Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2015)

Kahlil Gibran
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $340,536Details
International Box Office $739,826Details
Worldwide Box Office $1,080,362
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $103,583
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $136,025
Total $239,608
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Synopsis

Set in a Mediterranean sea-side village, Kamila cleans house for exiled artist and poet Mustafa, but the more difficult job is keeping her free-spirited young daughter, Almitra, out of trouble. The three embark on a journey meant to end with Mustafa's return home - but first they must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in his words will incite rebellion.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$27,435 (8.1% of total gross)
Legs:6.91 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:31.5% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$12,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/37 max. theaters, 4.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $483,136

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 7th, 2015 (Limited) by GKIDS
International Releases: September 10th, 2015 (Wide) (South Korea)
December 2nd, 2015 (Wide) (France)
January 21st, 2016 (Wide) (Mexico)
June 17th, 2016 (Wide), released as Прорoкът (Bulgaria)
... Show all releases
Video Release: February 2nd, 2016 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG for thematic elements including some violence and sensual images.
(Rating bulletin 2376, 6/3/2015)
Running Time: 85 minutes
Plot point: Artists, Exile, Government Corruption, Poet
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Hand Animation
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Story and Film, Inc., Ventanarosa, JRW Entertainment, Code Red
Production Countries: United States, Canada, Lebanon, Qatar
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 7, 2015 50 $27,435   2 $13,718   $27,435 1
Aug 14, 2015 46 $35,956 +31% 11 $3,269   $71,310 2
Aug 21, 2015 44 $49,263 +37% 12 $4,105   $145,062 3
Aug 28, 2015 50 $41,192 -16% 36 $1,144   $211,542 4
Sep 4, 2015 55 $26,367 -36% 31 $851   $259,566 5
Sep 11, 2015 63 $20,525 -22% 28 $733   $298,954 6
Sep 18, 2015 70 $12,748 -38% 29 $440   $324,212 7
Sep 25, 2015 78 $6,157 -52% 14 $440   $335,841 8

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 7, 2015 - $11,447     2 $5,724   $11,447 1
Aug 8, 2015 - $7,282 -36%   2 $3,641   $18,729 2
Aug 9, 2015 - $8,706 +20%   2 $4,353   $27,435 3
Aug 10, 2015 - $2,194 -75%   2 $1,097   $29,629 4
Aug 11, 2015 - $1,586 -28%   2 $793   $31,215 5
Aug 12, 2015 - $2,076 +31%   2 $1,038   $33,291 6
Aug 13, 2015 - $2,064 -1%   2 $1,032   $35,355 7
Aug 14, 2015 - $9,225 +347% -19% 12 $769   $44,580 8
Aug 15, 2015 - $14,105 +53% +94% 12 $1,175   $58,685 9
Aug 16, 2015 - $12,626 -10% +45% 12 $1,052   $71,311 10
Aug 17, 2015 - $5,095 -60% +132% 12 $425   $76,406 11
Aug 18, 2015 - $4,452 -13% +181% 12 $371   $80,858 12
Aug 19, 2015 - $4,799 +8% +131% 12 $400   $85,657 13
Aug 20, 2015 - $10,143 +111% +391% 12 $845   $95,800 14
Aug 21, 2015 - $14,506 +43% +57% 12 $1,209   $110,306 15
Aug 22, 2015 - $17,549 +21% +24% 12 $1,462   $127,855 16
Aug 23, 2015 - $17,208 -2% +36% 12 $1,434   $145,063 17
Aug 24, 2015 - $5,629 -67% +10% 24 $235   $150,692 18
Aug 25, 2015 - $6,044 +7% +36% 24 $252   $156,736 19
Aug 26, 2015 - $6,060 n/c +26% 24 $253   $162,796 20
Aug 27, 2015 - $7,009 +16% -31% 24 $292   $169,805 21
Aug 28, 2015 - $9,136 +30% -37% 37 $247   $178,941 22
Aug 29, 2015 - $17,735 +94% +1% 37 $479   $196,676 23
Aug 30, 2015 - $17,708 n/c +3% 37 $479   $214,384 24
Aug 31, 2015 - $4,304 -76% -24% 37 $116   $218,688 25
Sep 1, 2015 - $5,025 +17% -17% 37 $136   $223,713 26
Sep 2, 2015 - $3,936 -22% -35% 37 $106   $227,649 27
Sep 3, 2015 - $5,005 +27% -29% 37 $135   $232,654 28
Sep 4, 2015 - $6,835 +37% -25% 32 $214   $239,489 29
Sep 5, 2015 - $9,708 +42% -45% 32 $303   $249,197 30
Sep 6, 2015 - $9,867 +2% -44% 32 $308   $259,064 31
Sep 7, 2015 - $9,107 -8% +112% 32 $285   $268,171 32
Sep 8, 2015 - $2,422 -73% -52% 32 $76   $270,593 33
Sep 9, 2015 - $3,454 +43% -12% 32 $108   $274,047 34
Sep 10, 2015 - $3,838 +11% -23% 32 $120   $277,885 35
Sep 11, 2015 - $4,022 +5% -41% 28 $144   $281,907 36
Sep 12, 2015 - $8,536 +112% -12% 28 $305   $290,443 37
Sep 13, 2015 - $8,941 +5% -9% 28 $319   $299,384 38
Sep 14, 2015 - $2,425 -73% -73% 28 $87   $301,809 39
Sep 15, 2015 - $2,751 +13% +14% 28 $98   $304,560 40
Sep 16, 2015 - $3,628 +32% +5% 28 $130   $308,188 41
Sep 17, 2015 - $2,732 -25% -29% 28 $98   $310,920 42
Sep 18, 2015 - $3,005 +10% -25% 31 $97   $313,925 43
Sep 19, 2015 - $5,649 +88% -34% 31 $182   $319,574 44
Sep 20, 2015 - $4,481 -21% -50% 31 $145   $324,055 45
Sep 21, 2015 - $1,276 -72% -47% 31 $41   $325,331 46
Sep 22, 2015 - $1,520 +19% -45% 31 $49   $326,851 47
Sep 23, 2015 - $1,618 +6% -55% 31 $52   $328,469 48
Sep 24, 2015 - $1,215 -25% -56% 31 $39   $329,684 49
Sep 25, 2015 - $721 -41% -76% 14 $52   $330,405 50
Sep 26, 2015 - $3,935 +446% -30% 14 $281   $334,340 51
Sep 27, 2015 - $1,501 -62% -67% 14 $107   $335,841 52
Sep 28, 2015 - $342 -77% -73% 14 $24   $336,183 53
Sep 29, 2015 - $348 +2% -77% 14 $25   $336,531 54
Sep 30, 2015 - $318 -9% -80% 14 $23   $336,849 55
Oct 1, 2015 - $532 +67% -56% 14 $38   $337,381 56

