New Zealand Box Office for Ask Dr. Ruth (2019)

Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office	$4,625	Details
Worldwide Box Office	$319,090	Details
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Synopsis

Ask Dr. Ruth chronicles the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America’s most famous sex therapist. With her diminutive frame, thick German accent, and uninhibited approach to sex therapy and education, Dr. Ruth transformed the conversation around sexuality. As she approaches her 90th birthday and shows no signs of slowing down, Dr. Ruth revisits her painful past and unlikely path to a career at the forefront of the sexual revolution.

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Movie Details

New Zealand Releases:	August 16th, 2019 (Wide)
MPAA Rating:	Not Rated
Running Time:	100 minutes
Keywords:	Sundance Film Festival 2019, Holocaust Survivor, Sex Therapists, Medical and Hospitals, Archive Footage
Source:	Based on Real Life Events
Genre:	Documentary
Production Method:	Live Action
Creative Type:	Factual
Production/Financing Companies:	Delirio Films, Hulu, Tripod Media Productions
Production Countries:	United States
Languages:	English

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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

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Screens	Per Screen	Total Gross	Week
2019/08/16	-	$296		1	$296	$296	1
2019/08/23	-	$132	-55%	1	$132	$427	2
2019/09/06	-	$164		1	$164	$1,100	4
2019/09/13	-	$223	+36%	1	$223	$1,339	5
2019/12/13	-	$740		9	$82	$856	18
2019/12/20	30	$786	+6%	9	$87	$2,551	19
2019/12/27	-	$568	-28%	3	$189	$3,423	20
2020/01/03	-	$210	-63%	3	$70	$4,011	21
2020/01/17	-	$9		1	$9	$4,546	23
2020/01/24	-	$85	+844%	1	$85	$4,625	24

Box Office Summary Per Territory

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Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Australia	12/6/2019	$864	5	5	5	$864	12/10/2019
Germany	8/27/2020			0	0	$0
Netherlands	8/16/2019	$14,056	25	25	25	$16,406	10/19/2022
New Zealand	8/16/2019	$296	1	9	30	$4,625	1/28/2020
North America	5/3/2019	$93,128	104	110	265	$297,195

Worldwide Total						$319,090	10/19/2022

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Documentary Subject(s)

Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Herself

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Production and Technical Credits

Ryan White		Director
Ryan White		Producer
Rafael Marmor		Producer
Christopher Leggett		Producer
Jessica Hargrave		Producer
Peggy Drexler		Executive Producer
Zoe Morrison		Co-Producer
Grace Oathout		Associate Producer
David Paul Jacobson		Director of Photography
Blake Neely		Composer
Rejh Cabrera		Co-Editor
Soham Mehta		Associate Editor
Helen Kearns		Editor