The Rum Diary (2011)

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Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $13,109,815Details
International Box Office $8,434,917Details
Worldwide Box Office $21,544,732
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $5,036,823
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $2,419,152
Total $7,455,975
OpusData ID: 104890100 More info...
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late '50s version of Hemingway's "The Lost Generation," Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman, Chenault and her fiancée Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals. It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$5,135,369 (39.2% of total gross)
Legs:2.55 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:60.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$45,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,272 opening theaters/2,292 max. theaters, 2.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $19,772,176

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 28th, 2011 (Wide) by FilmDistrict
International Releases: April 5th, 2012 (Wide) (Peru)
April 19th, 2012 (Wide) (Argentina)
April 20th, 2012 (Wide) (Brazil)
April 24th, 2012 (Wide) (Italy)
May 4th, 2012 (Wide) (Spain)
... Show all releases
Video Release: February 14th, 2012 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R for language, brief drug use and sexuality.
(Rating bulletin 2116, 4/14/2010)
Running Time: 122 minutes
Geographical setting: Puerto Rico
Plot point: Addiction, Fired, Infidelity, News, Poverty, Relationships Gone Wrong, White Collar Crime, Writing and Writers
Subgenre: Comedy Drama
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Infinitum Nihil, GK Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 28, 2011 5 $5,135,369   2,272 $2,260   $5,135,369 1
Nov 4, 2011 8 $2,920,481 -43% 2,292 $1,274   $10,356,215 2
Nov 11, 2011 14 $803,456 -72% 947 $848   $12,371,440 3
Nov 18, 2011 32 $148,070 -82% 152 $974   $12,839,267 4
Nov 25, 2011 45 $54,243 -63% 54 $1,005   $12,957,015 5
Dec 2, 2011 47 $38,110 -30% 63 $605   $13,018,899 6
Dec 9, 2011 51 $29,471 -23% 63 $468   $13,070,462 7
Dec 16, 2011 53 $12,429 -58% 30 $414   $13,100,042 8

