Brazil Box Office for Pelo malo (2014)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Brazil Box Office $71,861Details
Worldwide Box Office $2,490,664Details
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Synopsis

In PELO MALO, Junior is a nine-year-old boy who has stubbornly curly hair, or "bad hair." He wants to have it straightened for his yearbook picture, like a fashionable pop singer with long, ironed hair. This puts him at odds with his mother Marta, a young, unemployed widow. Junior, Marta, and his baby brother live in a large multi-family building. Overwhelmed by what it takes to survive in the chaotic city of Caracas, Marta finds it increasingly difficult to tolerate Junior's fixation with his looks. The more Junior tries to look sharp and make his mother love him, the more she rejects him. His paternal grandmother, a witness to this rejection, asks Marta to give her the boy so that he can look after her. Marta refuses and tries to correct her son's obsession by "setting an example," a cruel moment which was meant to be a lesson. Junior finds himself cornered, face to face with a painful decision.

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Movie Details

Brazil Releases: April 17th, 2014 (Wide)
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 93 minutes
Keywords: Coming of Age, Dysfunctional Family, Poverty, Widow/Widower, Single Parent
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Sudaca Films, Imagen Latina, La Sociedad Post, Hanfgarn & Ufer Filmproduktion, Artefactos, Jose Ibanez
Production Countries: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Languages: Spanish

Limited Releases: Pain in the... Mule

November 21st, 2014

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It is not a busy week as far as limited releases are concerned, which is good, because my computer crashed halfway through and I had to redo some of this column. (Save early, save often.) However, while there are not a lot of films on this week's list, many of them are earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. It is unlikely that all of them will be able to capitalize on their reviews. Bad Hair, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The King and the Mockingbird, The Mule, as well as a few documentaries all deserve to find audiences. Hopefully more than a couple of them actually do. 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
2014/06/27 26 $640   4 $160   $66,650 11
2014/07/18 36 $631   3 $210   $71,861 14

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Brazil 4/17/2014 $0 0 4 7 $71,861 12/17/2015
Germany 3/31/2016 $3,456 7 7 7 $3,456 6/9/2016
North America 11/19/2014 $0 0 0 0 $0
Venezuela 4/16/2014 $0 0 7 17 $2,415,347 12/17/2015
 
Worldwide Total$2,490,664 6/9/2016

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

Samuel Lange    Junior

Supporting Cast

Samantha Castillo    Marta
Beto Benites    Jefe
Maria Emilia Sulbaran    Baby
Nelly Ramos    Carmen
Julio Mendez    Mario
Luis Domingo Gonzalez    Medic
Marta Estrada    Neighbor
Ali Rondon    Vecino

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

Production and Technical Credits

Mariana Rondon    Director
Mariana Rondon    Screenwriter
Marite Ugas    Producer
Matias Tikas    Production Designer
Marite Ugas    Editor
Camilo Froideval    Composer
Micaela Cajahuaringa    Director of Photography
Marisela Marin    Costume Designer
Lena Esquenazi    Sound Mixer
Nacho Gorfinkiel    Visual Effects Designer
Beto Benites    Casting Director

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