Taiwan Box Office for Life of Pi (2012)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Taiwan Box Office $17,894,120Details
Worldwide Box Office $619,310,368Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $23,819,618 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $29,244,697 Details
Total North America Video Sales $53,064,315
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Synopsis

A young man survives a disaster at sea and is hurtled into a journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an amazing and unexpected connection with another survivor... a fearsome Bengal tiger.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$120,000,000
Taiwan Releases: November 21st, 2012 (Wide)
Video Release: March 12th, 2013 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for emotional thematic content throughout, and some scary action sequences and peril.
(Rating bulletin 2244, 10/10/2012)
Running Time: 125 minutes
Keywords: Religious, Animal Lead, On a Boat, Disaster, Marooned, Surprise Twist, Non-Chronological, Same Role, Multiple Actors, Development Hell, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Voiceover/Narration, Unnamed Character, Atheism, Visual Effects, 2013 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, IMAX: DMR, Survival Drama
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Fox 2000 Pictures, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Media, Haishang Films, Gil Netter Productions, Big Screen Prods, Ingenious Film Partners
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Blu-ray Sales: April 14th, 2013: Hobbit Stretches Its Legs

May 31st, 2013

Like the DVD sales chart, there were almost no new releases to find a place on the April 14th, 2013 edition of the Blu-ray sales chart. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey rose to the top of the chart 104,000 units / $2.60 million for the week and 1.93 million units / $45.02 million after four. More...

Blu-ray Sales: March 24th, 2013: Hobbit Reaches its Expected Destination

May 9th, 2013

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was one of three new releases to finish in the top three spots on the March 24th, 2013 edition of the Blu-ray sales chart. It sold 1.36 million units and generated $31.34 million for an opening week Blu-ray share of 56%. It wasn't that long ago that reaching the 50% mark would have been record-breaking, but here it was expected. More...

Blu-ray Sales: March 17th, 2013: Lively Starts for Guardians and Pi

April 29th, 2013

New releases did better on Blu-ray than they did on DVD with eight films charting on the March 17th, 2013 edition of the Blu-ray sales chart. They were led by Rise of the Guardians, which sold 584,000 units / $11.77 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 42%, which is strong, for a kids movie. More...

DVD Sales: March 17th, 2013: Guardians Golden, Pi Rather Lifeless

April 29th, 2013

There were not a lot of new releases on the March 17th, 2013 edition of the DVD sales chart, but one of them took top spot. Rise of the Guardians sold 804,000 units and generated $12.45 million in sales. This is a solid opening for this type of release. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 26th, 2013

March 27th, 2013

It is a shallow week on the home market. Lincoln is coming out and should dominate the sales chart, but after that, there's almost nothing to talk about. Given its reviews and its Awards Season success, it is the easy choice for Pick of the Week, right? Not so fast. I'm still waiting for the screener. Speaking of late reviews, Skyfall finally showed up and despite not coming out this week, or this month, I'm giving the Blu-ray Combo Pack Pick of the Week honors. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Life of Pi

March 21st, 2013

Life of Pi had the kind of buzz most films would kill for. From the very beginning, it was seen as a major player during Awards Season. In the end, it won four Oscars, including the second Best Director Oscar win for Ang Lee. On the other hand, many critics, even those who gave the film positive reviews, said it was more impressive as a technical achievement than has a story. Will I be won over by the story? Will I merely like the film's technical prowess? Or will I be one of the rare critics to simply not like the movie at all? More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 12th, 2013

March 13th, 2013

There are not many first run releases coming out on the home market this week, but two of them, Life of Pi and Rise of the Guardians, rose to Pick of the Week status. For that honor, we have to turn to an older release, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, which celebrated its 25th Anniversary by coming out on Blu-ray for the first time. Yes, it is shovelware, but it is still the best movie on this week's list. If you don't have the DVD already and really don't like Pan & Scan, you might want to wait till Disney fixes the mix-up with the DVD portion of the Combo Pack. More...

