Pawn Sacrifice (2015)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $2,436,308Details
International Box Office $1,702,439
Worldwide Box Office $4,138,747
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $830,422
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $382,305
Total $1,212,727
Further financial details...

Synopsis

In a true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$202,053 (8.3% of total gross)
Legs:2.42 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:58.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:33 opening theaters/781 max. theaters, 2.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $3,456,500

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 16th, 2015 (Limited) by Bleecker Street
International Releases: September 16th, 2015 (Wide) (France)
September 17th, 2015 (Wide) (Iraq)
September 17th, 2015 (Wide) (Lebanon)
September 17th, 2015 (Wide) (Malaysia)
September 17th, 2015 (Wide) (Denmark)
Video Release: December 22nd, 2015 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language, some sexual content and historical smoking.
(Rating bulletin 2350, 11/26/2014)
Running Time: 116 minutes
Geographical setting: Soviet Union
Plot point: Biography, Chess, Mental Illness, Non-Chronological, Tournament, World Championship
Subgenre: Biographical Drama
Time period setting: 1940s, 1970s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Bleecker Street , Mica Entertainment, Material Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 18, 2015 34 $202,053   33 $6,123   $217,986 1
Sep 25, 2015 12 $1,005,071 +397% 781 $1,287   $1,300,189 2
Oct 2, 2015 17 $370,028 -63% 671 $551   $2,062,534 3
Oct 9, 2015 33 $101,457 -73% 125 $812   $2,319,453 4
Oct 16, 2015 54 $23,442 -77% 48 $488   $2,385,597 5
Oct 23, 2015 60 $12,474 -47% 23 $542   $2,407,776 6
Oct 30, 2015 73 $3,611 -71% 14 $258   $2,416,639 7
Nov 6, 2015 87 $1,945 -46% 22 $88   $2,421,554 8
Nov 13, 2015 80 $2,726 +40% 10 $273   $2,425,725 9
Nov 20, 2015 92 $703 -74% 3 $234   $2,428,077 10
Nov 27, 2015 79 $269 -62% 1 $269   $2,428,414 11
Dec 4, 2015 65 $4,427 +1,546% 28 $158   $2,432,839 12
Dec 11, 2015 80 $849 -81% 11 $77   $2,436,062 13

