Norway Box Office for MA (2019)

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MA
Theatrical Performance (US$)
Norway Box Office $121,237Details
Worldwide Box Office $61,220,784Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $1,961,791 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $1,334,614 Details
Total North America Video Sales $3,296,405
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Synopsis

Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own. She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home. But there are some house rules: One of the kids has to stay sober. Don’t curse. Never go upstairs. And call her “Ma.” But as Ma’s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare, and Ma’s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$5,000,000
Norway Releases: May 31st, 2019 (Wide)
Video Release: August 20th, 2019 by Universal Home Entertainment
October 14th, 2019 by Universal Pictures UK
MPAA Rating: R for violent/disturbing material, language throughout, sexual content, and for teen drug and alcohol use.
(Rating bulletin 2569 (Cert #51640), 3/13/2019)
Running Time: 99 minutes
Keywords: Set in Ohio, Psychological Horror, Social Outcast, Kidnap
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Blumhouse, Wyolah Films, Universal Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Home Market Releases for September 3rd, 2019

September 4th, 2019

My Hero Academia: Season Three, Part Two

It’s another short week with not a lot to talk about. The biggest release of the week is Men in Black International, but it missed expectations by a significant margin. The best first-run release is Booksmart, which also missed expectations by a significant margin, but it is still good enough to be a Pick of the Week contender. In fact, it’s only competition is My Hero Academia: Season Three, Part Two. It came down to a literal coin toss and My Hero Academia won, but both deserve the title. More...

Home Market Releases for August 20th, 2019

August 21st, 2019

John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum

I don’t like awarding the Pick of the Week to films only coming out on Video on Demand, but John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum is the best release of the week and it isn’t even particularly close. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Toy Story 4 has Second Best Animated Previews

June 21st, 2019

Toy Story 4

First the good news: Toy Story 4 had the second best previews for an animated film earning $12 million. Now the bad news: Incredibles 2 had the best earning $18.5 million last year. Toy Story 4 better have better legs or 2019 is in real trouble. Fortunately, most analysts agree that it will and it is still on pace to match our $155 million prediction. We will obviously know more tomorrow when Friday’s numbers show up, but also the CinemaScore will be a big help. If audiences love the movie as much as critics did, then its legs should be a real asset. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Toy Story 4 Save June’s Box Office Run?

June 20th, 2019

Toy Story 4

June has not lived up to expectations and unless Toy Story 4 is a record-breaking hit, we are going to end the month with a loss. I don’t think it will break records, but it will easily be the biggest hit of the month. Also opening this week is Child’s Play, the reboot to the long-running horror franchise of the same name. Finally, Anna is the latest film from Luc Besson and many are comparing it to Lucy. It’s not going to do that well. It likely won’t reach the top five. This weekend last year, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom opened with $148.02 million. I really hope Toy Story 4 tops that; however, even if it does, nothing playing this weekend is going to compare with Incredibles 2’s run last year, so 2019 is going to lose in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: New Releases Miss Expectations and Estimates

June 11th, 2019

The Secret Life of Pets 2

It was a mixed weekend at the box office with neither of the two new releases matching expectations. Not only that, but most of the top five missed estimates as well. This led to a result 5.6% lower than last weekend falling to $164 million. I was really expecting growth this weekend. The Secret Life of Pets 2 led the way with $46.65 million, while Dark Phoenix really struggled with just $32.83 million. Aladdin was arguably the only real bright spot in the top five this weekend. Fortunately, this weekend last year was even worse and 2019 was able to win the year-over-year comparison by a whopping 37%. This allowed 2019 to close the gap between it and 2018 to just $300 million or 5.9% at $4.78 billion to $5.08 billion. That’s still a large gap, but it is far cry from where it once was. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Godzilla Tops Weekend Chart and Helps 2019 to Rare Win

June 4th, 2019

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters didn’t live up to expectations, but it did well enough to earn first place on the weekend box office chart. King of the Monsters opened with $47.78 million, while Aladdin was right behind with $42.84 million. This helped the overall box office hold on a lot better than expected, down just 4.3% to $174 million, which is a fantastic hold for a post-holiday weekend. The box office was also a huge improvement from this weekend last year, up 63% in the year-over-year comparison. Year-to-date, 2019 has pulled in $4.54 billion, which is still 7.4% or $380 million behind last year’s pace, but a few more wins like this and that gap won’t seem so bad anymore. That said, as anyone who’s read our monthly preview will know, I’m not expecting too many weekends like this in June. More...

