Bad Words (2014)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $7,779,614Details
International Box Office $63,531
Worldwide Box Office $7,843,145
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $2,308,947
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $1,914,458
Total $4,223,405
Further financial details...

Synopsis

40-year old Guy Trilby finds a loophole in the rules of the National Quill Spelling Bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. Contest officials, outraged parents, and overly ambitious 8th graders are no match for Guy, as he ruthlessly crushes their dreams of victory and fame. As a reporter attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward 10-year old Chaitanya, who is completely unfazed by Guy’s take-no-prisoners approach to life.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$113,301 (1.5% of total gross)
Legs:3.04 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:99.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$10,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.8 times production budget)
Theater counts:6 opening theaters/1,074 max. theaters, 3.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $11,388,515

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: March 14th, 2014 (Limited) by Focus Features
March 28th, 2014 (Expands Wide) by Focus Features
Video Release: July 8th, 2014 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R for crude and sexual content, language and brief nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2273, 5/22/2013)
Running Time: 89 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Directing Yourself
Plot point: Bad Role Models, Intellectual Pursuits, Mid-Life Crisis, Tournament
Subgenre: Black Comedy
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Black Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Darko Entertainment, Aggregate Films, MXN Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 14, 2014 33 $113,301   6 $18,884   $113,301 1
Mar 21, 2014 16 $505,044 +346% 87 $5,805   $660,817 2
Mar 28, 2014 13 $2,560,186 +407% 842 $3,041   $3,478,876 3
Apr 4, 2014 11 $1,613,277 -37% 1,074 $1,502   $5,941,681 4
Apr 11, 2014 14 $596,236 -63% 763 $781   $7,126,342 5
Apr 18, 2014 28 $164,770 -72% 223 $739   $7,563,088 6
Apr 25, 2014 40 $48,339 -71% 223 $217   $7,678,868 7
May 2, 2014 56 $18,292 -62% 40 $457   $7,719,157 8
May 9, 2014 66 $8,525 -53% 29 $294   $7,738,136 9
May 16, 2014 54 $21,032 +147% 83 $253   $7,764,027 10
May 23, 2014 70 $2,921 -86% 21 $139   $7,777,560 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Mar 14, 2014 - $37,862     6 $6,310   $37,862 1
Mar 15, 2014 - $46,788 +24%   6 $7,798   $84,650 2
Mar 16, 2014 - $28,651 -39%   6 $4,775   $113,301 3
Mar 17, 2014 - $8,574 -70%   6 $1,429   $121,875 4
Mar 18, 2014 - $9,561 +12%   6 $1,594   $131,436 5
Mar 19, 2014 - $10,047 +5%   6 $1,675   $141,483 6
Mar 20, 2014 - $14,290 +42%   6 $2,382   $155,773 7
Mar 21, 2014 16 $141,136 +888% +273% 87 $1,622   $296,909 8