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 16, 2015 - $8,252     4 $2,063   $8,252 1
Sep 17, 2015 - $7,681 -7%   4 $1,920   $15,933 2
Sep 18, 2015 - $61,047 +695%   33 $1,850   $76,980 3
Sep 19, 2015 - $87,907 +44%   33 $2,664   $164,887 4
Sep 20, 2015 - $53,099 -40%   33 $1,609   $217,986 5
Sep 21, 2015 - $17,818 -66%   33 $540   $235,804 6
Sep 22, 2015 - $19,235 +8%   33 $583   $255,039 7
Sep 23, 2015 - $21,617 +12% +162% 33 $655   $276,656 8
Sep 24, 2015 - $18,462 -15% +140% 33 $559   $295,118 9
Sep 25, 2015 12 $327,150 +1,672% +436% 781 $419   $622,268 10
Sep 26, 2015 12 $441,498 +35% +402% 781 $565   $1,063,766 11
Sep 27, 2015 12 $236,423 -46% +345% 781 $303   $1,300,189 12
Sep 28, 2015 12 $94,216 -60% +429% 781 $121   $1,394,405 13
Sep 29, 2015 12 $119,051 +26% +519% 781 $152   $1,513,456 14
Sep 30, 2015 14 $100,743 -15% +366% 781 $129   $1,614,199 15
Oct 1, 2015 13 $78,307 -22% +324% 781 $100   $1,692,506 16
Oct 2, 2015 15 $97,662 +25% -70% 671 $146   $1,790,168 17
Oct 3, 2015 14 $172,591 +77% -61% 671 $257   $1,962,759 18
Oct 4, 2015 14 $99,775 -42% -58% 671 $149   $2,062,534 19
Oct 5, 2015 13 $36,722 -63% -61% 671 $55   $2,099,256 20
Oct 6, 2015 13 $45,152 +23% -62% 671 $67   $2,144,408 21
Oct 7, 2015 13 $37,288 -17% -63% 671 $56   $2,181,696 22
Oct 8, 2015 13 $36,300 -3% -54% 671 $54   $2,217,996 23
Oct 9, 2015 - $26,075 -28% -73% 125 $209   $2,244,071 24
Oct 10, 2015 - $45,940 +76% -73% 125 $368   $2,290,011 25
Oct 11, 2015 - $29,442 -36% -70% 125 $236   $2,319,453 26
Oct 12, 2015 - $13,417 -54% -63% 125 $107   $2,332,870 27
Oct 13, 2015 - $9,812 -27% -78% 125 $78   $2,342,682 28
Oct 14, 2015 - $10,352 +6% -72% 125 $83   $2,353,034 29
Oct 15, 2015 - $9,120 -12% -75% 125 $73   $2,362,154 30
Oct 16, 2015 - $5,867 -36% -77% 48 $122   $2,368,021 31
Oct 17, 2015 - $10,218 +74% -78% 48 $213   $2,378,239 32
Oct 18, 2015 - $7,358 -28% -75% 48 $153   $2,385,597 33
Oct 19, 2015 - $2,345 -68% -83% 48 $49   $2,387,942 34
Oct 20, 2015 - $2,276 -3% -77% 48 $47   $2,390,218 35
Oct 21, 2015 - $2,772 +22% -73% 48 $58   $2,392,990 36
Oct 22, 2015 - $2,312 -17% -75% 48 $48   $2,395,302 37
Oct 23, 2015 - $2,946 +27% -50% 23 $128   $2,398,248 38
Oct 24, 2015 - $5,849 +99% -43% 23 $254   $2,404,097 39
Oct 25, 2015 - $3,679 -37% -50% 23 $160   $2,407,776 40
Oct 26, 2015 - $1,368 -63% -42% 23 $59   $2,409,144 41
Oct 27, 2015 - $1,022 -25% -55% 23 $44   $2,410,166 42
Oct 28, 2015 - $1,139 +11% -59% 23 $50   $2,411,305 43
Oct 29, 2015 - $1,723 +51% -25% 23 $75   $2,413,028 44
Oct 30, 2015 - $704 -59% -76% 14 $50   $2,413,732 45
Oct 31, 2015 - $1,393 +98% -76% 14 $100   $2,415,125 46
Nov 1, 2015 - $1,514 +9% -59% 14 $108   $2,416,639 47
Nov 2, 2015 - $619 -59% -55% 14 $44   $2,417,258 48
Nov 3, 2015 - $563 -9% -45% 14 $40   $2,417,821 49
Nov 4, 2015 - $1,001 +78% -12% 14 $72   $2,418,822 50
Nov 5, 2015 - $788 -21% -54% 14 $56   $2,419,610 51
Nov 6, 2015 - $551 -30% -22% 11 $50   $2,420,161 52
Nov 7, 2015 - $894 +62% -36% 11 $81   $2,421,055 53
Nov 8, 2015 - $499 -44% -67% 11 $45   $2,421,554 54
Nov 9, 2015 - $188 -62% -70% 11 $17   $2,421,742 55
Nov 10, 2015 - $464 +147% -18% 11 $42   $2,422,206 56
Nov 11, 2015 - $409 -12% -59% 11 $37   $2,422,615 57
Nov 12, 2015 - $384 -6% -51% 11 $35   $2,422,999 58
Nov 13, 2015 - $896 +133% +63% 10 $90   $2,423,895 59
Nov 14, 2015 - $1,151 +28% +29% 10 $115   $2,425,046 60
Nov 15, 2015 - $679 -41% +36% 10 $68   $2,425,725 61
Nov 16, 2015 - $564 -17% +200% 10 $56   $2,426,289 62
Nov 17, 2015 - $221 -61% -52% 10 $22   $2,426,510 63
Nov 18, 2015 - $257 +16% -37% 10 $26   $2,426,767 64
Nov 19, 2015 - $607 +136% +58% 10 $61   $2,427,374 65
Nov 20, 2015 - $127 -79% -86% 3 $42   $2,427,501 66
Nov 21, 2015 - $351 +176% -70% 3 $117   $2,427,852 67
Nov 22, 2015 - $225 -36% -67% 3 $75   $2,428,077 68
Nov 23, 2015 - $22 -90% -96% 3 $7   $2,428,099 69
Nov 24, 2015 - $18 -18% -92% 3 $6   $2,428,117 70
Nov 25, 2015 - $19 +6% -93% 3 $6   $2,428,136 71
Nov 26, 2015 - $9 -53% -99% 3 $3   $2,428,145 72
Nov 28, 2015 - $94   -73% 1 $94   $2,428,239 74
Nov 29, 2015 - $175 +86% -22% 1 $175   $2,428,414 75
Dec 4, 2015 - $1,286     28 $46   $2,429,698 80
Dec 5, 2015 - $1,791 +39% +1,805% 28 $64   $2,431,489 81
Dec 6, 2015 - $1,350 -25% +671% 28 $48   $2,432,839 82
Dec 7, 2015 - $557 -59%   28 $20   $2,433,396 83
Dec 8, 2015 - $665 +19%   28 $24   $2,434,061 84
Dec 9, 2015 - $524 -21%   28 $19   $2,434,585 85
Dec 10, 2015 - $628 +20%   28 $22   $2,435,213 86
Dec 11, 2015 - $244 -61% -81% 11 $22   $2,435,457 87
Dec 12, 2015 - $393 +61% -78% 11 $36   $2,435,850 88
Dec 13, 2015 - $212 -46% -84% 11 $19   $2,436,062 89
Dec 14, 2015 - $113 -47% -80% 11 $10   $2,436,175 90
Dec 15, 2015 - $133 +18% -80% 11 $12   $2,436,308 91

