United Kingdom Box Office for Whale Rider (2003)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
United Kingdom Box Office $1,821,851Details
Worldwide Box Office $39,374,600Details
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$4,300,000
United Kingdom Releases: July 11th, 2003 (Wide)
Video Release: October 28th, 2003 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief language and a momentary drug reference.
Running Time: 101 minutes
Keywords: Coming-of-Age Drama, Coming of Age, Dysfunctional Family, Woman in a Male Dominated Profession, Sexism, Set in New Zealand, Maori, F-Rated
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: New Zealand

King Sweeps and Other Oscar Reactions

March 1st, 2004

Perhaps the most surprising aspect of last nights Oscars was the lack of surprises. Even the sweep by Lord of the Rings: Return of the King wasn't that big of a shock. More...

Lost Independence

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...

King Oscar, Lord of the Nominations

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. More...

2003 SAG Nominations Announced

January 18th, 2004

On Thursday the 10th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards(R) Nominations were announced. Here is a list of all the nominations in theatrical categories as well as a brief reaction to them. More...

Hulk Takes Per Theatre Average in Slow Week

June 23rd, 2003


Whale has Legs

June 16th, 2003


Rider Has Whale of an Opening

June 9th, 2003


Movie Websites Launches for May 29 - June 4

June 4th, 2003


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
2003/07/18 - $238,986   61 $3,918   $618,886 2
2003/07/25 - $235,973 -1% 61 $3,868   $1,113,591 3
2003/08/01 - $123,129 -48% 61 $2,019   $1,438,224 4
2003/08/08 - $63,917 -48% 58 $1,102   $1,603,806 5
2003/08/22 - $41,924   36 $1,165   $1,821,851 7

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
New Zealand 7/13/2023 $0 0 1 2 $193 7/17/2023
North America 6/6/2003 $137,418 9 556 6,133 $20,779,666 12/18/2014
United Kingdom 7/11/2003 $0 0 61 277 $1,821,851 6/23/2020
 
Rest of World $16,772,890
 
Worldwide Total$39,374,600 7/17/2023

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Leading Cast

Keisha Castle-Hughes    Paikea "Pai" Apirana

Uncategorized

Cliff Curtis    Porourangi

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Production and Technical Credits

Niki Caro    Director
Niki Caro    Screenwriter