Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

Memoirs of a Geisha poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $57,010,853Details
International Box Office $104,500,000Details
Worldwide Box Office $161,510,853
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $32,900,340 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $32,900,340
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$682,504 (1.2% of total gross)
Legs:7.36 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:35.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$85,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:8 opening theaters/1,654 max. theaters, 6.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $92,641,445

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,607 $57,010,853
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,042 $104,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,178 $161,510,853

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


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 9th, 2005 (Exclusive) by Sony Pictures
December 16th, 2005 (Limited) by Sony Pictures
December 23rd, 2005 (Expands Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: March 28th, 2006 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature subject matter and some sexual content.
Running Time: 137 minutes
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Keywords: Coming of Age, Historical Drama, 1920s, 1930s, Set in Japan
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 341 $7,431,942 Jan 13, 2006 38
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 245 $5,110,052 Jan 13, 2006 38
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 224 $8,815,819 Jan 13, 2006 38
Biggest 4th Monday 82 $2,469,496 Jan 2, 2006 25
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 201 $7,746,419 Dec 30, 2005 24
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 238 $13,655,937 Dec 30, 2005 24
Biggest 3rd Monday 82 $3,413,385 Dec 26, 2005 18
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day) 229 $6,751,729 Dec 23, 2005 17
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 273 $11,902,426 Dec 23, 2005 17
Theater Average Opening Weekend 49 $85,313 Dec 9, 2005 3
Theater Average 60 $85,313 Dec 9, 2005 3
Top 2005 Theater Average 3 $85,313 Dec 9, 2005 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 9, 2005 14 $682,504   8 $85,313   $682,504 1
Dec 16, 2005 12 $1,302,331 +91% 52 $25,045   $2,274,320 2
Dec 23, 2005 5 $6,751,729 +418% 1,547 $4,364   $9,841,364 3
Dec 30, 2005 7 $7,746,419 +15% 1,547 $5,007   $28,163,907 4
Jan 6, 2006 7 $6,111,193 -21% 1,589 $3,846   $39,861,859 5
Jan 13, 2006 12 $4,307,893 -30% 1,654 $2,605   $46,512,023 6
Jan 20, 2006 17 $2,684,497 -38% 1,404 $1,912   $51,191,654 7
Jan 27, 2006 19 $1,557,916 -42% 1,016 $1,533   $53,819,922 8
Feb 3, 2006 23 $888,751 -43% 765 $1,162   $55,347,182 9
Feb 10, 2006 28 $341,929 -62% 287 $1,191   $56,070,640 10
Feb 17, 2006 39 $197,041 -42% 131 $1,504   $56,443,308 11
Feb 24, 2006 45 $130,636 -34% 109 $1,198   $56,678,628 12
Mar 3, 2006 51 $89,428 -32% 85 $1,052   $56,826,414 13
Mar 10, 2006 45 $116,783 +31% 102 $1,145   $57,010,853 14

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 23, 2005 5 $2,651,550     1,547 $1,714   $5,741,185 15
Dec 24, 2005 5 $1,480,436 -44%   1,547 $957   $7,221,621 16
Dec 25, 2005 8 $2,619,743 +77%   1,547 $1,693   $9,841,364 17
Dec 26, 2005 7 $3,413,385 +30%   1,547 $2,206   $13,254,749 18
Dec 27, 2005 6 $2,436,744 -29%   1,547 $1,575   $15,691,493 19
Dec 28, 2005 6 $2,369,988 -3%   1,547 $1,532   $18,029,000 20
Dec 29, 2005 6 $2,356,007 -1%   1,547 $1,523   $20,417,488 21
Dec 30, 2005 6 $2,787,391 +18% +5% 1,547 $1,802   $23,204,879 22
Dec 31, 2005 7 $2,119,005 -24% +43% 1,547 $1,370   $25,323,884 23
Jan 1, 2006 6 $2,840,023 +34% +8% 1,547 $1,836   $28,163,907 24
Jan 2, 2006 5 $2,469,496 -13% -28% 1,547 $1,596   $30,633,403 25
Jan 3, 2006 5 $1,082,758 -56% -56% 1,547 $700   $31,716,161 26
Jan 4, 2006 5 $976,978 -10% -59% 1,547 $632   $32,693,139 27
Jan 5, 2006 4 $1,057,527 +8% -55% 1,547 $684   $33,750,666 28
Jan 6, 2006 7 $1,846,330 +75% -34% 1,589 $1,162   $35,596,996 29
Jan 7, 2006 7 $2,584,842 +40% +22% 1,589 $1,627   $38,181,838 30
Jan 8, 2006 7 $1,680,021 -35% -41% 1,589 $1,057   $39,861,859 31
Jan 9, 2006 7 $533,609 -68% -78% 1,589 $336   $40,395,468 32
Jan 10, 2006 7 $612,674 +15% -43% 1,589 $386   $41,008,142 33
Jan 11, 2006 7 $594,799 -3% -39% 1,589 $374   $41,602,941 34
Jan 12, 2006 7 $601,189 +1% -43% 1,589 $378   $42,204,130 35
Jan 16, 2006 12 $802,159   +50% 1,654 $485   $47,314,182 39
Jan 17, 2006 9 $389,580 -51% -36% 1,654 $236   $47,703,762 40
Jan 18, 2006 8 $391,902 +1% -34% 1,654 $237   $48,095,664 41
Jan 19, 2006 8 $411,493 +5% -32% 1,654 $249   $48,507,157 42
Jan 24, 2006 10 $282,175   -28% 1,404 $201   $51,707,000 47
Jan 25, 2006 10 $267,196 -5% -32% 1,404 $190   $51,980,000 48
Feb 20, 2006 37 $39,854     131 $304   $56,483,162 74