Weekend Estimates: Jack No Giant

March 3rd, 2013

The year's first big-budget special effects extravaganza is headed for a decidedly weak opening weekend. Jack the Giant Slayer will earn about $28 million, according to Warner Bros., which is only a fraction of its reported $195 million production budget. Even with international numbers expected to be better, the film will struggle financially. The weekend's other openers are posting even more modest numbers, but benefit from having much, much lower budgets. 21 and Over is set for $9 million for Relativity and The Last Exorcism Part II will post about $8 million for CBS Films. Phantom, from new distributor RCR Media Group, will pick up a very weak $460,000 or so (they have not shared an official number with us) from 1,118 theaters, highlighting once more the challenge for new distributors in establishing a place in the market. More...

2013 Awards Season: Argo Unites a Divided Night at the Oscars

February 25th, 2013

Argo was the big winner at the Oscars last night, although arguably, there were no big winners, but a lot of films that shared in the glory. There were also some pretty interesting twists and a few events that stand out. Due to ongoing computer difficulties, I was unable to live-blog the Oscars this year. I will still be giving my reactions on a category by category basis, but not in the order they were handed out. More...

Weekend Estimates: Identity Thief Regains Top Spot

February 24th, 2013

The box office crown for Oscar weekend will be claimed by Identity Thief, according to studio estimates released on Sunday morning, even though the comedy will fall by a relatively large 41% from last weekend. So its win is in large part due to the low-key new releases: Snitch will be second with $13 million in a modest 2,511 theaters and Dark Skies is headed for 6th place with $8.85 million from 2,313 theaters. Neither new film has particularly low per theater averages ($5,177 and $3,826 respectively), so their so-so debuts are as much a factor of their smallish opening theater counts as lack of demand. More...

2013 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Picture

February 22nd, 2013

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try to figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. We wrap up our look at the prestigious categories with the most prestigious of them all: Best Picture. Like last year, there are nine nominees. Unlike last year, none of them were completely out of left field. That's not to say they all have a legitimate shot at winning; there's definitely a favorite. However, politics could become an issue. I don't mean politics as in Democrat vs. Republican. I mean behind-the-scenes issues might play a bigger role than what is on the screen. Let's take a look at the nominees, and their chances to claiming the crown on Sunday. More...

2013 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Director

February 22nd, 2013

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we will look at the Best Director, which is one of the stranger races this year. Before Awards Season began, I thought Kathryn Bigelow would be the favorite. She wasn't even nominated. The evidence suggests Ben Affleck will win. But again, he wasn't even nominated. So with the top two choices not even on the list of nominees, we are looking at the best of the rest. More...

2013 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Adapted Screenplay

February 21st, 2013

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we will look at the two writing categories, starting with Best Adapted Screenplay. This is a race that is not as close as many thought it would be, and it is not the two early front-runners running away with the Oscar. More...

International Box Office: Django Remains Top Draw

February 6th, 2013

Django Unchained won the international race with $30.28 million on 5,990 screens in 65 markets for a running total of $158.36 million. Worldwide, its total has reached $309.31 million. It is just a week away from overtaking Inglourious Basterds as Quentin Tarantino's biggest hit of his career. The film had no major market openings, which makes its hold more impressive. Its best market was Germany, where it made $6.61 million on 708 screens over the weekend for a total of $30.78 million after three. More...

International Box Office: Django Battles Bond for Top Spot

January 30th, 2013

There was a relatively close race on top of the international chart, but Django Unchained came out on top for the second week in a row. This time it earned $43.10 million on 6,421 screens in 64 markets for a total of $111.61 million after just two weeks of release. It is rapidly closing in on Inglourious Basterds as Quentin Tarantino's biggest hit of his career. It is also the most expensive film in his career. The film opened in first place in Australia with $3.95 million on 330 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $5.61 million. It also remained in top spot in Germany with an incredible $8.08 million on 650 screens over the weekend for a two-week total of $21.32 million. More...

Weekend Estimates: Hansel & Gretel Best of Weak Opening Bunch

January 27th, 2013

January will go out like a lamb at the box office, with three new releases failing to catch on with moviegoers this weekend and not much action among the holdovers. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters will win the weekend more-or-less by default, with a modest $19 million bow from 3,372 theaters. That spells financial disaster for a film that reportedly cost $50 million to make. FilmDistrict's $30 million-budgeted Parker will have a similarly tough time recouping its investment, although lower marketing costs will help. It starts out with $7 million and a per theater average of $3,147. Even more disappointing is Movie 43, which is set to open with $5 million, although its $6 million budget and likely long shelf life on video will avert catastrophe. More...