Mar 22, 2014 16 $216,993 +54% +364% 87 $2,494   $513,902 9
Mar 23, 2014 16 $146,915 -32% +413% 87 $1,689   $660,817 10
Mar 24, 2014 16 $54,124 -63% +531% 87 $622   $714,941 11
Mar 25, 2014 17 $59,408 +10% +521% 87 $683   $774,349 12
Mar 26, 2014 15 $64,148 +8% +538% 87 $737   $838,497 13
Mar 27, 2014 13 $80,193 +25% +461% 87 $922   $918,690 14
Mar 28, 2014 12 $765,958 +855% +443% 842 $910   $1,684,648 15
Mar 29, 2014 12 $1,149,787 +50% +430% 842 $1,366   $2,834,435 16
Mar 30, 2014 13 $644,441 -44% +339% 842 $765   $3,478,876 17
Mar 31, 2014 13 $207,979 -68% +284% 842 $247   $3,686,855 18
Apr 1, 2014 12 $251,517 +21% +323% 842 $299   $3,938,372 19
Apr 2, 2014 12 $206,315 -18% +222% 842 $245   $4,144,687 20
Apr 3, 2014 12 $183,717 -11% +129% 842 $218   $4,328,404 21
Apr 4, 2014 11 $505,332 +175% -34% 1,074 $471   $4,833,736 22
Apr 5, 2014 11 $707,044 +40% -39% 1,074 $658   $5,540,780 23
Apr 6, 2014 13 $400,901 -43% -38% 1,074 $373   $5,941,681 24
Apr 7, 2014 11 $137,635 -66% -34% 1,074 $128   $6,079,316 25
Apr 8, 2014 11 $182,439 +33% -27% 1,074 $170   $6,261,755 26
Apr 9, 2014 9 $144,337 -21% -30% 1,074 $134   $6,406,092 27
Apr 10, 2014 9 $124,014 -14% -32% 1,074 $115   $6,530,106 28
Apr 11, 2014 - $182,990 +48% -64% 763 $240   $6,713,096 29
Apr 12, 2014 - $264,725 +45% -63% 763 $347   $6,977,821 30
Apr 13, 2014 - $148,521 -44% -63% 763 $195   $7,126,342 31
Apr 14, 2014 - $67,907 -54% -51% 763 $89   $7,194,249 32
Apr 15, 2014 - $95,293 +40% -48% 763 $125   $7,289,542 33
Apr 16, 2014 - $56,899 -40% -61% 763 $75   $7,346,441 34
Apr 17, 2014 - $51,877 -9% -58% 763 $68   $7,398,318 35
Apr 18, 2014 - $60,641 +17% -67% 223 $272   $7,458,959 36
Apr 19, 2014 - $67,112 +11% -75% 223 $301   $7,526,071 37
Apr 20, 2014 - $37,017 -45% -75% 223 $166   $7,563,088 38
Apr 21, 2014 - $18,119 -51% -73% 223 $81   $7,581,207 39
Apr 22, 2014 - $19,797 +9% -79% 223 $89   $7,601,004 40
Apr 23, 2014 - $16,088 -19% -72% 223 $72   $7,617,092 41
Apr 24, 2014 - $13,437 -16% -74% 223 $60   $7,630,529 42
Apr 25, 2014 - $15,036 +12% -75% 223 $67   $7,645,565 43
Apr 26, 2014 - $21,777 +45% -68% 223 $98   $7,667,342 44
Apr 27, 2014 - $11,526 -47% -69% 223 $52   $7,678,868 45
Apr 28, 2014 - $5,547 -52% -69% 223 $25   $7,684,415 46
Apr 29, 2014 - $6,317 +14% -68% 223 $28   $7,690,732 47
Apr 30, 2014 - $5,564 -12% -65% 223 $25   $7,696,296 48
May 1, 2014 - $4,569 -18% -66% 114 $40   $7,700,865 49
May 2, 2014 - $5,731 +25% -62% 40 $143   $7,706,596 50
May 3, 2014 - $7,551 +32% -65% 40 $189   $7,714,147 51
May 4, 2014 - $5,010 -34% -57% 40 $125   $7,719,157 52
May 5, 2014 - $1,639 -67% -70% 40 $41   $7,720,796 53
May 6, 2014 - $3,067 +87% -51% 40 $77   $7,723,863 54
May 7, 2014 - $2,558 -17% -54% 40 $64   $7,726,421 55
May 8, 2014 - $3,190 +25% -30% 40 $80   $7,729,611 56
May 9, 2014 - $2,715 -15% -53% 29 $94   $7,732,326 57
May 10, 2014 - $3,420 +26% -55% 29 $118   $7,735,746 58
May 11, 2014 - $2,390 -30% -52% 29 $82   $7,738,136 59