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 9, 2005 15 $971,989   8 $121,499   $971,989 1
Dec 16, 2005 15 $2,117,646 +118% 52 $40,724   $3,089,635 2
Dec 23, 2005 5 $17,327,853 +718% 1,547 $11,201   $20,417,488 3
Dec 30, 2005 6 $13,333,178 -23% 1,547 $8,619   $33,750,666 4
Jan 6, 2006 7 $8,453,464 -37% 1,589 $5,320   $42,204,130 5
Jan 13, 2006 12 $6,303,027 -25% 1,654 $3,811   $48,507,157 6
Jan 20, 2006 16 $3,754,849 -40% 1,404 $2,674   $52,262,006 7
Jan 27, 2006 19 $2,196,425 -42% 1,016 $2,162   $54,458,431 8
Feb 3, 2006 26 $1,270,280 -42% 765 $1,660   $55,728,711 9
Feb 10, 2006 28 $517,556 -59% 287 $1,803   $56,246,267 10
Feb 17, 2006 39 $301,725 -42% 131 $2,303   $56,547,992 11
Feb 24, 2006 47 $188,994 -37% 109 $1,734   $56,736,986 12
Mar 3, 2006 47 $157,084 -17% 85 $1,848   $56,894,070 13
Mar 10, 2006 50 $116,783 -26% 102 $1,145   $57,010,853 14

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 2, 20063926,711 926,711$16,398,615$16,398,6151
Apr 9, 20065297,815-68% 1,224,526$5,050,942$21,449,5572
Apr 16, 200618148,865-50% 1,373,391$2,524,750$23,974,3073
Apr 23, 20061180,790-46% 1,454,181$1,370,198$25,344,5054
Apr 30, 20062654,802-32% 1,508,983$930,516$26,275,0215
May 7, 20061773,183+34% 1,582,166$1,248,582$27,523,6036
May 14, 20062858,617-20% 1,640,783$1,003,459$28,527,0627
Nov 26, 200615493,809 2,335,202$0$32,090,15035

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

Zhang Ziyi    Sayuri

Supporting Cast

Ken Watanabe    Chairman
Michelle Yeoh    Mameha
Koji Yakusho    Nobu
Youki Kudoh    Pumpkin
Kaori Momoi    Mother
Tsai Chin    Auntie
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa    The Baron
Suzuka Ohgo    Chiyo
Gong Li    Hatsumomo
Randall Duk Kim    Dr. Crab
Mako    Sakamoto
Kenneth Tsang    The General
Thomas Ikeda    Mr. Bekku
Zoe Weizenbaum    Young Pumpkin
Togo Igawa    Tanaka
Samantha Futerman    Satsu
Elizabeth Sung    Sakamoto's Wife
David Okihiro    Shamisen Teacher
Miyako Tachibana    Dance Teacher
Kotoko Kawamura    Granny
Karl Yune    Koichi
Eugenia Yuan    Korin
Yoko Narahashi    Mameha's Maid
Navia Nguyen    Geisha in Green
Natsuo Tomita    Geisha in Lavender
Fumi Akutagawa    Yukimoto Teahouse Matron
Koji Toyoda    Male Hairdresser
Rick Mali    Man in Grey Hat
Steve Terada    Boy On Bike
Laura Miro    Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha
Diane Mizota    Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha
Yasusuke Uike    Sumo Referee
Shuhei Mainoumi    Small Sumo Wrestler
Daisuke Dewaarashi    Large Sumo Wrestler
Ren Urano    Sumo Ring Announcer
Ace Yonamine    Sumo Wrestler
Anthony Begonia    Sumo Wrestler
Albert Sumo Lee    Sumo Wrestler
Dino Rivera    Sumo Wrestler
Takayo Fischer    Tanizato Teahouse Owner
Asako Takasue    Tanizato Teahouse Matron
Clarissa Park    Dancer at Party
Nobuyuki Matsuhisa    Kimono Artist
Jim Leung    Kimono Factory Worker
Chad Cleven    Drunken G.I.
Richard J. Bell    Drunken G.I.
Cameron Duncan    Drunken G.I.
Faith Shin    Little Kiko
Brannon Bates    Military Police Officer
Ted Levine    Colonel Derricks
Paul Adelstein    Lt. Hutchins

Narrator(s)

