Australia Box Office for The Judge (2014)
Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
Australia Box Office | $2,584,287 | Details |
Worldwide Box Office | $76,073,556 | Details |
Home Market Performance | ||
North America DVD Sales | $8,463,019 | Details |
North America Blu-ray Sales | $4,526,519 | Details |
Total North America Video Sales | $12,989,538 | |
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Synopsis
A successful attorney returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral to discover that his estranged father, the town’s judge, is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth, and along the way, reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.
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Movie Details
Production Budget: | $50,000,000 |
Australia Releases: | October 10th, 2014 (Wide) |
Video Release: | January 27th, 2015 by Warner Home Video |
MPAA Rating: | R for language including some sexual references. (Rating bulletin 2337, 8/27/2014) |
Running Time: | 141 minutes |
Keywords: | Lawyers, Courtroom / Legal Drama, Funeral Reunions, Dysfunctional Family, Ensemble, You Can't Go Home Again |
Source: | Original Screenplay |
Genre: | Drama |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: | Team Downey, Big Kid Pictures |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |
DVD Sales: Going Downto(w)n
February 14th, 2015
New releases earned the top four spots on the DVD Sales Chart. Fury led the way in terms of units sold at 355,000 units to 302,000 units over Downton Abbey: Season 5. However, Downton Abbey earned first place in terms of revenue at $7.40 million to $6.20 million.
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Blu-ray Sales: Furious Debut
February 14th, 2015
New releases dominated the Blu-ray sales chart, again. There were three new releases in the top three spots, while newcomers earned five of the top six spots. Leading the way was Fury with 432,000 units / $8.80 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 55%, which is great for this type of film. It is an action film, but not a visual effects action film.
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2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Supporting Actor
February 12th, 2015
With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at the two supporting actor categories, finishing with Best Supporting Actor. Like the Best Supporting Actress category, Best Supporting Actor isn't even close and one of the five nominees is absolutely running away with things.
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 27th, 2015
January 27th, 2015
It is a really bad week for the home market with a lot of filler on the first page of the new releases on Amazon.com. Fury is the biggest release, but there are not enough extras on the DVD or Blu-ray to be a contender for Pick of the Week. The Book of Life, on the other hand, has a loaded DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack and is a contender. The only other real contender is The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness on DVD. In the end, I went with The Book of Life.
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2014 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations
January 17th, 2015
The Oscar nominations were announced early in the morning, when all sensible people were asleep. There were some surprises, as well as some results that would have been surprises had it not been for the previous Awards Season nominations. Seventeen films earned two or more nods, led by Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel, both of which picked up nine nominations, while The Imitation Game was right behind with eight.
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2014 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations
December 11th, 2014
The Golden Globes nominations were announced this morning, at three in the morning, because the people at Golden Globes are under the delusion that news announced at 3:00 a.m. is somehow more important if it is announced before anyone is awake. As for the actual nominations, like with the Independent Spirit Awards and the SAG nominations, Birdman led the way. It earned seven nominations, while Boyhood and The Imitation Game tied for second with five apiece. Starting to notice a pattern here? This could be a really dull Awards Season with very few surprises. On the other hand, predictable means less work for me. Plus, predictable probably means the Awards Season voters are making the right choices, as surprises usually mean someone made the wrong choice.
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2014 - Awards Season: SAG - Nominations
December 10th, 2014
The Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced Wednesday morning. Are there surprises worth mentioning? Is the Oscar picture beginning to take shape? Like with the Independent Spirit Awards, Birdman led the way this time earning four nominations from six categories, while Boyhood, The Imitation Game, and The Theory of Everything had three nods each.
International Box Office: Guardians Have Double-Milestone Weekend
October 22nd, 2014
Not only did Guardians of the Galaxy return to top spot on the international chart this past weekend, it reached two major milestones along the way. Over the weekend, it pulled in $23.1 million in 22 markets for totals of $404.8 million internationally and $732.6 million worldwide. The film earned $37.97 million in China, but that was for the full week, giving it $69.04 million after ten days of release. The film has yet to open in Italy and it might have a shot at $800 million worldwide by the time it ends its run there.