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 7, 2015 52 $35,354   2 $17,677   $35,354 1
Aug 14, 2015 46 $60,445 +71% 12 $5,037   $95,799 2
Aug 21, 2015 48 $74,551 +23% 25 $2,982   $170,350 3
Aug 28, 2015 50 $62,849 -16% 37 $1,699   $233,199 4
Sep 4, 2015 57 $45,230 -28% 32 $1,413   $278,429 5
Sep 11, 2015 62 $33,035 -27% 30 $1,101   $311,464 6
Sep 18, 2015 69 $18,763 -43% 31 $605   $330,227 7
Sep 25, 2015 86 $7,154 -62% 14 $511   $337,381 8
Oct 2, 2015 115 $1,174 -84% 5 $235   $338,555 9
Oct 9, 2015 92 $1,981 +69% 6 $330   $340,536 10

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Bulgaria 6/17/2016 $560 0 0 0 $3,670 2/26/2019
France 12/2/2015 $60,295 64 64 64 $60,295 12/8/2015
Mexico 1/21/2016 $29,566 0 1 1 $51,482 9/8/2018
South Korea 9/10/2015 $0 0 19 19 $51,470 4/4/2026
  
Rest of World $572,909
  
International Total $739,826 4/4/2026

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Leading

Liam Neeson    Mustafa
Salma Hayek-Pinault*    Kamila

Supporting

John Krasinski    Halim
Frank Langella    The Pasha
Alfred Molina    The Sergeant
Quvenzhané Wallis    Almitra
John Rhys-Davies   
Terri Douglas    Village Woman

Production and Technical Credits

Roger Allers    Director
Roger Allers    Screenwriter
Kahlil Gibran    Based on the children's book by
Salma Hayek-Pinault*    Producer
Clark Peterson    Producer
Jose Tamez    Producer
Ron Senkowski    Producer
Steve Hanson    Executive Producer
Francois Pinault    Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll    Executive Producer
Jonathan King    Executive Producer
Julia Lebedev    Executive Producer
Leonid Lebedev    Executive Producer
Nael Nasr    Executive Producer
Haythiam Nasr    Executive Producer
Jean Riachi    Executive Producer
Julien Khabbaz    Executive Producer
William Nix    Executive Producer
Jenny Samson Jacob    Co-Executive Producer
Mark N. Karavite    Co-Executive Producer
Gregory Pike    Co-Executive Producer
David Lipman    Executive in Charge of Production
Uwe Heidschoetter    Character Designer
Bjarne Hansen    Art Director
Jennifer Dolce    Editor
Howard Paar    Music Supervisor
Yo-Yo Ma    Featured Songs by
Gabriel Yared    Composer

