The Clearing (2004)

The Clearing
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $5,763,875Details
International Box Office $2,100,000Details
Worldwide Box Office $7,863,875
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Wayne Hayes and his wife, Eileen, seem to have it all. Over the years, they've built a prosperous business together while raising their two children, Tim and Jill. But the family’s dream life becomes nightmarish when disgruntled employee Arnold Mack kidnaps Wayne and holds him for ransom. The FBI invades their home and scrutinizes every detail of their life — and ultimately, it is left to Eileen to deliver the ransom and rescue her husband.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$469,318 (8.1% of total gross)
Legs:4.45 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:73.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:56 opening theaters/449 max. theaters, 3.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $10,005,565

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 2nd, 2004 (Limited) by Fox Searchlight
International Releases: November 26th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 95 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Surprise Twist, Kidnap
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Thousand Words , Wildwood Enterprises
Production Countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 2, 2004 16 $469,318   56 $8,381   $469,318 1
Jul 9, 2004 14 $1,160,785 +147% 261 $4,447   $1,923,128 2
Jul 16, 2004 14 $1,294,334 +12% 449 $2,883   $3,718,329 3
Jul 23, 2004 18 $642,731 -50% 429 $1,498   $4,933,892 4
Jul 30, 2004 30 $170,404 -73% 155 $1,099   $5,409,653 5
Aug 6, 2004 49 $67,080 -61% 92 $729   $5,572,013 6
Aug 13, 2004 67 $25,750 -62% 48 $536   $5,629,834 7
Aug 20, 2004 64 $31,149 +21% 36 $865   $5,675,703 8
Aug 27, 2004 65 $18,786 -40% 23 $817   $5,708,724 9
Sep 3, 2004 79 $5,316 -72% 12 $443   $5,721,293 10
Sep 10, 2004 86 $8,888 +67% 16 $556   $5,736,403 11
Sep 17, 2004 97 $6,163 -31% 9 $685   $5,747,511 12
Sep 24, 2004 103 $4,828 -22% 12 $402   $5,755,651 13
Oct 1, 2004 103 $2,413 -50% 8 $302   $5,761,124 14
Oct 8, 2004 103 $1,350 -44% 2 $675   $5,763,875 15

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 2, 2004 17 $762,343   56 $13,613   $762,343 1
Jul 9, 2004 15 $1,661,652 +118% 261 $6,366   $2,423,995 2
Jul 16, 2004 15 $1,867,166 +12% 449 $4,158   $4,291,161 3
Jul 23, 2004 18 $948,088 -49% 429 $2,210   $5,239,249 4
Jul 30, 2004 32 $265,684 -72% 155 $1,714   $5,504,933 5
Aug 6, 2004 50 $99,151 -63% 92 $1,078   $5,604,084 6
Aug 13, 2004 61 $40,470 -59% 48 $843   $5,644,554 7
Aug 20, 2004 58 $45,384 +12% 36 $1,261   $5,689,938 8
Aug 27, 2004 64 $26,039 -43% 23 $1,132   $5,715,977 9
Sep 3, 2004 77 $11,538 -56% 12 $962   $5,727,515 10
Sep 10, 2004 87 $13,833 +20% 16 $865   $5,741,348 11
Sep 17, 2004 93 $9,475 -32% 9 $1,053   $5,750,823 12
Sep 24, 2004 89 $7,888 -17% 12 $657   $5,758,711 13
Oct 1, 2004 97 $3,814 -52% 8 $477   $5,762,525 14
Oct 8, 2004 102 $1,350 -65% 2 $675   $5,763,875 15

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 11/26/2004 $41,625 17 17 48 $94,513 9/3/2020
 
Rest of World $2,005,487
 
International Total$2,100,000 9/3/2020

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.

