The Color Wheel (2012)

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Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $13,266Details
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Synopsis

JR is an increasingly transient aspiring news-anchor, who forces her disappointing younger brother Colin to embark on a road trip to move her belongings out of her professor-turned-lover’s apartment. Problem is, these grown up kids do not get along, and are both too obnoxious to know better. Chaos and calamity are not far behind her beat up Honda Accord. Too bad that nobody else in the world can stand either of them. Not Colin’s neglectful girlfriend, nor JR’s former high school friends, nor strangers they clash with at pretty much every step of their hopeless and increasingly infuriating voyage of frustration, failure and jerks. It can only be a matter of time before JR and Colin arrive at the strangest and most unsettling of resolutions and put to rest their decades of animosity, half-baked sibling rivalry and endless bickering.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$3,884 (29.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.42 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/3 max. theaters, 3.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $17,959

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 16,301-16,400) 16,395 $13,266
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 33,101-33,200) 33,132 $13,266
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,615 $13,266
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,701 $13,266
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 5,601-5,700) 5,619 $13,266

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 18th, 2012 (Limited) by APD/Cinema Conservancy
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 83 minutes
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Keywords: Relationships Gone Wrong, Road Trip, Dysfunctional Family, Retro Black and White, Incest, Bigotry
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Dorset Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 16,301-16,400) 16,395 $13,266
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 15,601-15,700) 15,652 $17,959
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 15,301-15,400) 15,364 $13,266
Top 2012 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 493 $13,266
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,615 $13,266
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,641 $17,959
Top 2012 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 305 $13,266
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 8,101-8,200) 8,175 $13,266
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 14,301-14,400) 14,391 $13,266
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 7,801-7,900) 7,868 $13,266
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,701 $13,266
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 3,901-4,000) 3,910 $13,266

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 18, 2012 75 $3,884   2 $1,942   $3,884 1
May 25, 2012 71 $812 -79% 1 $812   $6,702 2
Jun 1, 2012 105 $850 +5% 3 $283   $8,316 3
Jun 8, 2012 104 $890 +5% 1 $890   $10,593 4
Jun 22, 2012 87 $1,192   2 $596   $12,400 6

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 18, 2012 65 $5,890   2 $2,945   $5,890 1
May 25, 2012 72 $1,576 -73% 3 $525   $7,466 2
Jun 1, 2012 95 $2,237 +42% 3 $746   $9,703 3
Jun 8, 2012 105 $1,505 -33% 1 $1,505   $11,208 4
Jun 22, 2012 88 $2,058   2 $1,029   $13,266 6

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

Carlen Altman    JR

Supporting Cast

Bob Byington    Professor Neil Chadwick
Kate Byington    Julia
Anna Bak-Kvapil    Kim Thompson
Ry Russo-Young    Zoe
Alex Ross Perry    Colin
Craig Butta    Norton the Bully
C. Mason Wells    Chris "Wheels" Locke
Roy Thomas    Motel Cleck

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

Production and Technical Credits

Alex Ross Perry    Director
Alex Ross Perry    Screenwriter
Alex Ross Perry    Producer
Carlen Altman    Screenwriter
Bob Byington    Co-Producer
Drew Brooke    Associate Producer
David Hirsch    Associate Producer
Steven Kaplan    Associate Producer
Sean Price Williams    Camera
Alex Ross Perry    Editor
Preston Spurlock    Composer
Adam Grass    Sound Recording
Anna Bak-Kvapil    Production Designer
John Bosch    Sound Mixer

Awards Season: Silver Linings for Limited Releases

November 28th, 2012

The Independent Spirit Awards has a special place in the Awards Season. The nominations are the unoffficial start of Awards Season, but the actual awards aren't given out until Oscar weekend, so they are the beginning at the end of Awards Season. They also help out a lot of limited releases that would otherwise not get enough buzz, although they are not so good at predicting Oscar wins. This year, two films tied for most nominations, Moonrise Kingdom and The Silver Linings Playbook, both of which earned five nominations. They weren't the only films to earn multiple nominations though. More...


