Italy Box Office for Contraband (2012)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Italy Box Office $1,051,543Details
Worldwide Box Office $98,406,855Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $16,375,095 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $8,572,235 Details
Total North America Video Sales $24,947,330
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Synopsis

Chris Farraday long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs, Chris is forced back into doing what he does best—running contraband—to settle Andy’s debt. Chris is a legendary smuggler and quickly assembles a crew with the help of his best friend, Sebastian, to head to Panama and return with millions in counterfeit bills. Things quickly fall apart and with only hours to reach the cash, Chris must use his rusty skills to successfully navigate a treacherous criminal network of brutal drug lords, cops and hit men before his wife, Kate, and sons become their target.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$25,000,000
Italy Releases: July 25th, 2012 (Wide)
Video Release: April 24th, 2012 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for violence, pervasive language and brief drug use.
(Rating bulletin 2182, 7/27/2011)
Running Time: 109 minutes
Keywords: Surprise Twist, Organized Crime, Out of Retirement, One Last Job, Foreign-Language Remake, Prologue, Revenge, Addiction, Narcotics, Action Thriller, Betrayal, No Honor Among Thieves
Source:Remake
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Blueeyes, Leverage, Closest to the Hole, Universal Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Blu-ray Sales: New Releases Go Haywire

May 16th, 2012

We are in the slowest time of year on the home market, and it is really showing on the Blu-ray sales chart. There were only three new releases to place on the Blu-ray sales chart this week, and only one of them earned a respectable opening week Blu-ray share. Haywire opened in first place with 185,000 units / $3.69 million giving it a Blu-ray share of 49%. That's a solid percentage for a film that struggled to find an audience in theaters. More...

DVD Sales: New Year's Eve Makes a Joyful Noise on the Home Market

May 15th, 2012

New releases dominated the top of the DVD sales chart this week. This includes two films that could make a claim for first place: Joyful Noise and New Year's Eve. Joyful Noise led the way in terms of units at 399,000 units to 390,000 units, but New Year's Eve led the way in terms of raw dollars at $7.02 million to $6.38 million. Given their respective production budgets, this is a good start on the home market. More...

Blu-ray Sales: Contraband Can't Hide at the Top

May 8th, 2012

There were only two new releases to earn a spot on the Blu-ray sales chart, but one of them, Contraband, took top spot on the chart. The film sold 510,000 units / $10.19 million giving it an opening week Blu-ray share of 52%. At this point, any action film that doesn't open with a 50% Blu-ray share should be considered a disappointment. More...

DVD Sales: Contraband Smuggled to the Top

May 8th, 2012

Contraband benefited from a really weak slate of new releases and this helped it earn first place on the DVD sales chart. During its first week of release, it sold 470,000 units and generated $7.52 million, which is good given its box office numbers. More...

Blu-ray Sales: Mission did the Impossible

May 2nd, 2012

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol led all new releases topping the Blu-ray sales chart with an impressive debut of 1.34 million units / $29.51 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was an outstanding 67%. As a result of this fantastic opening, I'm making a bold prediction. By the end of the year, a summer blockbuster will open with a Blu-ray share of 75%. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for April 24th, 2012

April 24th, 2012

It's slow week for new releases, a really slow week. According to Amazon.com, the best selling new release is Contraband. It was the biggest box office hit released in January, but it was still no more than a midlevel hit. The second best selling release of the week is The Innkeepers, which is a sign that it is a slow week. Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to seeing the movie, but it is a limited release that struggled to find an audience in theaters and it shouldn't be the high on the chart. The third best selling new release of the week is the latest Fullmetal Alchemist release, which is even more surprising, as Anime is still very much a niche market release. The fourth best selling release is Car 54 Where Are You?. Really? I'm surprised anyone remembers that TV show. Are there any releases that are worth picking up? Perhaps even contenders for pick of the week? Actually, The Innkeepers on Blu-ray is in the running, as is Pariah on Blu-ray. However, in the end I went with Todd and The Book Of Pure Evil: Season 1, giving it the rarely awarded Puck of the Week. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Contraband

April 24th, 2012

Contraband was an early year action film and generally these films are pretty bad and generally don't have a lot of box office power. This film did better that most in both areas, but is that damning it with faint praise? Or is this a good movie regardless of the release date? And if it is the latter, is the DVD and / or Blu-ray worth picking up? More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Underworld Rises to the Top