Leading Cast

Robert Redford    Wayne Hayes
Helen Mirren    Eileen Hayes
Willem Dafoe    Arnold 'Arn' Mack

Supporting Cast

Alessandro Nivola    Tim Hayes
Matt Craven    Agent Ray Fuller
Melissa Sagemiller    Jill Hayes
Diana Scarwid    Eva Finch
Wendy Crewson    Louise Miller

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

Production and Technical Credits

Pieter Jan Brugge    Director
Craig Armstrong    Composer

Local Flicks Compete for International Crown

December 29th, 2004

Ocean's Twelve opening in another two markets, (Mexico and Belgium) helped the heist film finish first on the international charts with $22.6 million on 5,183 screens in 46 markets. The film opened well in Belgium where it easily took first place with $1.2 million on just 75 screens. That's up nearly 40% compared to the the original, but down nearly 10% in Euros. In Mexico the film could only manage $1.8 million on 550 screens for a rather limp per screen average. However, in most markets the film is not holding up as well as the studio would have liked. For instance, in Germany the film dropped by more than 50%, in France the decline was 44%. The only exception appears to be Italy where holidays and a serious boost to screen count helped the film climb 33% to $2.9 million over the weekend. More...

DVD Releases for November 9, 2004

November 8th, 2004

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases and a few from the growing TV on DVD section, including the nominees for the DVD Pick of the Week, which we'll get to in a second. This was a strange week, there was only one first run release, a few limited releases, several nearly re-releases complete with ads for upcoming movies and more than a couple really old movies mostly sold in sets. Even the best of the bunch is going to have a really narrow appeal, so instead of naming a Pick of the Week, I'll name the best of each group. Best Limited Release: Ju-On: The Grudge - Buy from Amazon. Best Ad for A Sequel: Bridget Jones's Diary - Collector's Series - Buy from Amazon. Best Box Set Containing Movies Made Before I was Born: Fritz Lang Epic Collection - Buy from Amazon. More...

Per Theatre Chart is Full of Grace

July 28th, 2004

It was a busy week on the per theatre charts, both in terms of the number of films to hit $10,000 per theatres and the number of films to hit milestones. Surprisingly, Maria Full of Grace repeated at the top of the per theatre chart with $19,562, which is a drop of only 1.5% from its opening. Next was the overall box office champ, Bourne Supremacy with a $16,595 average in 3,165 theatres. Very close behind in third place was Zatoichi with $15,276. Rounding out the $10,000 club was Home at the End of the World and Festival Express with averages of $12,946 and $12,074 respectively. More...

Gracing the Per Theatre Charts

July 21st, 2004

Only two films topped $10,000 per theatre this weekend, and they were at opposite ends of the release spectrum. Coming in first was Maria Full of Grace with a weekend take of $139,066 in just 7 theatres for an average of $19,867. Next was the overall box office champ, I, Robot with a $15,257 average in 3,420 theatres. More...

Monster of a Weekend

July 14th, 2004

The documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, which some are describing as a real life Spinal Tap, pulled in $46,359 in three theatres for an average of $15,453. Two other films topped $10,000 including De-Lovely with a $14,212 average and the overall box office champ, Spider-Man 2 with $10,845. More...

July 4th a Boost to Independent Films

July 8th, 2004

A trio of films topped $10,000 over the 3 day weekend, and if you add in Monday's results, that numbers goes up to five. Topping the list was the overall box office champ, Spider-Man 2 with $21,232 per theatre average. Close behind was De-Lovely with an average of $18,310 in 16 theatres, while Before Sunset with $10,971 average in 20 theatres. More...

Quartet Battle for Limited Dollars

July 2nd, 2004

Despite the massive competition with Spider-man 2, several smaller films are going up against it. And not only are several of them opening, they are opening in many more theatres than limited releases usually open in. More...

Movie Websites Launches for June 25 - July 1

July 2nd, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, Spider-Man 2 - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for June 4 - June 10

June 10th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, Garfield - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for Aril 2 - April 8

April 8th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. This week saw a deceptively poor crop of site as there were a lot of movie site launched / updated / released, more than 30 in fact. However, very few of them even came close to the being considered for this week's award. It's so bad I've spent the last 3 hours looking for a gem of movie site that I may have missed in previous weeks. In the end it was Kill Bill: Volume 2 - Official Site that won the award with only one or two other that were even briefly considered. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

New Movie Release Dates

January 23rd, 2004

Each week, the studios do another dance, shuffling around the release dates of their movies in an effort to best position themselves for future success. This week sees the sudden disappearance of Mindhunters from the schedules and new release dates for Raising Helen, Mr. 3000, The Clearing, Wicker Park, Beauty Shop, Amityville, The Notebook, Secret Window, 13 Going on 30 and Breakin' All the Rules. More...


