Synopsis
David Farrier stumbles upon a bizarre “competitive endurance tickling” video online, wherein young men are paid to be tied up and tickled, and reaching out to request a story from the company. But the reply he receives is shocking—the sender mocks Farrier’s sexual orientation and threatens extreme legal action should he dig any deeper. So, like any good journalist confronted by a bully, he does just the opposite: he travels to the hidden tickling facilities in Los Angeles and uncovers a vast empire, known for harassing and harming the lives of those who protest their involvement in these films. The more he investigates, the stranger it gets, discovering secret identities and criminal activity.
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Movie Details
| New Zealand Releases: |
May 27th, 2016 (Wide) |
| Video Release: |
November 1st, 2016 by Magnolia Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: |
R for language.
(Rating bulletin 2424 (Cert #50452), 5/11/2016) |
| Running Time: |
92 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Investigative Journalist, Blackmail, Crowdfunding |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
New Zealand Film Commission, MPI Media Group, Fumes, Horseshoe , HBO Documentary Films, Ticklish Tale Limited, Magnolia Pictures |
| Production Countries: |
New Zealand |
| Languages: |
English |
November 2nd, 2016
The Home Market Release Report is a day late this week for a trio of reasons. Firstly, the November Preview was also due the same day. Secondly, it was a very busy week. And finally, I’m suffering from a medical condition a lot of Canadians suffer from this time of year... acute Coffee Crisp poisoning. I’m not saying I ate four dozen fun-sized Coffee Crisps in the past three days... I’m not saying that, because it was actually an even 50. Don’t judge me. ... Okay, judge me. Clearly mistakes were made. It is a busy week, but not very deep week. Star Trek Beyond is by far the biggest and best release of the week and the various home market releases are the pick of the week. There wasn’t a lot of competition for that title, but Bad Moms is also worth picking up.
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June 21st, 2016
Finding Dory not only earned first place on the weekend box office chart, but it also earned first place on the theater average chart with $31,373 per theater. Homeless Billionaire was next with $19,771 in its lone theater. Tickled earned an average of $10,949 in two theaters. Meanwhile, Central Intelligence was right behind with an average of $10,130.
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June 17th, 2016
There's not a lot of limited releases coming out this week, but there is one that I'm really interested in seeing: Swiss Army Man. Its reviews are not the best, but its premise is certainly intriguing. On the other hand, Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made is a better movie for fans of movies. It is certainly worth at least a VOD rental.
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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
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2016/05/27 |
12 |
$23,285 |
|
15 |
$1,552 |
$47,763 |
1 |
| 2016/06/03 |
13 |
$20,180 |
-13% |
20 |
$1,009 |
$78,646 |
2 |
| 2016/06/10 |
16 |
$11,531 |
-43% |
21 |
$549 |
$99,738 |
3 |
| 2016/06/17 |
21 |
$6,919 |
-40% |
14 |
$494 |
$110,746 |
4 |
| 2016/06/24 |
22 |
$6,060 |
-12% |
19 |
$319 |
$121,243 |
5 |
| 2016/07/01 |
20 |
$4,382 |
-28% |
16 |
$274 |
$129,037 |
6 |
| 2016/07/08 |
23 |
$4,234 |
-3% |
15 |
$282 |
$137,686 |
7 |
| 2016/07/15 |
27 |
$1,585 |
-63% |
10 |
$159 |
$137,894 |
8 |
| 2016/07/22 |
35 |
$733 |
-54% |
5 |
$147 |
$136,151 |
9 |
| 2016/07/29 |
32 |
$601 |
-18% |
5 |
$120 |
$141,410 |
10 |
| 2016/08/05 |
35 |
$354 |
-41% |
3 |
$118 |
$140,545 |
11 |
| 2016/08/12 |
31 |
$525 |
+48% |
4 |
$131 |
$142,844 |
12 |
| 2016/08/19 |
38 |
$401 |
-24% |
3 |
$134 |
$144,758 |
13 |
| 2016/08/26 |
48 |
$23 |
-94% |
3 |
$8 |
$145,546 |
14 |
| 2016/09/02 |
45 |
$242 |
+952% |
2 |
$121 |
$145,724 |
15 |
| 2016/09/09 |
- |
$63 |
-74% |
1 |
$63 |
$146,820 |
16 |
| 2016/09/16 |
- |
$260 |
+313% |
1 |
$260 |
$145,802 |
17 |
| 2016/09/23 |
45 |
$282 |
+8% |
1 |
$282 |
$145,383 |
18 |
| 2016/09/30 |
- |
$63 |
-78% |
1 |
$63 |
$146,827 |
19 |
| 2016/10/07 |
52 |
$101 |
+60% |
1 |
$101 |
$143,547 |
20 |
| 2016/10/14 |
- |
$118 |
+17% |
1 |
$118 |
$143,054 |
21 |
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