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

Set in a Mediterranean sea-side village, Kamila cleans house for exiled artist and poet Mustafa, but the more difficult job is keeping her free-spirited young daughter, Almitra, out of trouble. The three embark on a journey meant to end with Mustafa's return home - but first they must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in his words will incite rebellion.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$27,435 (8.1% of total gross)
Legs:6.91 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:31.5% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$12,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/37 max. theaters, 4.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $483,136

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 7th, 2015 (Limited) by GKIDS
International Releases: September 10th, 2015 (Wide) (South Korea)
December 2nd, 2015 (Wide) (France)
January 21st, 2016 (Wide) (Mexico)
June 17th, 2016 (Wide), released as Прорoкът (Bulgaria)
... Show all releases
Video Release: February 2nd, 2016 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG for thematic elements including some violence and sensual images.
(Rating bulletin 2376, 6/3/2015)
Running Time: 85 minutes
Plot point: Artists, Exile, Government Corruption, Poet
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Hand Animation
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Story and Film, Inc., Ventanarosa, JRW Entertainment, Code Red
Production Countries: United States, Canada, Lebanon, Qatar
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 7, 2015 50 $27,435   2 $13,718   $27,435 1
Aug 14, 2015 46 $35,956 +31% 11 $3,269   $71,310 2
Aug 21, 2015 44 $49,263 +37% 12 $4,105   $145,062 3
Aug 28, 2015 50 $41,192 -16% 36 $1,144   $211,542 4
Sep 4, 2015 55 $26,367 -36% 31 $851   $259,566 5
Sep 11, 2015 63 $20,525 -22% 28 $733   $298,954 6
Sep 18, 2015 70 $12,748 -38% 29 $440   $324,212 7
Sep 25, 2015 78 $6,157 -52% 14 $440   $335,841 8

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 7, 2015 - $11,447     2 $5,724   $11,447 1
Aug 8, 2015 - $7,282 -36%   2 $3,641   $18,729 2
Aug 9, 2015 - $8,706 +20%   2 $4,353   $27,435 3
Aug 10, 2015 - $2,194 -75%   2 $1,097   $29,629 4
Aug 11, 2015 - $1,586 -28%   2 $793   $31,215 5
Aug 12, 2015 - $2,076 +31%   2 $1,038   $33,291 6
Aug 13, 2015 - $2,064 -1%   2 $1,032   $35,355 7
Aug 14, 2015 - $9,225 +347% -19% 12 $769   $44,580 8
Aug 15, 2015 - $14,105 +53% +94% 12 $1,175   $58,685 9
Aug 16, 2015 - $12,626 -10% +45% 12 $1,052   $71,311 10
Aug 17, 2015 - $5,095 -60% +132% 12 $425   $76,406 11
Aug 18, 2015 - $4,452 -13% +181% 12 $371   $80,858 12
Aug 19, 2015 - $4,799 +8% +131% 12 $400   $85,657 13
Aug 20, 2015 - $10,143 +111% +391% 12 $845   $95,800 14
Aug 21, 2015 - $14,506 +43% +57% 12 $1,209   $110,306 15
Aug 22, 2015 - $17,549 +21% +24% 12 $1,462   $127,855 16
Aug 23, 2015 - $17,208 -2% +36% 12 $1,434   $145,063 17
Aug 24, 2015 - $5,629 -67% +10% 24 $235   $150,692 18
Aug 25, 2015 - $6,044 +7% +36% 24 $252   $156,736 19
Aug 26, 2015 - $6,060 n/c +26% 24 $253   $162,796 20
Aug 27, 2015 - $7,009 +16% -31% 24 $292   $169,805 21
Aug 28, 2015 - $9,136 +30% -37% 37 $247   $178,941 22
Aug 29, 2015 - $17,735 +94% +1% 37 $479   $196,676 23
Aug 30, 2015 - $17,708 n/c +3% 37 $479   $214,384 24
Aug 31, 2015 - $4,304 -76% -24% 37 $116   $218,688 25
Sep 1, 2015 - $5,025 +17% -17% 37 $136   $223,713 26
Sep 2, 2015 - $3,936 -22% -35% 37 $106   $227,649 27
Sep 3, 2015 - $5,005 +27% -29% 37 $135   $232,654 28
Sep 4, 2015 - $6,835 +37% -25% 32 $214   $239,489 29
Sep 5, 2015 - $9,708 +42% -45% 32 $303   $249,197 30
Sep 6, 2015 - $9,867 +2% -44% 32 $308   $259,064 31
Sep 7, 2015 - $9,107 -8% +112% 32 $285   $268,171 32
Sep 8, 2015 - $2,422 -73% -52% 32 $76   $270,593 33
Sep 9, 2015 - $3,454 +43% -12% 32 $108   $274,047 34
Sep 10, 2015 - $3,838 +11% -23% 32 $120   $277,885 35
Sep 11, 2015 - $4,022 +5% -41% 28 $144   $281,907 36
Sep 12, 2015 - $8,536 +112% -12% 28 $305   $290,443 37
Sep 13, 2015 - $8,941 +5% -9% 28 $319   $299,384 38
Sep 14, 2015 - $2,425 -73% -73% 28 $87   $301,809 39
Sep 15, 2015 - $2,751 +13% +14% 28 $98   $304,560 40
Sep 16, 2015 - $3,628 +32% +5% 28 $130   $308,188 41
Sep 17, 2015 - $2,732 -25% -29% 28 $98   $310,920 42
Sep 18, 2015 - $3,005 +10% -25% 31 $97   $313,925 43
Sep 19, 2015 - $5,649 +88% -34% 31 $182   $319,574 44
Sep 20, 2015 - $4,481 -21% -50% 31 $145   $324,055 45
Sep 21, 2015 - $1,276 -72% -47% 31 $41   $325,331 46
Sep 22, 2015 - $1,520 +19% -45% 31 $49   $326,851 47
Sep 23, 2015 - $1,618 +6% -55% 31 $52   $328,469 48
Sep 24, 2015 - $1,215 -25% -56% 31 $39   $329,684 49
Sep 25, 2015 - $721 -41% -76% 14 $52   $330,405 50
Sep 26, 2015 - $3,935 +446% -30% 14 $281   $334,340 51
Sep 27, 2015 - $1,501 -62% -67% 14 $107   $335,841 52
Sep 28, 2015 - $342 -77% -73% 14 $24   $336,183 53
Sep 29, 2015 - $348 +2% -77% 14 $25   $336,531 54
Sep 30, 2015 - $318 -9% -80% 14 $23   $336,849 55
Oct 1, 2015 - $532 +67% -56% 14 $38   $337,381 56

