The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $1,477,002 | Details |
| International Box Office | $802,957 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $2,279,959 | |
| OpusData ID: 220060100 More info... | ||
| Further financial details... | ||
Synopsis
Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mother’s boyfriend, “the handsomest man in the world,” Monroe Rutherford. Set in 1976 San Francisco, the film begins at the crossroads of the fading hippie movement and the dawn of punk rock. News commentary of the Patty Hearst trial echoes in the background, as Minnie’s young eyes soak in a drug-laden city in transition—where teenage rebellion and adult responsibility clash in characters lost and longing. Minnie’s hard-partying mother and absent father have left her rudderless. She first finds solace in Monroe’s seductive smile, and then on the backstreets of the city by the bay. Minnie emerges defiant—taking command of her sexuality and drawing on her newfound creative talents to reveal truths in the kind of intimate and vivid detail that can only be found in the pages of a teenage girl's diary.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $52,334 (3.5% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 3.76 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 64.8% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Production Budget: | $2,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.1 times production budget) |
| Theater counts: | 4 opening theaters/795 max. theaters, 1.6 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $2,095,488 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | August 7th, 2015 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics |
| International Releases: | August 7th, 2015 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
September 24th, 2015 (Limited), released as Diary of a Teenage Girl (Australia) October 21st, 2015 (Wide) (Belgium) October 23rd, 2015 (Wide) (South Africa) November 19th, 2015 (Wide) (Germany) ... Show all releases |
| Video Release: | January 5th, 2016 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPA Rating: | R for strong sexual content including dialogue, graphic nudity, drug use, language and
drinking - all involving teens. (Rating bulletin 2375, 5/27/2015) |
| Running Time: | 101 minutes |
| Cast, crew, or production detail: | Actors Making Their Directorial Debut, Animated Sequences, Autobiographical, Voiceover/Narration |
| Film festival: | Sundance Film Festival 2015 |
| Geographical setting: | San Francisco |
| Plot point: | Artists, Coming of Age, Dysfunctional Family, Hallucinations, Infidelity, LGBTQ+, Loss Of Virginity, Love Triangle, Narcotics, Non-Chronological, Relationships Gone Wrong, Sex Crimes, Sexual Awakening |
| Subgenre: | Comedy Drama |
| Time period setting: | 1970s |
| Source: | Based on Comic/Graphic Novel |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Caviar, Cold Iron Pictures, Archer Gray Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2015 | 37 | $52,334 | 4 | $13,084 | $52,334 | 1 | |
| Aug 14, 2015 | 34 | $107,052 | +105% | 22 | $4,866 | $189,446 | 2 |
| Aug 21, 2015 | 31 | $170,821 | +60% | 69 | $2,476 | $330,207 | 3 |
| Aug 28, 2015 | 24 | $393,153 | +130% | 795 | $495 | $723,360 | 4 |
| Sep 4, 2015 | 38 | $152,320 | -61% | 255 | $597 | $1,235,668 | 5 |
| Sep 11, 2015 | 49 | $55,184 | -64% | 69 | $800 | $1,388,790 | 6 |
| Sep 18, 2015 | 64 | $24,402 | -56% | 25 | $976 | $1,433,459 | 7 |
| Sep 25, 2015 | 69 | $11,983 | -51% | 25 | $479 | $1,453,254 | 8 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | 84 | $5,885 | -51% | 8 | $736 | $1,464,284 | 9 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | 77 | $5,046 | -14% | 11 | $459 | $1,471,799 | 10 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | 83 | $1,890 | -63% | 7 | $270 | $1,475,910 | 11 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | 98 | $229 | -88% | 1 | $229 | $1,477,002 | 12 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2015 | 38 | $82,394 | 4 | $20,599 | $82,394 | 1 | |