Weekend Estimates: Godzilla Towers Above the Competition

June 2nd, 2019

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

As expected, Godzilla: King of the Monsters is leading the way on the weekend box office chart. However, it is falling a little short of expectations with an estimated opening weekend of $49.03 million. The film earned a B plus from CinemaScore, which is much better than its reviews, but still not stellar, while the genre isn’t known for long legs, so I’m not sure about its future. It is performing a lot better internationally with $130 million on 52,000 screens in 75 markets, including $70 million in China and $8.4 million in Japan. It has nearly matched its $200 million production budget in just one weekend, while it has yet to open in Spain and a few smaller markets. More...

Friday Estimates: Godzilla Tops Competition, but with a Soft Touch

June 1st, 2019

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters dominated the chart on Friday with $19.61 million on its opening day. The film needed to open with a couple of million dollars more than $20 million to match our prediction, but it will come close enough. Its reviews are weak and it only managed a B plus from CinemaScore, which is not great either. It appears the film is aimed at Kaiju fans and might not appeal to all action fans. That said, it is on pace to earn $50 million during its opening weekend, which is enough to be a financial success, assuming it does as well internationally. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Godzilla Floods Skull Island, but isn’t King of the Kaiju - Updated

May 31st, 2019

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters opened with $6.3 million in previews, which is almost exactly in the middle of Kong: Skull Island ($3.7 million) and Godzilla ($9.3 million). The film’s reviews have sunk to just 41% positive, which is close to the point where it will start to scare away potential moviegoers. However, I think its CinemaScore will be a lot better. I was hoping for a little more, so perhaps our $56 million prediction was a little too optimistic. That said, I think it will be close. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Godzilla Crush the Critics with a Massive Opening Weekend?

May 30th, 2019

Aladdin

Godzilla: King of the Monsters leads a trio of new releases hoping to make an impact at the box office this weekend. It will have no trouble earning first place and even the low-end of predictions are at $50 million. Rocketman has the best reviews of the week and it could continue the positive trend for musical biopics. Finally there’s MA, a psychological horror that could become a midlevel hit, but even if it fails to live up to expectations, it was inexpensive enough to break even. Meanwhile, Aladdin and John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum will remain in the top five, while Avengers: Endgame could be one of six films earning more than $10 million over the weekend. This weekend last year, Adrift was the biggest new release opening with just $11.60 million, while Solo: A Star Wars Story was the number one film with $29.40 million. There should be three films that top Solo and as many as six that top Adrift. 2019 should come away with an easy win. More...

2019 Preview: May

May 1st, 2019

Detective Pikachu

April got off to a fast start with Shazam! opening the first weekend of the month. Meanwhile, Avengers: Endgame ended the month with a record-breaking debut. Unfortunately for 2019, last April had a very similar result leaving 2019 behind 2018’s pace by over $400 million. Will May be able to turn things around? Last May, there were only two films that reached $200 million, Deadpool 2 and Solo: A Star Wars Story. Meanwhile, this May there are three such films, Detective Pikachu, Aladdin, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters. There are two points we need to make. Firstly, the only reason there are more potential $200 million hits this year is because May has five Fridays this year. Secondly, this May also has a lot better depth with films like John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum and Rocketman being potential $100 million hits. Even if we ignore the final weekend, May should do well enough to cut into 2018’s lead over 2019. It’s not going to be able to cut it in half, but it could do well enough to make box office analysts a little more positive about the year’s chances overall. More...

Ma Trailer

February 25th, 2019

Horror movie starring Octavia Spencer opens May 31 ... Full Movie Details.

Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own. She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home. But there are some house rules: One of the kids has to stay sober. Don’t curse. Never go upstairs. And call her “Ma.” But as Ma’s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare, and Ma’s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth. 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
2019/05/31 - $43,060   65 $662   $53,166 1
2019/06/07 - $23,679 -45% 26 $911   $95,734 2
2019/06/21 - $3,243   7 $463   $117,649 4
2019/06/28 - $1,538 -53% 3 $513   $119,992 5
2019/07/05 - $852 -45% 1 $852   $121,237 6

