Holy Motors (2012)

Holy Motors poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $641,054Details
International Box Office $3,589,372Details
Worldwide Box Office $4,230,426
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Over the course of a single day, Monsieur Oscar travels by limousine around Paris to a series of nine "appointments," transforming into new characters or incarnations at each stop. Fetched in the morning by Céline, his trusty chauffeur on this surreal journey, Oscar begins the day as a captain of industry. Then he becomes a gypsy crone, begging for spare change on a bridge over the Seine. Inside a digital production facility, heʼs a ninja warrior transformed by cutting edge technology into a reptilian sex god. Next he's a gibberish-spewing troglodyte who kidnaps a fashion model from a photo shoot in Père-Lachaise cemetery, ferrying her to his underground lair in the sewers. Then he's the melancholy father of a teenage daughter, followed by a shadowy assassin sent to kill his own doppelgänger, a dying old man, and finally a thwarted lover revisiting a flame from his past atop a decaying Right Bank department store next to the Pont-Neuf. Monster movie, film noir, romantic drama, musical, crime thriller, futuristic sex fantasia… HOLY MOTORS is all of these and, then again, none of these. It is a ravishing, shape-shifting, fever dream of becoming, unraveling and starting all over again. From celluloid magic to the digital data stream, Monsieur Oscarʼs epic journey of the soul is all of our dreams.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$18,866 (2.9% of total gross)
Legs:13.20 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:15.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$4,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/29 max. theaters, 7.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $865,871

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 9,501-9,600) 9,582 $641,054
All Time International Box Office (Rank 7,201-7,300) 7,274 $3,589,372
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 10,401-10,500) 10,468 $4,230,426
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,170 $641,054

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 17th, 2012 (Limited) by Indomina Releasing
International Releases: July 11th, 2012 (Wide) (Belgium)
August 9th, 2012 (Wide) (Netherlands)
August 23rd, 2012 (Wide) (Australia)
August 30th, 2012 (Wide) (Germany)
August 31st, 2012 (Wide) (Austria)
... Show all releases
Video Release: February 26th, 2013 by Indomina Releasing
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 116 minutes
Comparisons: vs. 2046
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Keywords: Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Avant Garde, Unnamed Character
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Martine Marignac, Maurice Tinchant, Albert Prevost, Pierre Grise Productions, Theo Films, ARTE France, Pandora Filmproduktion, WDR/Arte, Canal Plus, Le Centre National du Cinema et de L'Image
Production Countries: France, Germany
Languages: English, French

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 19, 2012 59 $18,866   2 $9,433   $27,680 1
Oct 26, 2012 61 $15,296 -19% 2 $7,648   $56,208 2
Nov 2, 2012 59 $15,234 n/c 5 $3,047   $83,665 3
Nov 9, 2012 49 $32,153 +111% 14 $2,297   $124,060 4
Nov 16, 2012 41 $48,576 +51% 23 $2,112   $193,129 5
Nov 23, 2012 45 $45,953 -5% 21 $2,188   $268,753 6
Nov 30, 2012 47 $35,242 -23% 25 $1,410   $332,510 7
Dec 7, 2012 43 $37,886 +8% 29 $1,306   $391,692 8
Dec 14, 2012 50 $25,194 -34% 21 $1,200   $445,328 9
Dec 21, 2012 52 $14,100 -44% 11 $1,282   $476,876 10
Dec 28, 2012 45 $24,177 +71% 14 $1,727   $511,231 11
Jan 4, 2013 48 $25,382 +5% 18 $1,410   $560,586 12
Jan 11, 2013 54 $16,788 -34% 13 $1,291   $588,099 13
Jan 18, 2013 52 $11,394 -32% 6 $1,899   $612,168 14
Jan 25, 2013 57 $18,583 +63% 12 $1,549   $641,054 15

