Desolation Center (2019)

Desolation Center
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $32,016Details
OpusData ID: 385090100
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Synopsis

Desolation Center is the previously untold story of a series of early 80s guerrilla music and art performance happenings in Southern California that are recognized to have paved the way for Burning Man, Lollapalooza and Coachella, collective experiences that have become key elements of popular culture in the 21st century. The feature documentary splices interviews and rare performance footage of Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Swans, Redd Kross, Einstürzende Neubauten, Survival Research Laboratories, Savage Republic and more, documenting a time when pushing the boundaries of music, art, and performance felt almost like an unspoken obligation.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,938 (15.4% of total gross)
Legs:6.22 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/11 max. theaters, 3.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $39,528

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 15,301-15,400) 15,371 $32,016
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 31,601-31,700) 31,628 $32,016
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 6,501-6,600) 6,552 $32,016

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 13th, 2019 (Limited) by Self Distributed
Video Release: June 23rd, 2020 by Passion River
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 93 minutes
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Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Rooftop Films, MU Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 15,301-15,400) 15,371 $32,016
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 14,801-14,900) 14,869 $39,528
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 14,201-14,300) 14,298 $32,016
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 2019 (Rank 401-500) 442 $32,016
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 6,501-6,600) 6,552 $32,016
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 6,701-6,800) 6,776 $39,528
Top 2019 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) 282 $32,016
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,173 $32,016
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 13,601-13,700) 13,624 $32,016
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,445 $32,016
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,356 $32,016
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 3,201-3,300) 3,243 $32,016
All Time Domestic Box Office for Self Distributed Movies 23 $32,016

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 13, 2019 70 $4,938   3 $1,646   $4,938 1
Sep 20, 2019 65 $5,148 +4% 5 $1,030   $12,379 2
Sep 27, 2019 90 $633 -88% 2 $317   $16,323 3
Oct 4, 2019 76 $1,566 +147% 10 $157   $19,115 4
Oct 11, 2019 73 $1,152 -26% 7 $165   $23,716 5
Oct 18, 2019 73 $1,625 +41% 3 $542   $25,880 6
Nov 1, 2019 80 $440   4 $110   $26,330 8
Nov 15, 2019 69 $1,176   3 $392   $31,224 10
Nov 22, 2019 85 $132 -89% 1 $132   $31,782 11
Nov 29, 2019 80 $104 -21% 1 $104   $32,016 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 13, 2019 - $1,654     3 $551   $1,654 1
Sep 14, 2019 - $1,700 +3%   3 $567   $3,354 2
Sep 15, 2019 - $1,584 -7%   3 $528   $4,938 3
Sep 16, 2019 - $623 -61%   3 $208   $5,561 4
Sep 17, 2019 - $388 -38%   3 $129   $5,949 5
Sep 18, 2019 - $610 +57%   3 $203   $6,559 6
Sep 19, 2019 - $672 +10%   3 $224   $7,231 7
Sep 20, 2019 - $2,313 +244% +40% 5 $463   $9,544 8
Sep 21, 2019 - $1,459 -37% -14% 5 $292   $11,003 9
Sep 22, 2019 - $1,376 -6% -13% 5 $275   $12,379 10
Sep 23, 2019 - $972 -29% +56% 5 $194   $13,351 11
Sep 24, 2019 - $499 -49% +29% 5 $100   $13,850 12
Sep 25, 2019 - $717 +44% +18% 5 $143   $14,567 13
Sep 26, 2019 - $1,123 +57% +67% 5 $225   $15,690 14
Sep 28, 2019 - $408   -72% 2 $204   $16,098 16
Sep 29, 2019 - $225 -45% -84% 2 $113   $16,323 17
Sep 30, 2019 - $308 +37% -68% 2 $154   $16,631 18
Oct 1, 2019 - $390 +27% -22% 2 $195   $17,021 19
Oct 2, 2019 - $234 -40% -67% 2 $117   $17,255 20
Oct 3, 2019 - $294 +26% -74% 2 $147   $17,549 21
Oct 4, 2019 - $759 +158%   10 $76   $18,308 22
Oct 5, 2019 - $388 -49% -5% 10 $39   $18,696 23
Oct 6, 2019 - $419 +8% +86% 10 $42   $19,115 24
Oct 7, 2019 - $866 +107% +181% 10 $87   $19,981 25
Oct 8, 2019 - $516 -40% +32% 10 $52   $20,497 26
Oct 9, 2019 - $806 +56% +244% 10 $81   $21,303 27
Oct 10, 2019 - $1,261 +56% +329% 10 $126   $22,564 28
Oct 11, 2019 - $186 -85% -75% 7 $27   $22,750 29
Oct 12, 2019 - $102 -45% -74% 7 $15   $22,852 30
Oct 13, 2019 - $864 +747% +106% 7 $123   $23,716 31
Oct 14, 2019 - $100 -88% -88% 7 $14   $23,816 32
Oct 15, 2019 - $140 +40% -73% 7 $20   $23,956 33
Oct 16, 2019 - $250 +79% -69% 7 $36   $24,206 34
Oct 17, 2019 - $49 -80% -96% 7 $7   $24,255 35
Oct 18, 2019 - $120 +145% -35% 3 $40   $24,375 36
Oct 19, 2019 - $1,241 +934% +1,117% 3 $414   $25,616 37
Oct 20, 2019 - $264 -79% -69% 3 $88   $25,880 38
Nov 1, 2019 - $100     4 $25   $25,990 50
Nov 2, 2019 - $220 +120%   4 $55   $26,210 51
Nov 3, 2019 - $120 -45%   4 $30   $26,330 52
Nov 4, 2019 - $335 +179%   4 $84   $26,665 53
Nov 5, 2019 - $221 -34%   4 $55   $26,886 54
Nov 6, 2019 - $613 +177%   4 $153   $27,499 55
Nov 15, 2019 - $206     3 $69   $30,254 64
Nov 16, 2019 - $886 +330%   3 $295   $31,140 65
Nov 17, 2019 - $84 -91%   3 $28   $31,224 66
Nov 18, 2019 - $426 +407%   3 $142   $31,650 67
Nov 22, 2019 - $68   -67% 1 $68   $31,718 71
Nov 23, 2019 - $48 -29% -95% 1 $48   $31,766 72
Nov 24, 2019 - $16 -67% -81% 1 $16   $31,782 73
Nov 27, 2019 - $90     1 $90   $31,872 76
Nov 28, 2019 - $40 -56%   1 $40   $31,912 77
Nov 29, 2019 - $30 -25% -56% 1 $30   $31,942 78
Nov 30, 2019 - $42 +40% -13% 1 $42   $31,984 79
Dec 1, 2019 - $32 -24% +100% 1 $32   $32,016 80