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Fury et al are a Little Calmer than Expected
October 21st, 2014
The weekend box office was a little softer than expected, with Fury earning first place, but with much less than some were expecting. I was a little more conservative and I was still off by close to $10 million. The rest of the top five, on the whole, were also not quite as strong as expected, so the overall box office fell 11% from last weekend. However, it was 26% higher than the same weekend last year, which is the much more important figure. 2014 is still behind 2013 by more than $300 million, or 3.6%, at $8.05 billion to $8.36 billion, but if we can close the gap a little bit each week, we can at least make it a respectable race in the end.
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Contest: Reserve Your Judgment: Winning Announcement
October 16th, 2014
The winners of our Reserve Your Judgment contest were determined and they are...
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Untold Nearly Undoes the Competition, But Gone Remains
October 14th, 2014
There were four new releases in the top ten, plus another that just missed that mark. Despite the competition, Gone Girl remained in first place and it earned a little more than expected. The biggest surprise was Dracula Untold, which earned first place on Friday and nearly took first place over the weekend. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day grabbed third place, while there were other reasons to celebrate lower on the chart as well. Overall, the box office was on par with last weekend at $147 million. It was technically higher, but by 0.2%. Compared to last year, the box office was 26% higher, which was much better than anticipated. 2014 is still well behind 2013 by more than $300 million at $7.87 billion to $8.18 million, but every little bit helps. At this point, we are more concerned about limiting the losses than we are worried about completing the comeback.
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Weekend Estimates: Dracula Nearly Gets Girl
October 12th, 2014
What was largely expected to be a fairly comfortable win for Gone Girl this weekend turned out to be a bit of a squeaker, thanks to a better-than-expected $23.46 million estimated opening for Dracula Untold. The vampire actioner won the day on Friday, but couldn’t maintain its pace, with $8.7 million on Saturday, against Gone Girl’s $11.3 million. Projections for today have it potentially falling into third place behind Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day on Sunday, which doesn’t bode well for its legs long-term.
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Friday Estimates: Dracula Wins Friday, Gone Girl Will Win Weekend
October 11th, 2014
Dracula Untold enjoyed a better-than-expected opening day, and will top the chart for Friday. Saturday morning reports have it doing $8.9 million, well ahead of Gone Girl, which will land on $8.15 million. Dracula looks set for a weekend between $20 million and $25 million, which won’t be enough for an overall win. Gone Girl should end up between $25 million and $27 million for the weekend, down just 30% from its opening frame, and will be close to $80 million by Monday morning.
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Weekend Predictions: Are the New Releases Terrible, Horrible, No Good, and Very Bad?
October 9th, 2014
This weekend there are four new wide releases; however, none of them are expected to be big hits. In fact, Gone Girl is widely expected to repeat in first place, while Annabelle might have a shot at second place. Three of the new releases will likely finish in the midteens with Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day currently on track to become the best of the bad bunch of new films. The Judge has taken a huge tumble as far as analysts are concerned. Dracula Untold is in the mix and might earn second place, but it might also earn fifth. Regardless, it won't do well enough for a film that cost $100 million to make. Then there's Addicted, a movie whose buzz is so quiet I forgot it was opening this week. This weekend last year, Gravity again led the way with $43.19 million, while Captain Phillips opened in second place with $25.72 million. There's no chance any film will match Gravity. In fact, the top film this week will very likely be behind Captain Phillips. On the other hand, last year only one other film earned more than $4 million, so the depth was terrible. I think the depth this week should be enough to eke out a win.
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Contest: Reserve Your Judgment
October 3rd, 2014
It appears there will be a two-way race for top spot next weekend between The Judge and Alexander and the Movie with the Really Long Name. I'm not 100% sure which film will earn first place, but I'm absolutely choosing The Judge as the target film for this week's box office prediction contest, because I don't want to type out Alexander and the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog several times in the rules. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for The Judge.
Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of one of the three Perry Mason Movie Collection Double Feature from the Volume Two collection. Normally I would never take a single DVD from a collection like this and give it away, but there are two mitigating factors. Number one, they are sold separately as well as in a three-disc set. Number two, the individual DVDs are cheaper than the collections, so there's no reason to buy the collections.
Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a copy one of the three Perry Mason Movie Collection Double Feature from the Volume Two collection.
Meanwhile, one other valid entrant will be chosen and they will win the final copy of one of the three Perry Mason Movie Collection Double Feature from the Volume Two collection.
Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay!
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2014 Preview: October
September 30th, 2014
September is over and while it got off to a bad start, a really, really, truly terrible start, it actually ended on a bit of a strong note. Granted, no film has yet to reach $100 million, but The Maze Runner and The Equalizer both could get there in the end. As for October, we might go another month without a $100 million hit. There are a couple of films that have the potential to reach the century mark, Gone Girl and Fury. Hopefully they will get there, but given the recent box office woes, it is probably best to keep expectations low. Last October, there were two films that earned more than $100 million. Bad Grandpa just made it passed that mark. On the other hand, Gravity was a monster hit earning nearly $275 million. It you compare its run to this year's batch of films, it only ranks behind Guardians of the Galaxy. ... There's no way any film opening this month is going to match that. ... There no way the top two films will match that. ... The top three films might not match that. ... 2014 is going to get crushed in the year-over-year comparison and by the end of the month, it will be safe to say its chances of ever catching up to 2013 will be over. It is going to be a depressing month.
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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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2014/10/10 | - | $897,608 | 284 | $3,161 | $897,608 | 1 | |
2014/10/17 | - | $583,081 | -35% | 284 | $2,053 | $1,886,104 | 2 |
2014/10/24 | - | $247,909 | -57% | 247 | $1,004 | $2,369,226 | 3 |
2014/10/31 | - | $116,935 | -53% | 120 | $974 | $2,596,469 | 4 |
2014/11/07 | - | $40,439 | -65% | 57 | $709 | $2,630,119 | 5 |
2014/12/05 | - | $1,893 | 8 | $237 | $2,584,287 | 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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Australia | 10/10/2014 | $897,608 | 284 | 284 | 1000 | $2,584,287 | 4/1/2020 |
Germany | 10/16/2014 | $0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $318,233 | 10/13/2015 |
Japan | 1/16/2015 | $86,382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $257,743 | 8/23/2018 |
North America | 10/10/2014 | $13,116,226 | 3,003 | 3,003 | 14,529 | $47,119,388 | |
Taiwan | 10/17/2014 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $3,003,268 | 11/2/2018 |
Rest of World | $22,790,637 | ||||||
Worldwide Total | $76,073,556 | 4/1/2020 |
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
Robert Downey, Jr. | Hank Palmer |
Robert Duvall | Joseph Palmer |
Supporting Cast
Vera Farmiga | Samantha Powell |
Vincent D'Onofrio | Glen Palmer |
Jeremy Strong | Dale Palmer |
Dax Shepard | C.P. Kennedy |
Billy Bob Thornton | Dwight Dickham |
Leighton Meester | Carla Powell |
Ken Howard | Judge Warren |
Emma Tremblay | Lauren Palmer |
Balthazar Getty | Deputy Hanson |
David Krumholtz | Make Kattan |
Grace Zabriskie | Mrs. Blackwell |
Denis O'Hare | Doc Morris |
Sarah Lancaster | Lisa Palmer |
