The Guard (2011)
| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $5,359,774 | Details |
| International Box Office | $15,837,680 | |
| Worldwide Box Office | $21,197,454 | |
| Further financial details... | ||
Synopsis
Sergeant Gerry is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn't much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it. When a fellow police officer disappears and Boyle's small town becomes key to a large drug trafficking investigation, he is forced to at least feign interest when dealing with the humorless FBI agent Wendell Everett assigned to the case. Left to run his territory to his liking for many years, he is not at all impressed when the FBI comes to town. Everett looks down on Boyle as a low-level provincial policeman with a limited and flippant view of the world; Boyle sees Everett as a by-the-book policeman with a chip on his shoulder and no understanding of how the real world runs. Despite the fact that Boyle seems more interested in mocking and undermining Everett than in actively working to solve the case, Boyle finds that circumstances keep pulling him back into the thick of it. As unconventional as Boyle is, these events unwittingly offend his murky moral code. He realizes that he needs to take matters into his own hands, and that Everett is the only person he can trust. And so the scene is set for an unlikely friendship and explosive finale.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $76,834 (1.4% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 9.23 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 25.3% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Production Budget: | $6,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.5 times production budget) |
| Theater counts: | 4 opening theaters/203 max. theaters, 8.5 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $8,083,465 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | July 29th, 2011 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics |
| International Releases: | July 20th, 2012 (Wide) (Spain)
August 2nd, 2012 (Wide) (United Arab Emirates) |
| Video Release: | January 3rd, 2012 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPA Rating: | R for pervasive language, some violence, drug material and sexual content. (Rating bulletin 2168, 4/20/2011) |
| Running Time: | 96 minutes |
| Film festival: | Sundance Film Festival 2011 |
| Plot point: | Bigotry, Buddy Cop, Corrupt Cops, Drug Dealer, FBI, Narcotics, Police Detective, Prostitution, Smuggler |
| Social setting: | Organized Crime |
| Subgenre: | Crime Comedy |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Reprisal Films, Element Pictures, Prescience, Aegis Film Fund, UK Film Council, Crescendo Productions, Eos Pictures, Irish Film Board |
| Production Countries: | Ireland |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2011 | 40 | $76,834 | 4 | $19,209 | $76,834 | 1 | |
| Aug 5, 2011 | 26 | $192,336 | +150% | 19 | $10,123 | $307,509 | 2 |
| Aug 12, 2011 | 26 | $282,678 | +47% | 47 | $6,014 | $670,082 | 3 |
| Aug 19, 2011 | 21 | $419,919 | +49% | 83 | $5,059 | $1,217,689 | 4 |
| Aug 26, 2011 | 22 | $384,699 | -8% | 107 | $3,595 | $1,777,900 | 5 |
| Sep 2, 2011 | 30 | $580,698 | +51% | 178 | $3,262 | $2,522,913 | 6 |
| Sep 9, 2011 | 25 | $408,561 | -30% | 203 | $2,013 | $3,254,011 | 7 |
| Sep 16, 2011 | 28 | $339,784 | -17% | 202 | $1,682 | $3,782,349 | 8 |