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Oct 28, 2011 4 $1,841,255     2,272 $810   $1,841,255 1
Oct 29, 2011 6 $1,893,348 +3%   2,272 $833   $3,734,603 2
Oct 30, 2011 4 $1,400,766 -26%   2,272 $617   $5,135,369 3
Oct 31, 2011 4 $544,244 -61%   2,272 $240   $5,679,613 4
Nov 1, 2011 4 $680,351 +25%   2,272 $299   $6,359,964 5
Nov 2, 2011 4 $542,146 -20%   2,272 $239   $6,902,110 6
Nov 3, 2011 4 $533,624 -2%   2,272 $235   $7,435,734 7
Nov 4, 2011 7 $986,737 +85% -46% 2,292 $431   $8,422,471 8
Nov 5, 2011 8 $1,201,326 +22% -37% 2,292 $524   $9,623,797 9
Nov 6, 2011 8 $732,418 -39% -48% 2,292 $320   $10,356,215 10
Nov 7, 2011 6 $272,941 -63% -50% 2,292 $119   $10,629,156 11
Nov 8, 2011 6 $346,490 +27% -49% 2,292 $151   $10,975,646 12
Nov 9, 2011 6 $282,339 -19% -48% 2,292 $123   $11,257,985 13
Nov 10, 2011 7 $309,999 +10% -42% 2,292 $135   $11,567,984 14
Nov 11, 2011 - $285,634 -8% -71% 947 $302   $11,853,618 15
Nov 12, 2011 - $322,191 +13% -73% 947 $340   $12,175,809 16
Nov 13, 2011 - $195,631 -39% -73% 947 $207   $12,371,440 17
Nov 14, 2011 - $78,239 -60% -71% 947 $83   $12,449,679 18
Nov 15, 2011 - $95,730 +22% -72% 947 $101   $12,545,409 19
Nov 16, 2011 11 $82,007 -14% -71% 947 $87   $12,627,416 20
Nov 17, 2011 - $63,781 -22% -79% 947 $67   $12,691,197 21
Nov 18, 2011 - $42,307 -34% -85% 152 $278   $12,733,504 22
Nov 19, 2011 - $59,871 +42% -81% 152 $394   $12,793,375 23
Nov 20, 2011 - $45,892 -23% -77% 152 $302   $12,839,267 24
Nov 21, 2011 - $20,001 -56% -74% 152 $132   $12,859,268 25
Nov 22, 2011 - $23,271 +16% -76% 152 $153   $12,882,539 26
Nov 23, 2011 - $9,683 -58% -88% 152 $64   $12,892,222 27
Nov 24, 2011 - $10,550 +9% -83% 152 $69   $12,902,772 28
Nov 25, 2011 - $20,301 +92% -52% 54 $376   $12,923,073 29
Nov 26, 2011 - $20,537 +1% -66% 54 $380   $12,943,610 30
Nov 27, 2011 - $13,405 -35% -71% 54 $248   $12,957,015 31
Nov 28, 2011 - $6,296 -53% -69% 54 $117   $12,963,311 32
Nov 29, 2011 - $6,739 +7% -71% 54 $125   $12,970,050 33
Nov 30, 2011 - $5,448 -19% -44% 54 $101   $12,975,498 34
Dec 1, 2011 - $5,291 -3% -50% 54 $98   $12,980,789 35
Dec 2, 2011 - $12,024 +127% -41% 63 $191   $12,992,813 36
Dec 3, 2011 - $14,624 +22% -29% 63 $232   $13,007,437 37
Dec 4, 2011 - $11,462 -22% -14% 63 $182   $13,018,899 38
Dec 5, 2011 - $4,873 -57% -23% 63 $77   $13,023,772 39
Dec 6, 2011 - $6,144 +26% -9% 63 $98   $13,029,916 40
Dec 7, 2011 - $5,558 -10% +2% 63 $88   $13,035,474 41
Dec 8, 2011 - $5,517 -1% +4% 63 $88   $13,040,991 42
Dec 9, 2011 - $9,341 +69% -22% 63 $148   $13,050,332 43
Dec 10, 2011 - $10,976 +18% -25% 63 $174   $13,061,308 44
Dec 11, 2011 - $9,154 -17% -20% 63 $145   $13,070,462 45
Dec 12, 2011 - $3,658 -60% -25% 63 $58   $13,074,120 46
Dec 13, 2011 - $4,607 +26% -25% 63 $73   $13,078,727 47
Dec 14, 2011 - $4,286 -7% -23% 63 $68   $13,083,013 48
Dec 15, 2011 - $4,600 +7% -17% 63 $73   $13,087,613 49
Dec 16, 2011 - $3,691 -20% -60% 30 $123   $13,091,304 50
Dec 17, 2011 - $5,031 +36% -54% 30 $168   $13,096,335 51
Dec 18, 2011 - $3,707 -26% -60% 30 $124   $13,100,042 52
Dec 19, 2011 - $2,735 -26% -25% 30 $91   $13,102,777 53
Dec 20, 2011 - $2,588 -5% -44% 30 $86   $13,105,365 54
Dec 21, 2011 - $1,939 -25% -55% 30 $65   $13,107,304 55
Dec 22, 2011 - $2,511 +29% -45% 30 $84   $13,109,815 56

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 28, 2011 4 $7,435,734   2,272 $3,273   $7,435,734 1
Nov 4, 2011 8 $4,132,250 -44% 2,292 $1,803   $11,567,984 2
Nov 11, 2011 14 $1,123,213 -73% 947 $1,186   $12,691,197 3
Nov 18, 2011 36 $211,575 -81% 152 $1,392   $12,902,772 4
Nov 25, 2011 44 $78,017 -63% 54 $1,445   $12,980,789 5
Dec 2, 2011 47 $60,202 -23% 63 $956   $13,040,991 6
Dec 9, 2011 48 $46,622 -23% 63 $740   $13,087,613 7
Dec 16, 2011 54 $22,202 -52% 30 $740   $13,109,815 8