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 19, 2012 57 $32,098   2 $16,049   $40,912 2
Oct 26, 2012 59 $27,519 -14% 2 $13,760   $68,431 3
Nov 2, 2012 60 $23,476 -15% 5 $4,695   $91,907 4
Nov 9, 2012 47 $52,646 +124% 14 $3,760   $144,553 5
Nov 16, 2012 43 $78,247 +49% 23 $3,402   $222,800 6
Nov 23, 2012 44 $74,468 -5% 21 $3,546   $297,268 7
Nov 30, 2012 46 $56,538 -24% 25 $2,262   $353,806 8
Dec 7, 2012 42 $66,328 +17% 29 $2,287   $420,134 9
Dec 14, 2012 53 $42,642 -36% 21 $2,031   $462,776 10
Dec 21, 2012 52 $24,278 -43% 11 $2,207   $487,054 11
Dec 28, 2012 45 $48,150 +98% 14 $3,439   $535,204 12
Jan 4, 2013 50 $36,107 -25% 18 $2,006   $571,311 13
Jan 11, 2013 48 $29,463 -18% 13 $2,266   $600,774 14
Jan 18, 2013 51 $21,697 -26% 6 $3,616   $622,471 15
Jan 25, 2013 60 $18,583 -14% 12 $1,549   $641,054 16

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 8/23/2012 $27,100 9 9 9 $42,236 12/11/2015
Austria 8/31/2012 $0 0 5 15 $38,410 12/12/2015
Belgium 7/11/2012 $12,770 5 6 38 $40,191 12/11/2015
Brazil 11/30/2012 $11,194 10 10 34 $93,165 12/14/2015
Colombia 11/22/2013 $8,072 7 7 19 $27,018 12/30/2018
Croatia 11/1/2012 $1,612 1 1 2 $2,560 12/29/2018
Denmark 11/15/2012 $13,432 6 7 24 $1,790,918 12/12/2015
Germany 8/30/2012 $58,940 51 51 146 $153,789 12/11/2015
Hong Kong 2/7/2013 $7,371 5 5 7 $19,544 12/14/2015
Iceland 2/1/2013 $689 1 1 1 $689 12/30/2018
Netherlands 8/9/2012 $0 0 12 12 $37,975 12/11/2015
Norway 3/22/2013 $8,761 5 5 5 $10,076 12/14/2015
Poland 1/11/2013 $0 0 21 42 $58,493 12/30/2018
Portugal 12/20/2012 $2,377 1 2 7 $18,447 12/14/2015
Romania 12/7/2012 $3,224 7 7 12 $5,320 12/29/2018
Serbia and Montenegro 12/13/2012 $0 0 5 25 $6,214 12/30/2018
South Korea 4/4/2013 $0 0 8 15 $128,462 7/20/2022
Spain 11/16/2012 $41,124 14 14 67 $180,339 12/14/2015
Sweden 11/16/2012 $18,838 14 14 14 $18,838 12/12/2015
United Kingdom 9/28/2012 $104,986 23 25 83 $373,185 12/12/2015
 
Rest of World $543,503
 
International Total$3,589,372 7/20/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.

Lead Ensemble Members

Denis Lavant    Monsieur Oscar
Edith Scob    Celine
Kylie Minogue    Eva Grace / Jean
Eva Mendes    Kay M.
Michel Piccoli    The Man with the Birthmark
Elise Lhomeau   
Jeanne Disson   

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

Production and Technical Credits

Leos Carax    Director
Leos Carax    Screenwriter
Caroline Champetier    Cinematographer
Florian Sanson    Set Designer
Neil Hannon    Composer
Nelly Quettier    Film Editor
Erwan Kerzanet    Sound

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for February 26th, 2013

February 26th, 2013

It's a good week on the home market with not only one of the biggest films of the last year coming out, but also one of the best. The biggest is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2, which should be the best selling DVD and Blu-ray for the week, but it isn't a contender for Pick of the Week. For that honor, we go back a few weeks to Frankenweenie. The screener arrived late, but it was worth waiting for and the 3D Combo Pack, while a little pricey, is worth picking up. Also in contender for Pick of the Week is Rocko's Modern Life: The Complete Series. More...

