Papillon (2018)

Papillon
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $2,335,896Details
International Box Office $5,440,324Details
Worldwide Box Office $7,776,220
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $137,714 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $506,398 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $644,112
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Papillion is the story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with a convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon’s escape.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$1,090,073 (46.7% of total gross)
Legs:2.14 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:30.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:544 opening theaters/544 max. theaters, 2.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $2,764,100

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 24th, 2018 (Limited) by Bleecker Street
International Releases: June 27th, 2018 (Wide) (Italy)
July 27th, 2018 (Wide) (Germany)
August 17th, 2018 (Wide) (France)
August 31st, 2018 (Wide) (Portugal)
September 14th, 2018 (Wide) (Netherlands)
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Video Release: November 6th, 2018 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for violence including bloody images, language, nudity, and some sexual material.
(Rating bulletin 2512 (Cert #51209), 1/31/2018)
Running Time: 133 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Half Nelson
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Keywords: Prison, Prison Break, Wrongfully Convicted
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Bleecker Street , Ram Bergman Productions, FishCorb Films
Production Countries: Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 24, 2018 16 $1,090,073   544 $2,004   $1,090,073 1
Aug 31, 2018 24 $372,566 -66% 539 $691   $1,957,611 2
Sep 7, 2018 36 $68,605 -82% 117 $586   $2,294,630 3

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 24, 2018 - $391,928     544 $720   $391,928 1
Aug 25, 2018 - $419,937 +7%   544 $772   $811,865 2
Aug 26, 2018 - $278,208 -34%   544 $511   $1,090,073 3
Aug 27, 2018 - $136,227 -51%   544 $250   $1,226,300 4
Aug 28, 2018 - $161,589 +19%   544 $297   $1,387,889 5
Aug 29, 2018 - $115,006 -29%   544 $211   $1,502,895 6
Aug 30, 2018 - $82,150 -29%   544 $151   $1,585,045 7
Aug 31, 2018 - $95,508 +16% -76% 539 $177   $1,680,553 8
Sep 1, 2018 - $140,667 +47% -67% 539 $261   $1,821,220 9
Sep 2, 2018 - $136,391 -3% -51% 539 $253   $1,957,611 10
Sep 3, 2018 - $133,650 -2% -2% 539 $248   $2,091,261 11
Sep 4, 2018 - $58,789 -56% -64% 539 $109   $2,150,050 12
Sep 5, 2018 - $43,154 -27% -62% 539 $80   $2,193,204 13
Sep 6, 2018 - $32,821 -24% -60% 539 $61   $2,226,025 14
Sep 7, 2018 - $18,945 -42% -80% 117 $162   $2,244,970 15
Sep 8, 2018 - $28,899 +53% -79% 117 $247   $2,273,869 16
Sep 9, 2018 - $20,761 -28% -85% 117 $177   $2,294,630 17
Sep 10, 2018 - $8,960 -57% -93% 117 $77   $2,303,590 18
Sep 11, 2018 - $15,383 +72% -74% 117 $131   $2,318,973 19
Sep 12, 2018 - $9,279 -40% -78% 117 $79   $2,328,252 20
Sep 13, 2018 - $7,644 -18% -77% 117 $65   $2,335,896 21

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 24, 2018 17 $1,585,045   544 $2,914   $1,585,045 1
Aug 31, 2018 23 $640,980 -60% 539 $1,189   $2,226,025 2
Sep 7, 2018 36 $109,871 -83% 117 $939   $2,335,896 3

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/1/2019 $1,342 3 3 3 $1,342 3/5/2019
Brazil 10/5/2018 $109,301 0 0 0 $220,417 10/20/2018
China 7/26/2019 $158,099 0 0 0 $158,099 8/8/2019
France 8/17/2018 $266,683 0 0 0 $458,570 8/31/2018
Germany 7/27/2018 $211,029 0 0 0 $211,029 8/2/2018
Italy 6/27/2018 $299,082 0 0 0 $842,364 7/23/2018
Lithuania 9/28/2018 $20,632 67 67 125 $54,058 11/22/2018
Mexico 9/28/2018 $662,924 0 0 0 $1,506,064 10/15/2018
Netherlands 9/14/2018 $202,399 81 81 350 $834,930 10/16/2018
Portugal 8/31/2018 $99,656 55 55 166 $336,865 10/23/2018
Russia (CIS) 9/27/2018 $259,651 430 430 826 $516,537 1/1/2019
South Korea 2/27/2019 $121,217 189 189 204 $237,262 3/14/2019
Turkey 3/8/2019 $25,969 68 68 106 $62,787 4/12/2019
United Kingdom 12/21/2018 $0000$0
 
International Total$5,440,324 8/8/2019

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Nov 11, 2018189,926 9,926$198,422$198,4221

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

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.