May 12, 2014 - $769 -68% -53% 29 $27   $7,738,905 60
May 13, 2014 - $1,305 +70% -57% 29 $45   $7,740,210 61
May 14, 2014 - $1,459 +12% -43% 29 $50   $7,741,669 62
May 15, 2014 - $1,326 -9% -58% 29 $46   $7,742,995 63
May 16, 2014 - $5,881 +344% +117% 83 $71   $7,748,876 64
May 17, 2014 - $9,342 +59% +173% 83 $113   $7,758,218 65
May 18, 2014 - $5,809 -38% +143% 83 $70   $7,764,027 66
May 19, 2014 - $2,561 -56% +233% 83 $31   $7,766,588 67
May 20, 2014 - $3,073 +20% +135% 83 $37   $7,769,661 68
May 21, 2014 - $2,413 -21% +65% 83 $29   $7,772,074 69
May 22, 2014 - $2,565 +6% +93% 83 $31   $7,774,639 70
May 23, 2014 - $731 -72% -88% 21 $35   $7,775,370 71
May 24, 2014 - $1,110 +52% -88% 21 $53   $7,776,480 72
May 25, 2014 - $1,080 -3% -81% 21 $51   $7,777,560 73
May 26, 2014 - $789 -27% -69% 21 $38   $7,778,349 74
May 27, 2014 - $462 -41% -85% 21 $22   $7,778,811 75
May 28, 2014 - $352 -24% -85% 21 $17   $7,779,163 76
May 29, 2014 - $451 +28% -82% 21 $21   $7,779,614 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 14, 2014 34 $155,773   6 $25,962   $155,773 1
Mar 21, 2014 16 $762,917 +390% 87 $8,769   $918,690 2
Mar 28, 2014 13 $3,409,714 +347% 842 $4,050   $4,328,404 3
Apr 4, 2014 11 $2,201,702 -35% 1,074 $2,050   $6,530,106 4
Apr 11, 2014 14 $868,212 -61% 763 $1,138   $7,398,318 5
Apr 18, 2014 26 $232,211 -73% 223 $1,041   $7,630,529 6
Apr 25, 2014 39 $70,336 -70% 114 $617   $7,700,865 7
May 2, 2014 55 $28,746 -59% 40 $719   $7,729,611 8
May 9, 2014 63 $13,384 -53% 29 $462   $7,742,995 9
May 16, 2014 47 $31,644 +136% 83 $381   $7,774,639 10
May 23, 2014 68 $4,975 -84% 21 $237   $7,779,614 11

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Synopsis

40-year old Guy Trilby finds a loophole in the rules of the National Quill Spelling Bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. Contest officials, outraged parents, and overly ambitious 8th graders are no match for Guy, as he ruthlessly crushes their dreams of victory and fame. As a reporter attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward 10-year old Chaitanya, who is completely unfazed by Guy’s take-no-prisoners approach to life.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$113,301 (1.5% of total gross)
Legs:3.04 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:99.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$10,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.8 times production budget)
Theater counts:6 opening theaters/1,074 max. theaters, 3.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $11,388,515

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: March 14th, 2014 (Limited) by Focus Features
March 28th, 2014 (Expands Wide) by Focus Features
Video Release: July 8th, 2014 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R for crude and sexual content, language and brief nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2273, 5/22/2013)
Running Time: 89 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Directing Yourself
