Portugal Box Office for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Portugal Box Office $99,152Details
Worldwide Box Office $33,008,656Details
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Synopsis

When Britain's leading fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheikh's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert, he immediately thinks the project is both absurd and unachievable. But when the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary latches on to it as a "good will" story, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible.

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Movie Details

Portugal Releases: May 24th, 2012 (Wide)
Video Release: July 17th, 2012 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence and sexual content, and brief language.
(Rating bulletin 2205, 1/11/2012)
Running Time: 111 minutes
Keywords: Political, Romance, Culture Clash, Voiceover/Narration, Comedy Drama, Terrorism, Relationships Gone Wrong, Fishing
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: BBC Films, Lionsgate, UK Film Council, Kudos Films, Davis Films
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Languages: Arabic, English

Awards Season: Lincoln Shows a United Front at the Golden Globes

December 13th, 2012

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominations and the same list of films that have been mentioned since the beginning of Awards Season were rewarded today. Lincoln led the way with seven nods, while Argo and Django Unchained were close behind with five. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for July 17th, 2012

July 17th, 2012

It's broken record time. As is usual for this time of year, it is a slow week on the home market. There are two first run releases coming out, Lockout and The Three Stooges, but neither film was a box office hit. On the other hand, there are a number of catalogue titles (Singin' In the Rain); limited releases (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen); and TV on DVD releases (Sanctuary: The Complete Fourth Season). All three of those releases are contenders for Pick of the Week, but in the end I went with Leverage: Season Four. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for July 10th, 2012

July 9th, 2012

Like last week, it's another really slow week on the home market. Unlike last week, there is at least one first run release coming out. American Reunion should lead the way in terms of sales, but given its reviews and its box office struggles, it won't be a major player. As for the best new release, there are a few interesting titles, like Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series (Deluxe Edition). But in the end I went with Adventure Time: Complete First Season is the release I'm most looking forward to seeing. (The screener is late, but I will get to the review ASAP after it arrives.) More...

Weekend Estimates: Hunger Games Wins for Fourth Weekend

April 15th, 2012

The Hunger Games will enjoy a fourth straight weekend at the top of the box office chart, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. With a $21.5 million weekend, the film moves to about $337 million in total, by far the biggest hit of 2012 so far. The Three Stooges and The Cabin in the Woods will both post decent openings, with $17.1 million and $14.85 million respectively, but neither has broken out of their core demographics enough for a win. More...

Per Theater Chart: Damsels in Delight

April 10th, 2012

Damsels in Distress topped the per theater chart with an average of $14,647 in four theaters. This suggests some potential to expand, although it is too soon to tell if the film will earn some measure of mainstream success. Bully slipped to second place with an average of $12,292 in six theaters, but it should expand now that it has been given a PG-13 rating. We Have a Pope surprised with an average of $10,456 in three theaters. More...

Per Theater Chart: Bullying is No Game

April 4th, 2012

The ratings controversy didn't hurt Bully, which topped the per theater chart with an average of $23,294 in five theaters. It is always difficult for a documentary to expand significantly, but this start will certainly help. The overall box office leader, The Hunger Games, was next with an average of $14,153 in more than 4,000 theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Hunger Games Continues Chart Domination

April 1st, 2012

Celebrations will continue at Lionsgate this weekend, as The Hunger Games continues its dominant run at the box office, dropping a creditable 60% in its second weekend in release to $61.1 million. That will be the 7th-best second weekend of all time, and take it past $250 million in 10 days. It also tops the combined box office of this weekend's second- and third-placed films: Wrath of the Titans and Mirror Mirror will both debut with respectable figures, $34.2 million and $19 million respectively, but neither film looks likely to end up making significant amounts of money. More...

Games Redeem Per Theater Chart

March 27th, 2012

There were only two films in the $10,000 club on the per theater chart, but the number one film was massive. The Hunger Games not only took top spot on the overall chart, but it earned an average of $36,871, which was more than double its nearest competitor. Second place went to The Raid: Redemption with an average of $15,270 in 14 theaters. This suggests some potential for expansion, while it should reach at least one major milestone before its theatrical run is done. More...

