Million Dollar Arm (2014)

Million Dollar Arm poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $36,447,959Details
International Box Office $2,769,953Details
Worldwide Box Office $39,217,912
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $4,069,680 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $1,986,527 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $6,056,207
Further financial details...

Synopsis

JB Bernstein, a once-successful sports agent finds himself edged out by bigger, slicker competitors. He and his partner Aash will have to close their business down for good if JB doesn’t come up with something fast. Late one night, while watching cricket being played in India on TV, JB comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Why not go to there and find the next baseball pitching sensation? Setting off for Mumbai with nothing but a gifted but cantankerous scout in tow, JB stages a televised, nationwide competition called “Million Dollar Arm” where 40,000 hopefuls compete before two 18-year-old finalists, Rinku and Dinesh, emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the United States to train with legendary pitching coach Tom House. The goal: get the boys signed to a major league team. Not only is the game itself difficult to master, but life in the U.S. with a committed bachelor makes things even more complicated—for all of them.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$10,515,659 (28.9% of total gross)
Legs:3.47 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:92.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,019 opening theaters/3,019 max. theaters, 4.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $48,091,671

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 10th, 2014 (Sneak Peek) by Walt Disney
May 16th, 2014 (Wide) by Walt Disney
International Releases: June 13th, 2014 (Wide) (Venezuela)
June 19th, 2014 (Wide) (New Zealand)
June 20th, 2014 (Wide) (Ecuador)
June 26th, 2014 (Wide) (Chile)
July 3rd, 2014 (Wide) (Thailand)
... Show all releases
Video Release: October 7th, 2014 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for mild language and some suggestive content.
(Rating bulletin 2300, 11/27/2013)
Running Time: 123 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
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Keywords: Inspirational Sports, Baseball, Cricket, Underdog, Reality TV, Inspired by a True Story, Culture Clash, Romance, Sports Drama
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Roth Films, Mayhem Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 159 $6,968,980 May 23, 2014 10
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 211 $9,431,070 May 23, 2014 10
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 113 $9,168,641 May 23, 2014 10
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 125 $12,407,852 May 23, 2014 10

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 16, 2014 4 $10,515,659   3,019 $3,483   $10,515,659 1
May 23, 2014 6 $6,968,980 -34% 3,019 $2,308   $20,503,785 2
May 30, 2014 8 $3,588,444 -49% 2,329 $1,541   $27,985,053 3
Jun 6, 2014 10 $2,025,950 -44% 1,643 $1,233   $31,550,980 4
Jun 13, 2014 13 $804,423 -60% 577 $1,394   $33,471,302 5
Jun 20, 2014 15 $538,050 -33% 444 $1,212   $34,402,198 6
Jun 27, 2014 20 $300,252 -44% 273 $1,100   $35,012,418 7
Jul 4, 2014 29 $182,805 -39% 163 $1,122   $35,361,055 8
Jul 11, 2014 29 $186,158 +2% 224 $831   $35,643,752 9
Jul 18, 2014 31 $169,823 -9% 175 $970   $35,955,572 10
Jul 25, 2014 38 $104,519 -38% 140 $747   $36,169,411 11
Aug 1, 2014 39 $77,177 -26% 101 $764   $36,312,739 12
Aug 8, 2014 48 $42,233 -45% 66 $640   $36,404,905 13
Aug 15, 2014 60 $17,901 -58% 35 $511   $36,447,959 14

