Australia Box Office for Escape From Planet Earth (2013)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Australia Box Office $2,774,081Details
Worldwide Box Office $74,156,610Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $6,102,340 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $5,417,225 Details
Total North America Video Sales $11,519,565
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Synopsis

On planet Baab, admired astronaut Scorch Supernova is a national hero to the blue alien population. A master of daring rescues, Scorch pulls off astonishing feats with the quiet aid of his nerdy, by-the-rules brother, Gary, head of mission control at BASA. When BASA's no-nonsence chief Lena informs the brothers of a SOS from a notoriously dangerous planet, Scorch rejects Gary's warnings and bounds off for yet another exciting mission. But when Scorch finds himself caught in a fiendish trap set by the evil Shanker, it's up to scrawny, risk-averse Gary to do the real rescuing. As the interplanetary stakes rise to new heights, Gary is left to save his brother, his planet, his beloved wife Kira and their adventure-hungry son Kip.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$40,000,000
Australia Releases: March 28th, 2013 (Wide)
Video Release: June 3rd, 2013 by Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for action and some mild crude humor.
(Rating bulletin 2256, 1/26/2013)
Running Time: 89 minutes
Keywords: Friendly Alien on Earth, Rescue, Sibling Rivalry, Escape, Conspiracy Theory, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Family Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Digital Animation
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Weinstein Company, CRF Productions, Rainmaker Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Blu-ray Sales: New Releases Have a Good Day on Blu-ray

July 3rd, 2013

The top five of the Blu-ray sales chart this week were nearly all new releases, including the first place Blu-ray, A Good Day Die Hard. This film sold 316,000 units and generated $5.86 million for an opening week Blu-ray share of 58%. That's an excellent Blu-ray share, but the film missed expectations pretty much everywhere else. Meanwhile, the Legacy Box Set placed eighth with 17,000 units / $667,000. More...

DVD Sales: Thief Steals Top Spot

July 3rd, 2013

New releases grabbed the top six spots on the DVD sales chart this week, but mainly due to a lack of competition, as there were no monster hits. These new releases were led by Identity Thief with 362,000 units / $6.25 million. It performed surprisingly well in theaters, so this result is pure gravy. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for June 4th, 2013

June 4th, 2013

It's a typical summer week on the home market with a good mix of first run releases and some summer TV shows coming out on DVD and Blu-ray. There are certainly some releases that are worth picking up, but nothing that will set sell records. Overall, it is solid, but unspectacular. There were a few contenders for Pick of the Week. Breaking Bad: Season Five on DVD or Blu-ray, but it is a split-season release and I'm not happy with the price-per-minute. By comparons, The Newsroom: Season One, which comes out next week, is nearly twice as long but only 25% more money. Brooklyn Castle is another contender; however, while its DVD is certainly worth picking up, I'm not sure it will have wide enough appeal. In the end, I went with Warm Bodies. It may seem like a strange choice, but it is still one of the best wide releases of the year and the DVD and the Blu-ray are loaded with extras. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Oz Be Great or Just Good?

March 7th, 2013

There are two wide releases opening this week, but their relative box office potentials could hardly be more different. Oz the Great and Powerful is opening in nearly 4,000 theaters and could make more than the rest of the box office combined. Dead Man Down, on the other hand, is opening in barely more than 2,000 theaters and on the low end of expectations, might not make the top five. The main competition for Oz is The Lorax, which opened last year with just over $70 million, while it made close to $40 million this weekend last year. If Oz fails to match that lower number, then the box office is in world of trouble. Let's be honest, the box office is already in a world of trouble, but if Oz bombs, then it is as good as dead. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will There Be Any Giants at the Box Office?

