New Zealand Box Office for Finest Hours, The (2016)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $210,353Details
Worldwide Box Office $49,252,761Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $3,248,467 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $1,965,268 Details
Total North America Video Sales $5,213,735
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Synopsis

On February 18, 1952, a massive nor’easter struck New England, pummeling towns along the Eastern seaboard and wreaking havoc on the ships caught in its deadly path, including the SS Pendleton, a T-2 oil tanker bound for Boston, which was literally ripped in half, trapping more than 30 sailors inside its rapidly-sinking stern. As the senior officer on board, first assistant engineer Ray Sybert soon realizes it is up to him to take charge of the frightened crew and inspire the men to set aside their differences and work together to ride out one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast. Meanwhile, as word of the disaster reaches the U.S. Coast Guard station in Chatham, Massachusetts, Warrant Officer Daniel Cluff orders a daring operation to rescue the stranded men. Despite overwhelming odds, four men, led by Coast Guard Captain Bernie Webber, set out in a wooden lifeboat with an ill-equipped engine and little, if any, means of navigation, facing frigid temperatures, 60-foot high waves and hurricane-force winds.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$70,000,000
New Zealand Releases: February 5th, 2016 (Wide), released as Finest Hours, The
Video Release: May 24th, 2016 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for intense sequences of peril.
(Rating bulletin 2401 (Cert #50087), 11/25/2015)
Running Time: 116 minutes
Keywords: Extreme Weather, On a Boat, Disaster, Rescue, Ensemble, 1950s, 3-D, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR, Action Thriller
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Whitaker Entertainment, Red Hawk Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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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
2016/02/05 5 $92,125   89 $1,035   $92,125 1
2016/02/12 9 $39,191 -57% 59 $664   $170,862 2
2016/02/19 17 $11,601 -70% 49 $237   $199,129 3
2016/02/26 34 $1,849 -84% 12 $154   $206,043 4
2016/03/04 38 $876 -53% 4 $219   $208,931 5
2016/03/11 46 $224 -74% 2 $112   $209,322 6
2016/03/18 44 $617 +175% 2 $309   $209,982 7
2016/03/25 43 $189 -69% 3 $63   $210,302 8
2016/04/01 48 $28 -85% 1 $28   $210,353 9

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 3/3/2016 $188,852 63 63 121 $353,534 4/12/2016
Australia 3/4/2016 $176,610 183 183 317 $363,584 6/9/2016
Belgium 1/27/2016 $55,759 82 82 82 $55,759 6/9/2016
Bolivia 1/28/2016 $44,634 12 14 33 $111,022 12/31/2018
Brazil 2/18/2016 $253,253 171 171 244 $384,305 6/9/2016
Bulgaria 2/5/2016 $37,064 42 42 121 $101,092 2/26/2019
Cambodia 1/28/2016 $18,760 10 10 10 $22,962 12/31/2018
Central America 3/3/2016 $0 0 4 5 $270,169 3/29/2016
Chile 3/3/2016 $115,071 69 69 76 $160,910 12/31/2018
Colombia 1/28/2016 $197,824 212 212 267 $304,987 12/31/2018
Czech Republic 1/28/2016 $24,234 64 64 64 $24,234 12/31/2018
Ecuador 2/5/2016 $0 0 79 160 $554,575 12/31/2018
Egypt 2/3/2016 $24,467 1 1 2 $55,709 12/31/2018
France 2/24/2016 $298,285 202 202 202 $300,577 6/9/2016
Germany 3/31/2016 $32,296 57 57 57 $32,296 6/9/2016
Greece 3/17/2016 $38,912 18 18 33 $84,824 6/9/2016
Hong Kong 2/25/2016 $620,348 54 54 134 $1,196,108 6/9/2016
India 2/5/2016 $0 0 20 20 $293,008 6/9/2016
Indonesia 1/29/2016 $728,174 292 292 319 $1,611,331 12/31/2018
Iraq 2/4/2016 $14,053 6 6 13 $36,024 12/31/2018
Israel 1/28/2016 $68,364 47 47 82 $96,757 12/31/2018
Italy 3/31/2016 $26,297 15 15 15 $26,297 6/9/2016
Japan 2/27/2016 $876,030 407 407 810 $2,221,112 6/9/2016
Kenya 2/5/2016 $0 0 18 18 $21,827 12/31/2018
Kuwait 2/4/2016 $218,195 14 14 47 $837,144 12/31/2018
Lebanon 2/4/2016 $43,581 10 10 25 $183,460 12/31/2018
Malaysia 2/18/2016 $295,151 120 120 355 $628,349 6/9/2016
Mexico 2/26/2016 $375,024 0 65 65 $872,330 6/9/2016
Netherlands 1/28/2016 $43,790 47 47 47 $43,790 6/9/2016
New Zealand 2/5/2016 $92,125 89 89 221 $210,353 6/9/2016
North America 1/29/2016 $10,288,932 3,143 3,143 10,273 $27,569,558 9/11/2017
Oman 2/4/2016 $66,405 10 14 31 $178,209 12/31/2018
Peru 1/28/2016 $122,591 72 72 119 $258,479 12/31/2018
Philippines 3/2/2016 $161,295 130 130 130 $161,295 12/31/2018
Poland 1/29/2016 $59,929 0 0 0 $120,806 12/31/2018
Portugal 2/4/2016 $68,173 59 59 155 $222,475 6/9/2016
Romania 1/29/2016 $0 0 43 43 $272,810 12/31/2018
Russia (CIS) 2/4/2016 $155,408 0 981 2692 $3,195,800 12/31/2018
Singapore 2/18/2016 $179,805 33 33 73 $318,022 6/9/2016
South Africa 2/5/2016 $0 0 75 75 $154,605 6/9/2016
Taiwan 3/11/2016 $0 0 11 16 $1,158,023 6/9/2016
Thailand 1/28/2016 $186,731 130 130 217 $359,113 6/9/2016
Turkey 1/29/2016 $106,842 76 76 156 $286,093 2/26/2019
Ukraine 2/4/2016 $155,379 199 199 500 $525,342 12/31/2018
United Arab Emirates 2/4/2016 $640,364 72 72 183 $1,541,392 12/31/2018
United Kingdom 2/19/2016 $355,197 424 424 733 $723,874 6/9/2016
Uruguay 3/3/2016 $14,641 8 8 15 $23,557 12/31/2018
 