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 16, 2014 4 $3,468,004     3,019 $1,149   $3,468,004 1
May 17, 2014 4 $4,315,911 +24%   3,019 $1,430   $7,783,915 2
May 18, 2014 4 $2,731,744 -37%   3,019 $905   $10,515,659 3
May 19, 2014 4 $818,452 -70%   3,019 $271   $11,334,111 4
May 20, 2014 4 $858,786 +5%   3,019 $284   $12,192,897 5
May 21, 2014 4 $655,839 -24%   3,019 $217   $12,848,736 6
May 22, 2014 4 $686,069 +5%   3,019 $227   $13,534,805 7
May 23, 2014 6 $1,820,309 +165% -48% 3,019 $603   $15,355,114 8
May 24, 2014 6 $2,703,499 +49% -37% 3,019 $895   $18,058,613 9
May 25, 2014 6 $2,445,172 -10% -10% 3,019 $810   $20,503,785 10
May 26, 2014 5 $2,199,661 -10% +169% 3,019 $729   $22,703,446 11
May 27, 2014 6 $624,737 -72% -27% 3,019 $207   $23,328,183 12
May 28, 2014 6 $546,232 -13% -17% 3,019 $181   $23,874,415 13
May 29, 2014 6 $522,194 -4% -24% 3,019 $173   $24,396,609 14
May 30, 2014 7 $1,044,311 +100% -43% 2,329 $448   $25,440,920 15
May 31, 2014 8 $1,593,224 +53% -41% 2,329 $684   $27,034,144 16
Jun 1, 2014 8 $950,909 -40% -61% 2,329 $408   $27,985,053 17
Jun 2, 2014 8 $344,767 -64% -84% 2,329 $148   $28,329,820 18
Jun 3, 2014 8 $429,362 +25% -31% 2,329 $184   $28,759,182 19
Jun 4, 2014 8 $399,096 -7% -27% 2,329 $171   $29,158,278 20
Jun 5, 2014 8 $366,752 -8% -30% 2,329 $157   $29,525,030 21
Jun 6, 2014 10 $616,395 +68% -41% 1,643 $375   $30,141,425 22
Jun 7, 2014 10 $853,302 +38% -46% 1,643 $519   $30,994,727 23
Jun 8, 2014 11 $556,253 -35% -42% 1,643 $339   $31,550,980 24
Jun 9, 2014 11 $264,741 -52% -23% 1,643 $161   $31,815,721 25
Jun 10, 2014 11 $309,423 +17% -28% 1,643 $188   $32,125,144 26
Jun 11, 2014 10 $296,117 -4% -26% 1,643 $180   $32,421,261 27
Jun 12, 2014 10 $245,618 -17% -33% 1,643 $149   $32,666,879 28
Jun 13, 2014 13 $211,126 -14% -66% 577 $366   $32,878,005 29
Jun 14, 2014 13 $284,942 +35% -67% 577 $494   $33,162,947 30
Jun 15, 2014 12 $308,355 +8% -45% 577 $534   $33,471,302 31
Jun 16, 2014 13 $81,689 -74% -69% 577 $142   $33,552,991 32
Jun 17, 2014 13 $105,883 +30% -66% 577 $184   $33,658,874 33
Jun 18, 2014 13 $101,938 -4% -66% 577 $177   $33,760,812 34
Jun 19, 2014 13 $103,336 +1% -58% 577 $179   $33,864,148 35

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 16, 2014 5 $13,534,805   3,019 $4,483   $13,534,805 1
May 23, 2014 6 $10,861,804 -20% 3,019 $3,598   $24,396,609 2
May 30, 2014 8 $5,128,421 -53% 2,329 $2,202   $29,525,030 3
Jun 6, 2014 10 $3,141,849 -39% 1,643 $1,912   $32,666,879 4
Jun 13, 2014 13 $1,197,269 -62% 577 $2,075   $33,864,148 5
Jun 20, 2014 15 $848,018 -29% 444 $1,910   $34,712,166 6
Jun 27, 2014 25 $466,084 -45% 273 $1,707   $35,178,250 7
Jul 4, 2014 31 $279,344 -40% 163 $1,714   $35,457,594 8
Jul 11, 2014 28 $328,155 +17% 224 $1,465   $35,785,749 9
Jul 18, 2014 31 $279,143 -15% 175 $1,595   $36,064,892 10
Jul 25, 2014 38 $170,670 -39% 140 $1,219   $36,235,562 11
Aug 1, 2014 39 $127,110 -26% 101 $1,259   $36,362,672 12
Aug 8, 2014 46 $67,386 -47% 66 $1,021   $36,430,058 13

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Chile 6/26/2014 $7,366 15 15 17 $10,154 12/30/2018
Ecuador 6/20/2014 $0 0 37 117 $96,071 12/30/2018
Kenya 7/18/2014 $1,852 6 6 12 $3,495 12/30/2018
New Zealand 6/19/2014 $0 0 45 67 $170,906 1/8/2016
Nigeria 7/18/2014 $15,851 13 13 22 $18,026 12/30/2018
Thailand 7/3/2014 $6,912 33 40 98 $100,656 12/16/2015
Turkey 7/11/2014 $13,699 33 33 70 $42,383 12/30/2018
Venezuela 6/13/2014 $0 0 5 10 $228,502 12/16/2015
 
