Netherlands Box Office for Timbuktu (2014)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Netherlands Box Office $244,660Details
Worldwide Box Office $6,815,821Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $178,377 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $55,538 Details
Total North America Video Sales $233,915
Further financial details...

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Synopsis

Not far from Timbuktu, now ruled by religious fundamentalists, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima, his daughter Toya, and Issan, their shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family had been spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu, but when their destiny changes abruptly, Kidane must face the new laws of the foreign occupants.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$2,500,000
Netherlands Releases: March 26th, 2015 (Wide)
Video Release: June 23rd, 2015 by Cohen Media Group
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence and thematic elements.
(Rating bulletin 2349, 11/19/2014)
Running Time: 97 minutes
Keywords: Set in Africa, Muslims, Orthodox Religion, Bigotry, Women’s Rights
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Les Films du Worso, Dune Vision, Arches Films, Arte France Cinema, Orange Studio, Canal Plus
Production Countries: France, Mauritania
Languages: Arabic, English, French

2015 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations

January 9th, 2016

Bridge of Spies

The BAFTA nominations were announced and you can read them on their site... in alphabetical order. Alphabetical order is very useful in most circumstances, but not here. On the other hand, the nominees within each category are not presented in alphabetical order. ... Are the BAFTAs trolling us? As for the actual nominees, the big winners here are Bridge of Spies and Carol, both of which earned nine nominations. For Carol, this is just another impressive score, but this was a pleasant surprise for Bridge of Spies. More...

Home Market Releases for June 23rd, 2015

June 23rd, 2015

Ex Machina

As I've mentioned countless times in the past, the summer is the worst time of year for the home market. Outside of an occasional spring hit, there's very little worth talking about. It's much too late for last year's holiday hits, it's much too early for the summer blockbusters, and there are not even a lot of TV on DVD releases to pick up the slack. However, as bad as the average is, this week is much, much worse. There are no first-run releases of note. There's no real limited releases, TV on DVD releases, or classics coming out either. I had nothing to review this week. The top contender for Pick of the Week is Ex Machina, which is only coming out on Video on Demand. It's that slow on the home market. The other two contenders are Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro on Blu-ray and Timbuktu on Blu-ray. More...

Per Theater Chart: Future for Timbuktu Is Bright

February 3rd, 2015

Timbuktu poster

Timbuktu was the only film in the $10,000 club this weekend earning an estimated average of $12,500 in four theaters. Running Man came close with an average of $9,246 in 20 theaters. Impressively, Game Of Thrones: The IMAX Experience earned 15th place on the overall chart with $1.46 million in just over 200 theaters for an average of $7,142. This is enough to expect this to happen again, but I don't know if it will be a regular thing. More...

Weekend Estimates: American Sniper Wins Super Bowl Weekend

February 1st, 2015

American Sniper poster

With only some relatively lightweight competition, American Sniper will cruise to another weekend win, with Warner Bros. projecting a $31.85m weekend, down 51% from last weekend thanks to an expected steep decline on Super Bowl Sunday. Without the big football game, the film would most likely be down closer to 40% in its third weekend in limited release. More...

Limited Release: Oscars are the Star of the Week

January 30th, 2015

Timbuktu poster

The list is a little shorter than usual, not because there are few limited releases coming out this week, but because we have a spotlight review for one of them. So to keep things a little more manageable, I'm going to focus on films that are either earning great reviews, or that earned some pre-release buzz. Speaking of great reviews, Timbuktu is living up to its Oscar nomination with 97% positive reviews. Also coming out this week are the Oscar Nominated Shorts, so fans of short films should rush out to theaters. More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations

January 17th, 2015

Birdman poster

The Oscar nominations were announced early in the morning, when all sensible people were asleep. There were some surprises, as well as some results that would have been surprises had it not been for the previous Awards Season nominations. Seventeen films earned two or more nods, led by Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel, both of which picked up nine nominations, while The Imitation Game was right behind with eight. 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
2015/04/03 20 $36,631   16 $2,289   $86,774 2
2015/04/10 17 $27,701 -24% 16 $1,731   $134,032 3

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
France 12/12/2014 $0 0 0 0 $4,152,207 8/20/2018
Germany 12/11/2014 $0 0 2 6 $152,939 10/20/2015
Italy 2/12/2015 $80,000 0 1 2 $128,892 11/6/2018
Mexico 3/27/2015 $38,694 0 0 0 $152,897 8/30/2018
Netherlands 3/26/2015 $34,644 15 23 86 $244,660 11/21/2018
North America 1/28/2015 $50,000 4 56 331 $1,076,075 9/13/2015
Spain 2/6/2015 $82,218 37 55 263 $408,448 11/27/2018
Taiwan 6/5/2015 $3,557 3 3 8 $13,934 11/4/2018
Turkey 1/30/2015 $0 0 8 8 $13,465 12/30/2018
United Kingdom 5/29/2015 $0 0 22 59 $472,304 10/13/2015
 
Worldwide Total$6,815,821 12/30/2018

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Leading Cast

Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino*    Kidane
Mehdi Ag Mohamed    Issan
Layla Walet Mohamed    Toya

Supporting Cast

Toulou Kiki    Satima
Abel Jafry    Abdelkrim
Fatoumata Diawara    Fatou
Hichem Yacoubi    Jihadist
Kettly Noel    Zabou
Adel Mahmoud Cherif    Imam
Salem Dendou    Chief Jihadist

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

Production and Technical Credits

Abderrahmane Sissako    Director
Abderrahmane Sissako    Screenwriter
Kessen Tall    Screenwriter
Abderrahmane Sissako    Producer
Sylvie Pialat    Producer
Kessen Tall    Executive Producer
Sebastien Birchler    Production Designer
Nadia Ben Rachid    Editor
Amine Bouhafa    Composer
Sofiane El Fani    Director of Photography
Philippe Welsh    Sound Mixer
Roman Dymny    Sound Mixer
Thierry Delor    Sound Mixer
Demba Dieye    First Assistant Director
Sebastien Birchler    Set Decorator
Ami Sow    Costume Designer