The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2014)
| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $247,159 | Details |
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Synopsis
Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. The Galapagos Affair is a documentary portrait of a 1930s murder mystery as strange and alluring as the famous archipelago itself. Fleeing conventional society, a Berlin doctor and his mistress start a new life on uninhabited Floreana Island. But after the international press sensationalizes the exploits of the Galapagos’ “Adam and Eve,” others flock there—including a self-styled Swiss Family Robinson and a gun-toting Viennese Baroness and her two lovers. Clashing personalities are aggravated by the island community’s lusty free-love ethos, and when some of the islanders disappear, suspicions of murder hang in the air, leaving an unsolved mystery which remains the subject of local lore today.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $5,185 (2.1% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 8.54 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/15 max. theaters, 4.9 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $361,814 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | April 4th, 2014 (Limited) by Zeitgeist |
| MPA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 120 minutes |
| Cast, crew, or production detail: | Archive Footage, Reenactments, Voiceover/Narration |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Geller Goldfine |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English, Spanish |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2014 | 81 | $5,185 | 1 | $5,185 | $5,185 | 1 | |
| Apr 11, 2014 | 54 | $18,535 | +257% | 4 | $4,634 | $27,045 | 2 |
| Apr 18, 2014 | 51 | $22,843 | +23% | 8 | $2,855 | $60,184 | 3 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | 52 | $28,941 | +27% | 14 | $2,067 | $109,583 | 4 |
| May 9, 2014 | 56 | $19,715 | 12 | $1,643 | $179,633 | 6 | |
| May 16, 2014 | 56 | $15,046 | -24% | 15 | $1,003 | $205,468 | 7 |
| May 23, 2014 | 59 | $8,066 | -46% | 11 | $733 | $219,009 | 8 |
| May 30, 2014 | 69 | $3,246 | -60% | 5 | $649 | $226,412 | 9 |
| Jun 6, 2014 | 75 | $5,235 | +61% | 3 | $1,745 | $233,511 | 10 |
| Jun 13, 2014 | 86 | $2,197 | -58% | 1 | $2,197 | $238,781 | 11 |
Daily Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | %YD | %LW | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2014 | - | $2,276 | 11 | $207 | $221,285 | 53 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2014 | 72 | $8,510 | 1 | $8,510 | $8,510 | 1 | |
| Apr 11, 2014 | 51 | $28,831 | +239% | 4 | $7,208 | $37,341 | 2 |
| Apr 18, 2014 | 48 | $43,301 | +50% | 9 | $4,811 | $80,642 | 3 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | 48 | $42,153 | -3% | 14 | $3,011 | $122,795 | 4 |
| May 2, 2014 | 53 | $37,123 | -12% | 13 | $2,856 | $159,918 | 5 |
| May 9, 2014 | 51 | $30,504 | -18% | 12 | $2,542 | $190,422 | 6 |
| May 16, 2014 | 50 | $20,521 | -33% | 15 | $1,368 | $210,943 | 7 |
| May 23, 2014 | 61 | $12,223 | -40% | 11 | $1,111 | $223,166 | 8 |
| May 30, 2014 | 73 | $5,110 | -58% | 5 | $1,022 | $228,276 | 9 |
| Jun 6, 2014 | 76 | $8,308 | +63% | 4 | $2,077 | $236,584 | 10 |
| Jun 13, 2014 | 82 | $5,704 | -31% | 1 | $5,704 | $242,288 | 11 |
| Jun 20, 2014 | 91 | $2,367 | -59% | 2 | $1,184 | $244,655 | 12 |
| Jul 11, 2014 | 82 | $2,504 | 1 | $2,504 | $247,159 | 15 |
Narrator
| Cate Blanchett | Dore Strauch | |
| Sebastian Koch | Heinz Wittmer | |
| Thomas Kretschmann | Friedrich Ritter | |
| Diane Kruger | Margret Wittmer | |
| Connie Nielsen | Baroness Eloise von Wagner | |
| Josh Radnor | John Garth | |
| Gustaf Skarsgard | Rolf Blomberg |
Interviewee
| Octavio Latorre | Himself | |
| Fritz Hieber | Himself | |
| Jacqueline Gil De Roy | Herself |
Production and Technical Credits
| Dan Geller* | Director | |
| Dayna Goldfine | Director | |
| Dayna Goldfine | Screenwriter | |
| Dan Geller* | Screenwriter | |
| Celeste Schaefer Snyder | Screenwriter | |
| Dan Geller* | Producer | |
| Dayna Goldfine | Producer | |
| Celeste Schaefer Snyder | Producer | |
| Jonathan Dana | Executive Producer | |
| Bill Weber | Editor | |
| Laura Karpman | Composer | |
| Margery Simkin | Casting Director | |
| Dan Geller* | Cinematographer | |
