Synopsis

The story of Owen Suskind, a young man who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films. This coming-of-age story follows Owen as he graduates to adulthood and takes his first steps toward independence. The subject of his father Ron Suskind’s New York Times bestseller, Owen was a thriving three year old who suddenly and inexplicably went silent—and for years after remained unable to connect with other people or to convey his thoughts, feelings or desires. Over time, through repeated viewings of Disney classics like The Little Mermaid and The Lion King, Owen found useful tools to help him to understand complex social cues and to re-connect with the world around him.

Metrics

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

Record	Rank	Amount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 9,801-9,900)	9,830	$254,738
All Time International Box Office (Rank 9,101-9,200)	9,126	$107,361
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 12,901-13,000)	12,999	$362,099
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 2,901-3,000)	2,962	$254,738

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

Movie Details

Domestic Releases:	July 1st, 2016 (Limited) by The Orchard
International Releases:	September 30th, 2016 (Wide) (Australia) December 9th, 2016 (Wide) (United Kingdom) March 23rd, 2017 (Wide) (Netherlands) September 21st, 2017 (Wide) (South Korea)
Video Release:	October 4th, 2016 by The Orchard
MPAA Rating:	PG for thematic elements, and language including a suggestive reference. (Rating bulletin 2419 (Cert #50388), 4/6/2016)
Running Time:	91 minutes
Comparisons:	vs. I Am Not Your Negro Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords:	Coming of Age, Autism, Animated Sequences, Archive Footage
Source:	Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:	Documentary
Production Method:	Animation/Live Action
Creative Type:	Factual
Production Companies:	A&E Indiefilms, Motto Pictures, The Orchard
Production Countries:	France, United States

Documentary Subject(s)

Owen Suskind

Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Roger Ross Williams		Director
Roger Ross Williams		Producer
Julie Goldman		Producer
David Teague		Editor
Molly Thompson		Executive Producer
Robert DeBitetto		Executive Producer
Robert Sharenow		Executive Producer
Ron Suskind		Executive Producer
Carolyn Hepburn		Co-Producer
Christopher Clements		Co-Producer
Tom Bergmann		Cinematographer
Mac Guff		Animation
T. Griffin		Composer
Dylan Stark		Composer

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 9,801-9,900)	9,830	$254,738
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 9,501-9,600)	9,504	$264,158
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 9,001-9,100)	9,075	$254,738
Top 2016 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400)	311	$254,738
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 2,901-3,000)	2,962	$254,738
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,201-3,300)	3,212	$264,158
Top 2016 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)	159	$254,738
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies (Rank 101-200)	130	$254,738
All Time Domestic Box Office for Animation/Live Action Movies (Rank 101-200)	131	$254,738
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 401-500)	466	$254,738
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 401-500)	419	$254,738
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300)	1,257	$254,738
All Time Domestic Box Office for The Orchard Movies	13	$254,738

Weekend Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
2016/07/01	45	$21,883		3	$7,294	$21,883	1
2016/07/08	50	$21,070	-4%	8	$2,634	$52,690	2
2016/07/15	45	$29,208	+39%	19	$1,537	$91,344	3
2016/07/22	47	$24,595	-16%	25	$984	$131,369	4
2016/07/29	49	$18,324	-25%	23	$797	$165,643	5
2016/08/05	52	$13,277	-28%	36	$369	$190,736	6
2016/08/12	75	$5,651	-57%	23	$246	$210,239	7
2016/08/19	71	$4,753	-16%	10	$475	$218,630	8
2016/08/26	80	$3,731	-22%	60	$62	$224,269	9
2016/09/02	93	$974	-74%	6	$162	$227,250	10
2016/09/09	83	$6,744	+592%	11	$613	$235,177	11
2016/09/16	97	$2,726	-60%	10	$273	$240,559	12
2016/09/23	99	$2,239	-18%	5	$448	$244,031	13
2016/09/30	107	$985	-56%	4	$246	$253,015	14
2016/10/07	99	$959	-3%	2	$480	$254,530	15

