L’illusionniste (2010)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $2,231,474Details
International Box Office $6,378,475
Worldwide Box Office $8,609,949
Further financial details...

Synopsis

The Illusionist is a story about two paths that cross. An outdated, aging magician, forced to wander from country to country, city to city and station to station in search of a stage to perform his act, meets a young girl at the start of her life's journey. Alice is a teenage girl with all her capacity for childish wonder still intact. She plays at being a woman without realizing the day to stop pretending is fast approaching. She doesn't know yet that she loves The Illusionist like she would a father; he already knows that he loves her as he would a daughter. Their destinies will collide, but nothing - not even magic or the power of illusion - can stop the voyage of discovery.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$38,594 (1.7% of total gross)
Legs:7.35 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:25.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$17,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/206 max. theaters, 4.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $3,356,269

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 25th, 2010 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics, released as The Illusionist
International Releases: April 27th, 2023 (Limited), released as L'illusionniste (Germany)
Video Release: May 10th, 2011 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, released as The Illusionist (2010)
MPA Rating: PG for thematic elements and smoking.
(Rating bulletin 2136, 9/1/2010)
Running Time: 80 minutes
Plot point: Stage Magician, Unexpected Families
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Hand Animation
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Django Films, Cine B, France 3 Cinema, Canal Plus, Cinecinema
Production Countries: France, United Kingdom
Languages: French, English, Gaelic

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 24, 2010 38 $38,594   3 $12,865   $38,594 1
Dec 31, 2010 42 $46,416 +20% 3 $15,472   $123,476 2
Jan 7, 2011 44 $32,988 -29% 3 $10,996   $178,410 3
Jan 14, 2011 41 $60,472 +83% 7 $8,639   $254,265 4
Jan 21, 2011 38 $80,599 +33% 15 $5,373   $370,984 5
Jan 28, 2011 33 $133,988 +66% 25 $5,360   $537,590 6
Feb 4, 2011 30 $186,668 +39% 68 $2,745   $766,312 7
Feb 11, 2011 30 $303,523 +63% 206 $1,473   $1,137,549 8
Feb 18, 2011 35 $188,494 -38% 106 $1,778   $1,467,789 9
Feb 25, 2011 36 $148,769 -21% 125 $1,190   $1,725,536 10
Mar 4, 2011 40 $80,212 -46% 76 $1,055   $1,867,838 11
Mar 11, 2011 41 $72,094 -10% 76 $949   $1,974,831 12
Mar 18, 2011 46 $49,677 -31% 58 $857   $2,063,755 13
Mar 25, 2011 56 $36,431 -27% 49 $743   $2,124,963 14
Apr 1, 2011 62 $21,885 -40% 32 $684   $2,166,980 15
Apr 8, 2011 66 $14,540 -34% 32 $454   $2,189,699 16
Apr 15, 2011 76 $6,052 -58% 16 $378   $2,206,462 17
Apr 22, 2011 88 $4,662 -23% 12 $389   $2,218,443 18
Apr 29, 2011 90 $3,289 -29% 19 $173   $2,227,548 19
May 6, 2011 113 $1,230 -63% 4 $308   $2,231,024 20

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jan 17, 2011 38 $20,000     7 $2,857   $274,265 24
Feb 21, 2011 35 $40,070     106 $378   $1,507,859 59

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 24, 2010 41 $77,060   3 $25,687   $77,060 1
Dec 31, 2010 40 $68,362 -11% 3 $22,787   $145,422 2
Jan 7, 2011 43 $48,371 -29% 3 $16,124   $193,793 3
Jan 14, 2011 41 $96,592 +100% 7 $13,799   $290,385 4
Jan 21, 2011 39 $113,217 +17% 15 $7,548   $403,602 5
Jan 28, 2011 34 $176,042 +55% 25 $7,042   $579,644 6
Feb 4, 2011 30 $254,382 +45% 68 $3,741   $834,026 7
Feb 11, 2011 27 $445,269 +75% 206 $2,162   $1,279,295 8
Feb 18, 2011 36 $297,472 -33% 106 $2,806   $1,576,767 9
Feb 25, 2011 37 $210,859 -29% 125 $1,687   $1,787,626 10
Mar 4, 2011 39 $115,111 -45% 76 $1,515   $1,902,737 11
Mar 11, 2011 41 $111,341 -3% 76 $1,465   $2,014,078 12
Mar 18, 2011 45 $74,454 -33% 58 $1,284   $2,088,532 13
Mar 25, 2011 56 $56,563 -24% 49 $1,154   $2,145,095 14
Apr 1, 2011 63 $30,064 -47% 32 $940   $2,175,159 15
Apr 8, 2011 61 $25,251 -16% 32 $789   $2,200,410 16
Apr 15, 2011 73 $13,371 -47% 16 $836   $2,213,781 17
Apr 22, 2011 80 $10,478 -22% 12 $873   $2,224,259 18
Apr 29, 2011 91 $5,535 -47% 19 $291   $2,229,794 19
May 6, 2011 116 $1,680 -70% 4 $420   $2,231,474 20