Rest of World $2,099,760
 
International Total$2,769,953 12/30/2018

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Oct 12, 2014580,935 80,935$1,664,024$1,664,0241
Oct 19, 20141222,830-72% 103,765$464,362$2,128,3862

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Oct 12, 2014732,562 32,562$592,308$592,3081
Oct 19, 2014147,401-77% 39,963$147,213$739,5212

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Leading Cast

Jon Hamm    J.B. Bernstein

Supporting Cast

Pitobash Tripathy    Amit (Deepesh Solanki)
Aasif Mandvi    Aash
Bill Paxton    Tom House
Suraj Sharma    Rinku
Lake Bell    Brenda
Alan Arkin    Ray
Madhur Mittal    Dinesh
Darshan Jariwala    Vivek
Gregory Alan Williams    Doug
Allyn Rachel    Theresa
Tzi Ma    Chang
Rey Maualuga    Popo
Bar Paly    Lisette
Jaspaul Sandhu    Grumpy Guy
Kuldeep Rajput    Plant Manager
Vivek Pandkar    Document Inspector
Pawan Chopra    Coach (Lucknow Sports Academy)
Ruturaj Shinde    Chubby Kid
Zaki Tayeb Ali Kazi    Skinny Kid
Chirag Sethi    Tall Kid
Cyrus Sahukar    Emcee
Lata Shukla    Rinku's Mother
Harrish Chandra    Rinku's Uncle
Brooke Jaye Taylor    Woman in Elevator
Brett Zimmerman    Mark
Andrew Benator    Hotel Manager
Joshua Mikel    Delivery Guy
Hunter Burke    Ball Player
Suehyla El-Attar    Julie
Ravi Naidu    Indian Reporter
Al Sapienza    Pete the Scout
Mike Pniewski    Walter (Pittsburgh Scout)
Shane Callahan    Procorp Agent #1
Jason Vail    Procorp Agent #2
Yashwant Joshi    Dinesh's Father
Anand Kumar    Cab Driver
Autumn Dial    Server at Popo's
Gabriela Lopez    Hot Girl
Chirag Sonawane    Pitching Kid
Dev Modi    Kid (Speaking Hindi0
Anthony Renaud    ESPN Producer
Anthony P. Voorhees    Scout at Tempe #2
Adam Benz    Burly Scary Guy
Robert Royston    Choreographer
Gissette E. Valentin    Dancer
Lakelyn Foutch    Dancer
Tierra Brown    Dancer
Sora Connor    Dancer
Kelsey Lack    Dancer
Carson Marie Seeley    Dancer
Danielle Heverin    Dancer
Jessica Peralta    Dancer
Taylor Morgan    Dancer
Aeshea Patel    Bollywood Beauty
Karishna Naina Sharma    Bollywood Beauty
Tom Verducci    Scout
Bob Nightengale    Scout
Ken Rosenthal    Scout
Jeff Passan    Scout
Jayson Stark    Scout
Scott Miller    Scout
Scott Ciardi    Scout
Vasi Vangelos    Scout
Tom Weider    Scout
Fred North    Helicopter Pilot

Cameos

Karl Ravech    Baseball Tonight Host
Curt Schilling    Baseball Tonight Host
Barry Larkin    Baseball Tonight Host

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

Production and Technical Credits

Craig Gillespie    Director
Tom McCarthy    Screenwriter
Mark Ciardi    Producer
Gordon Gray    Producer
Joe Roth    Producer
Palek Patel    Executive Producer
Kevin Halloran    Executive Producer
Bill Simmons    Executive Producer
Connor Schell    Executive Producer
Gyula Pados    Director of Photography
Barry Robison    Production Designer
Tatiana S. Riegel    Editor
Kirston Leigh Mann    Costume Designer
A.R. Rahman    Composer
Neil Mandt    Co-Producer
Michael Mandt    Co-Producer
Tabrez Noorani    Co-Producer
Sheila Jaffe    Casting Director
Seher Latif    Additional Casting (India)
Kevin Halloran    Unit Production Manager
Mike Topoozian    Assistant Director
Mike McCue    Assistant Director
Andy Keeter    Production Supervisor
Jeremy Woolsey    Art Director
Mark Robins    Supervising Art Director
Matthew Gatlin    Assistant Art Director
Jeanette Scott    Set Decorator
Alexis Jacks    Costume Supervisor
Esther Lee    Costume Supervisor
Lana Horochowski    Make-up and Hair Designer
Ronnie Pipes    Make-up and Hair Designer
Theraesa Rivers    Hairstylist
Arturo Rojas    Hairstylist
Jose Antonio Garcia    Sound Mixer
Jayme Long    Set Designer
Dan Boccoli    Assistant Editor
Bethany Orlemann    Assistant Editor
Pablo Prietto    Assistant Editor
Trudy Yee    Assistant Editor
Jasmine Kosovic    Post-Production Supervisor
Mark P. Stoeckinger    Supervising Sound Editor
Andy Koyama    Re-recording Mixer
Beau Borders    Re-recording Mixer
Daniel S. Irwin    ADR/Dialogue Editor
Alan Rankin    Sound Designer
David A. Whittaker    Sound Effects Editor
Ann Scibelli    Sound Effects Editor
Scott Curtis    Foley Mixer
Jon Mooney    Music Supervisor
Jon Mooney    Music Editor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for October 7th, 2014

