Australia Box Office for The Fencer (2016)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Australia Box Office $348,888Details
Worldwide Box Office $673,258Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $40,598 Details
Total North America Video Sales $40,598
Further financial details...

Synopsis

A young man, Endel Nelis, arrives in Haapsalu, Estonia, in the early 1950s. Having left Leningrad to escape the secret police, he finds work as a teacher and founds a sports club for his students. Endel becomes a father figure to his students and starts teaching them his great passion—fencing, which causes a conflict with the school’s principal. Envious, the principal starts investigating Endel’s background…Endel learns to love the children and looks after them; most are orphans as a result of the Russian occupation. Fencing becomes a form of self-expression for the children and Endel becomes a role model. The children want to participate in a national fencing tournament in Leningrad, and Endel must make a choice: risk everything to take the children to Leningrad or put his safety first and disappoint them.

Metrics

Movie Details

Australia Releases: November 24th, 2016 (Limited), released as The Fencer
Video Release: April 10th, 2018 by Music Box Films Video
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 99 minutes
Keywords: Set in Russia, Secret Police, Fugitive / On the Run, Set in Estonia, Fencing, Inspirational Teacher, Inspirational Coach
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Making Movies Oy
Production Countries: Estonia, Finland
Languages: Estonian, Russian

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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

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2016/12/02 18 $46,418   16 $2,901   $114,034 2
2016/12/09 18 $38,247 -18% 19 $2,013   $170,545 3
2016/12/16 14 $31,097 -19% 23 $1,352   $213,987 4
2016/12/23 - $12,514 -60% 22 $569   $237,745 5
2016/12/30 23 $13,427 +7% 18 $746   $265,144 6
2017/01/06 29 $12,549 -7% 16 $784   $292,606 7
2017/01/13 - $6,657 -47% 16 $416   $312,590 8
2017/01/20 - $1,944 -71% 11 $177   $320,926 9
2017/01/27 - $1,213 -38% 8 $152   $323,921 10
2017/02/10 - $1,081   4 $270   $332,368 12
2017/02/17 - $926 -14% 3 $309   $332,535 13
2017/08/04 - $4,158   2 $2,079   $348,888 37

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 5/26/2017 $21,677 0 0 0 $47,443 1/1/2019
Australia 11/24/2016 $48,958 0 23 158 $348,888 9/9/2018
North America 7/21/2017 $5,572 2 7 52 $95,951
Spain 7/15/2016 $50,241 33 43 149 $175,507 9/1/2016
United Kingdom 9/30/2016 $5,469 6 6 6 $5,469 10/6/2016
 
Worldwide Total$673,258 1/1/2019

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Leading Cast

Supporting Cast

Lembit Ulfsak Jaan’s Grandfather
Ann-Lisett Rebane Lea
Egert Kadastu Toomas
Liisa Koppel Marta
Kirill Karo Aleksei
Joonas Koff Jaan
Elbe Reiter Tiiu

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Production and Technical Credits

Klaus Haro Director
Anna Heinamaa Screenwriter
Tuomo Hutri Director of Photography
Gert Wilden Jr Composer
Jaagup Roomet Production Designer
Tiina Kaukanen Costume Designer
Tambet Tasuja Editor
Ueli Christen Editor
Kai Nordberg Producer
Kaarle Aho Producer
Ivo Felt Co-Producer
Jorg Bundschuh Co-Producer