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Synopsis

The Illusionist is a story about two paths that cross. An outdated, aging magician, forced to wander from country to country, city to city and station to station in search of a stage to perform his act, meets a young girl at the start of her life's journey. Alice is a teenage girl with all her capacity for childish wonder still intact. She plays at being a woman without realizing the day to stop pretending is fast approaching. She doesn't know yet that she loves The Illusionist like she would a father; he already knows that he loves her as he would a daughter. Their destinies will collide, but nothing - not even magic or the power of illusion - can stop the voyage of discovery.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$38,594 (1.7% of total gross)
Legs:7.35 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:25.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$17,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/206 max. theaters, 4.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $3,356,269

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 25th, 2010 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics, released as The Illusionist
International Releases: April 27th, 2023 (Limited), released as L'illusionniste (Germany)
Video Release: May 10th, 2011 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, released as The Illusionist (2010)
MPA Rating: PG for thematic elements and smoking.
(Rating bulletin 2136, 9/1/2010)
Running Time: 80 minutes
Plot point: Stage Magician, Unexpected Families
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Hand Animation
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Django Films, Cine B, France 3 Cinema, Canal Plus, Cinecinema
Production Countries: France, United Kingdom
Languages: French, English, Gaelic

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 24, 2010 38 $38,594   3 $12,865   $38,594 1
Dec 31, 2010 42 $46,416 +20% 3 $15,472   $123,476 2
Jan 7, 2011 44 $32,988 -29% 3 $10,996   $178,410 3
Jan 14, 2011 41 $60,472 +83% 7 $8,639   $254,265 4
Jan 21, 2011 38 $80,599 +33% 15 $5,373   $370,984 5
Jan 28, 2011 33 $133,988 +66% 25 $5,360   $537,590 6
Feb 4, 2011 30 $186,668 +39% 68 $2,745   $766,312 7
Feb 11, 2011 30 $303,523 +63% 206 $1,473   $1,137,549 8
Feb 18, 2011 35 $188,494 -38% 106 $1,778   $1,467,789 9
Feb 25, 2011 36 $148,769 -21% 125 $1,190   $1,725,536 10
Mar 4, 2011 40 $80,212 -46% 76 $1,055   $1,867,838 11
Mar 11, 2011 41 $72,094 -10% 76 $949   $1,974,831 12
Mar 18, 2011 46 $49,677 -31% 58 $857   $2,063,755 13
Mar 25, 2011 56 $36,431 -27% 49 $743   $2,124,963 14
Apr 1, 2011 62 $21,885 -40% 32 $684   $2,166,980 15
Apr 8, 2011 66 $14,540 -34% 32 $454   $2,189,699 16
Apr 15, 2011 76 $6,052 -58% 16 $378   $2,206,462 17
Apr 22, 2011 88 $4,662 -23% 12 $389   $2,218,443 18
Apr 29, 2011 90 $3,289 -29% 19 $173   $2,227,548 19
May 6, 2011 113 $1,230 -63% 4 $308   $2,231,024 20

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jan 17, 2011 38 $20,000     7 $2,857   $274,265 24
Feb 21, 2011 35 $40,070     106 $378   $1,507,859 59

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 24, 2010 41 $77,060   3 $25,687   $77,060 1
Dec 31, 2010 40 $68,362 -11% 3 $22,787   $145,422 2
Jan 7, 2011 43 $48,371 -29% 3 $16,124   $193,793 3
Jan 14, 2011 41 $96,592 +100% 7 $13,799   $290,385 4
Jan 21, 2011 39 $113,217 +17% 15 $7,548   $403,602 5
Jan 28, 2011 34 $176,042 +55% 25 $7,042   $579,644 6
Feb 4, 2011 30 $254,382 +45% 68 $3,741   $834,026 7
Feb 11, 2011 27 $445,269 +75% 206 $2,162   $1,279,295 8
Feb 18, 2011 36 $297,472 -33% 106 $2,806   $1,576,767 9
Feb 25, 2011 37 $210,859 -29% 125 $1,687   $1,787,626 10
Mar 4, 2011 39 $115,111 -45% 76 $1,515   $1,902,737 11
Mar 11, 2011 41 $111,341 -3% 76 $1,465   $2,014,078 12
Mar 18, 2011 45 $74,454 -33% 58 $1,284   $2,088,532 13
Mar 25, 2011 56 $56,563 -24% 49 $1,154   $2,145,095 14
Apr 1, 2011 63 $30,064 -47% 32 $940   $2,175,159 15
Apr 8, 2011 61 $25,251 -16% 32 $789   $2,200,410 16
Apr 15, 2011 73 $13,371 -47% 16 $836   $2,213,781 17
Apr 22, 2011 80 $10,478 -22% 12 $873   $2,224,259 18
Apr 29, 2011 91 $5,535 -47% 19 $291   $2,229,794 19
May 6, 2011 116 $1,680 -70% 4 $420   $2,231,474 20

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.