October 7th, 2014

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Weekend Wrap-Up: X-Men Earn Monster Opening, but Overall Box Office Still Down

May 27th, 2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past poster

X-Men: Days of Future Past easily won the weekend race at the box office earning more than $100 million over the four-day weekend. That's great news and it helped the overall box office grow by 5% to $187 million over the three-day weekend from last week. That's the good news. The bad news the other new release, Blended, bombed and the three-day weekend was down 27% from the same weekend last year. In fact, this year's four-day weekend total of $231 million was 9% lower than last year's three-day total and 26% lower than the four-day weekend from last year. That's a devastating collapse. The only saving grace is last year was a record-breaking Memorial Day long weekend, so a sharp drop-off isn't that unexpected. So far, 2014 has pulled in $3.95 billion, which is 4% more than 2013's running tally of $3.80 billion. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Godzilla Helps 2014 Climb Back on Top

May 20th, 2014

Godzilla poster

I thought Godzilla would be a monster hit. I mentioned that possibility in the monthly preview and the weekend predictions. However, I was in the minority and I reduced my expectations. That turns out to be a mistake. Godzilla opened with $93.19 million over the weekend, which is a better opening than The Amazing Spider-Man 2 managed, but it wasn't quite up to Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It also helped the overall box office soar to $178 million, which is 30% more than last weekend. More importantly, it was 16% more than the same weekend last year. 2014 is now ahead of 2013 by a margin of $185 million or 5.3% at $3.66 billion to $3.48 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Godzilla Joins $90 Million Club

May 18th, 2014

Godzilla poster

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May 15th, 2014

Godzilla poster

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Contest: Prizes Tailored to You

May 9th, 2014

Next weekend there are two wide releases, but the box office will be dominated by Godzilla. (Million Dollar Arm could do well in counter-programming, but its early reviews are merely mixed.) On the high end, Godzilla could earn the highest opening box office of the year so far. Even on the low end, it will double or triple the second place film. Because it will dominate the box office so much, it is really the only choice for the target film for this week's box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Godzilla. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Adventure Time: The Suitor on DVD. Meanwhile, whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a copy of Adventure Time: The Suitor on DVD. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2014 Preview: May

May 1st, 2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 poster

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Synopsis

JB Bernstein, a once-successful sports agent finds himself edged out by bigger, slicker competitors. He and his partner Aash will have to close their business down for good if JB doesn’t come up with something fast. Late one night, while watching cricket being played in India on TV, JB comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Why not go to there and find the next baseball pitching sensation? Setting off for Mumbai with nothing but a gifted but cantankerous scout in tow, JB stages a televised, nationwide competition called “Million Dollar Arm” where 40,000 hopefuls compete before two 18-year-old finalists, Rinku and Dinesh, emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the United States to train with legendary pitching coach Tom House. The goal: get the boys signed to a major league team. Not only is the game itself difficult to master, but life in the U.S. with a committed bachelor makes things even more complicated—for all of them.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$10,515,659 (28.9% of total gross)
Legs:3.47 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:92.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,019 opening theaters/3,019 max. theaters, 4.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $48,091,671