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 4/19/2012 $0 0 18 36 $338,847 12/29/2018
Austria 8/2/2012 $15,627 25 26 107 $76,999 12/12/2015
Bolivia 9/6/2012 $2,833 3 3 3 $2,833 12/29/2018
Brazil 4/20/2012 $0 0 13 87 $423,689 12/11/2015
Chile 6/28/2012 $0 0 6 10 $87,166 12/29/2018
Germany 8/2/2012 $205,766 294 294 813 $702,140 12/11/2015
Italy 4/24/2012 $475,193 264 264 264 $812,295 12/6/2015
Japan 6/30/2012 $333,366 124 124 248 $784,355 12/10/2015
Peru 4/5/2012 $0 0 4 14 $195,342 12/29/2018
Spain 5/4/2012 $100,915 57 57 143 $206,678 12/10/2015
Uruguay 10/19/2012 $0 0 1 1 $2,609 12/29/2018
  
Rest of World $4,801,964
  
International Total $8,434,917 12/29/2018

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Leading

Johnny Depp    Paul Kemp

Supporting

Aaron Eckhart    Sanderson
Amber Heard    Chenault
Michael Rispoli    Sala
Richard Jenkins    Lotterman
Giovanni Ribisi    Moburg

Production and Technical Credits

Bruce Robinson    Director
Hunter S. Thompson    Story Creator
Bruce Robinson    Screenwriter
Graham King    Producer
Johnny Depp    Producer
Christi Dembrowski    Producer
Anthony Rulen    Producer
Robert Kravis    Producer
Tim Headington    Producer
Patrick McCormick    Executive Producer
George Tobia    Executive Producer
Bill Shively    Executive Producer
A.J. Dix    Executive Producer
Greg Shapiro    Executive Producer
Colin Vaines    Executive Producer
Peter Kohn    Executive Producer
Dariusz Wolski    Cinematographer
Carol Littleton    Editor
Christopher Young    Composer
Chris Seagers    Production Designer
Dawn Swiderski    Art Director
A. Todd Holland    Set Designer
Luis Lopez Baquero    Set Designer
Enid Soto Mendez    Set Designer
Rosemary Brandenberg    Set Decorator
Colleen Atwood    Costume Designer
Edward Tise    Sound Mixer
Mark Mangini    Supervising Sound Editor
Curt Schulkey    Supervising Sound Editor
John Ross    Re-recording Mixer
Kevin Harris    Special Effects Supervisor
Bill Gilman    Visual Effects Supervisor
G. A. Aguilar    Stunt Coordinator
Peter Kohn    Assistant Director
Denise Chamian    Casting Director

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

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.


Synopsis

Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late '50s version of Hemingway's "The Lost Generation," Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman, Chenault and her fiancée Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals. It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$5,135,369 (39.2% of total gross)
Legs:2.55 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:60.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$45,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,272 opening theaters/2,292 max. theaters, 2.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $19,772,176

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 28th, 2011 (Wide) by FilmDistrict
International Releases: April 5th, 2012 (Wide) (Peru)
April 19th, 2012 (Wide) (Argentina)
April 20th, 2012 (Wide) (Brazil)
April 24th, 2012 (Wide) (Italy)
May 4th, 2012 (Wide) (Spain)
... Show all releases
Video Release: February 14th, 2012 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: R for language, brief drug use and sexuality.
(Rating bulletin 2116, 4/14/2010)
Running Time: 122 minutes
Geographical setting: Puerto Rico
Plot point: Addiction, Fired, Infidelity, News, Poverty, Relationships Gone Wrong, White Collar Crime, Writing and Writers
Subgenre: Comedy Drama
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Infinitum Nihil, GK Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 28, 2011 5 $5,135,369   2,272 $2,260   $5,135,369 1
Nov 4, 2011 8 $2,920,481 -43% 2,292 $1,274   $10,356,215 2
Nov 11, 2011 14 $803,456 -72% 947 $848   $12,371,440 3
Nov 18, 2011 32 $148,070 -82% 152 $974   $12,839,267 4
Nov 25, 2011 45 $54,243 -63% 54 $1,005   $12,957,015 5
Dec 2, 2011 47 $38,110 -30% 63 $605   $13,018,899 6
Dec 9, 2011 51 $29,471 -23% 63 $468   $13,070,462 7
Dec 16, 2011 53 $12,429 -58% 30 $414   $13,100,042 8