International Box Office: Unchained Free to Take Top Spot

January 23rd, 2013

Django Unchained began its international run in first place with $49.70 million on 5,863 screens in 54 markets. It opened in first place in a number of major markets, led by Germany, where it made $9.84 million on 482 screens, while it was nearly as potent in France with $7.54 million on 610 screens. It also earned first place in Italy with $4.60 million on 541 screens and in Spain with $3.40 million on 541. It had to settle for second place in the U.K. ($4.45 million on 445 screens); in Russia ($5.52 million on 736); and in Mexico ($999,000 on 451). It only managed third place in Brazil with $1.27 million, but it was only playing on 187 screens. Overall, this debut was 30% better than Inglourious Basterds' debut in the same markets. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Mama Mia!

January 22nd, 2013

Mama easily won the box office race over the Martin Luther King, Jr. long weekend, with Zero Dark Thirty earning a solid second place. Unfortunately, the other two new releases, Broken City and The Last Stand, were weak and weaker. The overall box office was on par with last week, down less than 1% to $139 million, over the three-day weekend. This was 6% higher than the same weekend last year, over the same period. Adding on Monday, and the total weekend was $165 million, or about 1% higher than last year. It is still way too early to pay real attention to the year-to-date stats, but 2013 is ahead of 2012 by a 7.0% margin at $658 million to $615 million. More...

Weekend Estimates: Mama Wins MLK Weekend

January 20th, 2013

For all the Oscar hype, moviegoers are voting with their feet this MLK weekend for a more straightforward entertainment bang for their buck. Mama is set to win the weekend by a large margin, with Universal estimating a $28.1 million three-day weekend and about $33 million over four days. With the film playing in a relatively modest 2,647 theaters, that translates into a per theater average of $10,625, comfortably ahead of any other wide release. Jessica Chastain has dual reasons to celebrate, with Zero Dark Thirty set to finish second for the weekend with $17.6 million. Fellow Oscar-hopeful Silver Linings Playbook will be third with about $11.35 million over three days in its first weekend in wide release. More...

International Box Office: Second Serving of Pi

January 16th, 2013

Life of Pi remained in first place on the international chart with $34.95 million on 9,291 screens in 67 markets. Its totals reached $359.11 million internationally and $453.91 million worldwide. The film's biggest market of the weekend was Russia, where it earned $4.45 million on 1,575 screens over the weekend for a total of $25.07 million after two. More...

2013 Awards Season: DGA Diverge From Oscars

January 14th, 2013

The Directors Guild of America handed out their nominations for Feature Films last week and Documentaries today. No, I have no idea why they split up their announcements. Usually, there's a lot of overlap between the DGAs and the Oscars, but that's not the case this year, so we again have some surprises. More...

2013 Awards Season: Les Mis Leads Ways as Surprises Dominate

January 14th, 2013

Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out their awards last night, and the trend of surprises continues. Les Miserables led the way with three awards, only one of which I was truly expecting. Meanwhile, Argo won more awards than Lincoln. I don't think anyone was predicting that. More...

2013 Awards Season: Lincoln Oversees a Divided Group of Nominees

January 10th, 2013

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and there's certainly a lot to talk about. There are some nominations that should surprise no one. For instance, Lincoln led the way with twelve nominations, and it has been seen as the major contender for a long time. However, there were also a few surprise nominations and some major snubs. Here are the list of nominations, and some reactions. More...

International Box Office: Pi Living the High Life

January 10th, 2013

Life of Pi rose to first place with $59.30 million on 10,027 screens in 64 markets for a total of $302.04 million internationally and $393.08 million worldwide. The film reportedly dominated the Russian box office with $14.2 million on 1,600 screens. It had to settle for second place in Australia with $5.18 million on 545 screens over the weekend for a total of $8.36 million. It managed third place in South Korea with $3.06 million on 392 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $5.35 million. This film has yet to open in Japan and a few smaller markets, so it isn't done yet and it should have no trouble getting to $500 million worldwide. More...

