New Zealand Box Office for Killing Them Softly (2012)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $333,351Details
Worldwide Box Office $39,238,443Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $4,406,561 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $1,588,190 Details
Total North America Video Sales $5,994,751
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Synopsis

Three dumb guys who think they're smart rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Jackie Cogan, the enforcer, is hired to track them down and restore order.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$15,000,000
New Zealand Releases: October 18th, 2012 (Wide)
Video Release: March 26th, 2013 by Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for violence, sexual references pervasive language, and some drug use.
(Rating bulletin 2232, 7/18/2012)
Running Time: 97 minutes
Keywords: Gambling, Mafia, Hitmen, Heist, Narcotics, Addiction, Prostitution, Crime Thriller, Film Noir
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Metropolitan Films, Inferno, Annapurna Pictures, 1984 Private Defense Contractors, Plan B Entertainment, Chockstone Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Blu-ray Sales: March 31st, 2013: Lincoln Feels Miserable(s)

May 19th, 2013

There were quite a few new releases to reach the upper echelon of the March 31st, 2013 edition of the Blu-ray sales chart. Lincoln was the best of these earning first place with 496,000 units / $14.24 million during its first week of release for a Blu-ray share of 38%. This is really good for a drama. More...

DVD Sales: March 31st, 2013: Lincoln Leads and Holdovers Soar

May 19th, 2013

The week of March 31st, 2013 was a strange week on the home market, as it contained Easter weekend. Easter sales helped a lot of older releases rise on the DVD sales chart. Even so, a new release, Lincoln, led the way with 818,000 units / $15.62 million. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 26th, 2013

March 27th, 2013

It is a shallow week on the home market. Lincoln is coming out and should dominate the sales chart, but after that, there's almost nothing to talk about. Given its reviews and its Awards Season success, it is the easy choice for Pick of the Week, right? Not so fast. I'm still waiting for the screener. Speaking of late reviews, Skyfall finally showed up and despite not coming out this week, or this month, I'm giving the Blu-ray Combo Pack Pick of the Week honors. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Box Office Falls as Moviegoers Wait for The Hobbit

December 10th, 2012

Skyfall returned to the top of the box office chart, which is fitting, because it was the last film released that truly beat expectations at the box office. The only wide release this week, Playing For Keeps, barely remained above the Mendoza Line and failed to reach the top five. The overall box office fell 30% to just $80 million. Ugh. There are a couple of pieces of good news we should focus on. Firstly, $80 million is still 7% higher than this weekend last year. Secondly, it was enough to push 2012 over the $10 billion market. At the moment, the total box office for 2012 is $10.02 billion, which is 6% higher than 2011 had managed at the same point in the year. By this time next week, 2012 might be ahead of 2011's final figure of $10.28 billion. More...

Contest: Heart Attack: Winning Announcement

December 7th, 2012

The winners of our Heart Attack contest were determined and they are... More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Dawn Still Breaking Bank

December 3rd, 2012

It was a close race for top spot as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 just held off Skyfall by less than $1 million. Unfortunately, the best new release, Killing Them Softly, failed to match low expectations, while The Collection barely managed a spot in the top ten. The overall box office fell 45% to $114 million. However, as sharp as that decline was, it was still 41% higher than the same weekend last year and December begins with 2012 ahead of 2011 by 5.9% at $9.91 billion to $9.36 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Killing Has Soft Opening

December 2nd, 2012

The weekend after Thanksgiving is not known for its box office prowess, and this year is proving no different. Most films in the top 10 are down around 50% from last weekend, and the new wide releases are both falling short of their respective distributor's hopes. Killing Them Softly is headed for a $7 million debut, according to Weinstein, which is Brad Pitt's worst wide opening since Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas back in 2003, and worst live action wide release since 1994's The Favor. Meanwhile, LD Distribution is projecting $3.4 million for The Collection in 1,403 theaters, which is less of a surprise, but still a disappointment. With those two misfires, the top of the chart is once more populated by Breaking Dawn, Part 2 and Skyfall, which are essentially neck and neck at this point, with Twilight topping $250 million domestically this weekend and Bond set to reach that landmark in the next few days. More...

