The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011)

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Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $183,342Details
Further financial details...

Synopsis

The secret life of legendary CIA spymaster William Colby, as told by his son Carl. From his start as an OSS agent parachuting into Nazi-occupied Europe, Colby rose through the ranks of “The Company” as a clandestine officer, overseeing covert operations around the globe. He ran “stay-behind” networks in the Soviet-occupied Baltic States, helped sway elections against the Communists in 1950’s Italy, witnessed the build up and tragic consequences of the assassination of President Diem in 1963, and was the architect of the controversial Phoenix Program during the Vietnam War. But after decades of obediently taking on the White House’s toughest and dirtiest assignments and rising to become Director of CIA, Colby—who always considered himself to be a patriot—defied the President and revealed to Congress the “Family Jewels,” the CIA’s darkest secrets about assassination plots against foreign leaders, mind-control experiments, surveillance against American citizens, and other wrong-doing. A mix of archival footage, never-before-seen photos and interviews with the “who’s who’ of American intelligence, this film is also the personal journey of a son trying to understand a father whose spy identity masked his inner life from his own family.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$15,411 (8.4% of total gross)
Legs:11.90 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/8 max. theaters, 7.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $249,158

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 11,801-11,900) 11,814 $183,342
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 22,201-22,300) 22,272 $183,342
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,814 $183,342

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


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 23rd, 2011 (Limited) by First Run Features
Video Release: April 17th, 2012 by First Run Home, released as The Man Nobody Knew
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 104 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Voiceover/Narration, Biography, Secret Agent, War, Political, Vietnam War, Cold War
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Act 4 Entertainment, Guggenheim Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Top 2011 Theater Average 84 $15,411 Sep 23, 2011 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 11,801-11,900) 11,814 $183,342
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 11,201-11,300) 11,262 $249,158
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 10,801-10,900) 10,843 $183,342
Top 2011 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 306 $183,342
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,814 $183,342
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,876 $249,158
Top 2011 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 149 $183,342
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,279 $183,342
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 10,401-10,500) 10,496 $183,342
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 701-800) 705 $183,342
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 601-700) 636 $183,342
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,593 $183,342
All Time Domestic Box Office for First Run Features Movies 12 $183,342

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 23, 2011 70 $15,411   1 $15,411   $15,411 1
Sep 30, 2011 71 $13,762 -11% 3 $4,587   $34,807 2
Oct 7, 2011 78 $7,497 -46% 3 $2,499   $47,717 3
Oct 14, 2011 76 $15,179 +102% 3 $5,060   $67,705 4
Oct 21, 2011 78 $10,559 -30% 5 $2,112   $84,373 5
Oct 28, 2011 70 $13,354 +26% 5 $2,671   $102,558 6
Nov 4, 2011 70 $12,058 -10% 6 $2,010   $119,982 7
Nov 11, 2011 74 $6,555 -46% 6 $1,093   $129,475 8
Nov 18, 2011 78 $5,310 -19% 3 $1,770   $137,995 9
Nov 25, 2011 100 $529 -90% 1 $529   $140,097 10
Dec 2, 2011 65 $8,278 +1,465% 4 $2,070   $148,584 11
Dec 9, 2011 69 $6,170 -25% 6 $1,028   $158,722 12
Dec 16, 2011 72 $3,410 -45% 3 $1,137   $166,277 13
Dec 30, 2011 72 $1,787   2 $894   $170,888 15
Jan 6, 2012 82 $1,423 -20% 1 $1,423   $172,311 16
Jan 13, 2012 76 $2,511 +76% 1 $2,511   $175,604 17
Jan 20, 2012 71 $4,964 +98% 3 $1,655   $81,276 18
Feb 24, 2012 100 $173   1 $173   $183,342 23

