Portugal Box Office for Fim-de-Semana no Ascensor (1959)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Portugal Box Office $6,132Details
Worldwide Box Office $379,949Details
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Synopsis

Scheming lovers Julien and Florence engineer the “perfect murder” of her husband. But when Julien becomes trapped in the elevator mere floors away from his recent victim, the perfect murder quickly becomes imperfect.

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Movie Details

Portugal Releases: May 5th, 1959 (Wide), released as Fim-de-Semana no Ascensor
Video Release: April 25th, 2006 by Criterion
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 91 minutes
Keywords: Set in Paris, Set in France, Film Noir, Relationships Gone Wrong, Faked Suicide, 1950s, French New Wave
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Nouvelles Editions de Films
Production Countries: France
Languages: French

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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2018/08/03 24 $1,161   2 $581   $1,161 3,092
2018/08/10 - $761 -34% 1 $761   $3,111 3,093
2018/08/24 - $316   1 $316   $6,132 3,095

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
New Zealand 3/12/2020 $0 0 1 2 $220 6/22/2020
North America 6/10/1961 $0 0 5 65 $373,597
Portugal 5/5/1959 $0 0 2 4 $6,132 8/29/2018
 
Worldwide Total$379,949 6/22/2020

Leading Cast

Jeanne Moreau    Florence Canala
Maurice Ronet    Julien Tavernier

Supporting Cast

Georges Poujouly    Louis
Yori Bertin    Veronique
Jean Wall    Simon Carala
Ivan Petrovich    Horst Bencker
Felix Marten    Subervie
Lino Ventura    Inspector Cherter
Elga Andersen    Mme. Bencker
Micheline Bona    Genevieve

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

Production and Technical Credits

Louis Malle    Director
Roger Nimier    Screenwriter
Noel Calef    Screenwriter
Louis Malle    Screenwriter
Noel Calef    Based on the novel by
Jean Thuillier    Producer
Leonide Azar    Editor
Miles Davis    Composer
Henri Decae    Cinematographer
Jean Mandaroux    Art Director

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