Weekend Estimates: Hunger Games Smashes Records with $155 Million Debut

March 25th, 2012

Lionsgate has reported a $155 million estimated opening weekend for The Hunger Games: a record for the studio, for a non-sequel, for March, and the 3rd-best weekend of all time. In fact, it's already Lionsgate's top-grossing film of all time, beating Fahrenheit 9/11's actual $119 million and inflation-adjusted $151 million in just three days. With an A CinemaScore and a more diverse audience than the Twilight franchise, the film will almost certainly top Summit's best performance (the $300 million earned by Eclipse), but for now the studio will have plenty to celebrate about this weekend alone. More...

Weekend Estimates: 21 Jumps to Top of Chart

March 18th, 2012

The industry will enjoy another solid weekend at the box office thanks to a healthy debut by 21 Jump Street, which will ride very positive reviews to about $35 million, according to Sony's Sunday estimate. Unfortunately, that probably won't be quite enough to give 2012 another win over 2011 -- somewhat surprisingly, because Limitless topped the chart last year with only $18.9 million, but the five movies that topped $10 million compared to three this year gives last year the edge. More...

Footnote Dreaming of Success on the Per Theater Chart

March 13th, 2012

Footnote led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $23,764 in two theaters, while Jiro Dreams of Sushi was right behind with an average of $21,018, also in two theaters. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen was playing in a lot more theaters, but it managed an average of $12,550 in 18 theaters. Even more impressively, it saw growth from Friday to Sunday of 85%, which is amazing for a new release. This bodes very well for its long term potential. Finally, the overall box office leader, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, rounded out the $10,000 club with an average of $10,370. More...

Weekend Estimates: Carter Disaster Gives Weekend to Lorax

March 11th, 2012

Although John Carter's opening won't be as bad as the direst predictions, an anemic $30.6 million debut will condemn the film to the record books for all the wrong reasons and (in spite of good international numbers) almost certainly cause a write-down for Disney. Or more immediate embarrassment, the film will fail to win the weekend, coming in second to The Lorax, which is set to post $39.1 million in its second weekend, according to Universal's estimate. That combination of two $30 million plus films will give 2012 another weekend win over last year. More...

Friends with Limited Releases

March 9th, 2012

There are plenty of limited releases on this week's list, including a couple that earned some strong pre-release buzz. One of these, Friends with Kids is opening in close to 400 theaters, which is a huge amount for a limited release. It will certainly be the biggest limited release at the box office, but I'm not sure how well it will do on the per theater chart. There are a few films earning amazing reviews, including Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Footnote, and Sound of Noise. I'm not sure any have what it takes to expand significantly, but hopefully at least one of them will find a receptive audience in limited release. 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
2012/05/25 6 $28,172   15 $1,878   $28,172 1
2012/06/08 7 $11,950   12 $996   $74,104 3
2012/06/15 9 $5,232 -56% 7 $747   $83,837 4
2012/06/22 14 $3,089 -41% 5 $618   $90,261 5
2012/06/29 15 $1,119 -64% 2 $560   $92,602 6
2012/07/06 15 $1,010 -10% 2 $505   $96,219 7
2012/07/13 16 $565 -44% 2 $283   $97,147 8
2012/07/20 17 $1,432 +153% 2 $716   $99,152 9