Plot point: Bad Role Models, Intellectual Pursuits, Mid-Life Crisis, Tournament
Subgenre: Black Comedy
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Black Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Darko Entertainment, Aggregate Films, MXN Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 14, 2014 33 $113,301   6 $18,884   $113,301 1
Mar 21, 2014 16 $505,044 +346% 87 $5,805   $660,817 2
Mar 28, 2014 13 $2,560,186 +407% 842 $3,041   $3,478,876 3
Apr 4, 2014 11 $1,613,277 -37% 1,074 $1,502   $5,941,681 4
Apr 11, 2014 14 $596,236 -63% 763 $781   $7,126,342 5
Apr 18, 2014 28 $164,770 -72% 223 $739   $7,563,088 6
Apr 25, 2014 40 $48,339 -71% 223 $217   $7,678,868 7
May 2, 2014 56 $18,292 -62% 40 $457   $7,719,157 8
May 9, 2014 66 $8,525 -53% 29 $294   $7,738,136 9
May 16, 2014 54 $21,032 +147% 83 $253   $7,764,027 10
May 23, 2014 70 $2,921 -86% 21 $139   $7,777,560 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Mar 14, 2014 - $37,862     6 $6,310   $37,862 1
Mar 15, 2014 - $46,788 +24%   6 $7,798   $84,650 2
Mar 16, 2014 - $28,651 -39%   6 $4,775   $113,301 3
Mar 17, 2014 - $8,574 -70%   6 $1,429   $121,875 4
Mar 18, 2014 - $9,561 +12%   6 $1,594   $131,436 5
Mar 19, 2014 - $10,047 +5%   6 $1,675   $141,483 6
Mar 20, 2014 - $14,290 +42%   6 $2,382   $155,773 7
Mar 21, 2014 16 $141,136 +888% +273% 87 $1,622   $296,909 8
Mar 22, 2014 16 $216,993 +54% +364% 87 $2,494   $513,902 9
Mar 23, 2014 16 $146,915 -32% +413% 87 $1,689   $660,817 10
Mar 24, 2014 16 $54,124 -63% +531% 87 $622   $714,941 11
Mar 25, 2014 17 $59,408 +10% +521% 87 $683   $774,349 12
Mar 26, 2014 15 $64,148 +8% +538% 87 $737   $838,497 13
Mar 27, 2014 13 $80,193 +25% +461% 87 $922   $918,690 14
Mar 28, 2014 12 $765,958 +855% +443% 842 $910   $1,684,648 15
Mar 29, 2014 12 $1,149,787 +50% +430% 842 $1,366   $2,834,435 16
Mar 30, 2014 13 $644,441 -44% +339% 842 $765   $3,478,876 17
Mar 31, 2014 13 $207,979 -68% +284% 842 $247   $3,686,855 18
Apr 1, 2014 12 $251,517 +21% +323% 842 $299   $3,938,372 19
Apr 2, 2014 12 $206,315 -18% +222% 842 $245   $4,144,687 20
Apr 3, 2014 12 $183,717 -11% +129% 842 $218   $4,328,404 21
Apr 4, 2014 11 $505,332 +175% -34% 1,074 $471   $4,833,736 22
Apr 5, 2014 11 $707,044 +40% -39% 1,074 $658   $5,540,780 23
Apr 6, 2014 13 $400,901 -43% -38% 1,074 $373   $5,941,681 24
Apr 7, 2014 11 $137,635 -66% -34% 1,074 $128   $6,079,316 25
Apr 8, 2014 11 $182,439 +33% -27% 1,074 $170   $6,261,755 26
Apr 9, 2014 9 $144,337 -21% -30% 1,074 $134   $6,406,092 27
Apr 10, 2014 9 $124,014 -14% -32% 1,074 $115   $6,530,106 28
Apr 11, 2014 - $182,990 +48% -64% 763 $240   $6,713,096 29
Apr 12, 2014 - $264,725 +45% -63% 763 $347   $6,977,821 30
Apr 13, 2014 - $148,521 -44% -63% 763 $195   $7,126,342 31
Apr 14, 2014 - $67,907 -54% -51% 763 $89   $7,194,249 32
Apr 15, 2014 - $95,293 +40% -48% 763 $125   $7,289,542 33
Apr 16, 2014 - $56,899 -40% -61% 763 $75   $7,346,441 34
Apr 17, 2014 - $51,877 -9% -58% 763 $68   $7,398,318 35
Apr 18, 2014 - $60,641 +17% -67% 223 $272   $7,458,959 36