January 23rd, 2012

2012 has gone three for three in the year-over-year comparison. This weekend we have a couple films do a little better than expected and a couple films struggle a little bit, but the overall box office was up 1% from last weekend to $134 million. More importantly, the box office was up 30% from last year. Not only did we have better strength on top with Underworld: Awakening earning $25 million, but we also had much stronger depth. This bodes well going into next week and hopefully January will complete the sweep when compared to last year. Year-to-Date, 2012 now has a 15% lead over 2011 at $748 million to $653 million. It is still far too early to declare victory, but every dollar earned now puts us one dollar closer to matching last year's total. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the Box Office Wake Up?

January 19th, 2012

It's very early in the year, but so far 2012 is on a winning streak. Will that streak continue this weekend? This weekend we have three wide releases, Underworld: Awakening, Red Tails, and Haywire, plus a wide expansion, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Conversely, last year there was only one wide release, No Strings Attached, plus only one holdover that earned more than $10 million, The Green Hornet. This year we should have five films earning more than $10 million and this depth should help 2012 earn a win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Contrary to Expectations

January 18th, 2012

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day long weekend was mostly filled with good news, with all three films doing at least respectable business, while we had a couple holdovers which beat expectations. Contraband was surprisingly strong earning top spot with relative ease. And while it couldn't match The Green Hornet's debut from last year, the overall box office was very solid at $132 million over three days and $163 million over four. The three-day total was 5% lower than last weekend, but 1.5% higher than last year. The four-day total was 2.6% higher than last year. It's obviously way too early to judge 2012's box office run, but at the moment it is 14% higher than last year's pace at $483 million to $423 million. More...

MLK 3-Day Estimates: Contraband Steals the Weekend

January 15th, 2012

With Beauty and the Beast disappointing slightly over the 3-day MLK frame, Contraband will take first place by a fairly comfortable margin, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. The action movie is set to pick up about $24.1 million, per Universal, while Disney pegs Beast's Friday-Sunday total at $18.5 million. Joyful Noise will bring in a solid, if slightly disappointing, $11.3 million for Warner Bros.. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the Box Office have a Beautiful Weekend?

January 12th, 2012

This weekend is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which is not one of the biggest long weekends at the box office. (It is just too close to Christmas / New Year's to really help boost the box office significantly.) There are three films opening wide, Beauty and the Beast 3D, Contraband, and Joyful Noise, plus another film, The Iron Lady, which is expanding enough that it could reach the top ten. I don't think any of them will match last year's winner, The Green Hornet, which pulled in $33.53 million during its opening weekend. However, one can hope all three wide releases reach their potential and 2012 will come out ahead of 2011. More...

2012 Preview: January

January 1st, 2012

2011 ended, and really that's the only good news we got from the entire month of December. That's not snark either. Of the eleven films opening or expanding wide that month, six will definitely miss expectations by significant margins and with the other five it is too soon to tell, (it depends on how well they hold up during the New Year's Day long weekend). Only Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol can be considered a pleasant surprise, and even then it might not match original expectations. Looking forward, the only really good piece of news for this January is that last January was a pretty bad as well. Only two films, The Green Hornet and No Strings Attached, beat expectations by significant margins, while The Dilemma bombed hard enough to nearly wipe out those gains. This time around, the biggest hit will likely be Beauty and the Beast's 3D re-release, but even then, I doubt it will do as well as The Lion King's 3D re-release. There's a good chance the year will start off on a sour note, just like 2011 ended. More...

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

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2012/07/27 5 $206,802   220 $940   $294,932 1
2012/08/03 4 $138,190 -33% 185 $747   $562,415 2
2012/08/10 4 $86,680 -37% 133 $652   $746,965 3
2012/08/17 7 $53,250 -39% 122 $436   $882,264 4
2012/08/24 5 $56,006 +5% 96 $583   $985,855 5
2012/08/31 13 $11,854 -79% 19 $624   $1,051,543 6