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 23, 2011 68 $21,045   1 $21,045   $21,045 1
Sep 30, 2011 71 $19,175 -9% 3 $6,392   $40,220 2
Oct 7, 2011 77 $12,306 -36% 3 $4,102   $52,526 3
Oct 14, 2011 70 $21,288 +73% 3 $7,096   $73,814 4
Oct 21, 2011 74 $15,390 -28% 5 $3,078   $89,204 5
Oct 28, 2011 72 $18,720 +22% 5 $3,744   $107,924 6
Nov 4, 2011 70 $14,996 -20% 6 $2,499   $122,920 7
Nov 11, 2011 80 $6,555 -56% 6 $1,093   $132,685 8
Nov 18, 2011 84 $5,310 -19% 3 $1,770   $139,568 9
Nov 25, 2011 93 $738 -86% 1 $738   $140,306 10
Dec 2, 2011 62 $12,246 +1,559% 4 $3,062   $152,552 11
Dec 9, 2011 65 $10,315 -16% 8 $1,289   $162,867 12
Dec 16, 2011 71 $4,282 -58% 3 $1,427   $167,149 13
Dec 30, 2011 70 $3,739   2 $1,870   $170,888 15
Jan 6, 2012 83 $2,205 -41% 1 $2,205   $173,093 16
Jan 13, 2012 78 $3,219 +46% 1 $3,219   $176,312 17
Jan 20, 2012 71 $6,857 +113% 3 $2,286   $183,169 18
Feb 24, 2012 103 $173   1 $173   $183,342 23

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.

Production and Technical Credits

Carl Colby Director
Carl Colby Producer
David Johnson Producer
Grace Guggenheim Producer
Jay Freund Editor
Michael Bacon Composer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for April 17th, 2012

April 17th, 2012

This week's list of DVD and Blu-ray releases is dominated by Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol. The Blu-ray Combo Pack is worth picking up, but you'll want the Best Buy exclusive, or perhaps you want to tell studios to stop doing retailer exclusives, as they are annoying. That added complication is the reason I'm not awarding the release Pick of the Week, but there are not a lot of other films worthy either. Shame has two amazing performances, but the Blu-ray Combo Pack doesn't have a lot of extras. Fans of nature documentaries might want Frozen Planet: The Complete Series on Blu-ray or IMAX: Born to be Wild on 3D Combo Pack. But in the end, I went with the underseen The Last Rites of Joe May on DVD. More...

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. More...


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Synopsis

The secret life of legendary CIA spymaster William Colby, as told by his son Carl. From his start as an OSS agent parachuting into Nazi-occupied Europe, Colby rose through the ranks of “The Company” as a clandestine officer, overseeing covert operations around the globe. He ran “stay-behind” networks in the Soviet-occupied Baltic States, helped sway elections against the Communists in 1950’s Italy, witnessed the build up and tragic consequences of the assassination of President Diem in 1963, and was the architect of the controversial Phoenix Program during the Vietnam War. But after decades of obediently taking on the White House’s toughest and dirtiest assignments and rising to become Director of CIA, Colby—who always considered himself to be a patriot—defied the President and revealed to Congress the “Family Jewels,” the CIA’s darkest secrets about assassination plots against foreign leaders, mind-control experiments, surveillance against American citizens, and other wrong-doing. A mix of archival footage, never-before-seen photos and interviews with the “who’s who’ of American intelligence, this film is also the personal journey of a son trying to understand a father whose spy identity masked his inner life from his own family.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$15,411 (8.4% of total gross)
Legs:11.90 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/8 max. theaters, 7.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $249,158

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 11,801-11,900) 11,814 $183,342
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 22,201-22,300) 22,272 $183,342
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,814 $183,342

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


Watch Now On

iTunes:iTunes

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 23rd, 2011 (Limited) by First Run Features
Video Release: April 17th, 2012 by First Run Home, released as The Man Nobody Knew
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 104 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Voiceover/Narration, Biography, Secret Agent, War, Political, Vietnam War, Cold War
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Act 4 Entertainment, Guggenheim Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Top 2011 Theater Average 84 $15,411 Sep 23, 2011 3

Production and Technical Credits

Carl Colby Director
Carl Colby Producer
David Johnson Producer
Grace Guggenheim Producer
Jay Freund Editor
Michael Bacon Composer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for April 17th, 2012

April 17th, 2012

This week's list of DVD and Blu-ray releases is dominated by Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol. The Blu-ray Combo Pack is worth picking up, but you'll want the Best Buy exclusive, or perhaps you want to tell studios to stop doing retailer exclusives, as they are annoying. That added complication is the reason I'm not awarding the release Pick of the Week, but there are not a lot of other films worthy either. Shame has two amazing performances, but the Blu-ray Combo Pack doesn't have a lot of extras. Fans of nature documentaries might want Frozen Planet: The Complete Series on Blu-ray or IMAX: Born to be Wild on 3D Combo Pack. But in the end, I went with the underseen The Last Rites of Joe May on DVD. More...