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Oct 28, 2011 4 $1,841,255     2,272 $810   $1,841,255 1
Oct 29, 2011 6 $1,893,348 +3%   2,272 $833   $3,734,603 2
Oct 30, 2011 4 $1,400,766 -26%   2,272 $617   $5,135,369 3
Oct 31, 2011 4 $544,244 -61%   2,272 $240   $5,679,613 4
Nov 1, 2011 4 $680,351 +25%   2,272 $299   $6,359,964 5
Nov 2, 2011 4 $542,146 -20%   2,272 $239   $6,902,110 6
Nov 3, 2011 4 $533,624 -2%   2,272 $235   $7,435,734 7
Nov 4, 2011 7 $986,737 +85% -46% 2,292 $431   $8,422,471 8
Nov 5, 2011 8 $1,201,326 +22% -37% 2,292 $524   $9,623,797 9
Nov 6, 2011 8 $732,418 -39% -48% 2,292 $320   $10,356,215 10
Nov 7, 2011 6 $272,941 -63% -50% 2,292 $119   $10,629,156 11
Nov 8, 2011 6 $346,490 +27% -49% 2,292 $151   $10,975,646 12
Nov 9, 2011 6 $282,339 -19% -48% 2,292 $123   $11,257,985 13
Nov 10, 2011 7 $309,999 +10% -42% 2,292 $135   $11,567,984 14
Nov 11, 2011 - $285,634 -8% -71% 947 $302   $11,853,618 15
Nov 12, 2011 - $322,191 +13% -73% 947 $340   $12,175,809 16
Nov 13, 2011 - $195,631 -39% -73% 947 $207   $12,371,440 17
Nov 14, 2011 - $78,239 -60% -71% 947 $83   $12,449,679 18
Nov 15, 2011 - $95,730 +22% -72% 947 $101   $12,545,409 19
Nov 16, 2011 11 $82,007 -14% -71% 947 $87   $12,627,416 20
Nov 17, 2011 - $63,781 -22% -79% 947 $67   $12,691,197 21
Nov 18, 2011 - $42,307 -34% -85% 152 $278   $12,733,504 22
Nov 19, 2011 - $59,871 +42% -81% 152 $394   $12,793,375 23
Nov 20, 2011 - $45,892 -23% -77% 152 $302   $12,839,267 24
Nov 21, 2011 - $20,001 -56% -74% 152 $132   $12,859,268 25
Nov 22, 2011 - $23,271 +16% -76% 152 $153   $12,882,539 26
Nov 23, 2011 - $9,683 -58% -88% 152 $64   $12,892,222 27
Nov 24, 2011 - $10,550 +9% -83% 152 $69   $12,902,772 28
Nov 25, 2011 - $20,301 +92% -52% 54 $376   $12,923,073 29
Nov 26, 2011 - $20,537 +1% -66% 54 $380   $12,943,610 30
Nov 27, 2011 - $13,405 -35% -71% 54 $248   $12,957,015 31
Nov 28, 2011 - $6,296 -53% -69% 54 $117   $12,963,311 32
Nov 29, 2011 - $6,739 +7% -71% 54 $125   $12,970,050 33
Nov 30, 2011 - $5,448 -19% -44% 54 $101   $12,975,498 34
Dec 1, 2011 - $5,291 -3% -50% 54 $98   $12,980,789 35
Dec 2, 2011 - $12,024 +127% -41% 63 $191   $12,992,813 36
Dec 3, 2011 - $14,624 +22% -29% 63 $232   $13,007,437 37
Dec 4, 2011 - $11,462 -22% -14% 63 $182   $13,018,899 38
Dec 5, 2011 - $4,873 -57% -23% 63 $77   $13,023,772 39
Dec 6, 2011 - $6,144 +26% -9% 63 $98   $13,029,916 40
Dec 7, 2011 - $5,558 -10% +2% 63 $88   $13,035,474 41
Dec 8, 2011 - $5,517 -1% +4% 63 $88   $13,040,991 42
Dec 9, 2011 - $9,341 +69% -22% 63 $148   $13,050,332 43
Dec 10, 2011 - $10,976 +18% -25% 63 $174   $13,061,308 44
Dec 11, 2011 - $9,154 -17% -20% 63 $145   $13,070,462 45
Dec 12, 2011 - $3,658 -60% -25% 63 $58   $13,074,120 46
Dec 13, 2011 - $4,607 +26% -25% 63 $73   $13,078,727 47
Dec 14, 2011 - $4,286 -7% -23% 63 $68   $13,083,013 48
Dec 15, 2011 - $4,600 +7% -17% 63 $73   $13,087,613 49
Dec 16, 2011 - $3,691 -20% -60% 30 $123   $13,091,304 50
Dec 17, 2011 - $5,031 +36% -54% 30 $168   $13,096,335 51
Dec 18, 2011 - $3,707 -26% -60% 30 $124   $13,100,042 52
Dec 19, 2011 - $2,735 -26% -25% 30 $91   $13,102,777 53
Dec 20, 2011 - $2,588 -5% -44% 30 $86   $13,105,365 54
Dec 21, 2011 - $1,939 -25% -55% 30 $65   $13,107,304 55
Dec 22, 2011 - $2,511 +29% -45% 30 $84   $13,109,815 56