Shizuko Hoshi    Sayuri Narration

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

Production and Technical Credits

Rob Marshall    Director
Robin Swicord    Screenwriter
Arthur Golden    Story Creator
Lucy Fisher    Producer
Douglas Wick    Producer
Steven Spielberg    Producer
Roger Birnbaum    Executive Producer
Gary Barber    Executive Producer
Patricia Whitcher    Executive Producer
Bobby Cohen    Executive Producer
John Myhre    Production Designer
Pietro Scalia    Editor
John Williams    Composer
Dion Beebe    Director of Photography
John DeLuca    Co-Producer
Eric N. Heffron*    Assistant Director
John DeLuca    Second Unit Director
Patricia Whitcher    Unit Production Manager
LeeAnn Stonebreaker    Production Supervisor
Tomas Voth    Supervising Art Director
Patrick M. Sullivan, Jr.    Art Director
Gretchen Rau    Set Decorator
Sion Michel    Second Unit Camera
Colleen Atwood    Costume Designer
Cheryl Beasley Blackwell    Costume Supervisor
Valerio Bonelli    Associate Editor
John Pritchett    Sound Mixer
Kevin O'Connell    Re-recording Mixer
Greg P. Russell    Re-recording Mixer
Rick Kline    Re-recording Mixer
Wylie Stateman    Supervising Sound Editor
Ann Scibelli    Sound Effects Editor
Hector Gika    Sound Effects Editor
Harry Cohen    Sound Designer
Renée Tondelli    Dialogue Editor
Laura Harris Atkinson    Dialogue Editor
Julie Feiner    Dialogue Editor
Michelle Pazer    Dialogue Editor
Michael Hertlein    Dialogue Editor
Ken Wannberg    Music Editor
Ken Karman*    Music Editor
Ramiro Belgardt    Music Editor
Kate Biscoe    Make up
Todd A. McIntosh    Make up
Kelvin R. Trahan    Hairstylist
Trish Almeida    Hairstylist
Miia Kovero    Hairstylist
Ben Nye Jr.    Special Make-up Effects
Christien Tinsley    Make-up and Prosthetic Effects Designer
Francine Maisler    Casting Director
Doug Coleman    Stunt Coordinator
Allen Robinson    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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December 13th, 2005

Brokeback Mountain was the big winner today as Golden Globe nominations were announced. With seven nods, it led all films, which is an important Oscar indicator. More...

Mountain Breaks the Bank

December 13th, 2005

Brokeback Mountain had the best per theatre average of the year, and the best for a Live Action film of all time. The film earned an unbelievable $547,425 in 5 theatres for an average of $109,485. If that was the only film on this week's chart it would have been an impressive week; however, Memoirs of a Geisha also had a stellar start, earning nearly $700,000 in 8 theatres for an average of $85,313. Other members of the $10,000 club include the overall box office leader, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with $18,130 and Transamerica, which just manage to earn a spot with $10,686, which was more than 50% lower than last weekend. More...

Quartet Serenade Oscar

December 9th, 2005

Oscar is clearly the word of the day as four of the seven limited releases on this week's list are obvious Oscar bait. It is unlikely that all will be winners, but all could earn at least one nomination and more than a dozen in total. More...

Movie Website Updates for November 26 - December 8

December 8th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Despite being there being two weeks between updates, this was not a very strong week. Sure, there were plenty of websites updated, but not a lot that really stood out as being award worthy. In the end it was Clerks 2: The Passion of the Clerks - Official Site that was the best of the bunch and hopefully it will continue to grow and earn that award. More...

2005 Preview: December

December 1st, 2005

After Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire saved last month, we have two potential monster hits leading the way this month. However, both will be compared to Lord of the Rings, and neither will be able to live up to that high standard. Even so, it should be a better month than December last year, but will it be too little, too late to save 2005's box office?

Since this is the heart of award season, there are plenty of films that are first opening in limited release. Some will get a wide release later in the month, while others, like Munich, The New World and Match Point, don't open wide untill after the new year, and will appear in January's preview. More...

Movie Website Updates for November 4 - November 10

November 10th, 2005

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, Aeon Flux - Official Site
More...

Movie Website Updates for September 16 - September 22

September 22nd, 2005

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. This week's list is a little shorter than usual partially because I'm moving today and had to complete the list on Wednesday. Because of this there was no site that really stood out as deserving the Weekly Website Award; perhaps next week there will be two winners. More...

Movie Website Updates for July 22 - July 28

July 28th, 2005

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, Sky High - Official Site. More...

  1. Summary
  2. News
  3. Box Office
  4. International
  5. Video Sales
  6. Full Financials
  7. Cast & Crew
  8. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$682,504 (1.2% of total gross)
Legs:7.36 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:35.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$85,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:8 opening theaters/1,654 max. theaters, 6.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $92,641,445

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,607 $57,010,853
All Time International Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,042 $104,500,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,178 $161,510,853

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


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 9th, 2005 (Exclusive) by Sony Pictures
December 16th, 2005 (Limited) by Sony Pictures
December 23rd, 2005 (Expands Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: March 28th, 2006 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature subject matter and some sexual content.
Running Time: 137 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
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Keywords: Coming of Age, Historical Drama, 1920s, 1930s, Set in Japan
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 341 $7,431,942 Jan 13, 2006 38
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 245 $5,110,052 Jan 13, 2006 38
Martin Luther King (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 224 $8,815,819 Jan 13, 2006 38
Biggest 4th Monday 82 $2,469,496 Jan 2, 2006 25
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 201 $7,746,419 Dec 30, 2005 24
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 238 $13,655,937 Dec 30, 2005 24
Biggest 3rd Monday 82 $3,413,385 Dec 26, 2005 18
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day) 229 $6,751,729 Dec 23, 2005 17
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 273 $11,902,426 Dec 23, 2005 17
Theater Average Opening Weekend 49 $85,313 Dec 9, 2005 3
Theater Average 60 $85,313 Dec 9, 2005 3
Top 2005 Theater Average 3 $85,313 Dec 9, 2005 3