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 13, 2019 72 $7,231   3 $2,410   $7,231 1
Sep 20, 2019 66 $8,459 +17% 5 $1,692   $15,690 2
Sep 27, 2019 93 $1,859 -78% 2 $930   $17,549 3
Oct 4, 2019 69 $5,015 +170% 10 $502   $22,564 4
Oct 11, 2019 75 $1,691 -66% 7 $242   $24,255 5
Nov 1, 2019 79 $1,609   11 $146   $30,048 8
Nov 15, 2019 76 $1,602   3 $534   $31,650 10
Nov 22, 2019 86 $262 -84% 1 $262   $31,912 11
Nov 29, 2019 80 $104 -60% 1 $104   $32,016 12

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Interviewee(s)

Perry Farrell    Himself
Thurston Moore    Himself
Mike Watt    Himself
Blixa Bargeld    Himself
Lee Ranaldo    Himself
Mark Pauline    Himself
Steven McDonald    Himself
Jeff McDonald    Himself
Curt Kirkwood    Himself
Cris Kirkwood    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Stuart Swezey    Director
Stuart Swezey    Screenwriter
Tyler Hubby    Screenwriter
Stuart Swezey    Producer
Tyler Hubby    Editor
Mariska Leyssius    Co-Producer
Jeremy Royce    Director of Photography
Sandra Valde-Hansen    Director of Photography
Michael Toji    Sound Editor
Lisa Janssen    Archival Producer

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Synopsis

Desolation Center is the previously untold story of a series of early 80s guerrilla music and art performance happenings in Southern California that are recognized to have paved the way for Burning Man, Lollapalooza and Coachella, collective experiences that have become key elements of popular culture in the 21st century. The feature documentary splices interviews and rare performance footage of Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Swans, Redd Kross, Einstürzende Neubauten, Survival Research Laboratories, Savage Republic and more, documenting a time when pushing the boundaries of music, art, and performance felt almost like an unspoken obligation.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,938 (15.4% of total gross)
Legs:6.22 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/11 max. theaters, 3.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $39,528

