Italy Box Office for The Big Year (2011)
Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
Italy Box Office | $336,289 | Details |
Worldwide Box Office | $7,684,524 | Details |
Home Market Performance | ||
North America DVD Sales | $5,904,724 | Details |
North America Blu-ray Sales | $1,634,576 | Details |
Total North America Video Sales | $7,539,300 | |
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Synopsis
Everyone is searching for something - and Stu Preissler, Brad Harris and Kenny Bostick are determined to not only find their "something," but to be the very best at it. Like this intrepid, continent-trotting trio, most of us dream about being at the top - whether it be as the supreme athlete, the best-selling author, or maybe the award-winning artist. It can be anything, but ideally it’s something you're passionate about. For Stu, Brad and Kenny, that means being the world's greatest....birder. In THE BIG YEAR, an extraordinary race becomes a transformative journey for wealthy industrialist Stu, computer code-writer Brad, and successful contractor Kenny, who race across the continent on a Big Year, a whirlwind competition to see who can spot the most species of birds in North America within one calendar year.
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Movie Details
Production Budget: | $41,000,000 |
Italy Releases: | June 27th, 2012 (Wide) |
Video Release: | January 31st, 2012 by Fox Home Entertainment |
MPAA Rating: | PG for language and some sensuality. (Rating bulletin 2190, 9/21/2011) |
Running Time: | 100 minutes |
Keywords: | Delayed Adulthood, Mid-Life Crisis, Road Trip, Ensemble, Voiceover/Narration, Intellectual Pursuits, Retirement, Epilogue, Dysfunctional Family, Romance, Relationship Advice, Relationships Gone Wrong, Comedy Drama, Professional Rivalry |
Source: | Based on Factual Book/Article |
Genre: | Comedy |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: | Fox 2000 Pictures, Red Hour Productions, Deuce Three Productions, Sunswept Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Media |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |
Blu-ray Sales: In the Driver's Seat
February 14th, 2012
New releases dominated the Blu-ray sales chart with as many as four in the top five. (Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a bit of an odd case, but more on that in a second.) Drive led the way with 420,000 units / $8.39 million giving it an opening week Blu-ray share of 57%. This is a great opening compared to the film's theatrical run.
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DVD Sales: Searching for Treasure on the Home Market
February 14th, 2012
While there were a lot of new releases on this week's DVD sales chart, it was clearly a case of quantity over quality as even the best selling release was merely mediocre. Treasure Buddies was top dog with sales of 381,000 units / $6.47 million during its opening week. This is roughly in line with the previous installment, but below average for the franchise.
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 31st, 2012
January 31st, 2012
It's kind of an unusual week on the home market with five first run releases coming out on DVD and Blu-ray. However, all five films missed expectations in one degree or another. Some were outright bombs by anyone's definition, while others were expected to struggle to find a large audience, just not by as much as they did. That is not to say they were all bad movies. In fact one of them, Drive, has done quite well during Awards Season and the Blu-ray Combo Pack is a contender for Pick of the Week. Its main competition is To Kill A Mockingbird: 50th Anniversary Edition, which is also coming out on a Blu-ray Combo Pack. It's a coin toss, but I'm going with the latter over the former.
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Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Big Year
January 31st, 2012
The Big Year bombed and bombed hard. It had the worst opening weekend for a wide release all year (although not the worst total box office). That really all you can say about the film. It can't possibly be as bad as its box office numbers, right?
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Weekend Wrap-up: Paranormal Wasn't Just Your Regular Hit
October 24th, 2011
The industry as a whole has to be breathing a small sigh of relief after the weekend numbers started to come in. Paranormal Activity 3 broke records over the weekend helping the overall box office along the way. It grew 38% compared to last weekend, hitting $121 million. Unfortunately, that was still 6% lower than the same weekend Last year. Year-to-date, 2011 is 4% behind 2010's pace at $8.38 billion to $8.73 million and there's little hope that deficit will go away by the end of the year.
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Real Steel Dances Its Way to a Tight First Place Finish
October 17th, 2011
This past weekend was one the industry would love to forget. It was one of the worst weekend of the entire year. The total box office haul was just $88 million, which was 7.5% lower than last weekend and an absolute stunning 33% lower than the same weekend last year. A year-over-year discrepancy like that usually only occurs when there's a misalignment in the calendar. (Summer starting a week later than it did the year before. A major holiday falling a week later than it did the year before. Halloween or Christmas Day landing on the weekend.) It was so bad, that the top five films this year barely made more than Jackass 3D opened with last year. Footloose was the only new release that made any real impact, but it wasn't enough to overtake Real Steel on top of the chart. Meanwhile, 2011 lost more ground to 2010 and it is now down by 4% at $8.23 billion to $8.56 billion. If we are to see a recovery, it will have to happen really fast.
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Weekend Estimates: Footloose Reboot Tripped by Steel
October 16th, 2011
A decent opening for the Footloose remake wasn't quite enough to take top spot at the box office this weekend thanks to a good second weekend for Real Steel. The inspirational robot boxing movie dropped 40% from its debut to $16.3 million, which will most likely be enough to keep Footloose in second place. It is projected to make $16.1 million this weekend. Well behind them is The Thing, which is expected to make just $8.7 million. Thanks to the general weakness of the market, that's going to be enough for third, but it's not going to make much of a dent in the marketing costs for the movie, let alone its production costs.
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Weekend Predictions: Will the Box Office Footlose or Footwin?