Weekend Estimates: Argo Takes Lead as Openers Fail to Impress

October 28th, 2012

A terrible weekend for new releases will leave Argo the weekend winner by default, according to studio estimates released on Sunday morning. The biggest disappointment of the weekend is Cloud Atlas, a pricey ($102 million, according to reports) sci-fi epic from Lana and Andy Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer, that will open with $9.4 million or so, and won't be helped by a C+ CinemaScore. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D confirms that it won't be the new Halloween franchise by opening with a projected $8m, but that looks positively healthy compared to the openings of Fun Size and Chasing Mavericks. With those films projected to open with $4.06 million and $2.2 million respectively, this pre-Halloween weekend looks like a bloodbath. More...

Per Theater Chart: Awards Season is In Session

October 23rd, 2012

The Sessions was one of two films to top $10,000 over the weekend on the Per Theater Chart. It managed an average of $28,367 in four theaters. Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie - Part 1: Beginnings / Part 2: Eternal earned an average of $12,468 in five theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Paranormal Activity Continues Halloween Tradition

October 21st, 2012

After five years of Saw, and a hand-over period of a couple of years, the Paranormal Activity franchise has come to dominate the brief Halloween movie season. Showing that horror moviegoers may be more tradition-bound than any other category of film fans, Paranormal Activity 4 is set for a healthy opening this weekend, with Paramount projecting at total of $30.4 million by the end of the weekend. That's down quite a bit from the $50 million-plus debut of Paranormal Activity 3 last year, and the franchise does look like it is losing some momentum. With production budgets around $5 million, and relatively modest marketing costs, however, the studio will earn a healthy profit from this release and has, predictably, announced Paranormal Activity 5 will go into production early next year for release in October. More...

Limited Releases: Holy Cow!

October 19th, 2012

It's a slower week for limited releases, but there are a couple that are earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. Holy Motors is one of them, but while it should do well in art house theaters, its chances at mainstream success is a lot more limited. The Sessions reviews are even better and it has a lot more mainstream appeal. It is never easy for a limited release, but of all of the film's on this week's list, this one has the best shot at the box office. More...


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Synopsis

Over the course of a single day, Monsieur Oscar travels by limousine around Paris to a series of nine "appointments," transforming into new characters or incarnations at each stop. Fetched in the morning by Céline, his trusty chauffeur on this surreal journey, Oscar begins the day as a captain of industry. Then he becomes a gypsy crone, begging for spare change on a bridge over the Seine. Inside a digital production facility, heʼs a ninja warrior transformed by cutting edge technology into a reptilian sex god. Next he's a gibberish-spewing troglodyte who kidnaps a fashion model from a photo shoot in Père-Lachaise cemetery, ferrying her to his underground lair in the sewers. Then he's the melancholy father of a teenage daughter, followed by a shadowy assassin sent to kill his own doppelgänger, a dying old man, and finally a thwarted lover revisiting a flame from his past atop a decaying Right Bank department store next to the Pont-Neuf. Monster movie, film noir, romantic drama, musical, crime thriller, futuristic sex fantasia… HOLY MOTORS is all of these and, then again, none of these. It is a ravishing, shape-shifting, fever dream of becoming, unraveling and starting all over again. From celluloid magic to the digital data stream, Monsieur Oscarʼs epic journey of the soul is all of our dreams.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$18,866 (2.9% of total gross)
Legs:13.20 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:15.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$4,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/29 max. theaters, 7.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $865,871

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 9,501-9,600) 9,582 $641,054
All Time International Box Office (Rank 7,201-7,300) 7,274 $3,589,372
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 10,401-10,500) 10,468 $4,230,426
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,170 $641,054

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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iTunes:iTunes, iTunes

