Saint Omer (2022)

Saint Omer
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $213,953Details
International Box Office $299,992
Worldwide Box Office $513,945
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Rama, a successful journalist and author living in Paris, has come to Saint Omer, a town in the north of France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman, Laurence Coly, who allegedly murdered her baby daughter. Although she admits to killing the child, she cannot or will not provide motivation, claiming it was a kind of sorcery out of her control. Rama’s plan to write about Laurence in a book inspired by the Medea myth increasingly unravels as she becomes overwhelmed by the case and reckons with memories of her immigrant mother as well as her own impending motherhood. In her consummate fiction feature debut, Alice Diop constructs an arresting yet highly sensitive, superbly acted film of constantly revealing layers. Saint Omer is at once a tense courtroom drama, a work of abstracted psychological portraiture, an inquiry into human agency, and a provocative examination of the limits of myth and cross-cultural knowledge.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$69,232 (32.4% of total gross)
Legs:3.09 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:41.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:245 opening theaters/245 max. theaters, 2.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $233,902

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 9th, 2022 (Oscar Qualifying Run) by Super LTD
January 13th, 2023 (Limited) by Super LTD
International Releases: November 23rd, 2022 (Limited) (France)
December 8th, 2022 (Limited) (Italy)
February 3rd, 2023 (Limited) (United Kingdom)
March 3rd, 2023 (Limited), released as Saint Omer, El Pueblo Contra Lorence Coly (Spain)
March 9th, 2023 (Limited) (Germany)
Video Release: May 12th, 2023 by Hulu
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some thematic elements and brief strong language.
(Rating bulletin 2764 (cert #54213), 1/4/2023)
Running Time: 118 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: F-Rated, F-Rated, Triple
Plot point: Immigration, Writing and Writers
Subgenre: Courtroom / Legal Drama
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: SRAB Films
Production Countries: France
Languages: French

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 13, 2023 - $69,232   245 $283   $69,232 6
Jan 20, 2023 - $28,268 -59% 245 $115   $145,127 7
Jan 27, 2023 - $17,375 -39% 12 $1,448   $181,295 8
Feb 3, 2023 - $13,665 -21% 16 $854   $206,138 9

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jan 13, 2023 - $20,248     245 $83   $20,248 36
Jan 14, 2023 - $25,917 +28%   245 $106   $46,165 37
Jan 15, 2023 - $23,067 -11%   245 $94   $69,232 38
Jan 16, 2023 - $17,761 -23%   245 $72   $86,993 39
Jan 17, 2023 - $9,413 -47%   245 $38   $96,406 40
Jan 18, 2023 - $10,543 +12%   245 $43   $106,949 41
Jan 19, 2023 - $9,910 -6%   245 $40   $116,859 42
Jan 20, 2023 - $7,896 -20% -61% 245 $32   $124,755 43
Jan 21, 2023 - $10,985 +39% -58% 245 $45   $135,740 44
Jan 22, 2023 - $9,387 -15% -59% 245 $38   $145,127 45
Jan 23, 2023 - $3,526 -62% -80% 245 $14   $148,653 46
Jan 24, 2023 - $5,327 +51% -43% 245 $22   $153,980 47
Jan 25, 2023 - $4,348 -18% -59% 245 $18   $158,328 48
Jan 26, 2023 - $5,592 +29% -44% 245 $23   $163,920 49
Jan 27, 2023 - $5,033 -10% -36% 12 $419   $168,953 50
Jan 28, 2023 - $6,895 +37% -37% 12 $575   $175,848 51
Jan 29, 2023 - $5,447 -21% -42% 12 $454   $181,295 52
Jan 30, 2023 - $2,005 -63% -43% 12 $167   $183,300 53
Jan 31, 2023 - $2,809 +40% -47% 12 $234   $186,109 54
Feb 1, 2023 - $3,242 +15% -25% 12 $270   $189,351 55
Feb 2, 2023 - $3,121 -4% -44% 12 $260   $192,473 56
Feb 3, 2023 - $2,616 -16% -48% 16 $164   $195,089 57
Feb 4, 2023 - $5,731 +119% -17% 16 $358   $200,820 58
Feb 5, 2023 - $5,318 -7% -2% 16 $332   $206,138 59
Feb 6, 2023 - $1,450 -73% -28% 16 $91   $207,588 60
Feb 7, 2023 - $1,588 +10% -43% 16 $99   $209,176 61
Feb 8, 2023 - $1,956 +23% -40% 16 $122   $211,132 62
Feb 9, 2023 - $2,821 +44% -10% 16 $176   $213,953 63

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 13, 2023 23 $116,859   245 $477   $116,859 6
Jan 20, 2023 27 $47,061 -60% 245 $192   $163,920 7
Jan 27, 2023 34 $28,553 -39% 12 $2,379   $192,473 8
Feb 3, 2023 35 $21,480 -25% 16 $1,343   $213,953 9

