Obit (2017)

Obit
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $312,777Details
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $85,748 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $11,659 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $97,407
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Every morning, a small staff of obituary writers at The New York Times deposits the details of three or four extraordinary lives into the cultural memory—each life’s story spun amid the daily beat of war, politics, and football scores. It’s amazing what goes on in the obits. There are only a handful of editorial obituary writers in the world, and none are better than at The Times, where obits have become some of the best writing in journalism. Documentary storytelling in print. OBIT. is the first documentary to look into the world of editorial obituaries, via the legendary obit desk at The Times. Going beyond the byline and into the minds of those chronicling life after death on the freshly inked front lines of history, the film invites some of the most essential questions we ask ourselves about life, memory and the inevitable passage of time. What do we choose to remember? What never dies?

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$16,185 (5.2% of total gross)
Legs:7.52 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/22 max. theaters, 6.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $375,888

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 10,801-10,900) 10,881 $312,777
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 20,101-20,200) 20,145 $312,777
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,056 $312,777

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: April 26th, 2017 (Limited) by Kino Lorber
Video Release: August 1st, 2017 by Kino Lorber
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 95 minutes
Comparisons: vs. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Keywords: Set in New York, Writing and Writers, Newspaper Industry
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Kino Lorber, Green Fuse Films, Mystic Artists, Topiary Productions, Imperfect Films, The Fledgling Fund
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 10,801-10,900) 10,881 $312,777
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 10,501-10,600) 10,595 $375,888
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 9,901-10,000) 9,935 $312,777
Top 2017 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) 288 $312,777
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,056 $312,777
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,301-3,400) 3,317 $375,888
Top 2017 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 138 $312,777
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,075 $312,777
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 9,701-9,800) 9,718 $312,777
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 501-600) 538 $312,777
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 401-500) 474 $312,777
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,252 $312,777
All Time Domestic Box Office for Kino Lorber Movies 8 $312,777

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 28, 2017 55 $16,185   2 $8,093   $35,208 1
May 5, 2017 53 $15,411 -5% 3 $5,137   $56,398 2
May 12, 2017 50 $19,996 +30% 10 $2,000   $85,027 3
May 19, 2017 - $33,851 +69% 20 $1,693   $129,299 4
May 26, 2017 35 $41,579 +23% 20 $2,079   $190,305 5
Jun 2, 2017 39 $29,361 -29% 22 $1,335   $234,569 6
Jun 9, 2017 51 $10,725 -63% 14 $766   $258,299 7
Jun 16, 2017 59 $7,447 -31% 11 $677   $272,827 8
Jun 23, 2017 56 $8,334 +12% 10 $833   $285,072 9
Jun 30, 2017 63 $4,637 -44% 10 $464   $295,309 10
Jul 7, 2017 90 $481 -90% 3 $160   $298,814 11
Jul 14, 2017 82 $1,252 +160% 4 $313   $304,191 12
Jul 21, 2017 76 $1,821 +45% 2 $911   $308,586 13
Jul 28, 2017 101 $60 -97% 1 $60   $309,730 14
Aug 4, 2017 86 $559 +832% 2 $280   $310,349 15
Aug 11, 2017 96 $665 +19% 2 $333   $312,324 16

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 21, 2017 71 $4,665   2 $2,333   $19,023 1
Apr 28, 2017 56 $21,964 +371% 2 $10,982   $40,987 2
May 5, 2017 51 $24,044 +9% 3 $8,015   $65,031 3
May 12, 2017 50 $30,417 +27% 10 $3,042   $95,448 4
May 19, 2017 41 $53,278 +75% 20 $2,664   $148,726 5
May 26, 2017 37 $56,482 +6% 20 $2,824   $205,208 6
Jun 2, 2017 40 $42,366 -25% 22 $1,926   $247,574 7
Jun 9, 2017 50 $17,806 -58% 14 $1,272   $265,380 8
Jun 16, 2017 60 $11,358 -36% 11 $1,033   $276,738 9
Jun 23, 2017 58 $13,934 +23% 10 $1,393   $290,672 10
Jun 30, 2017 66 $7,661 -45% 10 $766   $298,333 11
Jul 7, 2017 73 $4,606 -40% 3 $1,535   $302,939 12
Jul 14, 2017 76 $3,826 -17% 4 $957   $306,765 13
Jul 21, 2017 78 $2,905 -24% 1 $2,905   $309,670 14
Jul 28, 2017 99 $120 -96% 1 $120   $309,790 15
Aug 4, 2017 78 $1,869 +1,458% 3 $623   $311,659 16
Aug 11, 2017 96 $1,118 -40% 2 $559   $312,777 17

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.

