United Arab Emirates Box Office for The Cold Light of Day (2012)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
United Arab Emirates Box Office $470,928Details
Worldwide Box Office $25,361,206Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $4,682,653 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $786,246 Details
Total North America Video Sales $5,468,899
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Synopsis

When WILL SHAW arrives in Spain for a weeklong sailing vacation with his family, the stressed young businessman is not in a holiday mood. His startup company is in trouble and his tense relationship with his disciplinarian father MARTIN only makes matters worse. But when the family is kidnapped by what turns out to be intelligence agents hell-bent on recovering a mysterious briefcase, Will suddenly finds himself on the run. His whole world turns upside down when Martin reappears, revealing he is an undercover agent tangled in an intergovernmental web of lies and secrets. During a clandestine rendezvous, Martin is killed by a sniper, and Will must find a way to get the rest of his family back alive. With the kidnappers counting down the hours, the Spanish police breathing down his neck for a murder he didn't commit and a cadre of U.S. assassins on his trail, Will flees through Madrid, racing to piece together a conspiracy as labyrinthine as the city's ancient streets. Who can he trust? Who killed his father? And where is the mysterious briefcase that seems to be the key to getting his family home safely? In his quest for answers, Will finds LUCIA - a half-sister he never knew he had, who is determined to help him. Bound by their shared loss, the siblings are a force to be reckoned with, but can they overcome the massive odds against them before it’s too late?

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$20,000,000
United Arab Emirates Releases: April 5th, 2012 (Wide)
Video Release: January 29th, 2013 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and language.
(Rating bulletin 2190, 9/21/2011)
Running Time: 93 minutes
Keywords: Secret Agent, Kidnap, Rescue, Family Vacations, Action Thriller, Famously Bad
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Summit Entertainment, Intrepid Pictures, Film Rites, Galavis Film
Production Countries: Spain, United States
Languages: English, Spanish

Blu-ray Sales: February 3rd, 2013: Transylvania Transcends Competition

March 20th, 2013

New releases took four of the top five spots on the Blu-ray sales chart for the week of February 3rd, 2013. Hotel Transylvania led the way with 633,000 units / $14.54 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 37%, which is very healthy for a kids movie. More...

DVD Sales: February 3rd, 2013: Hotel is Booked Solid

March 20th, 2013

New releases dominated the DVD sales chart for the week of February 3rd with three in the top five and five in the top ten. This includes Hotel Transylvania, which opened in first place with 1.08 million units / $19.52 million and it is already in second place for the year. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 29th, 2013

January 28th, 2013

There are quite a few films that opened wide in theaters on this week's list, but most of them bombed at the box office. Hotel Transylvania is the only exception, but while it is a good kids movie, it isn't Pick of the Week material. The best release of the week, in my opinion, is Seven Psychopaths on either DVD or Blu-ray. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Box Office of the Living Dead

September 17th, 2012

2012 started off so well that I keep thinking the box office will return to those glory days, or at the very least it will stop sucking. That didn't happen this weekend. Granted, the box office grew 28% from last weekend to $86 million. However, this is 15% lower than the same weekend last year and it is still one of the worst weekends of all time. Year-to-date, 2012 still leads 2011, but that lead has shrunk to just 3.0% at $7.80 billion to $7.58 billion. If things don't turn around very soon, 2012 will lose its lead in terms of tickets sold (currently just 1.8%) and its overall lead shortly after that. Since fewer people are watching movies in theaters, it means fewer people are seeing trailers, posters, etc. for upcoming films. Fewer people seeing trailers for upcoming films does often times result in fewer people seeing these upcoming movies. We need a true blockbuster to break out of this cycle. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: New Releases Go Silent

September 10th, 2012

Yuck. The overall box office this past weekend was not only the worst of the year so far, but it was the worst we've seen in more than a decade. Not only did the box office have a decade of inflation, but also a decade of population growth, which makes this result even more depressing. The Possession was the only bright spot in the top ten. Both The Words and The Cold Light of Day missed the Mendoza Line during their opening weekend. Overall, the box office plummeted 35% to just $67 million. Compared to last year, the box office fell by 17%. It's a disaster. 2012 is still ahead of 2011 by 3.3% at $7.70 billion to $7.45 billion. Things will have to get better next weekend, so hopefully we will never have to think about this weekend again. More...

