New Zealand Box Office for The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $1,005Details
Worldwide Box Office $188,840Details
Home Market Performance
North America Blu-ray Sales $272,728 Details
Total North America Video Sales $272,728
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  5. Cast & Crew
  6. Trailer

Synopsis

Space alien Jerome Newton crash lands on Earth, seeking help for his drought-stricken planet. By securing patents to advanced technology, he becomes a fabulously wealthy industrialist. However, money and its attendant decadence ultimately exert a stronger gravitational pull.

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Movie Details

New Zealand Releases: August 20th, 2020 (Wide)
Video Release: February 26th, 2014 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Running Time: 138 minutes
Keywords: Friendly Alien on Earth, End of the World, Addiction, Romance, First Contact
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: British Lion
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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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.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2020/09/04 - $135   1 $135   $135 3
2020/10/02 - $169   1 $169   $1,017 7
2020/10/09 - $170 +1% 1 $170   $474 8
2021/05/28 - $112   1 $112   $443 41
2021/07/23 - $353   1 $353   $779 49
2021/09/17 - $56   1 $56   $843 57
2022/09/16 - $138   1 $138   $821 109

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 1/14/2016 $1,457 1 5 12 $11,144 5/5/2021
New Zealand 8/20/2020 $0 0 1 7 $1,005 9/19/2022
North America 6/24/2011 $0 0 6 34 $89,026
United Kingdom 9/9/2016 $19,776 12 12 43 $87,665 2/2/2022
 
Worldwide Total$188,840 9/19/2022

Leading Cast

David Bowie    Jerome Newton

Supporting Cast

Rip Torn    Dr. Nathan Bryce
Candy Clark    Mary-Lou
Buck Henry    Oliver V. Farnsworth

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

Production and Technical Credits

Nicolas Roeg    Director