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 10th, 2014 (Sneak Peek) by Walt Disney
May 16th, 2014 (Wide) by Walt Disney
International Releases: June 13th, 2014 (Wide) (Venezuela)
June 19th, 2014 (Wide) (New Zealand)
June 20th, 2014 (Wide) (Ecuador)
June 26th, 2014 (Wide) (Chile)
July 3rd, 2014 (Wide) (Thailand)
... Show all releases
Video Release: October 7th, 2014 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for mild language and some suggestive content.
(Rating bulletin 2300, 11/27/2013)
Running Time: 123 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Inspirational Sports, Baseball, Cricket, Underdog, Reality TV, Inspired by a True Story, Culture Clash, Romance, Sports Drama
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Roth Films, Mayhem Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 159 $6,968,980 May 23, 2014 10
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 211 $9,431,070 May 23, 2014 10
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 113 $9,168,641 May 23, 2014 10
Memorial Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 125 $12,407,852 May 23, 2014 10

Leading Cast

Jon Hamm    J.B. Bernstein

Supporting Cast

Pitobash Tripathy    Amit (Deepesh Solanki)
Aasif Mandvi    Aash
Bill Paxton    Tom House
Suraj Sharma    Rinku
Lake Bell    Brenda
Alan Arkin    Ray
Madhur Mittal    Dinesh
Darshan Jariwala    Vivek
Gregory Alan Williams    Doug
Allyn Rachel    Theresa
Tzi Ma    Chang
Rey Maualuga    Popo
Bar Paly    Lisette
Jaspaul Sandhu    Grumpy Guy
Kuldeep Rajput    Plant Manager
Vivek Pandkar    Document Inspector
Pawan Chopra    Coach (Lucknow Sports Academy)
Ruturaj Shinde    Chubby Kid
Zaki Tayeb Ali Kazi    Skinny Kid
Chirag Sethi    Tall Kid
Cyrus Sahukar    Emcee
Lata Shukla    Rinku's Mother
Harrish Chandra    Rinku's Uncle
Brooke Jaye Taylor    Woman in Elevator
Brett Zimmerman    Mark
Andrew Benator    Hotel Manager
Joshua Mikel    Delivery Guy
Hunter Burke    Ball Player
Suehyla El-Attar    Julie
Ravi Naidu    Indian Reporter
Al Sapienza    Pete the Scout
Mike Pniewski    Walter (Pittsburgh Scout)
Shane Callahan    Procorp Agent #1
Jason Vail    Procorp Agent #2
Yashwant Joshi    Dinesh's Father
Anand Kumar    Cab Driver
Autumn Dial    Server at Popo's
Gabriela Lopez    Hot Girl
Chirag Sonawane    Pitching Kid
Dev Modi    Kid (Speaking Hindi0
Anthony Renaud    ESPN Producer
Anthony P. Voorhees    Scout at Tempe #2
Adam Benz    Burly Scary Guy
Robert Royston    Choreographer
Gissette E. Valentin    Dancer
Lakelyn Foutch    Dancer
Tierra Brown    Dancer
Sora Connor    Dancer
Kelsey Lack    Dancer
Carson Marie Seeley    Dancer
Danielle Heverin    Dancer
Jessica Peralta    Dancer
Taylor Morgan    Dancer
Aeshea Patel    Bollywood Beauty
Karishna Naina Sharma    Bollywood Beauty
Tom Verducci    Scout
Bob Nightengale    Scout
Ken Rosenthal    Scout
Jeff Passan    Scout
Jayson Stark    Scout
Scott Miller    Scout
Scott Ciardi    Scout
Vasi Vangelos    Scout
Tom Weider    Scout
Fred North    Helicopter Pilot

Cameos

Karl Ravech    Baseball Tonight Host
Curt Schilling    Baseball Tonight Host
Barry Larkin    Baseball Tonight Host