| Aug 14, 2015 | 34 | $162,277 | +97% | 22 | $7,376 | $244,671 | 2 |
| Aug 21, 2015 | 31 | $255,410 | +57% | 69 | $3,702 | $500,081 | 3 |
| Aug 28, 2015 | 25 | $583,267 | +128% | 795 | $734 | $1,083,348 | 4 |
| Sep 4, 2015 | 36 | $250,258 | -57% | 255 | $981 | $1,333,606 | 5 |
| Sep 11, 2015 | 49 | $75,451 | -70% | 69 | $1,093 | $1,409,057 | 6 |
| Sep 18, 2015 | 65 | $32,214 | -57% | 25 | $1,289 | $1,441,271 | 7 |
| Sep 25, 2015 | 70 | $17,128 | -47% | 18 | $952 | $1,458,399 | 8 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | 86 | $8,354 | -51% | 8 | $1,044 | $1,466,753 | 9 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | 76 | $7,267 | -13% | 11 | $661 | $1,474,020 | 10 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | 94 | $2,753 | -62% | 7 | $393 | $1,476,773 | 11 |
Top International Territories
Box Office Summary Per Territory
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens/Theaters |
Maximum Screens/Theaters |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 9/24/2015 | $14,490 | 10 | 10 | 40 | $78,203 | 12/16/2015 | |||
| Belgium | 10/21/2015 | $0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | $24,465 | 11/17/2015 | |||
| Germany | 11/19/2015 | $5,189 | 100 | 100 | 128 | $61,306 | 6/9/2016 | |||
| Mexico | 12/17/2015 | $1,260 | 2 | 2 | 4 | $2,985 | 12/29/2015 | |||
| Peru | 1/7/2016 | $865 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $865 | 12/31/2018 | |||
| Poland | 4/15/2016 | $959 | 5 | 5 | 5 | $959 | 12/31/2018 | |||
| Portugal | 3/24/2016 | $4,437 | 10 | 10 | 22 | $10,462 | 6/9/2016 | |||
| South Africa | 10/23/2015 | $2,032 | 5 | 5 | 15 | $8,548 | 11/17/2015 | |||
| Spain | 11/27/2015 | $7,302 | 12 | 12 | 20 | $17,942 | 12/29/2015 | |||
| Sweden | 12/4/2015 | $11,833 | 24 | 24 | 54 | $39,922 | 9/5/2016 | |||
| United Kingdom | 8/7/2015 | $125,576 | 80 | 80 | 165 | $443,733 | 10/13/2015 | |||
| Rest of World | $113,567 | |||||||||
| International Total | $802,957 | 12/31/2018 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Leading
| Bel Powley | Minnie Goetze | |
| Alexander Skarsgård | Monroe |
Supporting
| Christopher Meloni | Pascal |
Leading
| Kristen Wiig | Charlotte Goetze |
Supporting
| Margarita Levieva | Tabatha | |
| Austin Lyon | Ricky | |
| Miranda Bailey | Andrea | |
| Giovanni Miller | High School Classmate | |
| Samantha Hyde | High School Student | |
| Natalie Stephany Aguilar | Classmate / School Girl | |
| Drew Benda | Dive Bar Patron | |
| Davy Clements | Arnie | |
| Robert Cure | Bartender | |
| Charles Lewis III | Cool English Teacher | |
| Carole Morey | Student | |
| Alex Szoenyi | Comic Book Store Patron | |
| Shruti Tewari | Charlotte's Friend | |
| Tuesday Thomas | Prostitutie | |
| Mike Whitaker | Bar Patron | |
| Steven Wiig | Streetcar Rider | |
| Yvonne Zarathustra | Bar Patron | |
| Madeleine Waters | Kimmie |
Production and Technical Credits
| Marielle Heller | Director | |
| Marielle Heller | Screenwriter | |
| Phoebe Gloekner | Based on the graphic novel by | |
| Anne Carey | Producer | |
| Bert Hamelinck | Producer | |
| Madeline Samit | Producer | |
| Miranda Bailey | Producer | |
| Michael Sagol | Executive Producer | |
| Amanda Marshall | Executive Producer | |
| Jorma Taccone | Executive Producer | |
| Amy Nauiokas | Executive Producer | |
| Debbie Brubaker | Co-Producer | |
| Brandon Trost | Director of Photography | |
| Jonah Markowitz | Production Designer | |
| Marie-Helene Dozo | Editor | |
| Koen Timmerman | Editor | |
| Carmen Grande | Costume Designer | |
| Sara Gunnarsdottir | Animation | |
| Nate Heller | Composer | |
| Howard Paar | Music Supervisor | |
| Nina Henninger | Casting Director |
Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.
