Borat (2006)

Borat
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $128,505,958Details
International Box Office $132,937,284Details
Worldwide Box Office $261,443,242
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $63,691,104 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $63,691,104
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Synopsis

Outrageous situations occur when Borat, a popular reporter from Kazakhstan, comes to the United States to film a documentary on what makes America a great nation. Along the way, he manages to offend just about everyone he meets, fall in love with actress Pamela Anderson, and set forth on a cross-country journey to make her his wife.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$26,455,463 (20.6% of total gross)
Legs:4.55 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:49.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$18,000,000 (worldwide box office is 14.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:837 opening theaters/2,611 max. theaters, 6.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $206,366,519

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 3rd, 2006 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: March 6th, 2007 by Fox Home Entertainment, released as Borat - Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive strong crude and sexual content including graphic nudity, and language.
Running Time: 82 minutes
Franchise: Borat
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Source:Based on TV
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Four by Two Films, Everyman Pictures, Dune Entertainment, Major Studio Partners
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day) 154 $10,304,802 Nov 24, 2006 24
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 162 $17,777,748 Nov 24, 2006 24
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day) 141 $15,265,811 Nov 24, 2006 24
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 123 $21,348,827 Nov 24, 2006 24
Top Based on TV Weekend Domestic 65 $28,269,900 Nov 10, 2006 10
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 31 $28,269,900 Nov 10, 2006 10
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 24 $48,770,970 Nov 10, 2006 10
Top 2006 Theater Average 17 $31,607 Nov 3, 2006 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 3, 2006 1 $26,455,463   837 $31,607   $26,455,463 1
Nov 10, 2006 1 $28,269,900 +7% 2,566 $11,017   $67,111,765 2
Nov 17, 2006 3 $14,602,874 -48% 2,611 $5,593   $90,757,366 3
Nov 24, 2006 5 $10,304,802 -29% 2,552 $4,038   $109,136,807 4
Dec 1, 2006 7 $4,746,746 -54% 2,237 $2,122   $116,241,347 5
Dec 8, 2006 11 $2,571,596 -46% 1,594 $1,613   $120,266,165 6
Dec 15, 2006 14 $1,543,840 -40% 951 $1,623   $122,813,553 7
Dec 22, 2006 17 $619,066 -60% 396 $1,563   $124,303,063 8
Dec 29, 2006 20 $570,744 -8% 399 $1,430   $125,601,414 9
Jan 5, 2007 26 $467,034 -18% 353 $1,323   $126,557,312 10
Jan 12, 2007 36 $272,720 -42% 263 $1,037   $127,011,091 11
Jan 19, 2007 33 $320,289 +17% 266 $1,204   $127,483,875 12
Jan 26, 2007 36 $224,800 -30% 240 $937   $127,827,221 13
Feb 2, 2007 39 $157,458 -30% 161 $978   $128,062,911 14
Feb 9, 2007 46 $123,487 -22% 167 $739   $128,262,372 15
Feb 16, 2007 47 $60,003 -51% 94 $638   $128,377,574 16
Feb 23, 2007 54 $43,205 -28% 70 $617   $128,449,559 17
Mar 2, 2007 63 $19,545 -55% 35 $558   $128,484,257 18
Mar 9, 2007 71 $9,845 -50% 19 $518   $128,498,545 19
Mar 16, 2007 95 $1,780 -82% 6 $297   $128,503,736 20
Mar 23, 2007 113 $1,260 -29% 2 $630   $128,505,958 21

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 3, 2006 1 $9,234,183     837 $11,032   $9,234,183 1
Nov 4, 2006 1 $10,139,477 +10%   837 $12,114   $19,373,660 2
Nov 5, 2006 1 $7,081,803 -30%   837 $8,461   $26,455,463 3
Nov 6, 2006 1 $3,307,891 -53%   837 $3,952   $29,763,354 4
Nov 7, 2006 1 $3,155,949 -5%   837 $3,771   $32,919,303 5
Nov 8, 2006 1 $2,764,494 -12%   837 $3,303   $35,683,797 6
Nov 9, 2006 1 $3,158,068 +14%   837 $3,773   $38,841,865 7
Nov 10, 2006 1 $9,780,744 +210% +6% 2,566 $3,812   $48,622,609 8
Nov 11, 2006 1 $11,523,137 +18% +14% 2,566 $4,491   $60,145,746 9
Nov 12, 2006 1 $6,966,019 -40% -2% 2,566 $2,715   $67,111,765 10
Nov 13, 2006 1 $2,557,281 -63% -23% 2,566 $997   $69,669,046 11
Nov 14, 2006 1 $2,383,125 -7% -24% 2,566 $929   $72,052,171 12
Nov 15, 2006 1 $2,101,530 -12% -24% 2,566 $819   $74,153,701 13
Nov 16, 2006 1 $2,000,791 -5% -37% 2,566 $780   $76,154,492 14
Nov 17, 2006 3 $4,964,004 +148% -49% 2,611 $1,901   $81,118,496 15
Nov 18, 2006 3 $5,922,738 +19% -49% 2,611 $2,268   $87,041,234 16
Nov 19, 2006 3 $3,716,132 -37% -47% 2,611 $1,423   $90,757,366 17
Nov 20, 2006 3 $1,368,650 -63% -46% 2,611 $524   $92,126,016 18
Nov 21, 2006 3 $1,744,980 +27% -27% 2,611 $668   $93,870,996 19
Nov 22, 2006 4 $2,411,250 +38% +15% 2,580 $935   $96,282,246 20
Nov 23, 2006 5 $2,549,759 +6% +27% 2,580 $988   $98,832,005 21
Nov 24, 2006 5 $4,396,907 +72% -11% 2,552 $1,723   $103,228,912 22
Nov 25, 2006 5 $3,972,494 -10% -33% 2,552 $1,557   $107,201,406 23
Nov 26, 2006 6 $1,935,401 -51% -48% 2,552 $758   $109,136,807 24
Nov 27, 2006 4 $616,323 -68% -55% 2,552 $242   $109,753,130 25
Nov 28, 2006 4 $616,203 n/c -65% 2,552 $241   $110,369,333 26
Nov 29, 2006 4 $579,293 -6% -76% 2,552 $227   $110,948,626 27
Nov 30, 2006 4 $545,975 -6% -79% 2,552 $214   $111,494,601 28
Dec 1, 2006 6 $1,503,238 +175% -66% 2,237 $672   $112,997,839 29
Dec 2, 2006 7 $2,124,494 +41% -47% 2,237 $950   $115,122,333 30
Dec 3, 2006 7 $1,119,014 -47% -42% 2,237 $500   $116,241,347 31
Dec 4, 2006 5 $360,748 -68% -41% 2,237 $161   $116,602,095 32
Dec 5, 2006 5 $385,594 +7% -37% 2,237 $172   $116,987,689 33
Dec 6, 2006 5 $356,846 -7% -38% 2,237 $160   $117,344,535 34
Dec 7, 2006 5 $350,034 -2% -36% 2,237 $156   $117,694,569 35
Dec 8, 2006 10 $794,589 +127% -47% 1,594 $498   $118,489,158 36
Dec 9, 2006 - $1,154,685 +45% -46% 1,594 $724   $119,643,843 37
Dec 10, 2006 - $622,322 -46% -44% 1,594 $390   $120,266,165 38
Dec 11, 2006 8 $227,676 -63% -37% 1,594 $143   $120,493,841 39
Dec 12, 2006 8 $252,744 +11% -34% 1,594 $159   $120,746,585 40
Dec 13, 2006 8 $260,068 +3% -27% 1,594 $163   $121,006,653 41
Dec 14, 2006 8 $263,060 +1% -25% 1,594 $165   $121,269,713 42
Dec 15, 2006 - $463,113 +76% -42% 951 $487   $121,732,826 43
Dec 16, 2006 - $663,501 +43% -43% 951 $698   $122,396,327 44
Dec 17, 2006 - $417,226 -37% -33% 951 $439   $122,813,553 45
Dec 18, 2006 - $218,138 -48% -4% 951 $229   $123,031,691 46
Dec 19, 2006 - $233,316 +7% -8% 951 $245   $123,265,007 47
Dec 20, 2006 - $202,054 -13% -22% 951 $212   $123,467,061 48
Dec 21, 2006 - $216,936 +7% -18% 951 $228   $123,683,997 49
Dec 22, 2006 - $209,762 -3% -55% 458 $458   $123,893,759 50
Dec 23, 2006 - $270,778 +29% -59% 458 $591   $124,164,537 51
Dec 24, 2006 - $138,526 -49% -67% 458 $302   $124,303,063 52
Dec 25, 2006 19 $182,207 +32% -16% 396 $460   $124,485,270 53
Dec 26, 2006 - $194,355 +7% -17% 396 $491   $124,679,625 54
Dec 27, 2006 - $180,081 -7% -11% 396 $455   $124,859,706 55
Dec 28, 2006 - $170,964 -5% -21% 396 $432   $125,030,670 56
Dec 29, 2006 - $211,027 +23% +1% 399 $529   $125,241,697 57
Dec 30, 2006 - $236,996 +12% -12% 399 $594   $125,478,693 58
Dec 31, 2006 - $122,721 -48% -11% 399 $308   $125,601,414 59
Jan 1, 2007 - $188,175 +53% +3% 399 $472   $125,789,589 60
Jan 2, 2007 - $114,945 -39% -41% 399 $288   $125,904,534 61
Jan 3, 2007 - $90,071 -22% -50% 399 $226   $125,994,605 62
Jan 4, 2007 - $95,673 +6% -44% 399 $240   $126,090,278 63
Jan 5, 2007 - $150,297 +57% -29% 353 $426   $126,240,575 64
Jan 6, 2007 - $204,893 +36% -14% 353 $580   $126,445,468 65
Jan 7, 2007 - $111,844 -45% -9% 353 $317   $126,557,312 66
Jan 8, 2007 - $41,670 -63% -78% 353 $118   $126,598,982 67
Jan 9, 2007 - $48,212 +16% -58% 353 $137   $126,647,194 68
Jan 10, 2007 - $44,921 -7% -50% 353 $127   $126,692,115 69
Jan 11, 2007 - $46,256 +3% -52% 353 $131   $126,738,371 70
Jan 12, 2007 - $78,575 +70% -48% 353 $223   $126,816,946 71
Jan 13, 2007 - $116,491 +48% -43% 353 $330   $126,933,437 72
Jan 14, 2007 - $77,654 -33% -31% 353 $220   $127,011,091 73
Jan 15, 2007 36 $45,849 -41% +10% 263 $174   $127,056,940 74
Jan 16, 2007 - $36,415 -21% -24% 263 $138   $127,093,355 75
Jan 17, 2007 - $35,115 -4% -22% 263 $134   $127,128,470 76
Jan 18, 2007 - $35,116 n/c -24% 263 $134   $127,163,586 77
Jan 19, 2007 - $99,068 +182% +26% 266 $372   $127,262,654 78
Jan 20, 2007 - $158,535 +60% +36% 266 $596   $127,421,189 79
Jan 21, 2007 - $62,686 -60% -19% 266 $236   $127,483,875 80
Jan 22, 2007 - $27,748 -56% -39% 266 $104   $127,511,623 81
Jan 23, 2007 - $32,245 +16% -11% 266 $121   $127,543,868 82
Jan 24, 2007 - $29,225 -9% -17% 266 $110   $127,573,093 83
Jan 25, 2007 - $29,328 n/c -16% 266 $110   $127,602,421 84
Jan 26, 2007 - $62,178 +112% -37% 240 $259   $127,664,599 85
Jan 27, 2007 - $104,237 +68% -34% 240 $434   $127,768,836 86
Jan 28, 2007 - $58,385 -44% -7% 240 $243   $127,827,221 87
Jan 29, 2007 - $17,644 -70% -36% 240 $74   $127,844,865 88
Jan 30, 2007 - $20,219 +15% -37% 240 $84   $127,865,084 89
Jan 31, 2007 - $22,007 +9% -25% 240 $92   $127,887,091 90
Feb 1, 2007 - $18,362 -17% -37% 240 $77   $127,905,453 91
Feb 2, 2007 - $52,082 +184% -16% 240 $217   $127,957,535 92
Feb 3, 2007 - $78,987 +52% -24% 240 $329   $128,036,522 93
Feb 4, 2007 - $26,389 -67% -55% 240 $110   $128,062,911 94
Feb 5, 2007 - $18,126 -31% +3% 240 $76   $128,081,037 95
Feb 6, 2007 - $19,514 +8% -3% 224 $87   $128,100,551 96
Feb 7, 2007 - $19,277 -1% -12% 224 $86   $128,119,828 97
Feb 8, 2007 - $19,057 -1% +4% 224 $85   $128,138,885 98
Feb 9, 2007 - $35,463 +86% -32% 167 $212   $128,174,348 99
Feb 10, 2007 - $57,785 +63% -27% 167 $346   $128,232,133 100
Feb 11, 2007 - $30,239 -48% +15% 167 $181   $128,262,372 101
Feb 12, 2007 - $13,001 -57% -28% 167 $78   $128,275,373 102
Feb 13, 2007 - $12,940 n/c -34% 167 $77   $128,288,313 103
Feb 14, 2007 - $15,455 +19% -20% 167 $93   $128,303,768 104
Feb 15, 2007 - $13,803 -11% -28% 167 $83   $128,317,571 105
Feb 16, 2007 - $14,679 +6% -59% 94 $156   $128,332,250 106
Feb 17, 2007 - $25,091 +71% -57% 94 $267   $128,357,341 107
Feb 18, 2007 - $20,233 -19% -33% 94 $215   $128,377,574 108
Feb 19, 2007 46 $10,422 -48% -20% 94 $111   $128,387,996 109
Feb 20, 2007 - $6,797 -35% -47% 94 $72   $128,394,793 110
Feb 21, 2007 - $5,643 -17% -63% 94 $60   $128,400,436 111
Feb 22, 2007 - $5,918 +5% -57% 94 $63   $128,406,354 112
Feb 23, 2007 - $13,666 +131% -7% 70 $195   $128,420,020 113
Feb 24, 2007 - $20,029 +47% -20% 70 $286   $128,440,049 114
Feb 25, 2007 - $9,510 -53% -53% 70 $136   $128,449,559 115
Feb 26, 2007 - $3,614 -62% -65% 70 $52   $128,453,173 116
Feb 27, 2007 - $3,897 +8% -43% 70 $56   $128,457,070 117
Feb 28, 2007 - $3,902 n/c -31% 70 $56   $128,460,972 118
Mar 1, 2007 - $3,740 -4% -37% 70 $53   $128,464,712 119
Mar 2, 2007 - $5,174 +38% -62% 35 $148   $128,469,886 120
Mar 3, 2007 - $10,044 +94% -50% 35 $287   $128,479,930 121
Mar 4, 2007 - $4,327 -57% -55% 35 $124   $128,484,257 122
Mar 5, 2007 - $952 -78% -74% 35 $27   $128,485,209 123
Mar 6, 2007 - $1,377 +45% -65% 35 $39   $128,486,586 124
Mar 7, 2007 - $1,007 -27% -74% 35 $29   $128,487,593 125
Mar 8, 2007 - $1,107 +10% -70% 35 $32   $128,488,700 126
Mar 9, 2007 - $3,020 +173% -42% 19 $159   $128,491,720 127
Mar 10, 2007 - $4,537 +50% -55% 19 $239   $128,496,257 128
Mar 11, 2007 - $2,288 -50% -47% 19 $120   $128,498,545 129
Mar 12, 2007 - $700 -69% -26% 19 $37   $128,499,245 130
Mar 13, 2007 - $952 +36% -31% 19 $50   $128,500,197 131
Mar 14, 2007 - $847 -11% -16% 19 $45   $128,501,044 132
Mar 15, 2007 - $912 +8% -18% 19 $48   $128,501,956 133
Mar 16, 2007 - $594 -35% -80% 6 $99   $128,502,550 134
Mar 17, 2007 - $769 +29% -83% 6 $128   $128,503,319 135
Mar 18, 2007 - $417 -46% -82% 6 $70   $128,503,736 136
Mar 19, 2007 - $226 -46% -68% 6 $38   $128,503,962 137
Mar 20, 2007 - $197 -13% -79% 6 $33   $128,504,159 138
Mar 21, 2007 - $138 -30% -84% 6 $23   $128,504,297 139
Mar 22, 2007 - $401 +191% -56% 6 $67   $128,504,698 140

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 3, 2006 1 $38,841,865   837 $46,406   $38,841,865 1
Nov 10, 2006 1 $37,312,627 -4% 2,566 $14,541   $76,154,492 2
Nov 17, 2006 3 $22,677,513 -39% 2,611 $8,685   $98,832,005 3
Nov 24, 2006 5 $12,662,596 -44% 2,552 $4,962   $111,494,601 4
Dec 1, 2006 6 $6,199,968 -51% 2,237 $2,772   $117,694,569 5
Dec 8, 2006 11 $3,575,144 -42% 1,594 $2,243   $121,269,713 6
Dec 15, 2006 15 $2,414,284 -32% 951 $2,539   $123,683,997 7
Dec 22, 2006 19 $1,346,673 -44% 396 $3,401   $125,030,670 8
Dec 29, 2006 21 $1,059,608 -21% 399 $2,656   $126,090,278 9
Jan 5, 2007 26 $648,093 -39% 353 $1,836   $126,738,371 10
Jan 12, 2007 36 $425,215 -34% 263 $1,617   $127,163,586 11
Jan 19, 2007 34 $438,835 +3% 266 $1,650   $127,602,421 12
Jan 26, 2007 36 $303,032 -31% 240 $1,263   $127,905,453 13
Feb 2, 2007 39 $233,432 -23% 161 $1,450   $128,138,885 14
Feb 9, 2007 46 $178,686 -23% 167 $1,070   $128,317,571 15
Feb 16, 2007 50 $88,783 -50% 94 $945   $128,406,354 16
Feb 23, 2007 54 $58,358 -34% 70 $834   $128,464,712 17
Mar 2, 2007 64 $23,988 -59% 35 $685   $128,488,700 18
Mar 9, 2007 75 $13,256 -45% 19 $698   $128,501,956 19
Mar 16, 2007 103 $2,742 -79% 6 $457   $128,504,698 20
Mar 23, 2007 110 $1,260 -54% 2 $630   $128,505,958 21

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
Mar 11, 200722,029,195 2,029,195$30,701,720$30,701,7201
Mar 18, 20074674,108-67% 2,703,303$10,778,987$41,480,7072
Mar 25, 20077276,472-59% 2,979,775$4,420,787$45,901,4943
Apr 1, 200712161,150-42% 3,140,925$2,576,788$48,478,2824
Apr 8, 200725155,632-3% 3,296,557$2,488,556$50,966,8385
Apr 15, 200712175,927+13% 3,472,484$2,913,351$53,880,1896
Apr 22, 20071765,892-63% 3,538,376$1,185,397$55,065,5867
Apr 29, 20072952,998-20% 3,591,374$1,006,432$56,072,0188

DEG Watched At Home Top 20 Charts

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Leading Cast

Sacha Baron Cohen    Borat Sagdiyev

Supporting Cast

Ken Davitian    Azamat Bagatov

Cameos

Pamela Anderson    Herself
Pat Haggerty    Himself
Alan Keys    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Larry Charles    Director
Sacha Baron Cohen    Screenwriter
Anthony Hines    Screenwriter
Peter Baynham    Screenwriter
Dan Mazer    Screenwriter
Sacha Baron Cohen    Story Creator
Peter Baynham    Story Creator
Anthony Hines    Story Creator
Todd Phillips    Story Creator
Sacha Baron Cohen    Character Creator
Sacha Baron Cohen    Producer
Jay Roach    Producer
Dan Mazer    Executive Producer
Monica Levinson    Executive Producer
Peter Baynham    Co-Producer
Anthony Hardwick    Cinematographer
Luke Geissbuhler    Cinematographer
Craig Alpert    Editor
Erran Baron Cohen    Composer
Richard Henderson    Music Supervisor
David Saenz de Maturana    Art Director
Jason Alper    Costume Designer
Scott Harber    Sound Mixer
Andrew DeCristofaro    Supervising Sound Editor
Dale Stern    Assistant Director
David A. Siegel    Assistant Director
Allison Jones    Casting Director

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

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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...

Award Season - Babel and Departed are Golden

December 15th, 2006

Babel led the way when the Golden Globe nominations were announced today with seven nominations while The Departed was close behind with six. More...

International Top Five - Casino Hits Trip Aces

December 6th, 2006

A slow week for Casino Royale with only four openings, and only one of those in a major market. In Japan the film had to settle for second place with $2.34 million on 443 screens over the weekend and $3.25 million in total; this was a tiny margin behind local film, Love and Honor. The film also opened in a trio of African markets: South Africa with $509,000 on 77 screens, Kenya, $59,000 on 8, and Nigeria with $44,000 on 4. (Although I've received an e-mail saying the movie made $25 million there and I can earn 12.5% of that if I help a certain theatre owner smuggle it out of the country.) The film's best market remains the U.K. where it added $10.51 million on 506 screens for a total of $73.45 million. The film has already topped Die Another Day in that markets and is gunning for Dead Man's Chest, which ended its run in the market with $98.63 million. Overall, the film earned an easy first place with $43.73 million on 6728 screens in 53 markets for a total of $194.65 million. And with openings in Australia, South Korea, Italy, Mexico and other significant markets left to go, it should have no trouble topping $300 million before long. More...

International Top Five - Casino Plays to Full Houses Worldwide

November 29th, 2006

Casino Royale's dominance of the worldwide box office continued as it opened in 18 new markets scoring first place in every one of them. In fact, it was number one in 40 of the 50 markets it is currently playing in. Overall the film earned $64.94 million on 6460 screens in 50 markets for a two-week total of $129.06 million. The biggest opening of the weekend was in Germany where it crushed the competition with $12.84 million on 839 screens, more than 10 times its nearest competition. France was also a major contributor to its weekend success with $8.4 million on 823 screens while it captured $3.90 million on 500 screens in Spain, and a combined $8.02 million on 392 screens in the four Scandinavian markets. Not surprisingly, holdovers were led by the U.K. where it dipped just 25% to $16.51 million on 506 screens for a total of $53.96 million, which is nearly what Die Another Day earned in total in that market. Next up for the film is Japan this weekend, Australia the weekend after and South Korea the weekend after that. As for the film's long term potential, it is likely to crack the $500 million milestone worldwide with $600 million being a tough but achievable goal. More...

Thanksgiving Can't Get Enough of Leftovers

November 28th, 2006

As was the case last year, the Thanksgiving long weekend was dominated by holdovers, with the number one film earning almost as much as the four new wide releases combined. Over the 3-day weekend the total box office was $162 million, which was more than 10% higher than last weekend but more importantly it was just over 2% lower than the same weekend last year. Over 5 days the top ten pulled in $197 million, or about 5% lower than the same weekend last year. More...

International Top Five - Bond Bursts Out on top of Box Office

November 23rd, 2006

Casino Royale dominated the weekend box office earning $42.2 million on 3,063 screens in 27 markets, only one of them a true major markets. The film's biggest was the U.K., no surprise there, but the magnitude of the opening caught a lot of people off guard. Its weekend total of $21.55 million on 505 screens was the third biggest opening of all time behind just Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Add in Thursday and the film earned $25.33 million, roughly 47% more than the previous best opening for a Bond film in the market, and Goldeneye had 5 days to earn its $17.2 million. The second biggest market was Russia where the film took in $4.55 million on 540 screens, which was more than four times the nearesst competition and the highest opening ever for a non-Russian film there. It had a similar result in Indian earning $3.2 million on an unprecedented 427 screens beating Spider-man 2's record for a non-Indian film by 87%. Other million dollar markets include Greece with $1.34 million on 111 screens, Thailand with $1.1 million on 154 and Taiwan with $1 million on 116. The film opens in most of the rest of Europe next weekend and should have no trouble remaining on top of the charts. More...

Movie Industry Hopes to Avoid any Turkeys

November 22nd, 2006

The Thanksgiving long weekend marks the beginning of the holiday season and is traditionally one of the biggest weekends of the year. This year is no exception with four films opening wide, and two others adding a massive number of theaters. However, despite the glut of new and expanding films, there's a very good chance that it will be a holdover that claims the top spot over the weekend. More...

Potter Pushes Penguins to Top Spot

November 21st, 2006

There were a few surprises on the charts this week, including the number one film. But overall things played out almost exactly as expected, leading to a total of $146 million at the box office. This was 15% higher than last weekend but 19% lower than the same weekend last year. However, that was the weekend when Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire opened and no-one was expecting this year to be able to keep pace. More...

Mumble and Bond go Mano-a-Mano

November 16th, 2006

What do penguins and secret agents have in common? (Not counting the fact that they both wear tuxedos.) Not a whole lot. However, movies featuring both will be in a close battle this weekend for top spot on the box office charts. Personally, in these battles I usually put my money on the guy with the gun, but cuteness might win out. More...

International Top Five - Borat Remains Buoyant

November 15th, 2006

Borat was again the top box office draw on the international scene taking in $15.37 million on 1147 screens in 20 markets for a total of $43.16 million after two weeks of release. The film opened in three markets, but they were of the smaller variety earning $287,000 on 17 screens in Greece, $51,000 on 10 in Bulgaria and $29,000 on 4 in Serbia. The vast majority of the film's weekend total came from the U.K. where it repeated in first place with $8.62 million on 430 screens for a two-week total of $27.13 million. Meanwhile in Germany the film grew by 2%, but was still stuck in second place with $2.76 million on 310 screens for a total of $6.35 million in that market. This week the film opens in France, Spain, and other smaller markets, but it will have a lot of competition from Bond and it will take a minor miracle for the film to not be knocked out of top spot. More...

Holdovers Hold On Strong On Per Theater Chart

November 14th, 2006

Volver fell a tiny 14.41% during its second weekend of release while it easily won the per theater race with an average of $33,842 in five theatres. The only other movie to top $10,000 was the overall box office leader, Borat, with an average of $11,017 in its 2,566 theaters, which is simply amazing. More...

Holdovers Save Weekend Box Office

November 14th, 2006

There were four new releases opening in varying degrees of wideness this past weekend, but none of them could live up to lowered expectations. This left the overall box office at $127 million, which was down about 2% from last weekend while up less than 1% from the same weekend last year. That's not a large enough increase to keep up with ticket price inflation, but any good news is still welcome at this point. More...

Can Borat's Run be Stranger?

November 10th, 2006

With Borat beating all expectations last weekend, all eyes are on it this weekend. Can it maintain this amazing pace? Will it be able to keep its momentum as it expands? Will it suffer a major drop-off? What about the competition? Can they handle the pressure? More...

International Top Five - Borat has a Devil of a Time

November 8th, 2006

Borat beat the competition with relative ease this week earning $18.64 million on 995 screens in 17 markets. In fact, the $11.87 million the film made on 428 screens in Sacha Baron Cohen's native United Kingdom was more than the second place film earned in total. The film's second biggest opening was in Germany where the film had to settle for second place with a still fantastic $2.67 million on 234 screens. The film also had first place openings in smaller markets like Holland, ($731,000 on 64 screens); Sweden, ($717,000 on 39); and Denmark, ($366,000 on 36). More...

Re-Volver-lution

November 7th, 2006

Just a trio of films in the $10,000 club, but they are managed that feat by a huge margin. Leading the way was Volver with just under $200,000 on 5 theaters for an average of $39,541. This is actually lower than the opening per theater average for Pedro Almodovar's previous two films, but his biggest opening ever. Second place went to the overall number one film, Borat with $31,607 while last week's per theater average champion, Babel, came in third with $26,264 despite a huge increase in its theater count. More...

Unprecedented

November 7th, 2006

To call this weekend unpredictable is an understatement as there was a surprise number one film and records fell. But despite this, the overall market was only mixed. Sure, week-to-week the box office was up roughly 24% from last weekend, but Halloween tends to depress the box office, even when it doesn't hit on the weekend. Compared to the same weekend last year, the $130 million total box office was 4% lower. More...

Movie Website Updates for October 28 - November 3, 2006

November 3rd, 2006

Slow week for websites with only one real contender for the weekly website award, (not counting those sites that have already won). Fortunately, that site, Flushed Away - Official Site, truly deserved to win. More...

Holiday Escape

November 2nd, 2006

It's the first week of the winter / holiday season and this weekend alone we have two films coming out that are aimed at the family market. While the time of the year is great for these films, the direct competition will keep both from becoming more than mid-level hits. On the other hand, neither look likely to bomb either. More...

2006 Preview: November

November 1st, 2006

Note: Article updated 11/18/2006 with correct budget for Harsh Times

It's that time of the month again, a time to look forward, but it is also a time to look back. October was a stronger month than expected and, while there are a lot of reasons for that, I think one must pay particular attention to the play of Taylor Pyatt. The departure of Anson Carter to free agency over the summer was troublesome and many felt finding a right winger for the Sedin twins was a key in maintaining or even improving upon last year's numbers. Without good chemistry, Daniel and Henrik might have taken a step back this year. However, with a team leading 6 goals, Taylor Pyatt is more than proving he can play with the speedy Swedes. ... What? Oh right, movies. It was a pretty good month for movies as well. November sees the beginning of the most important time of year for the movie industry. Not only do the holidays start with Thanksgiving, but this is also the time of year that award season really heats up. This means there is an excellent mix of blockbusters, especially family films, and critically acclaimed films hoping that first impressions are lasting impressions. It also means there are several limited releases that could expand wide later in their run; these include Fur, Bobby, For Your Consideration and others. More...

Movie Website Updates for June 24th - June 30th

June 30th, 2006

It seems a lot of people are starting their holidays early, but not this column as it's the busiest it's been in more than a month. Including in this list are a few newly released teaser trailers and a handful of flash sites, most of which are worth checking out. But the best of the best is the Running With Scissors - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for June 10th - June 16th

June 16th, 2006

This is actually a pretty busy week with more than two-dozen site on the list. That makes it the busiest week in a month. However, it was one of the site that had no real updates this week that won the Weekly Website Award this week and it was, Nacho Libre - Official Site. More...

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  2. News
  3. Box Office
  4. International
  5. Video Sales
  6. Full Financials
  7. Cast & Crew
  8. Trailer

Synopsis

Outrageous situations occur when Borat, a popular reporter from Kazakhstan, comes to the United States to film a documentary on what makes America a great nation. Along the way, he manages to offend just about everyone he meets, fall in love with actress Pamela Anderson, and set forth on a cross-country journey to make her his wife.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$26,455,463 (20.6% of total gross)
Legs:4.55 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:49.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$18,000,000 (worldwide box office is 14.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:837 opening theaters/2,611 max. theaters, 6.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $206,366,519

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 3rd, 2006 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Video Release: March 6th, 2007 by Fox Home Entertainment, released as Borat - Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive strong crude and sexual content including graphic nudity, and language.
Running Time: 82 minutes
Franchise: Borat
Comparisons: vs. The Comedian
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Source:Based on TV
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Four by Two Films, Everyman Pictures, Dune Entertainment, Major Studio Partners
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day) 154 $10,304,802 Nov 24, 2006 24
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 162 $17,777,748 Nov 24, 2006 24
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day) 141 $15,265,811 Nov 24, 2006 24
Thanksgiving (All Movies, 5-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 123 $21,348,827 Nov 24, 2006 24
Top Based on TV Weekend Domestic 65 $28,269,900 Nov 10, 2006 10
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 31 $28,269,900 Nov 10, 2006 10
Veterans Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 24 $48,770,970 Nov 10, 2006 10
Top 2006 Theater Average 17 $31,607 Nov 3, 2006 3

Leading Cast

Sacha Baron Cohen    Borat Sagdiyev

Supporting Cast

Ken Davitian    Azamat Bagatov

Cameos

Pamela Anderson    Herself
Pat Haggerty    Himself
Alan Keys    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Larry Charles    Director
Sacha Baron Cohen    Screenwriter
Anthony Hines    Screenwriter
Peter Baynham    Screenwriter
Dan Mazer    Screenwriter
Sacha Baron Cohen    Story Creator
Peter Baynham    Story Creator
Anthony Hines    Story Creator
Todd Phillips    Story Creator
Sacha Baron Cohen    Character Creator
Sacha Baron Cohen    Producer
Jay Roach    Producer
Dan Mazer    Executive Producer
Monica Levinson    Executive Producer
Peter Baynham    Co-Producer
Anthony Hardwick    Cinematographer
Luke Geissbuhler    Cinematographer
Craig Alpert    Editor
Erran Baron Cohen    Composer
Richard Henderson    Music Supervisor
David Saenz de Maturana    Art Director
Jason Alper    Costume Designer
Scott Harber    Sound Mixer
Andrew DeCristofaro    Supervising Sound Editor
Dale Stern    Assistant Director
David A. Siegel    Assistant Director
Allison Jones    Casting Director

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

Casino Proves the House Always Wins at the Home Market

March 24th, 2007

There was another new releases to top the rental charts this week as Casino Royale earned $9.20 million during its opening weekend on the home market. This is not particularly strong compared to the film's theatrical run, but it was more dominant on the sales chart. More...

International Details - Rushing to the Top

March 18th, 2007

There was quite an international flavor on the charts this past weekend with five local hits charting, and one more just missing that mark. The best of these was Lubov Morkov, which opened in sixth place with $5.38 million on 492 screens in 4 markets over the weekend and $6.28 million in total. Of this amount, $4.90 million on 427 screens was earned over the weekend in Russia while it managed $5.80 million including midweek numbers. More...

Home Market is Borat Great success! Is Nice!

March 17th, 2007

There was only three new releases to chart on the home market this week; however, they included the top rental this week, Borat. While it was absolutely no surprise that the film opened in first place, it was a bit of a surprise that it only managed $9.18 million while doing so. More...

International Details - Music Holds onto an Extended Note

March 11th, 2007

Music and Lyrics remained in sixth place with $5.64 million on 1645 screens in 18 markets for a total of $32.01 million internationally. The film disappointed domestically, but it appears to be making up for that softness on the international scene. The film's best opening of the weekend came from South Korea where it placed second with $2.06 million on 144 screens while it also grabbed second place in Brazil with $490,000 on 140. Holdovers were led by the U.K. where the film earned $1.09 million on 364 screens during its fourth week of release for a total of $15.71 million in that market alone. That's close to a $100 million run here, taking into account the relative sizes of the two markets. More...

DVD Releases for March 6, 2007

March 5th, 2007

It's a good week for DVD releases, with several that are worth picking up. On the other hand, while my personal shopping list contains quite a number of DVDs, there wasn't much competition for the DVD Pick of the Week. A few came close, including Borat - Buy from Amazon and South Park - The Complete Ninth Season - Buy from Amazon, but the winner was Stargate Atlantis - The Complete Second Season - Buy from Amazon. 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...

Award Season - First There's the Globes, then Comes the Gold

January 23rd, 2007

The Golden Globes were handed out last week, but the real winners were rewarded this weekend as the Golden Globe Bounce was in full effect. More...

Award Season - The Queen has Golden Dreams

January 16th, 2007

Only two films were repeat winners on tonights Golden Globes, Dreamgirls with three wins and The Queen with two. There were a few surprises along the way and some troubling signs for Oscar hopefuls. More...

Award Season - The Writing is On the Wall

January 12th, 2007

The Writers Guild of America is the last of the guilds to hand out nominations, which they did so this week. And while there are 20 or so categories, only two of them are theatrical. 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...

International Details - Curse's Foiled by Invisibles

December 23rd, 2006

Curse of the Golden Flower started its international run in its native China with a record breaking $12.27 million on 826 screens. That was almost enough to reach the top five falling just short to Arthur & the Invisibles and its $12.47 million. 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...

Award Season - Babel and Departed are Golden

December 15th, 2006

Babel led the way when the Golden Globe nominations were announced today with seven nominations while The Departed was close behind with six. More...

International Top Five - Casino Hits Trip Aces

December 6th, 2006

A slow week for Casino Royale with only four openings, and only one of those in a major market. In Japan the film had to settle for second place with $2.34 million on 443 screens over the weekend and $3.25 million in total; this was a tiny margin behind local film, Love and Honor. The film also opened in a trio of African markets: South Africa with $509,000 on 77 screens, Kenya, $59,000 on 8, and Nigeria with $44,000 on 4. (Although I've received an e-mail saying the movie made $25 million there and I can earn 12.5% of that if I help a certain theatre owner smuggle it out of the country.) The film's best market remains the U.K. where it added $10.51 million on 506 screens for a total of $73.45 million. The film has already topped Die Another Day in that markets and is gunning for Dead Man's Chest, which ended its run in the market with $98.63 million. Overall, the film earned an easy first place with $43.73 million on 6728 screens in 53 markets for a total of $194.65 million. And with openings in Australia, South Korea, Italy, Mexico and other significant markets left to go, it should have no trouble topping $300 million before long. More...

International Top Five - Casino Plays to Full Houses Worldwide

November 29th, 2006

Casino Royale's dominance of the worldwide box office continued as it opened in 18 new markets scoring first place in every one of them. In fact, it was number one in 40 of the 50 markets it is currently playing in. Overall the film earned $64.94 million on 6460 screens in 50 markets for a two-week total of $129.06 million. The biggest opening of the weekend was in Germany where it crushed the competition with $12.84 million on 839 screens, more than 10 times its nearest competition. France was also a major contributor to its weekend success with $8.4 million on 823 screens while it captured $3.90 million on 500 screens in Spain, and a combined $8.02 million on 392 screens in the four Scandinavian markets. Not surprisingly, holdovers were led by the U.K. where it dipped just 25% to $16.51 million on 506 screens for a total of $53.96 million, which is nearly what Die Another Day earned in total in that market. Next up for the film is Japan this weekend, Australia the weekend after and South Korea the weekend after that. As for the film's long term potential, it is likely to crack the $500 million milestone worldwide with $600 million being a tough but achievable goal. More...

Thanksgiving Can't Get Enough of Leftovers

November 28th, 2006

As was the case last year, the Thanksgiving long weekend was dominated by holdovers, with the number one film earning almost as much as the four new wide releases combined. Over the 3-day weekend the total box office was $162 million, which was more than 10% higher than last weekend but more importantly it was just over 2% lower than the same weekend last year. Over 5 days the top ten pulled in $197 million, or about 5% lower than the same weekend last year. More...

International Top Five - Bond Bursts Out on top of Box Office

November 23rd, 2006

Casino Royale dominated the weekend box office earning $42.2 million on 3,063 screens in 27 markets, only one of them a true major markets. The film's biggest was the U.K., no surprise there, but the magnitude of the opening caught a lot of people off guard. Its weekend total of $21.55 million on 505 screens was the third biggest opening of all time behind just Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Add in Thursday and the film earned $25.33 million, roughly 47% more than the previous best opening for a Bond film in the market, and Goldeneye had 5 days to earn its $17.2 million. The second biggest market was Russia where the film took in $4.55 million on 540 screens, which was more than four times the nearesst competition and the highest opening ever for a non-Russian film there. It had a similar result in Indian earning $3.2 million on an unprecedented 427 screens beating Spider-man 2's record for a non-Indian film by 87%. Other million dollar markets include Greece with $1.34 million on 111 screens, Thailand with $1.1 million on 154 and Taiwan with $1 million on 116. The film opens in most of the rest of Europe next weekend and should have no trouble remaining on top of the charts. More...

Movie Industry Hopes to Avoid any Turkeys

November 22nd, 2006

The Thanksgiving long weekend marks the beginning of the holiday season and is traditionally one of the biggest weekends of the year. This year is no exception with four films opening wide, and two others adding a massive number of theaters. However, despite the glut of new and expanding films, there's a very good chance that it will be a holdover that claims the top spot over the weekend. More...

Potter Pushes Penguins to Top Spot

November 21st, 2006

There were a few surprises on the charts this week, including the number one film. But overall things played out almost exactly as expected, leading to a total of $146 million at the box office. This was 15% higher than last weekend but 19% lower than the same weekend last year. However, that was the weekend when Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire opened and no-one was expecting this year to be able to keep pace. More...

Mumble and Bond go Mano-a-Mano

November 16th, 2006

What do penguins and secret agents have in common? (Not counting the fact that they both wear tuxedos.) Not a whole lot. However, movies featuring both will be in a close battle this weekend for top spot on the box office charts. Personally, in these battles I usually put my money on the guy with the gun, but cuteness might win out. More...

International Top Five - Borat Remains Buoyant

November 15th, 2006

Borat was again the top box office draw on the international scene taking in $15.37 million on 1147 screens in 20 markets for a total of $43.16 million after two weeks of release. The film opened in three markets, but they were of the smaller variety earning $287,000 on 17 screens in Greece, $51,000 on 10 in Bulgaria and $29,000 on 4 in Serbia. The vast majority of the film's weekend total came from the U.K. where it repeated in first place with $8.62 million on 430 screens for a two-week total of $27.13 million. Meanwhile in Germany the film grew by 2%, but was still stuck in second place with $2.76 million on 310 screens for a total of $6.35 million in that market. This week the film opens in France, Spain, and other smaller markets, but it will have a lot of competition from Bond and it will take a minor miracle for the film to not be knocked out of top spot. More...

Holdovers Hold On Strong On Per Theater Chart

November 14th, 2006

Volver fell a tiny 14.41% during its second weekend of release while it easily won the per theater race with an average of $33,842 in five theatres. The only other movie to top $10,000 was the overall box office leader, Borat, with an average of $11,017 in its 2,566 theaters, which is simply amazing. More...

Holdovers Save Weekend Box Office

November 14th, 2006

There were four new releases opening in varying degrees of wideness this past weekend, but none of them could live up to lowered expectations. This left the overall box office at $127 million, which was down about 2% from last weekend while up less than 1% from the same weekend last year. That's not a large enough increase to keep up with ticket price inflation, but any good news is still welcome at this point. More...

Can Borat's Run be Stranger?

November 10th, 2006

With Borat beating all expectations last weekend, all eyes are on it this weekend. Can it maintain this amazing pace? Will it be able to keep its momentum as it expands? Will it suffer a major drop-off? What about the competition? Can they handle the pressure? More...

International Top Five - Borat has a Devil of a Time

November 8th, 2006

Borat beat the competition with relative ease this week earning $18.64 million on 995 screens in 17 markets. In fact, the $11.87 million the film made on 428 screens in Sacha Baron Cohen's native United Kingdom was more than the second place film earned in total. The film's second biggest opening was in Germany where the film had to settle for second place with a still fantastic $2.67 million on 234 screens. The film also had first place openings in smaller markets like Holland, ($731,000 on 64 screens); Sweden, ($717,000 on 39); and Denmark, ($366,000 on 36). More...

Re-Volver-lution

November 7th, 2006

Just a trio of films in the $10,000 club, but they are managed that feat by a huge margin. Leading the way was Volver with just under $200,000 on 5 theaters for an average of $39,541. This is actually lower than the opening per theater average for Pedro Almodovar's previous two films, but his biggest opening ever. Second place went to the overall number one film, Borat with $31,607 while last week's per theater average champion, Babel, came in third with $26,264 despite a huge increase in its theater count. More...

Unprecedented

November 7th, 2006

To call this weekend unpredictable is an understatement as there was a surprise number one film and records fell. But despite this, the overall market was only mixed. Sure, week-to-week the box office was up roughly 24% from last weekend, but Halloween tends to depress the box office, even when it doesn't hit on the weekend. Compared to the same weekend last year, the $130 million total box office was 4% lower. More...

Movie Website Updates for October 28 - November 3, 2006

November 3rd, 2006

Slow week for websites with only one real contender for the weekly website award, (not counting those sites that have already won). Fortunately, that site, Flushed Away - Official Site, truly deserved to win. More...

Holiday Escape

November 2nd, 2006

It's the first week of the winter / holiday season and this weekend alone we have two films coming out that are aimed at the family market. While the time of the year is great for these films, the direct competition will keep both from becoming more than mid-level hits. On the other hand, neither look likely to bomb either. More...

2006 Preview: November

November 1st, 2006

Note: Article updated 11/18/2006 with correct budget for Harsh Times

It's that time of the month again, a time to look forward, but it is also a time to look back. October was a stronger month than expected and, while there are a lot of reasons for that, I think one must pay particular attention to the play of Taylor Pyatt. The departure of Anson Carter to free agency over the summer was troublesome and many felt finding a right winger for the Sedin twins was a key in maintaining or even improving upon last year's numbers. Without good chemistry, Daniel and Henrik might have taken a step back this year. However, with a team leading 6 goals, Taylor Pyatt is more than proving he can play with the speedy Swedes. ... What? Oh right, movies. It was a pretty good month for movies as well. November sees the beginning of the most important time of year for the movie industry. Not only do the holidays start with Thanksgiving, but this is also the time of year that award season really heats up. This means there is an excellent mix of blockbusters, especially family films, and critically acclaimed films hoping that first impressions are lasting impressions. It also means there are several limited releases that could expand wide later in their run; these include Fur, Bobby, For Your Consideration and others. More...

Movie Website Updates for June 24th - June 30th

June 30th, 2006

It seems a lot of people are starting their holidays early, but not this column as it's the busiest it's been in more than a month. Including in this list are a few newly released teaser trailers and a handful of flash sites, most of which are worth checking out. But the best of the best is the Running With Scissors - Official Site. More...

Movie Website Updates for June 10th - June 16th

June 16th, 2006

This is actually a pretty busy week with more than two-dozen site on the list. That makes it the busiest week in a month. However, it was one of the site that had no real updates this week that won the Weekly Website Award this week and it was, Nacho Libre - Official Site. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 3, 2006 1 $26,455,463   837 $31,607   $26,455,463 1
Nov 10, 2006 1 $28,269,900 +7% 2,566 $11,017   $67,111,765 2
Nov 17, 2006 3 $14,602,874 -48% 2,611 $5,593   $90,757,366 3
Nov 24, 2006 5 $10,304,802 -29% 2,552 $4,038   $109,136,807 4
Dec 1, 2006 7 $4,746,746 -54% 2,237 $2,122   $116,241,347 5
Dec 8, 2006 11 $2,571,596 -46% 1,594 $1,613   $120,266,165 6
Dec 15, 2006 14 $1,543,840 -40% 951 $1,623   $122,813,553 7
Dec 22, 2006 17 $619,066 -60% 396 $1,563   $124,303,063 8
Dec 29, 2006 20 $570,744 -8% 399 $1,430   $125,601,414 9
Jan 5, 2007 26 $467,034 -18% 353 $1,323   $126,557,312 10
Jan 12, 2007 36 $272,720 -42% 263 $1,037   $127,011,091 11
Jan 19, 2007 33 $320,289 +17% 266 $1,204   $127,483,875 12
Jan 26, 2007 36 $224,800 -30% 240 $937   $127,827,221 13
Feb 2, 2007 39 $157,458 -30% 161 $978   $128,062,911 14
Feb 9, 2007 46 $123,487 -22% 167 $739   $128,262,372 15
Feb 16, 2007 47 $60,003 -51% 94 $638   $128,377,574 16
Feb 23, 2007 54 $43,205 -28% 70 $617   $128,449,559 17
Mar 2, 2007 63 $19,545 -55% 35 $558   $128,484,257 18
Mar 9, 2007 71 $9,845 -50% 19 $518   $128,498,545 19
Mar 16, 2007 95 $1,780 -82% 6 $297   $128,503,736 20
Mar 23, 2007 113 $1,260 -29% 2 $630   $128,505,958 21

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Nov 3, 2006 1 $9,234,183     837 $11,032   $9,234,183 1
Nov 4, 2006 1 $10,139,477 +10%   837 $12,114   $19,373,660 2
Nov 5, 2006 1 $7,081,803 -30%   837 $8,461   $26,455,463 3
Nov 6, 2006 1 $3,307,891 -53%   837 $3,952   $29,763,354 4
Nov 7, 2006 1 $3,155,949 -5%   837 $3,771   $32,919,303 5
Nov 8, 2006 1 $2,764,494 -12%   837 $3,303   $35,683,797 6
Nov 9, 2006 1 $3,158,068 +14%   837 $3,773   $38,841,865 7
Nov 10, 2006 1 $9,780,744 +210% +6% 2,566 $3,812   $48,622,609 8
Nov 11, 2006 1 $11,523,137 +18% +14% 2,566 $4,491   $60,145,746 9
Nov 12, 2006 1 $6,966,019 -40% -2% 2,566 $2,715   $67,111,765 10
Nov 13, 2006 1 $2,557,281 -63% -23% 2,566 $997   $69,669,046 11
Nov 14, 2006 1 $2,383,125 -7% -24% 2,566 $929   $72,052,171 12
Nov 15, 2006 1 $2,101,530 -12% -24% 2,566 $819   $74,153,701 13
Nov 16, 2006 1 $2,000,791 -5% -37% 2,566 $780   $76,154,492 14
Nov 17, 2006 3 $4,964,004 +148% -49% 2,611 $1,901   $81,118,496 15
Nov 18, 2006 3 $5,922,738 +19% -49% 2,611 $2,268   $87,041,234 16
Nov 19, 2006 3 $3,716,132 -37% -47% 2,611 $1,423   $90,757,366 17
Nov 20, 2006 3 $1,368,650 -63% -46% 2,611 $524   $92,126,016 18
Nov 21, 2006 3 $1,744,980 +27% -27% 2,611 $668   $93,870,996 19
Nov 22, 2006 4 $2,411,250 +38% +15% 2,580 $935   $96,282,246 20
Nov 23, 2006 5 $2,549,759 +6% +27% 2,580 $988   $98,832,005 21
Nov 24, 2006 5 $4,396,907 +72% -11% 2,552 $1,723   $103,228,912 22
Nov 25, 2006 5 $3,972,494 -10% -33% 2,552 $1,557   $107,201,406 23
Nov 26, 2006 6 $1,935,401 -51% -48% 2,552 $758   $109,136,807 24
Nov 27, 2006 4 $616,323 -68% -55% 2,552 $242   $109,753,130 25
Nov 28, 2006 4 $616,203 n/c -65% 2,552 $241   $110,369,333 26
Nov 29, 2006 4 $579,293 -6% -76% 2,552 $227   $110,948,626 27
Nov 30, 2006 4 $545,975 -6% -79% 2,552 $214   $111,494,601 28
Dec 1, 2006 6 $1,503,238 +175% -66% 2,237 $672   $112,997,839 29
Dec 2, 2006 7 $2,124,494 +41% -47% 2,237 $950   $115,122,333 30
Dec 3, 2006 7 $1,119,014 -47% -42% 2,237 $500   $116,241,347 31
Dec 4, 2006 5 $360,748 -68% -41% 2,237 $161   $116,602,095 32
Dec 5, 2006 5 $385,594 +7% -37% 2,237 $172   $116,987,689 33
Dec 6, 2006 5 $356,846 -7% -38% 2,237 $160   $117,344,535 34
Dec 7, 2006 5 $350,034 -2% -36% 2,237 $156   $117,694,569 35
Dec 8, 2006 10 $794,589 +127% -47% 1,594 $498   $118,489,158 36
Dec 9, 2006 - $1,154,685 +45% -46% 1,594 $724   $119,643,843 37
Dec 10, 2006 - $622,322 -46% -44% 1,594 $390   $120,266,165 38
Dec 11, 2006 8 $227,676 -63% -37% 1,594 $143   $120,493,841 39
Dec 12, 2006 8 $252,744 +11% -34% 1,594 $159   $120,746,585 40
Dec 13, 2006 8 $260,068 +3% -27% 1,594 $163   $121,006,653 41
Dec 14, 2006 8 $263,060 +1% -25% 1,594 $165   $121,269,713 42
Dec 15, 2006 - $463,113 +76% -42% 951 $487   $121,732,826 43
Dec 16, 2006 - $663,501 +43% -43% 951 $698   $122,396,327 44
Dec 17, 2006 - $417,226 -37% -33% 951 $439   $122,813,553 45
Dec 18, 2006 - $218,138 -48% -4% 951 $229   $123,031,691 46
Dec 19, 2006 - $233,316 +7% -8% 951 $245   $123,265,007 47
Dec 20, 2006 - $202,054 -13% -22% 951 $212   $123,467,061 48
Dec 21, 2006 - $216,936 +7% -18% 951 $228   $123,683,997 49
Dec 22, 2006 - $209,762 -3% -55% 458 $458   $123,893,759 50
Dec 23, 2006 - $270,778 +29% -59% 458 $591   $124,164,537 51
Dec 24, 2006 - $138,526 -49% -67% 458 $302   $124,303,063 52
Dec 25, 2006 19 $182,207 +32% -16% 396 $460   $124,485,270 53
Dec 26, 2006 - $194,355 +7% -17% 396 $491   $124,679,625 54
Dec 27, 2006 - $180,081 -7% -11% 396 $455   $124,859,706 55
Dec 28, 2006 - $170,964 -5% -21% 396 $432   $125,030,670 56
Dec 29, 2006 - $211,027 +23% +1% 399 $529   $125,241,697 57
Dec 30, 2006 - $236,996 +12% -12% 399 $594   $125,478,693 58
Dec 31, 2006 - $122,721 -48% -11% 399 $308   $125,601,414 59
Jan 1, 2007 - $188,175 +53% +3% 399 $472   $125,789,589 60
Jan 2, 2007 - $114,945 -39% -41% 399 $288   $125,904,534 61
Jan 3, 2007 - $90,071 -22% -50% 399 $226   $125,994,605 62
Jan 4, 2007 - $95,673 +6% -44% 399 $240   $126,090,278 63
Jan 5, 2007 - $150,297 +57% -29% 353 $426   $126,240,575 64
Jan 6, 2007 - $204,893 +36% -14% 353 $580   $126,445,468 65
Jan 7, 2007 - $111,844 -45% -9% 353 $317   $126,557,312 66
Jan 8, 2007 - $41,670 -63% -78% 353 $118   $126,598,982 67
Jan 9, 2007 - $48,212 +16% -58% 353 $137   $126,647,194 68
Jan 10, 2007 - $44,921 -7% -50% 353 $127   $126,692,115 69
Jan 11, 2007 - $46,256 +3% -52% 353 $131   $126,738,371 70
Jan 12, 2007 - $78,575 +70% -48% 353 $223   $126,816,946 71
Jan 13, 2007 - $116,491 +48% -43% 353 $330   $126,933,437 72
Jan 14, 2007 - $77,654 -33% -31% 353 $220   $127,011,091 73
Jan 15, 2007 36 $45,849 -41% +10% 263 $174   $127,056,940 74
Jan 16, 2007 - $36,415 -21% -24% 263 $138   $127,093,355 75
Jan 17, 2007 - $35,115 -4% -22% 263 $134   $127,128,470 76
Jan 18, 2007 - $35,116 n/c -24% 263 $134   $127,163,586 77
Jan 19, 2007 - $99,068 +182% +26% 266 $372   $127,262,654 78
Jan 20, 2007 - $158,535 +60% +36% 266 $596   $127,421,189 79
Jan 21, 2007 - $62,686 -60% -19% 266 $236   $127,483,875 80
Jan 22, 2007 - $27,748 -56% -39% 266 $104   $127,511,623 81
Jan 23, 2007 - $32,245 +16% -11% 266 $121   $127,543,868 82
Jan 24, 2007 - $29,225 -9% -17% 266 $110   $127,573,093 83
Jan 25, 2007 - $29,328 n/c -16% 266 $110   $127,602,421 84
Jan 26, 2007 - $62,178 +112% -37% 240 $259   $127,664,599 85
Jan 27, 2007 - $104,237 +68% -34% 240 $434   $127,768,836 86
Jan 28, 2007 - $58,385 -44% -7% 240 $243   $127,827,221 87
Jan 29, 2007 - $17,644 -70% -36% 240 $74   $127,844,865 88
Jan 30, 2007 - $20,219 +15% -37% 240 $84   $127,865,084 89
Jan 31, 2007 - $22,007 +9% -25% 240 $92   $127,887,091 90
Feb 1, 2007 - $18,362 -17% -37% 240 $77   $127,905,453 91
Feb 2, 2007 - $52,082 +184% -16% 240 $217   $127,957,535 92
Feb 3, 2007 - $78,987 +52% -24% 240 $329   $128,036,522 93
Feb 4, 2007 - $26,389 -67% -55% 240 $110   $128,062,911 94
Feb 5, 2007 - $18,126 -31% +3% 240 $76   $128,081,037 95
Feb 6, 2007 - $19,514 +8% -3% 224 $87   $128,100,551 96
Feb 7, 2007 - $19,277 -1% -12% 224 $86   $128,119,828 97
Feb 8, 2007 - $19,057 -1% +4% 224 $85   $128,138,885 98
Feb 9, 2007 - $35,463 +86% -32% 167 $212   $128,174,348 99
Feb 10, 2007 - $57,785 +63% -27% 167 $346   $128,232,133 100
Feb 11, 2007 - $30,239 -48% +15% 167 $181   $128,262,372 101
Feb 12, 2007 - $13,001 -57% -28% 167 $78   $128,275,373 102
Feb 13, 2007 - $12,940 n/c -34% 167 $77   $128,288,313 103
Feb 14, 2007 - $15,455 +19% -20% 167 $93   $128,303,768 104
Feb 15, 2007 - $13,803 -11% -28% 167 $83   $128,317,571 105
Feb 16, 2007 - $14,679 +6% -59% 94 $156   $128,332,250 106
Feb 17, 2007 - $25,091 +71% -57% 94 $267   $128,357,341 107
Feb 18, 2007 - $20,233 -19% -33% 94 $215   $128,377,574 108
Feb 19, 2007 46 $10,422 -48% -20% 94 $111   $128,387,996 109
Feb 20, 2007 - $6,797 -35% -47% 94 $72   $128,394,793 110
Feb 21, 2007 - $5,643 -17% -63% 94 $60   $128,400,436 111
Feb 22, 2007 - $5,918 +5% -57% 94 $63   $128,406,354 112
Feb 23, 2007 - $13,666 +131% -7% 70 $195   $128,420,020 113
Feb 24, 2007 - $20,029 +47% -20% 70 $286   $128,440,049 114
Feb 25, 2007 - $9,510 -53% -53% 70 $136   $128,449,559 115
Feb 26, 2007 - $3,614 -62% -65% 70 $52   $128,453,173 116
Feb 27, 2007 - $3,897 +8% -43% 70 $56   $128,457,070 117
Feb 28, 2007 - $3,902 n/c -31% 70 $56   $128,460,972 118
Mar 1, 2007 - $3,740 -4% -37% 70 $53   $128,464,712 119
Mar 2, 2007 - $5,174 +38% -62% 35 $148   $128,469,886 120
Mar 3, 2007 - $10,044 +94% -50% 35 $287   $128,479,930 121
Mar 4, 2007 - $4,327 -57% -55% 35 $124   $128,484,257 122
Mar 5, 2007 - $952 -78% -74% 35 $27   $128,485,209 123
Mar 6, 2007 - $1,377 +45% -65% 35 $39   $128,486,586 124
Mar 7, 2007 - $1,007 -27% -74% 35 $29   $128,487,593 125
Mar 8, 2007 - $1,107 +10% -70% 35 $32   $128,488,700 126
Mar 9, 2007 - $3,020 +173% -42% 19 $159   $128,491,720 127
Mar 10, 2007 - $4,537 +50% -55% 19 $239   $128,496,257 128
Mar 11, 2007 - $2,288 -50% -47% 19 $120   $128,498,545 129
Mar 12, 2007 - $700 -69% -26% 19 $37   $128,499,245 130
Mar 13, 2007 - $952 +36% -31% 19 $50   $128,500,197 131
Mar 14, 2007 - $847 -11% -16% 19 $45   $128,501,044 132
Mar 15, 2007 - $912 +8% -18% 19 $48   $128,501,956 133
Mar 16, 2007 - $594 -35% -80% 6 $99   $128,502,550 134
Mar 17, 2007 - $769 +29% -83% 6 $128   $128,503,319 135
Mar 18, 2007 - $417 -46% -82% 6 $70   $128,503,736 136
Mar 19, 2007 - $226 -46% -68% 6 $38   $128,503,962 137
Mar 20, 2007 - $197 -13% -79% 6 $33   $128,504,159 138
Mar 21, 2007 - $138 -30% -84% 6 $23   $128,504,297 139
Mar 22, 2007 - $401 +191% -56% 6 $67   $128,504,698 140

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 3, 2006 1 $38,841,865   837 $46,406   $38,841,865 1
Nov 10, 2006 1 $37,312,627 -4% 2,566 $14,541   $76,154,492 2
Nov 17, 2006 3 $22,677,513 -39% 2,611 $8,685   $98,832,005 3
Nov 24, 2006 5 $12,662,596 -44% 2,552 $4,962   $111,494,601 4
Dec 1, 2006 6 $6,199,968 -51% 2,237 $2,772   $117,694,569 5
Dec 8, 2006 11 $3,575,144 -42% 1,594 $2,243   $121,269,713 6
Dec 15, 2006 15 $2,414,284 -32% 951 $2,539   $123,683,997 7
Dec 22, 2006 19 $1,346,673 -44% 396 $3,401   $125,030,670 8
Dec 29, 2006 21 $1,059,608 -21% 399 $2,656   $126,090,278 9
Jan 5, 2007 26 $648,093 -39% 353 $1,836   $126,738,371 10
Jan 12, 2007 36 $425,215 -34% 263 $1,617   $127,163,586 11
Jan 19, 2007 34 $438,835 +3% 266 $1,650   $127,602,421 12
Jan 26, 2007 36 $303,032 -31% 240 $1,263   $127,905,453 13
Feb 2, 2007 39 $233,432 -23% 161 $1,450   $128,138,885 14
Feb 9, 2007 46 $178,686 -23% 167 $1,070   $128,317,571 15
Feb 16, 2007 50 $88,783 -50% 94 $945   $128,406,354 16
Feb 23, 2007 54 $58,358 -34% 70 $834   $128,464,712 17
Mar 2, 2007 64 $23,988 -59% 35 $685   $128,488,700 18
Mar 9, 2007 75 $13,256 -45% 19 $698   $128,501,956 19
Mar 16, 2007 103 $2,742 -79% 6 $457   $128,504,698 20
Mar 23, 2007 110 $1,260 -54% 2 $630   $128,505,958 21

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
Mar 11, 200722,029,195 2,029,195$30,701,720$30,701,7201
Mar 18, 20074674,108-67% 2,703,303$10,778,987$41,480,7072
Mar 25, 20077276,472-59% 2,979,775$4,420,787$45,901,4943
Apr 1, 200712161,150-42% 3,140,925$2,576,788$48,478,2824
Apr 8, 200725155,632-3% 3,296,557$2,488,556$50,966,8385
Apr 15, 200712175,927+13% 3,472,484$2,913,351$53,880,1896
Apr 22, 20071765,892-63% 3,538,376$1,185,397$55,065,5867
Apr 29, 20072952,998-20% 3,591,374$1,006,432$56,072,0188

DEG Watched At Home Top 20 Charts

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