France Box Office for The Lobster (2015)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
France Box Office $983,184Details
Worldwide Box Office $17,985,061Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $359,933 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $253,304 Details
Total North America Video Sales $613,237
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Synopsis

A love story set in the near future where single people, according to the rules of The City, are arrested and transferred to The Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into The Woods. A desperate Man escapes from The Hotel to The Woods where The Loners live and falls in love, although it is against their rules.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$4,500,000
France Releases: October 28th, 2015 (Wide)
Video Release: August 2nd, 2016 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content including dialogue, and some violence.
(Rating bulletin 2405 (Cert #50196), 12/23/2015)
Running Time: 119 minutes
Keywords: Tortured for Information, Transferring Consciousness, Dystopia, Suicide, Animal Abuse, Voiceover/Narration, Self Harm, Restaurants
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Romantic Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production/Financing Companies: Bord Scannan na hEireann, Irish Film Board, The Netherlands Film Fund, Greek Film Center, BFI, Protagonist Pictures, Canal Plus, Cine Plus, Aide aux Cinemas du Monde, Centre National du Cinema et de L Image Animee, Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres, Institut Francais, Element Pictures, Scarlet Films, Faliro House Productions, Haut et Court, Lemming Film, Limp, A24
Production Countries: France, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Languages: English

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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

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2015/10/30 14 $527,472   126 $4,186   $527,472 1
2015/11/06 15 $332,973 -37% 140 $2,378   $983,184 2

Box Office Summary Per Territory

$00$00
Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 10/23/2015 $47,379 8 18 132 $563,043 2/5/2024
Belgium 10/28/2015 $48,443 12 16 103 $311,527 6/9/2016
Canada 3/25/2016 00$0
Czech Republic 3/24/2016 $4,670 17 17 56 $19,674 12/31/2018
France 10/28/2015 $527,472 126 140 266 $983,184 11/10/2015
Greece 10/22/2015 $79,466 8 24 85 $409,693 11/25/2015
Italy 10/15/2015 $136,577 48 50 300 $785,108 6/9/2016
North America 5/13/2016 $50,003 7 563 2,393 $9,196,278 9/20/2017
Poland 2/26/2016 $24,421 37 37 96 $70,246 12/31/2018
Portugal 5/20/2016 $7,649 6 6 20 $31,970 6/22/2016
Slovenia 12/31/2015 $0 0 3 11 $19,708 6/9/2016
South Korea 10/29/2015 $90,030 69 69 285 $441,326 5/6/2021
Spain 12/4/2015 $54,901 16 16 121 $342,434 6/9/2016
Taiwan 12/25/2015 00$0
Thailand 11/19/2015 $40,706 8 32 79 $237,724 12/29/2015
Turkey 12/25/2015 $25,716 20 20 20 $114,580 12/31/2018
United Arab Emirates 12/3/2015 $0 0 1 1 $6,700 12/30/2018
United Kingdom 10/16/2015 $354,569 75 84 497 $2,304,968 5/24/2023
 
Rest of World $2,146,898
 
Worldwide Total$17,985,061 2/5/2024

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Leading Cast

Colin Farrell    David
Rachel Weisz    Short Sighted Woman

Supporting Cast

Jessica Barden    Nosebleed Woman
Olivia Colman    Hotel Manager
Ashley Jensen    Biscuit Woman
Ariane Labed    The Maid
Angeliki Papoulia    Heartless Woman
John C. Reilly    Lisping Man
Lea Seydoux    Loner Leader
Michael Smiley    Loner Swimmer
Ben Whishaw    The Limping Man

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

Production and Technical Credits

Yorgos Lanthimos    Director
Yorgos Lanthimos    Screenwriter
Ed Guiney    Producer
Lee Magiday    Producer
Ceci Dempsey    Producer
Yorgos Lanthimos    Producer
Andrew Lowe    Executive Producer
Tessa Ross    Executive Producer
Christos V. Konstantakopoulos    Co-Producer
Leontine Petit    Co-Producer
Carole Scotta    Co-Producer
Joost de Vries    Co-Producer
Derk-Jan Warrink    Co-Producer
Jacqueline Abrahams    Production Designer
Yorgos Mavropsaridis    Editor
Thimios Bakatakis    Director of Photography
Sharon Doyle    Make up
Eileen Buggy    Hairstylist
Sarah Blenkinsop    Costume Designer
Johnnie Burn    Sound Designer
Cait Collins    Line Producer
Jina Jay    Casting Director