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Bolivia 7/12/2012 $8,773 3 3 6 $15,300 12/29/2018
Ecuador 6/15/2012 $20,183 17 18 56 $58,300 12/29/2018
France 5/16/2012 $684,393 141 141 274 $980,793 12/10/2015
Italy 7/25/2012 $206,802 220 220 775 $1,051,543 12/11/2015
Nigeria 3/23/2012 $0 0 1 1 $22,638 12/29/2018
North America 1/13/2012 $24,349,815 2,863 2,870 12,395 $66,528,000 5/10/2013
Peru 5/17/2012 $58,202 22 22 57 $108,894 12/29/2018
Switzerland 5/16/2012 $42,664 10 10 10 $50,731 12/10/2015
United Kingdom 3/16/2012 $0 0 13 13 $3,312,446 12/6/2015
Uruguay 6/29/2012 $7,307 2 2 6 $15,221 12/29/2018
Venezuela 5/18/2012 $132,407 38 38 93 $374,695 12/10/2015
 
Rest of World $25,888,294
 
Worldwide Total$98,406,855 12/29/2018

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.

Leading Cast

Mark Wahlberg    Chris Farraday
Kate Beckinsale    Kate Farraday

Supporting Cast

Ben Foster    Sebastian Abney
Giovanni Ribisi    Tim Briggs
Lukas Haas    Danny Raymer
Caleb Landry-Jones    Andy
Diego Luna    Gonzalo
Jason Mitchell    Walter
Paul LeBlanc    CBP Officer
Michael J. Taylor    Band Member - Lead Vocals
John Russ Broussard    Band Member - Washboard
Mike Broussard    Band Member - Saxaphone
Arthur Thomas    Band Member - Drums
Amber Gaiennie    Danny's Bride
Kent Jude Bernard    Tommy Raymer
Andrew Autin    Band Member - Guitar
Beau St Pierre    Band Member - Trumpet
Ashton McGee    Band Member - Trombone
Telissa Long    Band Member - Vocals
Norman Landeche IV    Band Member - Piano
David O Hara    Jim Church
Anthony Coleman    Marcus
Jackson Beals    Desmond
Allan Maxwell    Band Member - Bass
Jaqueline Fleming    Jeanie
Connor Hill    Michael
Bryce McDaniel    Eddie
John Wilmot    House Owner
Dane Rhodes    AA Guy
Juliette Marie Enright    Sadie
William Lucking    Bud Farraday
Ritchie Montgomery    Sebastian's Cousin
Viktor Hernandez    Edwin
Shannon Maris    Interviewer
J. Omar Castro    Benito
Michael L. Nesbitt    Chief Mate
Jack Landry    Second Mate
J.K. Simmons    Captain Camp
Kevin 'Lucky' Johnson    Tarik
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson    Olaf
Carlos Compean    Prot Pilot
Kirk Bovill    Crew Member
Rose Bianco    Superintendent
Brian Nguyen    Taxi Driver
Roland Ruiz    Kid
Ian Casselberry    Kinkos
Victor Lopez    Skinny Kid
Laura Bergeron-Iglesias    Rosa
Eddie Fiola    Armored Truck Drivers
Max Daniels    Armored Truck Driver
Joshua Teixidor    Boss
Randy Austin    Deckhand
Anthony Frederick    CBP Officer
Michael Beasley    Davis
Turner Crumbley    Laird
Lance Nichols    CBP Agent
Anthony Ace Thomas    Construction Worker
Eric Weinstein    Trucker
Cecil Brown    Auctioneer

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

Production and Technical Credits

Baltasar Kormakur    Director
Aaron Guzikowski    Screenwriter
Arnaldur Indridason    Based Upon the Film "Reykjavik-Rotterdam" Written by
Oskar Jonasson    Based Upon the Film "Reykjavik-Rotterdam" Written by
Tim Bevan    Producer
Eric Fellner    Producer
Baltasar Kormakur    Producer
Stephen Levinson    Producer
Mark Wahlberg    Producer
Liza Chasin    Executive Producer
Evan Hayes    Executive Producer
Bill Johnson    Executive Producer
Barry Ackroyd    Director of Photography
Tony Fanning    Production Designer
Elisabet Ronalds    Editor
Jenny Eagan    Costume Designer
Clinton Shorter    Composer
Sheila Jaffe    Casting
Bill Johnson    Unit Production Manager
Michele Ziegler    First Assistant Director
Xanthus Valan    Second Assistant Director
Igor Meglic    Second Unit Camera

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