Argentina Box Office for Gui lai (2015)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Argentina Box Office $47,773Details
Worldwide Box Office $993,589Details
Home Market Performance
North America Blu-ray Sales $130,823 Details
Total North America Video Sales $130,823
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Synopsis

Lu Yanshi and Feng Wanyu are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner, just as his wife is injured in an accident. Released during the last days of the Cultural Revolution, he finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past. Unable to recognize Lu, she patiently waits for her husband’s return.

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Movie Details

Argentina Releases: November 26th, 2015 (Wide)
Video Release: March 8th, 2016 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some thematic material.
(Rating bulletin 2331, 7/16/2014)
Running Time: 109 minutes
Keywords: Set in China, Political Prisoner, Prison Break, Dysfunctional Family, Ballet, Life on the Outside, Sex Crimes, PTSD, Faulty Memory, Cultural Revolution
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Le Vision
Production Countries: China
Languages: Mandarin

Per Theater Chart: Sleeping's Shocking Start

September 16th, 2015

Sleeping with Other People

Sleeping with Other People wasn't expected to do well in theaters, because it only earned mixed reviews, while it was also playing on VOD. Despite this, it led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $17,820 in five theaters. Goodbye Mommy was in second place with an average of $15,063. It could do well in the art house circuit, but expanding wide will be nearly impossible for this German film. Meet the Patels was right behind with an average of $14,436. It too could do well in the art house circuit, but it is a documentary, so expanding wide is likely out of the question. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution was the only holdover in the $10,000 club with an average of $13,288 in three theaters. The overall number one film, The Perfect Guy, was next with an average of $11,656. The final film in the $10,000 club was A Brilliant Mind with an average of $10,469 in three theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Perfect Guy and The Visit Give Fall Season a Good Start

September 13th, 2015

The Visit

The movie business will make its best ever start to the Fall Season in dollar terms this weekend, thanks to a couple of openers that are handily out-performing expectations. The second weekend in September is traditionally the weakest of the year for the industry, with the combined box office for all movies in release only reaching $100 million on two previous occasions (2008 and 2013). This year will be the third time it’s happened, and final numbers will take 2015 comfortably past 2013’s record of $103.2 million (see complete rankings here). In terms of ticket sales, we’ll still fall short of 1999’s high mark of 15.1 million, but we should see a weekend in the top 5 by that measure too. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Feeling Brilliant

September 11th, 2015

A Brilliant Young Mind

It's actually a really good week for limited releases, with nearly half a dozen films on this week's list earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. This includes A Brilliant Young Mind (Reviews), which has a good shot at earning at least some measure of mainstream success. There are others, like Coming Home, that have a good shot at limited success, but their chances of expanding significantly are much more limited. 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
2015/11/27 11 $16,251   3 $5,417   $16,251 1
2015/12/04 14 $3,425 -79% 3 $1,142   $41,806 2
2015/12/11 16 $1,662 -51% 3 $554   $46,103 3
2015/12/18 18 $412 -75% 2 $206   $46,925 4
2015/12/25 22 $115 -72% 1 $115   $47,161 5
2016/01/01 21 $355 +209% 1 $355   $47,519 6
2016/01/08 23 $184 -48% 1 $184   $47,773 7

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 11/26/2015 $16,251 3 3 14 $47,773 12/31/2018
Australia 7/30/2015 $2,173 1 1 2 $4,766 8/10/2015
Italy 3/26/2015 $72,228 0 21 21 $233,147 11/6/2018
North America 9/9/2015 $26,361 3 55 248 $377,607
South Africa 9/18/2015 $0 0 4 7 $6,845 10/13/2015
Spain 8/5/2016 $55,214 46 53 217 $280,204 10/21/2016
Venezuela 9/18/2015 $0 0 1 1 $43,247 10/6/2015
 
Worldwide Total$993,589 12/31/2018

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Leading Cast

Gong Li    Feng Wanyu
Daoming Chen    Lu Yanshi

Supporting Cast

Guo Tao    Director of the Propaganda Work Team
Zhang Huiwen    Dan Dan
Liu Peiqi    Comrade Liu
Zu Deng    Instructor Deng
Xin Baiqing    Ballet Headmaster
Zhang Jiayi    Doctor
Chen Xiaoyi    Gong Suzhen
Jiali Ding    Fang's Wife

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

Production and Technical Credits

Zhang Yimou    Director
Zou Jingzhi    Screenwriter
Geling Yan    Based on The Criminal Lu Yanshi by
William Kong    Producer
Zhang Zhao    Producer
Jia Yueting    Producer
Jerry Ye    Producer
Li Li    Producer
Zhao Yifang    Producer
David Linde    Executive Producer