Minding the Gap (2018)

Minding the Gap
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $11,998Details
International Box Office $78,390Details
Worldwide Box Office $90,388
Further financial details...

Synopsis

A coming-of-age saga of three skateboarding friends in their Rust Belt hometown hit hard by decades of recession. In his quest to understand why he and his friends all ran away from home when they were younger, Bing follows 23-year-old Zack as he becomes a father and 17-year-old Keire as he gets his first job. As the film unfolds, Bing is thrust into the middle of Zack’s tumultous relationship with his girlfriend and Keire’s inner struggles with racial identity and his deceased father. While navigating a complex relationship between his camera and his friends, Bing explores the gap between fathers and sons, between discipline and domestic abuse, and ultimately that precarious chasm between childhood and becoming an adult.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$6,812 (56.8% of total gross)
Legs:1.76 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:13.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/5 max. theaters, 0.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $14,197

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 16,201-16,300) 16,293 $11,998
All Time International Box Office (Rank 18,301-18,400) 18,396 $78,390
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 24,501-24,600) 24,522 $90,388
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,626 $11,998

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


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 17th, 2018 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures
International Releases: March 1st, 2019 (Wide) (Netherlands)
March 22nd, 2019 (Limited), released as Minding The Gap (United Kingdom)
Video Release: August 17th, 2018 by Hulu
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 93 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Free Solo
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Keywords: Coming of Age, Skateboarding, Dysfunctional Family, Child Abuse, Addiction, Step-Family, Set in Illinois, Directing Yourself, African Americans, Asian-Americans, Teen Pregnancy, Sundance Film Festival 2018
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Kartemquin Films, American Documentary, POV, ITVS, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Open Society Foundations, Just Films, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Film Independent, CCT Tiden Cummings Fund, Garrett Scott Development Grant
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 16,201-16,300) 16,293 $11,998
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 15,701-15,800) 15,739 $14,197
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 15,201-15,300) 15,285 $11,998
Top 2018 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 501-600) 514 $11,998
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,626 $11,998
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,801-7,900) 7,817 $14,197
Top 2018 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 346 $11,998
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,410 $11,998
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 14,201-14,300) 14,249 $11,998
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,722 $11,998
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,648 $11,998
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 3,901-4,000) 3,964 $11,998
All Time Domestic Box Office for Magnolia Pictures Movies (Rank 301-400) 311 $11,998

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 17, 2018 62 $6,812   4 $1,703   $6,812 1

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 17, 2018 61 $11,998   5 $2,400   $11,998 1

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Netherlands 3/1/2019 $25,714 29 31 60 $61,281 3/12/2019
United Kingdom 3/22/2019 $17,109 17 17 17 $17,109 3/27/2019
 
International Total$78,390 3/27/2019

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 18,301-18,400) 18,396 $78,390
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 17,101-17,200) 17,156 $78,390
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,854 $78,390
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 15,501-15,600) 15,590 $78,390
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,188 $78,390
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,034 $78,390
All Time International Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,799 $78,390
All Time International Box Office for Magnolia Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200) 167 $78,390

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 24,501-24,600) 24,522 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 23,001-23,100) 23,004 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,601-2,700) 2,612 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 20,801-20,900) 20,860 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,751 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,564 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,091 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Magnolia Pictures Movies (Rank 201-300) 242 $90,388

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Documentary Subject(s)

Keire Johnson    Himself
Zack Mulligan    Himself
Bing Liu    Himself

Interviewee(s)

Nina Bowgren    Herself
Kent Abernathy    Himself
Mengyue Bolen    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Bing Liu    Director
Bing Liu    Producer
Diane Quon    Producer
Joshua Altman    Editor
Bing Liu    Editor
Nathan Halpern    Composer
Chris Ruggiero    Composer
Bing Liu    Cinematographer
Steve James    Executive Producer
Gordon Quinn    Executive Producer
Betsy Steinberg    Executive Producer
Sally Jo Fifer    Executive Producer
Justine Nagan    Executive Producer
Chris White    Executive Producer
James LeBrecht    Sound Mixer
Ryan Gleeson    Post-Production Supervisor

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2018 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations

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Limited and VOD Releases: Dark Days for Limited Releases

August 17th, 2018

Down a Dark Hall

It’s a short week for limited releases, as it is an awkward time of year to release a film. It’s too late to take advantage of the summer holidays, while it is far too soon for Awards Season buzz. That doesn’t mean there are no films earning amazing reviews. In fact, there are several: Blaze, Minding the Gap, We The Animals, The Wife, and The Wild Boys. Hopefully at least one of them will find an audience in theaters. More...


