Saint Omer (2022)
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| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $213,953 | Details |
| International Box Office | $299,992 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $513,945 | |
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| 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) ... Show all releases |
| 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
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Date | Rank | Gross | %YD | %LW | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 5/25/2023 | $18,694 | 22 | 22 | 90 | $111,003 | 12/4/2023 | |||
| Italy | 12/8/2022 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $67,604 | 12/20/2022 | |||
| Portugal | 5/4/2023 | $1,502 | 15 | 15 | 19 | $4,628 | 5/16/2023 | |||
| Romania | 6/2/2023 | $1,305 | 9 | 9 | 9 | $1,305 | 6/7/2023 | |||
| Spain | 3/3/2023 | $17,805 | 37 | 37 | 37 | $17,838 | 3/9/2023 | |||
| Turkey | 6/9/2023 | $1,487 | 19 | 19 | 28 | $4,234 | 6/22/2023 | |||
| United Kingdom | 2/3/2023 | $47,053 | 31 | 31 | 31 | $93,380 | 2/13/2023 | |||
| International Total | $299,992 | 12/4/2023 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Leading
| Kayije Kagame | Rama |
Supporting
| Guslagie Malanda | Laurence Coly | |
| Valerie Dreville | The Judge | |
| Aurelia Petit | Ms. Vaudenay | |
| Xavier Maly | Luc Dumontet | |
| Robert Cantarella | Advocate-General | |
| Salimata Kamate | Odile Diatta | |
| Thomas De Pourquery | Adrien | |
| Adama Diallo Tamba | Rama's mother | |
| Mariam Diop | Rama's sisters | |
| Dado Diop | Rama's sisters |
Production and Technical Credits
| Alice Diop | Director | |
| Alice Diop | Screenwriter | |
| Amrita David | Screenwriter | |
| Marie N’Diaye | Screenwriter | |
| Claire Mathon | Photography | |
| Amrita David | Editor | |
| Dana Farzanehpour | Sound | |
| Josefina Rodríguez | Sound | |
| Lucile Demarquet | Sound | |
| Emmanuel Croset | Sound | |
| Mathilde Profit | Script | |
| Anna Le Mouël | Set Designer | |
| Annie Melza Tiburce | Costume Designer | |
| Élodie Namani Cyrille* | Make-up & Hair | |
| Marie Goetgheluck | Make-up & Hair | |
| Rym Hachimi | Production Manager | |
| Paul Sergent | Production Manager | |
| Bénédicte Pollet-Baronian | Post-production | |
| Toufik Ayadi | Producer | |
| Christophe Barral | Producer |
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
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) ... Show all releases |
| 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
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Date | Rank | Gross | %YD | %LW | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 5/25/2023 | $18,694 | 22 | 22 | 90 | $111,003 | 12/4/2023 | |||
| Italy | 12/8/2022 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $67,604 | 12/20/2022 | |||
| Portugal | 5/4/2023 | $1,502 | 15 | 15 | 19 | $4,628 | 5/16/2023 | |||
| Romania | 6/2/2023 | $1,305 | 9 | 9 | 9 | $1,305 | 6/7/2023 | |||
| Spain | 3/3/2023 | $17,805 | 37 | 37 | 37 | $17,838 | 3/9/2023 | |||
| Turkey | 6/9/2023 | $1,487 | 19 | 19 | 28 | $4,234 | 6/22/2023 | |||
| United Kingdom | 2/3/2023 | $47,053 | 31 | 31 | 31 | $93,380 | 2/13/2023 | |||
| International Total | $299,992 | 12/4/2023 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Leading
| Kayije Kagame | Rama |
Supporting
| Guslagie Malanda | Laurence Coly | |
| Valerie Dreville | The Judge | |
| Aurelia Petit | Ms. Vaudenay | |
| Xavier Maly | Luc Dumontet | |
| Robert Cantarella | Advocate-General | |
| Salimata Kamate | Odile Diatta | |
| Thomas De Pourquery | Adrien | |
| Adama Diallo Tamba | Rama's mother | |
| Mariam Diop | Rama's sisters | |
| Dado Diop | Rama's sisters |
Production and Technical Credits
| Alice Diop | Director | |
| Alice Diop | Screenwriter | |
| Amrita David | Screenwriter | |
| Marie N’Diaye | Screenwriter | |
| Claire Mathon | Photography | |
| Amrita David | Editor | |
| Dana Farzanehpour | Sound | |
| Josefina Rodríguez | Sound | |
| Lucile Demarquet | Sound | |
| Emmanuel Croset | Sound | |
| Mathilde Profit | Script | |
| Anna Le Mouël | Set Designer | |
| Annie Melza Tiburce | Costume Designer | |
| Élodie Namani Cyrille* | Make-up & Hair | |
| Marie Goetgheluck | Make-up & Hair | |
| Rym Hachimi | Production Manager | |
| Paul Sergent | Production Manager | |
| Bénédicte Pollet-Baronian | Post-production | |
| Toufik Ayadi | Producer | |
| Christophe Barral | Producer |
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.