Leading Cast

Zhang Ziyi    Sayuri

Supporting Cast

Ken Watanabe    Chairman
Michelle Yeoh    Mameha
Koji Yakusho    Nobu
Youki Kudoh    Pumpkin
Kaori Momoi    Mother
Tsai Chin    Auntie
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa    The Baron
Suzuka Ohgo    Chiyo
Gong Li    Hatsumomo
Randall Duk Kim    Dr. Crab
Mako    Sakamoto
Kenneth Tsang    The General
Thomas Ikeda    Mr. Bekku
Zoe Weizenbaum    Young Pumpkin
Togo Igawa    Tanaka
Samantha Futerman    Satsu
Elizabeth Sung    Sakamoto's Wife
David Okihiro    Shamisen Teacher
Miyako Tachibana    Dance Teacher
Kotoko Kawamura    Granny
Karl Yune    Koichi
Eugenia Yuan    Korin
Yoko Narahashi    Mameha's Maid
Navia Nguyen    Geisha in Green
Natsuo Tomita    Geisha in Lavender
Fumi Akutagawa    Yukimoto Teahouse Matron
Koji Toyoda    Male Hairdresser
Rick Mali    Man in Grey Hat
Steve Terada    Boy On Bike
Laura Miro    Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha
Diane Mizota    Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha
Yasusuke Uike    Sumo Referee
Shuhei Mainoumi    Small Sumo Wrestler
Daisuke Dewaarashi    Large Sumo Wrestler
Ren Urano    Sumo Ring Announcer
Ace Yonamine    Sumo Wrestler
Anthony Begonia    Sumo Wrestler
Albert Sumo Lee    Sumo Wrestler
Dino Rivera    Sumo Wrestler
Takayo Fischer    Tanizato Teahouse Owner
Asako Takasue    Tanizato Teahouse Matron
Clarissa Park    Dancer at Party
Nobuyuki Matsuhisa    Kimono Artist
Jim Leung    Kimono Factory Worker
Chad Cleven    Drunken G.I.
Richard J. Bell    Drunken G.I.
Cameron Duncan    Drunken G.I.
Faith Shin    Little Kiko
Brannon Bates    Military Police Officer
Ted Levine    Colonel Derricks
Paul Adelstein    Lt. Hutchins

Narrator(s)

Shizuko Hoshi    Sayuri Narration

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

Production and Technical Credits

Rob Marshall    Director
Robin Swicord    Screenwriter
Arthur Golden    Story Creator
Lucy Fisher    Producer
Douglas Wick    Producer
Steven Spielberg    Producer
Roger Birnbaum    Executive Producer
Gary Barber    Executive Producer
Patricia Whitcher    Executive Producer
Bobby Cohen    Executive Producer
John Myhre    Production Designer
Pietro Scalia    Editor
John Williams    Composer
Dion Beebe    Director of Photography
John DeLuca    Co-Producer
Eric N. Heffron*    Assistant Director
John DeLuca    Second Unit Director
Patricia Whitcher    Unit Production Manager
LeeAnn Stonebreaker    Production Supervisor
Tomas Voth    Supervising Art Director
Patrick M. Sullivan, Jr.    Art Director
Gretchen Rau    Set Decorator
Sion Michel    Second Unit Camera
Colleen Atwood    Costume Designer
Cheryl Beasley Blackwell    Costume Supervisor
Valerio Bonelli    Associate Editor
John Pritchett    Sound Mixer
Kevin O'Connell    Re-recording Mixer
Greg P. Russell    Re-recording Mixer
Rick Kline    Re-recording Mixer
Wylie Stateman    Supervising Sound Editor
Ann Scibelli    Sound Effects Editor
Hector Gika    Sound Effects Editor
Harry Cohen    Sound Designer
Renée Tondelli    Dialogue Editor
Laura Harris Atkinson    Dialogue Editor
Julie Feiner    Dialogue Editor
Michelle Pazer    Dialogue Editor
Michael Hertlein    Dialogue Editor
Ken Wannberg    Music Editor
Ken Karman*    Music Editor
Ramiro Belgardt    Music Editor
Kate Biscoe    Make up
Todd A. McIntosh    Make up
Kelvin R. Trahan    Hairstylist
Trish Almeida    Hairstylist
Miia Kovero    Hairstylist
Ben Nye Jr.    Special Make-up Effects
Christien Tinsley    Make-up and Prosthetic Effects Designer
Francine Maisler    Casting Director
Doug Coleman    Stunt Coordinator
Allen Robinson    Stunt Coordinator

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

DVD Releases for September 25, 2007

September 24th, 2007

The prime window for TV on DVD is closing, and the summer releases are starting to come out, so it is appropriate that the DVD Pick of the Week co-winners are one of each. This includes , Knocked Up - Unrated Collector's Edition and a belated win for Corner Gas - Season 4 - Buy from Amazon.ca. More...

Narnia Overthrows King for Home Market Crown

April 15th, 2006

Narnia opened in first place on the home market with a lower than expected $8.73 million in rentals, and it did even better on the sales charts. But more on that in a bit. More...