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Synopsis

A coming-of-age saga of three skateboarding friends in their Rust Belt hometown hit hard by decades of recession. In his quest to understand why he and his friends all ran away from home when they were younger, Bing follows 23-year-old Zack as he becomes a father and 17-year-old Keire as he gets his first job. As the film unfolds, Bing is thrust into the middle of Zack’s tumultous relationship with his girlfriend and Keire’s inner struggles with racial identity and his deceased father. While navigating a complex relationship between his camera and his friends, Bing explores the gap between fathers and sons, between discipline and domestic abuse, and ultimately that precarious chasm between childhood and becoming an adult.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$6,812 (56.8% of total gross)
Legs:1.76 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:13.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/5 max. theaters, 0.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $14,197

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 16,201-16,300) 16,293 $11,998
All Time International Box Office (Rank 18,301-18,400) 18,396 $78,390
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 24,501-24,600) 24,522 $90,388
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,626 $11,998

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


Watch Now On

Hulu:Hulu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 17th, 2018 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures
International Releases: March 1st, 2019 (Wide) (Netherlands)
March 22nd, 2019 (Limited), released as Minding The Gap (United Kingdom)
Video Release: August 17th, 2018 by Hulu
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 93 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Free Solo
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Coming of Age, Skateboarding, Dysfunctional Family, Child Abuse, Addiction, Step-Family, Set in Illinois, Directing Yourself, African Americans, Asian-Americans, Teen Pregnancy, Sundance Film Festival 2018
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Kartemquin Films, American Documentary, POV, ITVS, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Open Society Foundations, Just Films, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Film Independent, CCT Tiden Cummings Fund, Garrett Scott Development Grant
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Documentary Subject(s)

Keire Johnson    Himself
Zack Mulligan    Himself
Bing Liu    Himself

Interviewee(s)

Nina Bowgren    Herself
Kent Abernathy    Himself
Mengyue Bolen    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Bing Liu    Director
Bing Liu    Producer
Diane Quon    Producer
Joshua Altman    Editor
Bing Liu    Editor
Nathan Halpern    Composer
Chris Ruggiero    Composer
Bing Liu    Cinematographer
Steve James    Executive Producer
Gordon Quinn    Executive Producer
Betsy Steinberg    Executive Producer
Sally Jo Fifer    Executive Producer
Justine Nagan    Executive Producer
Chris White    Executive Producer
James LeBrecht    Sound Mixer
Ryan Gleeson    Post-Production Supervisor

2018 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is... Green Book for Best Picture

February 24th, 2019

Green Book

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. We will announce the winners and have our reactions as they happen, while keeping track of how our readers did in predicting the outcomes. More...

2018 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look

February 24th, 2019

The Favourite

It’s Oscar Day, and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. in Italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. For example, I would be happy with half of the Best Picture nominees winning. More...

2018 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Feature-Length Documentary

February 7th, 2019

RBG

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at Best Feature-Length Documentary. Logic and evidence suggests the favorite film is Won’t You Be My Neighbor? with Three Identical Strangers coming in a close second. However, neither of them were nominated. More...

2018 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations

January 23rd, 2019

The Favourite

The Oscar nominations were announced yesterday starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. They do this every year for reasons no one has been able to adequately explain to me. Because it was the day after a long weekend, it took a bit of time to get all the normal work done and digest the results. And there were some interesting results to digest. No one film led the way with total nominations, as two films, The Favourite and Roma tied with 10 nominations each. More...

2018 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations

November 17th, 2018

We The Animals

The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Friday and thus the 2018 Awards Season begins. We The Animals topped the list with five nominations, while A24 earned 12 as a studio. More...

Theater Averages: Wife has a Blazing Hot Start

August 22nd, 2018

The Wife

The Wife topped the theater average chart over the weekend with an average of $27,071 in four theaters. The film’s reviews are amazing and Glenn Close is earning some Oscar buzz, so perhaps it will stick around for a while. We the Animals was next with an average of $21,119 in three theaters. Blaze was also playing in three theaters earning an average of $14,750. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Dark Days for Limited Releases

August 17th, 2018

Down a Dark Hall

It’s a short week for limited releases, as it is an awkward time of year to release a film. It’s too late to take advantage of the summer holidays, while it is far too soon for Awards Season buzz. That doesn’t mean there are no films earning amazing reviews. In fact, there are several: Blaze, Minding the Gap, We The Animals, The Wife, and The Wild Boys. Hopefully at least one of them will find an audience in theaters. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 16,201-16,300) 16,293 $11,998
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 15,701-15,800) 15,739 $14,197
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 15,201-15,300) 15,285 $11,998
Top 2018 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 501-600) 514 $11,998
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,626 $11,998
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,801-7,900) 7,817 $14,197
Top 2018 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 346 $11,998
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,410 $11,998
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 14,201-14,300) 14,249 $11,998
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,722 $11,998
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,648 $11,998
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 3,901-4,000) 3,964 $11,998
All Time Domestic Box Office for Magnolia Pictures Movies (Rank 301-400) 311 $11,998

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 17, 2018 62 $6,812   4 $1,703   $6,812 1

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 17, 2018 61 $11,998   5 $2,400   $11,998 1

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Netherlands 3/1/2019 $25,714 29 31 60 $61,281 3/12/2019
United Kingdom 3/22/2019 $17,109 17 17 17 $17,109 3/27/2019
 
International Total$78,390 3/27/2019

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 18,301-18,400) 18,396 $78,390
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 17,101-17,200) 17,156 $78,390
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,854 $78,390
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 15,501-15,600) 15,590 $78,390
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,188 $78,390
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,034 $78,390
All Time International Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,799 $78,390
All Time International Box Office for Magnolia Pictures Movies (Rank 101-200) 167 $78,390

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 24,501-24,600) 24,522 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 23,001-23,100) 23,004 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,601-2,700) 2,612 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 20,801-20,900) 20,860 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,751 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,564 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,091 $90,388
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Magnolia Pictures Movies (Rank 201-300) 242 $90,388

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.