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 15,301-15,400) 15,371 $32,016
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 31,601-31,700) 31,628 $32,016
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 6,501-6,600) 6,552 $32,016

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 13th, 2019 (Limited) by Self Distributed
Video Release: June 23rd, 2020 by Passion River
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 93 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: Rooftop Films, MU Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Interviewee(s)

Perry Farrell    Himself
Thurston Moore    Himself
Mike Watt    Himself
Blixa Bargeld    Himself
Lee Ranaldo    Himself
Mark Pauline    Himself
Steven McDonald    Himself
Jeff McDonald    Himself
Curt Kirkwood    Himself
Cris Kirkwood    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Stuart Swezey    Director
Stuart Swezey    Screenwriter
Tyler Hubby    Screenwriter
Stuart Swezey    Producer
Tyler Hubby    Editor
Mariska Leyssius    Co-Producer
Jeremy Royce    Director of Photography
Sandra Valde-Hansen    Director of Photography
Michael Toji    Sound Editor
Lisa Janssen    Archival Producer

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Trolls World Tour is easily the biggest release on this week’s list. In fact, it is bigger than the rest of the films combined. That said, while it should entertain kids, it isn’t the best release. The best is a two-way tie between The Ghost of Peter Sellers and Tokyo Olympiad—two documentaries that are worth checking out. More...

Theater Averages: They Call Me Mr. Klein

September 19th, 2019

Hustlers

Mr. Klein, a 40-year old re-release, earned first place on the theater average chart during its second weekend of release with $18,546 in one theater. Up next was The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos with an average of $14,418 in two theaters. The final film in the $10,000 club was Hustlers, which barely got there earning an average of $10,210 in 3,250 theaters. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 15,301-15,400) 15,371 $32,016
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 14,801-14,900) 14,869 $39,528
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 14,201-14,300) 14,298 $32,016
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 2019 (Rank 401-500) 442 $32,016
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 6,501-6,600) 6,552 $32,016
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 6,701-6,800) 6,776 $39,528
Top 2019 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) 282 $32,016
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,173 $32,016
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 13,601-13,700) 13,624 $32,016
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,445 $32,016
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,356 $32,016
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 3,201-3,300) 3,243 $32,016
All Time Domestic Box Office for Self Distributed Movies 23 $32,016