Daily Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2016/07/01	-	$6,134		3	$2,045	$6,134	1
2016/07/02	-	$10,468	+71%	3	$3,489	$16,602	2
2016/07/03	-	$5,281	-50%	3	$1,760	$21,883	3
2016/07/04	-	$2,867	-46%	3	$956	$24,750	4
2016/07/05	-	$1,413	-51%	3	$471	$26,163	5
2016/07/06	-	$3,641	+158%	3	$1,214	$29,804	6
2016/07/07	-	$1,816	-50%	3	$605	$31,620	7
2016/07/08	-	$6,385	+252%	8	$798	$38,005	8
2016/07/09	-	$9,490	+49%	8	$1,186	$47,495	9
2016/07/10	-	$5,195	-45%	8	$649	$52,690	10
2016/07/11	-	$1,990	-62%	8	$249	$54,680	11
2016/07/12	-	$2,174	+9%	8	$272	$56,854	12
2016/07/13	-	$2,586	+19%	8	$323	$59,440	13
2016/07/14	-	$2,696	+4%	8	$337	$62,136	14
2016/07/15	-	$9,642	+258%	19	$507	$71,778	15
2016/07/16	-	$11,250	+17%	19	$592	$83,028	16
2016/07/17	-	$8,316	-26%	19	$438	$91,344	17
2016/07/18	-	$3,232	-61%	19	$170	$94,576	18
2016/07/19	-	$3,320	+3%	19	$175	$97,896	19
2016/07/20	-	$4,595	+38%	19	$242	$102,491	20
2016/07/21	-	$4,283	-7%	19	$225	$106,774	21
2016/07/22	-	$7,569	+77%	25	$303	$114,343	22
2016/07/23	-	$9,838	+30%	25	$394	$124,181	23
2016/07/24	-	$7,188	-27%	25	$288	$131,369	24
2016/07/25	-	$3,584	-50%	25	$143	$134,953	25
2016/07/26	-	$3,979	+11%	25	$159	$138,932	26
2016/07/27	-	$3,792	-5%	25	$152	$142,724	27
2016/07/28	-	$4,595	+21%	25	$184	$147,319	28
2016/07/29	-	$6,880	+50%	23	$299	$154,199	29
2016/07/30	-	$5,502	-20%	23	$239	$159,701	30
2016/07/31	-	$5,942	+8%	23	$258	$165,643	31
2016/08/01	-	$2,030	-66%	23	$88	$167,673	32
2016/08/02	-	$2,518	+24%	23	$109	$170,191	33
2016/08/03	-	$3,616	+44%	23	$157	$173,807	34
2016/08/04	-	$3,652	+1%	23	$159	$177,459	35
2016/08/05	-	$3,700	+1%	36	$103	$181,159	36
2016/08/06	-	$5,291	+43%	36	$147	$186,450	37
2016/08/07	-	$4,286	-19%	36	$119	$190,736	38
2016/08/08	-	$2,513	-41%	40	$63	$193,249	39
2016/08/09	-	$3,203	+27%	40	$80	$196,452	40
2016/08/10	-	$4,464	+39%	40	$112	$200,916	41
2016/08/11	-	$3,672	-18%	40	$92	$204,588	42
2016/08/12	-	$1,002	-73%	23	$44	$205,590	43
2016/08/13	-	$3,206	+220%	23	$139	$208,796	44
2016/08/14	-	$1,443	-55%	23	$63	$210,239	45
2016/08/15	-	$508	-65%	23	$22	$210,747	46
2016/08/16	-	$528	+4%	23	$23	$211,275	47
2016/08/17	-	$1,102	+109%	23	$48	$212,377	48
2016/08/18	-	$1,500	+36%	23	$65	$213,877	49
2016/08/19	-	$1,567	+4%	10	$157	$215,444	50
2016/08/20	-	$2,366	+51%	10	$237	$217,810	51
2016/08/21	-	$820	-65%	10	$82	$218,630	52
2016/08/22	-	$320	-61%	10	$32	$218,950	53
2016/08/23	-	$521	+63%	10	$52	$219,471	54
2016/08/24	-	$417	-20%	10	$42	$219,888	55
2016/08/25	-	$650	+56%	10	$65	$220,538	56
2016/08/26	-	$422	-35%	60	$7	$220,960	57
2016/08/27	-	$2,665	+532%	60	$44	$223,625	58
2016/08/28	-	$644	-76%	60	$11	$224,269	59
2016/08/29	-	$170	-74%	60	$3	$224,439	60
2016/08/30	-	$576	+239%	60	$10	$225,015	61
2016/08/31	-	$1,065	+85%	60	$18	$226,080	62
2016/09/01	-	$196	-82%	60	$3	$226,276	63
2016/09/02	-	$100	-49%	6	$17	$226,376	64
2016/09/03	-	$267	+167%	6	$45	$226,643	65
2016/09/04	-	$607	+127%	6	$101	$227,250	66
2016/09/05	-	$737	+21%	6	$123	$227,987	67
2016/09/06	-	$143	-81%	6	$24	$228,130	68
2016/09/07	-	$193	+35%	6	$32	$228,323	69
2016/09/08	-	$110	-43%	6	$18	$228,433	70
2016/09/09	-	$2,800	+2,445%	11	$255	$231,233	71
2016/09/10	-	$2,011	-28%	11	$183	$233,244	72
2016/09/11	-	$1,933	-4%	11	$176	$235,177	73
2016/09/12	-	$766	-60%	11	$70	$235,943	74
2016/09/13	-	$1,141	+49%	11	$104	$237,084	75
2016/09/14	-	$281	-75%	11	$26	$237,365	76
2016/09/15	-	$468	+67%	11	$43	$237,833	77
2016/09/16	-	$676	+44%	10	$68	$238,509	78
2016/09/17	-	$1,541	+128%	10	$154	$240,050	79
2016/09/18	-	$509	-67%	10	$51	$240,559	80
2016/09/19	-	$203	-60%	10	$20	$240,762	81
2016/09/20	-	$244	+20%	10	$24	$241,006	82
2016/09/21	-	$409	+68%	10	$41	$241,415	83
2016/09/22	-	$377	-8%	10	$38	$241,792	84
2016/09/23	-	$513	+36%	5	$103	$242,305	85
2016/09/24	-	$1,370	+167%	5	$274	$243,675	86
2016/09/25	-	$356	-74%	5	$71	$244,031	87
2016/09/26	-	$102	-71%	5	$20	$244,133	88
2016/09/27	-	$7,322	+7,078%	5	$1,464	$251,455	89
2016/09/28	-	$59	-99%	5	$12	$251,514	90
2016/09/29	-	$516	+775%	5	$103	$252,030	91