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

Production and Technical Credits

Craig Gillespie    Director
Tom McCarthy    Screenwriter
Mark Ciardi    Producer
Gordon Gray    Producer
Joe Roth    Producer
Palek Patel    Executive Producer
Kevin Halloran    Executive Producer
Bill Simmons    Executive Producer
Connor Schell    Executive Producer
Gyula Pados    Director of Photography
Barry Robison    Production Designer
Tatiana S. Riegel    Editor
Kirston Leigh Mann    Costume Designer
A.R. Rahman    Composer
Neil Mandt    Co-Producer
Michael Mandt    Co-Producer
Tabrez Noorani    Co-Producer
Sheila Jaffe    Casting Director
Seher Latif    Additional Casting (India)
Kevin Halloran    Unit Production Manager
Mike Topoozian    Assistant Director
Mike McCue    Assistant Director
Andy Keeter    Production Supervisor
Jeremy Woolsey    Art Director
Mark Robins    Supervising Art Director
Matthew Gatlin    Assistant Art Director
Jeanette Scott    Set Decorator
Alexis Jacks    Costume Supervisor
Esther Lee    Costume Supervisor
Lana Horochowski    Make-up and Hair Designer
Ronnie Pipes    Make-up and Hair Designer
Theraesa Rivers    Hairstylist
Arturo Rojas    Hairstylist
Jose Antonio Garcia    Sound Mixer
Jayme Long    Set Designer
Dan Boccoli    Assistant Editor
Bethany Orlemann    Assistant Editor
Pablo Prietto    Assistant Editor
Trudy Yee    Assistant Editor
Jasmine Kosovic    Post-Production Supervisor
Mark P. Stoeckinger    Supervising Sound Editor
Andy Koyama    Re-recording Mixer
Beau Borders    Re-recording Mixer
Daniel S. Irwin    ADR/Dialogue Editor
Alan Rankin    Sound Designer
David A. Whittaker    Sound Effects Editor
Ann Scibelli    Sound Effects Editor
Scott Curtis    Foley Mixer
Jon Mooney    Music Supervisor
Jon Mooney    Music Editor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for October 7th, 2014

October 7th, 2014

The biggest release of the week is Edge of Tomorrow, which is coming out on DVD, Blu-ray Combo Pack, or 3D Combo Pack. However, while the reviews are excellent, the extras are not quite up to the Pick of the Week level. The same is true of the To Be Takei DVD, but fortunately there is a winner out there. Adventure Time: Season Four is better than the previous seasons and the DVD or Blu-ray have enough extras to be the best release of the week. Meanwhile, The Grand Seduction on DVD earns the Puck of the Week for best Canadian release. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: X-Men Earn Monster Opening, but Overall Box Office Still Down

May 27th, 2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past poster

X-Men: Days of Future Past easily won the weekend race at the box office earning more than $100 million over the four-day weekend. That's great news and it helped the overall box office grow by 5% to $187 million over the three-day weekend from last week. That's the good news. The bad news the other new release, Blended, bombed and the three-day weekend was down 27% from the same weekend last year. In fact, this year's four-day weekend total of $231 million was 9% lower than last year's three-day total and 26% lower than the four-day weekend from last year. That's a devastating collapse. The only saving grace is last year was a record-breaking Memorial Day long weekend, so a sharp drop-off isn't that unexpected. So far, 2014 has pulled in $3.95 billion, which is 4% more than 2013's running tally of $3.80 billion. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Godzilla Helps 2014 Climb Back on Top

May 20th, 2014

Godzilla poster

I thought Godzilla would be a monster hit. I mentioned that possibility in the monthly preview and the weekend predictions. However, I was in the minority and I reduced my expectations. That turns out to be a mistake. Godzilla opened with $93.19 million over the weekend, which is a better opening than The Amazing Spider-Man 2 managed, but it wasn't quite up to Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It also helped the overall box office soar to $178 million, which is 30% more than last weekend. More importantly, it was 16% more than the same weekend last year. 2014 is now ahead of 2013 by a margin of $185 million or 5.3% at $3.66 billion to $3.48 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Godzilla Joins $90 Million Club

May 18th, 2014

Godzilla poster

After a huge start on Friday, estimated at $38.5 million, Godzilla looked as though it might be the first film of 2014 to have a $100 million opening weekend. But the monster movie seems to have run out of energy a little through the weekend, and Warner Bros. is projecting a weekend around $93.2 million, based on figures through Sunday morning. The film’s performance is well ahead of earlier tracking, which pegged its opening around $60 million–$80 million, and impressive for a non-sequel (although clearly Godzilla is a well-established franchise at this point). In fact, it is one of the top 10 non-sequel openers ever (see full list here). More...

Weekend Predictions: Godzilla will be Huge, but How Huge?

May 15th, 2014

Godzilla poster

Godzilla is the second of four May releases that at least have a realistic shot at reaching $200 million domestically. The first of these films, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 won't match original expectations, but it is still on pace to reach $200 million. It is very unlikely Godzilla will open as fast as The Amazing Spider-Man 2 did, but even coming close would be a huge boost to the box office. Million Dollar Arm should have a respectable opening as counter-programming and on the high end it could land in third place. Meanwhile, Neighbors is aiming for $100 million and while it won't get there this weekend, it will get there soon enough. This weekend last year, Star Trek Into Darkness earned first place with $70.17 million over the weekend, which is a figure I think Godzilla will top. If it does, and the holdovers hold on well, then 2014 might end its mini-losing streak earlier than I thought it would. More...

