Synopsis
The Illusionist is a story about two paths that cross. An outdated, aging magician, forced to wander from country to country, city to city and station to station in search of a stage to perform his act, meets a young girl at the start of her life's journey. Alice is a teenage girl with all her capacity for childish wonder still intact. She plays at being a woman without realizing the day to stop pretending is fast approaching. She doesn't know yet that she loves The Illusionist like she would a father; he already knows that he loves her as he would a daughter. Their destinies will collide, but nothing - not even magic or the power of illusion - can stop the voyage of discovery.
Metrics
Opening Weekend: | $38,594 (1.7% of total gross) |
Legs: | 7.35 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
Domestic Share: | 25.9% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
Production Budget: | $17,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.5 times production budget) |
Theater counts: | 3 opening theaters/206 max. theaters, 4.5 weeks average run per theater |
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $3,034,290 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
---|---|---|
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 7,801-7,900) | 7,884 | $2,231,474 |
All Time International Box Office (Rank 6,001-6,100) | 6,009 | $6,378,475 |
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 8,201-8,300) | 8,228 | $8,609,949 |
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) | 1,045 | $2,231,474 |
See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.
Movie Details
Domestic Releases: | December 25th, 2010 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics, released as The Illusionist |
International Releases: | April 27th, 2023 (Limited) (Germany) |
Video Release: | May 10th, 2011 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, released as The Illusionist (2010) |
MPAA Rating: | PG for thematic elements and smoking. (Rating bulletin 2136, 9/1/2010) |
Running Time: | 80 minutes |
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Keywords: | Stage Magician, Unexpected Families |
Source: | Original Screenplay |
Genre: | Adventure |
Production Method: | Hand Animation |
Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: | Django Films, Cine B, France 3 Cinema, Canal Plus, Cinecinema |
Production Countries: | France, United Kingdom |
Languages: | English, French, Gaelic |
Ranking on other Records and Milestones
Record | Rank | Amount | Chart Date | Days In Release |
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Top 2010 Theater Average | 67 | $15,472 | Dec 31, 2010 | 9 |