Synopsis
Rex, a Broken Hill cab driver, has spent his life avoiding getting close to people. Even his best friend and occasional lover Polly, who lives across the road, is kept at distance. One day, he discovers he is dying. He doesn’t want to be forced to rely on anyone, least of all Polly, so he decides to leave his home and drive alone the 3000kms across the continent to Darwin, where the recently passed euthanasia laws lead him to believe he can be in control of his own death. But on this epic journey he meets people who force him to re-evaluate his life. He begins to realize that a life not shared is a life not lived. Sadly it seems wisdom has come too late, until Polly finally gives Rex the courage to act. Against all the odds, in one final heroic act of pure will, he drives his cab back through time and distance to Broken Hill, where he will share what he has left of his life with the one he loves.
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Movie Details
| Australia Releases: |
July 3rd, 2015 (Limited) |
| Video Release: |
September 19th, 2016 by First Run Home |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Running Time: |
123 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Terminal Illness, Australian Aboriginals, Australia, Taxi Driver, Suicide Attempt, Road Trip, Doctors |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Screen Australia, Screen NSW, South Australian Film Corp., Screen Territory, Films Distribution, Pork Chop |
| Production Countries: |
Australia |
| Languages: |
English |
June 15th, 2016
There were only two films in the $10,000 club on the theater average chart. This includes the overall number one film, The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist, which opened with an average of $12,087. The only other film in the $10,000 club was De Palma, which earned an average of $10,118 in three theaters.
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June 10th, 2016
There are a few limited releases coming out this week that have a chance of finding an audience, but none that will expand significantly. De Palma is a must see for fans of the director, or of movie business documentaries in general. King Jack has perfect reviews, but it is also playing on Video On Demand. Therapy for a Vampire is the film I'm most interested in seeing, but while its reviews are great, it likely won't escape the art house circuit.
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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
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2015/07/03 |
38 |
$4,943 |
|
1 |
$4,943 |
$4,943 |
1 |
| 2015/07/31 |
25 |
$24,058 |
|
9 |
$2,673 |
$66,918 |
5 |
| 2015/08/07 |
4 |
$848,740 |
+3,428% |
221 |
$3,840 |
$982,276 |
6 |
| 2015/08/14 |
5 |
$752,310 |
-11% |
232 |
$3,243 |
$2,194,691 |
7 |
| 2015/08/21 |
7 |
$613,711 |
-18% |
247 |
$2,485 |
$3,161,712 |
8 |
| 2015/08/28 |
7 |
$468,928 |
-24% |
246 |
$1,906 |
$3,845,961 |
9 |
| 2015/09/04 |
8 |
$305,773 |
-35% |
218 |
$1,403 |
$4,231,975 |
10 |
| 2015/09/11 |
9 |
$157,800 |
-48% |
160 |
$986 |
$4,627,097 |
11 |
| 2015/09/18 |
11 |
$94,167 |
-40% |
82 |
$1,148 |
$4,910,399 |
12 |
| 2015/09/25 |
14 |
$60,452 |
-36% |
54 |
$1,119 |
$4,883,528 |
13 |
| 2015/10/02 |
19 |
$27,045 |
-55% |
47 |
$575 |
$4,952,270 |
14 |
| 2015/10/09 |
27 |
$19,856 |
-27% |
35 |
$567 |
$5,208,288 |
15 |
| 2015/10/16 |
25 |
$17,360 |
-13% |
23 |
$755 |
$5,190,897 |
16 |
| 2015/10/23 |
33 |
$8,393 |
-52% |
14 |
$600 |
$5,173,041 |
17 |
| 2015/10/30 |
36 |
$5,592 |
-33% |
10 |
$559 |
$5,124,037 |
18 |
| 2015/11/06 |
37 |
$6,159 |
+10% |
11 |
$560 |
$5,061,998 |
19 |
| 2015/11/13 |
50 |
$2,379 |
-61% |
5 |
$476 |
$5,126,785 |
20 |
| 2015/11/20 |
59 |
$1,371 |
-42% |
5 |
$274 |
$5,212,893 |
21 |
| 2015/11/27 |
60 |
$818 |
-40% |
2 |
$409 |
$5,185,335 |
22 |
| 2015/12/04 |
69 |
$546 |
-33% |
2 |
$273 |
$5,277,355 |
23 |
| 2015/12/11 |
69 |
$648 |
+19% |
2 |
$324 |
$5,284,598 |
24 |
| 2015/12/18 |
44 |
$1,333 |
+106% |
2 |
$667 |
$5,198,447 |
25 |
| 2015/12/25 |
45 |
$514 |
-61% |
1 |
$514 |
$5,287,932 |
26 |
| 2016/01/01 |
51 |
$761 |
+48% |
1 |
$761 |
$5,265,796 |
27 |
| 2016/01/08 |
53 |
$596 |
-22% |
1 |
$596 |
$5,290,816 |
28 |
| 2016/01/15 |
44 |
$2,859 |
+380% |
2 |
$1,430 |
$4,965,599 |
29 |
| 2016/02/12 |
54 |
$1,698 |
|
1 |
$1,698 |
$5,137,229 |
33 |
| 2016/02/26 |
59 |
$1,704 |
|
1 |
$1,704 |
$5,296,425 |
35 |
| 2016/11/18 |
- |
$4,096 |
|
1 |
$4,096 |
$5,319,798 |
73 |
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