New Zealand Box Office for The Blues Brothers (1980)
Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
New Zealand Box Office | $186 | Details |
Worldwide Box Office | $57,245,279 | Details |
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Metrics
Movie Details
Production Budget: | $27,000,000 |
New Zealand Releases: | September 24th, 2020 (Limited) April 11th, 2024 (Limited) |
Video Release: | September 8th, 1998 by Universal Home Entertainment |
MPAA Rating: | R |
Running Time: | 133 minutes |
Franchise: | Blues Brothers |
Keywords: | Life on the Outside, Car Chase, Neo Nazis, Saturday Night Live, Action Comedy, Fugitive / On the Run, Musicians, Monks and Nuns |
Source: | Based on TV |
Genre: | Comedy |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: | Universal Pictures |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |
DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 6th, 2012
March 6th, 2012
The number of big releases coming out this week can be counted on the fingers of one hand. The biggest theatrical release of the week is Immortals, but its reviews were weak enough that I think it might struggle on the home market in comparison. There are also a few catalog titles coming out on Blu-ray that are note-worthy, like To Catch a Thief. However, by far the biggest release, and the best, is Game of Thrones: Season One on DVD or Blu-ray, the latter of which is the Pick of the Week with To Catch a Thief not too far behind.
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for August 16th, 2011
August 16th, 2011
It's a deceptively busy week, as there are several significant releases hitting the home market on Tuesday. However, most of these are wide releases that flopped, to one degree or another. In fact, one of the best selling releases of the week is Jane Eyre, an early success story in limited release. When a limited release could conceivably lead the way in sales... well, that's a sure sign of weakness in the overall market. As for the best release of the week, that would have to go to The Big Lebowski Limited Edition Blu-ray Digibook. The latest season of Dexter would come close, but while the show is great, the releases are not Pick of the Week material.
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Featured Blu-ray review: Animal House and The Blues Brothers
August 11th, 2011
I'm combining the Blu-ray reviews for National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers for a number reasons. They were originally released in theaters less than two years apart, came out on Blu-ray the same day, they are both being released by the same studio, and I previously reviewed The Blues Brothers, so that review will be rather short. Another similarity... they're both widely considered the best of their respective franchises, both of which have fallen on hard times. So, have the years been good to them? And are these Blu-ray releases worth picking up
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for July 26th, 2011
July 25th, 2011
Summer time at the box office is amazing. From the first weekend in May until sometime in August, there is usually an average of one $100 million dollar movie released per week. This year will have at least three months in a row with at least one $100 million film. On the home market, on the other hand, summer time is crappy. This year has been particularly tiresome, as the spring wasn't a fun time at the box office. The biggest release this week is Source Code, which was only a midlevel hit. To be fair, it is one of the best-reviewed wide releases of the year. On the other hand, neither the DVD nor the Blu-ray are exactly overloaded with extras.
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DVD Review - The Blues Brothers - 25th Anniversary Edition
September 12th, 2005
Just over a week ago, Universal released a 25th Anniversary Edition of The Blues Brothers. This review will go into the movie itself and the DVD presentation, but like all Special Editions, the real question is, is it worth the update. 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
Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
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2024/04/12 | - | $186 | 1 | $186 | $186 | 186 |
Box Office Summary Per Territory
Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 10/8/2020 | $2,327 | 1 | 2 | 9 | $15,203 | 10/19/2022 |
