Italy Box Office for Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
Italy Box Office | $0 | Details |
Worldwide Box Office | $12,902,501 | Details |
Home Market Performance | ||
North America DVD Sales | $2,309,822 | Details |
North America Blu-ray Sales | $1,652,213 | Details |
Total North America Video Sales | $3,962,035 | |
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Synopsis
In the late '60s, two celebrated producers, who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics, discovered a musician in a Detroit bar. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as one of the greatest recording artists of his generation. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, it became a phenomenon. Two South African fans then set out to find out what really happened to their hero. Their investigation led them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez.
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Movie Details
Italy Releases: | October 16th, 2023 (Limited) |
Video Release: | January 22nd, 2013 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for brief strong language and some drug references. |
Running Time: | 85 minutes |
Keywords: | Musicians, Rock 'n' Roll, Big Break, Directing Yourself, 1970s, 1960s, Set in South Africa, Presumed Dead, Political Activist, Biography, Oscars Best Documentary Winner, Social and Cultural Documentary |
Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
Genre: | Documentary |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Factual |
Production/Financing Companies: | Red Box Films, Passion Pictures, Confield Pictures, The Documentary Company |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |
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2013 Awards Season: Argo's Wins go From Zero to Thirty
February 19th, 2013
Argo continues its winning ways at the WGAs this weekend. It has become the defacto favorite for the Oscars, despite the high profile Oscar snub.
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February 6th, 2013
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2013 Awards Season: Argo Adds to Awards Season Haul
February 3rd, 2013
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2013 Awards Season: Argo Escapes With the Win
January 28th, 2013
Producers Guild of America gave out their awards over the weekend, and there were a couple surprises, including a big win for Argo.
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 22nd, 2013
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There are not a lot of big releases on this week's list with End of Watch being the biggest. Conveniently, it is also the best and it is the Pick of the Week on either DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack.
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2013 Awards Season: DGA Diverge From Oscars
January 14th, 2013
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2013 Awards Season: Lincoln Oversees a Divided Group of Nominees
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2013 Awards Season: WGAs Leaves Analysts In the Dark
January 7th, 2013
Surprises seems to be the word of the day, as the WGA nominations included a number of them. Granted, Zero Dark Thirty and a lot of the other films that have earned Awards Season success thus far were here, but there were almost as many surprises as there were obvious choices.
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2013 Awards Season: PGA Produces a Few Surprises
January 6th, 2013
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Per Theater Chart: Zero to $1 million in Nine Days
January 3rd, 2013
Zero Dark Thirty shot up to the top of the per theater chart with averages of $83,430 during its opening weekend and $63,283 during its sophomore stint. Expanding truly wide is virtually guaranteed. Amour was well back with an average of $20,005 over the past weekend and $22,755 during its opening weekend. The Impossible rose 27% to $12,172 in 15 theaters. This is a great sign and while its reviews are too low to be a major contender during Awards Season, it should still do well enough to expand significantly, but probably not truly wide. The final film in the $10,000 club was Django Unchained, which opened with an average of $10,008.
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Per Theater Chart: Session In, New Releases Out
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Per Theater Chart: Mastering the Per Theater Chart
September 19th, 2012
We had a monster hit on the per theater chart, as The Master earned close to $750,000 in five theaters for an average of $147,262. This is unbelievably strong; however, one does have to take into account the particulars. The Master was released on 70mm and because this is such an unusual event, the tickets were sold at a premium price. The only other film to top the $10,000 mark was Arbitrage, which made just over $2 million in just under 200 theaters for an average of $10,163.
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Dark Knight Puts the Spark in the Per Theater Chart
July 31st, 2012
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Searching for Killer Limited Releases
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Weekend Box Office Performance
Box Office Summary Per Territory
Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 3/25/2021 | $135 | 2 | 2 | 3 | $716,556 | 9/5/2023 |
Austria | 12/28/2012 | $4,863 | 5 | 5 | 9 | $25,180 | 12/13/2015 |
Croatia | 4/11/2013 | $464 | 3 | 3 | 3 | $464 | 12/30/2018 |
Denmark | 10/4/2012 | $0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | $159,239 | 12/12/2015 |
Italy | 10/16/2023 | $0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0 | |
Lebanon | 2/7/2013 | $1,346 | 1 | 1 | 6 | $13,464 | 12/30/2018 |
Netherlands | 12/20/2012 | $480 | 3 | 3 | 3 | $480 | 12/13/2015 |
New Zealand | 10/14/2012 | $0 | 0 | 15 | 79 | $231,861 | 9/21/2020 |
North America | 7/27/2012 | $27,459 | 3 | 157 | 1,572 | $3,965,090 | 12/5/2014 |
Norway | 12/25/2012 | $13,416 | 19 | 19 | 28 | $44,534 | 12/13/2015 |
Poland | 2/22/2013 | $0 | 0 | 33 | 153 | $342,485 | 12/30/2018 |
South Korea | 10/11/2012 | $0 | 0 | 36 | 36 | $163,568 | 10/18/2023 |
Spain | 2/22/2013 | $0 | 0 | 13 | 105 | $1,085,246 | 12/13/2015 |
Sweden | 8/24/2012 | $0 | 0 | 67 | 297 | $1,749,108 | 12/14/2015 |
United Arab Emirates | 12/6/2012 | $619 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $800 | 12/29/2018 |
United Kingdom | 7/27/2012 | $108,044 | 28 | 43 | 161 | $566,468 | 12/11/2015 |
Rest of World | $3,837,958 | ||||||
Worldwide Total | $12,902,501 | 10/18/2023 |
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Supporting Cast
Steve M. Harris | Harris |
Interviewee(s)
Ilse Assmnn | Herself |
Clarence Avant | Himself |
Craig Bartholomew-Strydom | Himself |
Dennis Coffey | Himself |
Dan DiMaggio | Himself |
Rick Emmerson | Himself |
Jerome Ferretti | Himself |
Rian Malan | Himself |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
Production and Technical Credits
Malik Bendjelloul | Director |
Malik Bendjelloul | Producer |
Malik Bendjelloul | Cinematographer |
Malik Bendjelloul | Editor |
Simon Chinn | Producer |
John Battsek | Executive Producer |
Camilla Skagerstrom | Cinematographer |
George Chignell | Co-Producer |
Nicole Stott | Co-Producer |
The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.