Australia Box Office for Sorry To Bother You (2018)
Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
Australia Box Office | $155,521 | Details |
Worldwide Box Office | $18,285,560 | Details |
Home Market Performance | ||
North America DVD Sales | $425,877 | Details |
North America Blu-ray Sales | $588,278 | Details |
Total North America Video Sales | $1,014,155 | |
Further financial details... |
Synopsis
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.
Metrics
Movie Details
Production Budget: | $3,200,000 |
Australia Releases: | November 30th, 2018 (Wide), released as Sorry To Bother You August 25th, 2022 (Limited) |
Video Release: | October 9th, 2018 by Fox Home Entertainment |
MPAA Rating: | R for pervasive language, some strong sexual content, graphic nudity, and drug use (Rating bulletin 2528 (Cert #51561), 5/23/2018) |
Running Time: | 105 minutes |
Keywords: | African Americans, Telemarketer, Unemployed, Set in Oakland, CA, Set in California, Surrealism / Absurdism, Satire, Corporate Life, Corporate Malfeasance, Sundance Film Festival 2018, Black Comedy |
Source: | Original Screenplay |
Genre: | Black Comedy |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Science Fiction |
Production/Financing Companies: | Significant Productions, MNM Creative, Macro Media, Cinereach Films |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |
2018 Awards Season: DGA - Nominations
January 9th, 2019
Directors Guild of America announced their theatrical nominations this week and we are starting to see some real patterns emerge and I think the Oscar picture is getting clearer.
More...
2018 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part III - Limited Releases, Classics, Foreign Imports
December 13th, 2018
The first instalment of our Holiday Gift Guide dealt with First-run Releases and the second instalment with, TV on DVD releases. The third installment of our Holiday Gift Guide deals with limited releases, classics, and foreign imports and this list can get out of hand rather quickly, so I will try and keep it to a dozen items or so, starting with...
More...
2018 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations
November 17th, 2018
The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Friday and thus the 2018 Awards Season begins. We The Animals topped the list with five nominations, while A24 earned 12 as a studio.
More...
Home Market Releases for October 23rd, 2018
October 24th, 2018
It is a slow week on the home market, as Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! is the only first run release. There are several horror films that are selling well enough to be worth talking about, but that is all. As far as the best of the best are concerned, the two I’m most interested in and I put in requests for screeners for both are BlacKkKlansman and Incredibles 2, but they are only coming out on VOD this week. I don’t like handing out Pick of the Week titles to VOD releases, so the real race is between The Americans: The Complete Final Season and Made In Abyss: Season One. Both are worth picking up, but I think there will be a full series Megaset for The Americans, so I’m giving the title to Made In Abyss.
More...
Home Market Releases for October 9th, 2018
October 9th, 2018
It’s not a bad week on the home market. The two biggest releases, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and Skyscraper, are both worth checking out, but not close to being Pick of the Week contenders. As for the best of the best, Eighth Grade is really the only choice, while Thelma Todd & Zasu Pitts: The Hal Roach Collection was the runner up. Killing Eve: Season One and Recovery of an MMO Junkie: The Complete Series could have been contenders, if they had significant extras.
More...
Theater Averages: Skating Madeline
August 16th, 2018
Skate Kitchen and Madeline’s Madeline had nearly identical openings earning $18,605 and $18,009 respectively. Both films were playing in only one theater a piece. The only other film in the $10,000 club was The Meg at $11,025.
More...
Theater Averages: Eighth Grade Repeats a Grade
July 25th, 2018
Eighth Grade remained on top of the theater average chart with an average of $24,975 in 33 theaters over the weekend. McQueen and Blindspotting were right behind with averages of $24,718 and $24,024 in 4 and 14 theaters respectively. The re-release of Wanda opened with $10,679 in one theater. The two wide releases of the week were next with The Equalizer 2 and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! in a virtual tie at $10,629 and $10,537 respectively.
More...
Theater Averages: Eighth Grade earns an A plus
July 18th, 2018
Eighth Grade had the best theater average of the year with $65,949 , topping the previous champ, Isle of Dogs, by nearly 10%. On the other hand, Isle of Dogs opened in 27 theaters vs. 4 for Eighth Grade. Second place went to Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot with an average of $20,835 in four theaters. The only other member of the $10,000 club was the overall box office leader, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, which pulled in an average of $10,629.
More...
Weekend Wrap-Up: Summer Vacation Boosts Transylvania’s Debut
July 17th, 2018
The weekend wasn’t nearly as close as expected. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation ran away at the box office, while fellow new release, Skyscraper, only managed third place. This did allow Ant-Man and the Wasp to earn second place during its second weekend of release. Overall, the box office fell 12% compared to last weekend, but it was 1.6% higher than the same weekend last year. Granted, this is not a high enough margin of victory to compensate for ticket price inflation, but 2018 has such a large lead that even a small victory like this is more than enough to feel good about the overall box office. Speaking of large leads, 2018’s lead over 2017 remains impressive at $550 million or 8.9% at $6.72 billion to $6.17 billion.
More...
Friday Estimates: Smooth Sailing for Transylvania, Skyscraper Burning Down
July 14th, 2018
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation easily won the box office race on Friday with $16.65 million during its opening day. This is a bit better than expected and puts it on pace for an opening weekend of $44 million, including special previews that took place June 30th. Its reviews are just below the overall positive level, while it managed an A minus from CinemaScore. That’s as low as a family film can go before it would hurt its legs. It should get to $100 million domestically without difficulty, but it won’t match the previous films in the franchise. It will break even and could even justify a fourth film.
More...