Leading Cast

Charlie Hunnam    Henri Charrière aka Papillon
Rami Malek    Louis Dega

Supporting Cast

Eve Hewson    Nenette
Roland Møller    Celier
Tommy Flanagan    Masked Breton
Michael Socha    Julot
Ian Beattie    Toussaint
Yorick van Wageningen    Warden Barrot
Nikola Kent    Deputy Warden Brioulet
Petar Cirica    Abda

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

Production and Technical Credits

Michael Noer    Director
Aaron Guzikowski    Screenwriter
Henri Charrière    Based on the books ‘Papillon’ and ‘Banco’ by
David Koplan    Producer
Roger Corbi    Producer
Joey McFarland    Producer
Ram Bergman    Producer
Yan Fisher Romanovsky    Executive Producer
Joshua D. Maurer    Executive Producer
Kevan Van Thompson    Executive Producer
Terence Chang    Executive Producer
Hagen Bogdanski    Director of Photography
Tom Meyer    Production Designer
John Axelrad    Editor
Bojana Nikitovic    Costume Designer
David Buckley    Composer
Linda Cohen    Music Supervisor

Home Market Releases for November 6th, 2018

November 6th, 2018

Incredibles 2

This is either an amazing week or a terrible week, depending on how you look at things. It is amazing, because there is a trio of releases I was really looking forward to reviewing: BlacKkKlansman, Incredibles 2, and Christopher Robin. It’s a terrible week, because none of those screeners showed up. I normally don’t like giving the Pick of the Week when I’m still waiting for the screener, but that’s not an option this week, so Incredibles 2 wins. More...

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September 6th, 2018

Pick of the Litter

No film reached the $10,000 club over the three-day weekend, but Pick of the Litter came close with an average of $9,539 in two theaters. More...

Theater Averages: Searching Found an Audience in Limited Release

August 29th, 2018

Searching

Searching had one of the ten best theater averages for a limited release so far this year, earning an average of $43,197 in nine theaters. The film is scheduled to expand wide this Friday and this start combined with its reviews is a good omen for its box office chances. The Bookshop was well back in second place with an average of $12,000 in 4 theaters. Meanwhile the only holdover was The Wife, which held on well with an average of $11,819 while playing in 18 theaters. The film should earn some measure of mainstream success, but I’m not sure it will last in theaters long enough to earn any real Awards Season buzz. Finally, John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection wasn’t able to reach the $10,000 club over the three-day weekend, as it earned $7,878 in its lone theater. However, it was a Wednesday release and it earned $11,733 during its five-day debut. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Searching for a Perfect Limited Release

August 24th, 2018

Searching

It’s a great week for limited releases, if you like documentaries, as there are four of them on this week’s list and all of them are earning good reviews. There are also a few films that earned loud pre-release buzz, at least compared to most other limited releases. However, most of these earning reviews that were mixed to good, but not great. The exception is Searching, which should be the biggest hit on this week’s list. More...


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Synopsis

Papillion is the story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with a convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon’s escape.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$1,090,073 (46.7% of total gross)
Legs:2.14 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:30.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:544 opening theaters/544 max. theaters, 2.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $2,764,100

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 24th, 2018 (Limited) by Bleecker Street
International Releases: June 27th, 2018 (Wide) (Italy)
July 27th, 2018 (Wide) (Germany)
August 17th, 2018 (Wide) (France)
August 31st, 2018 (Wide) (Portugal)
September 14th, 2018 (Wide) (Netherlands)
... Show all releases
Video Release: November 6th, 2018 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for violence including bloody images, language, nudity, and some sexual material.
(Rating bulletin 2512 (Cert #51209), 1/31/2018)
Running Time: 133 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Half Nelson
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Prison, Prison Break, Wrongfully Convicted
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Bleecker Street , Ram Bergman Productions, FishCorb Films
Production Countries: Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Charlie Hunnam    Henri Charrière aka Papillon
Rami Malek    Louis Dega

Supporting Cast

Eve Hewson    Nenette
Roland Møller    Celier
Tommy Flanagan    Masked Breton
Michael Socha    Julot
Ian Beattie    Toussaint
Yorick van Wageningen    Warden Barrot
Nikola Kent    Deputy Warden Brioulet
Petar Cirica    Abda

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

Production and Technical Credits

Michael Noer    Director
Aaron Guzikowski    Screenwriter
Henri Charrière    Based on the books ‘Papillon’ and ‘Banco’ by
David Koplan    Producer
Roger Corbi    Producer
Joey McFarland    Producer
Ram Bergman    Producer
Yan Fisher Romanovsky    Executive Producer
Joshua D. Maurer    Executive Producer
Kevan Van Thompson    Executive Producer
Terence Chang    Executive Producer
Hagen Bogdanski    Director of Photography
Tom Meyer    Production Designer
John Axelrad    Editor
Bojana Nikitovic    Costume Designer
David Buckley    Composer
Linda Cohen    Music Supervisor

Home Market Releases for November 6th, 2018

November 6th, 2018

Incredibles 2

This is either an amazing week or a terrible week, depending on how you look at things. It is amazing, because there is a trio of releases I was really looking forward to reviewing: BlacKkKlansman, Incredibles 2, and Christopher Robin. It’s a terrible week, because none of those screeners showed up. I normally don’t like giving the Pick of the Week when I’m still waiting for the screener, but that’s not an option this week, so Incredibles 2 wins. More...