Weekend Predictions: Holdovers are Killing New Releases

November 30th, 2012

Like last weekend, holdovers will again dominate the new releases this weekend. However, one could argue the headline is inaccurate, as Killing Them Softly is really the only new film opening truly wide, so it should be "release", singular. The Collection is opening in more theaters than originally anticipated, perhaps enough to grab a spot in the top ten, but it is not opening truly wide. That said, there are some who think The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 will relinquish top spot at the box office with some thinking Skyfall will regain the title, while others think Lincoln will climb to first place. This weekend last year was a total disaster with the best new release playing in just 10 theaters. This year we should be a little stronger at the top and with a lot more depth. More...

Contest: Heart Attack

November 23rd, 2012

Next weekend after Thanksgiving long weekend is usually a slow on, and this week it is no different, as the only wide release is Killing Them Softly. This film has almost no chance to top The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 at the box office; in fact, it might not reach the top five. Regardless, it is the target film in this week's box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Killing Them Softly. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a signed copy of Tiffany Alvord's EP "My Heart Is" on CD. Meanwhile, whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a signed copy of Tiffany Alvord's EP "My Heart Is" on CD. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2012 Preview: November

November 1st, 2012

October was pretty good with a few films really crushing expectations, which made up for the few duds that opened at the end. 2012 gained about $100 million over 2011 during the month of October. We really needed this success and hopefully November will continue this push forward. However, November is a bit of a weird month. There are five weekends, but only eight true wide releases, half of which open on the Thanksgiving long weekend, leaving the other four weeks with just one true wide release each. There are a couple others opening in the semi-wide level and another opening in limited release with a planned wide release, but even so, it is not a busy month. That said, it is a case of quality over quantity. There are four films that are pretty much guaranteed to reach $100 million, one of which should reach $300 million. By comparison, last November only produced one $100 million film. Granted, that film was The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, which made nearly $300 million, which is a huge number no matter how you look at it. But this year, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 should top that number and with the other $100 million movies pulling in more than $400 million combined, it should be a very profitable month at the box office. More...

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

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2012/10/19 4 $102,747   30 $3,425   $102,747 1
2012/10/26 6 $50,381 -51% 30 $1,679   $204,454 2
2012/11/02 7 $32,575 -35% 30 $1,086   $257,072 3
2012/11/09 10 $20,472 -37% 26 $787   $288,122 4
2012/11/16 11 $10,949 -47% 14 $782   $308,891 5
2012/12/07 9 $6,001   12 $500   $329,376 8
2012/12/14 12 $1,571 -74% 7 $224   $333,351 9