Contest: Prizes Tailored to You

May 9th, 2014

Next weekend there are two wide releases, but the box office will be dominated by Godzilla. (Million Dollar Arm could do well in counter-programming, but its early reviews are merely mixed.) On the high end, Godzilla could earn the highest opening box office of the year so far. Even on the low end, it will double or triple the second place film. Because it will dominate the box office so much, it is really the only choice for the target film for this week's box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Godzilla. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Adventure Time: The Suitor on DVD. Meanwhile, whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a copy of Adventure Time: The Suitor on DVD. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2014 Preview: May

May 1st, 2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 poster

It has been a great year so far and April was again a strong month. The box office was led by Captain America: The Winter Soldier, as it became the second film of the year to reach $200 million, while Rio 2 is on pace to become the seventh $100 million hit of the year. Big picture, 2014 has already hit $3 billion, which isn't a record for this time of the year, but it is $250 million ahead of 2013. That streak ends in May. Don't get me wrong. There are six films opening this month that at least have a shot at $100 million and two of those should earn more than $200 million and there are two others that at least have a shot at that milestone. Leading the way is The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which is looking to top The Winter Soldier and become the second biggest hit of the year so far. Its main competition this month is X-men: Days of Future Past, while Godzilla also has a shot at $200 million. Unfortunately, this month last year, Iron Man 3 earned more than $400 million, while two other films took in $200 million and seven films in total reached the century mark. That is going to be really hard to replicate this year and 2014 will likely lose some of its lead over 2013. Fortunately, 2014 has such a big lead that unless the box office really slumps, it will end the month with at least a small lead over 2013. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 16, 2014 4 $10,515,659   3,019 $3,483   $10,515,659 1
May 23, 2014 6 $6,968,980 -34% 3,019 $2,308   $20,503,785 2
May 30, 2014 8 $3,588,444 -49% 2,329 $1,541   $27,985,053 3
Jun 6, 2014 10 $2,025,950 -44% 1,643 $1,233   $31,550,980 4
Jun 13, 2014 13 $804,423 -60% 577 $1,394   $33,471,302 5
Jun 20, 2014 15 $538,050 -33% 444 $1,212   $34,402,198 6
Jun 27, 2014 20 $300,252 -44% 273 $1,100   $35,012,418 7
Jul 4, 2014 29 $182,805 -39% 163 $1,122   $35,361,055 8
Jul 11, 2014 29 $186,158 +2% 224 $831   $35,643,752 9
Jul 18, 2014 31 $169,823 -9% 175 $970   $35,955,572 10
Jul 25, 2014 38 $104,519 -38% 140 $747   $36,169,411 11
Aug 1, 2014 39 $77,177 -26% 101 $764   $36,312,739 12
Aug 8, 2014 48 $42,233 -45% 66 $640   $36,404,905 13
Aug 15, 2014 60 $17,901 -58% 35 $511   $36,447,959 14