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 17th, 2012 (Limited) by Indomina Releasing
International Releases: July 11th, 2012 (Wide) (Belgium)
August 9th, 2012 (Wide) (Netherlands)
August 23rd, 2012 (Wide) (Australia)
August 30th, 2012 (Wide) (Germany)
August 31st, 2012 (Wide) (Austria)
... Show all releases
Video Release: February 26th, 2013 by Indomina Releasing
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 116 minutes
Comparisons: vs. 2046
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Avant Garde, Unnamed Character
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Martine Marignac, Maurice Tinchant, Albert Prevost, Pierre Grise Productions, Theo Films, ARTE France, Pandora Filmproduktion, WDR/Arte, Canal Plus, Le Centre National du Cinema et de L'Image
Production Countries: France, Germany
Languages: English, French

Lead Ensemble Members

Denis Lavant    Monsieur Oscar
Edith Scob    Celine
Kylie Minogue    Eva Grace / Jean
Eva Mendes    Kay M.
Michel Piccoli    The Man with the Birthmark
Elise Lhomeau   
Jeanne Disson   

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

Production and Technical Credits

Leos Carax    Director
Leos Carax    Screenwriter
Caroline Champetier    Cinematographer
Florian Sanson    Set Designer
Neil Hannon    Composer
Nelly Quettier    Film Editor
Erwan Kerzanet    Sound

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for February 26th, 2013

February 26th, 2013

It's a good week on the home market with not only one of the biggest films of the last year coming out, but also one of the best. The biggest is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2, which should be the best selling DVD and Blu-ray for the week, but it isn't a contender for Pick of the Week. For that honor, we go back a few weeks to Frankenweenie. The screener arrived late, but it was worth waiting for and the 3D Combo Pack, while a little pricey, is worth picking up. Also in contender for Pick of the Week is Rocko's Modern Life: The Complete Series. More...

Weekend Estimates: Argo Takes Lead as Openers Fail to Impress

October 28th, 2012

A terrible weekend for new releases will leave Argo the weekend winner by default, according to studio estimates released on Sunday morning. The biggest disappointment of the weekend is Cloud Atlas, a pricey ($102 million, according to reports) sci-fi epic from Lana and Andy Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer, that will open with $9.4 million or so, and won't be helped by a C+ CinemaScore. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D confirms that it won't be the new Halloween franchise by opening with a projected $8m, but that looks positively healthy compared to the openings of Fun Size and Chasing Mavericks. With those films projected to open with $4.06 million and $2.2 million respectively, this pre-Halloween weekend looks like a bloodbath. More...

Per Theater Chart: Awards Season is In Session

October 23rd, 2012

The Sessions was one of two films to top $10,000 over the weekend on the Per Theater Chart. It managed an average of $28,367 in four theaters. Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie - Part 1: Beginnings / Part 2: Eternal earned an average of $12,468 in five theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Paranormal Activity Continues Halloween Tradition

October 21st, 2012

After five years of Saw, and a hand-over period of a couple of years, the Paranormal Activity franchise has come to dominate the brief Halloween movie season. Showing that horror moviegoers may be more tradition-bound than any other category of film fans, Paranormal Activity 4 is set for a healthy opening this weekend, with Paramount projecting at total of $30.4 million by the end of the weekend. That's down quite a bit from the $50 million-plus debut of Paranormal Activity 3 last year, and the franchise does look like it is losing some momentum. With production budgets around $5 million, and relatively modest marketing costs, however, the studio will earn a healthy profit from this release and has, predictably, announced Paranormal Activity 5 will go into production early next year for release in October. More...

Limited Releases: Holy Cow!