Theater Averages: Sorry isn’t a Bother
July 12th, 2018
Sorry to Bother You dominated the theater average chart this week with an average of $45,454 in 16 theaters. As I previously mentioned, this is the sixth-best opening average for a limited release this year. Ant-Man and the Wasp earned top spot on the weekend chart and second place here with an average of $18,025. Three Identical Strangers remained in the $10,000 club with an average of $13,427 in 51 theaters and should have no trouble expanding further. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda earned $12,827 in its lone theater, which is excellent for a documentary. Leave No Trace remained in the $10,000 club with an average of $10,892 in 37 theaters. It will continue to expand.
More...
Weekend Estimates: Ant-Man Shrank Over Saturday, Still Finishes Weekend with $76 million
July 8th, 2018
Ant-Man and the Wasp did not have as good a Saturday as hoped, and this has left it with a projected $76.03 million over the weekend, according to Disney’s Sunday morning estimate. While, this is more or less in line with original predictions, it is lower than previews and Friday estimates suggested. Fortunately, with great reviews and an A minus from CinemaScore, it should have legs long enough to get to $200 million domestically, with a little help from the studio. This would be a little more than a 10% increase from the first Ant-Man. Internationally, the film opened with $85 million in 41 markets, including a monster opening in South Korea. The film managed $20.9 million debut there, including previews, which was 78% higher that the first film’s opening in that market. Overall, the film saw 45% growth internationally compared to just under 33% growth here.
More...
Limited and VOD Releases: Nothing to be Sorry About
July 6th, 2018
It’s a short week for limited releases; however, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to talk about. Sorry to Bother You is earning some of the best reviews of the week and it has the loudest buzz. Meanwhile, Whitney is playing in over 450 theaters and could reach the top ten.
More...
2018 Preview: July
July 1st, 2018
June was amazing, with two absolute monster hits and a solid $100 million hit. By the end of the month, 2018’s lead over 2017 will be well over $500 million, or close to 10%. Even if 2018 only managed to maintain this lead in terms of raw numbers for the rest of the year, it will be a massive jump at the box office. As for July, there are a couple of potential monster hits, Ant-Man and the Wasp and Mission: Impossible—Fallout, plus four potential $100 million hits. Last July, there was only one monster hit, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and three $100 million hits. I don’t think 2018 will match 2017 at the top, but 2018 appears to have more depth and that should put it a little ahead over the full month.
More...
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018/11/30 | 18 | $21,926 | 4 | $5,482 | $24,690 | 1 | |
2018/12/07 | - | $17,253 | -21% | 6 | $2,876 | $54,796 | 2 |
2018/12/14 | - | $15,101 | -12% | 7 | $2,157 | $80,774 | 3 |
2018/12/21 | - | $10,832 | -28% | 6 | $1,805 | $99,383 | 4 |
2018/12/28 | - | $9,600 | -11% | 6 | $1,600 | $112,226 | 5 |
2019/01/04 | - | $7,275 | -24% | 6 | $1,213 | $125,057 | 6 |
2019/01/11 | - | $5,713 | -21% | 6 | $952 | $136,159 | 7 |
2019/01/18 | - | $6,919 | +21% | 8 | $865 | $145,765 | 8 |
2019/01/25 | - | $1,700 | -75% | 4 | $425 | $149,374 | 9 |
2019/02/01 | - | $2,125 | +25% | 3 | $708 | $153,988 | 10 |
2019/02/08 | - | $391 | -82% | 2 | $196 | $151,182 | 11 |
2019/03/01 | - | $2,213 | 1 | $2,213 | $154,264 | 14 | |
2019/03/08 | - | $824 | -63% | 1 | $824 | $154,392 | 15 |
2022/08/26 | - | $44 | 1 | $44 | $155,521 | 196 |
Box Office Summary Per Territory
Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 11/30/2018 | $21,926 | 4 | 8 | 61 | $155,521 | 8/29/2022 |
France | 2/1/2019 | $93,528 | 55 | 55 | 110 | $161,345 | 2/16/2019 |
North America | 7/6/2018 | $727,266 | 16 | 1,050 | 4,209 | $17,493,096 | |
United Kingdom | 12/7/2018 | $319,292 | 147 | 147 | 147 | $319,292 | 12/12/2018 |
Rest of World | $156,306 | ||||||
Worldwide Total | $18,285,560 | 8/29/2022 |
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.
Lead Ensemble Members
Lakeith Lee Stanfield | Cassius “Cash” Green |
Tessa Thompson | Detroit |
Jermaine Fowler | Sal |
Omari Hardwick | Mr. Blank |
Terry Crews | Sergio Green |
Steven Yeun | Squeeze |
Armie Hammer | Steve Lift |
Danny Glover | Langston |
Supporting Cast
David Cross | Cash’s “white voice” |
Patton Oswalt | Mr. Blank’s “White Voice” |
Steve Buscemi | Langston’s “white voice” |
Kate Berlant | Diana DeBauchery |
Robert Longstreet | Anderson |
Michael X Sommers | Johnny |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
Production and Technical Credits
Boots Riley | Director |
Boots Riley | Screenwriter |
Nina Yang Bongiovi | Producer |
Kelly Williams | Producer |
Jonathan Duffy | Producer |
Charles D. King | Producer |
George Rush | Producer |
Forest Whitaker | Producer |
Michael Y. Chow | Executive Producer |
Gus Deardoff | Executive Producer |
Philipp Engelhorn | Executive Producer |
Poppy Hanks | Executive Producer |
Caroline Kaplan | Executive Producer |
Kim Roth | Executive Producer |
Michael K. Shen | Executive Producer |
Doug Emmett | Cinematographer |
Terel Gibson | Editor |
The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.