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. More...

2013 Awards Season: PGA Produces a Few Surprises

January 6th, 2013

Producers Guild of America announced their nominations this week, including the three theatrical categories. There were a number of films on the list that have been mentioned time and time again this awards season, like Zero Dark Thirty, but there were also a few surprises. More...

International Box Office: Hobbit Rules Weekend, Skyfall Cracks $1 Billion

January 3rd, 2013

We are still stuck with studio estimates, but it is clear The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey repeated on the top of the international box office chart this past weekend. It earned $106.5 million in 62 markets for totals of $464 million internationally and $686 million worldwide. Its biggest opening of the weekend was from Australia where it earned $18.6 million on 560 screens. This is the biggest opening in the franchise. It also remained strong in Germany with $17.17 million on 888 screens over the weekend, which represented an 11% increase and pushed its total to $61.14 million after three weeks of release. It was also able to earn more than $10 million in the U.K. with $11.18 million on 596 screens over the weekend for a total of $58.51 million after three weeks of release. The film has yet to open in a few markets, so getting to $1 billion worldwide is still the main target. More...

International Box Office: Hobbit is Smaller in Stature This Week

December 27th, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey remained on top of the international chart with an estimated $96 million on 18,417 screens in 59 markets for a total of $288.5 million. This includes a first place, $17.8 million opening on 2,115 screens in Russia. It also had an amazing hold in Germany down just 6% to $14.2 million on 1,408 screens over the weekend for a total of $36.7 million after two. The film's best market remained the U.K. where it has made $38.4 million, including $9.8 million on 1,546 screens this past weekend, but that is a pretty steep drop-off. More...

International Box Office: Hobbit Travels Around the World

December 20th, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey entered the international chart in first place with $138.0 million on 18,165 screens in 56 markets. Leading the way was the U.K. with $18.80 million on 598 screens, while it also cracked $10 million in Germany with $15.13 million on 877 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $17.19 million. It also came very close in France with $9.77 million on 958 screens. The film had similar strong openings in Spain with $7.98 million on 1,052 screens and in South Korea with $7.29 million on 1,028 screes over the weekend, although it had a total opening of $8.50 million. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Hobbit Stands Tall

December 17th, 2012

In a result that surprised absolutely no one, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey earned first place on top of the chart this weekend. It earned more than the entire box office earned last weekend leading to a 70% increase week-over-week to $136 million. Compared to last year, the box office was 15% higher, as The Hobbit made more than last year's three wide releases opened with combined. Year-to-date, 2012 has earned $10.19 billion, which is 6.1% higher than last year's pace. Additionally, the year is about $100 million away from topping 2011's final tally. It should have no trouble surpassing that total some time over the weekend. On the other hand, it is still far behind the record set by 2009. More...

Weekend Predictions: The Hobbit Looks to Tower Over Competition

December 13th, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens this weekend and it will clearly be the biggest hit of the month and likely the biggest hit of the winter. There is roughly a 100% chance that The Hobbit will earn first place and nearly all analysts think it will earn more than the entire box office earned last week. It might even earn more than the entire box office made last year. Last year, the box office was led by Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which made just under $40 million, while second place went to Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked with just over $23 million. If The Hobbit doesn't make more than those two films made combined, then the box office is in serious trouble. More...

Awards Season: Lincoln Shows a United Front at the Golden Globes

December 13th, 2012

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominations and the same list of films that have been mentioned since the beginning of Awards Season were rewarded today. Lincoln led the way with seven nods, while Argo and Django Unchained were close behind with five. More...