October 13th, 2011
Firstly, I would like to apologize for the Footloose / Footlose pun in the title. It is unacceptable, even by my standards. Secondly, we are going to lose. This weekend last year Jackass 3D broke the record for biggest October weekend and there's no chance that feat will be replicated this weekend. In fact, there's almost no chance this weekend will match Red's opening last year. Footloose, The Thing, and The Big Year won't earn $50 million over the weekend combined. We really need the win, but all evidence points to a tough loss in the year-over-year comparison.
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2011 Preview: October
October 1st, 2011
There is a little bit of good news going into October, as September did help close the year-to-date deficit, even if it was by a small amount. Unfortunately, we really needed a better result to be optimistic about our chances of closing that gap entirely by the end of the year. Even worse, this month represents the last chance 2011 has to catch up to 2010. I know there are two additional months left in the year, but October of 2010 was a soft month with four of the five weekends showing year-over-year declines. If October 2011 is even weaker, the odds of making up the $300 million deficit will be all but gone. It becomes even more troubling that there are no movies opening in October that are guaranteed to be monster hits. So, while October of 2010 was weak compared to October of 2009, it looks like it will be stronger than October of 2011. Hopefully I'm just being pessimistic. There are a couple films that have a shot at $100 million and I will be surprised if none of them at least come close to that milestone, but the slate of films is weaker than I would like.
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Weekend Box Office Performance
Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
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2012/07/27 | 6 | $85,191 | 108 | $789 | $85,191 | 5 | |
2012/08/03 | 7 | $51,471 | -40% | 97 | $531 | $195,025 | 6 |
2012/08/10 | 9 | $30,213 | -41% | 72 | $420 | $265,122 | 7 |
2012/08/17 | 9 | $19,181 | -37% | 44 | $436 | $312,256 | 8 |
2012/08/24 | 10 | $10,941 | -43% | 24 | $456 | $336,289 | 9 |
Box Office Summary Per Territory
Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
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France | 9/19/2012 | $1,850 | 10 | 10 | 10 | $1,850 | 12/11/2015 |
Germany | 6/14/2012 | $18,070 | 50 | 50 | 50 | $79,389 | 12/10/2015 |
Italy | 6/27/2012 | $0 | 0 | 108 | 345 | $336,289 | 12/11/2015 |
North America | 10/14/2011 | $3,251,884 | 2,150 | 2,150 | 5,206 | $7,204,138 | |
Spain | 6/8/2012 | $0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | $62,858 | 12/10/2015 |
Worldwide Total | $7,684,524 | 12/11/2015 |
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
Jack Black | Brad Harris |
Steve Martin | Stu Preissler |
Owen Wilson | Kenny Bostick |
Supporting Cast
Zahf Paroo | Prasad |
Rosamund Pike | Jessica |
Kevin Pollak | Jim Gittelson |
Joel McHale | Barry Loomis |
JoBeth Williams | Edith |
Paul Campbell | Tony |
Cindy Busby | Susie |
Greg Kean | Computer Birder |
Eva Allan | Birker's Daughter |
Bill Dow | Dr. Paul Elkin |
Barry Shabaka Henley | Dr. Neil Kramer |
Dianne West | Brenda |
Brian Dennehy | Raymond |
Anthony Anderson | Bill Clemont |
June Squibb | Old Lady |
Craig Bockhorn | Lawyer |
Jim Parsons | Crane |
Anjelica Huston | Annie Auklet |
Rashida Jones | Ellie |
Tim Blake Nelson | Fuchs |
Joey Aresco | Frank Falucci |
Ryan Catagirone | Frank Jr. |
Christopher Mann | Security Guard |
Jan Bos | Local Newsman (High Island) |
Kate Gajdosik | Local Newswoman (High Island) |
William Samples | British Tourist |
Scott Patey | Birder (High Island) |
Marci T. House* | Troop Leader |
Michael Bean | Waiter |
Steven Weber | Rick McIntire |
Chris Redman | Scott |
Devon Weigel | Karen |
Andrew Wilson | Mike Swit |
Calum Worthy | Colin Debs |
Doreen Ramus | CB Announcer |
Terence Kelly | Pete Shackelford |
Steve Darling | Anchorage Weatherman |
Jon Frankel | Anchorage Anchorman |
David Lewis | Lanky Brider |
Kath Dugray | Motel Manager |
Jesse Moss | Darren |
Morgan Brayton | Ferry Ticket Seller |
Corbin Bernsen | Gil Gordon |
Sheelah Megill | Nurse |
Nate Torrence | Ted Simkin |
Deejay Jackson | Parking Attendant |
Calvin Lee | Chinese Waiter |
Tshering Garie | Chinese Waitress |
Narrator(s)
John Cleese | Historical Montage Narrator |
Cameos
Al Roker | New York Weatherman |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
Production and Technical Credits
David Frankel | Director |
Howard Franklin | Screenwriter |
Mark Obmascik | Inspired by the book by: |
Karen Rosenfelt | Producer |
Stuart Cornfeld | Producer |
Curtis Hanson | Producer |
Carol Fenelon | Executive Producer |
Ben Stiller | Executive Producer |
Jeremy Kramer | Executive Producer |
Lawrence Sher | Cinematographer |
Brent Thomas | Production Designer |
Mark Livolsi | Editor |
Brad Van Arragon | Co-Producer |
Theodore Shapiro | Composer |
Julia Michels | Music Supervisor |
Monique Prudhomme | Costume Designer |
Margery Simkin | Casting Director |
Jim Brebner | First Assistant Director |
Mark Bunting | Second Assistant Director |
Ed Anders | Stunt Coordinator |
The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.