Weekend Estimates: Possession Tops Very Quiet Weekend

September 9th, 2012

One statistic suffices to sum up this weekend at the box office: based on estimates received so far, the weekend ranks as the 5th-worst weekend for total box office receipts since January, 2000 (see full chart here). While that position will improve when we get complete numbers on Monday, there's a good chance this will end up as the worst weekend since 2001, even though ticket prices have risen substantially since then. The two marks that industry watchers should look out for are the $67.5 million weekend of September 5, 2003 and the $67.9 million weekend of September 5, 2008. Unsurprisingly, the top film at the box office this weekend is the same as last weekend: The Possession is set for about $9.5 million in its second outing. The Words is the top opener, with about $5 million in 2,801 theaters -- certainly a disappointment, although CBS Films is hoping for good legs thanks to its adult-skewing demographic. More...

Weekend Predictions: The Box Office is Going to Get Schooled

September 6th, 2012

The weekend after the Labor Day long weekend is often the worst weekend of the entire year at the box office. This certainly seems to be the case this year. There are two wide releases, or to be more accurate, one wide release, The Words, and one semi-wide release, The Cold Light of Day. Neither film is expected to top $10 million. The last time the number one film over the weekend earned less than $10,000,000 was way back in 2008 with the release of Bangkok Dangerous, which opened in the weekend after Labor Day. There is a slim chance The Words will earn less than Bangkok Dangerous did. This weekend last year wasn't actually pretty good with Contagion dominating the chart. There's almost no chance any film opening this weekend will match the $22.40 million that film earned. The top three films combined probably won't match that figure. 2012 will start the autumn with a pretty big fall. More...

2012 Preview: September

September 1st, 2012

August is over and let's just be glad we never have to talk about that month again. It is too early to tell how a couple of the wide releases from the month will do, but of the other fourteen we have solid numbers for, none of them were a pleasant surprise. There were a few that were mildly disappointing, but likely still profitable. There were also a few that were "What were they thinking?" level of box office bomb. This September, there about a dozen films opening wide, depending on your definition of wide. (Plus, For A Good Time, Call might expand wide on the 14th, while The Master is opening in limited release on the 14th, but might expand wide before the end of the month. "Might" is the key here. I don't think either will get it done.) None of the dozen films are likely to get to $100 million. In fact, there's a good chance no film opening this month will get to $75 million in total. The biggest film of the month could be Finding Nemo, which is getting a 3D Re-release. As long as the movie going public hasn't tired of 3D re-releases, it should be a hit, but there are signs that the trend might be ending soon. There are a few others that should become midlevel hits, but most will struggle to find an audience. Last September was not terrible with one $100 million film and a few other midlevel hits. For 2012 to come out ahead, it will have to rely on depth, and I'm more than a little worried in that regard. More...

Contest: Scary Timing

August 31st, 2012

This weekend is the Labor Day long weekend, which means next week is the first week of the year that it is acceptable to mention Halloween. To celebrate, we have two Halloween DVDs for prizes. As for a target film, there is only one film opening truly wide next weekend, The Words, while The Cold Light of Day is opening in less than 2000 theaters. This makes The Words the clear choice for target film in this week's box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for The Words. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghouls Fools on DVD. Meanwhile, whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will win a copy of Dora the Explorer: Dora's Halloween Parade on . (That's the French-Language bi-lingual edition.) Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! 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

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2012/04/27 15 $943   1 $943   $470,928 4

