An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $24,146,161Details
International Box Office $29,219,764Details
Worldwide Box Office $53,365,925
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $33,464,972 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $33,464,972
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$281,330 (1.2% of total gross)
Legs:11.97 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:45.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$1,000,000 (worldwide box office is 53.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/587 max. theaters, 9.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $38,818,171

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,401-3,500) 3,418 $24,146,161
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,827 $29,219,764
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,940 $53,365,925
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies 96 $24,146,161

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: May 24th, 2006 (Limited) by Paramount Vantage
Video Release: November 21st, 2006 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG for mild thematic elements
Running Time: 97 minutes
Franchise: An Inconvenient Truth
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
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Keywords: Environment, Extreme Weather, Agitprop, Academics, Oscars Best Documentary Winner
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Participant Media
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 11th Weekend Limited Release 91 $555,431 Aug 4, 2006 75
Biggest 10th Weekend Limited Release 91 $742,168 Jul 28, 2006 68
Biggest 9th Weekend Limited Release 85 $1,000,372 Jul 21, 2006 61
Biggest 8th Weekend Limited Release 81 $1,165,480 Jul 14, 2006 54
Biggest 6th Weekend Limited Release 95 $1,690,035 Jun 30, 2006 40
Biggest 5th Weekend Limited Release 98 $2,016,408 Jun 23, 2006 33
Theater Average Opening Weekend 79 $70,333 May 26, 2006 5
Top 2006 Theater Average 3 $70,333 May 26, 2006 5
Never Wide Domestic 20 $24,146,161 May 24, 2006 0

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 26, 2006 22 $281,330   4 $70,333   $404,879 1
Jun 2, 2006 9 $1,356,387 +382% 77 $17,615   $1,937,361 2
Jun 9, 2006 11 $1,504,701 +11% 122 $12,334   $3,983,071 3
Jun 16, 2006 12 $1,911,747 +27% 403 $4,744   $6,567,780 4
Jun 23, 2006 14 $2,016,408 +5% 514 $3,923   $9,630,014 5
Jun 30, 2006 13 $1,690,035 -16% 587 $2,879   $12,452,038 6
Jul 7, 2006 12 $1,172,984 -31% 562 $2,087   $15,050,824 7
Jul 14, 2006 12 $1,165,480 -1% 570 $2,045   $17,033,435 8
Jul 21, 2006 12 $1,000,372 -14% 440 $2,274   $18,790,273 9
Jul 28, 2006 16 $742,168 -26% 346 $2,145   $20,149,280 10
Aug 4, 2006 21 $555,431 -25% 302 $1,839   $21,211,728 11
Aug 11, 2006 26 $370,443 -33% 275 $1,347   $21,918,847 12
Aug 18, 2006 29 $258,781 -30% 221 $1,171   $22,409,945 13
Aug 25, 2006 35 $194,472 -25% 170 $1,144   $22,770,454 14
Sep 1, 2006 35 $221,624 +14% 265 $836   $23,107,416 15
Sep 8, 2006 43 $108,061 -51% 145 $745   $23,353,499 16
Sep 15, 2006 43 $69,055 -36% 110 $628   $23,492,829 17
Sep 22, 2006 47 $59,208 -14% 105 $564   $23,600,306 18
Sep 29, 2006 58 $31,776 -46% 48 $662   $23,672,685 19
Oct 6, 2006 50 $34,133 +7% 86 $397   $23,727,472 20
Oct 13, 2006 65 $20,804 -39% 38 $547   $23,772,253 21
Oct 20, 2006 73 $10,294 -51% 29 $355   $23,793,821 22
Oct 27, 2006 90 $5,905 -43% 29 $204   $23,808,111 23

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 29, 2006 20 $85,981     4 $21,495   $490,860 6
Jun 2, 2006 9 $395,060     77 $5,131   $976,034 10
Jun 3, 2006 9 $556,042 +41%   77 $7,221   $1,532,076 11
Jun 4, 2006 9 $405,285 -27%   77 $5,263   $1,937,361 12
Jun 5, 2006 9 $133,052 -67% +55% 77 $1,728   $2,070,413 13
Jun 6, 2006 10 $130,930 -2%   77 $1,700   $2,201,343 14
Jun 7, 2006 9 $141,045 +8%   77 $1,832   $2,342,388 15
Jun 8, 2006 9 $135,982 -4%   77 $1,766   $2,478,370 16
Jul 14, 2006 12 $283,709     570 $498   $16,151,664 52
Jul 15, 2006 10 $480,808 +69%   570 $844   $16,632,472 53
Jul 16, 2006 11 $400,963 -17%   570 $703   $17,033,435 54
Jul 17, 2006 11 $178,049 -56%   570 $312   $17,211,484 55
Jul 18, 2006 10 $187,451 +5%   570 $329   $17,398,935 56
Jul 19, 2006 10 $185,816 -1%   570 $326   $17,584,751 57
Jul 20, 2006 10 $205,150 +10%   570 $360   $17,789,901 58
Jul 24, 2006 12 $144,000   -19% 440 $327   $18,934,000 62
Jul 25, 2006 12 $152,000 +6% -19% 440 $345   $19,086,000 63
Jul 26, 2006 12 $149,000 -2% -20% 440 $339   $19,236,000 64
Jul 27, 2006 12 $172,000 +15% -16% 440 $391   $19,407,000 65
Aug 4, 2006 - $151,000     302 $500   $20,807,000 73
Aug 5, 2006 21 $227,000 +50%   302 $752   $21,034,000 74
Aug 6, 2006 21 $177,000 -22%   302 $586   $21,211,728 75
Aug 7, 2006 21 $92,000 -48%   302 $305   $21,304,000 76
Sep 4, 2006 34 $68,943     265 $260   $23,176,359 104

