Australia Box Office for Contagion (2011)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Australia Box Office $3,479,813Details
Worldwide Box Office $137,203,939Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $14,633,785 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $6,258,653 Details
Total North America Video Sales $20,892,438
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Synopsis

Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$60,000,000
Australia Releases: November 26th, 2020 (Limited)
Video Release: January 3rd, 2012 by Warner Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for disturbing content and some language.
(Rating bulletin 2182, 7/27/2011)
Running Time: 105 minutes
Keywords: Medical and Hospitals, Epidemic, Doctors, End of the World, Ensemble, Internet, News, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Non-Chronological, IMAX: DMR, Survival Thriller
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Warner Bros., Participant Media, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Double Feature Films
Production Countries: United Arab Emirates, United States
Languages: English

DVD Sales: Moneyball Doesn't Hit a Home Run, but gets a Solid Double

January 24th, 2012

Moneyball led all new releases and the overall DVD sales chart with 601,000 units / $10.22 million during its first week of release. More...

Blu-ray Sales: Overall Sales are in Remission

January 19th, 2012

The Blu-ray sales chart was both busy and slow this week. On the one hand, there were five new releases that charted this week, including three in the top ten. On the other hand, only one of those new releases, Contagion, did any significant business. It was able to sell 274,000 units while generating $4.93 million in revenue, giving it an opening week Blu-ray share of 40%. That's a very good share for a drama, but its overall home market run is disappointing. More...

DVD Sales: New Releases are Spreading

January 17th, 2012

There were five new releases to reach the top 30 on this week's DVD sales chart. This includes a new number one selling DVD, Contagion. The film sold 411,000 units during its first week of release generating $6.16 million. More...

Blu-ray Sales: New Releases Fail to Arrive on Top

January 11th, 2012

Rise of the Planet of the Apes returned to the top of the Blu-ray sales chart with 390,000 units / $5.84 million over the week for totals of 1.59 million units / $33.76 million after three. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 3rd, 2012

January 3rd, 2012

The first Tuesday of the year is not a great time of year for new releases on the home market. It's an even worse time of year for critics, especially this year. With Christmas Day landing on the Sunday, many studios took the entire week off, so there are plenty of screeners that still haven't made it my way. (There is some good news here, as I was able to get caught up on all of the screeners that had previously arrived late.) A couple of these potential late arrivals are contenders for Pick of the Week, like Justified: Season Two - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray and Mildred Pierce - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack. They also have competition from Contagion - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray, but in the end I gave that honor to The Guard - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray. More...

International Box Office: Paranormal Inactivity

October 26th, 2011

The international box office was pretty slow this week and the only new release to have any impact was Paranormal Activity 3. This film did top the chart with $26.11 million on 3,876 screens in 42 markets. Leading the way was the U.K. with $5.43 million on 391 screens, which was easily enough for first place in that market. It also topped the charts in Russia with $3.20 million on 637 screens, in Australia with $3.04 million on 192, in Mexico with $1.96 million on 732, and in Spain with $1.04 million on 232. On the other hand, it had to settle for third place in France with $2.50 million on 215 screens and in Brazil with $1.21 million on 200. Compared to previous installments, these results were mixed. The film was stronger in Australia, but weaker in the U.K. and France, for instance. It's too soon to tell where it will finish, but assuming it is the biggest hit domestically of the three films, it should at least come close to $200 million worldwide. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will New Releases Bring In the Money?

September 22nd, 2011

It's a busy week with four wide releases, including two that are opening at saturation level theater counts. With such a lot of competition, there's little chance all four will find a sizable audience this weekend. In fact, there's a chance none of them will be able to top The Lion King, leaving it on top for the second weekend in a row. If that happens, there's no telling how many classic films will get a 3D conversion. As for which release have the best shot at becoming the new box office king, Moneyball seems to be the consensus pick, but there is some debate as to how well the new releases will do. There's also some debate as to how well the overall box office will do compared to last year. There's a 50-50 chance the number one film this year will top Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, which earned just over $19 million last year, while the depth is a little better this year. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Lion King is the Driving Force at the Box Office

September 19th, 2011

There were three new wide releases this past weekend, but it was a re-release, The Lion King, that dominated at the box office. This success is really good news, because all three new wide releases, Drive, I Don't Know How She Does It, and Straw Dogs, missed expectations. The overall movie industry generated just over $101 million this weekend, compared to $82 million last weekend, which is a 24% increase. This weekend last year, the overall box office was just under $101 million, so yes, 2011 squeezed out a win this week, even if it was by less than 1%. Year-to-date, 2011 has earned $7.70 billion, compared to $8.01 billion it earned last year. We are going to need to see some big wins over the coming weeks if 2011 is going to have a shot at closing that gap by the end of December. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Lion Be King?