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Synopsis

Wayne Hayes and his wife, Eileen, seem to have it all. Over the years, they've built a prosperous business together while raising their two children, Tim and Jill. But the family’s dream life becomes nightmarish when disgruntled employee Arnold Mack kidnaps Wayne and holds him for ransom. The FBI invades their home and scrutinizes every detail of their life — and ultimately, it is left to Eileen to deliver the ransom and rescue her husband.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$469,318 (8.1% of total gross)
Legs:4.45 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:73.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:56 opening theaters/449 max. theaters, 3.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $10,005,565

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 2nd, 2004 (Limited) by Fox Searchlight
International Releases: November 26th, 2004 (Wide) (Australia)
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 95 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Surprise Twist, Kidnap
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Thousand Words , Wildwood Enterprises
Production Countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Robert Redford    Wayne Hayes
Helen Mirren    Eileen Hayes
Willem Dafoe    Arnold 'Arn' Mack

Supporting Cast

Alessandro Nivola    Tim Hayes
Matt Craven    Agent Ray Fuller
Melissa Sagemiller    Jill Hayes
Diana Scarwid    Eva Finch
Wendy Crewson    Louise Miller

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

Production and Technical Credits

Pieter Jan Brugge    Director
Craig Armstrong    Composer

Local Flicks Compete for International Crown

December 29th, 2004

Ocean's Twelve opening in another two markets, (Mexico and Belgium) helped the heist film finish first on the international charts with $22.6 million on 5,183 screens in 46 markets. The film opened well in Belgium where it easily took first place with $1.2 million on just 75 screens. That's up nearly 40% compared to the the original, but down nearly 10% in Euros. In Mexico the film could only manage $1.8 million on 550 screens for a rather limp per screen average. However, in most markets the film is not holding up as well as the studio would have liked. For instance, in Germany the film dropped by more than 50%, in France the decline was 44%. The only exception appears to be Italy where holidays and a serious boost to screen count helped the film climb 33% to $2.9 million over the weekend. More...

DVD Releases for November 9, 2004

November 8th, 2004

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases and a few from the growing TV on DVD section, including the nominees for the DVD Pick of the Week, which we'll get to in a second. This was a strange week, there was only one first run release, a few limited releases, several nearly re-releases complete with ads for upcoming movies and more than a couple really old movies mostly sold in sets. Even the best of the bunch is going to have a really narrow appeal, so instead of naming a Pick of the Week, I'll name the best of each group. Best Limited Release: Ju-On: The Grudge - Buy from Amazon. Best Ad for A Sequel: Bridget Jones's Diary - Collector's Series - Buy from Amazon. Best Box Set Containing Movies Made Before I was Born: Fritz Lang Epic Collection - Buy from Amazon. More...

Per Theatre Chart is Full of Grace

July 28th, 2004

It was a busy week on the per theatre charts, both in terms of the number of films to hit $10,000 per theatres and the number of films to hit milestones. Surprisingly, Maria Full of Grace repeated at the top of the per theatre chart with $19,562, which is a drop of only 1.5% from its opening. Next was the overall box office champ, Bourne Supremacy with a $16,595 average in 3,165 theatres. Very close behind in third place was Zatoichi with $15,276. Rounding out the $10,000 club was Home at the End of the World and Festival Express with averages of $12,946 and $12,074 respectively. More...

Gracing the Per Theatre Charts

July 21st, 2004

Only two films topped $10,000 per theatre this weekend, and they were at opposite ends of the release spectrum. Coming in first was Maria Full of Grace with a weekend take of $139,066 in just 7 theatres for an average of $19,867. Next was the overall box office champ, I, Robot with a $15,257 average in 3,420 theatres. More...

Monster of a Weekend

July 14th, 2004

The documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, which some are describing as a real life Spinal Tap, pulled in $46,359 in three theatres for an average of $15,453. Two other films topped $10,000 including De-Lovely with a $14,212 average and the overall box office champ, Spider-Man 2 with $10,845. More...

July 4th a Boost to Independent Films

July 8th, 2004

A trio of films topped $10,000 over the 3 day weekend, and if you add in Monday's results, that numbers goes up to five. Topping the list was the overall box office champ, Spider-Man 2 with $21,232 per theatre average. Close behind was De-Lovely with an average of $18,310 in 16 theatres, while Before Sunset with $10,971 average in 20 theatres. More...

