Jehane Noujaim

Best known as a Director based on credits in that role in 3 films, with $2,901,088 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #5,097)

Best-known technical roles: Control Room (Director), The Square (Director), Budrus (Executive Producer)

Most productive collaborators: Khalid Abdalla, Karim Amer, Magdy Ashour, Geralyn Dreyfous, Ahmed Hassan

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Acting Credits
Technical Credits

Career Summary

		Movies	Domestic Box Office	International Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
In Technical Roles	Director	3	$2,713,860	$187,228	$2,901,088
	Executive Producer	1	$68,353	$18,395	$86,748

Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists

Record	Rank	Amount
Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)	2,947	$2,713,860
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,101-8,200)	8,138	$68,353
Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 8,001-8,100)	8,086	$187,228
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 9,101-9,200)	9,161	$18,395
Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)	5,097	$2,901,088
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 9,801-9,900)	9,843	$86,748

See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.

2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Feature-Length Documentary

February 15th, 2014

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at Best Feature-Length Documentary, which is probably the hardest category to predict, because some of the previous winners of major awards were not even nominated for an Oscar. When the nominations were this unpredictable, the winner could be any of the five films. More...

2014 Awards Season: DGA: Gravity adds Weight to its Oscar Chances

January 26th, 2014

The Directors Guild of America handed out the awards over the weekend, including two for theatrical releases. There were no true upsets, but it didn't go exactly as I anticipated it would go. More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscars Understand the Gravity of the Situation

January 16th, 2014

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning and there are some surprises mixed in with the predictable results. Gravity and American Hustle led the way with ten nominations each while 12 Years a Slave was right behind with nine. The fact that 12 Years a Slave wasn't the leader is the first of the surprises. More...

2014 Awards Season: DGA: Telling Stories about Documentaries

January 14th, 2014

The Directors Guild of America finished its theatrical nominations yesterday with the Documentary category. I'm of two minds with the list of nominees. On the one hand, I feel like I should be surprised, because a number of documentaries thought to be Oscar favorites were left off the list. On the other hand, they've been left off the list a number of times. I think it is time to rethink who is and is not an Oscar favorite. More...

All Acting Credits

All Technical Credits

Release Date	Title	Role	Domestic Box Office	International Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
Jul 24, 2019	The Great Hack	Director
Oct 25, 2013	The Square	Director	$124,244	$52,018	$176,262
Oct 8, 2010	Budrus	Executive Producer	$68,353	$18,395	$86,748
May 21, 2004	Control Room	Director	$2,589,616	$135,210	$2,724,826

Averages			$927,404	$68,541	$995,945
Totals	4		$2,782,213	$205,623	$2,987,836

Director Credits

Release Date	Title	Opening Weekend	Maximum Theaters	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office	Domestic Share
Jul 24, 2019	The Great Hack
Oct 25, 2013	The Square	$16,359	9	$124,244	$176,262	70.5%
May 21, 2004	Control Room	$27,125	74	$2,589,616	$2,724,826	95.0%

Averages		$21,742	42	$1,356,930	$1,450,544	82.8%
Totals	3			$2,713,860	$2,901,088

Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists

Record	Rank	Amount
Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)	2,947	$2,713,860
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,101-8,200)	8,138	$68,353
Top Grossing Director at the International Box Office (Rank 8,001-8,100)	8,086	$187,228
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the International Box Office (Rank 9,101-9,200)	9,161	$18,395
Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)	5,097	$2,901,088
Top Grossing Executive Producer at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 9,801-9,900)	9,843	$86,748