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 13, 2019 70 $4,938   3 $1,646   $4,938 1
Sep 20, 2019 65 $5,148 +4% 5 $1,030   $12,379 2
Sep 27, 2019 90 $633 -88% 2 $317   $16,323 3
Oct 4, 2019 76 $1,566 +147% 10 $157   $19,115 4
Oct 11, 2019 73 $1,152 -26% 7 $165   $23,716 5
Oct 18, 2019 73 $1,625 +41% 3 $542   $25,880 6
Nov 1, 2019 80 $440   4 $110   $26,330 8
Nov 15, 2019 69 $1,176   3 $392   $31,224 10
Nov 22, 2019 85 $132 -89% 1 $132   $31,782 11
Nov 29, 2019 80 $104 -21% 1 $104   $32,016 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 13, 2019 - $1,654     3 $551   $1,654 1
Sep 14, 2019 - $1,700 +3%   3 $567   $3,354 2
Sep 15, 2019 - $1,584 -7%   3 $528   $4,938 3
Sep 16, 2019 - $623 -61%   3 $208   $5,561 4
Sep 17, 2019 - $388 -38%   3 $129   $5,949 5
Sep 18, 2019 - $610 +57%   3 $203   $6,559 6
Sep 19, 2019 - $672 +10%   3 $224   $7,231 7
Sep 20, 2019 - $2,313 +244% +40% 5 $463   $9,544 8
Sep 21, 2019 - $1,459 -37% -14% 5 $292   $11,003 9
Sep 22, 2019 - $1,376 -6% -13% 5 $275   $12,379 10
Sep 23, 2019 - $972 -29% +56% 5 $194   $13,351 11
Sep 24, 2019 - $499 -49% +29% 5 $100   $13,850 12
Sep 25, 2019 - $717 +44% +18% 5 $143   $14,567 13
Sep 26, 2019 - $1,123 +57% +67% 5 $225   $15,690 14
Sep 28, 2019 - $408   -72% 2 $204   $16,098 16
Sep 29, 2019 - $225 -45% -84% 2 $113   $16,323 17
Sep 30, 2019 - $308 +37% -68% 2 $154   $16,631 18
Oct 1, 2019 - $390 +27% -22% 2 $195   $17,021 19
Oct 2, 2019 - $234 -40% -67% 2 $117   $17,255 20
Oct 3, 2019 - $294 +26% -74% 2 $147   $17,549 21
Oct 4, 2019 - $759 +158%   10 $76   $18,308 22
Oct 5, 2019 - $388 -49% -5% 10 $39   $18,696 23
Oct 6, 2019 - $419 +8% +86% 10 $42   $19,115 24
Oct 7, 2019 - $866 +107% +181% 10 $87   $19,981 25
Oct 8, 2019 - $516 -40% +32% 10 $52   $20,497 26
Oct 9, 2019 - $806 +56% +244% 10 $81   $21,303 27
Oct 10, 2019 - $1,261 +56% +329% 10 $126   $22,564 28
Oct 11, 2019 - $186 -85% -75% 7 $27   $22,750 29
Oct 12, 2019 - $102 -45% -74% 7 $15   $22,852 30
Oct 13, 2019 - $864 +747% +106% 7 $123   $23,716 31
Oct 14, 2019 - $100 -88% -88% 7 $14   $23,816 32
Oct 15, 2019 - $140 +40% -73% 7 $20   $23,956 33
Oct 16, 2019 - $250 +79% -69% 7 $36   $24,206 34
Oct 17, 2019 - $49 -80% -96% 7 $7   $24,255 35
Oct 18, 2019 - $120 +145% -35% 3 $40   $24,375 36
Oct 19, 2019 - $1,241 +934% +1,117% 3 $414   $25,616 37
Oct 20, 2019 - $264 -79% -69% 3 $88   $25,880 38
Nov 1, 2019 - $100     4 $25   $25,990 50
Nov 2, 2019 - $220 +120%   4 $55   $26,210 51
Nov 3, 2019 - $120 -45%   4 $30   $26,330 52
Nov 4, 2019 - $335 +179%   4 $84   $26,665 53
Nov 5, 2019 - $221 -34%   4 $55   $26,886 54
Nov 6, 2019 - $613 +177%   4 $153   $27,499 55
Nov 15, 2019 - $206     3 $69   $30,254 64
Nov 16, 2019 - $886 +330%   3 $295   $31,140 65
Nov 17, 2019 - $84 -91%   3 $28   $31,224 66
Nov 18, 2019 - $426 +407%   3 $142   $31,650 67
Nov 22, 2019 - $68   -67% 1 $68   $31,718 71
Nov 23, 2019 - $48 -29% -95% 1 $48   $31,766 72
Nov 24, 2019 - $16 -67% -81% 1 $16   $31,782 73
Nov 27, 2019 - $90     1 $90   $31,872 76
Nov 28, 2019 - $40 -56%   1 $40   $31,912 77
Nov 29, 2019 - $30 -25% -56% 1 $30   $31,942 78
Nov 30, 2019 - $42 +40% -13% 1 $42   $31,984 79
Dec 1, 2019 - $32 -24% +100% 1 $32   $32,016 80

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 13, 2019 72 $7,231   3 $2,410   $7,231 1
Sep 20, 2019 66 $8,459 +17% 5 $1,692   $15,690 2
Sep 27, 2019 93 $1,859 -78% 2 $930   $17,549 3
Oct 4, 2019 69 $5,015 +170% 10 $502   $22,564 4
Oct 11, 2019 75 $1,691 -66% 7 $242   $24,255 5
Nov 1, 2019 79 $1,609   11 $146   $30,048 8
Nov 15, 2019 76 $1,602   3 $534   $31,650 10
Nov 22, 2019 86 $262 -84% 1 $262   $31,912 11
Nov 29, 2019 80 $104 -60% 1 $104   $32,016 12

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 31,601-31,700) 31,628 $32,016
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 29,801-29,900) 29,825 $32,016
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 3,901-4,000) 3,927 $32,016
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 27,101-27,200) 27,199 $32,016
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 2,901-3,000) 2,932 $32,016
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 2,601-2,700) 2,622 $32,016
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 4,201-4,300) 4,208 $32,016
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Self Distributed Movies 86 $32,016

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 at a cost. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.