Theater Averages: Puppies Rescue the PTA Chart

September 6th, 2018

Pick of the Litter

No film reached the $10,000 club over the three-day weekend, but Pick of the Litter came close with an average of $9,539 in two theaters. More...

Theater Averages: Searching Found an Audience in Limited Release

August 29th, 2018

Searching

Searching had one of the ten best theater averages for a limited release so far this year, earning an average of $43,197 in nine theaters. The film is scheduled to expand wide this Friday and this start combined with its reviews is a good omen for its box office chances. The Bookshop was well back in second place with an average of $12,000 in 4 theaters. Meanwhile the only holdover was The Wife, which held on well with an average of $11,819 while playing in 18 theaters. The film should earn some measure of mainstream success, but I’m not sure it will last in theaters long enough to earn any real Awards Season buzz. Finally, John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection wasn’t able to reach the $10,000 club over the three-day weekend, as it earned $7,878 in its lone theater. However, it was a Wednesday release and it earned $11,733 during its five-day debut. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Searching for a Perfect Limited Release

August 24th, 2018

Searching

It’s a great week for limited releases, if you like documentaries, as there are four of them on this week’s list and all of them are earning good reviews. There are also a few films that earned loud pre-release buzz, at least compared to most other limited releases. However, most of these earning reviews that were mixed to good, but not great. The exception is Searching, which should be the biggest hit on this week’s list. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 24, 2018 16 $1,090,073   544 $2,004   $1,090,073 1
Aug 31, 2018 24 $372,566 -66% 539 $691   $1,957,611 2
Sep 7, 2018 36 $68,605 -82% 117 $586   $2,294,630 3

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 24, 2018 - $391,928     544 $720   $391,928 1
Aug 25, 2018 - $419,937 +7%   544 $772   $811,865 2
Aug 26, 2018 - $278,208 -34%   544 $511   $1,090,073 3
Aug 27, 2018 - $136,227 -51%   544 $250   $1,226,300 4
Aug 28, 2018 - $161,589 +19%   544 $297   $1,387,889 5
Aug 29, 2018 - $115,006 -29%   544 $211   $1,502,895 6
Aug 30, 2018 - $82,150 -29%   544 $151   $1,585,045 7
Aug 31, 2018 - $95,508 +16% -76% 539 $177   $1,680,553 8
Sep 1, 2018 - $140,667 +47% -67% 539 $261   $1,821,220 9
Sep 2, 2018 - $136,391 -3% -51% 539 $253   $1,957,611 10
Sep 3, 2018 - $133,650 -2% -2% 539 $248   $2,091,261 11
Sep 4, 2018 - $58,789 -56% -64% 539 $109   $2,150,050 12
Sep 5, 2018 - $43,154 -27% -62% 539 $80   $2,193,204 13
Sep 6, 2018 - $32,821 -24% -60% 539 $61   $2,226,025 14
Sep 7, 2018 - $18,945 -42% -80% 117 $162   $2,244,970 15
Sep 8, 2018 - $28,899 +53% -79% 117 $247   $2,273,869 16
Sep 9, 2018 - $20,761 -28% -85% 117 $177   $2,294,630 17
Sep 10, 2018 - $8,960 -57% -93% 117 $77   $2,303,590 18
Sep 11, 2018 - $15,383 +72% -74% 117 $131   $2,318,973 19
Sep 12, 2018 - $9,279 -40% -78% 117 $79   $2,328,252 20
Sep 13, 2018 - $7,644 -18% -77% 117 $65   $2,335,896 21

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 24, 2018 17 $1,585,045   544 $2,914   $1,585,045 1
Aug 31, 2018 23 $640,980 -60% 539 $1,189   $2,226,025 2
Sep 7, 2018 36 $109,871 -83% 117 $939   $2,335,896 3

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/1/2019 $1,342 3 3 3 $1,342 3/5/2019
Brazil 10/5/2018 $109,301 0 0 0 $220,417 10/20/2018
China 7/26/2019 $158,099 0 0 0 $158,099 8/8/2019
France 8/17/2018 $266,683 0 0 0 $458,570 8/31/2018
Germany 7/27/2018 $211,029 0 0 0 $211,029 8/2/2018
Italy 6/27/2018 $299,082 0 0 0 $842,364 7/23/2018
Lithuania 9/28/2018 $20,632 67 67 125 $54,058 11/22/2018
Mexico 9/28/2018 $662,924 0 0 0 $1,506,064 10/15/2018
Netherlands 9/14/2018 $202,399 81 81 350 $834,930 10/16/2018
Portugal 8/31/2018 $99,656 55 55 166 $336,865 10/23/2018
Russia (CIS) 9/27/2018 $259,651 430 430 826 $516,537 1/1/2019
South Korea 2/27/2019 $121,217 189 189 204 $237,262 3/14/2019
Turkey 3/8/2019 $25,969 68 68 106 $62,787 4/12/2019
United Kingdom 12/21/2018 $0000$0
 
International Total$5,440,324 8/8/2019

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Nov 11, 2018189,926 9,926$198,422$198,4221

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

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.