| Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
| Australia Box Office | $130,383 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $5,233,915 | Details |
| Further financial details... | ||
| Australia Releases: | March 18th, 2004 (Limited) |
| Video Release: | May 11th, 2004 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running Time: | 107 minutes |
| Keywords: | Vietnam War, War, Oscars Best Documentary Winner, Social and Cultural Documentary |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
May 10th, 2004
Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. It was a strange week for DVD releases, whilere there are 18 releases on the list, fully half of them are TV on DVD and most of the rest of older films. Only two new releases, The Fog of War - Buy from Amazon and In America - Buy from Amazon are on my rental list. And none are on my to buy list. More...April 21st, 2004
No film could make $10,000 per theatre this weekend and that's the third time in four weeks that's happened. In top spot was Kill Bill: Volume 2 with an average of $8,450 in 2,971. There were a few There were several holdovers on the list, including Robot Stories, which has been in release for more than two months. More...March 17th, 2004
The reality-TV game show-esque film Games People Play came in first on the Per Theatre Average charts. It earned, well maybe not earned but made $12,346 in its lone theatre over the weekend. More...March 8th, 2004
With its 11 Oscar wins and huge jump in theatre count, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King should have had the largest post-Oscar jump at the box office. And while in raw dollars it did, it was the lesser known The Barbarian Invasions that had the biggest percent jump. The Canadian film and winner of Best Foreign Language Film jumped more than 137% at the box office. Its per theatre average also jumped by nearly 40%, compared to the nearly 20% drop by Return of the King. More...March 3rd, 2004
There's was not much in the way of good news this week, and what little there was was due to a single movie. The Passion of the Christ topped the per theatre chart and was the only film to top $10,000 per theatre taking in $27,554.
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March 1st, 2004
The Oscars weren't the only award celebration held over the weekend as the IFP Independent Spirit Awards were also handed out. Lost in Translation was the big winner but plenty of other talent was rewarded. More...February 29th, 2004
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King swept all the categories it was nominated for in winning a record-equaling 11 Oscars earlier this evening. Here is a list of the winners with reactions to be posted tomorrow. More...February 12th, 2004
It's obvious The Dreamers wasn't hampered by its NC-17 rating. Not only is its per theatre average of $28,526 the best of the week, it was the best this year beating Big Fish by more than $8,000. More...January 27th, 2004
Nominations for the 76the Annual Academy Awards were announced today. As always, here is a list of the nominations, plus reactions below.
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January 6th, 2004
In an unusual turn of events, Big Fish saw its per theatre average jump this weekend to $20,356 in 125 theatres. This bodes very well for this Friday when it expands into more than 2000 theatres. Next weekend it may no longer be on top on the per theatre average chart, but should place well on the top five overall.
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December 30th, 2003
Three of the four movies that broke $10,000 per theatre last week also accomplished that feat this week. However, it was a new comer that took top spot. Monster earned over $100,000 since it opened on Christmas day and it had a weekend average of $21,708, which was more than $5000 above its nearest competitor.
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December 23rd, 2003
Taking top spot on the Per Theatre Charts in consecutive weeks is not an easy task, but that's just what Big Fish did this week. And it did it by keeping nearly 80% of its premiere audience landing at $27,440 per theatre. Add in a few awards / nominations and an early January wide release and it could add up to box office hit.
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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.
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004/03/19 | - | $43,604 | 5 | $8,721 | $43,604 | 1 | |
| 2004/05/07 | - | $16,846 | 8 | $2,106 | $75,658 | 8 | |
| 2004/05/14 | - | $9,514 | -44% | 7 | $1,359 | $91,027 | 9 |
| 2004/05/21 | - | $8,069 | -15% | 7 | $1,153 | $106,252 | 10 |
| 2004/05/28 | - | $6,857 | -15% | 7 | $980 | $118,312 | 11 |
| 2004/06/04 | - | $4,764 | -31% | 7 | $681 | $122,594 | 12 |
| 2004/06/11 | - | $2,024 | -58% | 5 | $405 | $127,539 | 13 |
| 2004/06/18 | - | $1,695 | -16% | 6 | $283 | $130,383 | 14 |
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3/18/2004 | $43,604 | 5 | 8 | 52 | $130,383 | 4/6/2020 |
| North America | 12/19/2003 | $41,449 | 3 | 261 | 1,340 | $4,198,566 | 12/11/2014 |
| Rest of World | $904,966 | ||||||
| Worldwide Total | $5,233,915 | 4/6/2020 | |||||
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| Robert McNamara | Himself |
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| Errol Morris | Director | |
| Errol Morris | Producer | |
| Michael Williams | Producer | |
| Julie Ahlberg | Producer |
