Synecdoche, New York (2008)
| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $3,083,538 | Details |
| International Box Office | $1,300,000 | |
| Worldwide Box Office | $4,383,538 | |
| Further financial details... | ||
Synopsis
Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. His life catering to suburban blue-hairs at the local regional theater in Schenectady, N.Y., is looking bleak. His wife Adele has left him to pursue her painting in Berlin, taking their young daughter Olive with her. His therapist, Madeleine Gravis, is better at plugging her best-seller than she is at counseling him. A new relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel has prematurely run aground. And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his autonomic functions, one by one. Worried about the transience of his life, he leaves his home behind. He gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in New York City, hoping to create a work of brutal honesty. He directs them in a celebration of the mundane, instructing each to live out their constructed lives in a growing mockup of the city outside. The years rapidly fold into each other, and Caden buries himself deeper into his masterpiece, but the textured tangle of real and theatrical relationships blurs the line between the world of the play and that of Caden’s own deteriorating reality.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $172,194 (5.6% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 9.29 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 70.3% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Production Budget: | $20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.2 times production budget) |
| Theater counts: | 9 opening theaters/119 max. theaters, 7.8 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $5,106,334 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | October 24th, 2008 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics |
| Video Release: | March 10th, 2009 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPA Rating: | R for language and some sexual content/nudity |
| Running Time: | 124 minutes |
| Plot point: | Artists, Infidelity, Relationships Gone Wrong, Romance |
| Social setting: | Surrealism / Absurdism, Theater |
| Subgenre: | Life Drama |
| Target audience: | Cult Movie |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Sony Pictures Classics, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, A Likely Story, Projective Testing Service, Russia Inc |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2008 | 31 | $172,194 | 9 | $19,133 | $172,194 | 1 | |
| Oct 31, 2008 | 39 | $99,363 | -42% | 9 | $11,040 | $337,850 | 2 |
| Nov 7, 2008 | 27 | $293,646 | +196% | 35 | $8,390 | $675,537 | 3 |
| Nov 14, 2008 | 26 | $331,778 | +13% | 80 | $4,147 | $1,123,224 | 4 |
| Nov 21, 2008 | 21 | $319,110 | -4% | 111 | $2,875 | $1,554,060 | 5 |
| Nov 28, 2008 | 22 | $285,822 | -10% | 119 | $2,402 | $2,017,861 | 6 |
| Dec 5, 2008 | 24 | $163,627 | -43% | 115 | $1,423 | $2,244,636 | 7 |
| Dec 12, 2008 | 29 | $104,777 | -36% | 97 | $1,080 | $2,430,402 | 8 |
| Dec 19, 2008 | 36 | $53,622 | -49% | 56 | $958 | $2,547,673 | 9 |
| Dec 26, 2008 | 50 | $36,796 | -31% | 38 | $968 | $2,618,500 | 10 |
| Jan 2, 2009 | 50 | $44,825 | +22% | 39 | $1,149 | $2,705,849 | 11 |
| Jan 9, 2009 | 43 | $48,362 | +8% | 41 | $1,180 | $2,780,920 | 12 |
| Jan 16, 2009 | 46 | $39,737 | -18% | 33 | $1,204 | $2,853,303 | 13 |
| Jan 23, 2009 | 45 | $47,581 | +20% | 28 | $1,699 | $2,921,090 | 14 |
| Jan 30, 2009 | 48 | $25,989 | -45% | 23 | $1,130 | $2,971,177 | 15 |
| Feb 6, 2009 | 55 | $26,765 | +3% | 25 | $1,071 | $3,010,278 | 16 |
| Feb 13, 2009 | 68 | $8,152 | -70% | 11 | $741 | $3,032,021 | 17 |
| Feb 20, 2009 | 67 | $8,178 | n/c | 17 | $481 | $3,047,390 | 18 |
| Feb 27, 2009 | 72 | $9,944 | +22% | 24 | $414 | $3,061,835 | 19 |