September 15th, 2011

It could be an interesting week at the box office, with three films opening wide, Drive, I Don't Know How She Does It, and Straw Dogs, plus a fourth film being re-released wide, The Lion King. There's a lot of uncertainty in the box office predictions for the weekend and I've seen various predictions that have Drive winning the weekend, Contagion repeating on top, and some say The Lion King's 3D conversion will boost it to number one. Unfortunately, while there's a wide range of opinion regarding what film will top the box office chart, there are very few people who think this weekend will be as strong as last year when The Town opened with nearly $24 million and Easy A earned close to $18 million. It's unlikely the top two films will earn that much this year and we don't have the same depth either. More...

Contest: Catch the Fever: Winning Announcement

September 14th, 2011

The winners of our Catch the Fever contest were determined and they are... More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Contagion is Catchy, the Rest of Box Office Is Sick

September 12th, 2011

The weekend after the Labor Day long weekend is often the worst weekend of the year, and that appears to be the case this time around. No film matched Thursday's predictions, although a couple came relatively close, like Contagion. Unfortunately, the rest of the new releases really bombed and most of the holdovers fell significantly more than expected. This led to the box office falling 24% from last weekend to just $82 million. This is the lowest it's been all year, and lower than last year, but by less than 1%. Unless next weekend will be even worse, and it is almost hard to imagine that as a possibility, this will be the lowest point for the year. On the other hand, there's a chance that we don't dip below this level for a long, long time, if ever. Given population growth and inflation, hitting these low points are less likely each year. More...

Weekend Estimates: Contagion Has a Healthy Start

September 11th, 2011

Having four wide releases on what is traditionally the slowest weekend of the year never seemed like a good idea. And so it proved for three of the films. The fourth, however, can lay claim to decent numbers this weekend. Contagion posted a very respectable estimated opening of $23.1 million, according to Warner Bros.' on Sunday, with a per theater average of over $7,000. That put it well ahead of The Help, which scored $8.7 million in second place. Warrior will be third with $5.6 million from 1,869 theaters -- not a bad opening, but a $3,000 per theater average won't encourage significant expansion, no matter how good word of mouth is for the film. The other two wide openers would have loved to come even close to that number though. More...

Weekend Predictions: Four Wide Releases for a Slow Weekend

September 8th, 2011

The weekend after the Labor Day long weekend tends to be one of the worst, if not the worst weekend of the year, but that probably won't be the case this year. This weekend we have four wide releases, one of which is a bit of a surprise wide release. One of them, Contagion, could wind up being a real hit. The other three, well, they are not opening truly wide. Maybe The Warrior will be a sleeper hit, but the other two could struggle to reach the top ten. By comparison, this weekend last year Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D was a surprise hit with $26.65 million. It's not terribly likely any film will match that opening, but 2011 has better depth and hopefully that will be the key to victory. More...

Contest: Catch the Fever

September 2nd, 2011

The first week of school is about to begin for millions of kids, so what better way is there to celebrate then to feature a movie about an infectious disease in our box office prediction contest. (The only thing better than a sick day was a snow day.) Contagion is the only film opening truly wide next week and it is the clear choice for target film. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Contagion. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Team Umizoomi: Journey to Numberland on DVD. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will win a copy of Go, Diego, Go!: Diego Saves the World on DVD. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2011 Preview: September

September 1st, 2011

After a strong start, August ended on a really low note, and that's bad news for September, as it means the positive momentum we had is gone. Looking at the upcoming month, there are 18 films opening wide over five weekends (including one re-release) but only four or five of them have a real shot at being midlevel hits, and it is unlikely that all of them will get there. Worse still, there are no films opening this month that look like they will match The Town, which made more than $90 million last September. In fact, the selection of releases is so weak that the film I'm most looking forward to is a limited release that has already come out on Video on Demand, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. (It has seventeen reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and still not a negative one among them.) More...