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 11, 2015 74 $15,933   4 $3,983   $15,933 1
Sep 18, 2015 33 $279,185 +1,652% 33 $8,460   $295,118 2
Sep 25, 2015 12 $1,397,388 +401% 781 $1,789   $1,692,506 3
Oct 2, 2015 17 $525,490 -62% 671 $783   $2,217,996 4
Oct 9, 2015 30 $144,158 -73% 125 $1,153   $2,362,154 5
Oct 16, 2015 56 $33,148 -77% 48 $691   $2,395,302 6
Oct 23, 2015 63 $17,726 -47% 23 $771   $2,413,028 7
Oct 30, 2015 79 $6,582 -63% 14 $470   $2,419,610 8
Nov 6, 2015 89 $3,390 -48% 22 $154   $2,422,999 9
Nov 13, 2015 87 $4,375 +29% 10 $438   $2,427,374 10
Nov 20, 2015 97 $771 -82% 3 $257   $2,428,145 11
Nov 27, 2015 91 $267 -65% 1 $267   $2,428,412 12
Dec 4, 2015 68 $6,801 +2,447% 28 $243   $2,435,213 13

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Synopsis

In a true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$202,053 (8.3% of total gross)
Legs:2.42 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:58.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:33 opening theaters/781 max. theaters, 2.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $3,456,500

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 16th, 2015 (Limited) by Bleecker Street
International Releases: September 16th, 2015 (Wide) (France)
September 17th, 2015 (Wide) (Iraq)
September 17th, 2015 (Wide) (Lebanon)
September 17th, 2015 (Wide) (Malaysia)
September 17th, 2015 (Wide) (Denmark)
Video Release: December 22nd, 2015 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language, some sexual content and historical smoking.
(Rating bulletin 2350, 11/26/2014)
Running Time: 116 minutes
Geographical setting: Soviet Union
Plot point: Biography, Chess, Mental Illness, Non-Chronological, Tournament, World Championship
Subgenre: Biographical Drama
Time period setting: 1940s, 1970s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Bleecker Street , Mica Entertainment, Material Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 18, 2015 34 $202,053   33 $6,123   $217,986 1
Sep 25, 2015 12 $1,005,071 +397% 781 $1,287   $1,300,189 2
Oct 2, 2015 17 $370,028 -63% 671 $551   $2,062,534 3
Oct 9, 2015 33 $101,457 -73% 125 $812   $2,319,453 4
Oct 16, 2015 54 $23,442 -77% 48 $488   $2,385,597 5
Oct 23, 2015 60 $12,474 -47% 23 $542   $2,407,776 6
Oct 30, 2015 73 $3,611 -71% 14 $258   $2,416,639 7
Nov 6, 2015 87 $1,945 -46% 22 $88   $2,421,554 8
Nov 13, 2015 80 $2,726 +40% 10 $273   $2,425,725 9
Nov 20, 2015 92 $703 -74% 3 $234   $2,428,077 10
Nov 27, 2015 79 $269 -62% 1 $269   $2,428,414 11
Dec 4, 2015 65 $4,427 +1,546% 28 $158   $2,432,839 12
Dec 11, 2015 80 $849 -81% 11 $77   $2,436,062 13