Quartet Battle for Limited Dollars

July 2nd, 2004

Despite the massive competition with Spider-man 2, several smaller films are going up against it. And not only are several of them opening, they are opening in many more theatres than limited releases usually open in. More...

Movie Websites Launches for June 25 - July 1

July 2nd, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, Spider-Man 2 - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for June 4 - June 10

June 10th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week, Garfield - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Websites Launches for Aril 2 - April 8

April 8th, 2004

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. This week saw a deceptively poor crop of site as there were a lot of movie site launched / updated / released, more than 30 in fact. However, very few of them even came close to the being considered for this week's award. It's so bad I've spent the last 3 hours looking for a gem of movie site that I may have missed in previous weeks. In the end it was Kill Bill: Volume 2 - Official Site that won the award with only one or two other that were even briefly considered. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

New Movie Release Dates

January 23rd, 2004

Each week, the studios do another dance, shuffling around the release dates of their movies in an effort to best position themselves for future success. This week sees the sudden disappearance of Mindhunters from the schedules and new release dates for Raising Helen, Mr. 3000, The Clearing, Wicker Park, Beauty Shop, Amityville, The Notebook, Secret Window, 13 Going on 30 and Breakin' All the Rules. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 2, 2004 16 $469,318   56 $8,381   $469,318 1
Jul 9, 2004 14 $1,160,785 +147% 261 $4,447   $1,923,128 2
Jul 16, 2004 14 $1,294,334 +12% 449 $2,883   $3,718,329 3
Jul 23, 2004 18 $642,731 -50% 429 $1,498   $4,933,892 4
Jul 30, 2004 30 $170,404 -73% 155 $1,099   $5,409,653 5
Aug 6, 2004 49 $67,080 -61% 92 $729   $5,572,013 6
Aug 13, 2004 67 $25,750 -62% 48 $536   $5,629,834 7
Aug 20, 2004 64 $31,149 +21% 36 $865   $5,675,703 8
Aug 27, 2004 65 $18,786 -40% 23 $817   $5,708,724 9
Sep 3, 2004 79 $5,316 -72% 12 $443   $5,721,293 10
Sep 10, 2004 86 $8,888 +67% 16 $556   $5,736,403 11
Sep 17, 2004 97 $6,163 -31% 9 $685   $5,747,511 12
Sep 24, 2004 103 $4,828 -22% 12 $402   $5,755,651 13
Oct 1, 2004 103 $2,413 -50% 8 $302   $5,761,124 14
Oct 8, 2004 103 $1,350 -44% 2 $675   $5,763,875 15

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 2, 2004 17 $762,343   56 $13,613   $762,343 1
Jul 9, 2004 15 $1,661,652 +118% 261 $6,366   $2,423,995 2
Jul 16, 2004 15 $1,867,166 +12% 449 $4,158   $4,291,161 3
Jul 23, 2004 18 $948,088 -49% 429 $2,210   $5,239,249 4
Jul 30, 2004 32 $265,684 -72% 155 $1,714   $5,504,933 5
Aug 6, 2004 50 $99,151 -63% 92 $1,078   $5,604,084 6
Aug 13, 2004 61 $40,470 -59% 48 $843   $5,644,554 7
Aug 20, 2004 58 $45,384 +12% 36 $1,261   $5,689,938 8
Aug 27, 2004 64 $26,039 -43% 23 $1,132   $5,715,977 9
Sep 3, 2004 77 $11,538 -56% 12 $962   $5,727,515 10
Sep 10, 2004 87 $13,833 +20% 16 $865   $5,741,348 11
Sep 17, 2004 93 $9,475 -32% 9 $1,053   $5,750,823 12
Sep 24, 2004 89 $7,888 -17% 12 $657   $5,758,711 13
Oct 1, 2004 97 $3,814 -52% 8 $477   $5,762,525 14
Oct 8, 2004 102 $1,350 -65% 2 $675   $5,763,875 15

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 11/26/2004 $41,625 17 17 48 $94,513 9/3/2020
 
Rest of World $2,005,487
 
International Total$2,100,000 9/3/2020

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.