Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019)

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $55,632Details
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Synopsis

For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news twenty-four hours a day. A civil rights-era radical who became fabulously wealthy and reclusive later in life, her obsession started with the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979—at the dawn of the twenty-four hour news cycle. It ended on December 14, 2012 as the Sandy Hook massacre played on television while Marion passed away. In between, Marion filled 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing revolutions, wars, triumphs, catastrophes, bloopers, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today and in the process tell us who we were.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$12,140 (21.8% of total gross)
Legs:4.58 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/5 max. theaters, 5.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $65,413

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,601-13,700) 13,691 $55,632
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 26,301-26,400) 26,338 $55,632
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,401-5,500) 5,457 $55,632

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: November 15th, 2019 (Limited) by Zeitgeist
International Releases: November 6th, 2020 (Limited) (United Kingdom)
Video Release: March 10th, 2020 by Zeitgeist Home
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 87 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Barbie
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Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: End Cue, Electric Chinoland, C41 Media
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 15, 2019 47 $12,140   1 $12,140   $12,140 1
Nov 22, 2019 58 $3,213 -74% 3 $1,071   $19,836 2
Nov 29, 2019 59 $3,752 +17% 3 $1,251   $27,480 3
Dec 6, 2019 73 $828 -78% 2 $414   $30,114 4
Dec 13, 2019 82 $376 -55% 2 $188   $30,501 5
Jan 3, 2020 59 $2,664   3 $888   $36,523 8
Jan 10, 2020 61 $1,833 -31% 3 $611   $39,536 9
Jan 17, 2020 57 $2,638 +44% 3 $879   $43,957 10
Jan 31, 2020 60 $525   2 $263   $46,929 12
Feb 7, 2020 62 $538 +2% 2 $269   $47,755 13
Mar 6, 2020 86 $576   1 $576   $55,142 17

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 15, 2019 51 $16,623   1 $16,623   $16,623 1
Nov 22, 2019 56 $7,105 -57% 3 $2,368   $23,728 2
Nov 29, 2019 60 $5,457 -23% 3 $1,819   $29,185 3
Dec 6, 2019 74 $839 -85% 2 $420   $30,125 4
Dec 13, 2019 77 $829 -1% 3 $276   $30,954 5
Dec 27, 2019 60 $2,518   2 $1,259   $33,472 7
Jan 3, 2020 60 $3,844 +53% 3 $1,281   $37,703 8
Jan 10, 2020 59 $3,616 -6% 5 $723   $41,319 9
Jan 17, 2020 57 $3,835 +6% 4 $959   $45,154 10
Jan 31, 2020 59 $1,775   2 $888   $46,929 12
Feb 7, 2020 64 $2,178 +23% 2 $1,089   $49,395 13
Feb 14, 2020 74 $2,845 +31% 3 $948   $52,240 14
Feb 28, 2020 82 $1,746   2 $873   $54,566 16
Mar 6, 2020 81 $1,066 -39% 2 $533   $55,632 17

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
United Kingdom 11/6/2020 $0000$0
 
International Total$0

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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Documentary Subject(s)

Marion Stokes    Herself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Matt Wolf    Director
Kyle Martin    Producer
Andrew Kortschak    Producer
Walter Kortschak    Producer
Andrew Kortschak    Executive Producer
Walter Kortschak    Executive Producer
Brendan Doyle    Co-Executive Producer
Peter Sillen    Co-Executive Producer
Keiko Deguchi    Editor
Owen Pallett    Composer
Chris Dapkins    Cinematographer
Matt Mitchell    Cinematographer

Theater Averages: Making Waves

November 20th, 2019

Waves

Waves led the way on the theater average chart with an opening weekend average of $33,583 in four theaters. Jay and Silent Bob Reboot was in second place with an average of $16,899 in ten theaters. Its road show has been a success so far, but the film did cost $10 million to make, so it will need to continue to have strong weekend numbers for a long time to break even. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project opened with $12,140 in its lone theater. Honey Boy fell from an average of $75,266 in four theaters to an average of just $11,957 in 17. That’s still a good average, but its odds of expanding even semi-wide have been lowered dramatically. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Getting Lost in the Crowd

November 15th, 2019

I Lost My Body

It is not a terribly busy week for limited releases, not unless you are talking about documentaries. There are a few that have a real shot at opening well, including The Report and Waves, but it’s I Lost My Body that I’m the most interested in. More...