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 26, 2006 23 $457,425   4 $114,356   $580,974 2
Jun 2, 2006 10 $1,897,396 +315% 77 $24,642   $2,478,370 3
Jun 9, 2006 11 $2,177,663 +15% 122 $17,850   $4,656,033 4
Jun 16, 2006 12 $2,957,573 +36% 403 $7,339   $7,613,606 5
Jun 23, 2006 14 $3,148,397 +6% 514 $6,125   $10,762,003 6
Jun 30, 2006 13 $3,115,837 -1% 587 $5,308   $13,877,840 7
Jul 7, 2006 12 $1,990,115 -36% 562 $3,541   $15,867,955 8
Jul 14, 2006 11 $1,921,946 -3% 570 $3,372   $17,789,901 9
Jul 21, 2006 12 $1,617,211 -16% 440 $3,675   $19,407,112 10
Jul 28, 2006 16 $1,249,185 -23% 346 $3,610   $20,656,297 11
Aug 4, 2006 22 $892,107 -29% 302 $2,954   $21,548,404 12
Aug 11, 2006 25 $602,760 -32% 275 $2,192   $22,151,164 13
Aug 18, 2006 28 $424,818 -30% 221 $1,922   $22,575,982 14
Aug 25, 2006 33 $309,810 -27% 170 $1,822   $22,885,792 15
Sep 1, 2006 34 $359,646 +16% 265 $1,357   $23,245,438 16
Sep 8, 2006 38 $178,336 -50% 145 $1,230   $23,423,774 17
Sep 15, 2006 41 $117,324 -34% 110 $1,067   $23,541,098 18
Sep 22, 2006 44 $99,811 -15% 105 $951   $23,640,909 19
Sep 29, 2006 53 $52,430 -47% 48 $1,092   $23,693,339 20
Oct 6, 2006 52 $58,110 +11% 86 $676   $23,751,449 21
Oct 13, 2006 63 $32,078 -45% 38 $844   $23,783,527 22
Oct 20, 2006 71 $18,679 -42% 29 $644   $23,802,206 23
Oct 27, 2006 85 $12,791 -32% 20 $640   $23,814,997 24

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
Nov 26, 200630367,841 367,841$6,223,870$6,223,8701
Dec 3, 200627111,577-70% 479,418$1,953,713$8,177,5832
Dec 31, 200616188,505 1,037,157$3,768,215$19,228,4626
Jan 14, 20072196,058 1,225,688$1,920,199$22,997,1968

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.

Narrator(s)

Al Gore    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Michael Brook    Composer

Award Season - Next Day Reactions

February 26th, 2007

Last night's Oscars were a interesting mix of clear favorites and surprising upsets. There were enough surprises to keep people talking for a while while enough favorites won that most will be satisfied with the overall outcome. More...

Award Season - And the Oscar Goes to... The Departed for the Fourth Time Tonight

February 25th, 2007

The Oscars have all been handed out, but that's not the end of our coverage. Tune in tomorrow for more thoughts as well as next week when we look at the Oscar bounce. And later on we'll announce the winners of our contest, More...

International Details - Apocalypto Nowish

January 28th, 2007

Apocalypto climbed into sixth place despite dropping 13% to $6.72 million on 2072 screens for a total of $37.90 million. Its best market of the week was Spain where it opened in first place with $1.94 million on 283 screens. More...

Award Season - Oscar Nods Offer Little Surprises - Correction

January 23rd, 2007

The Oscar nominations were handed out today and for the most part they've followed the script written by previous awards committees fairly closely. More...

International Details - Extended Vacation

January 7th, 2007

Since New Years Eve fell on a Sunday this year, there was precious little in terms of international box office numbers released this week. We have some studio estimates, some box office information for major markets, and some updated totals. But for the most, there's little to share. More...

DVD Releases for December 19, 2006

December 19th, 2006

This is the last week before Christmas and there are a lot of DVDs on this week's list that would make perfect last minute Christmas gifts. There are also a lot of DVDs that feel like they are being dumped on the home market in the hopes that they will be scooped up by ever desperate shoppers. Of the contenders, Jackie Chan's Police Story - Special Collector's Edition and The Simpsons - The Complete Ninth Season - Collectable Lisa Head Packaging came close to taking home the honor. But in the end I went with When the Levees Broke. More...