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 28, 2011 4 $7,435,734   2,272 $3,273   $7,435,734 1
Nov 4, 2011 8 $4,132,250 -44% 2,292 $1,803   $11,567,984 2
Nov 11, 2011 14 $1,123,213 -73% 947 $1,186   $12,691,197 3
Nov 18, 2011 36 $211,575 -81% 152 $1,392   $12,902,772 4
Nov 25, 2011 44 $78,017 -63% 54 $1,445   $12,980,789 5
Dec 2, 2011 47 $60,202 -23% 63 $956   $13,040,991 6
Dec 9, 2011 48 $46,622 -23% 63 $740   $13,087,613 7
Dec 16, 2011 54 $22,202 -52% 30 $740   $13,109,815 8

Top International Territories

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens/Theaters
Maximum
Screens/Theaters
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 4/19/2012 $0 0 18 36 $338,847 12/29/2018
Austria 8/2/2012 $15,627 25 26 107 $76,999 12/12/2015
Bolivia 9/6/2012 $2,833 3 3 3 $2,833 12/29/2018
Brazil 4/20/2012 $0 0 13 87 $423,689 12/11/2015
Chile 6/28/2012 $0 0 6 10 $87,166 12/29/2018
Germany 8/2/2012 $205,766 294 294 813 $702,140 12/11/2015
Italy 4/24/2012 $475,193 264 264 264 $812,295 12/6/2015
Japan 6/30/2012 $333,366 124 124 248 $784,355 12/10/2015
Peru 4/5/2012 $0 0 4 14 $195,342 12/29/2018
Spain 5/4/2012 $100,915 57 57 143 $206,678 12/10/2015
Uruguay 10/19/2012 $0 0 1 1 $2,609 12/29/2018
  
Rest of World $4,801,964
  
International Total $8,434,917 12/29/2018

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Leading

Johnny Depp    Paul Kemp

Supporting

Aaron Eckhart    Sanderson
Amber Heard    Chenault
Michael Rispoli    Sala
Richard Jenkins    Lotterman
Giovanni Ribisi    Moburg

Production and Technical Credits

Bruce Robinson    Director
Hunter S. Thompson    Story Creator
Bruce Robinson    Screenwriter
Graham King    Producer
Johnny Depp    Producer
Christi Dembrowski    Producer
Anthony Rulen    Producer
Robert Kravis    Producer
Tim Headington    Producer
Patrick McCormick    Executive Producer
George Tobia    Executive Producer
Bill Shively    Executive Producer
A.J. Dix    Executive Producer
Greg Shapiro    Executive Producer
Colin Vaines    Executive Producer
Peter Kohn    Executive Producer
Dariusz Wolski    Cinematographer
Carol Littleton    Editor
Christopher Young    Composer
Chris Seagers    Production Designer
Dawn Swiderski    Art Director
A. Todd Holland    Set Designer
Luis Lopez Baquero    Set Designer
Enid Soto Mendez    Set Designer
Rosemary Brandenberg    Set Decorator
Colleen Atwood    Costume Designer
Edward Tise    Sound Mixer
Mark Mangini    Supervising Sound Editor
Curt Schulkey    Supervising Sound Editor
John Ross    Re-recording Mixer
Kevin Harris    Special Effects Supervisor
Bill Gilman    Visual Effects Supervisor
G. A. Aguilar    Stunt Coordinator
Peter Kohn    Assistant Director
Denise Chamian    Casting Director

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

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.