Australia Box Office for Midnight Special (2016)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Australia Box Office $204,971Details
Worldwide Box Office $7,680,250Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $1,586,134 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $1,075,812 Details
Total North America Video Sales $2,661,946
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Synopsis

When Roy Tomlin discovers his eight-year-old son, Alton, has mysterious powers, the two of them go on the run. What starts as a race from religious extremists and local law enforcement quickly escalates to a nationwide manhunt involving the highest levels of the Federal Government. Risking everything, Roy is committed to helping Alton reach his ultimate purpose, whatever that might be and whatever it costs, in a perilous journey from Texas to the Florida coast, while exploring the bonds of love and trust, and the nature of faith.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$18,000,000
Australia Releases: April 22nd, 2016 (Wide)
Video Release: June 7th, 2016 by Warner Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence and action.
(Rating bulletin 2353, 12/17/2014)
Running Time: 102 minutes
Keywords: Fugitive / On the Run, Cults, Religious, Psychological Thriller, Psychics, Missing Child
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Warner Bros., RatPac Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Faliro House Productions, Tri State Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Home Market Releases for June 21st, 2016

June 20th, 2016

Fantastic Planet

There are two wide releases coming out this week, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 and The Divergent Series: Allegiant, although the latter is only coming out on Video on Demand. Neither of these are big releases and it only gets much worse from there. There wasn't a lot of competition for Pick of the Week, but I went with Fantastic Planet: Criterion Collection. It's a classic, but it is also a French Surrealist animated film, so that will limit its target audience. More...

Home Market Releases for June 7th, 2016

June 8th, 2016

Zootopia

The list of new home market releases isn't particularly long, but it includes Zootopia the best movie of the year, so it feels like an amazing week. It isn't the only contender for Pick of the Week this week, as Anomalisa, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Director's Cut, and others are also worth considering. The Martian: Extended Edition is also a must have, if you don't own it yet. More...

Theater Averages: Civil War Sets Yearly Mark with $42,390

May 10th, 2016

Captain America: Civil War

Captain America: Civil War not only had the best theater average of the weekend, but it also had the best theater average for any film released in 2016. Its average of $42,390 was just ahead of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, while Midnight Special remains the best average for a limited release this year. Other films in the $10,000 club this week include A Bigger Splash, which earned an average of $22,884 in five theaters over the weekend for an average of $27,697 from Wednesday through Sunday. Eva Hesse saw its average rise 8% to $13,816, but it did open on a Wednesday last week, so that likely depressed its weekend numbers last week. Dheepan just made it into the $10,000 club with an average of $10,125 in two theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Batman v Superman down 68% in second weekend

April 3rd, 2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Last weekend, Batman v Superman posted the 7th-biggest opening weekend of all time. This weekend, if Sunday’s estimate proves to be accurate, it will record the 27th-biggest 2nd weekend. That stat tells you most of what you need to know about the film’s box office performance: it hit big at the beginning, but is proving to have very little staying power. Warner Bros.’ Sunday morning projection for the weekend is $52.385 million, down 68% from last weekend, for a total of $261.5 million to date. With $419.8 million overseas so far, the film is well on its way to $700 million worldwide, and should make about $900 million in total. That’s certainly short of what the studio was hoping for—the consensus was that the film needed $1 billion globally to make a profit—but surely enough to keep their plans for the franchise on track for now. More...

Theater Averages: BvS Breaks Special's Yearly Average Opening at $39,134

March 30th, 2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice earned first place on the theater average chart for the weekend and for 2016 with $39,134. The previous record was $38,002 held by Midnight Special and was set last weekend. This week, Midnight Special had to settle for second place on the chart with an average of $20,003. Born to be Blue was the best new limited release earning an average of $15,395 in three theaters. The only other film in the $10,000 club was April and the Extraordinary World, which earned $11,413 in its lone theater. More...

Weekend Estimates: Batman v Superman hits March record $170 milion

March 27th, 2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Batman and Superman not only had to fight each other this weekend, but also mediocre reviews. They have come through in some style, however, posting a record for March of $170.1 million, according to Warner Bros.’ Sunday morning estimate. Our model has the film coming a little below that mark, at $165 million or so, which might mean it won’t quite top Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II’s $169 million, which is currently the studio’s best ever weekend. But the fact that we’re comparing the movie to the Harry Potter franchise is nothing but good news for them. More...

Theater Averages: Midnight has Special Year-Best Opening of $38,002

March 22nd, 2016

Midnight Special

Midnight Special had the best theater average for a film that opened in 2016 earning $190,000 in five theaters for an average of $38,002. The only other film in the $10,000 club was A Space Program with $10,247 in its lone theater. More...

Weekend Estimates: Zootopia tops Allegiant

March 20th, 2016

Zootopia

Zootopia is set to win a third straight race and pass $200 million at the domestic box office in the process, but the real story of this weekend is the weak debut by The Divergent Series: Allegiant. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Limited Releases are Very Special

March 18th, 2016

Midnight Special

Of the seven films on this week's list, five of them are earning excellent reviews and one of the other two is a Bollywood film with no reviews. Midnight Special was supposed to open wide, but that's not happening now. It could still find an audience in theaters. Additionally, Krisha is being released by A24 and that distributor has a very good track record. More...

2016 Preview: March

March 1st, 2016

Zootopia

It's March 1st, which is not only the beginning of the month, but also Super Tuesday. If you are not American and don't pay attention to American politics, Super Tuesday is sort of like the Oscar night of the primary season. I was going to write about my predictions, but it looks like the race is about to be over. On the Republicans side, if Trump gets more than 50% of the delegates, then he has won. It will be too late to stop him. If he gets less than 40%, then it becomes a real race again. If the polling is correct, then he will get closer to 50% than 40%. On the Democratic side, Sanders needs at least 45% of the delegates, or it is over for him. Anything less than that and Hillary Clinton will have too big a lead to overcome. If the South Carolina result is an indicator, Hillary Clinton could get two-thirds of the delegates awarded tonight.