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Synopsis

Rama, a successful journalist and author living in Paris, has come to Saint Omer, a town in the north of France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman, Laurence Coly, who allegedly murdered her baby daughter. Although she admits to killing the child, she cannot or will not provide motivation, claiming it was a kind of sorcery out of her control. Rama’s plan to write about Laurence in a book inspired by the Medea myth increasingly unravels as she becomes overwhelmed by the case and reckons with memories of her immigrant mother as well as her own impending motherhood. In her consummate fiction feature debut, Alice Diop constructs an arresting yet highly sensitive, superbly acted film of constantly revealing layers. Saint Omer is at once a tense courtroom drama, a work of abstracted psychological portraiture, an inquiry into human agency, and a provocative examination of the limits of myth and cross-cultural knowledge.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$69,232 (32.4% of total gross)
Legs:3.09 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:41.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:245 opening theaters/245 max. theaters, 2.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $233,902

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 9th, 2022 (Oscar Qualifying Run) by Super LTD
January 13th, 2023 (Limited) by Super LTD
International Releases: November 23rd, 2022 (Limited) (France)
December 8th, 2022 (Limited) (Italy)
February 3rd, 2023 (Limited) (United Kingdom)
March 3rd, 2023 (Limited), released as Saint Omer, El Pueblo Contra Lorence Coly (Spain)
March 9th, 2023 (Limited) (Germany)
Video Release: May 12th, 2023 by Hulu
MPA Rating: PG-13 for some thematic elements and brief strong language.
(Rating bulletin 2764 (cert #54213), 1/4/2023)
Running Time: 118 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: F-Rated, F-Rated, Triple
Plot point: Immigration, Writing and Writers
Subgenre: Courtroom / Legal Drama
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: SRAB Films
Production Countries: France
Languages: French

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 13, 2023 - $69,232   245 $283   $69,232 6
Jan 20, 2023 - $28,268 -59% 245 $115   $145,127 7
Jan 27, 2023 - $17,375 -39% 12 $1,448   $181,295 8
Feb 3, 2023 - $13,665 -21% 16 $854   $206,138 9

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jan 13, 2023 - $20,248     245 $83   $20,248 36
Jan 14, 2023 - $25,917 +28%   245 $106   $46,165 37
Jan 15, 2023 - $23,067 -11%   245 $94   $69,232 38
Jan 16, 2023 - $17,761 -23%   245 $72   $86,993 39
Jan 17, 2023 - $9,413 -47%   245 $38   $96,406 40
Jan 18, 2023 - $10,543 +12%   245 $43   $106,949 41
Jan 19, 2023 - $9,910 -6%   245 $40   $116,859 42
Jan 20, 2023 - $7,896 -20% -61% 245 $32   $124,755 43
Jan 21, 2023 - $10,985 +39% -58% 245 $45   $135,740 44
Jan 22, 2023 - $9,387 -15% -59% 245 $38   $145,127 45
Jan 23, 2023 - $3,526 -62% -80% 245 $14   $148,653 46
Jan 24, 2023 - $5,327 +51% -43% 245 $22   $153,980 47
Jan 25, 2023 - $4,348 -18% -59% 245 $18   $158,328 48
Jan 26, 2023 - $5,592 +29% -44% 245 $23   $163,920 49
Jan 27, 2023 - $5,033 -10% -36% 12 $419   $168,953 50
Jan 28, 2023 - $6,895 +37% -37% 12 $575   $175,848 51
Jan 29, 2023 - $5,447 -21% -42% 12 $454   $181,295 52
Jan 30, 2023 - $2,005 -63% -43% 12 $167   $183,300 53
Jan 31, 2023 - $2,809 +40% -47% 12 $234   $186,109 54
Feb 1, 2023 - $3,242 +15% -25% 12 $270   $189,351 55
Feb 2, 2023 - $3,121 -4% -44% 12 $260   $192,473 56
Feb 3, 2023 - $2,616 -16% -48% 16 $164   $195,089 57
Feb 4, 2023 - $5,731 +119% -17% 16 $358   $200,820 58
Feb 5, 2023 - $5,318 -7% -2% 16 $332   $206,138 59
Feb 6, 2023 - $1,450 -73% -28% 16 $91   $207,588 60
Feb 7, 2023 - $1,588 +10% -43% 16 $99   $209,176 61
Feb 8, 2023 - $1,956 +23% -40% 16 $122   $211,132 62
Feb 9, 2023 - $2,821 +44% -10% 16 $176   $213,953 63

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 13, 2023 23 $116,859   245 $477   $116,859 6
Jan 20, 2023 27 $47,061 -60% 245 $192   $163,920 7
Jan 27, 2023 34 $28,553 -39% 12 $2,379   $192,473 8
Feb 3, 2023 35 $21,480 -25% 16 $1,343   $213,953 9

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.