International Box Office: Rise Rose to the Top

December 13th, 2012

Rise Of The Guardians reached first place on the international chart with $26.71 million on 9,620 screens in 58 markets for a total of $91.33 million. The film had no major market openings, but it did rise to first place in the U.K. with $2.57 million on 495 screens over the weekend for a total of $6.51 million after two. It also remained in first place in France with $2.86 million on 649 screens, giving it a two-week total of $7.79 million. The film does have a few more markets left to open in, including Australia this coming weekend, so it should earn enough to break even sooner rather than later. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Box Office Falls as Moviegoers Wait for The Hobbit

December 10th, 2012

Skyfall returned to the top of the box office chart, which is fitting, because it was the last film released that truly beat expectations at the box office. The only wide release this week, Playing For Keeps, barely remained above the Mendoza Line and failed to reach the top five. The overall box office fell 30% to just $80 million. Ugh. There are a couple of pieces of good news we should focus on. Firstly, $80 million is still 7% higher than this weekend last year. Secondly, it was enough to push 2012 over the $10 billion market. At the moment, the total box office for 2012 is $10.02 billion, which is 6% higher than 2011 had managed at the same point in the year. By this time next week, 2012 might be ahead of 2011's final figure of $10.28 billion. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Holdovers Keep Control of the Box Office?

December 7th, 2012

For the third weekend in a row, holdovers are expected to dominated the box office. In fact, there are many analysts that think Playing For Keeps won't even reach the top five. That doesn't mean there won't be a race for top spot, as Skyfall, Lincoln, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 were within $100,000 of each other on Wednesday. Will Lincoln finally gets its place at the top? Or will Skyfall return to the clouds? Meanwhile, how will the overall box office compare to last year, which was led by the one-two punch of New Year's Eve and The Sitter. That was a pretty weak effort from 2011, so 2012 does have an opening for a victory, despite the lack of significant new releases. More...

International Box Office: Twilight Tops $700 Million, Nears Franchise Record

December 6th, 2012

We are still stuck with studio estimates for the international numbers, but we can confidently say The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 is in top spot. The film pulled in $48.8 million on 11,800 screens in 73 markets for totals of $447.8 million internationally and $702.40 million worldwide. It has likely already become the biggest hit in the franchise. The film had no major market openings, but it has yet to debut in Japan, but it will likely get past $800 million before then, which will be its last major milestone. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Dawn Still Breaking Bank

December 3rd, 2012

It was a close race for top spot as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 just held off Skyfall by less than $1 million. Unfortunately, the best new release, Killing Them Softly, failed to match low expectations, while The Collection barely managed a spot in the top ten. The overall box office fell 45% to $114 million. However, as sharp as that decline was, it was still 41% higher than the same weekend last year and December begins with 2012 ahead of 2011 by 5.9% at $9.91 billion to $9.36 billion. More...

Weekend Predictions: Holdovers are Killing New Releases

November 30th, 2012

Like last weekend, holdovers will again dominate the new releases this weekend. However, one could argue the headline is inaccurate, as Killing Them Softly is really the only new film opening truly wide, so it should be "release", singular. The Collection is opening in more theaters than originally anticipated, perhaps enough to grab a spot in the top ten, but it is not opening truly wide. That said, there are some who think The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 will relinquish top spot at the box office with some thinking Skyfall will regain the title, while others think Lincoln will climb to first place. This weekend last year was a total disaster with the best new release playing in just 10 theaters. This year we should be a little stronger at the top and with a lot more depth. More...

International Box Office: More Milestones for Twilight

November 29th, 2012

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 held firm in first place with $104.21 million on 12,818 screens in 73 markets for a two-week total of $365.46 million intentionally and $592.83 million worldwide. By this time next week, it should be the biggest hit in the franchise. This past weekend, the film opened in Germany earning first place with $12.82 million on 765 screens for a total opening of $16.67 million. Its best holdover was in the U.K. where it made $8.56 million on 559 screens over the weekend for a total of $43.22 million. This is a strong result, but it was down 66%, which is troubling. It was better in Russia down 62% to $8.30 million on 1,380 screens for a total of $36.28 million after two. A 62% decline is actually average for the market, more or less. The film has very few markets left to open in, but it is already profitable, so the studio should be very happy. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Moviegoers Fill Up on Leftovers