International Details - Truly International Box Office

December 17th, 2006

Open Season solidified its chances to reach $100 million with a first place debut in Italy. Over the weekend the film just managed to beat Happy Feet $1.68 million to $1.66 million over the weekend, (with midweek numbers Open Season earned $1.82 million on 430 screens). The film was not as successful in Japan with just $968,000 on 441 screens; with such a small per theatre average, it will likely disappear quickly from charts. Overall it earned $4.97 million on 3451 screens in 51 markets for a total of $87.16 million; and even with no major markets left to open in, it does have a great shot at $100 million before its run is over. More...

Holiday Gift Guide - Part III

December 17th, 2006

With just a week till Christmas and with hard to shop for people still on the list desperation is probably setting in. With all the stress everyone's judgment is questionable so here is another selection or random gifts that may are may not be perfect for someone on your list. More...

Ice Age Heats up the Home Market

December 3rd, 2006

There was a new number one this week as Ice Age: The Meltdown led both the sales and the rental charts. In the latter it took in $10.26 million for the week, less than $1 million above The Da Vinci Code's $9.35 million haul. More...

International Details - Devil Drops Out of Top Five

November 26th, 2006

Late numbers for the international weekend meant there was a shakeup in the top five with Saw III trading places with The Devil Wears Prada. Saw III took fourth with $6.54 million on 1912 screens in 20 markets for a total of $37.18 million. Meanwhile, The Devil Wears Prada fell to sixth with $5.87 million on 2452 screens in 23 markets for a total of $172.54 million. It was also the first time in nearly two months that the film didn't place in the top five on the international box office. More...

DVD Releases for November 21, 2006

November 21st, 2006

The official start of the Christmas shopping season is just ahead and while this week is not as busy as last in terms of quantity, the quality is still very high with several contenders for DVD Pick of the Week. Narrowing it down to the short list gives us three films, An Inconvenient Truth - Buy from Amazon, Seinfeld - Season 7 - Buy from Amazon, and Star Trek The Animated Series - The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek - Buy from Amazon. And if I was forced to pick just one, it would have to be An Inconvenient Truth - Buy from Amazon. More...

International Details - Box Office is Far From Dead

November 19th, 2006

Desu Noto 2, a.k.a., Death Note 2: The Last Name held on strong adding $5.12 million on 397 screens in 2 markets for a two week total of $20.85 million. In Japan the film remained in top spot with $4.66 million on 346 screens for a two week total of $19.34 million. More...

International Details - Partying on the International Charts

November 5th, 2006

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals saw impressive growth this week up 52% to $4.26 million on 2035 screens in 20 markets for an international total of $16.58 million. The film opened in a handful of markets including placing first in Mexico with $927,000 on 310 screens, but that's a little low for this type of film in that market. Also, it missed the top five in Spain opening in sixth place with $651,000 on 220 screens. The film's biggest market of the weekend was the U.K. where it was down just 27% to $1.41 million on 446 screens over the weekend for a total of $5.66 million after two. More...

International Details - Deutschland Double-Shot

October 30th, 2006

Not much in terms of international details this week and what little details there are, are based on studio estimates. More...

International Details - Germany Dominates the Best of the Rest

October 22nd, 2006

The German soccer film, Deutschland. Ein Sommermarchen, remained in first place in Germany and sixth overall this weekend. It managed this feat by falling just 25% to $5.41 million on 671 screens for a two-week total of $14.67 million. More...

International Details - Banquet Satisfies Millions More

October 1st, 2006

Ye Yan, a.k.a., The Banquet opened in third place in South Korea with $1.04 million on 183 screens over the weekend and $1.24 million in total. That helped the Chinese film place sixth overall with $5.52 million on 734 screens in 6 markets lifting its international total to $15.94 million, which is just above its production budget. More...

International Top Five - Little Man a Big Deal

September 24th, 2006

Little Man shot up the charts into sixth place with $5.97 million on 1597 screens in 23 markets for a total of $22.63 million internationally. The film had million dollar debuts in both Spain, ($2.06 million on 250 screens), and Mexico, ($1.04 million on 352), while came reasonably close in Russia, ($960,000 on 217 screens, including midweek numbers). In all three markets, the film placed second on the charts. More amazingly is the film's performance in the U.K. as it dipped just 17% to $1.05 million on 315 screens over the weekend and a three-week total of $5.75 million. More...

International Details - Garfield Continues to Gobble Up the International Box Office

September 10th, 2006

No new openings left Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties down 40% to $5.87 million on 3779 screens in 32 markets for a total of $90.08 million. It was reported that the film broke a record for an animated film in China with $6.7 million putting it ahead of The Lion King, which is a strange thing to report since the movie isn't animated. Sure, it has a CG lead, but that's not the same. As for the film's prospects for the future, hitting $100 million internationally is academic at this point and with several openings to go, including previews in Australia this weekend, the film could finish with close to the $125 million earned by the original. More...

