Učitelka (2016)

Učitelka
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $64,437Details
International Box Office $1,868,798Details
Worldwide Box Office $1,933,235
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Synopsis

In a middle school classroom in Bratislava in 1983, a new teacher, Maria Drazdechova, asks each student to stand up, introduce themselves and tell her what their parents do for a living. It slowly becomes clear that the pupils’ grades are related to how willing their guardians are open to helping her out with her errands, her housecleaning, and other random services. After one of the students attempts suicide, however, the director of the school has no choice but to call for an emergency parents’ meeting to remove the teacher, but because Ms. Drazdechova is also a high-ranking official of the Communist Party, parents are hesitant to sign the petition. In a classroom behind the Iron Curtain, the future of all the families are at stake, as the film examines how each family must wrestle with standing up for what they believe in or silently keeping the status quo.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$15,091 (23.4% of total gross)
Legs:4.27 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:3.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:5 opening theaters/5 max. theaters, 4.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $85,921

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 30th, 2017 (Limited) by Film Movement, released as The Teacher
International Releases: July 22nd, 2016 (Wide) (Czech Republic)
July 22nd, 2016 (Wide), released as Učiteľka (Slovakia)
April 21st, 2017 (Wide), released as La Profesora (Spain)
August 25th, 2017 (Wide), released as Mokytoja (Lithuania)
September 1st, 2017 (Wide) (Argentina)
... Show all releases
MPA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 103 minutes
Geographical setting: Slovakia
Plot point: Bad Teachers, Government Corruption, Teachers
Social setting: Communism, Middle School
Time period setting: 1980s
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Rozhlas a televizia Slovenska, PubRes, Offside Men, Czech Television, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Czech State Fund
Production Countries: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Languages: Slovak

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 1, 2017 66 $15,091   5 $3,018   $18,457 1
Sep 15, 2017 99 $1,026   3 $342   $44,266 3
Sep 29, 2017 99 $962   2 $481   $51,656 5
Oct 6, 2017 75 $2,512 +161% 1 $2,512   $54,576 6
Oct 13, 2017 89 $1,060 -58% 2 $530   $56,772 7
Oct 20, 2017 103 $588 -45% 1 $588   $60,477 8
Oct 27, 2017 91 $1,245 +112% 2 $623   $61,916 9
Nov 3, 2017 104 $177 -86% 2 $89   $62,176 10
Nov 10, 2017 99 $342 +93% 1 $342   $62,518 11
Nov 17, 2017 89 $406 +19% 1 $406   $63,647 12
Dec 1, 2017 96 $81   1 $81   $64,190 14

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 25, 2017 89 $3,366   2 $1,683   $3,366 1
Sep 1, 2017 64 $29,984 +791% 5 $5,997   $33,350 2
Sep 8, 2017 77 $9,890 -67% 4 $2,473   $43,240 3
Sep 15, 2017 83 $7,249 -27% 5 $1,450   $50,489 4
Sep 22, 2017 115 $411 -94% 1 $411   $50,900 5
Sep 29, 2017 107 $1,164 +183% 2 $582   $52,064 6
Oct 6, 2017 86 $3,648 +213% 3 $1,216   $55,712 7
Oct 13, 2017 74 $4,177 +15% 2 $2,089   $59,889 8
Oct 20, 2017 105 $782 -81% 1 $782   $60,671 9
Oct 27, 2017 101 $1,328 +70% 3 $443   $61,999 10
Nov 3, 2017 103 $411 -69% 2 $206   $62,410 11
Nov 10, 2017 95 $831 +102% 2 $416   $63,241 12
Nov 17, 2017 95 $406 -51% 1 $406   $63,647 13
Nov 24, 2017 89 $462 +14% 1 $462   $64,109 14
Dec 1, 2017 94 $328 -29% 1 $328   $64,437 15

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
Argentina 9/1/2017 $22,748 0 0 0 $21,791 4/4/2026
Australia 11/24/2017 $58,950 15 22 123 $331,888 8/6/2018
Czech Republic 7/22/2016 $62,642 94 94 259 $225,040 1/1/2019
Italy 9/8/2017 $46,232 0 0 0 $160,882 4/4/2026
Lithuania 8/25/2017 $1,439 19 19 24 $2,754 9/20/2017
Slovakia 7/22/2016 $81,543 72 72 205 $301,918 9/15/2016
Spain 4/21/2017 $26,765 26 26 64 $89,452 5/17/2017
  
Rest of World $735,073
  
International Total $1,868,798 4/4/2026

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Leading

Zuzana Maurery    Marie Drazděchová

Supporting

Csongor Kassai    Marek Kučera
Peter Bebjak    Václav Littmann
Martin Havelka    Jaroslav Binder
Ondřej Malý    Pensioner Řehák
Eva Bandor    Hana Binderová
Zuzana Konečná    Iveta Kučerová
Richard Labuda    Karol Littmann
Oliver Oswald    Filip Binder
Tamara Fischer    Danka Kučerová

Production and Technical Credits

Jan Hrebejk    Director
Petr Jarchovský    Screenwriter
Martin Žiaran    Director of Photography
Vladimír Barák    Editor
Jiří Klenka    Sound Designer
Michal Novinski    Composer
Juraj Fabry    Production Designer
Katarína Štrbová Bieliková    Costume Designer
Make up*    Make-up and Hair Designer
Anita Panak    Line Producer

