Take Shelter (2011)
| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $1,728,953 | Details |
| International Box Office | $3,243,063 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $4,972,016 | |
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| Further financial details... | ||
Synopsis
Curtis LaForche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah's healthcare and special needs education is a constant struggle. Despite that, Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and their family is a happy one. Then Curtis begins having terrifying dreams about an encroaching, apocalyptic storm. He chooses to keep the disturbance to himself, channeling his anxiety into the obsessive building of a storm shelter in their backyard. His seemingly inexplicable behavior concerns and confounds Samantha, and provokes intolerance among co-workers, friends and neighbors. But the resulting strain on his marriage and tension within the community doesn't compare to Curtis’ private fear of what his dreams may truly signify. Faced with the proposition that his disturbing visions signal disaster of one kind or another, Curtis confides in Samantha, testing the power of their bond against the highest possible stakes.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $52,041 (3.0% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 9.06 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 34.8% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Production Budget: | $4,750,000 (worldwide box office is 1.0 times production budget) |
| Theater counts: | 3 opening theaters/91 max. theaters, 8.5 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $2,607,268 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | September 30th, 2011 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics |
| International Releases: | April 4th, 2012 (Wide) (Spain)
May 17th, 2012 (Wide) (Portugal) |
| Video Release: | February 14th, 2012 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPA Rating: | R for some language. (Rating bulletin 2161, 3/2/2011) |
| Running Time: | 120 minutes |
| Film festival: | Sundance Film Festival 2011 |
| Plot point: | Deaf, Disaster, Dream Sequence, Fired, Hallucinations, Mental Illness, Extreme Weather |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Grove Hill Productions, Hydraulx Entertainment, REI Capital, Strange Matter Films |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2011 | 48 | $52,041 | 3 | $17,347 | $52,041 | 1 | |
| Oct 7, 2011 | 43 | $52,002 | n/c | 11 | $4,727 | $126,223 | 2 |
| Oct 14, 2011 | 33 | $116,302 | +124% | 24 | $4,846 | $272,521 | 3 |
| Oct 21, 2011 | 28 | $181,190 | +56% | 55 | $3,294 | $503,339 | 4 |
| Oct 28, 2011 | 30 | $190,815 | +5% | 91 | $2,097 | $765,121 | 5 |
| Nov 4, 2011 | 33 | $175,802 | -8% | 90 | $1,953 | $1,031,096 | 6 |
| Nov 11, 2011 | 33 | $119,702 | -32% | 82 | $1,460 | $1,220,184 | 7 |
| Nov 18, 2011 | 35 | $91,829 | -23% | 74 | $1,241 | $1,359,708 | 8 |
| Nov 25, 2011 | 46 | $50,282 | -45% | 49 | $1,026 | $1,444,395 | 9 |
| Dec 2, 2011 | 46 | $42,379 | -16% | 54 | $785 | $1,507,338 | 10 |
| Dec 9, 2011 | 44 | $47,721 | +13% | 63 | $757 | $1,573,215 | 11 |
| Dec 16, 2011 | 46 | $27,608 | -42% | 58 | $476 | $1,627,470 | 12 |
| Dec 23, 2011 | 55 | $5,192 | -81% | 24 | $216 | $1,652,616 | 13 |
| Dec 30, 2011 | 60 | $9,022 | +74% | 20 | $451 | $1,671,202 | 14 |