| Mar 6, 2009 | 86 | $5,170 | -48% | 9 | $574 | $3,072,434 | 20 |
| Mar 13, 2009 | 92 | $3,182 | -38% | 4 | $796 | $3,078,285 | 21 |
| Mar 20, 2009 | 95 | $2,048 | -36% | 4 | $512 | $3,081,925 | 22 |
Daily Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | %YD | %LW | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2009 | 48 | $5,807 | 33 | $176 | $2,859,110 | 88 | ||
| Feb 16, 2009 | 58 | $1,820 | 11 | $165 | $3,033,841 | 116 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2008 | 31 | $238,487 | 9 | $26,499 | $238,487 | 1 | |
| Oct 31, 2008 | 38 | $143,404 | -40% | 9 | $15,934 | $381,891 | 2 |
| Nov 7, 2008 | 27 | $409,555 | +186% | 35 | $11,702 | $791,446 | 3 |
| Nov 14, 2008 | 26 | $443,504 | +8% | 80 | $5,544 | $1,234,950 | 4 |
| Nov 21, 2008 | 22 | $497,089 | +12% | 111 | $4,478 | $1,732,039 | 5 |
| Nov 28, 2008 | 22 | $348,970 | -30% | 119 | $2,933 | $2,081,009 | 6 |
| Dec 5, 2008 | 23 | $244,616 | -30% | 115 | $2,127 | $2,325,625 | 7 |
| Dec 12, 2008 | 29 | $168,426 | -31% | 97 | $1,736 | $2,494,051 | 8 |
| Dec 19, 2008 | 44 | $87,653 | -48% | 56 | $1,565 | $2,581,704 | 9 |
| Dec 26, 2008 | 50 | $79,320 | -10% | 38 | $2,087 | $2,661,024 | 10 |
| Jan 2, 2009 | 49 | $71,534 | -10% | 39 | $1,834 | $2,732,558 | 11 |
| Jan 9, 2009 | 41 | $81,008 | +13% | 41 | $1,976 | $2,813,566 | 12 |
| Jan 16, 2009 | 49 | $59,943 | -26% | 33 | $1,816 | $2,873,509 | 13 |
| Jan 23, 2009 | 44 | $71,679 | +20% | 28 | $2,560 | $2,945,188 | 14 |
| Jan 30, 2009 | 49 | $38,325 | -47% | 23 | $1,666 | $2,983,513 | 15 |
| Feb 6, 2009 | 55 | $40,356 | +5% | 25 | $1,614 | $3,023,869 | 16 |
| Feb 13, 2009 | 66 | $15,343 | -62% | 11 | $1,395 | $3,039,212 | 17 |
| Feb 20, 2009 | 67 | $12,679 | -17% | 17 | $746 | $3,051,891 | 18 |
| Feb 27, 2009 | 70 | $15,373 | +21% | 24 | $641 | $3,067,264 | 19 |
| Mar 6, 2009 | 85 | $7,839 | -49% | 9 | $871 | $3,075,103 | 20 |
| Mar 13, 2009 | 93 | $4,774 | -39% | 4 | $1,194 | $3,079,877 | 21 |
| Mar 20, 2009 | 96 | $3,661 | -23% | 4 | $915 | $3,083,538 | 22 |
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
Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. His life catering to suburban blue-hairs at the local regional theater in Schenectady, N.Y., is looking bleak. His wife Adele has left him to pursue her painting in Berlin, taking their young daughter Olive with her. His therapist, Madeleine Gravis, is better at plugging her best-seller than she is at counseling him. A new relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel has prematurely run aground. And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his autonomic functions, one by one. Worried about the transience of his life, he leaves his home behind. He gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in New York City, hoping to create a work of brutal honesty. He directs them in a celebration of the mundane, instructing each to live out their constructed lives in a growing mockup of the city outside. The years rapidly fold into each other, and Caden buries himself deeper into his masterpiece, but the textured tangle of real and theatrical relationships blurs the line between the world of the play and that of Caden’s own deteriorating reality.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $172,194 (5.6% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 9.29 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 70.3% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Production Budget: | $20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.2 times production budget) |
| Theater counts: | 9 opening theaters/119 max. theaters, 7.8 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $5,106,334 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | October 24th, 2008 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics |
| Video Release: | March 10th, 2009 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPA Rating: | R for language and some sexual content/nudity |
