Belgium Box Office for Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Belgium Box Office $939,993Details
Worldwide Box Office $177,025,498Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $25,612,861 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $7,799,824 Details
Total North America Video Sales $33,412,685
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Synopsis

The story of a White House butler who served seven American presidents over three decades. The film traces the dramatic changes that swept American society during this time, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, and how those changes affected this man's life and family.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$30,000,000
Belgium Releases: September 11th, 2013 (Wide)
Video Release: January 14th, 2014 by Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence and disturbing images, language, sexual material, thematic elements and smoking.
(Rating bulletin 2283, 7/31/2013)
Running Time: 132 minutes
Keywords: Upstairs / Downstairs, Political, African Americans, Biography, Ensemble, Non-Chronological, Sex Crimes, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Bigotry, Assassination, Addiction, Infidelity, Dysfunctional Family, Apartheid, Biographical Drama
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Weinstein Company, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2013/11/22 17 $12,141   7 $1,734   $919,856 11
2013/11/29 16 $5,345 -56% 10 $535   $928,295 12
2013/12/06 20 $2,973 -44% 8 $372   $932,626 13
2013/12/13 21 $793 -73% 10 $79   $934,495 14
2013/12/20 22 $956 +21% 3 $319   $939,993 15

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 10/31/2013 $0 0 205 563 $4,382,280 12/13/2015
Austria 12/20/2013 $51,077 31 31 62 $150,282 12/13/2015
Belgium 9/11/2013 $0 0 10 38 $939,993 12/13/2015
Brazil 11/1/2013 $0 0 10 26 $481,534 12/13/2015
Colombia 11/15/2013 $0 0 32 95 $515,966 12/30/2018
Croatia 12/19/2013 $9,249 4 4 8 $22,454 12/30/2018
Egypt 11/13/2013 $0 0 1 1 $7,035 12/30/2018
Germany 10/10/2013 $0 0 122 294 $2,871,794 12/13/2015
Greece 12/19/2013 $32,063 11 11 11 $32,063 12/13/2015
Hungary 11/21/2013 $19,217 21 21 21 $19,490 12/30/2018
Mexico 11/15/2013 $0 0 139 503 $1,344,391 12/13/2015
Netherlands 12/5/2013 $230,710 55 55 220 $926,258 12/13/2015
New Zealand 11/7/2013 $0 0 74 248 $658,731 12/13/2015
Nigeria 11/8/2013 $0 0 4 7 $13,890 12/30/2018
North America 8/16/2013 $24,637,312 2,933 3,330 26,806 $116,632,095 12/4/2014
Poland 12/26/2013 $202,219 83 83 83 $247,892 12/30/2018
Portugal 9/5/2013 $0 0 5 16 $1,264,938 12/13/2015
Romania 11/29/2013 $48,967 30 30 100 $137,388 12/30/2018
Singapore 10/24/2013 $0 0 2 4 $159,849 12/13/2015
South Africa 11/8/2013 $0 0 24 24 $145,661 12/13/2015
South Korea 11/28/2013 $308,350 178 178 178 $365,191 12/13/2015
Spain 10/11/2013 $0 0 143 400 $6,752,972 12/13/2015
Sweden 10/11/2013 $0 0 31 106 $1,432,075 12/13/2015
United Kingdom 11/15/2013 $0 0 314 1187 $6,522,845 12/13/2015
Uruguay 1/2/2014 $13,482 5 5 5 $13,482 12/30/2018
Venezuela 11/22/2013 $65,140 15 15 56 $397,221 12/13/2015
 
Rest of World $30,587,728
 
Worldwide Total$177,025,498 12/30/2018

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

Forest Whitaker    Cecil Gaines

Supporting Cast

Oprah Winfrey    Gloria Gaines
Mariah Carey    Hattie Pearl
John Cusack    Richard Nixon
Jane Fonda    Nancy Reagan
Cuba Gooding, Jr.    Carter Wilson
Terrence Howard    Howard
Lenny Kravitz    James Holloway
James Marsden    John F. Kennedy
David Oyelowo    Louis Gaines
Alex Pettyfer    Thomas Westfall
Vanessa Redgrave    Annabeth Westfall
Alan Rickman    Ronald Reagan
Liev Schreiber    Lyndon B. Johnson
Robin Williams    Dwight D. Eisenhower
Clarence Williams, III    Maynard
Yaya Alafia    Carol Hammie
Aml Ameen    Young Cecil
Colman Domingo    Freddie Fallows
Nelsan Ellis    Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nealla Gordon    Senator Nancy Kassebaum
Elijah Kelley    Charlie Gaines
Minka Kelly    Jackie Kennedy
Mo McRae    Eldridge Huggins
Pernell Walker    Lorraine
Jesse Williams    Rev. James Lawson
Lavell 'Banner' Crump   
Adriane Lenox   
David Banner   
Michael Rainey, Jr.   

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

Production and Technical Credits

Lee Daniels    Director
Danny Strong    Screenwriter
Pamela Oas Williams    Producer
Laura Ziskin    Producer
Lee Daniels    Producer
Buddy Patrick    Producer
Cassian Elwes    Producer
Michael Finley    Executive Producer
Sheila C. Johnson    Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein    Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein    Executive Producer
Len Blavatnik    Executive Producer
Aviv Giladi    Executive Producer
Vince Holden    Executive Producer
Hilary Shor    Executive Producer
Adam Merims    Executive Producer
Andrew Dunn    Director of Photography
Tim Galvin    Production Designer
Joe Klotz    Editor
Ruth E. Carter    Costume Designer
Billy Hopkins    Casting
Leah Daniels-Butler    Casting
Simone Sheffield    Co-Producer
Valerie Hoffman    Co-Producer
Julia Barry    Co-Producer
David Jacobson    Co-Producer
Rodrigo Leao    Composer
Lynn Fainchtein    Music Supervisor
Jason Stewart    Art Director
Diane Lederman    Set Decorator
Sarah Forrest    Set Designer
Michelle Harmon    Set Designer
Brian Waits    Set Designer
Jay Meagher    Sound Mixer
Robert Hein    Supervising Sound Editor
Robert Hein    Supervising Sound Designer
Michael Barry    Re-recording Mixer
Robert Hein    Re-recording Mixer
Wil Haygood    Associate Producer
Horatio Bacon    Associate Producer
Andrew Herwitz    Associate Producer
Christina Papagjika    Associate Producer
Eric Falkenstein    Associate Producer
Francis James    Second Unit Camera
Ari Daniel Pinchot    Co-Executive Producer
Jonathan Rubenstein    Co-Executive Producer
Allen Frederic    Co-Executive Producer
Charles Saveur Bonan    Co-Executive Producer
Kim Leadford    Co-Executive Producer
Harry I. Martin, Jr.    Co-Executive Producer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.