November 26th, 2012

The Thanksgiving long weekend was stronger than anticipated with nearly every film topping predictions, some by pretty big margins. In fact, some earned more over three days than they were expected to earn over five days. Despite this, the box office was actually down 17% from last weekend to $208 million over the three-day portion of the weekend. This was 26% higher than the three-day portion of last year's Thanksgiving long weekend. Over five days, the box office pulled in $291 million, which is the most ever for a Thanksgiving weekend and 25% higher than last year. Year-to-date, 2012 has pulled in $9.75 billion, which is 5.5% higher than last year's running tally of $9.24 billion. If 2012 can simply match 2011 the rest of the way, then we will set a new all-time yearly box office total with about $10.7 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Twilight and Bond Lead Record-Setting Thanksgiving

November 25th, 2012

As expected, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 and Skyfall are dominating the Thanksgiving charts, and, with some help from three new releases and two strong holdovers, will produce the most lucrative Thanksgiving holiday in history. All told, we should see something a little over $200 million in revenue for the three-day portion of the weekend, placing it in the top 20 weekends of all time. Breaking Dawn, Part 2 is tracking about in line with Part 1 at this point in its run. In contrast, Skyfall is well ahead of James Bond's previous outing, and has become the first Bond movie to top $200 million domestically (before adjusting for inflation). More...

Weekend Predictions: New Releases Fight for Table Scraps

November 21st, 2012

It's the beginning of Thanksgiving long weekend tonight, which means it is a busy day for new releases. There are three new releases opening wide, plus another film that is expanding wide enough that is has a shot at the top ten. Unfortunately for the new films, there's little hope any of them will top The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 over the weekend. In fact, there's a chance none of them will top Skyfall for second place. Rise of the Guardians is the only one with a real shot at second place, while Life of Pi and Red Dawn will be in a tough battle for fifth place. Finally, Silver Linings Playbook is expanding to more than 400 theaters and could grab tenth place. The box office last year looks very similar to the box office potential this year. With a little luck, there will be mostly pleasant surprises rather than serious disappointments and 2012 will have another solid win. More...

2012 Preview: November

November 1st, 2012

October was pretty good with a few films really crushing expectations, which made up for the few duds that opened at the end. 2012 gained about $100 million over 2011 during the month of October. We really needed this success and hopefully November will continue this push forward. However, November is a bit of a weird month. There are five weekends, but only eight true wide releases, half of which open on the Thanksgiving long weekend, leaving the other four weeks with just one true wide release each. There are a couple others opening in the semi-wide level and another opening in limited release with a planned wide release, but even so, it is not a busy month. That said, it is a case of quality over quantity. There are four films that are pretty much guaranteed to reach $100 million, one of which should reach $300 million. By comparison, last November only produced one $100 million film. Granted, that film was The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, which made nearly $300 million, which is a huge number no matter how you look at it. But this year, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 should top that number and with the other $100 million movies pulling in more than $400 million combined, it should be a very profitable month at the box office. 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
2012/11/23 1 $1,418,664   74 $19,171   $2,273,967 1
2012/11/30 1 $2,047,061 +44% 76 $26,935   $6,129,613 2
2012/12/07 1 $1,855,044 -9% 75 $24,734   $9,608,501 3
2012/12/14 1 $1,087,525 -41% 71 $15,317   $11,936,865 4
2012/12/21 1 $739,362 -32% 67 $11,035   $13,381,067 5
2012/12/28 2 $614,967 -17% 64 $9,609   $14,570,418 6
2013/01/04 2 $260,959 -58% 68 $3,838   $15,641,178 7
2013/01/11 1 $320,311 +23% 52 $6,160   $16,144,184 8
2013/01/18 1 $269,136 -16% 50 $5,383   $16,693,120 9
2013/01/25 2 $155,388 -42% 57 $2,726   $17,105,892 10
2013/02/01 3 $91,039 -41% 55 $1,655   $17,073,752 11
2013/02/08 5 $21,461 -76% 18 $1,192   $17,294,928 12
2013/02/15 4 $33,048 +54% 18 $1,836   $17,327,976 13
2013/02/22 7 $10,604 -68% 10 $1,060   $17,351,928 14
2013/03/01 4 $151,881 +1,332% 21 $7,232   $17,608,368 15
2013/03/08 5 $101,880 -33% 27 $3,773   $17,829,702 16
2013/03/15 6 $52,291 -49% 25 $2,092   $17,946,284 17
2013/03/22 6 $23,697 -55% 19 $1,247   $18,000,168 18
2013/03/29 7 $12,029 -49% 11 $1,094   $18,024,156 19
2013/04/05 7 $5,034 -58% 4 $1,259   $17,888,440 20
2013/04/12 10 $1,816 -64% 3 $605   $17,892,204 21
2013/04/19 14 $439 -76% 1 $439   $17,894,120 22