Rest of World $724,879
 
Worldwide Total$49,252,761 2/26/2019

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Leading Cast

Chris Pine    Bernie Webber

Supporting Cast

Casey Affleck    Raymond Sybert
Ben Foster    Richard Livesey
Eric Bana    Daniel Cluff
Holliday Grainger    Miriam
John Ortiz    Seaman Wallace Quirey
Josh Stewart    Tchuda Southerland
Keiynan Lonsdale    Eldon Hanan
Michael Raymond-James    Seaman D.A. Brown
Kyle Gallner    Andy Fitzgerald
John Magaro    Ervin Maske
Graham McTavish    Frank Fauteux
Beau Knapp    Mel Gouthro
Abraham Benrubi    George "Tiny" Meyers
Rachel Brosnahan    Bea Hansen
Ben Koldyke    Donald Bangs
Matthew Maher    Carl Nickerson
Alexander Cook    John Stello
Polly Pillsbury    Local Townsfolk
Peg Saurman Holzemer    Local Townsfolk
Larry Eudene    Pendleton Crew #3 Whistle Blower
Gene Harrison    Pendleton Crew Member #5
Joseph Barrett    Medic
Lance Norris    Fisherman

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

Production and Technical Credits

Craig Gillespie    Director
Paul Tamasy    Screenwriter
Scott Silver    Screenwriter
Eric Johnson    Screenwriter
Casey Sherman    Based on the Book by
Michael J. Tougias    Based on the Book by
Jim Whitaker    Producer
Dorothy Aufiero    Producer
Doug Merrifield    Executive Producer
Javier Aguirresarobe    Director of Photography
Michael Corenblith    Production Designer
Tatiana S. Riegel    Editor
Louise Frogley    Costume Designer
Carter Burwell    Composer
Doug Merrifield    Line Producer
Robert Mazaraki    Production Supervisor
Vincent Lascoumes    Assistant Director
Christophe Le Chanu    Assistant Director
Emma Barber    Assistant Director
Chad Goyette    Assistant Director
Doug Merrifield    Unit Production Manager
Mindy Marin    Casting Director
Kara Lipson    Additional Casting-Casting Associate
Tom Williams    Sound Mixer
Christine Whitaker    Associate Producer
Diane Durant    Script Supervisor
Dan Boccoli    Assistant Editor
Jered Zalman    Assistant Editor
Michael McCusker    Editor
Adam Milo Smalley    Music Editor
Jon Mooney    Music Editor
Michael Farrow    Score Mixer
William Ladd Skinner    Art Director
Ravi Bansal    Art Director
Sam Avila    Assistant Art Director
Susan Benjamin    Set Decorator
Lorrie Campbell    Set Designer
Robert Johnson    Set Designer
Bria Kinter    Set Designer
Masako Masuda    Set Designer
Richard Reynolds    Set Designer
Steven Saylor    Set Designer
Clint Wallace    Set Designer
Robert Woodruff    Set Designer
Caroline Errington    Costume Supervisor
Whitney James    Make up
Mary Mastro    Hairstylist
Mark P. Stoeckinger    Sound Editor
Alan Rankin    Sound Designer
Andy Koyama    Re-recording Mixer
Dean A. Zupancic    Re-recording Mixer
Martyn Zub    Re-recording Mixer
Todd Toon    Sound Effects Editor
Tim Walston    Sound Effects Editor
Stephen P. Robinson    Sound Effects Editor
Albert Gasser    Sound Effects Editor
Ann Scibelli    Sound Effects Editor
Michele Perrone    Dialogue Editor
Kevin Scott    Stunt Coordinator
Kevin L. Jackson    Stunt Coordinator
Kevin Hahn    Visual Effects Supervisor
Seth Maury    Visual Effects Supervisor
Aaron Weintraub    Visual Effects Supervisor
Mark Hawker    Special Effects Supervisor
Craig Tex Barnett*    Special Effects Coordinator
Paul V. Molles    Visual Effects Producer
Felix Crawshaw    Visual Effects Producer
Veronique Messier Lauzon    Visual Effects Producer
Sarah McMurdo    Visual Effects Producer
Tom Goodenough    Animation Supervisor
Robert Caban    Special Effects

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