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 12/6/2012 $160,863 47 52 262 $566,107 12/30/2018
Australia 10/11/2012 $688,542 165 165 309 $1,698,146 12/12/2015
Austria 11/30/2012 $0 0 22 64 $361,820 12/13/2015
Belgium 12/5/2012 $124,132 28 28 107 $372,390 12/13/2015
Brazil 11/30/2012 $0 0 53 132 $902,404 12/14/2015
Chile 4/4/2013 $30,431 11 11 32 $73,424 12/30/2018
Colombia 4/19/2013 $31,278 22 22 31 $48,159 12/30/2018
Croatia 12/6/2012 $13,762 9 10 46 $53,541 12/30/2018
Denmark 12/6/2012 $39,713 22 22 65 $139,008 12/13/2015
Egypt 12/19/2012 $24,895 7 7 22 $56,205 12/30/2018
Estonia 10/19/2012 $19,734 3 4 11 $45,225 12/12/2015
France 12/5/2012 $868,212 138 139 277 $1,482,679 12/12/2015
Germany 11/29/2012 $0 0 65 125 $3,413,080 12/13/2015
Greece 10/25/2012 $0 0 29757 29757 $198,572 12/12/2015
Hong Kong 11/29/2012 $76,029 14 14 23 $124,118 12/12/2015
Iceland 11/30/2012 $10,790 4 4 7 $26,542 12/29/2018
Italy 10/18/2012 $793,129 267 267 355 $1,731,942 12/12/2015
Japan 4/26/2013 $309,969 161 161 161 $441,788 12/14/2015
Latvia 10/19/2012 $12,551 2 2 7 $33,839 12/29/2018
Lebanon 12/13/2012 $0 0 3 3 $20,425 12/29/2018
Lithuania 10/19/2012 $25,174 6 6 36 $82,812 12/12/2015
Mexico 1/11/2013 $0 0 139 344 $742,986 12/14/2015
Netherlands 10/18/2012 $0 0 52 103 $589,419 12/12/2015
New Zealand 10/18/2012 $102,747 30 30 149 $333,351 12/12/2015
North America 11/30/2012 $6,812,900 2,424 2,424 6,506 $14,945,541 12/3/2014
Norway 11/2/2012 $80,065 30 30 109 $438,131 12/13/2015
Peru 4/18/2013 $45,625 19 20 39 $79,055 12/30/2018
Poland 12/7/2012 $99,861 60 69 158 $280,891 12/29/2018
Portugal 11/29/2012 $80,950 26 29 98 $285,000 12/14/2015
Russia (CIS) 10/18/2012 $1,350,140 362 362 362 $1,350,140 12/29/2018
Serbia and Montenegro 12/20/2012 $1,905 1 1 11 $10,212 12/30/2018
Singapore 1/3/2013 $62,046 8 8 17 $100,006 12/14/2015
Slovenia 12/6/2012 $4,411 3 3 9 $16,620 12/13/2015
Spain 9/21/2012 $798,782 245 257 949 $2,234,436 12/12/2015
Switzerland 11/15/2012 $0 0 18 33 $50,379 12/12/2015
Taiwan 10/19/2012 $79,432 34 34 66 $209,568 12/12/2015
Thailand 1/17/2013 $4,793 26490 26490 38108 $56,056 12/14/2015
Turkey 12/21/2012 $140,922 42 42 122 $416,377 12/30/2018
Ukraine 10/18/2012 $157,605 75 75 162 $268,242 12/29/2018
United Arab Emirates 12/6/2012 $270,470 38 38 44 $528,946 12/30/2018
United Kingdom 9/21/2012 $1,517,917 375 375 1100 $4,413,834 12/12/2015
Uruguay 1/11/2013 $5,667 3 3 10 $17,027 12/30/2018
 
Worldwide Total$39,238,443 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

Brad Pitt    Jackie

Supporting Cast

Richard Jenkins    Driver
James Gandolfini    Mickey
Ray Liotta    Markie Trattman
Scoot McNairy    Frankie
Ben Mendelsohn    Russell
Sam Shepard    Dillon
Vincent Curatola    Johnny Amato
Trevor Long    Steve Caprio
Max Casella    Barry Caprio
Slaine    Kenny Gill
Linara Washington    Hooker
Ross Brodar    Poker Guy
Wade Allen    Business Suit Agent
Christopher Berry    Cab Driver Agent
Kenneth Brown, Jr.    Security Force Agent
Mustafa Harris    Bartender #1
Dared Wright    Waiter
John McConnell    Bartender #2
Bryan Billingsley    Bar Patron #1
Shannon Brewer    Bar Patron #2
Roger L. Pfeiffer Jr.    Bar Patron #3
Joe Chrest    Business Suit Agent

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

Production and Technical Credits

Andrew Dominik    Director
Andrew Dominik    Screenwriter
George V. Higgins    Based on the Novel by
Brad Pitt    Producer
Dede Gardner    Producer
Steve Schwartz    Producer
Paula Mae Schwartz    Producer
Anthony Katagas    Producer
Megan Ellison    Executive Producer
Marc Butan    Executive Producer
Bill Johnson    Executive Producer
Jim Seibel    Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein    Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein    Executive Producer
Adi Shankar    Executive Producer
Spencer Silna    Executive Producer
Patricia Norris    Production Designer
Brian A. Kates    Editor
Marc Streitenfeld    Composer
Greig Fraser    Director of Photography
Roger Schwartz    Co-Producer
Matthew Budman    Co-Producer
Will French    Co-Producer
Douglas Saylor, Jr.    Co-Producer
Leslie Morales    Set Decorator
Patricia Norris    Costume Designer
Leslie Shatz    Re-recording Mixer
Robert C. Jackson    Supervising Sound Editor
Thomas O'Neil Younkman    Supervising Sound Editor
Leslie Shatz    Sound Designer
Dennis Liddiard    Make up
Adruitha Lee    Hairstylist
Francine Maisler    Casting Director

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