Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (2024)
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| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $58,867 | Details |
| International Box Office | $47,392 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $106,259 | |
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| Further financial details... | ||
Synopsis
Ernest Cole was one of the first Black freelance photographers in South Africa, whose early pictures, shocking at the time of their first publication, revealed to the world Black life under apartheid. Cole fled South Africa in 1966 and lived in exile in the U.S., where he photographed extensively in New York City, as well as the American South, fascinated by the ways this country could be at times so vastly different, and at others eerily similar, to the segregated culture of his homeland. After his death, more than 60,000 of his 35mm film negatives were inexplicably discovered in a bank vault in Stockholm, Sweden. Most considered these forever lost, especially the thousands of pictures Cole shot in the U.S. Telling his own story through his writings, the recollections of those closest to him, and the lens of his uncompromising work, the film is a reintroduction of a pivotal Black artist to a new generation.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $6,072 (10.3% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 9.49 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 55.4% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/8 max. theaters, 4.6 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $61,007 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | November 22nd, 2024 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures |
| International Releases: | December 25th, 2024 (Limited) (France)
January 17th, 2025 (Limited) (Netherlands) March 7th, 2025 (Limited) (United Kingdom) March 28th, 2025 (Limited) (South Africa) April 17th, 2025 (Limited) (Germany) ... Show all releases |
| Video Release: | January 17th, 2025 by Magnolia Home Entertainment |
| MPA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 105 minutes |
| Film festival: | Cannes Film Festival 2024, Toronto International Film Festival 2024 |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Magnolia Pictures, Velvet Films, Arte France Cinema, ARTE France, Canal Plus, Netflix, Centre National du Cinema et de L Image Animee, MK2 |
| Production Countries: | United States, France |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2024 | - | $6,072 | 1 | $6,072 | $6,072 | 1 | |
| Nov 29, 2024 | - | $4,162 | -31% | 4 | $1,041 | $12,916 | 2 |
| Dec 6, 2024 | - | $3,111 | -25% | 7 | $444 | $22,028 | 3 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | - | $6,205 | +99% | 3 | $2,068 | $29,677 | 4 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | - | $1,104 | -82% | 2 | $552 | $35,240 | 5 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | - | $844 | -24% | 3 | $281 | $37,220 | 6 |
| Jan 3, 2025 | - | $750 | -11% | 1 | $750 | $38,078 | 7 |
| Jan 10, 2025 | - | $4,208 | +461% | 4 | $1,052 | $42,286 | 8 |
| Jan 17, 2025 | - | $2,144 | -49% | 6 | $357 | $54,665 | 9 |
| Jan 24, 2025 | - | $888 | -59% | 2 | $444 | $56,742 | 10 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | - | $643 | -28% | 2 | $322 | $57,507 | 11 |
| Feb 7, 2025 | - | $190 | -70% | 2 | $95 | $57,874 | 12 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2024 | 32 | $8,754 | 1 | $8,754 | $8,754 | 1 | |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 32 | $10,163 | +16% | 5 | $2,033 | $18,917 | 2 |
| Dec 6, 2024 | 47 | $4,555 | -55% | 7 | $651 | $23,472 | 3 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | 34 | $10,664 | +134% | 5 | $2,133 | $34,136 | 4 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | 51 | $2,240 | -79% | 2 | $1,120 | $36,376 | 5 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 54 | $952 | -58% | 3 | $317 | $37,328 | 6 |
| Jan 3, 2025 | 55 | $750 | -21% | 1 | $750 | $38,078 | 7 |
| Jan 10, 2025 | 40 | $14,443 | +1,826% | 8 | $1,805 | $52,521 | 8 |
| Jan 17, 2025 | 52 | $3,333 | -77% | 6 | $556 | $55,854 | 9 |
| Jan 24, 2025 | 55 | $1,010 | -70% | 2 | $505 | $56,864 | 10 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 65 | $820 | -19% | 2 | $410 | $57,684 | 11 |
| Feb 7, 2025 | 67 | $1,183 | +44% | 4 | $296 | $58,867 | 12 |
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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1/17/2025 | $16,474 | 38 | 38 | 38 | $19,446 | 1/21/2025 | |||
| Portugal | 9/25/2025 | $4,194 | 13 | 13 | 18 | $6,364 | 4/4/2026 | |||
| United Kingdom | 3/7/2025 | $21,582 | 28 | 28 | 28 | $21,582 | 4/4/2026 | |||
| International Total | $47,392 | 4/4/2026 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Documentary Subject
| Ernest Cole | Himself |
Narrator
| Lakeith Lee Stanfield | Narrator |
Production and Technical Credits
| Raoul Peck | Director | |
| Ernest Cole | Screenwriter | |
| Raoul Peck | Screenwriter | |
| Raoul Peck | Producer | |
| Tamara Rosenberg | Producer | |
| Laurence Lascary | Supervising Producer (France) | |
| Alexandra Strauss | Editor | |
| Marie Pascaud | Supervising Film Editor | |
| Wolfgang Held | Director of Photography | |
| Moses Tau | Director of Photography | |