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 5/30/2019 $56,105 105 105 139 $81,619 6/29/2019
Austria 5/31/2019 $99,667 52 52 191 $222,400 7/31/2019
Belgium 6/5/2019 $111,948 43 43 96 $264,026 7/10/2019
Bolivia 5/30/2019 $8,272 19 19 27 $18,486 6/19/2019
Brazil 5/30/2019 $87,481 104 104 158 $136,236 6/14/2019
Bulgaria 5/31/2019 $10,673 0 0 0 $31,235 6/25/2019
Central America 6/13/2019 $81,000 100 100 107 $105,145 7/3/2019
Chile 6/6/2019 $14,766 21 21 21 $15,977 6/14/2019
Colombia 6/6/2019 $57,966 99 99 99 $64,226 6/14/2019
Croatia 5/30/2019 $11,411 27 27 52 $26,734 6/27/2019
Czech Republic 5/31/2019 $29,897 79 79 167 $73,997 6/27/2019
Ecuador 5/31/2019 $29,457 38 38 74 $76,573 6/27/2019
Egypt 5/29/2019 $4,929 13 13 22 $19,270 6/27/2019
Estonia 5/31/2019 $9,263 18 18 38 $29,322 7/3/2019
Finland 5/31/2019 $32,109 49 49 103 $118,118 7/24/2019
France 6/5/2019 $895,628 256 256 985 $2,333,105 7/17/2019
Germany 5/30/2019 $502,549 309 309 1560 $1,676,099 8/28/2019
Greece 5/30/2019 $30,264 49 49 74 $78,401 6/27/2019
Hong Kong 7/18/2019 $52,764 24 24 48 $84,973 7/31/2019
Hungary 5/30/2019 $53,451 40 41 93 $135,969 7/10/2019
Indonesia 7/26/2019 $125,750 163 163 163 $158,963 7/31/2019
Israel 6/6/2019 $65,413 20 20 56 $168,896 7/17/2019
Italy 6/27/2019 $75,240 0 26 53 $118,926 7/31/2019
Latvia 6/7/2019 $2,639 8 8 16 $18,195 7/10/2019
Lebanon 5/30/2019 $5,280 17 17 26 $14,260 6/19/2019
Lithuania 5/31/2019 $8,966 103 103 143 $23,250 7/25/2019
Malaysia 7/25/2019 $46,678 37 37 110 $122,042 8/21/2019
Mexico 5/31/2019 $508,866 0 21 38 $1,113,394 9/16/2020
Middle East Region 5/30/2019 $107,134 56 56 66 $382,476 6/27/2019
Netherlands 5/31/2019 $165,679 60 60 248 $602,200 7/17/2019
North America 5/31/2019 $18,099,805 2,808 2,816 9,097 $45,896,028 11/10/2020
Norway 5/31/2019 $43,060 65 65 102 $121,237 7/10/2019
Pakistan 7/19/2019 $1,219 10 10 10 $1,399 7/24/2019
Paraguay 5/30/2019 $4,597 11 11 18 $8,067 6/27/2019
Peru 6/6/2019 $48,239 50 50 50 $55,605 6/14/2019
Philippines 7/10/2019 $93,489 181 181 183 $110,241 7/24/2019
Poland 6/21/2019 $49,950 81 81 206 $177,736 10/19/2022
Romania 6/7/2019 $22,558 55 55 126 $95,924 2/24/2021
Russia (CIS) 6/13/2019 $510,193 737 741 1586 $1,019,433 7/10/2019
Serbia and Montenegro 6/13/2019 $795,122 35 27 42 $25,396 7/17/2019
Singapore 7/25/2019 $91,356 32 32 71 $163,522 8/28/2019
Slovakia 5/31/2019 $17,965 50 50 85 $33,616 6/26/2019
Slovenia 5/30/2019 $6,647 11 11 22 $15,464 7/3/2019
South Africa 6/21/2019 $24,999 27 27 98 $95,292 8/28/2019
Spain 6/7/2019 $454,014 270 283 918 $1,432,182 7/24/2019
Sweden 5/31/2019 $40,700 69 69 139 $123,142 7/17/2019
Switzerland 5/30/2019 $58,918 29 36 105 $268,794 7/10/2019
Taiwan 5/31/2019 $239,237 84 84 211 $532,777 6/27/2019
Thailand 7/11/2019 $73,745 42 42 82 $133,798 7/31/2019
Trinidad 6/12/2019 $0 0 11 16 $36,175 7/3/2019
Turkey 5/31/2019 $18,768 105 105 200 $66,325 6/20/2019
Ukraine 6/20/2019 $96,352 159 159 311 $178,782 7/17/2019
United Arab Emirates 5/30/2019 $36,396 50 50 55 $76,743 6/19/2019
United Kingdom 5/31/2019 $643,140 397 397 1140 $2,006,525 7/10/2019
Uruguay 5/30/2019 $8,970 11 11 20 $31,033 6/27/2019
Venezuela 5/31/2019 $8,881 0 0 0 $28,302 7/3/2019
 