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. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 11,801-11,900) 11,814 $183,342
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 11,201-11,300) 11,262 $249,158
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 10,801-10,900) 10,843 $183,342
Top 2011 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 306 $183,342
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,814 $183,342
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,876 $249,158
Top 2011 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 149 $183,342
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,279 $183,342
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 10,401-10,500) 10,496 $183,342
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 701-800) 705 $183,342
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 601-700) 636 $183,342
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,593 $183,342
All Time Domestic Box Office for First Run Features Movies 12 $183,342

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 23, 2011 70 $15,411   1 $15,411   $15,411 1
Sep 30, 2011 71 $13,762 -11% 3 $4,587   $34,807 2
Oct 7, 2011 78 $7,497 -46% 3 $2,499   $47,717 3
Oct 14, 2011 76 $15,179 +102% 3 $5,060   $67,705 4
Oct 21, 2011 78 $10,559 -30% 5 $2,112   $84,373 5
Oct 28, 2011 70 $13,354 +26% 5 $2,671   $102,558 6
Nov 4, 2011 70 $12,058 -10% 6 $2,010   $119,982 7
Nov 11, 2011 74 $6,555 -46% 6 $1,093   $129,475 8
Nov 18, 2011 78 $5,310 -19% 3 $1,770   $137,995 9
Nov 25, 2011 100 $529 -90% 1 $529   $140,097 10
Dec 2, 2011 65 $8,278 +1,465% 4 $2,070   $148,584 11
Dec 9, 2011 69 $6,170 -25% 6 $1,028   $158,722 12
Dec 16, 2011 72 $3,410 -45% 3 $1,137   $166,277 13
Dec 30, 2011 72 $1,787   2 $894   $170,888 15
Jan 6, 2012 82 $1,423 -20% 1 $1,423   $172,311 16
Jan 13, 2012 76 $2,511 +76% 1 $2,511   $175,604 17
Jan 20, 2012 71 $4,964 +98% 3 $1,655   $81,276 18
Feb 24, 2012 100 $173   1 $173   $183,342 23

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 23, 2011 68 $21,045   1 $21,045   $21,045 1
Sep 30, 2011 71 $19,175 -9% 3 $6,392   $40,220 2
Oct 7, 2011 77 $12,306 -36% 3 $4,102   $52,526 3
Oct 14, 2011 70 $21,288 +73% 3 $7,096   $73,814 4
Oct 21, 2011 74 $15,390 -28% 5 $3,078   $89,204 5
Oct 28, 2011 72 $18,720 +22% 5 $3,744   $107,924 6
Nov 4, 2011 70 $14,996 -20% 6 $2,499   $122,920 7
Nov 11, 2011 80 $6,555 -56% 6 $1,093   $132,685 8
Nov 18, 2011 84 $5,310 -19% 3 $1,770   $139,568 9
Nov 25, 2011 93 $738 -86% 1 $738   $140,306 10
Dec 2, 2011 62 $12,246 +1,559% 4 $3,062   $152,552 11
Dec 9, 2011 65 $10,315 -16% 8 $1,289   $162,867 12
Dec 16, 2011 71 $4,282 -58% 3 $1,427   $167,149 13
Dec 30, 2011 70 $3,739   2 $1,870   $170,888 15
Jan 6, 2012 83 $2,205 -41% 1 $2,205   $173,093 16
Jan 13, 2012 78 $3,219 +46% 1 $3,219   $176,312 17
Jan 20, 2012 71 $6,857 +113% 3 $2,286   $183,169 18
Feb 24, 2012 103 $173   1 $173   $183,342 23

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 22,201-22,300) 22,272 $183,342
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 20,701-20,800) 20,776 $183,342
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,223 $183,342
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 19,001-19,100) 19,004 $183,342
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,347 $183,342
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,165 $183,342
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,542 $183,342
All Time Worldwide Box Office for First Run Features Movies 20 $183,342

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.