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Monday, February 13, 2012
Synopsis
PRIMER is set in the industrial park/suburban tract-home fringes of an unnamed contemporary city where two young engineers, Abe (Carruth) and Aaron (David Sullivan), are members of a small group of men who work by day for a large corporation while conducting extracurricular experiments on their own time in a garage. While tweaking their current project, a device that reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it by blocking gravitational pull, they accidentally discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities--ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences is the next.
PRIMER is the feature film debut by Shane Carruth and was filmed on Super 16mm with a cast and crew of first-timers.
 Weekend Chart Record
| Date | Rank | | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Days |
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| 10/8/2004 |
54 |
 |
$28,162 |
|
4 |
$7,041 |
$28,162 |
3 |
| 10/15/2004 |
43 |
|
$53,551 |
+90.15% |
19 |
$2,818 |
$90,477 |
10 |
| 10/22/2004 |
46 |
 |
$60,981 |
+13.87% |
29 |
$2,103 |
$174,015 |
17 |
| 10/29/2004 |
41 |
|
$42,512 |
-30.29% |
31 |
$1,371 |
$243,165 |
24 |
| 11/5/2004 |
53 |
|
$29,901 |
-29.66% |
20 |
$1,495 |
$294,494 |
31 |
| 11/12/2004 |
58 |
|
$22,512 |
-24.71% |
19 |
$1,185 |
$330,159 |
38 |
| 11/19/2004 |
57 |
|
$11,598 |
-48.48% |
10 |
$1,160 |
$357,906 |
45 |
| 12/3/2004 |
50 |
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$26,063 |
|
23 |
$1,133 |
$392,420 |
59 |
| 12/10/2004 |
55 |
|
$13,828 |
-46.94% |
20 |
$691 |
$414,092 |
66 |
| 12/17/2004 |
69 |
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$3,835 |
-72.27% |
5 |
$767 |
$424,760 |
73 |
Worldwide Weekly Chart Record
| Date | Rank | | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross |
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| 2005-08-25 |
74 |
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$23,048 |
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3 |
$7,683 |
$535,734 |
| 2005-09-01 |
74 |
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$30,112 |
+30.65% |
5 |
$6,022 |
$565,846 |
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