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 1/10/2013 $897,485 133 133 747 $4,746,237 12/30/2018
Australia 1/1/2013 $5,132,907 545 545 2083 $28,318,988 12/14/2015
Austria 12/26/2012 $441,131 83 84 587 $2,269,925 12/14/2015
Bahrain 12/27/2012 $90,194 8 8 41 $359,565 12/30/2018
Belgium 12/19/2012 $383,098 106 106 811 $2,354,176 12/14/2015
Bolivia 1/3/2013 $101,832 16 17 128 $706,891 12/30/2018
Brazil 12/21/2012 $0 0 418 2124 $14,850,001 12/14/2015
Bulgaria 12/21/2012 $27,254 20 25 152 $278,208 12/30/2018
Central America 12/27/2012 $0 0 96 167 $2,217,746 12/14/2015
Chile 1/3/2013 $608,109 130 130 739 $3,620,711 12/30/2018
Colombia 12/21/2012 $954,429 193 193 705 $27,066,432 12/30/2018
Croatia 12/20/2012 $0 0 20 158 $338,443 12/30/2018
Czech Republic 12/20/2012 $0 0 51 186 $548,789 12/30/2018
Denmark 12/25/2012 $727,712 118 120 568 $2,869,653 12/14/2015
Ecuador 12/21/2012 $151,785 59 59 333 $1,071,402 12/30/2018
Egypt 1/9/2013 $137,282 11 11 92 $603,949 12/30/2018
Estonia 12/21/2012 $0 0 10 60 $355,387 12/14/2015
Finland 12/21/2012 $78,174 85 85 367 $1,496,686 12/14/2015
France 12/19/2012 $3,893,726 589 589 3148 $14,007,963 12/14/2015
Germany 12/26/2012 $6,127,941 629 728 5991 $26,838,012 12/14/2015
Greece 12/20/2012 $267,547 52 59 345 $2,232,088 12/14/2015
Hong Kong 11/22/2012 $1,359,284 83 83 479 $6,097,443 12/14/2015
Hungary 12/20/2012 $207,583 37 37 505 $1,878,620 12/30/2018
Iceland 12/21/2012 $15,347 8 9 56 $260,133 12/30/2018
India 11/23/2012 $3,630,415 716 716 1915 $13,329,683 12/13/2015
Indonesia 11/30/2012 $348,193 111 111 292 $1,644,448 12/30/2018
Iraq 1/10/2013 $0 0 1 1 $11,379 12/30/2018
Israel 12/20/2012 $238,236 50 50 269 $1,632,550 12/30/2018
Italy 12/20/2012 $973,092 238 380 1579 $10,726,675 12/14/2015
Japan 1/25/2013 $0 0 712 2556 $19,481,508 12/14/2015
Kenya 12/21/2012 $0 0 7 47 $152,283 12/30/2018
Kuwait 12/20/2012 $141,689 10 10 39 $776,873 12/30/2018
Latvia 12/21/2012 $41,929 7 8 66 $403,001 12/30/2018
Lebanon 12/20/2012 $0 0 11 29 $304,756 12/30/2018
Lithuania 12/21/2012 $76,727 13 15 98 $601,160 12/14/2015
Malaysia 11/29/2012 $1,032,636 161 161 665 $4,134,666 12/14/2015
Mexico 12/20/2012 $1,918,570 1080 1080 6713 $20,350,936 12/14/2015
Netherlands 12/20/2012 $564,417 105 107 1206 $6,346,548 12/14/2015
New Zealand 1/1/2013 $714,160 140 140 874 $4,214,922 12/14/2015
North America 11/21/2012 $22,451,514 2,927 2,946 25,190 $124,987,022 4/22/2019
Norway 12/25/2012 $0 0 115 384 $3,784,262 12/14/2015
Oman 12/20/2012 $33,542 4 4 20 $185,800 12/30/2018
Peru 12/27/2012 $636,286 140 140 690 $3,336,925 12/30/2018
Philippines 1/9/2013 $924,100 117 117 339 $2,076,267 12/30/2018
Poland 1/11/2013 $539,830 155 155 882 $2,502,826 12/30/2018
Portugal 12/20/2012 $279,512 64 64 512 $1,678,091 12/14/2015
Qatar 12/27/2012 $119,969 6 6 35 $488,155 12/30/2018
Romania 12/21/2012 $0 0 27 213 $1,159,710 12/30/2018
Russia (CIS) 1/3/2013 $0 0 1575 3444 $29,963,660 12/30/2018
Serbia and Montenegro 12/20/2012 $21,585 13 15 208 $271,340 12/30/2018
Singapore 11/29/2012 $1,089,671 64 64 235 $3,181,787 12/14/2015
Slovakia 12/20/2012 $32,311 29 29 106 $230,052 12/14/2015
Slovenia 12/20/2012 $0 0 16 224 $285,748 12/14/2015
South Africa 12/21/2012 $0 0 86 369 $2,392,118 12/14/2015
South Korea 1/1/2013 $0 0 312 1195 $13,625,677 6/24/2020
Spain 11/30/2012 $2,373,638 715 715 4625 $12,403,719 12/14/2015
Sweden 12/21/2012 $604,439 146 163 1127 $7,841,336 12/14/2015
Switzerland 12/19/2012 $0 0 4 4 $1,377,583 12/14/2015
Taiwan 11/21/2012 $1,418,664 74 76 866 $17,894,120 12/14/2015
Thailand 12/20/2012 $322,347 80 80 306 $1,350,730 12/14/2015
Turkey 12/28/2012 $484,208 170 170 835 $2,941,338 12/30/2018
Ukraine 1/1/2013 $816,592 88 97 456 $2,523,301 12/30/2018
United Arab Emirates 12/20/2012 $693,173 42 42 151 $3,217,230 12/30/2018
United Kingdom 12/20/2012 $5,809,823 525 566 4465 $45,505,448 12/14/2015
Uruguay 1/4/2013 $4,677 4 11 80 $309,550 12/30/2018
Venezuela 2/8/2013 $676,521 81 82 360 $5,200,264 12/14/2015
Vietnam 12/14/2012 $299,592 41 41 132 $982,839 12/30/2018
 
