South Korea Box Office for Machine Gun Preacher (2011)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
South Korea Box Office $150,625Details
Worldwide Box Office $3,721,988Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $4,467,400 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $685,644 Details
Total North America Video Sales $5,153,044
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Synopsis

In this inspirational true story, Machine Gun Preacher is about Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard Butler delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster's moving story of violence and redemption.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$30,000,000
South Korea Releases: May 24th, 2012 (Wide)
Video Release: June 5th, 2012 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for violent content including disturbing images, language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality.
(Rating bulletin 2171, 5/11/2011)
Running Time: 123 minutes
Keywords: Religious, Gangs, War, Orphan, Rescue, Kidnap, Warlord, Biography, Inspired by a True Story, Child Soldier
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Virgin, Safady Entertainment, Apparatus, GG Filmz, 1984 PDC, Mpower Pictures, ITS Capital, Merlina Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Blu-ray Sales: John Carter Acts Up

June 20th, 2012

New releases dominated the Blu-ray sales chart just as much as it did the DVD sales chart. Two Blu-rays, John Carter and Act of Valor topped the list. John Carter led the way in terms of units with 965,000 units / $19.30 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was just shy of 60%. The film is still going to lose money, but its high definition run should at least cut the loses a bit. More...

DVD Sales: New Releases Get into the Act

June 18th, 2012

New releases dominated the DVD sales chart this week earning the top five spots. They also placed five more DVDs in the top twenty. Act of Valor led the way with 703,000 units / $11.94 million, which is a surprisingly strong start. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for June 5th, 2012

June 5th, 2012

While summer is usually the slowest time of the year on the home market, this week is fantastic with a lot of prime releases, including first-run, TV on DVD releases, classics and limited releases. Unfortunately, the largest single category is, "Screener is Late". You will see that phrase countless times on this list. (Perhaps it's because last week was a short week due to Memorial Day.) It is especially hard to select a Pick of the Week, because I don't like handing out that title when the screener is late. There are a few likely candidates, including Burn Notice: The Complete Fifth Season, Yellow Submarine on Blu-ray, but I went with Tomboy on DVD. More...

Awards Season: Globes Reward Artistic Intent

December 16th, 2011

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominations and the Awards Season picture started to look a whole lot clearer. The Artist led the way with six nominations, while The Descendents and The Help were right behind with five apiece. More...

Per Theater Chart: What a Weekend!

September 27th, 2011

Weekend earned nearly perfect reviews, but I'm still surprised by its box office strength as it earned $27,245 in one theater during its opening weekend of release. The Man Nobody Knew was next with $15,411, also in one theater. Machine Gun Preacher also topped expectations with an average of $11,283 in four theaters, but its reviews suggest it won't last long. Pearl Jam Twenty earned an average of $10,245 in ten theaters over the weekend, and including the special showing it had earlier in the week, it already has close to $400,000. More...

Weekend Estimates: Lion King Just Holds Off Moneyball and Dolphin Tale

September 25th, 2011

In a surprisingly strong weekend for September, The Lion King will enjoy a second weekend at the top of the chart, although only by a narrow margin over new entries Moneyball and Dolphin Tale. Disney's animated classic will take in about $22 million this weekend, and now looks set to pass $400 million in lifetime domestic box office before its theatrical run is over, and it has a shot at topping Spider-Man to take a place in the all-time top 10. More...

Thunder Soul and the other Limited Releases Try to Make Some Noise

September 23rd, 2011

It's another week without a lot of limited releases that seem destined for box office success. There are a few films that earned a bit of advanced buzz, but very few of those are earning good reviews. There are two films that are currently earning 100% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes: Thunder Soul and Weekend. But both might have trouble finding an audience either because they are opening in too many theaters, or because the subject matter makes them a niche film. More...

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
2012/05/25 3 $70,961   140 $507   $150,625 1

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Ecuador 12/21/2012 $5,834 7 7 13 $17,962 12/29/2018
Hong Kong 4/19/2012 $0 0 8 9 $112,734 12/6/2015
Nigeria 3/30/2012 $0 0 3 5 $20,325 12/29/2018
North America 9/23/2011 $45,130 4 93 263 $538,690 9/22/2015
Peru 6/28/2012 $36,726 20 20 39 $82,997 12/29/2018
Philippines 4/7/2012 $0 0 1 1 $505,908 12/29/2018
South Korea 5/24/2012 $70,961 140 140 140 $150,625 12/10/2015
Venezuela 1/4/2013 $53,933 9 11 51 $197,949 12/14/2015
 
Rest of World $2,094,798
 
Worldwide Total$3,721,988 12/29/2018

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Leading Cast

Gerard Butler    Sam Childers

Supporting Cast

Michelle Monaghan    Lynn
Michael Shannon    Donnie
Kathy Baker    Daisy
Souleymane Sy Savane    Deng
Madeline Carroll    Paige

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

Production and Technical Credits

Marc Forster    Director
Marc Forster    Producer
Jason Keller    Screenwriter
Craig Chapman    Producer
Gary Safady    Producer
Robbie Brenner    Producer
Deborah Giarratana    Producer
Gerard Butler    Executive Producer
Michael Corso    Executive Producer
Kyle Dean Jackson    Executive Producer
Myles Nestel    Executive Producer
Louise Rosner    Executive Producer
Adi Shankar    Executive Producer
Alan Siegel    Executive Producer
Spencer Silna    Executive Producer
Brad Simpson    Executive Producer
Chris Cornell    Song Writer