Australia Box Office for Rosewater (2014)
| Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
| Australia Box Office | $38,729 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $3,185,717 | Details |
| Home Market Performance | ||
| North America DVD Sales | $436,067 | Details |
| North America Blu-ray Sales | $244,097 | Details |
| Total North America Video Sales | $680,164 | |
| Further financial details... | ||
Synopsis
Tehran-born Bahari is a 42-year-old broadcast journalist with Canadian citizenship living in London. In June 2009, Bahari returned to Iran to interview Mir-Hossein Moussavi, who was the prime challenger to controversial incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As Moussavi’s supporters rose up to protest Ahmadinejad’s victory declaration hours before the polls closed on election day, Bahari endured great personal risk by submitting camera footage of the unfolding street riots to the BBC. Bahari was soon arrested by Revolutionary Guard police, led by a man identifying himself only as “Rosewater,” who proceeded to torture and interrogate the journalist over the next 118 days.
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Movie Details
| Production Budget: | $10,000,000 |
| Australia Releases: | February 19th, 2015 (Wide) |
| Video Release: | February 10th, 2015 by Universal Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: | R for language including some crude references, and violent content. (Rating bulletin 2347, 11/4/2014) |
| Running Time: | 102 minutes |
| Keywords: | Prologue, Intertitle, Set in Iran, Non-Chronological, Government Corruption, Investigative Journalist, Political Campaign, Civil Disobedience, News, Hallucinations, Prison, Cruel / Corrupt Wardens or Prison Guards, Biography, Autobiographical, Epilogue, Voiceover/Narration, Digital Cinematography, Political Drama |
| Source: | Based on Factual Book/Article |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Busboy, OddLot Entertainment |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English, Farsi, Persian |
DVD and Blu-ray Releases for February 10th, 2015
February 11th, 2015
I can't wait till the winter blockbusters start coming out, because I've run out of ways to say, "It is a slow week on the home market." without repeating myself. There are some releases that are certainly worth picking up, like the Blu-ray debut for 101 Dalmatians, but there are also releases that I would call filler on the first page of Amazon.com's list of new releases. There are a number of releases that are worth picking, including Force Majeure (DVD or Blu-ray); Laggies (DVD or Blu-ray); Nightcrawler (DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack); and Rosewater (DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack). However, the only real contender for Pick of the Week was 101 Dalmatians.
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Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Rosewater
February 9th, 2015
Rosewater is Jon Stewart's directorial debut and it is coming out on the home market the same week John Oliver's show returned to HBO. I wonder if that is a coincidence? As for the movie itself, it opened in a very awkward theater count and it struggled at the box office, but still managed $3 million overall. Is it worth checking out for those interested in Jon Stewart's directorial debut? Is it good regardless of who was behind the camera?
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Per Theater Chart: Holdovers Versus Vice and Vice Versa
December 16th, 2014
Inherent Vice won top spot on the per theater chart with an average of $65,637 in five theaters. This is the fifth best per theater average for the year, which is much better than expected. Second place went to The Imitation Game with an average of $34,010 in 25 theaters. It still has plenty of room to expand. The final film in the $10,000 club was Wild with an average of $13,198 in 116 theaters. It too has some room to expand, while it has also reached some level of mainstream success.
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Per Theater Chart: Mockingjay Makes a Mockery of the Per Theater Chart
November 26th, 2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 not only earned first place on the overall box office, but it also led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $29,366. Foxcatcher earned an average of $19,764 in 24 theaters. It is nearly at $1 million and has room to grow further. The Theory of Everything expanded again, but still remained in the $10,000 club with an average of $10,798 in 141 theaters.
Per Theater Chart: None of the Competition could Catch Foxcatcher
November 19th, 2014
Foxcatcher was the latest Oscar-hopeful to top the per theater chart earning an average of $45,146 in six theaters. This practically guarantees some measure of mainstream success; however, unless it can earn some Awards Season nominations, it likely won't expand truly wide. Likewise, The Theory of Everything expanded to 41 theaters earning an average of $17,937. It also reached its first major milestone over the weekend and will earn more in the future. The overall number one film, Dumb and Dumber To, was next with an average of $11,450, while The Homesman was right behind with an average of $11,358 in four theaters.
Weekend Estimates: Dumb and Dumber Top
November 16th, 2014
The box office chart is starting to take on a decidedly seasonal look, with a comedy sequel topping the chart, a smattering of Oscar hopefuls doing well in limited release, and not a single top 10 film dropping by more than 50% from last weekend. The comedy sequel, Dumb and Dumber To, will narrowly win the weekend with a shade over $38 million, per Universal’s Sunday estimate. That’s $2 million more than Big Hero 6 will post in its second weekend in release. The animated adventure will be off just 36% from last weekend. Also posting an impressive hold from a big opening weekend is Interstellar, with $29.1 million—39% below its opening frame.
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Limited Release: Foxy Releases
November 14th, 2014
It's a long list this week, but you could eliminate nearly all of the films and concentrate on just Foxcatcher and Rosewater. These two films are earning the vast majority of the buzz. They are not the only films worth seeing, Red Army looks particularly good, but I worry no other film will thrive.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/02/20 | 33 | $17,597 | 12 | $1,466 | $17,597 | 1 | |
| 2015/02/27 | 37 | $5,836 | -67% | 12 | $486 | $31,050 | 2 |
| 2015/03/06 | 39 | $3,528 | -40% | 8 | $441 | $37,268 | 3 |
| 2015/09/04 | 65 | $722 | 1 | $722 | $38,729 | 29 |
Box Office Summary Per Territory
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2/19/2015 | $17,597 | 12 | 12 | 33 | $38,729 | 9/8/2015 |
| North America | 11/14/2014 | $1,154,303 | 371 | 371 | 1,319 | $3,128,941 | |
| United Kingdom | 5/8/2015 | $18,047 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $18,047 | 8/27/2018 |
| Worldwide Total | $3,185,717 | 8/27/2018 | |||||
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Leading Cast
| Gael Garcia Bernal | Maziar Bahari |
Supporting Cast
| Kim Bodnia | Rosewater |
| Haluk Bilginer | Baba Akbar |
| Shohreh Aghdashloo | Moloojoon |
| Golshifteh Farahani | Bahari's Sister |
| Claire Foy | Paola |
| Dimitri Leonidas | Davood |
| Amir El-Masry | Alireza |
| Nasser Faris | Haj Agha |
| Kambiz Hosseini | Hassan |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
Production and Technical Credits
| Jon Stewart | Director |
| Jon Stewart | Screenwriter |
| Maziar Bahari | Story Creator |
| Scott Rudin | Producer |
| Jon Stewart | Producer |
| Gigi Pritzker | Producer |
| Lila Yacoub | Executive Producer |
| Eli Bush | Executive Producer |
| Chris McShane | Executive Producer |
| Will Weiske | Co-Producer |
| Bobby Bukowski | Director of Photography |
| Gerald Sullivan | Production Designer |
| Jay Rabinowitz | Editor |
| Phaedra Dahdaleh | Costume Designer |
| Howard Shore | Composer |
| Linda Cohen | Music Supervisor |
| Jina Jay | Casting Director |
| Debra Zane | Casting Director |