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 16, 2015 - $8,252     4 $2,063   $8,252 1
Sep 17, 2015 - $7,681 -7%   4 $1,920   $15,933 2
Sep 18, 2015 - $61,047 +695%   33 $1,850   $76,980 3
Sep 19, 2015 - $87,907 +44%   33 $2,664   $164,887 4
Sep 20, 2015 - $53,099 -40%   33 $1,609   $217,986 5
Sep 21, 2015 - $17,818 -66%   33 $540   $235,804 6
Sep 22, 2015 - $19,235 +8%   33 $583   $255,039 7
Sep 23, 2015 - $21,617 +12% +162% 33 $655   $276,656 8
Sep 24, 2015 - $18,462 -15% +140% 33 $559   $295,118 9
Sep 25, 2015 12 $327,150 +1,672% +436% 781 $419   $622,268 10
Sep 26, 2015 12 $441,498 +35% +402% 781 $565   $1,063,766 11
Sep 27, 2015 12 $236,423 -46% +345% 781 $303   $1,300,189 12
Sep 28, 2015 12 $94,216 -60% +429% 781 $121   $1,394,405 13
Sep 29, 2015 12 $119,051 +26% +519% 781 $152   $1,513,456 14
Sep 30, 2015 14 $100,743 -15% +366% 781 $129   $1,614,199 15
Oct 1, 2015 13 $78,307 -22% +324% 781 $100   $1,692,506 16
Oct 2, 2015 15 $97,662 +25% -70% 671 $146   $1,790,168 17
Oct 3, 2015 14 $172,591 +77% -61% 671 $257   $1,962,759 18
Oct 4, 2015 14 $99,775 -42% -58% 671 $149   $2,062,534 19
Oct 5, 2015 13 $36,722 -63% -61% 671 $55   $2,099,256 20
Oct 6, 2015 13 $45,152 +23% -62% 671 $67   $2,144,408 21
Oct 7, 2015 13 $37,288 -17% -63% 671 $56   $2,181,696 22
Oct 8, 2015 13 $36,300 -3% -54% 671 $54   $2,217,996 23
Oct 9, 2015 - $26,075 -28% -73% 125 $209   $2,244,071 24
Oct 10, 2015 - $45,940 +76% -73% 125 $368   $2,290,011 25
Oct 11, 2015 - $29,442 -36% -70% 125 $236   $2,319,453 26
Oct 12, 2015 - $13,417 -54% -63% 125 $107   $2,332,870 27
Oct 13, 2015 - $9,812 -27% -78% 125 $78   $2,342,682 28
Oct 14, 2015 - $10,352 +6% -72% 125 $83   $2,353,034 29
Oct 15, 2015 - $9,120 -12% -75% 125 $73   $2,362,154 30
Oct 16, 2015 - $5,867 -36% -77% 48 $122   $2,368,021 31
Oct 17, 2015 - $10,218 +74% -78% 48 $213   $2,378,239 32
Oct 18, 2015 - $7,358 -28% -75% 48 $153   $2,385,597 33
Oct 19, 2015 - $2,345 -68% -83% 48 $49   $2,387,942 34
Oct 20, 2015 - $2,276 -3% -77% 48 $47   $2,390,218 35
Oct 21, 2015 - $2,772 +22% -73% 48 $58   $2,392,990 36
Oct 22, 2015 - $2,312 -17% -75% 48 $48   $2,395,302 37
Oct 23, 2015 - $2,946 +27% -50% 23 $128   $2,398,248 38
Oct 24, 2015 - $5,849 +99% -43% 23 $254   $2,404,097 39
Oct 25, 2015 - $3,679 -37% -50% 23 $160   $2,407,776 40
Oct 26, 2015 - $1,368 -63% -42% 23 $59   $2,409,144 41
Oct 27, 2015 - $1,022 -25% -55% 23 $44   $2,410,166 42
Oct 28, 2015 - $1,139 +11% -59% 23 $50   $2,411,305 43
Oct 29, 2015 - $1,723 +51% -25% 23 $75   $2,413,028 44
Oct 30, 2015 - $704 -59% -76% 14 $50   $2,413,732 45
Oct 31, 2015 - $1,393 +98% -76% 14 $100   $2,415,125 46
Nov 1, 2015 - $1,514 +9% -59% 14 $108   $2,416,639 47
Nov 2, 2015 - $619 -59% -55% 14 $44   $2,417,258 48