| William McComas | Associate 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
Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. The Galapagos Affair is a documentary portrait of a 1930s murder mystery as strange and alluring as the famous archipelago itself. Fleeing conventional society, a Berlin doctor and his mistress start a new life on uninhabited Floreana Island. But after the international press sensationalizes the exploits of the Galapagos’ “Adam and Eve,” others flock there—including a self-styled Swiss Family Robinson and a gun-toting Viennese Baroness and her two lovers. Clashing personalities are aggravated by the island community’s lusty free-love ethos, and when some of the islanders disappear, suspicions of murder hang in the air, leaving an unsolved mystery which remains the subject of local lore today.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $5,185 (2.1% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 8.54 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/15 max. theaters, 4.9 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $361,814 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | April 4th, 2014 (Limited) by Zeitgeist |
| MPA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 120 minutes |
| Cast, crew, or production detail: | Archive Footage, Reenactments, Voiceover/Narration |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Geller Goldfine |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English, Spanish |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2014 | 81 | $5,185 | 1 | $5,185 | $5,185 | 1 | |
| Apr 11, 2014 | 54 | $18,535 | +257% | 4 | $4,634 | $27,045 | 2 |
| Apr 18, 2014 | 51 | $22,843 | +23% | 8 | $2,855 | $60,184 | 3 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | 52 | $28,941 | +27% | 14 | $2,067 | $109,583 | 4 |
| May 9, 2014 | 56 | $19,715 | 12 | $1,643 | $179,633 | 6 | |
| May 16, 2014 | 56 | $15,046 | -24% | 15 | $1,003 | $205,468 | 7 |
| May 23, 2014 | 59 | $8,066 | -46% | 11 | $733 | $219,009 | 8 |
| May 30, 2014 | 69 | $3,246 | -60% | 5 | $649 | $226,412 | 9 |
| Jun 6, 2014 | 75 | $5,235 | +61% | 3 | $1,745 | $233,511 | 10 |
| Jun 13, 2014 | 86 | $2,197 | -58% | 1 | $2,197 | $238,781 | 11 |
Daily Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | %YD | %LW | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2014 | - | $2,276 | 11 | $207 | $221,285 | 53 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2014 | 72 | $8,510 | 1 | $8,510 | $8,510 | 1 | |
| Apr 11, 2014 | 51 | $28,831 | +239% | 4 | $7,208 | $37,341 | 2 |
| Apr 18, 2014 | 48 | $43,301 | +50% | 9 | $4,811 | $80,642 | 3 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | 48 | $42,153 | -3% | 14 | $3,011 | $122,795 | 4 |
| May 2, 2014 | 53 | $37,123 | -12% | 13 | $2,856 | $159,918 | 5 |
| May 9, 2014 | 51 | $30,504 | -18% | 12 | $2,542 | $190,422 | 6 |
| May 16, 2014 | 50 | $20,521 | -33% | 15 | $1,368 | $210,943 | 7 |
| May 23, 2014 | 61 | $12,223 | -40% | 11 | $1,111 | $223,166 | 8 |
| May 30, 2014 | 73 | $5,110 | -58% | 5 | $1,022 | $228,276 | 9 |
| Jun 6, 2014 | 76 | $8,308 | +63% | 4 | $2,077 | $236,584 | 10 |
| Jun 13, 2014 | 82 | $5,704 | -31% | 1 | $5,704 | $242,288 | 11 |
| Jun 20, 2014 | 91 | $2,367 | -59% | 2 | $1,184 | $244,655 | 12 |
| Jul 11, 2014 | 82 | $2,504 | 1 | $2,504 | $247,159 | 15 |
Narrator
| Cate Blanchett | Dore Strauch | |
| Sebastian Koch | Heinz Wittmer | |
| Thomas Kretschmann | Friedrich Ritter | |
| Diane Kruger | Margret Wittmer | |
| Connie Nielsen | Baroness Eloise von Wagner | |
| Josh Radnor | John Garth | |
| Gustaf Skarsgard | Rolf Blomberg |
Interviewee
| Octavio Latorre | Himself | |
| Fritz Hieber | Himself | |
| Jacqueline Gil De Roy | Herself |
Production and Technical Credits
| Dan Geller* | Director | |
| Dayna Goldfine | Director | |
| Dayna Goldfine | Screenwriter | |
| Dan Geller* | Screenwriter | |
| Celeste Schaefer Snyder | Screenwriter | |
| Dan Geller* | Producer | |
| Dayna Goldfine | Producer | |
| Celeste Schaefer Snyder | Producer | |
| Jonathan Dana | Executive Producer | |
| Bill Weber | Editor | |
| Laura Karpman | Composer | |
| Margery Simkin | Casting Director | |
| Dan Geller* | Cinematographer | |
| William McComas | Associate 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.