| Jan 6, 2012 | 59 | $11,201 | +24% | 21 | $533 | $1,690,807 | 15 |
| Jan 13, 2012 | 63 | $6,337 | -43% | 14 | $453 | $1,705,348 | 16 |
| Jan 20, 2012 | 65 | $7,767 | +23% | 16 | $485 | $1,716,353 | 17 |
| Feb 3, 2012 | 79 | $1,485 | 8 | $186 | $1,722,554 | 19 | |
| Feb 10, 2012 | 99 | $522 | -65% | 4 | $131 | $1,723,811 | 20 |
| Feb 17, 2012 | 102 | $322 | -38% | 4 | $81 | $1,724,431 | 21 |
| Feb 24, 2012 | 92 | $1,805 | +461% | 3 | $602 | $1,726,549 | 22 |
| Mar 2, 2012 | 102 | $860 | -52% | 3 | $287 | $1,728,114 | 23 |
| Mar 9, 2012 | 107 | $458 | -47% | 1 | $458 | $1,728,953 | 24 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2011 | 47 | $74,221 | 3 | $24,740 | $74,221 | 1 | |
| Oct 7, 2011 | 42 | $81,998 | +10% | 11 | $7,454 | $156,219 | 2 |
| Oct 14, 2011 | 34 | $165,930 | +102% | 24 | $6,914 | $322,149 | 3 |
| Oct 21, 2011 | 28 | $252,157 | +52% | 55 | $4,585 | $574,306 | 4 |
| Oct 28, 2011 | 29 | $280,988 | +11% | 91 | $3,088 | $855,294 | 5 |
| Nov 4, 2011 | 32 | $245,188 | -13% | 90 | $2,724 | $1,100,482 | 6 |
| Nov 11, 2011 | 33 | $167,397 | -32% | 82 | $2,041 | $1,267,879 | 7 |
| Nov 18, 2011 | 41 | $126,234 | -25% | 74 | $1,706 | $1,394,113 | 8 |
| Nov 25, 2011 | 46 | $70,846 | -44% | 49 | $1,446 | $1,464,959 | 9 |
| Dec 2, 2011 | 46 | $60,535 | -15% | 54 | $1,121 | $1,525,494 | 10 |
| Dec 9, 2011 | 43 | $74,368 | +23% | 63 | $1,180 | $1,599,862 | 11 |
| Dec 16, 2011 | 49 | $47,562 | -36% | 58 | $820 | $1,647,424 | 12 |
| Dec 23, 2011 | 57 | $14,756 | -69% | 24 | $615 | $1,662,180 | 13 |
| Dec 30, 2011 | 59 | $17,426 | +18% | 20 | $871 | $1,679,606 | 14 |
| Jan 6, 2012 | 57 | $19,405 | +11% | 21 | $924 | $1,699,011 | 15 |
| Jan 13, 2012 | 65 | $9,575 | -51% | 14 | $684 | $1,708,586 | 16 |
| Feb 3, 2012 | 79 | $2,220 | 8 | $278 | $1,723,289 | 19 | |
| Feb 10, 2012 | 90 | $820 | -63% | 4 | $205 | $1,724,109 | 20 |
| Feb 17, 2012 | 108 | $635 | -23% | 4 | $159 | $1,724,744 | 21 |
| Feb 24, 2012 | 89 | $2,510 | +295% | 3 | $837 | $1,727,254 | 22 |
| Mar 2, 2012 | 99 | $1,241 | -51% | 3 | $414 | $1,728,495 | 23 |
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 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 5/17/2012 | $9,859 | 4 | 4 | 11 | $27,515 | 12/10/2015 | |||
| Spain | 4/4/2012 | $0 | 0 | 12 | 28 | $179,502 | 12/10/2015 | |||
| Rest of World | $3,036,046 | |||||||||
| International Total | $3,243,063 | 12/10/2015 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Leading
| Michael Shannon | Curtis LaForche |
Supporting
| Jessica Chastain | Samantha LaForce | |
| Shea Whigham | Dewart | |
| Katy Mixon | Nat | |
| Ray McKinnon | Kyle | |
| LisaGay Hamilton | Kendra | |
| Robert Longstreet | Jim | |
| Kathy Baker | Sarah | |
| Tova Stewart | Hannah LaForche |
Production and Technical Credits
| Jeff Nichols | Screenwriter | |
| Jeff Nichols | Director | |
| Tyler Davidson | Producer | |
| Sophia Lin | Producer | |
| Sarah Green | Executive Producer | |
| Brian Kavanaugh-Jones | Executive Producer | |
| Colin Strause | Executive Producer | |
| Greg Strause | Executive Producer | |
| Richard Rothfeld | Executive Producer | |
| Chris Perot | Executive Producer | |
| Christos V. Konstantakopoulos | Executive Producer | |
| Kevin Flanigan | Co-Executive Producer | |
| Adam Stone | Director of Photography | |
| Chad Keith | Production Designer | |
| Parke Gregg | Editor | |