Little Has Large Debut

August 1st, 2006

Little Miss Sunshine earned $370,000 over the weekend and nearly $500,000 since its Wednesday debut, all in just 7 theatres for an outstanding per theatre average of $52,969. Another Gay Movie overcame terrible reviews to finish in second place with an average of $16,658 in two theatres. Both 13 Tzameti and Wondrous Oblivion finished within $100 of each other with $10,805 and $10,740 respectively, both in 1 theatre. More...

Pirates Plunder Per Theater Chart

July 11th, 2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest continued its record-breaking ways on the per theater charts, earning an average of $32,817, which is the highest average ever for Saturation Level release (defined as 3,000 or more theatres). Second place went to A Scanner Darkly; the intellectually challenging Science Fiction film started its run with nearly $400,000 in just 17 theatres for an average of $23,040. This is more than enough to ensure expansion, but probably not enough to earn much mainstream success. The same can be said for the third place film, Heading South, and indeed last week's winner, Strangers With Candy. The latter film saw significant expansion this week, going from just 2 theaters to 21, and its per theater average held up remarkably at $10,660. More...

Per Theatre Charts - No Stranger to Success

July 6th, 2006

Strangers With Candy easily led the per theatre charts this weekend with just over $43,000 in 2 theatres for an average of $21,571. Since it debuted on Wednesday, the film has made almost $70,000. Second place went to the overall box office champ, Superman Returns, which pulled in a solid average $12,924 of over the three-day weekend. Last week's winner was the only holdover to reach $10,000 average as Wassup Rockers brought in nearly $35,000 on 3 screens for an average of $11,570. More...

Per Theatre Charts - Making a Play

June 20th, 2006

Wordplay not only topped the Per Theatre Charts with and average of $16,424, it was also the only film to crack $10,000 this week. However, the re-release of Pandora's Box came awfully close with $9,950 in its lone theatre. More...

The Truths about Cars and Averages

June 13th, 2006

Cars not only won the overall box office title, but was one of only two films to top $10,000 on the per theatre charts this weekend earning $15,086. The other film was last week's winner, An Inconvenient Truth, which managed an average of $12,334 in 122 theatres during its third weekend of release. More...

Honesty is the Best Performer

June 6th, 2006

An Inconvenient Truth repeated on top of the per theatre charts despite a massive expansion this past weekend. Overall the film managed 9th place with $1.4 million in total and a $17,615 per theatre average. Second place again went to the overall box office champion, The Break-Up, with $12,760. More...

Break ends Up on Top while Stand Falls Down

June 5th, 2006

The post-holiday weekend hit the box office hard as the total fell to $135.8 million, down a massive 30.5% from last weekend. But more importantly it was up by 3.3% from the same weekend last year, which is in line with the year-to-date gains. More...

Taking a Break from Monster Hits

June 1st, 2006

For the second weekend in a row there's only one wide release to deal with. However, unlike last weekend, there is no chance records will be broken, at least not the good kind. The weekend should keep pace with 2005, which saw the all three wide releases struggle. In fact, the one wide release this week could make more than all three did last year. More...

How Convenient

May 31st, 2006

During a weekend where records were set at the top of the box office, it was a documentary that won the race on the Per Theatre Charts. An Inconvenient Truth set a record for highest per theatre average for a documentary with more than $280,000 in 4 theatres for an average of $70,333; also, since its debut last Wednesday the film has earned nearly $500,000. Second place when to the aforementioned chart-topping X-Men: The Last Stand, which earned a very impressive average of $27,846 in 3,690 theatres. The final film to top $10,000 was Fanaa, which just missed the top ten on the overal charts with $753,067 in 72 theatres for an average of $10,459. This is much better than expected, but as a niche market film, it is unlikely to have strong legs. More...

Movie Website Updates for May 20 - May 26

May 26th, 2006

Not much this week in terms of new sites or updates and all the ones that are award-worthy have already won the weekly website award. The best of the rest is The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - Official Site, but it certainly doesn't deserve to win the awards. More...

Limited Releases - The Truth is Out There

May 25th, 2006

While there are only four films on this week's list, one of them could have the biggest documentary to come out since Fahrenheit 9/11. But An Inconvenient Truth isn't the only limited release worth checking out. More...

Limited Releases - Holding Pattern

May 18th, 2006

It's a depressing week for limited releases and not only because none of the films really won over the critics. The four films all deal with subject matters that are bound to depress, or revolt moviegoers. Things are bound to pick up next week when An Inconvenient Truth opens. More...