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 16, 2014 4 $3,468,004     3,019 $1,149   $3,468,004 1
May 17, 2014 4 $4,315,911 +24%   3,019 $1,430   $7,783,915 2
May 18, 2014 4 $2,731,744 -37%   3,019 $905   $10,515,659 3
May 19, 2014 4 $818,452 -70%   3,019 $271   $11,334,111 4
May 20, 2014 4 $858,786 +5%   3,019 $284   $12,192,897 5
May 21, 2014 4 $655,839 -24%   3,019 $217   $12,848,736 6
May 22, 2014 4 $686,069 +5%   3,019 $227   $13,534,805 7
May 23, 2014 6 $1,820,309 +165% -48% 3,019 $603   $15,355,114 8
May 24, 2014 6 $2,703,499 +49% -37% 3,019 $895   $18,058,613 9
May 25, 2014 6 $2,445,172 -10% -10% 3,019 $810   $20,503,785 10
May 26, 2014 5 $2,199,661 -10% +169% 3,019 $729   $22,703,446 11
May 27, 2014 6 $624,737 -72% -27% 3,019 $207   $23,328,183 12
May 28, 2014 6 $546,232 -13% -17% 3,019 $181   $23,874,415 13
May 29, 2014 6 $522,194 -4% -24% 3,019 $173   $24,396,609 14
May 30, 2014 7 $1,044,311 +100% -43% 2,329 $448   $25,440,920 15
May 31, 2014 8 $1,593,224 +53% -41% 2,329 $684   $27,034,144 16
Jun 1, 2014 8 $950,909 -40% -61% 2,329 $408   $27,985,053 17
Jun 2, 2014 8 $344,767 -64% -84% 2,329 $148   $28,329,820 18
Jun 3, 2014 8 $429,362 +25% -31% 2,329 $184   $28,759,182 19
Jun 4, 2014 8 $399,096 -7% -27% 2,329 $171   $29,158,278 20
Jun 5, 2014 8 $366,752 -8% -30% 2,329 $157   $29,525,030 21
Jun 6, 2014 10 $616,395 +68% -41% 1,643 $375   $30,141,425 22
Jun 7, 2014 10 $853,302 +38% -46% 1,643 $519   $30,994,727 23
Jun 8, 2014 11 $556,253 -35% -42% 1,643 $339   $31,550,980 24
Jun 9, 2014 11 $264,741 -52% -23% 1,643 $161   $31,815,721 25
Jun 10, 2014 11 $309,423 +17% -28% 1,643 $188   $32,125,144 26
Jun 11, 2014 10 $296,117 -4% -26% 1,643 $180   $32,421,261 27
Jun 12, 2014 10 $245,618 -17% -33% 1,643 $149   $32,666,879 28
Jun 13, 2014 13 $211,126 -14% -66% 577 $366   $32,878,005 29
Jun 14, 2014 13 $284,942 +35% -67% 577 $494   $33,162,947 30
Jun 15, 2014 12 $308,355 +8% -45% 577 $534   $33,471,302 31
Jun 16, 2014 13 $81,689 -74% -69% 577 $142   $33,552,991 32
Jun 17, 2014 13 $105,883 +30% -66% 577 $184   $33,658,874 33
Jun 18, 2014 13 $101,938 -4% -66% 577 $177   $33,760,812 34
Jun 19, 2014 13 $103,336 +1% -58% 577 $179   $33,864,148 35

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 16, 2014 5 $13,534,805   3,019 $4,483   $13,534,805 1
May 23, 2014 6 $10,861,804 -20% 3,019 $3,598   $24,396,609 2
May 30, 2014 8 $5,128,421 -53% 2,329 $2,202   $29,525,030 3
Jun 6, 2014 10 $3,141,849 -39% 1,643 $1,912   $32,666,879 4
Jun 13, 2014 13 $1,197,269 -62% 577 $2,075   $33,864,148 5
Jun 20, 2014 15 $848,018 -29% 444 $1,910   $34,712,166 6
Jun 27, 2014 25 $466,084 -45% 273 $1,707   $35,178,250 7
Jul 4, 2014 31 $279,344 -40% 163 $1,714   $35,457,594 8
Jul 11, 2014 28 $328,155 +17% 224 $1,465   $35,785,749 9
Jul 18, 2014 31 $279,143 -15% 175 $1,595   $36,064,892 10
Jul 25, 2014 38 $170,670 -39% 140 $1,219   $36,235,562 11
Aug 1, 2014 39 $127,110 -26% 101 $1,259   $36,362,672 12
Aug 8, 2014 46 $67,386 -47% 66 $1,021   $36,430,058 13

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Chile 6/26/2014 $7,366 15 15 17 $10,154 12/30/2018
Ecuador 6/20/2014 $0 0 37 117 $96,071 12/30/2018
Kenya 7/18/2014 $1,852 6 6 12 $3,495 12/30/2018
New Zealand 6/19/2014 $0 0 45 67 $170,906 1/8/2016
Nigeria 7/18/2014 $15,851 13 13 22 $18,026 12/30/2018
Thailand 7/3/2014 $6,912 33 40 98 $100,656 12/16/2015
Turkey 7/11/2014 $13,699 33 33 70 $42,383 12/30/2018
Venezuela 6/13/2014 $0 0 5 10 $228,502 12/16/2015
 
Rest of World $2,099,760
 
International Total$2,769,953 12/30/2018

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Oct 12, 2014580,935 80,935$1,664,024$1,664,0241
Oct 19, 20141222,830-72% 103,765$464,362$2,128,3862

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Oct 12, 2014732,562 32,562$592,308$592,3081
Oct 19, 2014147,401-77% 39,963$147,213$739,5212

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