| David Wingo | Composer |
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
Curtis LaForche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend. Money is tight, and navigating Hannah's healthcare and special needs education is a constant struggle. Despite that, Curtis and Samantha are very much in love and their family is a happy one. Then Curtis begins having terrifying dreams about an encroaching, apocalyptic storm. He chooses to keep the disturbance to himself, channeling his anxiety into the obsessive building of a storm shelter in their backyard. His seemingly inexplicable behavior concerns and confounds Samantha, and provokes intolerance among co-workers, friends and neighbors. But the resulting strain on his marriage and tension within the community doesn't compare to Curtis’ private fear of what his dreams may truly signify. Faced with the proposition that his disturbing visions signal disaster of one kind or another, Curtis confides in Samantha, testing the power of their bond against the highest possible stakes.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $52,041 (3.0% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 9.06 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 34.8% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Production Budget: | $4,750,000 (worldwide box office is 1.0 times production budget) |
| Theater counts: | 3 opening theaters/91 max. theaters, 8.5 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $2,607,268 |
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | September 30th, 2011 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics |
| International Releases: | April 4th, 2012 (Wide) (Spain)
May 17th, 2012 (Wide) (Portugal) |
| Video Release: | February 14th, 2012 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPA Rating: | R for some language. (Rating bulletin 2161, 3/2/2011) |
| Running Time: | 120 minutes |
| Film festival: | Sundance Film Festival 2011 |
| Plot point: | Deaf, Disaster, Dream Sequence, Fired, Hallucinations, Mental Illness, Extreme Weather |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Grove Hill Productions, Hydraulx Entertainment, REI Capital, Strange Matter Films |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2011 | 48 | $52,041 | 3 | $17,347 | $52,041 | 1 | |
| Oct 7, 2011 | 43 | $52,002 | n/c | 11 | $4,727 | $126,223 | 2 |
| Oct 14, 2011 | 33 | $116,302 | +124% | 24 | $4,846 | $272,521 | 3 |
| Oct 21, 2011 | 28 | $181,190 | +56% | 55 | $3,294 | $503,339 | 4 |
| Oct 28, 2011 | 30 | $190,815 | +5% | 91 | $2,097 | $765,121 | 5 |
| Nov 4, 2011 | 33 | $175,802 | -8% | 90 | $1,953 | $1,031,096 | 6 |
| Nov 11, 2011 | 33 | $119,702 | -32% | 82 | $1,460 | $1,220,184 | 7 |
| Nov 18, 2011 | 35 | $91,829 | -23% | 74 | $1,241 | $1,359,708 | 8 |
| Nov 25, 2011 | 46 | $50,282 | -45% | 49 | $1,026 | $1,444,395 | 9 |
| Dec 2, 2011 | 46 | $42,379 | -16% | 54 | $785 | $1,507,338 | 10 |
| Dec 9, 2011 | 44 | $47,721 | +13% | 63 | $757 | $1,573,215 | 11 |
| Dec 16, 2011 | 46 | $27,608 | -42% | 58 | $476 | $1,627,470 | 12 |
| Dec 23, 2011 | 55 | $5,192 | -81% | 24 | $216 | $1,652,616 | 13 |
| Dec 30, 2011 | 60 | $9,022 | +74% | 20 | $451 | $1,671,202 | 14 |
| Jan 6, 2012 | 59 | $11,201 | +24% | 21 | $533 | $1,690,807 | 15 |
| Jan 13, 2012 | 63 | $6,337 | -43% | 14 | $453 | $1,705,348 | 16 |