Movie Website Updates for April 21 - April 28

April 28th, 2006

The first of the new Friday edition Weekly Website Review column is here, but not without a hitch. We had a bit of a power outage early in the day so I did what any modern man would do when faced with the prospects of going without the Internet for an undetermined amount of time, I took a nap. Fortunately, I was mostly done before the power went out so there was no real affect on this week's list, but I am starting to this that this column is cursed. As for the list, its pretty average with the best of the bunch being A Scanner Darkly - 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:$281,330 (1.2% of total gross)
Legs:11.97 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:45.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$1,000,000 (worldwide box office is 53.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/587 max. theaters, 9.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $38,818,171

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,401-3,500) 3,418 $24,146,161
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,827 $29,219,764
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,940 $53,365,925
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies 96 $24,146,161

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


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 24th, 2006 (Limited) by Paramount Vantage
Video Release: November 21st, 2006 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG for mild thematic elements
Running Time: 97 minutes
Franchise: An Inconvenient Truth
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Environment, Extreme Weather, Agitprop, Academics, Oscars Best Documentary Winner
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Participant Media
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 11th Weekend Limited Release 91 $555,431 Aug 4, 2006 75
Biggest 10th Weekend Limited Release 91 $742,168 Jul 28, 2006 68
Biggest 9th Weekend Limited Release 85 $1,000,372 Jul 21, 2006 61
Biggest 8th Weekend Limited Release 81 $1,165,480 Jul 14, 2006 54
Biggest 6th Weekend Limited Release 95 $1,690,035 Jun 30, 2006 40
Biggest 5th Weekend Limited Release 98 $2,016,408 Jun 23, 2006 33
Theater Average Opening Weekend 79 $70,333 May 26, 2006 5
Top 2006 Theater Average 3 $70,333 May 26, 2006 5
Never Wide Domestic 20 $24,146,161 May 24, 2006 0

Narrator(s)

Al Gore    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Michael Brook    Composer

Award Season - Next Day Reactions

February 26th, 2007

Last night's Oscars were a interesting mix of clear favorites and surprising upsets. There were enough surprises to keep people talking for a while while enough favorites won that most will be satisfied with the overall outcome. More...

Award Season - And the Oscar Goes to... The Departed for the Fourth Time Tonight

February 25th, 2007

The Oscars have all been handed out, but that's not the end of our coverage. Tune in tomorrow for more thoughts as well as next week when we look at the Oscar bounce. And later on we'll announce the winners of our contest, More...

International Details - Apocalypto Nowish

January 28th, 2007

Apocalypto climbed into sixth place despite dropping 13% to $6.72 million on 2072 screens for a total of $37.90 million. Its best market of the week was Spain where it opened in first place with $1.94 million on 283 screens. More...

Award Season - Oscar Nods Offer Little Surprises - Correction

January 23rd, 2007

The Oscar nominations were handed out today and for the most part they've followed the script written by previous awards committees fairly closely. More...

International Details - Extended Vacation

January 7th, 2007

Since New Years Eve fell on a Sunday this year, there was precious little in terms of international box office numbers released this week. We have some studio estimates, some box office information for major markets, and some updated totals. But for the most, there's little to share. More...

DVD Releases for December 19, 2006

December 19th, 2006

This is the last week before Christmas and there are a lot of DVDs on this week's list that would make perfect last minute Christmas gifts. There are also a lot of DVDs that feel like they are being dumped on the home market in the hopes that they will be scooped up by ever desperate shoppers. Of the contenders, Jackie Chan's Police Story - Special Collector's Edition and The Simpsons - The Complete Ninth Season - Collectable Lisa Head Packaging came close to taking home the honor. But in the end I went with When the Levees Broke. More...

International Details - Truly International Box Office

December 17th, 2006

Open Season solidified its chances to reach $100 million with a first place debut in Italy. Over the weekend the film just managed to beat Happy Feet $1.68 million to $1.66 million over the weekend, (with midweek numbers Open Season earned $1.82 million on 430 screens). The film was not as successful in Japan with just $968,000 on 441 screens; with such a small per theatre average, it will likely disappear quickly from charts. Overall it earned $4.97 million on 3451 screens in 51 markets for a total of $87.16 million; and even with no major markets left to open in, it does have a great shot at $100 million before its run is over. More...

Holiday Gift Guide - Part III

December 17th, 2006

With just a week till Christmas and with hard to shop for people still on the list desperation is probably setting in. With all the stress everyone's judgment is questionable so here is another selection or random gifts that may are may not be perfect for someone on your list. More...

Ice Age Heats up the Home Market

December 3rd, 2006

There was a new number one this week as Ice Age: The Meltdown led both the sales and the rental charts. In the latter it took in $10.26 million for the week, less than $1 million above The Da Vinci Code's $9.35 million haul. More...

International Details - Devil Drops Out of Top Five

November 26th, 2006

Late numbers for the international weekend meant there was a shakeup in the top five with Saw III trading places with The Devil Wears Prada. Saw III took fourth with $6.54 million on 1912 screens in 20 markets for a total of $37.18 million. Meanwhile, The Devil Wears Prada fell to sixth with $5.87 million on 2452 screens in 23 markets for a total of $172.54 million. It was also the first time in nearly two months that the film didn't place in the top five on the international box office. More...