Nov 3, 2015 - $563 -9% -45% 14 $40   $2,417,821 49
Nov 4, 2015 - $1,001 +78% -12% 14 $72   $2,418,822 50
Nov 5, 2015 - $788 -21% -54% 14 $56   $2,419,610 51
Nov 6, 2015 - $551 -30% -22% 11 $50   $2,420,161 52
Nov 7, 2015 - $894 +62% -36% 11 $81   $2,421,055 53
Nov 8, 2015 - $499 -44% -67% 11 $45   $2,421,554 54
Nov 9, 2015 - $188 -62% -70% 11 $17   $2,421,742 55
Nov 10, 2015 - $464 +147% -18% 11 $42   $2,422,206 56
Nov 11, 2015 - $409 -12% -59% 11 $37   $2,422,615 57
Nov 12, 2015 - $384 -6% -51% 11 $35   $2,422,999 58
Nov 13, 2015 - $896 +133% +63% 10 $90   $2,423,895 59
Nov 14, 2015 - $1,151 +28% +29% 10 $115   $2,425,046 60
Nov 15, 2015 - $679 -41% +36% 10 $68   $2,425,725 61
Nov 16, 2015 - $564 -17% +200% 10 $56   $2,426,289 62
Nov 17, 2015 - $221 -61% -52% 10 $22   $2,426,510 63
Nov 18, 2015 - $257 +16% -37% 10 $26   $2,426,767 64
Nov 19, 2015 - $607 +136% +58% 10 $61   $2,427,374 65
Nov 20, 2015 - $127 -79% -86% 3 $42   $2,427,501 66
Nov 21, 2015 - $351 +176% -70% 3 $117   $2,427,852 67
Nov 22, 2015 - $225 -36% -67% 3 $75   $2,428,077 68
Nov 23, 2015 - $22 -90% -96% 3 $7   $2,428,099 69
Nov 24, 2015 - $18 -18% -92% 3 $6   $2,428,117 70
Nov 25, 2015 - $19 +6% -93% 3 $6   $2,428,136 71
Nov 26, 2015 - $9 -53% -99% 3 $3   $2,428,145 72
Nov 28, 2015 - $94   -73% 1 $94   $2,428,239 74
Nov 29, 2015 - $175 +86% -22% 1 $175   $2,428,414 75
Dec 4, 2015 - $1,286     28 $46   $2,429,698 80
Dec 5, 2015 - $1,791 +39% +1,805% 28 $64   $2,431,489 81
Dec 6, 2015 - $1,350 -25% +671% 28 $48   $2,432,839 82
Dec 7, 2015 - $557 -59%   28 $20   $2,433,396 83
Dec 8, 2015 - $665 +19%   28 $24   $2,434,061 84
Dec 9, 2015 - $524 -21%   28 $19   $2,434,585 85
Dec 10, 2015 - $628 +20%   28 $22   $2,435,213 86
Dec 11, 2015 - $244 -61% -81% 11 $22   $2,435,457 87
Dec 12, 2015 - $393 +61% -78% 11 $36   $2,435,850 88
Dec 13, 2015 - $212 -46% -84% 11 $19   $2,436,062 89
Dec 14, 2015 - $113 -47% -80% 11 $10   $2,436,175 90
Dec 15, 2015 - $133 +18% -80% 11 $12   $2,436,308 91

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 11, 2015 74 $15,933   4 $3,983   $15,933 1
Sep 18, 2015 33 $279,185 +1,652% 33 $8,460   $295,118 2
Sep 25, 2015 12 $1,397,388 +401% 781 $1,789   $1,692,506 3
Oct 2, 2015 17 $525,490 -62% 671 $783   $2,217,996 4
Oct 9, 2015 30 $144,158 -73% 125 $1,153   $2,362,154 5
Oct 16, 2015 56 $33,148 -77% 48 $691   $2,395,302 6
Oct 23, 2015 63 $17,726 -47% 23 $771   $2,413,028 7
Oct 30, 2015 79 $6,582 -63% 14 $470   $2,419,610 8
Nov 6, 2015 89 $3,390 -48% 22 $154   $2,422,999 9
Nov 13, 2015 87 $4,375 +29% 10 $438   $2,427,374 10
Nov 20, 2015 97 $771 -82% 3 $257   $2,428,145 11
Nov 27, 2015 91 $267 -65% 1 $267   $2,428,412 12
Dec 4, 2015 68 $6,801 +2,447% 28 $243   $2,435,213 13

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.