International Details - Ice Age Freezes out Competition

April 9th, 2006

With Ice Age: The Meltdown dominating the international box office, the rest of the charts were weaker than usual with several films in the top 30 this week that would not have charted last week. Failure to Launch had its best weekend haul on the international scene taking in $4.17 million on 1300 screens in 14 markets for a running tally of $13.61 million. Much of that came from the film's opening in two major markets, the U.K. and Italy. In the former is finished second with $1.88 million on 352 screens while in the latter it managed just fourth with $686,000 on 220 screens. It's best market in total is Germany, despite the fact that it fell out of the top five there; so far the film has pulled in $4.10 million after three weeks there, including $841,000 on 354 screens this weekend. More...

Kong Crowned King of the Home Market

April 8th, 2006

King Kong was the best of this week's batch as it easily took top spot on the rental charts with $10.31 million in DVD rentals. This is higher than expected as I had assumed the vast majority of people who were interested in seeing it would buy it, but instead the buyers lead the renters by only a 2 - 1 margin. More...

International Charts Hospitable to Hostel

April 2nd, 2006

Two openings in two major markets helped Hostel climb into sixth place with $4.03 million on 1120 screens in 27 markets for a running tally of $15.42 million. Its best opening was in the U.K. where it debuted in second place with $2.12 million on 304 screens while it struggled in Spain with just $1.01 million on 250. The film has already earned enough to show a profit even after taking into account P&A budget, exhibitor's share, etc. and should be able to double its current international total before its run is over. More...

DVD Releases for March 28, 2006

March 27th, 2006

Pretty good list this week with several contenders for the DVD Pick of the Week. The obvious one is King Kong 2-Disc Special Edition, but I think there will be a super-special edition coming out in November, so you might want to hold off. The Masters of Horror - package deal, Robot Chicken - Volume 1 - Buy from Amazon, and others were also in contention, but in the end I went with Degrassi The Next Generation - Season 3. More...

International Details: Syriana Slips out of the Top Five

March 26th, 2006

The only opening of note for Syriana over the weekend was Turkey where the film placed third with $211,000 on 62 screens. Without a major opening, the film fell 35% to $3.68 million on 1992 screens in 43 markets and now has $27.35 million, which is still a disappointing total. More...

Under Climbing Up World Charts

March 19th, 2006

A number one opening in France, as well as a slew of smaller debuts, pushed Underworld: Evolution into sixth place on the international charts with $4.98 million on 1473 screens in 20 markets for a running tally of $36.12 million after nearly two months in release. In France the film earned $1.84 million on 346 screens while it managed the same feat in a trio of Asian markets: Taiwan with $600,000 on 75 screens, Malaysia with $310,000 on 45, and Hong Kong with $290,000 on 25. Interestingly, the original was banned in Malaysia. More...

Oscar Bounce Crashes

March 14th, 2006

Famed Oscar Bounce failed to materialize this year partially because the awards were spread out over many difference films and partially because many winners were well into their releases. More...

International Charts - Memories haven't Faded Yet

March 12th, 2006

A fourth place, $1.63 million debut on 250 screens in France helped Memoirs Of A Geisha leap up the charts this weekend. Overall the film finished in sixth place on the international charts with $3.98 million on 1723 screens in 47 markets for an international total of $88.34 million. The film placed higher during its opening in Finland with $79,000 on 12 screen over the weekend and $95,000 in total while it had to settle for ninth place in Belgium with $200,000 on 29 screens. More...

Crash Collides with Mountain Atop Oscars

March 5th, 2006

The Oscars were handed out tonight and while there were a handful of multiple winners, no single movie stood out. More...

Mountain Climbs Back Up International Charts

March 5th, 2006

On the weekend before the Oscars are announced, Brokeback Mountain climbed a couple of spots to sixth with $4.44 million on 1368 screens in 30 markets for an international total of $53.89 million. New openings include Belgium where the filmed debuted in second place with $312,000 on a mere 27 screens for the best per screen average in the market. It wasn't as potent in Poland where it had to settle for fourth place with $194,000 on 40 screens over the weekend and $217,000 in total. The film also benefited from soft in the U.K. where it slipped just 5% to $442,000 on 245 screens for a very impressive total of $15.83 million so far. It was even better during its second weekend in Holland where it rose 1% to $210,000 for the weekend and $562,000 in total. More...

Trio of New Openings Push Casanova Higher on International Charts

February 26th, 2006

Casanova opened in several major markets more than doubling its screen count, and that helped it climb to sixth place over the weekend. Its best market was Italy where the film came in third place with $1.05 million on 243 screens over the weekend and $1.14 million in total while it also managed a third place finish during a very close race in Spain with $919,000 on 250 screens. Its other major market debut was the U.K., but there it had to settle for fifth with $959,000 on 351 screens. Overall the film made $5.17 million on 1699 screens in 18 markets for an international total of just $11.68 million so far. More...