DVD Releases for November 21, 2006

November 21st, 2006

The official start of the Christmas shopping season is just ahead and while this week is not as busy as last in terms of quantity, the quality is still very high with several contenders for DVD Pick of the Week. Narrowing it down to the short list gives us three films, An Inconvenient Truth - Buy from Amazon, Seinfeld - Season 7 - Buy from Amazon, and Star Trek The Animated Series - The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek - Buy from Amazon. And if I was forced to pick just one, it would have to be An Inconvenient Truth - Buy from Amazon. More...

International Details - Box Office is Far From Dead

November 19th, 2006

Desu Noto 2, a.k.a., Death Note 2: The Last Name held on strong adding $5.12 million on 397 screens in 2 markets for a two week total of $20.85 million. In Japan the film remained in top spot with $4.66 million on 346 screens for a two week total of $19.34 million. More...

International Details - Partying on the International Charts

November 5th, 2006

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals saw impressive growth this week up 52% to $4.26 million on 2035 screens in 20 markets for an international total of $16.58 million. The film opened in a handful of markets including placing first in Mexico with $927,000 on 310 screens, but that's a little low for this type of film in that market. Also, it missed the top five in Spain opening in sixth place with $651,000 on 220 screens. The film's biggest market of the weekend was the U.K. where it was down just 27% to $1.41 million on 446 screens over the weekend for a total of $5.66 million after two. More...

International Details - Deutschland Double-Shot

October 30th, 2006

Not much in terms of international details this week and what little details there are, are based on studio estimates. More...

International Details - Germany Dominates the Best of the Rest

October 22nd, 2006

The German soccer film, Deutschland. Ein Sommermarchen, remained in first place in Germany and sixth overall this weekend. It managed this feat by falling just 25% to $5.41 million on 671 screens for a two-week total of $14.67 million. More...

International Details - Banquet Satisfies Millions More

October 1st, 2006

Ye Yan, a.k.a., The Banquet opened in third place in South Korea with $1.04 million on 183 screens over the weekend and $1.24 million in total. That helped the Chinese film place sixth overall with $5.52 million on 734 screens in 6 markets lifting its international total to $15.94 million, which is just above its production budget. More...

International Top Five - Little Man a Big Deal

September 24th, 2006

Little Man shot up the charts into sixth place with $5.97 million on 1597 screens in 23 markets for a total of $22.63 million internationally. The film had million dollar debuts in both Spain, ($2.06 million on 250 screens), and Mexico, ($1.04 million on 352), while came reasonably close in Russia, ($960,000 on 217 screens, including midweek numbers). In all three markets, the film placed second on the charts. More amazingly is the film's performance in the U.K. as it dipped just 17% to $1.05 million on 315 screens over the weekend and a three-week total of $5.75 million. More...

International Details - Garfield Continues to Gobble Up the International Box Office

September 10th, 2006

No new openings left Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties down 40% to $5.87 million on 3779 screens in 32 markets for a total of $90.08 million. It was reported that the film broke a record for an animated film in China with $6.7 million putting it ahead of The Lion King, which is a strange thing to report since the movie isn't animated. Sure, it has a CG lead, but that's not the same. As for the film's prospects for the future, hitting $100 million internationally is academic at this point and with several openings to go, including previews in Australia this weekend, the film could finish with close to the $125 million earned by the original. More...

Little Has Large Debut

August 1st, 2006

Little Miss Sunshine earned $370,000 over the weekend and nearly $500,000 since its Wednesday debut, all in just 7 theatres for an outstanding per theatre average of $52,969. Another Gay Movie overcame terrible reviews to finish in second place with an average of $16,658 in two theatres. Both 13 Tzameti and Wondrous Oblivion finished within $100 of each other with $10,805 and $10,740 respectively, both in 1 theatre. More...

Pirates Plunder Per Theater Chart

July 11th, 2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest continued its record-breaking ways on the per theater charts, earning an average of $32,817, which is the highest average ever for Saturation Level release (defined as 3,000 or more theatres). Second place went to A Scanner Darkly; the intellectually challenging Science Fiction film started its run with nearly $400,000 in just 17 theatres for an average of $23,040. This is more than enough to ensure expansion, but probably not enough to earn much mainstream success. The same can be said for the third place film, Heading South, and indeed last week's winner, Strangers With Candy. The latter film saw significant expansion this week, going from just 2 theaters to 21, and its per theater average held up remarkably at $10,660. More...

Per Theatre Charts - No Stranger to Success

July 6th, 2006

Strangers With Candy easily led the per theatre charts this weekend with just over $43,000 in 2 theatres for an average of $21,571. Since it debuted on Wednesday, the film has made almost $70,000. Second place went to the overall box office champ, Superman Returns, which pulled in a solid average $12,924 of over the three-day weekend. Last week's winner was the only holdover to reach $10,000 average as Wassup Rockers brought in nearly $35,000 on 3 screens for an average of $11,570. More...

