Synopsis
Wallace Avery is tired of his existence. Divorced, disconnected from his young son, dissatisfied with his love life, depressed and in the doldrums of middle age, he decides to make a radical change by walking away from his old life. He buys a new identity and hits the road as Arthur Newman to begin life anew, bound for Terre Haute, Indiana, where he dreams of reinventing himself as a golf pro at a tiny country club. But his road trip is derailed by the entrance of Michaela "Mike" Fitzgerald, whom Arthur discovers passed out poolside at a seedy roadside motel. Mike sees through Arthur's identity scam, and soon enough Arthur sees through hers - she's a kleptomaniac fleeing from domestic turmoil of her own. Soon romance blossoms on the road to Indiana as the unexpected couple infiltrates the lives of random strangers as a way of better grasping the essence of their own waylaid lives. Painful secrets unfold; new lives take shape. But is it possible to truly start all over again? A cross-country odyssey of self-discovery and renewal, ARTHUR NEWMAN is a gently comic screen romance about two unlikely souls who fall in love and find a way to accept responsibility for who they really are.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $112,788 (54.3% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 1.84 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 248 opening theaters/248 max. theaters, 1.2 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $275,601 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 11,401-11,500) | 11,456 | $207,853 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 21,201-21,300) | 21,228 | $207,853 |
| All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,501-3,600) | 3,598 | $207,853 |
| All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 4,001-4,100) | 4,069 | $207,853 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 4,701-4,800) | 4,783 | $207,853 |
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| Amazon VOD: | Amazon |
| iTunes: | iTunes |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | April 26th, 2013 (Limited) by Cinedigm |
| Video Release: | September 3rd, 2013 by Cinedigm |
| MPAA Rating: | R for sexual content, language and brief drug use. (Rating bulletin 2269, 4/26/2013) |
| Running Time: | 101 minutes |
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| Keywords: | Former Professional Athlete, Dysfunctional Family, Mid-Life Crisis, Faked Death, False Identity, Mental Illness, Twins |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Vertebra Films, Focus Features International, Cross Creek Pictures, Monarch Bay Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |