The Cave (2019)

The Cave
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $62,625Details
International Box Office $97,290Details
Worldwide Box Office $159,915
Further financial details...

Synopsis

For besieged civilians, hope and safety lie underground inside the subterranean hospital known as the Cave, where pediatrician and managing physician Dr. Amani Ballour and her colleagues Samaher and Dr. Alaa have claimed their right to work as equals alongside their male counterparts, doing their jobs in a way that would be unthinkable in the oppressively patriarchal culture that exists above. Following the women as they contend with daily bombardments, chronic supply shortages and the ever-present threat of chemical attacks, The Cave paints a stirring portrait of courage, resilience and female solidarity.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$21,185 (33.8% of total gross)
Legs:2.96 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:39.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/10 max. theaters, 2.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $73,649

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,501-13,600) 13,531 $62,625
All Time International Box Office (Rank 17,701-17,800) 17,732 $97,290
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 22,201-22,300) 22,234 $159,915
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,301-5,400) 5,305 $62,625

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


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 18th, 2019 (Limited) by National Geographic Entertainment
International Releases: December 6th, 2019 (Limited) (United Kingdom)
January 3rd, 2020 (Wide) (Netherlands)
Video Release: January 14th, 2020 by National Geographic Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for disturbing war-related thematic content and images.
(Rating bulletin 2596 (Cert #52385), 9/18/2019)
Running Time: 95 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: National Geographic Documentary Films, Danish Documentary Production
Production Countries: Denmark, Germany, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic, United States
Languages: Arabic, English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,501-13,600) 13,531 $62,625
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 13,101-13,200) 13,154 $73,649
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 12,501-12,600) 12,550 $62,625
Top 2019 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 396 $62,625
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,301-5,400) 5,305 $62,625
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,501-5,600) 5,583 $73,649
Top 2019 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) 243 $62,625
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,707 $62,625
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 11,801-11,900) 11,889 $62,625
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,068 $62,625
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 991 $62,625
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,886 $62,625
All Time Domestic Box Office for National Geographic Entertainment Movies 16 $62,625

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 18, 2019 45 $21,185   2 $10,593   $21,185 1
Oct 25, 2019 61 $5,096 -76% 2 $2,548   $26,281 2
Nov 1, 2019 49 $6,701 +31% 4 $1,675   $37,212 3
Nov 8, 2019 55 $4,128 -38% 4 $1,032   $44,053 4
Jan 24, 2020 49 $6,817   10 $682   $55,215 15
Jan 31, 2020 52 $3,532 -48% 7 $505   $60,927 16

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 18, 2019 50 $21,185   2 $10,593   $21,185 1
Oct 25, 2019 60 $9,326 -56% 2 $4,663   $30,511 2
Nov 1, 2019 53 $9,414 +1% 4 $2,354   $39,925 3
Nov 8, 2019 59 $5,171 -45% 4 $1,293   $45,096 4
Jan 24, 2020 50 $8,569   10 $857   $57,232 15
Jan 31, 2020 56 $4,089 -52% 7 $584   $62,625 16

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Netherlands 1/3/2020 $27,728 27 31 58 $61,694 10/19/2022
United Kingdom 12/6/2019 $35,596 9 9 9 $35,596 12/12/2019
 
International Total$97,290 10/19/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 17,701-17,800) 17,732 $97,290
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 16,501-16,600) 16,511 $97,290
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,741 $97,290
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 15,001-15,100) 15,008 $97,290
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,084 $97,290
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 939 $97,290
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,117 $97,290
All Time International Box Office for National Geographic Entertainment Movies 9 $97,290

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 22,201-22,300) 22,234 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 20,701-20,800) 20,757 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,224 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 18,901-19,000) 18,937 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,380 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,205 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,965 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Box Office for National Geographic Entertainment Movies 16 $159,915

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.

Documentary Subject(s)

Dr. Amani Ballour    Herself
Samaher    Herself
Dr. Salim Namour    Himself
Dr. Alaa    Herself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Feras Fayyad    Director
Feras Fayyad    Screenwriter
Alisar Hasan    Screenwriter
Kirstine Barfod    Producer
Sigrid Dyekjaer    Score Producer
Per K. Kirkegaard    Editor
Denniz Göl Bertelsen    Editor
Matthew Herbert    Composer
Ammar Suleiman    Director of Photography
Mohammad Kheir    Director of Photography
Mohammad Eyad    Director of Photography

2020 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Feature-Length Documentary

February 3rd, 2020

Honeyland

Our annual Oscar Prediction contest is underway so now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Due to a compressed Oscar schedule, and the monthly preview, I have to get all ten Oscar highlight stories done this week. Wish me luck! Today we look at Best Feature-Length Documentary, which is a category that doesn’t have a real favorite, nor does it have a real long shot. It’s a five-way race. More...

2020 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations

January 13th, 2020

1917

The Oscar nominations were announced on Monday, and the results were... well, there were some puzzling results. Joker led the way with eleven nominations. ... A film with 69% positive reviews earned the most nominations. It’s not the worst-reviewed movie to earn a Best Picture Nomination—after all, Bohemian Rhapsody was nominated just last year. However, this film is arguably the worst-reviewed movie to ever earn the most nominations in a single year. More...

Theater Averages: Jay and Silent Bob Give Limited Releases a Kick in the Pants

October 24th, 2019

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

It was an amazing week on the theater average chart with five films in the $10,000 club, incluing three new releases that earned averages of more than $50,000. Jay and Silent Bob Reboot opened with two days of special engagements where the film earned just over $1 million, before having a roadshow performance in one theater over the weekend earning $93,520. However, this wasn’t a usual run and tickets range from about $50 to over $200 for the VIP packages at some shows. That said, even with normal ticket prices, it would still have earned a spot in the $10,000 club. Second place went to Jojo Rabbit with an impressive opening of average $69,911 in five theaters. This is more than enough to expand significantly, perhaps even enough to justify a wide expansion. The Lighthouse also opened well enough to justify significant expansions earning an average of $53,475 in eight theaters. Parasite was the only holdover in the $10,000 club earning an average of $37,616 in 33 theaters. The film topped $1 million over the weekend and it has plenty of room to grow. The final film in the $10,000 club was The Cave, which earned an average of $10,593 in two theaters. More...


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Synopsis

For besieged civilians, hope and safety lie underground inside the subterranean hospital known as the Cave, where pediatrician and managing physician Dr. Amani Ballour and her colleagues Samaher and Dr. Alaa have claimed their right to work as equals alongside their male counterparts, doing their jobs in a way that would be unthinkable in the oppressively patriarchal culture that exists above. Following the women as they contend with daily bombardments, chronic supply shortages and the ever-present threat of chemical attacks, The Cave paints a stirring portrait of courage, resilience and female solidarity.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$21,185 (33.8% of total gross)
Legs:2.96 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:39.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/10 max. theaters, 2.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $73,649

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,501-13,600) 13,531 $62,625
All Time International Box Office (Rank 17,701-17,800) 17,732 $97,290
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 22,201-22,300) 22,234 $159,915
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,301-5,400) 5,305 $62,625

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


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 18th, 2019 (Limited) by National Geographic Entertainment
International Releases: December 6th, 2019 (Limited) (United Kingdom)
January 3rd, 2020 (Wide) (Netherlands)
Video Release: January 14th, 2020 by National Geographic Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for disturbing war-related thematic content and images.
(Rating bulletin 2596 (Cert #52385), 9/18/2019)
Running Time: 95 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: National Geographic Documentary Films, Danish Documentary Production
Production Countries: Denmark, Germany, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic, United States
Languages: Arabic, English

Documentary Subject(s)

Dr. Amani Ballour    Herself
Samaher    Herself
Dr. Salim Namour    Himself
Dr. Alaa    Herself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Feras Fayyad    Director
Feras Fayyad    Screenwriter
Alisar Hasan    Screenwriter
Kirstine Barfod    Producer
Sigrid Dyekjaer    Score Producer
Per K. Kirkegaard    Editor
Denniz Göl Bertelsen    Editor
Matthew Herbert    Composer
Ammar Suleiman    Director of Photography
Mohammad Kheir    Director of Photography
Mohammad Eyad    Director of Photography

2020 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Feature-Length Documentary

February 3rd, 2020

Honeyland

Our annual Oscar Prediction contest is underway so now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Due to a compressed Oscar schedule, and the monthly preview, I have to get all ten Oscar highlight stories done this week. Wish me luck! Today we look at Best Feature-Length Documentary, which is a category that doesn’t have a real favorite, nor does it have a real long shot. It’s a five-way race. More...

2020 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations

January 13th, 2020

1917

The Oscar nominations were announced on Monday, and the results were... well, there were some puzzling results. Joker led the way with eleven nominations. ... A film with 69% positive reviews earned the most nominations. It’s not the worst-reviewed movie to earn a Best Picture Nomination—after all, Bohemian Rhapsody was nominated just last year. However, this film is arguably the worst-reviewed movie to ever earn the most nominations in a single year. More...

Theater Averages: Jay and Silent Bob Give Limited Releases a Kick in the Pants

October 24th, 2019

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

It was an amazing week on the theater average chart with five films in the $10,000 club, incluing three new releases that earned averages of more than $50,000. Jay and Silent Bob Reboot opened with two days of special engagements where the film earned just over $1 million, before having a roadshow performance in one theater over the weekend earning $93,520. However, this wasn’t a usual run and tickets range from about $50 to over $200 for the VIP packages at some shows. That said, even with normal ticket prices, it would still have earned a spot in the $10,000 club. Second place went to Jojo Rabbit with an impressive opening of average $69,911 in five theaters. This is more than enough to expand significantly, perhaps even enough to justify a wide expansion. The Lighthouse also opened well enough to justify significant expansions earning an average of $53,475 in eight theaters. Parasite was the only holdover in the $10,000 club earning an average of $37,616 in 33 theaters. The film topped $1 million over the weekend and it has plenty of room to grow. The final film in the $10,000 club was The Cave, which earned an average of $10,593 in two theaters. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,501-13,600) 13,531 $62,625
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 13,101-13,200) 13,154 $73,649
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 12,501-12,600) 12,550 $62,625
Top 2019 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 396 $62,625
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,301-5,400) 5,305 $62,625
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,501-5,600) 5,583 $73,649
Top 2019 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) 243 $62,625
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,707 $62,625
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 11,801-11,900) 11,889 $62,625
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,068 $62,625
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 991 $62,625
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,886 $62,625
All Time Domestic Box Office for National Geographic Entertainment Movies 16 $62,625

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 18, 2019 45 $21,185   2 $10,593   $21,185 1
Oct 25, 2019 61 $5,096 -76% 2 $2,548   $26,281 2
Nov 1, 2019 49 $6,701 +31% 4 $1,675   $37,212 3
Nov 8, 2019 55 $4,128 -38% 4 $1,032   $44,053 4
Jan 24, 2020 49 $6,817   10 $682   $55,215 15
Jan 31, 2020 52 $3,532 -48% 7 $505   $60,927 16

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 18, 2019 50 $21,185   2 $10,593   $21,185 1
Oct 25, 2019 60 $9,326 -56% 2 $4,663   $30,511 2
Nov 1, 2019 53 $9,414 +1% 4 $2,354   $39,925 3
Nov 8, 2019 59 $5,171 -45% 4 $1,293   $45,096 4
Jan 24, 2020 50 $8,569   10 $857   $57,232 15
Jan 31, 2020 56 $4,089 -52% 7 $584   $62,625 16

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Netherlands 1/3/2020 $27,728 27 31 58 $61,694 10/19/2022
United Kingdom 12/6/2019 $35,596 9 9 9 $35,596 12/12/2019
 
International Total$97,290 10/19/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 17,701-17,800) 17,732 $97,290
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 16,501-16,600) 16,511 $97,290
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,741 $97,290
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 15,001-15,100) 15,008 $97,290
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,084 $97,290
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 939 $97,290
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,117 $97,290
All Time International Box Office for National Geographic Entertainment Movies 9 $97,290

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 22,201-22,300) 22,234 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 20,701-20,800) 20,757 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,224 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 18,901-19,000) 18,937 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,380 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,205 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,965 $159,915
All Time Worldwide Box Office for National Geographic Entertainment Movies 16 $159,915

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.