March 1st, 2013

There are four wide releases this week, but only one of them, Jack the Giant Slayer, has a real shot at first place. I think 21 and Over and The Last Exorcism Part II should be in a close race for second place, but not everyone agrees. As for Phantom, most think it won't even reach the top ten. As for this weekend last year, The Lorax led the way with just over $70 million. There's no real chance any film will earn that much this weekend. In fact, there's a small chance Jack the Giant Slayer won't match Project X's opening of $21 million. It's going to be a bad weekend at the box office. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Oscars Steal the Spotlight

February 25th, 2013

The Oscars proved to be too much competition for the new releases as neither Snitch nor Dark Skies were able to find much success. Indeed, it was Identity Thief that rose to top spot in its third week of release. Most films in the top five were able to at least match expectations, but the overall box office still plummeted 27% from last weekend to just $103 million. The comparison to last year was not quite as bad, but it was still down by a stunning 23%. Ouch. 2013 is now behind 2012 by a full $100 million or 6.7% at $1.41 billion to $1.51 billion. More...

Weekend Predictions: Dark Skies for New Releases

February 21st, 2013

There are just two wide releases coming out this week, Snitch and Dark Skies. Most analysts think Snitch is the stronger of the two films, but most also think Identity Thief will return to top spot. Looking at all of the evidence, it certainly seems that way. Unless one of the new releases is a truly big surprise, it looks like we won't keep pace with last year again this weekend. 2013 needed to get off to a really fast start, because there's no film that's going to match The Hunger Games, and once we are dealing with that film in the year-over-year comparison, 2013 might be sunk for good. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Death of a Franchise

February 20th, 2013

The Valentine's Day / President's Day five-day weekend wasn't as lucrative as many had hoped, at least not at the top, which is really bad news for a year that is not off to a great start. A Good Day to Die Hard won the race, but barely, with Identity Thief coming in a very close second over the weekend. Other new releases, like Safe Haven and Escape From Planet Earth did better than expected, while Beautiful Creatures crashed. The overall box office did rise by 36% to $141 million over the three-day period, but the holiday explains that growth. Compare to last year, 2013 actually failed to match last President's Day by 9.3% over the three-day period and with $168 million including Monday, missed the four-day period by 13%. Year-to-date, 2013 is behind 2012 by 6.7% at $1.28 billion to $1.37 billion. I am officially concerned. More...

Weekend Predictions: All the Presidents' Valentines

February 14th, 2013

It's Valentine's Day today, while Monday is President's Day, so the box office has an unofficial five-day weekend. There's not much of a mystery regarding which of the four wide releases will top the chart this weekend, as nearly everyone expects A Good Day to Die Hard will come out on top. Maybe Safe Haven will earn first place tonight, but very few expect that will last after Valentine's day. Despite earning better than expected reviews, Beautiful Creatures isn't expected to compete for the top spot, or even second place. So far there are no reviews for Escape From Planet Earth and it might be stuck in fifth place. Because of a misalignment in Valentine's Day, we should do better this weekend compared to the same weekend last year, which is good news, as 2013 is in a mini-slump. More...

Contest: Yippee-ki-yay!

February 8th, 2013

Valentine's Day is next week, to be more specific, it is on Thursday. Going to the movies is such an iconic date, it makes sense romantic movies like Safe Haven and Beautiful Creatures are opening that day. I'm not even surprised a family film like Escape From Planet Earth is opening, because it gives families something to do. I'm a little more concerned about A Good Day to Die Hard. While it is the odd one out, it still should win the weekend box office race and it is the target film for this week's box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for A Good Day to Die Hard. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Bonanza: Season Five on DVD. Meanwhile, whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will win a copy of Gunsmoke: Season Seven, Volume Two on DVD. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2013 Preview: February