| Sep 23, 2011 | 29 | $249,325 | -27% | 167 | $1,493 | $4,165,154 | 9 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 29 | $193,343 | -22% | 157 | $1,231 | $4,455,135 | 10 |
| Oct 7, 2011 | 30 | $119,125 | -38% | 124 | $961 | $4,646,796 | 11 |
| Oct 14, 2011 | 35 | $106,717 | -10% | 94 | $1,135 | $4,824,661 | 12 |
| Oct 21, 2011 | 35 | $111,062 | +4% | 82 | $1,354 | $4,984,918 | 13 |
| Oct 28, 2011 | 41 | $62,836 | -43% | 56 | $1,122 | $5,067,227 | 14 |
| Nov 4, 2011 | 46 | $48,965 | -22% | 39 | $1,256 | $5,150,733 | 15 |
| Nov 11, 2011 | 52 | $34,633 | -29% | 29 | $1,194 | $5,204,773 | 16 |
| Nov 18, 2011 | 51 | $26,118 | -25% | 22 | $1,187 | $5,244,467 | 17 |
| Nov 25, 2011 | 53 | $19,930 | -24% | 23 | $867 | $5,257,693 | 18 |
| Dec 2, 2011 | 57 | $13,074 | -34% | 17 | $769 | $5,297,639 | 19 |
| Dec 9, 2011 | 66 | $10,301 | -21% | 15 | $687 | $5,313,327 | 20 |
| Dec 16, 2011 | 65 | $6,341 | -38% | 12 | $528 | $5,325,090 | 21 |
| Dec 23, 2011 | 63 | $1,380 | -78% | 6 | $230 | $5,330,294 | 22 |
| Dec 30, 2011 | 67 | $2,571 | +86% | 4 | $643 | $5,336,144 | 23 |
| Jan 6, 2012 | 72 | $3,316 | +29% | 11 | $301 | $5,341,471 | 24 |
| Jan 13, 2012 | 68 | $3,201 | -3% | 11 | $291 | $5,346,599 | 25 |
| Jan 20, 2012 | 75 | $3,875 | +21% | 9 | $431 | $5,354,868 | 26 |
| Jan 27, 2012 | 79 | $1,680 | -57% | 4 | $420 | $5,358,148 | 27 |
| Feb 3, 2012 | 83 | $840 | -50% | 2 | $420 | $5,359,774 | 28 |
Daily Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | %YD | %LW | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2011 | 27 | $183,433 | 178 | $1,031 | $2,706,346 | 39 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2011 | 41 | $115,173 | 4 | $28,793 | $115,173 | 1 | |
| Aug 5, 2011 | 29 | $272,231 | +136% | 19 | $14,328 | $387,404 | 2 |
| Aug 12, 2011 | 28 | $410,366 | +51% | 47 | $8,731 | $797,770 | 3 |
| Aug 19, 2011 | 21 | $595,431 | +45% | 83 | $7,174 | $1,393,201 | 4 |
| Aug 26, 2011 | 23 | $549,014 | -8% | 107 | $5,131 | $1,942,215 | 5 |
| Sep 2, 2011 | 29 | $903,235 | +65% | 178 | $5,074 | $2,845,450 | 6 |
| Sep 9, 2011 | 24 | $597,115 | -34% | 203 | $2,941 | $3,442,565 | 7 |
| Sep 16, 2011 | 26 | $473,264 | -21% | 202 | $2,343 | $3,915,829 | 8 |
| Sep 23, 2011 | 30 | $345,963 | -27% | 167 | $2,072 | $4,261,792 | 9 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 27 | $265,879 | -23% | 157 | $1,693 | $4,527,671 | 10 |
| Oct 7, 2011 | 30 | $190,273 | -28% | 124 | $1,534 | $4,717,944 | 11 |
| Oct 14, 2011 | 35 | $155,912 | -18% | 94 | $1,659 | $4,873,856 | 12 |
| Oct 21, 2011 | 41 | $130,535 | -16% | 82 | $1,592 | $5,004,391 | 13 |
| Oct 28, 2011 | 40 | $97,377 | -25% | 56 | $1,739 | $5,101,768 | 14 |
| Nov 4, 2011 | 47 | $68,372 | -30% | 39 | $1,753 | $5,170,140 | 15 |
| Nov 11, 2011 | 50 | $48,209 | -29% | 29 | $1,662 | $5,218,349 | 16 |
| Nov 18, 2011 | 61 | $19,414 | -60% | 22 | $882 | $5,237,763 | 17 |
| Nov 25, 2011 | 48 | $46,802 | +141% | 23 | $2,035 | $5,284,565 | 18 |
| Dec 2, 2011 | 56 | $18,461 | -61% | 17 | $1,086 | $5,303,026 | 19 |
| Dec 9, 2011 | 62 | $15,723 | -15% | 15 | $1,048 | $5,318,749 | 20 |
| Dec 16, 2011 | 62 | $10,165 | -35% | 12 | $847 | $5,328,914 | 21 |
| Dec 23, 2011 | 64 | $4,659 | -54% | 6 | $777 | $5,333,573 | 22 |
| Dec 30, 2011 | 68 | $4,582 | -2% | 4 | $1,146 | $5,338,155 | 23 |
| Jan 6, 2012 | 69 | $5,243 | +14% | 11 | $477 | $5,343,398 | 24 |
| Jan 13, 2012 | 66 | $7,595 | +45% | 11 | $690 | $5,350,993 | 25 |
| Jan 20, 2012 | 73 | $5,475 | -28% | 9 | $608 | $5,356,468 | 26 |