October 19th, 2012

It's a slower week for limited releases, but there are a couple that are earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. Holy Motors is one of them, but while it should do well in art house theaters, its chances at mainstream success is a lot more limited. The Sessions reviews are even better and it has a lot more mainstream appeal. It is never easy for a limited release, but of all of the film's on this week's list, this one has the best shot at the box office. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 19, 2012 59 $18,866   2 $9,433   $27,680 1
Oct 26, 2012 61 $15,296 -19% 2 $7,648   $56,208 2
Nov 2, 2012 59 $15,234 n/c 5 $3,047   $83,665 3
Nov 9, 2012 49 $32,153 +111% 14 $2,297   $124,060 4
Nov 16, 2012 41 $48,576 +51% 23 $2,112   $193,129 5
Nov 23, 2012 45 $45,953 -5% 21 $2,188   $268,753 6
Nov 30, 2012 47 $35,242 -23% 25 $1,410   $332,510 7
Dec 7, 2012 43 $37,886 +8% 29 $1,306   $391,692 8
Dec 14, 2012 50 $25,194 -34% 21 $1,200   $445,328 9
Dec 21, 2012 52 $14,100 -44% 11 $1,282   $476,876 10
Dec 28, 2012 45 $24,177 +71% 14 $1,727   $511,231 11
Jan 4, 2013 48 $25,382 +5% 18 $1,410   $560,586 12
Jan 11, 2013 54 $16,788 -34% 13 $1,291   $588,099 13
Jan 18, 2013 52 $11,394 -32% 6 $1,899   $612,168 14
Jan 25, 2013 57 $18,583 +63% 12 $1,549   $641,054 15

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 19, 2012 57 $32,098   2 $16,049   $40,912 2
Oct 26, 2012 59 $27,519 -14% 2 $13,760   $68,431 3
Nov 2, 2012 60 $23,476 -15% 5 $4,695   $91,907 4
Nov 9, 2012 47 $52,646 +124% 14 $3,760   $144,553 5
Nov 16, 2012 43 $78,247 +49% 23 $3,402   $222,800 6
Nov 23, 2012 44 $74,468 -5% 21 $3,546   $297,268 7
Nov 30, 2012 46 $56,538 -24% 25 $2,262   $353,806 8
Dec 7, 2012 42 $66,328 +17% 29 $2,287   $420,134 9
Dec 14, 2012 53 $42,642 -36% 21 $2,031   $462,776 10
Dec 21, 2012 52 $24,278 -43% 11 $2,207   $487,054 11
Dec 28, 2012 45 $48,150 +98% 14 $3,439   $535,204 12
Jan 4, 2013 50 $36,107 -25% 18 $2,006   $571,311 13
Jan 11, 2013 48 $29,463 -18% 13 $2,266   $600,774 14
Jan 18, 2013 51 $21,697 -26% 6 $3,616   $622,471 15
Jan 25, 2013 60 $18,583 -14% 12 $1,549   $641,054 16

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 8/23/2012 $27,100 9 9 9 $42,236 12/11/2015
Austria 8/31/2012 $0 0 5 15 $38,410 12/12/2015
Belgium 7/11/2012 $12,770 5 6 38 $40,191 12/11/2015
Brazil 11/30/2012 $11,194 10 10 34 $93,165 12/14/2015
Colombia 11/22/2013 $8,072 7 7 19 $27,018 12/30/2018
Croatia 11/1/2012 $1,612 1 1 2 $2,560 12/29/2018
Denmark 11/15/2012 $13,432 6 7 24 $1,790,918 12/12/2015
Germany 8/30/2012 $58,940 51 51 146 $153,789 12/11/2015
Hong Kong 2/7/2013 $7,371 5 5 7 $19,544 12/14/2015
Iceland 2/1/2013 $689 1 1 1 $689 12/30/2018
Netherlands 8/9/2012 $0 0 12 12 $37,975 12/11/2015
Norway 3/22/2013 $8,761 5 5 5 $10,076 12/14/2015
Poland 1/11/2013 $0 0 21 42 $58,493 12/30/2018
Portugal 12/20/2012 $2,377 1 2 7 $18,447 12/14/2015
Romania 12/7/2012 $3,224 7 7 12 $5,320 12/29/2018
Serbia and Montenegro 12/13/2012 $0 0 5 25 $6,214 12/30/2018
South Korea 4/4/2013 $0 0 8 15 $128,462 7/20/2022
Spain 11/16/2012 $41,124 14 14 67 $180,339 12/14/2015
Sweden 11/16/2012 $18,838 14 14 14 $18,838 12/12/2015
United Kingdom 9/28/2012 $104,986 23 25 83 $373,185 12/12/2015
 
Rest of World $543,503
 
International Total$3,589,372 7/20/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.