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Synopsis

For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news twenty-four hours a day. A civil rights-era radical who became fabulously wealthy and reclusive later in life, her obsession started with the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979—at the dawn of the twenty-four hour news cycle. It ended on December 14, 2012 as the Sandy Hook massacre played on television while Marion passed away. In between, Marion filled 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing revolutions, wars, triumphs, catastrophes, bloopers, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today and in the process tell us who we were.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$12,140 (21.8% of total gross)
Legs:4.58 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/5 max. theaters, 5.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $65,413

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,601-13,700) 13,691 $55,632
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 26,301-26,400) 26,338 $55,632
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,401-5,500) 5,457 $55,632

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


Watch Now On

iTunes:iTunes
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 15th, 2019 (Limited) by Zeitgeist
International Releases: November 6th, 2020 (Limited) (United Kingdom)
Video Release: March 10th, 2020 by Zeitgeist Home
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 87 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Barbie
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Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: End Cue, Electric Chinoland, C41 Media
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Documentary Subject(s)

Marion Stokes    Herself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Matt Wolf    Director
Kyle Martin    Producer
Andrew Kortschak    Producer
Walter Kortschak    Producer
Andrew Kortschak    Executive Producer
Walter Kortschak    Executive Producer
Brendan Doyle    Co-Executive Producer
Peter Sillen    Co-Executive Producer
Keiko Deguchi    Editor
Owen Pallett    Composer
Chris Dapkins    Cinematographer
Matt Mitchell    Cinematographer

Theater Averages: Making Waves

November 20th, 2019

Waves

Waves led the way on the theater average chart with an opening weekend average of $33,583 in four theaters. Jay and Silent Bob Reboot was in second place with an average of $16,899 in ten theaters. Its road show has been a success so far, but the film did cost $10 million to make, so it will need to continue to have strong weekend numbers for a long time to break even. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project opened with $12,140 in its lone theater. Honey Boy fell from an average of $75,266 in four theaters to an average of just $11,957 in 17. That’s still a good average, but its odds of expanding even semi-wide have been lowered dramatically. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Getting Lost in the Crowd

November 15th, 2019

I Lost My Body

It is not a terribly busy week for limited releases, not unless you are talking about documentaries. There are a few that have a real shot at opening well, including The Report and Waves, but it’s I Lost My Body that I’m the most interested in. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 15, 2019 47 $12,140   1 $12,140   $12,140 1
Nov 22, 2019 58 $3,213 -74% 3 $1,071   $19,836 2
Nov 29, 2019 59 $3,752 +17% 3 $1,251   $27,480 3
Dec 6, 2019 73 $828 -78% 2 $414   $30,114 4
Dec 13, 2019 82 $376 -55% 2 $188   $30,501 5
Jan 3, 2020 59 $2,664   3 $888   $36,523 8
Jan 10, 2020 61 $1,833 -31% 3 $611   $39,536 9
Jan 17, 2020 57 $2,638 +44% 3 $879   $43,957 10
Jan 31, 2020 60 $525   2 $263   $46,929 12
Feb 7, 2020 62 $538 +2% 2 $269   $47,755 13
Mar 6, 2020 86 $576   1 $576   $55,142 17

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 15, 2019 51 $16,623   1 $16,623   $16,623 1
Nov 22, 2019 56 $7,105 -57% 3 $2,368   $23,728 2
Nov 29, 2019 60 $5,457 -23% 3 $1,819   $29,185 3
Dec 6, 2019 74 $839 -85% 2 $420   $30,125 4
Dec 13, 2019 77 $829 -1% 3 $276   $30,954 5
Dec 27, 2019 60 $2,518   2 $1,259   $33,472 7
Jan 3, 2020 60 $3,844 +53% 3 $1,281   $37,703 8
Jan 10, 2020 59 $3,616 -6% 5 $723   $41,319 9
Jan 17, 2020 57 $3,835 +6% 4 $959   $45,154 10
Jan 31, 2020 59 $1,775   2 $888   $46,929 12
Feb 7, 2020 64 $2,178 +23% 2 $1,089   $49,395 13
Feb 14, 2020 74 $2,845 +31% 3 $948   $52,240 14
Feb 28, 2020 82 $1,746   2 $873   $54,566 16
Mar 6, 2020 81 $1,066 -39% 2 $533   $55,632 17

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
United Kingdom 11/6/2020 $0000$0
 
International Total$0

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.