| Jan 27, 2012 | 72 | $2,466 | -55% | 4 | $617 | $5,358,934 | 27 |
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
Sergeant Gerry is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn't much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it. When a fellow police officer disappears and Boyle's small town becomes key to a large drug trafficking investigation, he is forced to at least feign interest when dealing with the humorless FBI agent Wendell Everett assigned to the case. Left to run his territory to his liking for many years, he is not at all impressed when the FBI comes to town. Everett looks down on Boyle as a low-level provincial policeman with a limited and flippant view of the world; Boyle sees Everett as a by-the-book policeman with a chip on his shoulder and no understanding of how the real world runs. Despite the fact that Boyle seems more interested in mocking and undermining Everett than in actively working to solve the case, Boyle finds that circumstances keep pulling him back into the thick of it. As unconventional as Boyle is, these events unwittingly offend his murky moral code. He realizes that he needs to take matters into his own hands, and that Everett is the only person he can trust. And so the scene is set for an unlikely friendship and explosive finale.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $76,834 (1.4% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 9.23 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 25.3% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Production Budget: | $6,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.5 times production budget) |
| Theater counts: | 4 opening theaters/203 max. theaters, 8.5 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $8,083,465 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | July 29th, 2011 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics |
| International Releases: | July 20th, 2012 (Wide) (Spain)
August 2nd, 2012 (Wide) (United Arab Emirates) |
| Video Release: | January 3rd, 2012 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPA Rating: | R for pervasive language, some violence, drug material and sexual content. (Rating bulletin 2168, 4/20/2011) |
| Running Time: | 96 minutes |
| Film festival: | Sundance Film Festival 2011 |
| Plot point: | Bigotry, Buddy Cop, Corrupt Cops, Drug Dealer, FBI, Narcotics, Police Detective, Prostitution, Smuggler |
| Social setting: | Organized Crime |
| Subgenre: | Crime Comedy |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Reprisal Films, Element Pictures, Prescience, Aegis Film Fund, UK Film Council, Crescendo Productions, Eos Pictures, Irish Film Board |
| Production Countries: | Ireland |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2011 | 40 | $76,834 | 4 | $19,209 | $76,834 | 1 | |
| Aug 5, 2011 | 26 | $192,336 | +150% | 19 | $10,123 | $307,509 | 2 |
| Aug 12, 2011 | 26 | $282,678 | +47% | 47 | $6,014 | $670,082 | 3 |
| Aug 19, 2011 | 21 | $419,919 | +49% | 83 | $5,059 | $1,217,689 | 4 |
| Aug 26, 2011 | 22 | $384,699 | -8% | 107 | $3,595 | $1,777,900 | 5 |
| Sep 2, 2011 | 30 | $580,698 | +51% | 178 | $3,262 | $2,522,913 | 6 |
| Sep 9, 2011 | 25 | $408,561 | -30% | 203 | $2,013 | $3,254,011 | 7 |
| Sep 16, 2011 | 28 | $339,784 | -17% | 202 | $1,682 | $3,782,349 | 8 |
| Sep 23, 2011 | 29 | $249,325 | -27% | 167 | $1,493 | $4,165,154 | 9 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 29 | $193,343 | -22% | 157 | $1,231 | $4,455,135 | 10 |
