If You Build It (2014)

If You Build It poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $43,393Details
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Synopsis

In "If You Build It" we spend a year in the life of one of America's most innovative classrooms. The film follows Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller as they teach the fundamentals of design, architecture and construction to a class of high school juniors in rural North Carolina. Faced with rising unemployment rates, a struggling educational system and simmering racial tension the people of Bertie County North Carolina turn to Pilloton, Miller and their students for help. We discover that what the class designs and builds for their hometown has a chance to transform their community for generations to come.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,949 (11.4% of total gross)
Legs:8.77 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/5 max. theaters, 0.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $57,253

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 14,201-14,300) 14,223 $43,393
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 27,501-27,600) 27,598 $43,393
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,801-5,900) 5,881 $43,393

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: January 10th, 2014 (Limited) by Long Shot Factory
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 85 minutes
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Keywords: Inspirational Teacher
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Long Shot Factory
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 14,201-14,300) 14,223 $43,393
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 13,501-13,600) 13,583 $57,253
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 13,201-13,300) 13,235 $43,393
Top 2014 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 428 $43,393
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,801-5,900) 5,881 $43,393
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,901-6,000) 5,948 $57,253
Top 2014 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) 261 $43,393
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,886 $43,393
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 12,401-12,500) 12,479 $43,393
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,226 $43,393
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,148 $43,393
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,777 $43,393

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 10, 2014 54 $4,949   1 $4,949   $4,949 1
Jan 24, 2014 52 $4,565   1 $4,565   $11,079 3

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 10, 2014 51 $5,799   1 $5,799   $5,799 1
Jan 17, 2014 59 $715 -88% 1 $715   $6,514 2
Feb 21, 2014 65 $10,620   4 $2,655   $28,215 7
Feb 28, 2014 67 $12,094 +14% 5 $2,419   $40,309 8
Mar 7, 2014 84 $3,084 -74% 2 $1,542   $43,393 9

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.

Documentary Subject(s)

Emily Pilloton Herself
Matthew Miller Himself
The Inaugural Class of Studio H Themselves

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

Production and Technical Credits

Patrick Creadon Director
Christine O'Malley Producer
Neal Baer Producer
George Desort Director of Photography
Brian Oakes Production Designer
Christopher Chuang Production Designer
Brian Oakes Animation
Christopher Chuang Animation
Peter Golub Composer
Nick Andert Editor
Daniel J. Clark Editor
Doug Blush Editor

Contest: Documenting Your Success: Winning Announcement

June 25th, 2015

The winners of our Documenting Your Success contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Inside Out opening weekend were... More...

Contest: Documenting Your Success

June 12th, 2015

While there are technically two wide releases coming out next week, Inside Out and Dope, Inside Out is by far the bigger of the two releases. As such, is is the target film for this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Inside Out.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprize featuring one of the three documentaries we are giving away this week: If You Build It on DVD. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will win a Frankenprize featuring The Swirl on DVD. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will also win a Frankenprize featuring Where Was God? on DVD. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

Per Theater Chart: Still Lonely

January 14th, 2014

Lone Survivor poster

There was only one film in the $10,000 club, but that's one more than a lot of people thought there would be. Lone Survivor expanded wide earning $37.85 million in 2,876 theaters for an average of $13,161. That's awesome, especially for this time of year. More...

Limited Releases: Rocket, Man.

January 10th, 2014

The Rocket poster

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Synopsis

In "If You Build It" we spend a year in the life of one of America's most innovative classrooms. The film follows Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller as they teach the fundamentals of design, architecture and construction to a class of high school juniors in rural North Carolina. Faced with rising unemployment rates, a struggling educational system and simmering racial tension the people of Bertie County North Carolina turn to Pilloton, Miller and their students for help. We discover that what the class designs and builds for their hometown has a chance to transform their community for generations to come.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,949 (11.4% of total gross)
Legs:8.77 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/5 max. theaters, 0.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $57,253

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 14,201-14,300) 14,223 $43,393
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 27,501-27,600) 27,598 $43,393
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,801-5,900) 5,881 $43,393

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: January 10th, 2014 (Limited) by Long Shot Factory
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 85 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Inspirational Teacher
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Long Shot Factory
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Documentary Subject(s)

Emily Pilloton Herself
Matthew Miller Himself
The Inaugural Class of Studio H Themselves

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

Production and Technical Credits

Patrick Creadon Director
Christine O'Malley Producer
Neal Baer Producer
George Desort Director of Photography
Brian Oakes Production Designer
Christopher Chuang Production Designer
Brian Oakes Animation
Christopher Chuang Animation
Peter Golub Composer
Nick Andert Editor
Daniel J. Clark Editor
Doug Blush Editor

Contest: Documenting Your Success: Winning Announcement

June 25th, 2015

The winners of our Documenting Your Success contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Inside Out opening weekend were... More...

Contest: Documenting Your Success

June 12th, 2015

While there are technically two wide releases coming out next week, Inside Out and Dope, Inside Out is by far the bigger of the two releases. As such, is is the target film for this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Inside Out.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprize featuring one of the three documentaries we are giving away this week: If You Build It on DVD. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will win a Frankenprize featuring The Swirl on DVD. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will also win a Frankenprize featuring Where Was God? on DVD. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

Per Theater Chart: Still Lonely

January 14th, 2014

Lone Survivor poster

There was only one film in the $10,000 club, but that's one more than a lot of people thought there would be. Lone Survivor expanded wide earning $37.85 million in 2,876 theaters for an average of $13,161. That's awesome, especially for this time of year. More...

Limited Releases: Rocket, Man.

January 10th, 2014

The Rocket poster

It's a relatively busy week for new releases, but sadly, almost none of them are earning overall positive reviews. Banshee Chapter is one exception, but it is the wrong genre for limited release. On the other hand, The Rocket is earning the best reviews and it is the kind of film that can thrive in limited release. Perhaps it can be an early year success story. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 14,201-14,300) 14,223 $43,393
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 13,501-13,600) 13,583 $57,253
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 13,201-13,300) 13,235 $43,393
Top 2014 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 428 $43,393
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,801-5,900) 5,881 $43,393
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 5,901-6,000) 5,948 $57,253
Top 2014 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) 261 $43,393
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,886 $43,393
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 12,401-12,500) 12,479 $43,393
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,226 $43,393
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,148 $43,393
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,777 $43,393

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 10, 2014 54 $4,949   1 $4,949   $4,949 1
Jan 24, 2014 52 $4,565   1 $4,565   $11,079 3

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jan 10, 2014 51 $5,799   1 $5,799   $5,799 1
Jan 17, 2014 59 $715 -88% 1 $715   $6,514 2
Feb 21, 2014 65 $10,620   4 $2,655   $28,215 7
Feb 28, 2014 67 $12,094 +14% 5 $2,419   $40,309 8
Mar 7, 2014 84 $3,084 -74% 2 $1,542   $43,393 9

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 27,501-27,600) 27,598 $43,393
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 26,001-26,100) 26,031 $43,393
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 3,101-3,200) 3,189 $43,393
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 23,401-23,500) 23,483 $43,393
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,328 $43,393
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,113 $43,393
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 3,701-3,800) 3,729 $43,393

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.