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Austria 5/4/2012 $84,378 45 49 193 $199,351 12/10/2015
Belgium 5/2/2012 $97,152 30 30 94 $182,005 12/10/2015
Bulgaria 4/13/2012 $0 0 9 26 $61,933 12/29/2018
Croatia 4/12/2012 $0 0 9 9 $21,694 12/29/2018
Denmark 7/12/2012 $12,545 5 5 5 $12,545 12/11/2015
Egypt 4/11/2012 $0 0 5 7 $68,126 12/29/2018
France 5/2/2012 $528,625 152 152 299 $1,036,092 12/6/2015
Germany 5/3/2012 $463,511 247 249 714 $825,806 12/10/2015
Greece 9/6/2012 $20,989 10 10 10 $20,989 12/11/2015
Hong Kong 9/6/2012 $0 0 4 4 $52,185 12/11/2015
Hungary 4/12/2012 $0 0 28 28 $305,666 12/29/2018
Iceland 4/14/2012 $0 0 2 3 $22,318 12/29/2018
Italy 5/18/2012 $409,279 228 228 419 $741,477 12/10/2015
Malaysia 9/6/2012 $155,774 40 40 112 $296,532 12/12/2015
Netherlands 5/31/2012 $112,898 42 42 101 $252,295 12/10/2015
North America 9/7/2012 $1,831,588 1,511 1,511 3,281 $3,763,583 4/8/2016
Philippines 5/9/2012 $50,564 45 45 60 $85,626 12/29/2018
Portugal 6/21/2012 $47,711 36 37 117 $169,952 12/11/2015
Romania 4/13/2012 $0 0 15 21 $137,985 12/29/2018
Russia (CIS) 8/23/2012 $545,419 432 432 433 $10,023,142 12/29/2018
Singapore 8/23/2012 $89,082 18 18 44 $203,630 12/11/2015
South Africa 11/16/2012 $29,228 20 20 59 $112,787 12/12/2015
South Korea 5/17/2012 $316,883 238 238 238 $392,050 12/10/2015
Spain 4/4/2012 $0 0 96 146 $2,026,744 12/6/2015
Taiwan 6/1/2012 $77,877 28 28 60 $204,493 12/10/2015
Thailand 4/5/2012 $0 0 8 8 $334,182 12/6/2015
United Arab Emirates 4/5/2012 $0 0 1 1 $470,928 12/29/2018
Vietnam 5/25/2012 $81,148 24 24 48 $161,465 12/29/2018
 
Rest of World $3,175,625
 
Worldwide Total$25,361,206 12/29/2018

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.

Leading Cast

Henry Cavill    Will
Bruce Willis    Martin
Sigourney Weaver    Carrack

Supporting Cast

Veronica Echegui    Lucia
Joseph Mawle    Groman
Caroline Goodall    Laurie
Rafi Gavron    Josh
Emma Hamilton    Dara
Michael Budd    Esmael
Roschdy Zem    Zahir
Oscar Jeanada    Maximo
Joe Dixon    Dixon
Jim Piddock    Meckler
Fermi Reixach    Carlos
Lolo Herrero    Reynaldo
Luiggi Lopez    Puerto Serena Fisherman
Alex Amaral    Cesar
Paloma Bloyd    Christiana
Simon Andreu    Pizarro
Morgan Johnson    Habib
Mark Ullod    Vicente
Andrea Ros Buerrero    SP. College Girl
Barja Chantres    Bus Driver
Carlos Martinez Aguera    Young Cop
Jose Alias    Garbage Man
Silvia Sabate    Mother at Pharmacy

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Anne McCarthy    Casting Director
Lucas Vidal    Composer
Bina Daigeler    Costume Designer
Valerio Bonelli    Editor
Benjamin Fernandez    Production Designer
Remi Adefarasin    Cinematographer
Jose Luis Escolar    Co-Producer
Steven Zaillian    Executive Producer
Scott Wiper    Executive Producer
Kevin Mann    Executive Producer
Matthew Perniciaro    Executive Producer
Jesus Martinez Asencio    Executive Producer
Trevor Macy    Producer
Marc D. Evans    Producer
Scott Wiper    Screenwriter
John Petro    Screenwriter
Mabrouk El Mechri    Director
Fernando Victoria de Lecea    Unit Production Manager
Guillermo Escribano    Assistant Director
Carlos Navarrete    Assistant Director
Garrett Basch    Co-Producer
Jojo Villanueva    Music Supervisor
Simon Chase    Dialogue Editor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.