South Korea Box Office for Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
South Korea Box Office | $150,625 | Details |
Worldwide Box Office | $3,721,988 | Details |
Home Market Performance | ||
North America DVD Sales | $4,467,400 | Details |
North America Blu-ray Sales | $685,644 | Details |
Total North America Video Sales | $5,153,044 | |
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Synopsis
In this inspirational true story, Machine Gun Preacher is about Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard Butler delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster's moving story of violence and redemption.
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Movie Details
Production Budget: | $30,000,000 |
South Korea Releases: | May 24th, 2012 (Wide) |
Video Release: | June 5th, 2012 by Fox Home Entertainment |
MPAA Rating: | R for violent content including disturbing images, language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality. (Rating bulletin 2171, 5/11/2011) |
Running Time: | 123 minutes |
Keywords: | Religious, Gangs, War, Orphan, Rescue, Kidnap, Warlord, Biography, Inspired by a True Story, Child Soldier |
Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
Genre: | Drama |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Dramatization |
Production/Financing Companies: | Virgin, Safady Entertainment, Apparatus, GG Filmz, 1984 PDC, Mpower Pictures, ITS Capital, Merlina Entertainment |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |
Blu-ray Sales: John Carter Acts Up
June 20th, 2012
New releases dominated the Blu-ray sales chart just as much as it did the DVD sales chart. Two Blu-rays, John Carter and Act of Valor topped the list. John Carter led the way in terms of units with 965,000 units / $19.30 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was just shy of 60%. The film is still going to lose money, but its high definition run should at least cut the loses a bit.
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DVD Sales: New Releases Get into the Act
June 18th, 2012
New releases dominated the DVD sales chart this week earning the top five spots. They also placed five more DVDs in the top twenty. Act of Valor led the way with 703,000 units / $11.94 million, which is a surprisingly strong start.
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for June 5th, 2012
June 5th, 2012
While summer is usually the slowest time of the year on the home market, this week is fantastic with a lot of prime releases, including first-run, TV on DVD releases, classics and limited releases. Unfortunately, the largest single category is, "Screener is Late". You will see that phrase countless times on this list. (Perhaps it's because last week was a short week due to Memorial Day.) It is especially hard to select a Pick of the Week, because I don't like handing out that title when the screener is late. There are a few likely candidates, including Burn Notice: The Complete Fifth Season, Yellow Submarine on Blu-ray, but I went with Tomboy on DVD.
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Awards Season: Globes Reward Artistic Intent
December 16th, 2011
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominations and the Awards Season picture started to look a whole lot clearer. The Artist led the way with six nominations, while The Descendents and The Help were right behind with five apiece.
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Per Theater Chart: What a Weekend!
September 27th, 2011
Weekend earned nearly perfect reviews, but I'm still surprised by its box office strength as it earned $27,245 in one theater during its opening weekend of release. The Man Nobody Knew was next with $15,411, also in one theater. Machine Gun Preacher also topped expectations with an average of $11,283 in four theaters, but its reviews suggest it won't last long. Pearl Jam Twenty earned an average of $10,245 in ten theaters over the weekend, and including the special showing it had earlier in the week, it already has close to $400,000.
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Weekend Estimates: Lion King Just Holds Off Moneyball and Dolphin Tale
September 25th, 2011
In a surprisingly strong weekend for September, The Lion King will enjoy a second weekend at the top of the chart, although only by a narrow margin over new entries Moneyball and Dolphin Tale. Disney's animated classic will take in about $22 million this weekend, and now looks set to pass $400 million in lifetime domestic box office before its theatrical run is over, and it has a shot at topping Spider-Man to take a place in the all-time top 10.
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Thunder Soul and the other Limited Releases Try to Make Some Noise
September 23rd, 2011
It's another week without a lot of limited releases that seem destined for box office success. There are a few films that earned a bit of advanced buzz, but very few of those are earning good reviews. There are two films that are currently earning 100% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes: Thunder Soul and Weekend. But both might have trouble finding an audience either because they are opening in too many theaters, or because the subject matter makes them a niche film.
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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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2012/05/25 | 3 | $70,961 | 140 | $507 | $150,625 | 1 |
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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Ecuador | 12/21/2012 | $5,834 | 7 | 7 | 13 | $17,962 | 12/29/2018 |
Hong Kong | 4/19/2012 | $0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | $112,734 | 12/6/2015 |
Nigeria | 3/30/2012 | $0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | $20,325 | 12/29/2018 |
North America | 9/23/2011 | $45,130 | 4 | 93 | 263 | $538,690 | 9/22/2015 |
Peru | 6/28/2012 | $36,726 | 20 | 20 | 39 | $82,997 | 12/29/2018 |
Philippines | 4/7/2012 | $0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $505,908 | 12/29/2018 |
South Korea | 5/24/2012 | $70,961 | 140 | 140 | 140 | $150,625 | 12/10/2015 |
Venezuela | 1/4/2013 | $53,933 | 9 | 11 | 51 | $197,949 | 12/14/2015 |
Rest of World | $2,094,798 | ||||||
Worldwide Total | $3,721,988 | 12/29/2018 |
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Leading Cast
Gerard Butler | Sam Childers |
Supporting Cast
Michelle Monaghan | Lynn |
Michael Shannon | Donnie |
Kathy Baker | Daisy |
Souleymane Sy Savane | Deng |
Madeline Carroll | Paige |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
Production and Technical Credits
Marc Forster | Director |
Marc Forster | Producer |
Jason Keller | Screenwriter |
Craig Chapman | Producer |
Gary Safady | Producer |
Robbie Brenner | Producer |
Deborah Giarratana | Producer |
Gerard Butler | Executive Producer |
Michael Corso | Executive Producer |
Kyle Dean Jackson | Executive Producer |
Myles Nestel | Executive Producer |
Louise Rosner | Executive Producer |
Adi Shankar | Executive Producer |
Alan Siegel | Executive Producer |
Spencer Silna | Executive Producer |
Brad Simpson | Executive Producer |
Chris Cornell | Song Writer |