As for the box office, February was amazing, thanks to Deadpool's record-breaking opening and better than expected legs. The month ended with 2016 being nearly 4% higher than 2015's pace. Additionally, there are some big releases coming out this month with both Zootopia and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice looking to get more than $200 million, while Allegiant should hit $100 million. Last March, there were also three films that earned more than $100 million, but only one $200 million hit, Cinderella. It should be a really close race between 2016 and 2015. 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
2016/04/22 11 $76,015   20 $3,801   $76,015 1
2016/04/29 21 $40,301 -47% 20 $2,015   $146,890 2
2016/05/06 26 $16,902 -58% 16 $1,056   $174,095 3
2016/05/13 32 $9,215 -45% 8 $1,152   $188,477 4
2016/05/20 32 $8,287 -10% 10 $829   $198,708 5
2016/05/27 44 $3,683 -56% 8 $460   $204,971 6

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 4/22/2016 $76,015 20 20 82 $204,971 6/9/2016
Austria 4/1/2016 $273 1 1 3 $2,802 6/9/2016
Cambodia 4/7/2016 $7,559 28 28 39 $12,380 12/31/2018
France 3/16/2016 $609,292 0 170 291 $1,417,567 6/9/2016
Germany 2/18/2016 $13,574 53 53 71 $24,721 6/9/2016
Malaysia 4/14/2016 $31,714 43 43 43 $31,714 6/9/2016
Netherlands 5/12/2016 $20,383 21 21 42 $44,696 11/18/2018
North America 3/18/2016 $190,012 5 521 1,482 $3,712,282 8/28/2017
Turkey 7/1/2016 $9,965 44 44 74 $37,492 2/26/2019
United Kingdom 4/8/2016 $701,141 400 400 743 $1,343,024 6/9/2016
 
Rest of World $848,601
 
Worldwide Total$7,680,250 2/26/2019

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

Michael Shannon    Roy

Supporting Cast

Joel Edgerton    Lucas
Kirsten Dunst    Sarah
Adam Driver    Sevier
Jaeden Lieberher    Alton
Sam Shepard    Calvin Meyer
Bill Camp    Doak
Scott Haze    Levi
Paul Sparks    Agent Miller
David Jensen    Elden
Sharon Landry    Merrianne (Doak's Wife)
Dana Gourrier    Sharon Davison (Counselor)
Sharon Garrison    Jane Adams (Sarah's Mother)
Allison King    Hannah (Ranch Member)
Sean Bridgers    Fredrick (Ranch Member)
Lucy Faust    Caroline (Ranch Member)
James Moses Black    Military Officer
Yvonne Landry    Motel Clerk
Maureen Brennan    Woman at Truck Stop
Ann Mahoney    FBI Agent #1
Garrett Hines    FBI Agent #2
Kerry Cahill    Linda (NSA Staffer)
Wayne Pére    Prison FBI Agent
Dane Rhodes    Oil Worker
Lee Zurik    Local Newscaster #1
Nicondra Norwood    Local Newscaster #2
Billy Slaughter    NSA Staffer
Sam Malone    Soldier at Roadblock
Sean Kaplan    Texas State Trooper
James DuMont    Base Commander

Cameos

Nancy Grace    Herself
Lynn Berry    Herself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jeff Nichols    Director
Jeff Nichols    Screenwriter
Sarah Green    Producer
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones    Producer
Glen Basner    Executive Producer
Hans Graffunder    Executive Producer
Christos V. Konstantakopoulos    Executive Producer
Adam Stone    Director of Photography
Chad Keith    Production Designer
Julie Monroe    Editor
Francine Maisler    Casting Director
David Wingo    Composer
Erin Benach    Costume Designer
Hans Graffunder    Unit Production Manager
Sarah Green    Unit Production Manager
Eric N. Heffron*    First Assistant Director
Christopher T. Sadler    Second Assistant Director
Eric N. Heffron*    Co-Producer
Kristin Mann    Associate Producer
Rian Cahill    Associate Producer
Darius Shahmir    Associate Producer
Robert Mazaraki    Production Supervisor
Austin Gorg    Art Director
Adam Willis    Set Decorator
Pud Cusack    Sound Mixer
John McLeod    Special Effects Coordinator
John S. Baker    Special Effects
R. Michael Bisetti    Special Effects
Marshall T. Broyles    Special Effects
Scott Roark    Special Effects
Alan Roberts    Special Effects
Larry Shorts    Special Effects
Kyle Wasserman    Special Effects
Stacy Kelly    Make up
Paige Reeves    Make up
Tony Ward    Hairstylist
Amy Wood    Hairstylist
Jean Paul Chreky    Script Supervisor
Brent Morris    Production Supervisor
Richard B. Molina    First Assistant Editor
Sam Craven    First Assistant Editor
John Portnoy    Post-Production Supervisor
Will Fines    Supervising Sound Editor
Will Files    Re-recording Mixer
Brandon Proctor    Re-recording Mixer
Jeremy Bowker    Sound Designer
David Bach    Dialogue Editor
Joel Dougherty    Dialogue Editor
Pascal Garneau    Sound Effects Editor
Scott Guitteau    Sound Effects Editor
Erik Foreman    Sound Effects Editor
Jay Richardson    Music Editor
Satoshi Noguchi    Score Mixer

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