Lonnie Farmer | Gus the Bailiff |
Matt Riedy | Sheriff White |
Mark Kiely | Mark Blackwell |
Jeremy Holm | Redneck |
Catherine Cummings | Mary Palmer |
Tamara Hickey | Amy Palmer |
Paul-Emile Cendron | Joe Palmer |
Ian Nelson | Eric Palmer |
Carol S. Austin | Young Mary Palmer |
Marcus D'Angelo | Dale (10) |
Michael Celata | Hank (5) |
Bobby Bryan | Hank (16) |
Cody Pettola | Glen (5) |
Johnny Orlando | Glen (17) |
Gary Wayne Farris | Judge (39) |
Ras Enoch McCurdie | Mini Mart Clerk |
Ian Blackman | Mr. Burke |
John Talalas | Chicago Sheriff Deputy |
Daryl Edwards | Judge Carter |
Joel Brady | Mr. Williams |
Sara Burns | Pregnant Ex |
Ara Glenn-Johanson | Potential Juror #5 |
Kate Crowley | Potential Juror #9 |
Peter Michael McDonald | Juror #3 |
Michael Patrick Kane | Juror #7 |
Lance Norris | Juror #8 |
Lenny Clarke | Juror #10 |
Frank Ridley | Jury Foreman |
Duncan Putney | Dr. Putney |
Pun Bandhu | Forensic Scientist |
Jamison Haase | Dr. Brannamon |
Lucien Spelman | Bartender Billy |
Timothy John Smith | Both Ways Bobby |
Jonathan Mark Ziese | Blackwell's Brother |
Brian McGrail | Townie |
Joyce Greenleaf | Mourner |
Enn Reitel | Mourner |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
Production and Technical Credits
David Dobkin | Director |
David Dobkin | Producer |
Susan Downey | Producer |
David Gambino | Producer |
Nick Schenk | Screenwriter |
Bill Dubuque | Screenwriter |
David Dobkin | Story Creator |
Nick Schenk | Story Creator |
Herbert W. Gains | Executive Producer |
Robert Downey, Jr. | Executive Producer |
Jeff Kleeman | Executive Producer |
Bruce Berman | Executive Producer |
Janusz Kaminski | Director of Photography |
Mark Ricker | Production Designer |
Mark Livolsi | Editor |
Thomas Newman | Composer |
Marlene Stewart | Costume Designer |
Kerry Barden | Casting Director |
Paul Schnee | Casting Director |
Herbert W. Gains | Unit Production Manager |
Mark Cotone | First Assistant Director |
Eric Glasser | Key Second Assistant Director |
Sara Flamm | Production Supervisor |
Greg Garthe | Associate Producer |
David Swayze | Art Director |
Rena DeAngelo | Set Decorator |
Steve Koster | Aerial Director of Photography |
Mark Ulano | Sound Mixer |
Richard Mirisch | Post-Production Supervisor |
Jeffrey Harlacker | Post-Production Supervisor |
William Joseph Kruzykowski | Assistant Editor |
David Matusek | Assistant Editor |
Lisa Mozden-Romaniw* | Assistant Editor |
Tim Chau | Sound Designer |
Tim Chau | Re-recording Mixer |
Tim Chau | Supervising Sound Editor |
Mike Prestwood Smith | Re-recording Mixer |
Petra Bach | Dialogue Editor |
Benjamin Beardwood | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
Clayton Weber | Sound Editor |
Derek Vanderhorst | Sound Designer |
Thomas O'Neil Younkman | Sound Effects Editor |
Dave Wolowic | 1st Assistant Sound Editor |
Joe Tsai | Assistant Sound Editor |
Mary Jo Lang | Foley Mixer |
Bill Bernstein | Music Editor |
Mike Zanier | Assistant Music Editor |
Tommy Vicari | Score Recordist |
Tommy Vicari | Score Mixer |
Matthew David Magnolia | Visual Effects Producer |
Hunter Chase | Lead Compositor |
Kim Berner | Script Supervisor |
Tangi Crawford | Costume Supervisor |
Elaine Offers | Make up |
Steve Anderson | Make up |
Barbara Lorenz | Hairstylist |
Cheryl Daniels | Hairstylist |
Jeffrey D. McDonald | Set Designer |
Hinju Kim | Set Designer |
Cosmas Demetriou | Set Designer |
Shane Gross | Special Effects Supervisor |
Claire Folger | Still Photographer |
Rich Delia | Casting Associate |
Allison Estrin | Casting Associate |
Angela Peri | Location/Extras Casting |
Aaron Kahl | Location/Extras Casting |
Jim Rider | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Wendy Garfinkle | Visual Effects Producer |
Aleksandar Djordjevic | Compositing Supervisor |
Steven Ritzi | Stunt Coordinator |
The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.