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

In a middle school classroom in Bratislava in 1983, a new teacher, Maria Drazdechova, asks each student to stand up, introduce themselves and tell her what their parents do for a living. It slowly becomes clear that the pupils’ grades are related to how willing their guardians are open to helping her out with her errands, her housecleaning, and other random services. After one of the students attempts suicide, however, the director of the school has no choice but to call for an emergency parents’ meeting to remove the teacher, but because Ms. Drazdechova is also a high-ranking official of the Communist Party, parents are hesitant to sign the petition. In a classroom behind the Iron Curtain, the future of all the families are at stake, as the film examines how each family must wrestle with standing up for what they believe in or silently keeping the status quo.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$15,091 (23.4% of total gross)
Legs:4.27 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:3.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:5 opening theaters/5 max. theaters, 4.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $85,921

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 30th, 2017 (Limited) by Film Movement, released as The Teacher
International Releases: July 22nd, 2016 (Wide) (Czech Republic)
July 22nd, 2016 (Wide), released as Učiteľka (Slovakia)
April 21st, 2017 (Wide), released as La Profesora (Spain)
August 25th, 2017 (Wide), released as Mokytoja (Lithuania)
September 1st, 2017 (Wide) (Argentina)
... Show all releases
MPA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 103 minutes
Geographical setting: Slovakia
Plot point: Bad Teachers, Government Corruption, Teachers
Social setting: Communism, Middle School
Time period setting: 1980s
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Rozhlas a televizia Slovenska, PubRes, Offside Men, Czech Television, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Czech State Fund
Production Countries: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Languages: Slovak

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 1, 2017 66 $15,091   5 $3,018   $18,457 1
Sep 15, 2017 99 $1,026   3 $342   $44,266 3
Sep 29, 2017 99 $962   2 $481   $51,656 5
Oct 6, 2017 75 $2,512 +161% 1 $2,512   $54,576 6
Oct 13, 2017 89 $1,060 -58% 2 $530   $56,772 7
Oct 20, 2017 103 $588 -45% 1 $588   $60,477 8
Oct 27, 2017 91 $1,245 +112% 2 $623   $61,916 9
Nov 3, 2017 104 $177 -86% 2 $89   $62,176 10
Nov 10, 2017 99 $342 +93% 1 $342   $62,518 11
Nov 17, 2017 89 $406 +19% 1 $406   $63,647 12
Dec 1, 2017 96 $81   1 $81   $64,190 14

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 25, 2017 89 $3,366   2 $1,683   $3,366 1
Sep 1, 2017 64 $29,984 +791% 5 $5,997   $33,350 2
Sep 8, 2017 77 $9,890 -67% 4 $2,473   $43,240 3
Sep 15, 2017 83 $7,249 -27% 5 $1,450   $50,489 4
Sep 22, 2017 115 $411 -94% 1 $411   $50,900 5
Sep 29, 2017 107 $1,164 +183% 2 $582   $52,064 6
Oct 6, 2017 86 $3,648 +213% 3 $1,216   $55,712 7
Oct 13, 2017 74 $4,177 +15% 2 $2,089   $59,889 8
Oct 20, 2017 105 $782 -81% 1 $782   $60,671 9
Oct 27, 2017 101 $1,328 +70% 3 $443   $61,999 10
Nov 3, 2017 103 $411 -69% 2 $206   $62,410 11
Nov 10, 2017 95 $831 +102% 2 $416   $63,241 12
Nov 17, 2017 95 $406 -51% 1 $406   $63,647 13
Nov 24, 2017 89 $462 +14% 1 $462   $64,109 14
Dec 1, 2017 94 $328 -29% 1 $328   $64,437 15

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
Argentina 9/1/2017 $22,748 0 0 0 $21,791 4/4/2026
Australia 11/24/2017 $58,950 15 22 123 $331,888 8/6/2018
Czech Republic 7/22/2016 $62,642 94 94 259 $225,040 1/1/2019
Italy 9/8/2017 $46,232 0 0 0 $160,882 4/4/2026
Lithuania 8/25/2017 $1,439 19 19 24 $2,754 9/20/2017
Slovakia 7/22/2016 $81,543 72 72 205 $301,918 9/15/2016
Spain 4/21/2017 $26,765 26 26 64 $89,452 5/17/2017
  
Rest of World $735,073
  
International Total $1,868,798 4/4/2026

Note: Territories vary in whether they report screens or theaters. Full details on international box office data are available via our OpusData service.

Leading

Zuzana Maurery    Marie Drazděchová

Supporting

Csongor Kassai    Marek Kučera
Peter Bebjak    Václav Littmann
Martin Havelka    Jaroslav Binder
Ondřej Malý    Pensioner Řehák
Eva Bandor    Hana Binderová
Zuzana Konečná    Iveta Kučerová
Richard Labuda    Karol Littmann
Oliver Oswald    Filip Binder
Tamara Fischer    Danka Kučerová

Production and Technical Credits

Jan Hrebejk    Director
Petr Jarchovský    Screenwriter
Martin Žiaran    Director of Photography
Vladimír Barák    Editor
Jiří Klenka    Sound Designer
Michal Novinski    Composer
Juraj Fabry    Production Designer
Katarína Štrbová Bieliková    Costume Designer
Make up*    Make-up and Hair Designer
Anita Panak    Line Producer

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.