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Synopsis

JR is an increasingly transient aspiring news-anchor, who forces her disappointing younger brother Colin to embark on a road trip to move her belongings out of her professor-turned-lover’s apartment. Problem is, these grown up kids do not get along, and are both too obnoxious to know better. Chaos and calamity are not far behind her beat up Honda Accord. Too bad that nobody else in the world can stand either of them. Not Colin’s neglectful girlfriend, nor JR’s former high school friends, nor strangers they clash with at pretty much every step of their hopeless and increasingly infuriating voyage of frustration, failure and jerks. It can only be a matter of time before JR and Colin arrive at the strangest and most unsettling of resolutions and put to rest their decades of animosity, half-baked sibling rivalry and endless bickering.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$3,884 (29.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.42 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/3 max. theaters, 3.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $17,959

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 16,301-16,400) 16,395 $13,266
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 33,101-33,200) 33,132 $13,266
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,615 $13,266
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,701 $13,266
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 5,601-5,700) 5,619 $13,266

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 18th, 2012 (Limited) by APD/Cinema Conservancy
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 83 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Relationships Gone Wrong, Road Trip, Dysfunctional Family, Retro Black and White, Incest, Bigotry
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Dorset Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Carlen Altman    JR

Supporting Cast

Bob Byington    Professor Neil Chadwick
Kate Byington    Julia
Anna Bak-Kvapil    Kim Thompson
Ry Russo-Young    Zoe
Alex Ross Perry    Colin
Craig Butta    Norton the Bully
C. Mason Wells    Chris "Wheels" Locke
Roy Thomas    Motel Cleck

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

Production and Technical Credits

Alex Ross Perry    Director
Alex Ross Perry    Screenwriter
Alex Ross Perry    Producer
Carlen Altman    Screenwriter
Bob Byington    Co-Producer
Drew Brooke    Associate Producer
David Hirsch    Associate Producer
Steven Kaplan    Associate Producer
Sean Price Williams    Camera
Alex Ross Perry    Editor
Preston Spurlock    Composer
Adam Grass    Sound Recording
Anna Bak-Kvapil    Production Designer
John Bosch    Sound Mixer

Awards Season: Silver Linings for Limited Releases

November 28th, 2012

The Independent Spirit Awards has a special place in the Awards Season. The nominations are the unoffficial start of Awards Season, but the actual awards aren't given out until Oscar weekend, so they are the beginning at the end of Awards Season. They also help out a lot of limited releases that would otherwise not get enough buzz, although they are not so good at predicting Oscar wins. This year, two films tied for most nominations, Moonrise Kingdom and The Silver Linings Playbook, both of which earned five nominations. They weren't the only films to earn multiple nominations though. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 16,301-16,400) 16,395 $13,266
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 15,601-15,700) 15,652 $17,959
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 15,301-15,400) 15,364 $13,266
Top 2012 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 493 $13,266
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,615 $13,266
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,641 $17,959
Top 2012 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 305 $13,266
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 8,101-8,200) 8,175 $13,266
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 14,301-14,400) 14,391 $13,266
All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 7,801-7,900) 7,868 $13,266
All Time Domestic Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,701 $13,266
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 3,901-4,000) 3,910 $13,266

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 18, 2012 75 $3,884   2 $1,942   $3,884 1
May 25, 2012 71 $812 -79% 1 $812   $6,702 2
Jun 1, 2012 105 $850 +5% 3 $283   $8,316 3
Jun 8, 2012 104 $890 +5% 1 $890   $10,593 4
Jun 22, 2012 87 $1,192   2 $596   $12,400 6

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 18, 2012 65 $5,890   2 $2,945   $5,890 1
May 25, 2012 72 $1,576 -73% 3 $525   $7,466 2
Jun 1, 2012 95 $2,237 +42% 3 $746   $9,703 3
Jun 8, 2012 105 $1,505 -33% 1 $1,505   $11,208 4
Jun 22, 2012 88 $2,058   2 $1,029   $13,266 6

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 33,101-33,200) 33,132 $13,266
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 31,401-31,500) 31,460 $13,266
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 18,501-18,600) 18,549 $13,266
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 28,301-28,400) 28,366 $13,266
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 16,801-16,900) 16,802 $13,266
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 5,601-5,700) 5,619 $13,266
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 4,801-4,900) 4,822 $13,266

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.