Rest of World $172,733
 
Worldwide Total$61,220,784 10/19/2022

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

Octavia Spencer    Sue Ann

Supporting Cast

Juliette Lewis    Erica
Diana Silvers    Maggie
Mckaley Miller    Haley
Corey Fogelmanis    Andy Hawkins
Luke Evans    Ben Hawkins
Gianni Paolo    Chaz
Dante Brown    Darrell
Tanyell Waivers    Genie
Dominic Burgess    Stu
Heather Marie Pate    Ashley
Tate Taylor    Officer Grainger
Margaret Fegan    Stephanie
Missi Pyle    Mercedes
Allison Janney    Doctor Brooks
Kyanna Simone Simpson    Young Sue Ann
Matthew Welch    Young Ben
Skyler Joy    Young Erica
Nicole Carpenter    Young Mercedes
Elijah Bray    Teenage Boy
Creek Wilson    Liquor Store Bum
Micah Joseph Graves    Flashback Closet Boy
Victor Turpin    Pietro Kramer
Dennis Rodriguez    Janitor
Jinny Patterson    Nail Salon Patron

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

Production and Technical Credits

Tate Taylor    Director
Scotty Landes    Screenwriter
Scotty Landes    Story by
Jason Blum    Producer
Tate Taylor    Producer
John Norris    Producer
Couper Samuelson    Executive Producer
Jeanette Volturno-Brill    Executive Producer
Octavia Spencer    Executive Producer
Robin Mulcahy Fisichella    Executive Producer
Lucy Donaldson    Editor
Lee Jin    Editor
Lee Jin    Co-Editor
Lucy Donaldson    Co-Editor
Christina Voros    Director of Photography
Marc Fisichella    Production Designer
Megan Coates    Costume Designer
Gregory Tripi    Composer
Lex D. Geddings    Stunt Coordinator
Beatriz Sequeira    Co-Producer
Ryan Turek    Co-Producer
Cleta E. Ellington    Co-Producer
John Bissell    Music Supervisor
Kerry Barden    Casting Director
Paul Schnee    Casting Director
Jennifer Scudder Trent    Co-Producer
Phillip Dawe    Co-Producer
Robin Mulcahy Fisichella    Unit Production Manager
Cleta E. Ellington    First Assistant Director
Joe Landry    Second Assistant Director
John Sanchez    Production Supervisor
Nancy Kirhoffer    Post-Production Supervisor
Carmen Navis    Set Decorator
Wright McFarland    Set Designer
Robert C. Bigelow    Sound Mixer
David Nami    Special Effects Coordinator
Stacy Scarborough-Martin    Costume Supervisor
Karri Farris    Make up
LaToya Henderson    Make up
Benji Dove    Make up
Shannon Bakeman    Hairstylist
Sandra D. Stander    Hairstylist
Robert Kurtzman    Special Make-up Effects
David Bush    Script Supervisor
Jimi Woods    Location Manager
Tim Alverson    Additional Editor
Thad Nurski    First Assistant Editor
Steve M. Ngo    First Assistant Editor
Drew Sacks    First Assistant Editor
Craig Mann    Re-recording Mixer
Laura Wiest    Re-recording Mixer
Craig Mann    Supervising Sound Editor
Daniel Irwin    Dialogue Editor
Chase Keehn    Dialogue Editor
Suat Ayes    Sound Effects Editor
Daniel Pagan    Sound Effects Editor
Peter Staubli    Sound Effects Editor
John Loranger    Supervising Foley Editor
Kristi McIntyre    Foley Editor
Randy Wilson    Foley Mixer
Ron Mellegers    Foley Mixer
Russ Howard III    Additional Music
Matt Hutchinson    Additional Music
Mary Parker    Music Editor
Jason LaRocca    Score Mixer
Gregor Punchatz    Visual Effects Supervisor
James David Hattin    Visual Effects Supervisor
Nate Smalley    Visual Effects Supervisor

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