February 1st, 2013

For the most part, January was a really good month and 2013 got off to a really good start. I'm not so sure about February, on the other hand. There's only one film that has a statistically significant shot at $100 million, A Good Day to Die Hard, but I'm a little concerned that it won't live up to expectations. The franchise has been around a long time and it is possible that the target audience has either moved on or are too young to remember when these films were huge at the box office. The film I'm most looking forward to seeing is Warm Bodies, which is earning amazing early reviews (the keyword there is "early"), but it is too high-concept to be a major hit. Last February, there were a couple of films that topped $100 million, plus a few other midlevel hits. I would like to think that would also be the case this year, but I have to be more cautious than that. The evidence points to a weak month ahead, for the most part. 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
2013/03/29 11 $107,865   107 $1,008   $107,865 1
2013/04/05 8 $226,578 +110% 110 $2,060   $524,691 2
2013/04/12 7 $421,500 +86% 205 $2,056   $1,210,915 3
2013/04/19 8 $465,464 +10% 217 $2,145   $1,990,063 4
2013/04/26 7 $379,616 -18% 199 $1,908   $2,774,081 5

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/28/2013 $107,865 107 217 838 $2,774,081 12/14/2015
Austria 5/29/2014 $0 0 59 190 $168,465 12/17/2015
Chile 4/18/2013 $101,055 43 43 80 $154,877 12/30/2018
Colombia 4/19/2013 $234,879 109 109 197 $374,599 12/30/2018
Estonia 4/5/2013 $13,778 5 5 18 $43,254 12/14/2015
Germany 5/29/2014 $0 0 251 700 $543,749 9/26/2018
Iceland 3/1/2013 $13,492 5 5 37 $53,801 12/30/2018
Italy 4/29/2016 $251,110 0 33 33 $341,546 11/13/2018
Lebanon 10/31/2013 $0 0 1 1 $36,124 12/30/2018
Lithuania 4/19/2013 $17,049 19 22 41 $37,749 12/14/2015
Mexico 4/12/2013 $775,616 502 502 1284 $1,780,371 12/14/2015
New Zealand 4/18/2013 $66,917 45 45 45 $74,482 12/14/2015
North America 2/15/2013 $15,891,055 3,288 3,353 20,610 $57,012,977 1/16/2015
Peru 4/18/2013 $184,475 107 107 185 $276,019 12/30/2018
Russia (CIS) 2/28/2013 $1,224,555 720 720 1633 $2,452,489 12/30/2018
South Africa 4/19/2013 $123,038 95 95 190 $247,192 12/14/2015
Ukraine 2/28/2013 $121,441 74 74 172 $200,980 12/30/2018
Venezuela 4/12/2013 $250,851 68 68 155 $750,498 12/14/2015
 
Rest of World $6,833,357
 
Worldwide Total$74,156,610 12/30/2018

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Lead Ensemble Members

Brendan Fraser    Scorch Supernova
Sarah Jessica Parker    Kira Supernova
Jessica Alba    Lena
Jane Lynch    Io
Craig Robinson    Doc
William Shatner    Shanker
George Lopez    Thurman
Rob Corddry    Gary Supernova
Sofia Vergara    Gabby Babblebrook

Supporting Cast

Bob Bergen    3D Movie Guy

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

Production and Technical Credits

Cal Brunker    Director
Bob Barlen    Screenwriter
Cal Brunker    Screenwriter
Cory Edwards    Story Creator
Tony Leech    Story Creator
Catherine Winder    Producer
Luke Carroll    Producer
Brian Inerfeld    Producer
Bob Weinstein    Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein    Executive Producer
Marvin Peart    Executive Producer
Tony Leech    Executive Producer
Radenko Milakovic    Executive Producer
George Tsvetanski    Co-Executive Producer
Ivan Bajic    Co-Executive Producer
Phillip Glasser    Co-Executive Producer
Jinko Gotoh    Co-Executive Producer
Matthew A. Ward    Cinematographer
Matthew Landon    Editor
Scott Winlaw    Editor
Aaron Zigman    Composer
Barry Jackson    Production Designer
Adam Wood    Animation Director
Matthias Lechner    Art Director
Dave Patterson    Sound Mixer
Rodney Shealey    Associate Producer

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