New Zealand | 9/24/2020 | $0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $186 | 4/21/2024 |
North America | 6/20/1980 | $4,858,152 | 594 | 594 | 594 | $57,229,890 | |
Worldwide Total | $57,245,279 | 4/21/2024 |
Leading Cast
John Belushi | Joliet Jake |
Dan Aykroyd | Elwood |
Supporting Cast
James Brown | Reverend Cleophus James |
Cab Calloway | Curtis |
Ray Charles | Ray |
Carrie Fisher | Mystery Woman |
Aretha Franklin | Soul Food Cafe Owner |
Henry Gibson | Head Nazi |
Steve Cropper | Steve "The Colonel" Cropper |
Donald Dunn | Donald "Duck" Dunn |
Murphy Dunne | Murph |
Willie Hall | Willie "Too Big" Hall |
Tom Malone | "Bones" Malone |
Lou Marini | "Blue" Lou Marini |
Matt Murphy | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
Alan Rubin | Mr. Fabulous |
John Candy | Burton Mercer |
John Lee Hooker | Street Slim |
Kathleen Freeman | Sister Mary Stigmata |
Steve Lawrence | Maury Sline |
Twiggy | Chic Lady |
Frank Oz | Corrections Officer |
Jeff Morris | Bob |
Charles Napier | Tucker McElroy |
Steve Williams | Trooper Mount |
Armand Cerami | Trooper Daniel |
Tom Erhart | Prison Guard |
Gerald Walling | Prison Guard |
Walter Levine | Prison Guard |
Alonzo Atkins | Choirmaster |
Stephen Bishop | Charming Trooper |
John Landis | Trooper La Fong |
Kristi Oleson | Sales Girl |
Gary McLarty | Man in Toy Store |
Joe Cuttone | Lloyd |
Shotgun Britton | The Cheese Whiz |
Toni Fleming | Mrs. Tarantino |
Judy Jacklin | Cocktail Waitress |
Rosie Schuster | Cocktail Waitress |
Paul Reubens | Waiter |
Ben Piazza | Father |
Gwen Banta | Mother |
Lari Taylor | Daughter |
Cindy Fisher | Daughter |
Elizabeth Hoy | Daughter |
Tony M. Conde | Sommelier |
Eugene J. Anthony | Gruppenfuhrer |
Dean Hill | Nazi |
Gary Houston | Nazi |
Jack Orend | Nazi |
Gene Schuldt | Nazi |
Charles Mountain | Cop |
Walter Horton | Tampa Pete |
Pinetop Perkins | Luther Jackson |
Willie Smith | Drums |
Luther Johnson | Guitar |
Calvin Jones | Bass |
Carolyn Franklin | Soul Food Chorus Member |
Brenda Bryant Corbett | Soul Food Chorus Member |
Margaret Branch | Soul Food Chorus Member |
Devoreaux White | Young Guitar Thief |
Sheila Wells | Claire |
Lou Perry | Man at Bar |
Stan Mazin | Drunk Dancer |
Russ Bruzek | One of the Good Ole Boys |
Blair Burrows | One of the Good Ole Boys |
Jack Callahan | One of the Good Ole Boys |
Gene Janson | One of the Good Ole Boys |
Gil Pearson | One of the Good Ole Boys |
Aaron Jais | Orphan |
Lemetrius Daniels | Orphan |
Jeff Cahill | Orphan |
Curt Clendenin | Orphan |
Steve Cruz | Orphan |
Leonard Daniels | Orphan |
Sean Hayden | Orphan |
Babtunde Myers | Orphan |
Gary Patzik | Orphan |
J. Bernard Walton | Orphan |
Butch Williams | Orphan |
Wally Engelhardt | Gas Station Owner |
Michael Klenfner | Clarion Records' President |
Ralph Foody | Police Dispatcher |
Lenny Garner | Lobby Guard |
Andrew Goodman | Lobby Guard |
Eddy Donno | SWAT Team Commander |
Shirley Levine | Woman on Cutting Room Floor |
Cameos
Chaka Khan | Choir Soloist |
Steven Spielberg | Cook County Clerk |
Joe Walsh | Prisoner |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
Production and Technical Credits
John Landis | Director |
Robert K. Weiss | Producer |
Bernie Brillstein | Executive Producer |
Dan Aykroyd | Screenwriter |
John Landis | Screenwriter |
George Folsey, Jr. | Associate Producer |
David Sosna | Associate Producer |
David Sosna | Assistant Director |
Jerram A. Swartz | Assistant Director |
Robert Latham Brown | Unit Production Manager |
Tom Joyner | Unit Production Manager |
Fran Roy | Production Supervisor |
John J. Lloyd | Production Designer |
Henry Larrecq | Art Director |
Hal Gausman | Set Decorator |
Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer | Set Decorator |
Stephen M. Katz | Director of Photography |
Deborah Nadoolman | Costume Designer |
George Folsey, Jr. | Editor |
Malcolm Campbell | Associate Editor |
David Ramirez | Associate Editor |
William B. Kaplan | Sound Mixer |
Robert Knudson | Re-recording Mixer |
Don MacDougall | Re-recording Mixer |
Robert Glass | Re-recording Mixer |
John Stacy | Sound Effects Editor |
John Strauss | Music Editor |
Elmer Bernstein | Composer |
Ira Newborn | Music Supervisor |
Michael Chinich | Casting Director |
Gary McLarty | Stunt Coordinator |
The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.