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Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2020/11/27 - $662   1 $662   $3,827,465 1
2023/04/28 - $136   1 $136   $3,479,813 127

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 11/26/2020 $662 1 1 2 $3,479,813 5/1/2023
New Zealand 11/10/2011 $0 0 1 1 $251 10/20/2022
North America 9/9/2011 $22,403,596 3,222 3,222 18,970 $75,658,097 5/10/2013
 
Rest of World $58,065,778
 
Worldwide Total$137,203,939 5/1/2023

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.

Lead Ensemble Members

Marion Cotillard    Dr. Leonora Orantes
Matt Damon    Mitch Emhoff
Laurence Fishburne    Dr. Elis Cheever
Jude Law    Alan Krumwiede
Gwyneth Paltrow    Beth Emhoff
Kate Winslet    Dr. Erin Mears

Supporting Cast

Bryan Cranston    AIMM Employee #1
Jennifer Ehle    Dr. Ally Hextall
Sanaa Lathan    Aubrey Cheever
Chui Tien You    Li Fai
Josie Ho    Li Fai's Sister
Daria Strokous    Irina
Griffin Kane    Clark Morrow
Yoshiaki Kobayashi    Japanese Bus Man
John Hawkes    Roger
Monique Gabriela Curnen    Lorraine Vasquez
Teri McEvoy    School Nurse
Sue Redman    ER Nurse #1
Teri Campbell    ER Nurse #2
Stef Tovar    Dr. Arrington
Mary Jo Faraci    Social Worker
Grace Rex    Carrie Anne
Armin Rhodie    Damian Leopold
Joseph Anthony Foronda    WHO Official
Phillip James Brannon    Paramedic
Rebecca Spence    Jon Neal's Wife
David Lively    Minnesota Medial Examiner
Andrew White    Assistant Medical Examiner
Larry Clarke    Dave
Anna Jacoby-Heron    Jory Emhoff
Ira Blumen MD    Helpful Doctor
Scott Stangland    Minnesota Health #1
Jimmy Chung    Minnesota Health #2
Rick Uecker    Minnesota Health #3
Tara Mallen    Minnesota Health #4
Demetri Martin    Dr. David Eisenberg
Elliott Gould    Dr. Ian Sussman
Enrico Colantoni    Dennis French
Joshua Weinstein    AIMM Employee #2
Sarah Charipar    AIMM Employee #3
Mark Czoske    AIMM Employee #4
Dan Aho    Aaron Barnes
Chin Han    Sun Feng
Hee-Wan Kwon    Japanese Official
Phil Tnag    Village Man #1
Robert Chi    Village Man #2
Blair Robertson    Sussman Assistant
Randy Lowell    Hedge Fund Man in Park
Pete Sack    TV Anchor
Brian J. O'Donnell    Andrew
Kwok Wah Wong    Chinese Heath Official #1
Sau Ming Raymond Tsang    Chinese Heath Official #2
Jim Ortlieb    Funeral Director
Annabel Armour    Beth's Mother
Kara Zediker    Elizabeth Mygaard
Joshua Pollock    Coughing Man
Laura T. Fisher    Sick Lady
Peter A. Kelly    Natioanal Guardsman
Mary Beth Dolan    Nun
Jason Babinsky    Shivering Man
Howie Johnson    Morgue Worker
Dan Flannery    Hextall's Father
Dan Sanders-Joyce    Home Invasion Thug
Joshua Seiden    Anthony
Kam Tong-Wong    Chef
Michael Franck    Helicopter Pilot

Cameos

Sanjay Gupta MD    Himself

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Production and Technical Credits

Steven Soderbergh    Director
Scott Z. Burns    Screenwriter
Michael Shamberg    Producer
Stacey Sher    Producer
Gregory Jacobs    Producer
Jeff Skoll    Executive Producer
Michael Polaire    Executive Producer
Jonathan King    Executive Producer
Ricky Strauss    Executive Producer
Peter Andrews    Director of Photography
Howard Cummings    Production Designer
Stephen Mirrione    Editor
Cliff Martinez    Composer
Louise Frogley    Costume Designer
Carmen Cuba    Casting
Michael Polaire    Unit Production Manager
Gregory Jacobs    Assistant Director
Julie Spilkoman    2nd Assistant Director
Julie Anderson*    Production Supervisor
David Lazan    Supervising Art Director
Cindy Carr    Set Decorator