Per Theatre Charts - Making a Play

June 20th, 2006

Wordplay not only topped the Per Theatre Charts with and average of $16,424, it was also the only film to crack $10,000 this week. However, the re-release of Pandora's Box came awfully close with $9,950 in its lone theatre. More...

The Truths about Cars and Averages

June 13th, 2006

Cars not only won the overall box office title, but was one of only two films to top $10,000 on the per theatre charts this weekend earning $15,086. The other film was last week's winner, An Inconvenient Truth, which managed an average of $12,334 in 122 theatres during its third weekend of release. More...

Honesty is the Best Performer

June 6th, 2006

An Inconvenient Truth repeated on top of the per theatre charts despite a massive expansion this past weekend. Overall the film managed 9th place with $1.4 million in total and a $17,615 per theatre average. Second place again went to the overall box office champion, The Break-Up, with $12,760. More...

Break ends Up on Top while Stand Falls Down

June 5th, 2006

The post-holiday weekend hit the box office hard as the total fell to $135.8 million, down a massive 30.5% from last weekend. But more importantly it was up by 3.3% from the same weekend last year, which is in line with the year-to-date gains. More...

Taking a Break from Monster Hits

June 1st, 2006

For the second weekend in a row there's only one wide release to deal with. However, unlike last weekend, there is no chance records will be broken, at least not the good kind. The weekend should keep pace with 2005, which saw the all three wide releases struggle. In fact, the one wide release this week could make more than all three did last year. More...

How Convenient

May 31st, 2006

During a weekend where records were set at the top of the box office, it was a documentary that won the race on the Per Theatre Charts. An Inconvenient Truth set a record for highest per theatre average for a documentary with more than $280,000 in 4 theatres for an average of $70,333; also, since its debut last Wednesday the film has earned nearly $500,000. Second place when to the aforementioned chart-topping X-Men: The Last Stand, which earned a very impressive average of $27,846 in 3,690 theatres. The final film to top $10,000 was Fanaa, which just missed the top ten on the overal charts with $753,067 in 72 theatres for an average of $10,459. This is much better than expected, but as a niche market film, it is unlikely to have strong legs. More...

Movie Website Updates for May 20 - May 26

May 26th, 2006

Not much this week in terms of new sites or updates and all the ones that are award-worthy have already won the weekly website award. The best of the rest is The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - Official Site, but it certainly doesn't deserve to win the awards. More...

Limited Releases - The Truth is Out There

May 25th, 2006

While there are only four films on this week's list, one of them could have the biggest documentary to come out since Fahrenheit 9/11. But An Inconvenient Truth isn't the only limited release worth checking out. More...

Limited Releases - Holding Pattern

May 18th, 2006

It's a depressing week for limited releases and not only because none of the films really won over the critics. The four films all deal with subject matters that are bound to depress, or revolt moviegoers. Things are bound to pick up next week when An Inconvenient Truth opens. More...

Movie Website Updates for April 21 - April 28

April 28th, 2006

The first of the new Friday edition Weekly Website Review column is here, but not without a hitch. We had a bit of a power outage early in the day so I did what any modern man would do when faced with the prospects of going without the Internet for an undetermined amount of time, I took a nap. Fortunately, I was mostly done before the power went out so there was no real affect on this week's list, but I am starting to this that this column is cursed. As for the list, its pretty average with the best of the bunch being A Scanner Darkly - Official Site. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 26, 2006 22 $281,330   4 $70,333   $404,879 1
Jun 2, 2006 9 $1,356,387 +382% 77 $17,615   $1,937,361 2
Jun 9, 2006 11 $1,504,701 +11% 122 $12,334   $3,983,071 3
Jun 16, 2006 12 $1,911,747 +27% 403 $4,744   $6,567,780 4
Jun 23, 2006 14 $2,016,408 +5% 514 $3,923   $9,630,014 5
Jun 30, 2006 13 $1,690,035 -16% 587 $2,879   $12,452,038 6
Jul 7, 2006 12 $1,172,984 -31% 562 $2,087   $15,050,824 7
Jul 14, 2006 12 $1,165,480 -1% 570 $2,045   $17,033,435 8
Jul 21, 2006 12 $1,000,372 -14% 440 $2,274   $18,790,273 9
Jul 28, 2006 16 $742,168 -26% 346 $2,145   $20,149,280 10
Aug 4, 2006 21 $555,431 -25% 302 $1,839   $21,211,728 11
Aug 11, 2006 26 $370,443 -33% 275 $1,347   $21,918,847 12
Aug 18, 2006 29 $258,781 -30% 221 $1,171   $22,409,945 13
Aug 25, 2006 35 $194,472 -25% 170 $1,144   $22,770,454 14
Sep 1, 2006 35 $221,624 +14% 265 $836   $23,107,416 15
Sep 8, 2006 43 $108,061 -51% 145 $745   $23,353,499 16
Sep 15, 2006 43 $69,055 -36% 110 $628   $23,492,829 17
Sep 22, 2006 47 $59,208 -14% 105 $564   $23,600,306 18
Sep 29, 2006 58 $31,776 -46% 48 $662   $23,672,685 19
Oct 6, 2006 50 $34,133 +7% 86 $397   $23,727,472 20
Oct 13, 2006 65 $20,804 -39% 38 $547   $23,772,253 21
Oct 20, 2006 73 $10,294 -51% 29 $355   $23,793,821 22
Oct 27, 2006 90 $5,905 -43% 29 $204   $23,808,111 23

