Joseph Cohen    Executive Producer
Richard Toussaint    Executive Producer
Wade Barker    Executive Producer
Derrick Evers    Executive Producer
Ian Baker    Director of Photography
Patrizia Von Brandenstein    Production Designer
Peter Honess    Editor
Tish Monaghan    Costume Designer
Paul Grabowsky    Composer
Maureen Webb    Additional Casting
Deborah Aquila    Casting Director
Trisha Wood    Casting Director