| Jan 20, 2012 | 65 | $7,767 | +23% | 16 | $485 | $1,716,353 | 17 |
| Feb 3, 2012 | 79 | $1,485 | 8 | $186 | $1,722,554 | 19 | |
| Feb 10, 2012 | 99 | $522 | -65% | 4 | $131 | $1,723,811 | 20 |
| Feb 17, 2012 | 102 | $322 | -38% | 4 | $81 | $1,724,431 | 21 |
| Feb 24, 2012 | 92 | $1,805 | +461% | 3 | $602 | $1,726,549 | 22 |
| Mar 2, 2012 | 102 | $860 | -52% | 3 | $287 | $1,728,114 | 23 |
| Mar 9, 2012 | 107 | $458 | -47% | 1 | $458 | $1,728,953 | 24 |
Weekly Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Theaters | Per Theater | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2011 | 47 | $74,221 | 3 | $24,740 | $74,221 | 1 | |
| Oct 7, 2011 | 42 | $81,998 | +10% | 11 | $7,454 | $156,219 | 2 |
| Oct 14, 2011 | 34 | $165,930 | +102% | 24 | $6,914 | $322,149 | 3 |
| Oct 21, 2011 | 28 | $252,157 | +52% | 55 | $4,585 | $574,306 | 4 |
| Oct 28, 2011 | 29 | $280,988 | +11% | 91 | $3,088 | $855,294 | 5 |
| Nov 4, 2011 | 32 | $245,188 | -13% | 90 | $2,724 | $1,100,482 | 6 |
| Nov 11, 2011 | 33 | $167,397 | -32% | 82 | $2,041 | $1,267,879 | 7 |
| Nov 18, 2011 | 41 | $126,234 | -25% | 74 | $1,706 | $1,394,113 | 8 |
| Nov 25, 2011 | 46 | $70,846 | -44% | 49 | $1,446 | $1,464,959 | 9 |
| Dec 2, 2011 | 46 | $60,535 | -15% | 54 | $1,121 | $1,525,494 | 10 |
| Dec 9, 2011 | 43 | $74,368 | +23% | 63 | $1,180 | $1,599,862 | 11 |
| Dec 16, 2011 | 49 | $47,562 | -36% | 58 | $820 | $1,647,424 | 12 |
| Dec 23, 2011 | 57 | $14,756 | -69% | 24 | $615 | $1,662,180 | 13 |
| Dec 30, 2011 | 59 | $17,426 | +18% | 20 | $871 | $1,679,606 | 14 |
| Jan 6, 2012 | 57 | $19,405 | +11% | 21 | $924 | $1,699,011 | 15 |
| Jan 13, 2012 | 65 | $9,575 | -51% | 14 | $684 | $1,708,586 | 16 |
| Feb 3, 2012 | 79 | $2,220 | 8 | $278 | $1,723,289 | 19 | |
| Feb 10, 2012 | 90 | $820 | -63% | 4 | $205 | $1,724,109 | 20 |
| Feb 17, 2012 | 108 | $635 | -23% | 4 | $159 | $1,724,744 | 21 |
| Feb 24, 2012 | 89 | $2,510 | +295% | 3 | $837 | $1,727,254 | 22 |
| Mar 2, 2012 | 99 | $1,241 | -51% | 3 | $414 | $1,728,495 | 23 |
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 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 5/17/2012 | $9,859 | 4 | 4 | 11 | $27,515 | 12/10/2015 | |||
| Spain | 4/4/2012 | $0 | 0 | 12 | 28 | $179,502 | 12/10/2015 | |||
| Rest of World | $3,036,046 | |||||||||
| International Total | $3,243,063 | 12/10/2015 | ||||||||
Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.
Leading
| Michael Shannon | Curtis LaForche |
Supporting
| Jessica Chastain | Samantha LaForce | |
| Shea Whigham | Dewart | |
| Katy Mixon | Nat | |
| Ray McKinnon | Kyle | |
| LisaGay Hamilton | Kendra | |
| Robert Longstreet | Jim | |
| Kathy Baker | Sarah | |
| Tova Stewart | Hannah LaForche |
Production and Technical Credits
| Jeff Nichols | Screenwriter | |
| Jeff Nichols | Director | |
| Tyler Davidson | Producer | |
| Sophia Lin | Producer | |
| Sarah Green | Executive Producer | |
| Brian Kavanaugh-Jones | Executive Producer | |
| Colin Strause | Executive Producer | |
| Greg Strause | Executive Producer | |
| Richard Rothfeld | Executive Producer | |
| Chris Perot | Executive Producer | |
| Christos V. Konstantakopoulos | Executive Producer | |
| Kevin Flanigan | Co-Executive Producer | |
| Adam Stone | Director of Photography | |
| Chad Keith | Production Designer | |
| Parke Gregg | Editor | |
| David Wingo | Composer |
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.