| Stephane Thiebaut | Sound Mixer | |
| Aymerick Devoldere | Sound Editor | |
| Alexei Aigui | Composer | |
| Marie-Hélène Barberis | Archival Producer |
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
Ernest Cole was one of the first Black freelance photographers in South Africa, whose early pictures, shocking at the time of their first publication, revealed to the world Black life under apartheid. Cole fled South Africa in 1966 and lived in exile in the U.S., where he photographed extensively in New York City, as well as the American South, fascinated by the ways this country could be at times so vastly different, and at others eerily similar, to the segregated culture of his homeland. After his death, more than 60,000 of his 35mm film negatives were inexplicably discovered in a bank vault in Stockholm, Sweden. Most considered these forever lost, especially the thousands of pictures Cole shot in the U.S. Telling his own story through his writings, the recollections of those closest to him, and the lens of his uncompromising work, the film is a reintroduction of a pivotal Black artist to a new generation.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $6,072 (10.3% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 9.49 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 55.4% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/8 max. theaters, 4.6 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $61,007 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | November 22nd, 2024 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures |
| International Releases: | December 25th, 2024 (Limited) (France)
January 17th, 2025 (Limited) (Netherlands) March 7th, 2025 (Limited) (United Kingdom) March 28th, 2025 (Limited) (South Africa) April 17th, 2025 (Limited) (Germany) ... Show all releases |
| Video Release: | January 17th, 2025 by Magnolia Home Entertainment |
| MPA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 105 minutes |
| Film festival: | Cannes Film Festival 2024, Toronto International Film Festival 2024 |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Magnolia Pictures, Velvet Films, Arte France Cinema, ARTE France, Canal Plus, Netflix, Centre National du Cinema et de L Image Animee, MK2 |
| Production Countries: | United States, France |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2024 | - | $6,072 | 1 | $6,072 | $6,072 | 1 | |
| Nov 29, 2024 | - | $4,162 | -31% | 4 | $1,041 | $12,916 | 2 |
| Dec 6, 2024 | - | $3,111 | -25% | 7 | $444 | $22,028 | 3 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | - | $6,205 | +99% | 3 | $2,068 | $29,677 | 4 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | - | $1,104 | -82% | 2 | $552 | $35,240 | 5 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | - | $844 | -24% | 3 | $281 | $37,220 | 6 |
| Jan 3, 2025 | - | $750 | -11% | 1 | $750 | $38,078 | 7 |
| Jan 10, 2025 | - | $4,208 | +461% | 4 | $1,052 | $42,286 | 8 |
| Jan 17, 2025 | - | $2,144 | -49% | 6 | $357 | $54,665 | 9 |
| Jan 24, 2025 | - | $888 | -59% | 2 | $444 | $56,742 | 10 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | - | $643 | -28% | 2 | $322 | $57,507 | 11 |
| Feb 7, 2025 | - | $190 | -70% | 2 | $95 | $57,874 | 12 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2024 | 32 | $8,754 | 1 | $8,754 | $8,754 | 1 | |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 32 | $10,163 | +16% | 5 | $2,033 | $18,917 | 2 |
| Dec 6, 2024 | 47 | $4,555 | -55% | 7 | $651 | $23,472 | 3 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | 34 | $10,664 | +134% | 5 | $2,133 | $34,136 | 4 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | 51 | $2,240 | -79% | 2 | $1,120 | $36,376 | 5 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 54 | $952 | -58% | 3 | $317 | $37,328 | 6 |
| Jan 3, 2025 | 55 | $750 | -21% | 1 | $750 | $38,078 | 7 |
| Jan 10, 2025 | 40 | $14,443 | +1,826% | 8 | $1,805 | $52,521 | 8 |
| Jan 17, 2025 | 52 | $3,333 | -77% | 6 | $556 | $55,854 | 9 |
| Jan 24, 2025 | 55 | $1,010 | -70% | 2 | $505 | $56,864 | 10 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 65 | $820 | -19% | 2 | $410 | $57,684 | 11 |
| Feb 7, 2025 | 67 | $1,183 | +44% | 4 | $296 | $58,867 | 12 |
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 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1/17/2025 | $16,474 | 38 | 38 | 38 | $19,446 | 1/21/2025 | |||
| Portugal | 9/25/2025 | $4,194 | 13 | 13 | 18 | $6,364 | 4/4/2026 | |||
| United Kingdom | 3/7/2025 | $21,582 | 28 | 28 | 28 | $21,582 | 4/4/2026 | |||
| International Total | $47,392 | 4/4/2026 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Documentary Subject
| Ernest Cole | Himself |
Narrator
| Lakeith Lee Stanfield | Narrator |
Production and Technical Credits
| Raoul Peck | Director | |
| Ernest Cole | Screenwriter | |
| Raoul Peck | Screenwriter | |
| Raoul Peck | Producer | |
| Tamara Rosenberg | Producer | |
| Laurence Lascary | Supervising Producer (France) | |
| Alexandra Strauss | Editor | |
| Marie Pascaud | Supervising Film Editor | |
| Wolfgang Held | Director of Photography | |
| Moses Tau | Director of Photography | |
| Stephane Thiebaut | Sound Mixer | |
| Aymerick Devoldere | Sound Editor | |
| Alexei Aigui | Composer | |
| Marie-Hélène Barberis | Archival Producer |
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.