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 6/21/2012 $72,982 24 24 25 $108,163 12/29/2018
Australia 4/5/2012 $0 0 91 731 $4,276,220 12/10/2015
Austria 5/17/2012 $43,432 58 58 217 $284,948 12/11/2015
Belgium 5/9/2012 $33,999 14 14 82 $142,496 12/11/2015
Bolivia 8/23/2012 $7,784 5 5 12 $16,556 12/29/2018
Brazil 6/15/2012 $76,512 48 48 85 $158,720 12/11/2015
Bulgaria 6/15/2012 $6,596 8 8 63 $44,199 12/29/2018
Chile 9/20/2012 $24,914 8 8 16 $37,936 12/29/2018
Colombia 8/24/2012 $28,428 13 13 33 $65,996 12/29/2018
Croatia 4/19/2012 $0 0 3 6 $14,215 12/29/2018
Czech Republic 5/3/2012 $0 0 13 39 $62,203 12/29/2018
Denmark 5/31/2012 $46,277 37 37 94 $141,798 12/10/2015
Egypt 1/9/2013 $2,087 2 2 5 $3,202 12/30/2018
Finland 5/25/2012 $24,385 45 45 142 $162,285 12/10/2015
France 6/6/2012 $241,793 101 101 101 $241,793 12/10/2015
Germany 5/17/2012 $400,884 170 181 635 $1,896,320 12/11/2015
Greece 7/5/2012 $87,435 6 6 22 $226,160 12/11/2015
Hong Kong 6/14/2012 $39,180 6 6 19 $85,051 12/11/2015
Iceland 5/25/2012 $752 1 1 2 $1,427 12/29/2018
Italy 5/18/2012 $306,623 197 197 436 $646,467 12/10/2015
Kenya 7/13/2012 $732 3 3 5 $3,154 12/29/2018
Latvia 5/4/2012 $3,906 1 1 4 $11,870 12/29/2018
Malaysia 7/26/2012 $8,192 3 3 18 $25,284 12/11/2015
Mexico 6/15/2012 $79,312 51 51 122 $251,357 12/11/2015
Netherlands 5/3/2012 $58,509 26 26 69 $170,192 12/10/2015
New Zealand 5/17/2012 $169,171 42 50 389 $1,048,907 12/11/2015
North America 3/9/2012 $225,894 18 524 3,155 $9,041,540
Norway 4/13/2012 $0 0 12 21 $90,741 12/6/2015
Peru 7/12/2012 $46,666 15 15 35 $109,247 12/29/2018
Poland 4/20/2012 $0 0 76 76 $246,428 12/29/2018
Portugal 5/24/2012 $28,172 15 15 47 $99,152 12/11/2015
Slovakia 5/31/2012 $9,390 8 11 19 $19,469 12/10/2015
South Africa 4/26/2012 $71,698 24 24 24 $71,698 12/6/2015
Spain 4/20/2012 $0 0 213 1068 $2,809,322 12/11/2015
Sweden 4/6/2012 $0 0 26 26 $288,306 12/6/2015
Switzerland 5/17/2012 $146,603 32 32 70 $529,797 12/11/2015
Thailand 4/12/2012 $0 0 1 1 $84,349 12/6/2015
United Arab Emirates 6/14/2012 $32,880 14 14 14 $43,863 12/29/2018
United Kingdom 4/20/2012 $0 0 417 1417 $9,428,458 12/11/2015
Uruguay 8/31/2012 $6,047 3 3 8 $14,503 12/29/2018
Vietnam 5/4/2012 $4,864 4 4 4 $4,864 12/29/2018
 
Worldwide Total$33,008,656 12/30/2018

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Leading Cast

Ewan McGregor    Dr. Alfred Jones
Emily Blunt    Harriet

Supporting Cast

Amr Waked    Sheikh Muhammed
Kristin Scott Thomas    Patricia Maxwell
Tom Mison    Capt. Robert Mayers

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

Production and Technical Credits

Lasse Hallström    Director
Simon Beaufoy    Screenwriter
Paul Torday    Novel
Paul Webster    Producer
Jamie Laurenson    Executive Producer
Paula Jalfon    Executive Producer
Zygi Kamasa    Executive Producer
Guy Avshalom    Executive Producer
Stephen Garrett    Executive Producer
Samuel Hadida    Co-Executive Producer
Victor Hadida    Co-Executive Producer
Nicky Kentish-Barnes    Co-Producer
Terry Stacey    Director of Photography
Michael Carlin    Production Designer
Lisa Gunning    Editor
Dario Marianelli    Composer
Julian Day    Costume Designer
Naomi Donne    Make-up and Hair Designer
Peter Lindsay    Sound Mixer
Fiona Weir    Casting By
Matthew Penry-Davey    First Assistant Director
Olivia Lloyd    Second Assistant Director