Fun Time on the International Charts

February 19th, 2006

Fun with Dick and Jane added an handful of new markets this week and that allowed the film to remain in sixth place with $6.00 million on 2645 screens in 49 markets for a running tally of $63.30 million. The film opened in first place in Spain with $1.54 million on 316 screens and in the Netherlands with $475,000 on 75 screens over the weekend and $520,000 in total. It took first place in Argentina as well with $136,000 on 48. On the other hand, it had to settle for second place during its debut in Denmark with $319,000 on 45 screens over the weekend and $335,000 in total. Holdovers include the U.K. where the film was down 56% to $699,000 over the weekend and $10.44 million in total and Italy with a 55% decline to $594,000 over the weekend and $4.83 million in total. More...

Bronze Wins Gold on International Charts

February 8th, 2006

Les Bronzes Amis Pour la Vie, which is the latest film in a trilogy that started in the late 70s, opened in its native France and dominated the market. The film made $24.26 million over the weekend, which was more than 60% of the overall French box office. The film also finished first in Belgium with $1.25 million on 41 screens and in Switzerland with $734,000 on 30 over the weekend and $882,000 in total. This film cost 35 million Euros to make, which at today's exchange rate would about $42 million American, and the film should have no trouble showing a profit in its native markets even if it has shorter legs than most films there have. More...

Early Gold for Oscar Nominations

February 7th, 2006

With most of the nominations in the more prestigious categories going to smaller films, the famed Oscar bounce is very important this year. However, the first weekend's results were mixed. More...

International Top Five: Munich Marches to the Top

February 1st, 2006

Munich had the widest international opening in a long time and that helped it reach the top of the charts with $15.34 million on 2911 screens in 30 markets. Its biggest market was France at $2.5 million on 437 screens and it did similar business in the U.K. with $2.15 million on 383 screens. Other million dollar markets include Germany at $1.69 million on 394 screens, Spain at $1.67 million on 218, Italy at $1.63 million on 296, and Australia at $1.34 million on 211. While those numbers are acceptable, the film wasn't able to top any of the markets. On the other hand, it finished first is Israel with $151,000 on 30 screens. More...

Mountain of Oscar Nominations

January 31st, 2006

Brokeback Mountain again led the list of nominees as with 8 Oscar nods. There were three films with six nominations a piece, Crash, Good Night and Good Luck, and Memoirs of a Geisha, (although for that last one, they were all the less prestigious technical awards. More...

International Weekend: Geisha Nearly Ends Narnia's Rule

January 25th, 2006

Narnia took another tumble this weekend, but without much in the way of competition it was still able to win the international box office race with $13.3 million on 7,067 screens in 48 markets. So far the film has amassed $342.6 million at the international box office with openings in Hong Kong (this weekend) and Japan (Match 4th), yet to come. Its best market of the weekend was France where the film added $1.8 million on 820 screens to take its total to $31.6 million after five weeks. Its best market overall continues to be the U.K. where the film has $73.50 million, including $1.66 million this past weekend. Worldwide the film now has $615 million, just ahead of The Passion of the Christ's final tally and into 26th place on the All-Time Charts. More...

Globe Winners are Good as Gold

January 24th, 2006

The weekend after the Golden Globe Awards proved to profitable for several of the winners. More...

International Round-up: Dick and Jane's Fun has Just Begun

January 22nd, 2006

A few more markets helped Fun with Dick and Jane remain flat last weekend at the international box office with $5.25 million on 1,458 screens in 18 markets for an early total of $18.09 million. Its best market was Mexico where it opened in first place with $1.87 million on 418 screens while in Germany the film added $1.47 million on 478 screens for a two-week total of $4.39 million. The film's biggest running total still came from Australia, where the film has managed $7.39 million after three weeks, including $710,000 over this past weekend. More...

Cowboys are Golden

January 16th, 2006

Brokeback Mountain was the big winner today at the Golden Globes taking home four of the seven statuettes it was up for. The film is still expanding into more and more theatres, so these awards couldn't have come at a better time. More...

Clown has Kingly Run in South Korea

January 15th, 2006

The King and the Clown did something most films in South Korea can't, it showed strong legs. In fact, in grew by 22% to $5.76 million on 369 screens over the weekend and $16.82 million in total. More...

Heaven Just Misses International Top Five

January 8th, 2006

With openings in the U.K. and Australia, Just Like Heaven shot back up the charts with $4.70 million on 3173 screens in 32 markets for an international total of $32.33 million so far. In the former market is finished third with $2.06 million on 298 screens while in the latter it struggled to a sixth place finish with $932,000 on 168 screens over the weekend and $1.87 million in total. More...

SAG Singles out Cowboys

January 6th, 2006

Of the 13 awards the Screen Actors Guild will hand out on January 29th, 2006, five will be awarded to theatrical releases. And like past awards nominations, Brokeback Mountain again led the way, with four in total. However, this time there were two films close behind as Crash and Capote each received three nominations. More...

Box Office Scrooged

December 27th, 2005

Christmas wishes went unanswered this year as almost every film missed expectations, some by large margins. This led to a 14.4% drop-off from last weekend, but more importantly, a 18.0% drop-off from last year. Granted, the fact that Christmas fell on a Saturday helps explain some of that, but not all. Year-to-date, 2005 is still down 6% from last year and with less than one week left, that's roughly where it will end up. More...