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.
Synopsis
Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mother’s boyfriend, “the handsomest man in the world,” Monroe Rutherford. Set in 1976 San Francisco, the film begins at the crossroads of the fading hippie movement and the dawn of punk rock. News commentary of the Patty Hearst trial echoes in the background, as Minnie’s young eyes soak in a drug-laden city in transition—where teenage rebellion and adult responsibility clash in characters lost and longing. Minnie’s hard-partying mother and absent father have left her rudderless. She first finds solace in Monroe’s seductive smile, and then on the backstreets of the city by the bay. Minnie emerges defiant—taking command of her sexuality and drawing on her newfound creative talents to reveal truths in the kind of intimate and vivid detail that can only be found in the pages of a teenage girl's diary.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $52,334 (3.5% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 3.76 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 64.8% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Production Budget: | $2,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.1 times production budget) |
| Theater counts: | 4 opening theaters/795 max. theaters, 1.6 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $2,095,488 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | August 7th, 2015 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics |
| International Releases: | August 7th, 2015 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
September 24th, 2015 (Limited), released as Diary of a Teenage Girl (Australia) October 21st, 2015 (Wide) (Belgium) October 23rd, 2015 (Wide) (South Africa) November 19th, 2015 (Wide) (Germany) ... Show all releases |
| Video Release: | January 5th, 2016 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPA Rating: | R for strong sexual content including dialogue, graphic nudity, drug use, language and
drinking - all involving teens. (Rating bulletin 2375, 5/27/2015) |
| Running Time: | 101 minutes |
| Cast, crew, or production detail: | Actors Making Their Directorial Debut, Animated Sequences, Autobiographical, Voiceover/Narration |
| Film festival: | Sundance Film Festival 2015 |
| Geographical setting: | San Francisco |
| Plot point: | Artists, Coming of Age, Dysfunctional Family, Hallucinations, Infidelity, LGBTQ+, Loss Of Virginity, Love Triangle, Narcotics, Non-Chronological, Relationships Gone Wrong, Sex Crimes, Sexual Awakening |
| Subgenre: | Comedy Drama |
| Time period setting: | 1970s |
| Source: | Based on Comic/Graphic Novel |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Caviar, Cold Iron Pictures, Archer Gray Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2015 | 37 | $52,334 | 4 | $13,084 | $52,334 | 1 | |
| Aug 14, 2015 | 34 | $107,052 | +105% | 22 | $4,866 | $189,446 | 2 |
| Aug 21, 2015 | 31 | $170,821 | +60% | 69 | $2,476 | $330,207 | 3 |
| Aug 28, 2015 | 24 | $393,153 | +130% | 795 | $495 | $723,360 | 4 |
| Sep 4, 2015 | 38 | $152,320 | -61% | 255 | $597 | $1,235,668 | 5 |
| Sep 11, 2015 | 49 | $55,184 | -64% | 69 | $800 | $1,388,790 | 6 |
| Sep 18, 2015 | 64 | $24,402 | -56% | 25 | $976 | $1,433,459 | 7 |
| Sep 25, 2015 | 69 | $11,983 | -51% | 25 | $479 | $1,453,254 | 8 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | 84 | $5,885 | -51% | 8 | $736 | $1,464,284 | 9 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | 77 | $5,046 | -14% | 11 | $459 | $1,471,799 | 10 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | 83 | $1,890 | -63% | 7 | $270 | $1,475,910 | 11 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | 98 | $229 | -88% | 1 | $229 | $1,477,002 | 12 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2015 | 38 | $82,394 | 4 | $20,599 | $82,394 | 1 | |
