Post Tenebras Lux (2012)

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Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $38,911Details
International Box Office $237,669Details
Worldwide Box Office $276,580
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Synopsis

The story of an upscale, urban family whose move to the Mexican countryside results in domestic crises and class friction, is a stunningly photographed, impressionistic psychological portrait of a family and their place within the sublime, unforgiving natural world. Reygadas conjures a host of unforgettable, ominous images: a haunting sequence at dusk as Reygadas’s real-life daughter wanders a muddy field and farm animals loudly circle and thunder and lightning threaten; a glowing-red demon gliding through the rooms of a home; a husband and wife visiting a swingers’ bathhouse with rooms named after famous philosophers. By turns entrancing and mystifying, POST TENEBRAS LUX palpably explores the primal conflicts of the human condition.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,674 (12.0% of total gross)
Legs:8.10 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:14.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/6 max. theaters, 2.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $51,593

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 14,501-14,600) 14,571 $38,911
All Time International Box Office (Rank 15,501-15,600) 15,519 $237,669
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 20,601-20,700) 20,643 $276,580
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 6,001-6,100) 6,098 $38,911

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 1st, 2013 (Limited) by Strand Releasing
International Releases: November 23rd, 2012 (Wide) (Mexico)
February 28th, 2013 (Wide) (Netherlands)
March 7th, 2013 (Wide) (Hungary)
March 22nd, 2013 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 115 minutes
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Keywords: Life in a Small Town, Autobiographical, Inspired by a True Story, Suicide
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: NoDream Cinema, Mantarraya, Le Pacte, Arte France Cinema, Foprocine, Imcine, The Match Factory, Topkapi, Ticoman
Production Countries: France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands
Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 3, 2013 82 $4,674   1 $4,674   $7,096 1
May 10, 2013 84 $4,801 +3% 1 $4,801   $16,622 2
May 24, 2013 90 $1,022   1 $1,022   $21,432 4
Jun 7, 2013 68 $4,643   6 $774   $27,382 6
Jun 14, 2013 93 $665 -86% 2 $333   $35,586 7
Jun 21, 2013 84 $1,010 +52% 3 $337   $36,996 8
Aug 9, 2013 92 $1,223   2 $612   $38,911 15

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 3, 2013 80 $9,399   1 $9,399   $11,821 2
May 10, 2013 81 $8,589 -9% 1 $8,589   $20,410 3
May 24, 2013 95 $1,022   1 $1,022   $21,432 5
Jun 7, 2013 83 $4,643   6 $774   $27,382 7
Jun 14, 2013 92 $1,065 -77% 2 $533   $35,986 8

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Hungary 3/7/2013 $186 2 2 2 $186 12/30/2018
Mexico 11/23/2012 $0 0 27 33 $44,880 12/13/2015
Netherlands 2/28/2013 $2,896 0 0 0 $30,172 8/9/2016
United Kingdom 3/22/2013 $13,070 18 18 18 $13,070 12/14/2015
 
Rest of World $149,361
 
International Total$237,669 12/30/2018

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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Leading Cast

Adolfo Jimenez Castro    Juan
Nathalia Acevedo    Nathalia

Supporting Cast

Wellebaldo Torres    Seven
Rut Reygadas    Rut
Eleazar Reygadas    Eleazar

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

Production and Technical Credits

Carlos Reygadas    Director
Carlos Reygadas    Screenwriter
Jaime Romandia    Producer
Carlos Reygadas    Producer
Nohemi Gonzalez    Production Designer
Natalia Lopez    Editor
Alexis Zabe    Director of Photography

Per Theater Chart: Iron Man Ices the Competition

May 7th, 2013

Iron Man 3 dominated the Per Theater Chart earning an average of $40,946 at over 4,000 screens. Two Millenium Films releases were next with The Iceman and What Maisie Knew earning averages of $21,987 and $21,480 respectively. Free the Mind opened with $12,215 in its lone theater. More...


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Synopsis

The story of an upscale, urban family whose move to the Mexican countryside results in domestic crises and class friction, is a stunningly photographed, impressionistic psychological portrait of a family and their place within the sublime, unforgiving natural world. Reygadas conjures a host of unforgettable, ominous images: a haunting sequence at dusk as Reygadas’s real-life daughter wanders a muddy field and farm animals loudly circle and thunder and lightning threaten; a glowing-red demon gliding through the rooms of a home; a husband and wife visiting a swingers’ bathhouse with rooms named after famous philosophers. By turns entrancing and mystifying, POST TENEBRAS LUX palpably explores the primal conflicts of the human condition.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,674 (12.0% of total gross)
Legs:8.10 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:14.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/6 max. theaters, 2.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $51,593

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 14,501-14,600) 14,571 $38,911
All Time International Box Office (Rank 15,501-15,600) 15,519 $237,669
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 20,601-20,700) 20,643 $276,580
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 6,001-6,100) 6,098 $38,911

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 1st, 2013 (Limited) by Strand Releasing
International Releases: November 23rd, 2012 (Wide) (Mexico)
February 28th, 2013 (Wide) (Netherlands)
March 7th, 2013 (Wide) (Hungary)
March 22nd, 2013 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 115 minutes
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Keywords: Life in a Small Town, Autobiographical, Inspired by a True Story, Suicide
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: NoDream Cinema, Mantarraya, Le Pacte, Arte France Cinema, Foprocine, Imcine, The Match Factory, Topkapi, Ticoman
Production Countries: France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands
Languages: English, French, Spanish

Leading Cast

Adolfo Jimenez Castro    Juan
Nathalia Acevedo    Nathalia

Supporting Cast

Wellebaldo Torres    Seven
Rut Reygadas    Rut
Eleazar Reygadas    Eleazar

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

Production and Technical Credits

Carlos Reygadas    Director
Carlos Reygadas    Screenwriter
Jaime Romandia    Producer
Carlos Reygadas    Producer
Nohemi Gonzalez    Production Designer
Natalia Lopez    Editor
Alexis Zabe    Director of Photography

Per Theater Chart: Iron Man Ices the Competition

May 7th, 2013

Iron Man 3 dominated the Per Theater Chart earning an average of $40,946 at over 4,000 screens. Two Millenium Films releases were next with The Iceman and What Maisie Knew earning averages of $21,987 and $21,480 respectively. Free the Mind opened with $12,215 in its lone theater. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 3, 2013 82 $4,674   1 $4,674   $7,096 1
May 10, 2013 84 $4,801 +3% 1 $4,801   $16,622 2
May 24, 2013 90 $1,022   1 $1,022   $21,432 4
Jun 7, 2013 68 $4,643   6 $774   $27,382 6
Jun 14, 2013 93 $665 -86% 2 $333   $35,586 7
Jun 21, 2013 84 $1,010 +52% 3 $337   $36,996 8
Aug 9, 2013 92 $1,223   2 $612   $38,911 15

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 3, 2013 80 $9,399   1 $9,399   $11,821 2
May 10, 2013 81 $8,589 -9% 1 $8,589   $20,410 3
May 24, 2013 95 $1,022   1 $1,022   $21,432 5
Jun 7, 2013 83 $4,643   6 $774   $27,382 7
Jun 14, 2013 92 $1,065 -77% 2 $533   $35,986 8

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Hungary 3/7/2013 $186 2 2 2 $186 12/30/2018
Mexico 11/23/2012 $0 0 27 33 $44,880 12/13/2015
Netherlands 2/28/2013 $2,896 0 0 0 $30,172 8/9/2016
United Kingdom 3/22/2013 $13,070 18 18 18 $13,070 12/14/2015
 
Rest of World $149,361
 
International Total$237,669 12/30/2018

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.