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 7, 2015 52 $35,354   2 $17,677   $35,354 1
Aug 14, 2015 46 $60,445 +71% 12 $5,037   $95,799 2
Aug 21, 2015 48 $74,551 +23% 25 $2,982   $170,350 3
Aug 28, 2015 50 $62,849 -16% 37 $1,699   $233,199 4
Sep 4, 2015 57 $45,230 -28% 32 $1,413   $278,429 5
Sep 11, 2015 62 $33,035 -27% 30 $1,101   $311,464 6
Sep 18, 2015 69 $18,763 -43% 31 $605   $330,227 7
Sep 25, 2015 86 $7,154 -62% 14 $511   $337,381 8
Oct 2, 2015 115 $1,174 -84% 5 $235   $338,555 9
Oct 9, 2015 92 $1,981 +69% 6 $330   $340,536 10

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Bulgaria 6/17/2016 $560 0 0 0 $3,670 2/26/2019
France 12/2/2015 $60,295 64 64 64 $60,295 12/8/2015
Mexico 1/21/2016 $29,566 0 1 1 $51,482 9/8/2018
South Korea 9/10/2015 $0 0 19 19 $51,470 4/4/2026
  
Rest of World $572,909
  
International Total $739,826 4/4/2026

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Leading

Liam Neeson    Mustafa
Salma Hayek-Pinault*    Kamila

Supporting

John Krasinski    Halim
Frank Langella    The Pasha
Alfred Molina    The Sergeant
Quvenzhané Wallis    Almitra
John Rhys-Davies   
Terri Douglas    Village Woman

Production and Technical Credits

Roger Allers    Director
Roger Allers    Screenwriter
Kahlil Gibran    Based on the children's book by
Salma Hayek-Pinault*    Producer
Clark Peterson    Producer
Jose Tamez    Producer
Ron Senkowski    Producer
Steve Hanson    Executive Producer
Francois Pinault    Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll    Executive Producer
Jonathan King    Executive Producer
Julia Lebedev    Executive Producer
Leonid Lebedev    Executive Producer
Nael Nasr    Executive Producer
Haythiam Nasr    Executive Producer
Jean Riachi    Executive Producer
Julien Khabbaz    Executive Producer
William Nix    Executive Producer
Jenny Samson Jacob    Co-Executive Producer
Mark N. Karavite    Co-Executive Producer
Gregory Pike    Co-Executive Producer
David Lipman    Executive in Charge of Production
Uwe Heidschoetter    Character Designer
Bjarne Hansen    Art Director
Jennifer Dolce    Editor
Howard Paar    Music Supervisor
Yo-Yo Ma    Featured Songs by
Gabriel Yared    Composer

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.