| Aug 14, 2015 | 34 | $162,277 | +97% | 22 | $7,376 | $244,671 | 2 |
| Aug 21, 2015 | 31 | $255,410 | +57% | 69 | $3,702 | $500,081 | 3 |
| Aug 28, 2015 | 25 | $583,267 | +128% | 795 | $734 | $1,083,348 | 4 |
| Sep 4, 2015 | 36 | $250,258 | -57% | 255 | $981 | $1,333,606 | 5 |
| Sep 11, 2015 | 49 | $75,451 | -70% | 69 | $1,093 | $1,409,057 | 6 |
| Sep 18, 2015 | 65 | $32,214 | -57% | 25 | $1,289 | $1,441,271 | 7 |
| Sep 25, 2015 | 70 | $17,128 | -47% | 18 | $952 | $1,458,399 | 8 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | 86 | $8,354 | -51% | 8 | $1,044 | $1,466,753 | 9 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | 76 | $7,267 | -13% | 11 | $661 | $1,474,020 | 10 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | 94 | $2,753 | -62% | 7 | $393 | $1,476,773 | 11 |
Top International Territories
Box Office Summary Per Territory
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens/Theaters |
Maximum Screens/Theaters |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 9/24/2015 | $14,490 | 10 | 10 | 40 | $78,203 | 12/16/2015 | |||
| Belgium | 10/21/2015 | $0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | $24,465 | 11/17/2015 | |||
| Germany | 11/19/2015 | $5,189 | 100 | 100 | 128 | $61,306 | 6/9/2016 | |||
| Mexico | 12/17/2015 | $1,260 | 2 | 2 | 4 | $2,985 | 12/29/2015 | |||
| Peru | 1/7/2016 | $865 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $865 | 12/31/2018 | |||
| Poland | 4/15/2016 | $959 | 5 | 5 | 5 | $959 | 12/31/2018 | |||
| Portugal | 3/24/2016 | $4,437 | 10 | 10 | 22 | $10,462 | 6/9/2016 | |||
| South Africa | 10/23/2015 | $2,032 | 5 | 5 | 15 | $8,548 | 11/17/2015 | |||
| Spain | 11/27/2015 | $7,302 | 12 | 12 | 20 | $17,942 | 12/29/2015 | |||
| Sweden | 12/4/2015 | $11,833 | 24 | 24 | 54 | $39,922 | 9/5/2016 | |||
| United Kingdom | 8/7/2015 | $125,576 | 80 | 80 | 165 | $443,733 | 10/13/2015 | |||
| Rest of World | $113,567 | |||||||||
| International Total | $802,957 | 12/31/2018 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Leading
| Bel Powley | Minnie Goetze | |
| Alexander Skarsgård | Monroe |
Supporting
| Christopher Meloni | Pascal |
Leading
| Kristen Wiig | Charlotte Goetze |
Supporting
| Margarita Levieva | Tabatha | |
| Austin Lyon | Ricky | |
| Miranda Bailey | Andrea | |
| Giovanni Miller | High School Classmate | |
| Samantha Hyde | High School Student | |
| Natalie Stephany Aguilar | Classmate / School Girl | |
| Drew Benda | Dive Bar Patron | |
| Davy Clements | Arnie | |
| Robert Cure | Bartender | |
| Charles Lewis III | Cool English Teacher | |
| Carole Morey | Student | |
| Alex Szoenyi | Comic Book Store Patron | |
| Shruti Tewari | Charlotte's Friend | |
| Tuesday Thomas | Prostitutie | |
| Mike Whitaker | Bar Patron | |
| Steven Wiig | Streetcar Rider | |
| Yvonne Zarathustra | Bar Patron | |
| Madeleine Waters | Kimmie |
Production and Technical Credits
| Marielle Heller | Director | |
| Marielle Heller | Screenwriter | |
| Phoebe Gloekner | Based on the graphic novel by | |
| Anne Carey | Producer | |
| Bert Hamelinck | Producer | |
| Madeline Samit | Producer | |
| Miranda Bailey | Producer | |
| Michael Sagol | Executive Producer | |
| Amanda Marshall | Executive Producer | |
| Jorma Taccone | Executive Producer | |
| Amy Nauiokas | Executive Producer | |
| Debbie Brubaker | Co-Producer | |
| Brandon Trost | Director of Photography | |
| Jonah Markowitz | Production Designer | |
| Marie-Helene Dozo | Editor | |
| Koen Timmerman | Editor | |
| Carmen Grande | Costume Designer | |
| Sara Gunnarsdottir | Animation | |
| Nate Heller | Composer | |
| Howard Paar | Music Supervisor | |
| Nina Henninger | Casting Director |
Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.
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.