| Running Time: | 124 minutes |
| Plot point: | Artists, Infidelity, Relationships Gone Wrong, Romance |
| Social setting: | Surrealism / Absurdism, Theater |
| Subgenre: | Life Drama |
| Target audience: | Cult Movie |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Sony Pictures Classics, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, A Likely Story, Projective Testing Service, Russia Inc |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2008 | 31 | $172,194 | 9 | $19,133 | $172,194 | 1 | |
| Oct 31, 2008 | 39 | $99,363 | -42% | 9 | $11,040 | $337,850 | 2 |
| Nov 7, 2008 | 27 | $293,646 | +196% | 35 | $8,390 | $675,537 | 3 |
| Nov 14, 2008 | 26 | $331,778 | +13% | 80 | $4,147 | $1,123,224 | 4 |
| Nov 21, 2008 | 21 | $319,110 | -4% | 111 | $2,875 | $1,554,060 | 5 |
| Nov 28, 2008 | 22 | $285,822 | -10% | 119 | $2,402 | $2,017,861 | 6 |
| Dec 5, 2008 | 24 | $163,627 | -43% | 115 | $1,423 | $2,244,636 | 7 |
| Dec 12, 2008 | 29 | $104,777 | -36% | 97 | $1,080 | $2,430,402 | 8 |
| Dec 19, 2008 | 36 | $53,622 | -49% | 56 | $958 | $2,547,673 | 9 |
| Dec 26, 2008 | 50 | $36,796 | -31% | 38 | $968 | $2,618,500 | 10 |
| Jan 2, 2009 | 50 | $44,825 | +22% | 39 | $1,149 | $2,705,849 | 11 |
| Jan 9, 2009 | 43 | $48,362 | +8% | 41 | $1,180 | $2,780,920 | 12 |
| Jan 16, 2009 | 46 | $39,737 | -18% | 33 | $1,204 | $2,853,303 | 13 |
| Jan 23, 2009 | 45 | $47,581 | +20% | 28 | $1,699 | $2,921,090 | 14 |
| Jan 30, 2009 | 48 | $25,989 | -45% | 23 | $1,130 | $2,971,177 | 15 |
| Feb 6, 2009 | 55 | $26,765 | +3% | 25 | $1,071 | $3,010,278 | 16 |
| Feb 13, 2009 | 68 | $8,152 | -70% | 11 | $741 | $3,032,021 | 17 |
| Feb 20, 2009 | 67 | $8,178 | n/c | 17 | $481 | $3,047,390 | 18 |
| Feb 27, 2009 | 72 | $9,944 | +22% | 24 | $414 | $3,061,835 | 19 |
| Mar 6, 2009 | 86 | $5,170 | -48% | 9 | $574 | $3,072,434 | 20 |
| Mar 13, 2009 | 92 | $3,182 | -38% | 4 | $796 | $3,078,285 | 21 |
| Mar 20, 2009 | 95 | $2,048 | -36% | 4 | $512 | $3,081,925 | 22 |
Daily Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | %YD | %LW | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2009 | 48 | $5,807 | 33 | $176 | $2,859,110 | 88 | ||
| Feb 16, 2009 | 58 | $1,820 | 11 | $165 | $3,033,841 | 116 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2008 | 31 | $238,487 | 9 | $26,499 | $238,487 | 1 | |
| Oct 31, 2008 | 38 | $143,404 | -40% | 9 | $15,934 | $381,891 | 2 |
| Nov 7, 2008 | 27 | $409,555 | +186% | 35 | $11,702 | $791,446 | 3 |
| Nov 14, 2008 | 26 | $443,504 | +8% | 80 | $5,544 | $1,234,950 | 4 |
| Nov 21, 2008 | 22 | $497,089 | +12% | 111 | $4,478 | $1,732,039 | 5 |
| Nov 28, 2008 | 22 | $348,970 | -30% | 119 | $2,933 | $2,081,009 | 6 |
| Dec 5, 2008 | 23 | $244,616 | -30% | 115 | $2,127 | $2,325,625 | 7 |
| Dec 12, 2008 | 29 | $168,426 | -31% | 97 | $1,736 | $2,494,051 | 8 |
| Dec 19, 2008 | 44 | $87,653 | -48% | 56 | $1,565 | $2,581,704 | 9 |
| Dec 26, 2008 | 50 | $79,320 | -10% | 38 | $2,087 | $2,661,024 | 10 |
| Jan 2, 2009 | 49 | $71,534 | -10% | 39 | $1,834 | $2,732,558 | 11 |
| Jan 9, 2009 | 41 | $81,008 | +13% | 41 | $1,976 | $2,813,566 | 12 |
| Jan 16, 2009 | 49 | $59,943 | -26% | 33 | $1,816 | $2,873,509 | 13 |
| Jan 23, 2009 | 44 | $71,679 | +20% | 28 | $2,560 | $2,945,188 | 14 |
| Jan 30, 2009 | 49 | $38,325 | -47% | 23 | $1,666 | $2,983,513 | 15 |
| Feb 6, 2009 | 55 | $40,356 | +5% | 25 | $1,614 | $3,023,869 | 16 |
| Feb 13, 2009 | 66 | $15,343 | -62% | 11 | $1,395 | $3,039,212 | 17 |
| Feb 20, 2009 | 67 | $12,679 | -17% | 17 | $746 | $3,051,891 | 18 |
| Feb 27, 2009 | 70 | $15,373 | +21% | 24 | $641 | $3,067,264 | 19 |
| Mar 6, 2009 | 85 | $7,839 | -49% | 9 | $871 | $3,075,103 | 20 |
| Mar 13, 2009 | 93 | $4,774 | -39% | 4 | $1,194 | $3,079,877 | 21 |
| Mar 20, 2009 | 96 | $3,661 | -23% | 4 | $915 | $3,083,538 | 22 |
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.