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 29, 2006 20 $85,981     4 $21,495   $490,860 6
Jun 2, 2006 9 $395,060     77 $5,131   $976,034 10
Jun 3, 2006 9 $556,042 +41%   77 $7,221   $1,532,076 11
Jun 4, 2006 9 $405,285 -27%   77 $5,263   $1,937,361 12
Jun 5, 2006 9 $133,052 -67% +55% 77 $1,728   $2,070,413 13
Jun 6, 2006 10 $130,930 -2%   77 $1,700   $2,201,343 14
Jun 7, 2006 9 $141,045 +8%   77 $1,832   $2,342,388 15
Jun 8, 2006 9 $135,982 -4%   77 $1,766   $2,478,370 16
Jul 14, 2006 12 $283,709     570 $498   $16,151,664 52
Jul 15, 2006 10 $480,808 +69%   570 $844   $16,632,472 53
Jul 16, 2006 11 $400,963 -17%   570 $703   $17,033,435 54
Jul 17, 2006 11 $178,049 -56%   570 $312   $17,211,484 55
Jul 18, 2006 10 $187,451 +5%   570 $329   $17,398,935 56
Jul 19, 2006 10 $185,816 -1%   570 $326   $17,584,751 57
Jul 20, 2006 10 $205,150 +10%   570 $360   $17,789,901 58
Jul 24, 2006 12 $144,000   -19% 440 $327   $18,934,000 62
Jul 25, 2006 12 $152,000 +6% -19% 440 $345   $19,086,000 63
Jul 26, 2006 12 $149,000 -2% -20% 440 $339   $19,236,000 64
Jul 27, 2006 12 $172,000 +15% -16% 440 $391   $19,407,000 65
Aug 4, 2006 - $151,000     302 $500   $20,807,000 73
Aug 5, 2006 21 $227,000 +50%   302 $752   $21,034,000 74
Aug 6, 2006 21 $177,000 -22%   302 $586   $21,211,728 75
Aug 7, 2006 21 $92,000 -48%   302 $305   $21,304,000 76
Sep 4, 2006 34 $68,943     265 $260   $23,176,359 104

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 26, 2006 23 $457,425   4 $114,356   $580,974 2
Jun 2, 2006 10 $1,897,396 +315% 77 $24,642   $2,478,370 3
Jun 9, 2006 11 $2,177,663 +15% 122 $17,850   $4,656,033 4
Jun 16, 2006 12 $2,957,573 +36% 403 $7,339   $7,613,606 5
Jun 23, 2006 14 $3,148,397 +6% 514 $6,125   $10,762,003 6
Jun 30, 2006 13 $3,115,837 -1% 587 $5,308   $13,877,840 7
Jul 7, 2006 12 $1,990,115 -36% 562 $3,541   $15,867,955 8
Jul 14, 2006 11 $1,921,946 -3% 570 $3,372   $17,789,901 9
Jul 21, 2006 12 $1,617,211 -16% 440 $3,675   $19,407,112 10
Jul 28, 2006 16 $1,249,185 -23% 346 $3,610   $20,656,297 11
Aug 4, 2006 22 $892,107 -29% 302 $2,954   $21,548,404 12
Aug 11, 2006 25 $602,760 -32% 275 $2,192   $22,151,164 13
Aug 18, 2006 28 $424,818 -30% 221 $1,922   $22,575,982 14
Aug 25, 2006 33 $309,810 -27% 170 $1,822   $22,885,792 15
Sep 1, 2006 34 $359,646 +16% 265 $1,357   $23,245,438 16
Sep 8, 2006 38 $178,336 -50% 145 $1,230   $23,423,774 17
Sep 15, 2006 41 $117,324 -34% 110 $1,067   $23,541,098 18
Sep 22, 2006 44 $99,811 -15% 105 $951   $23,640,909 19
Sep 29, 2006 53 $52,430 -47% 48 $1,092   $23,693,339 20
Oct 6, 2006 52 $58,110 +11% 86 $676   $23,751,449 21
Oct 13, 2006 63 $32,078 -45% 38 $844   $23,783,527 22
Oct 20, 2006 71 $18,679 -42% 29 $644   $23,802,206 23
Oct 27, 2006 85 $12,791 -32% 20 $640   $23,814,997 24

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
Nov 26, 200630367,841 367,841$6,223,870$6,223,8701
Dec 3, 200627111,577-70% 479,418$1,953,713$8,177,5832
Dec 31, 200616188,505 1,037,157$3,768,215$19,228,4626
Jan 14, 20072196,058 1,225,688$1,920,199$22,997,1968

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