Apr 19, 2014 - $67,112 +11% -75% 223 $301   $7,526,071 37
Apr 20, 2014 - $37,017 -45% -75% 223 $166   $7,563,088 38
Apr 21, 2014 - $18,119 -51% -73% 223 $81   $7,581,207 39
Apr 22, 2014 - $19,797 +9% -79% 223 $89   $7,601,004 40
Apr 23, 2014 - $16,088 -19% -72% 223 $72   $7,617,092 41
Apr 24, 2014 - $13,437 -16% -74% 223 $60   $7,630,529 42
Apr 25, 2014 - $15,036 +12% -75% 223 $67   $7,645,565 43
Apr 26, 2014 - $21,777 +45% -68% 223 $98   $7,667,342 44
Apr 27, 2014 - $11,526 -47% -69% 223 $52   $7,678,868 45
Apr 28, 2014 - $5,547 -52% -69% 223 $25   $7,684,415 46
Apr 29, 2014 - $6,317 +14% -68% 223 $28   $7,690,732 47
Apr 30, 2014 - $5,564 -12% -65% 223 $25   $7,696,296 48
May 1, 2014 - $4,569 -18% -66% 114 $40   $7,700,865 49
May 2, 2014 - $5,731 +25% -62% 40 $143   $7,706,596 50
May 3, 2014 - $7,551 +32% -65% 40 $189   $7,714,147 51
May 4, 2014 - $5,010 -34% -57% 40 $125   $7,719,157 52
May 5, 2014 - $1,639 -67% -70% 40 $41   $7,720,796 53
May 6, 2014 - $3,067 +87% -51% 40 $77   $7,723,863 54
May 7, 2014 - $2,558 -17% -54% 40 $64   $7,726,421 55
May 8, 2014 - $3,190 +25% -30% 40 $80   $7,729,611 56
May 9, 2014 - $2,715 -15% -53% 29 $94   $7,732,326 57
May 10, 2014 - $3,420 +26% -55% 29 $118   $7,735,746 58
May 11, 2014 - $2,390 -30% -52% 29 $82   $7,738,136 59
May 12, 2014 - $769 -68% -53% 29 $27   $7,738,905 60
May 13, 2014 - $1,305 +70% -57% 29 $45   $7,740,210 61
May 14, 2014 - $1,459 +12% -43% 29 $50   $7,741,669 62
May 15, 2014 - $1,326 -9% -58% 29 $46   $7,742,995 63
May 16, 2014 - $5,881 +344% +117% 83 $71   $7,748,876 64
May 17, 2014 - $9,342 +59% +173% 83 $113   $7,758,218 65
May 18, 2014 - $5,809 -38% +143% 83 $70   $7,764,027 66
May 19, 2014 - $2,561 -56% +233% 83 $31   $7,766,588 67
May 20, 2014 - $3,073 +20% +135% 83 $37   $7,769,661 68
May 21, 2014 - $2,413 -21% +65% 83 $29   $7,772,074 69
May 22, 2014 - $2,565 +6% +93% 83 $31   $7,774,639 70
May 23, 2014 - $731 -72% -88% 21 $35   $7,775,370 71
May 24, 2014 - $1,110 +52% -88% 21 $53   $7,776,480 72
May 25, 2014 - $1,080 -3% -81% 21 $51   $7,777,560 73
May 26, 2014 - $789 -27% -69% 21 $38   $7,778,349 74
May 27, 2014 - $462 -41% -85% 21 $22   $7,778,811 75
May 28, 2014 - $352 -24% -85% 21 $17   $7,779,163 76
May 29, 2014 - $451 +28% -82% 21 $21   $7,779,614 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 14, 2014 34 $155,773   6 $25,962   $155,773 1
Mar 21, 2014 16 $762,917 +390% 87 $8,769   $918,690 2
Mar 28, 2014 13 $3,409,714 +347% 842 $4,050   $4,328,404 3
Apr 4, 2014 11 $2,201,702 -35% 1,074 $2,050   $6,530,106 4
Apr 11, 2014 14 $868,212 -61% 763 $1,138   $7,398,318 5
Apr 18, 2014 26 $232,211 -73% 223 $1,041   $7,630,529 6
Apr 25, 2014 39 $70,336 -70% 114 $617   $7,700,865 7
May 2, 2014 55 $28,746 -59% 40 $719   $7,729,611 8
May 9, 2014 63 $13,384 -53% 29 $462   $7,742,995 9
May 16, 2014 47 $31,644 +136% 83 $381   $7,774,639 10
May 23, 2014 68 $4,975 -84% 21 $237   $7,779,614 11

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.