Rest of World $98,114,634
 
Worldwide Total$619,310,368 6/24/2020

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Leading Cast

Suraj Sharma    Pi Patel

Supporting Cast

Irrfan Khan    Adult Pi Patel
Gita Patel    Tabu
Rafe Spall    Writer
Gerard Depardieu    Cook

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

Production and Technical Credits

Ang Lee    Director
David Magee    Screenwriter
Yann Martel    Author of the Book
Gil Netter    Producer
David Womark    Producer
Claudio Miranda    Director of Photography
Tim Squyres    Editor
David Gropman    Production Designer
David Lee    Co-Producer
Mychael Danna    Music
Ang Lee    Producer
Dean Georgaris    Executive Producer
Dan Webster    Supervising Art Director
Al Hobbs    Art Director
James F. Truesdale    Supervising Art Director
Easton Smith    Set Designer
Sarah Contant    Set Designer
Huel-Ii Liao    Set Designer
James Hewitt    Set Designer
Anna Pinnock    Set Decorator
Drew Kunin    Sound Mixer
Eugene Gearty    Sound Designer
Eugene Gearty    Supervising Sound Editor
Philip Stockton    Supervising Sound Editor
D.M. Hemphill    Re-recording Mixer
Susan MacLeod    Visual Effects Producer
Steve Callahan    Marine Consultant
Thierry Le Portier    Tiger Trainer/Consultant
Charlie Croughwell    Stunt Coordinator
Michael J. Malone    Associate Producer
Kevin Buxbaum    Associate Producer
William M. Connor    Assistant Director
Cliff Lanning    Assistant Director

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