Weekly Box Office Performance

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
2016/07/01	48	$31,620		3	$10,540	$31,620	1
2016/07/08	51	$30,516	-3%	8	$3,815	$62,136	2
2016/07/15	49	$44,638	+46%	19	$2,349	$106,774	3
2016/07/22	48	$40,545	-9%	25	$1,622	$147,319	4
2016/07/29	50	$30,140	-26%	23	$1,310	$177,459	5
2016/08/05	49	$27,129	-10%	40	$678	$204,588	6
2016/08/12	71	$9,289	-66%	23	$404	$213,877	7
2016/08/19	77	$6,661	-28%	10	$666	$220,538	8
2016/08/26	87	$5,738	-14%	60	$96	$226,276	9
2016/09/02	97	$2,157	-62%	6	$360	$228,433	10
2016/09/09	84	$9,400	+336%	11	$855	$237,833	11
2016/09/16	98	$3,959	-58%	10	$396	$241,792	12
2016/09/23	84	$10,238	+159%	5	$2,048	$252,030	13
2016/09/30	118	$1,541	-85%	4	$385	$253,571	14
2016/10/07	111	$1,167	-24%	2	$584	$254,738	15

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Theaters	Maximum Theaters	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Australia	9/30/2016	$11,253	10	10	27	$31,455	10/24/2016
Netherlands	3/23/2017	$12,573	30	30	30	$21,143	3/29/2017
South Korea	9/21/2017	$0	0	49	49	$22,518	10/23/2017
United Kingdom	12/9/2016	$32,245	25	25	25	$32,245	12/14/2016

International Total						$107,361	10/23/2017

International Cumulative Box Office Records

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 9,101-9,200)	9,126	$107,361
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 8,301-8,400)	8,381	$107,361
All Time International Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies (Rank 101-200)	124	$107,361
All Time International Box Office for Animation/Live Action Movies (Rank 101-200)	145	$107,361
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 401-500)	425	$107,361
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 301-400)	381	$107,361
All Time International Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 701-800)	748	$107,361
All Time International Box Office for The Orchard Movies	12	$107,361

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 12,901-13,000)	12,999	$362,099
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 12,001-12,100)	12,040	$362,099
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies (Rank 101-200)	144	$362,099
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Animation/Live Action Movies (Rank 101-200)	148	$362,099
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 501-600)	538	$362,099
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 401-500)	469	$362,099
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400)	1,309	$362,099
All Time Worldwide Box Office for The Orchard Movies	15	$362,099

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