| Oct 7, 2011 | 30 | $119,125 | -38% | 124 | $961 | $4,646,796 | 11 |
| Oct 14, 2011 | 35 | $106,717 | -10% | 94 | $1,135 | $4,824,661 | 12 |
| Oct 21, 2011 | 35 | $111,062 | +4% | 82 | $1,354 | $4,984,918 | 13 |
| Oct 28, 2011 | 41 | $62,836 | -43% | 56 | $1,122 | $5,067,227 | 14 |
| Nov 4, 2011 | 46 | $48,965 | -22% | 39 | $1,256 | $5,150,733 | 15 |
| Nov 11, 2011 | 52 | $34,633 | -29% | 29 | $1,194 | $5,204,773 | 16 |
| Nov 18, 2011 | 51 | $26,118 | -25% | 22 | $1,187 | $5,244,467 | 17 |
| Nov 25, 2011 | 53 | $19,930 | -24% | 23 | $867 | $5,257,693 | 18 |
| Dec 2, 2011 | 57 | $13,074 | -34% | 17 | $769 | $5,297,639 | 19 |
| Dec 9, 2011 | 66 | $10,301 | -21% | 15 | $687 | $5,313,327 | 20 |
| Dec 16, 2011 | 65 | $6,341 | -38% | 12 | $528 | $5,325,090 | 21 |
| Dec 23, 2011 | 63 | $1,380 | -78% | 6 | $230 | $5,330,294 | 22 |
| Dec 30, 2011 | 67 | $2,571 | +86% | 4 | $643 | $5,336,144 | 23 |
| Jan 6, 2012 | 72 | $3,316 | +29% | 11 | $301 | $5,341,471 | 24 |
| Jan 13, 2012 | 68 | $3,201 | -3% | 11 | $291 | $5,346,599 | 25 |
| Jan 20, 2012 | 75 | $3,875 | +21% | 9 | $431 | $5,354,868 | 26 |
| Jan 27, 2012 | 79 | $1,680 | -57% | 4 | $420 | $5,358,148 | 27 |
| Feb 3, 2012 | 83 | $840 | -50% | 2 | $420 | $5,359,774 | 28 |
Daily Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | %YD | %LW | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2011 | 27 | $183,433 | 178 | $1,031 | $2,706,346 | 39 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2011 | 41 | $115,173 | 4 | $28,793 | $115,173 | 1 | |
| Aug 5, 2011 | 29 | $272,231 | +136% | 19 | $14,328 | $387,404 | 2 |
| Aug 12, 2011 | 28 | $410,366 | +51% | 47 | $8,731 | $797,770 | 3 |
| Aug 19, 2011 | 21 | $595,431 | +45% | 83 | $7,174 | $1,393,201 | 4 |
| Aug 26, 2011 | 23 | $549,014 | -8% | 107 | $5,131 | $1,942,215 | 5 |
| Sep 2, 2011 | 29 | $903,235 | +65% | 178 | $5,074 | $2,845,450 | 6 |
| Sep 9, 2011 | 24 | $597,115 | -34% | 203 | $2,941 | $3,442,565 | 7 |
| Sep 16, 2011 | 26 | $473,264 | -21% | 202 | $2,343 | $3,915,829 | 8 |
| Sep 23, 2011 | 30 | $345,963 | -27% | 167 | $2,072 | $4,261,792 | 9 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 27 | $265,879 | -23% | 157 | $1,693 | $4,527,671 | 10 |
| Oct 7, 2011 | 30 | $190,273 | -28% | 124 | $1,534 | $4,717,944 | 11 |
| Oct 14, 2011 | 35 | $155,912 | -18% | 94 | $1,659 | $4,873,856 | 12 |
| Oct 21, 2011 | 41 | $130,535 | -16% | 82 | $1,592 | $5,004,391 | 13 |
| Oct 28, 2011 | 40 | $97,377 | -25% | 56 | $1,739 | $5,101,768 | 14 |
| Nov 4, 2011 | 47 | $68,372 | -30% | 39 | $1,753 | $5,170,140 | 15 |
| Nov 11, 2011 | 50 | $48,209 | -29% | 29 | $1,662 | $5,218,349 | 16 |
| Nov 18, 2011 | 61 | $19,414 | -60% | 22 | $882 | $5,237,763 | 17 |
| Nov 25, 2011 | 48 | $46,802 | +141% | 23 | $2,035 | $5,284,565 | 18 |
| Dec 2, 2011 | 56 | $18,461 | -61% | 17 | $1,086 | $5,303,026 | 19 |
| Dec 9, 2011 | 62 | $15,723 | -15% | 15 | $1,048 | $5,318,749 | 20 |
| Dec 16, 2011 | 62 | $10,165 | -35% | 12 | $847 | $5,328,914 | 21 |
| Dec 23, 2011 | 64 | $4,659 | -54% | 6 | $777 | $5,333,573 | 22 |
| Dec 30, 2011 | 68 | $4,582 | -2% | 4 | $1,146 | $5,338,155 | 23 |
| Jan 6, 2012 | 69 | $5,243 | +14% | 11 | $477 | $5,343,398 | 24 |
| Jan 13, 2012 | 66 | $7,595 | +45% | 11 | $690 | $5,350,993 | 25 |
| Jan 20, 2012 | 73 | $5,475 | -28% | 9 | $608 | $5,356,468 | 26 |
| Jan 27, 2012 | 72 | $2,466 | -55% | 4 | $617 | $5,358,934 | 27 |
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.