International Details: Chicken Littler

December 23rd, 2005

Chicken Little fell out of the top five with $6.81 million on 3697 screens in 32 markets for a $66.03 million running tally. The film had no major openings while holdovers varied from strong in France, (down just 29% to $3.03 million on 910 screens for the weekend and $7.75 million in total) to very poor in Italy, (down 59% to $658,000 on 367 for a $6.39 million total). The film has yet to open in several major markets including the U.K., Japan, and Germany and when it does it should have no trouble topping its domestic total since it is already more than halfway there. More...

Will it be a Holly Jolly Christmas?

December 21st, 2005

Over the next five days a total of eight movies will either open wide or expand wide. With that much competition, there is literally zero chance that all the films will succeed. In fact, chances are none will be able to unseat King Kong as the box office champ. Further complicating the prediction process, there are three groups of releases with two movies opening wide tonight, three more on Friday and three on Sunday. This column will deal with all of them. More...

Back in the Saddle

December 20th, 2005

Brokeback Mountain remained in top spot on the per theatre charts despite a massive expansion in its theatre count. It went from five theatres to 69 while its per theatre average remained amazing at $36,355. Second place went to The Producers with an average of $25,765 in five theatres, which is a good start, but perhaps not as good as Universal was hoping for. Memoirs of a Geisha slipped to third with $25,045 in 52 theatres; it's not holding up as well as Brokeback Mountain did, but that's hardly a reason for Sony to be upset. The overall box office champ, King Kong, came in fourth with an average of $14,050 in its 3,568 theatres. More...

Not Quite Like Heaven

December 18th, 2005

Just Like Heaven dipped at the box office falling out of the top five with $4.53 million on 1609 screens in 30 markets over the weekend for an early total of $18.04 million internationally. Its best opening was in Belgium where it debuted in second place with $252,000 on 40 screens over the weekend and $290,000 in total. It also had debuts in Holland with $139,000 on 57 screens over the weekend and $167,000 overall, and in Greece with $116,000 on 24 and Norway with $113,000 on 26. Holdovers include Germany where the film dropped 24% to $890,000 on 273 screens for a total of $2.41 million so far, while in Spain the film fell 39% to 718,000 on 200 screens for a two-week total of $3.09 million. More...

Cowboys find Gold in Brokeback Mountain

December 13th, 2005

Brokeback Mountain was the big winner today as Golden Globe nominations were announced. With seven nods, it led all films, which is an important Oscar indicator. More...

Mountain Breaks the Bank

December 13th, 2005

Brokeback Mountain had the best per theatre average of the year, and the best for a Live Action film of all time. The film earned an unbelievable $547,425 in 5 theatres for an average of $109,485. If that was the only film on this week's chart it would have been an impressive week; however, Memoirs of a Geisha also had a stellar start, earning nearly $700,000 in 8 theatres for an average of $85,313. Other members of the $10,000 club include the overall box office leader, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with $18,130 and Transamerica, which just manage to earn a spot with $10,686, which was more than 50% lower than last weekend. More...

Quartet Serenade Oscar

December 9th, 2005

Oscar is clearly the word of the day as four of the seven limited releases on this week's list are obvious Oscar bait. It is unlikely that all will be winners, but all could earn at least one nomination and more than a dozen in total. More...

Movie Website Updates for November 26 - December 8

December 8th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Despite being there being two weeks between updates, this was not a very strong week. Sure, there were plenty of websites updated, but not a lot that really stood out as being award worthy. In the end it was Clerks 2: The Passion of the Clerks - Official Site that was the best of the bunch and hopefully it will continue to grow and earn that award. More...

2005 Preview: December

December 1st, 2005

After Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire saved last month, we have two potential monster hits leading the way this month. However, both will be compared to Lord of the Rings, and neither will be able to live up to that high standard. Even so, it should be a better month than December last year, but will it be too little, too late to save 2005's box office?

Since this is the heart of award season, there are plenty of films that are first opening in limited release. Some will get a wide release later in the month, while others, like Munich, The New World and Match Point, don't open wide untill after the new year, and will appear in January's preview. More...

Movie Website Updates for November 4 - November 10

November 10th, 2005

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, Aeon Flux - Official Site
More...

Movie Website Updates for September 16 - September 22

September 22nd, 2005

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. This week's list is a little shorter than usual partially because I'm moving today and had to complete the list on Wednesday. Because of this there was no site that really stood out as deserving the Weekly Website Award; perhaps next week there will be two winners. More...

Movie Website Updates for July 22 - July 28

July 28th, 2005

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, Sky High - Official Site. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 9, 2005 14 $682,504   8 $85,313   $682,504 1
Dec 16, 2005 12 $1,302,331 +91% 52 $25,045   $2,274,320 2
Dec 23, 2005 5 $6,751,729 +418% 1,547 $4,364   $9,841,364 3
Dec 30, 2005 7 $7,746,419 +15% 1,547 $5,007   $28,163,907 4
Jan 6, 2006 7 $6,111,193 -21% 1,589 $3,846   $39,861,859 5
Jan 13, 2006 12 $4,307,893 -30% 1,654 $2,605   $46,512,023 6
Jan 20, 2006 17 $2,684,497 -38% 1,404 $1,912   $51,191,654 7
Jan 27, 2006 19 $1,557,916 -42% 1,016 $1,533   $53,819,922 8
Feb 3, 2006 23 $888,751 -43% 765 $1,162   $55,347,182 9
Feb 10, 2006 28 $341,929 -62% 287 $1,191   $56,070,640 10
Feb 17, 2006 39 $197,041 -42% 131 $1,504   $56,443,308 11
Feb 24, 2006 45 $130,636 -34% 109 $1,198   $56,678,628 12
Mar 3, 2006 51 $89,428 -32% 85 $1,052   $56,826,414 13
Mar 10, 2006 45 $116,783 +31% 102 $1,145   $57,010,853 14

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 23, 2005 5 $2,651,550     1,547 $1,714   $5,741,185 15
Dec 24, 2005 5 $1,480,436 -44%   1,547 $957   $7,221,621 16
Dec 25, 2005 8 $2,619,743 +77%   1,547 $1,693   $9,841,364 17
Dec 26, 2005 7 $3,413,385 +30%   1,547 $2,206   $13,254,749 18
Dec 27, 2005 6 $2,436,744 -29%   1,547 $1,575   $15,691,493 19
Dec 28, 2005 6 $2,369,988 -3%   1,547 $1,532   $18,029,000 20
Dec 29, 2005 6 $2,356,007 -1%   1,547 $1,523   $20,417,488 21
Dec 30, 2005 6 $2,787,391 +18% +5% 1,547 $1,802   $23,204,879 22
Dec 31, 2005 7 $2,119,005 -24% +43% 1,547 $1,370   $25,323,884 23
Jan 1, 2006 6 $2,840,023 +34% +8% 1,547 $1,836   $28,163,907 24
Jan 2, 2006 5 $2,469,496 -13% -28% 1,547 $1,596   $30,633,403 25
Jan 3, 2006 5 $1,082,758 -56% -56% 1,547 $700   $31,716,161 26
Jan 4, 2006 5 $976,978 -10% -59% 1,547 $632   $32,693,139 27
Jan 5, 2006 4 $1,057,527 +8% -55% 1,547 $684   $33,750,666 28
Jan 6, 2006 7 $1,846,330 +75% -34% 1,589 $1,162   $35,596,996 29
Jan 7, 2006 7 $2,584,842 +40% +22% 1,589 $1,627   $38,181,838 30
Jan 8, 2006 7 $1,680,021 -35% -41% 1,589 $1,057   $39,861,859 31
Jan 9, 2006 7 $533,609 -68% -78% 1,589 $336   $40,395,468 32
Jan 10, 2006 7 $612,674 +15% -43% 1,589 $386   $41,008,142 33
Jan 11, 2006 7 $594,799 -3% -39% 1,589 $374   $41,602,941 34
Jan 12, 2006 7 $601,189 +1% -43% 1,589 $378   $42,204,130 35
Jan 16, 2006 12 $802,159   +50% 1,654 $485   $47,314,182 39
Jan 17, 2006 9 $389,580 -51% -36% 1,654 $236   $47,703,762 40
Jan 18, 2006 8 $391,902 +1% -34% 1,654 $237   $48,095,664 41
Jan 19, 2006 8 $411,493 +5% -32% 1,654 $249   $48,507,157 42
Jan 24, 2006 10 $282,175   -28% 1,404 $201   $51,707,000 47
Jan 25, 2006 10 $267,196 -5% -32% 1,404 $190   $51,980,000 48
Feb 20, 2006 37 $39,854     131 $304   $56,483,162 74

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 9, 2005 15 $971,989   8 $121,499   $971,989 1
Dec 16, 2005 15 $2,117,646 +118% 52 $40,724   $3,089,635 2
Dec 23, 2005 5 $17,327,853 +718% 1,547 $11,201   $20,417,488 3
Dec 30, 2005 6 $13,333,178 -23% 1,547 $8,619   $33,750,666 4
Jan 6, 2006 7 $8,453,464 -37% 1,589 $5,320   $42,204,130 5
Jan 13, 2006 12 $6,303,027 -25% 1,654 $3,811   $48,507,157 6
Jan 20, 2006 16 $3,754,849 -40% 1,404 $2,674   $52,262,006 7
Jan 27, 2006 19 $2,196,425 -42% 1,016 $2,162   $54,458,431 8
Feb 3, 2006 26 $1,270,280 -42% 765 $1,660   $55,728,711 9
Feb 10, 2006 28 $517,556 -59% 287 $1,803   $56,246,267 10
Feb 17, 2006 39 $301,725 -42% 131 $2,303   $56,547,992 11
Feb 24, 2006 47 $188,994 -37% 109 $1,734   $56,736,986 12
Mar 3, 2006 47 $157,084 -17% 85 $1,848   $56,894,070 13
Mar 10, 2006 50 $116,783 -26% 102 $1,145   $57,010,853 14

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 2, 20063926,711 926,711$16,398,615$16,398,6151
Apr 9, 20065297,815-68% 1,224,526$5,050,942$21,449,5572
Apr 16, 200618148,865-50% 1,373,391$2,524,750$23,974,3073
Apr 23, 20061180,790-46% 1,454,181$1,370,198$25,344,5054
Apr 30, 20062654,802-32% 1,508,983$930,516$26,275,0215
May 7, 20061773,183+34% 1,582,166$1,248,582$27,523,6036
May 14, 20062858,617-20% 1,640,783$1,003,459$28,527,0627
Nov 26, 200615493,809 2,335,202$0$32,090,15035

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