Documentary Subject(s)

William McDonald    Himself
Margalit Fox    Herself
Bruce Weber    Himself
William Grimes    Himself
Jack Kadden    Himself
Peter Keepnews    Himself
Douglas Martin    Himself
Dolores Morrison    Herself
Jon Pareles    Himself
Jeff Roth    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Vanessa Gould    Director
Kristin Bye    Editor
Pamela Tanner Boll    Executive Producer
Geralyn Dreyfous White*    Executive Producer
Diana Barrett    Co-Executive Producer
Ann Blinkhorn    Co-Executive Producer
Barbara Dobkin    Co-Executive Producer
Nion McEvoy    Co-Executive Producer
Anne Milliken    Co-Executive Producer
Katrina vanden Heuvel    Co-Executive Producer
Caitlin Mae Burke    Producer
Vanessa Gould    Producer
Kenn Rabin    Consulting Producer and Archivist
Ben Wolf    Cinematographer
Joel Goodman    Composer
Andrew Roberts    Graphics and Animation
Kristin Bye    Graphics and Animation

Home Market Releases for August 1st, 2017

August 2nd, 2017

Colossal

There is no monster hit coming out this week, but that doesn’t mean there are no new DVD / Blu-rays worth picking up. In fact, there are six Pick of the Week contenders. This includes Slither: Collector's Edition, which took home the title in a close race. There are also two co-winners of the Puck of the Week for best Canadian release, Colossal on Blu-ray Combo Pack and I am the Blues on DVD. More...

Theater Averages: Baahubali Won’t Conclude after a $24,712 opening

May 2nd, 2017

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion opened on top of the theater average chart with $24,712 in just over 400 theaters. It goes without saying that there will be another installment in this franchise; although I hear it won’t follow the same characters. The only other film in the $10,000 club was How to Be a Latin Lover, which earned an average of $10,959 in 1,118 theaters. Obit was relatively close to the $10,000 mark with an average of $8,093 in two theaters over the weekend; however, it was a Wednesday release earning an average of $17,604 over the five days. More...

Weekend Estimates: Niche Audiences to the Fore at Home, Guardians Big Overseas

April 30th, 2017

How to Be a Latin Lover

The last weekend before the Summer season is generally a quiet one, but two breakout hits aimed at niche audiences are making this one interesting. How to Be a Latin Lover will post a shade over $12 million from just 1,118 theaters, according to Lionsgate’s weekend estimate. That would be the news of the weekend if it wasn’t for Baahubali 2: The Conclusion earning the best weekend for a Bollywood movie in history with a stellar $10.1 million from just 425 locations. Those two films couldn’t knock The Fate of the Furious off top spot though, as the action blockbuster added another $19.4 million, to take its domestic total to $192.7 million. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Below Average Releases

April 28th, 2017

Harold and Lilian: A Hollywood Love Story

It is not a good week for limited releases. Only two of the films on this week’s list are earning any level of buzz, Below Her Mouth and Rupture. However, both are earning bad reviews and are playing on VOD, so their box office chances are nearly zero. There are a couple of documentaries earning 100% positive reviews at the moment, Bang! The Bert Berns Story and Harold and Lilian: A Hollywood Love Story. If you like roc ‘n’ roll, check out the former. If you are a cinephile or if you are a regular on this site, then check out the latter. More...


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Synopsis

Every morning, a small staff of obituary writers at The New York Times deposits the details of three or four extraordinary lives into the cultural memory—each life’s story spun amid the daily beat of war, politics, and football scores. It’s amazing what goes on in the obits. There are only a handful of editorial obituary writers in the world, and none are better than at The Times, where obits have become some of the best writing in journalism. Documentary storytelling in print. OBIT. is the first documentary to look into the world of editorial obituaries, via the legendary obit desk at The Times. Going beyond the byline and into the minds of those chronicling life after death on the freshly inked front lines of history, the film invites some of the most essential questions we ask ourselves about life, memory and the inevitable passage of time. What do we choose to remember? What never dies?

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$16,185 (5.2% of total gross)
Legs:7.52 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/22 max. theaters, 6.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $375,888

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 10,801-10,900) 10,881 $312,777
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 20,101-20,200) 20,145 $312,777
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,056 $312,777

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: April 26th, 2017 (Limited) by Kino Lorber
Video Release: August 1st, 2017 by Kino Lorber
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 95 minutes
Comparisons: vs. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Set in New York, Writing and Writers, Newspaper Industry
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Kino Lorber, Green Fuse Films, Mystic Artists, Topiary Productions, Imperfect Films, The Fledgling Fund
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Documentary Subject(s)

William McDonald    Himself
Margalit Fox    Herself
Bruce Weber    Himself
William Grimes    Himself
Jack Kadden    Himself
Peter Keepnews    Himself
Douglas Martin    Himself
Dolores Morrison    Herself
Jon Pareles    Himself
Jeff Roth    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Vanessa Gould    Director
Kristin Bye    Editor
Pamela Tanner Boll    Executive Producer
Geralyn Dreyfous White*    Executive Producer
Diana Barrett    Co-Executive Producer
Ann Blinkhorn    Co-Executive Producer
Barbara Dobkin    Co-Executive Producer
Nion McEvoy    Co-Executive Producer
Anne Milliken    Co-Executive Producer
Katrina vanden Heuvel    Co-Executive Producer
Caitlin Mae Burke    Producer
Vanessa Gould    Producer
Kenn Rabin    Consulting Producer and Archivist
Ben Wolf    Cinematographer
Joel Goodman    Composer
Andrew Roberts    Graphics and Animation
Kristin Bye    Graphics and Animation

Home Market Releases for August 1st, 2017

August 2nd, 2017

Colossal

There is no monster hit coming out this week, but that doesn’t mean there are no new DVD / Blu-rays worth picking up. In fact, there are six Pick of the Week contenders. This includes Slither: Collector's Edition, which took home the title in a close race. There are also two co-winners of the Puck of the Week for best Canadian release, Colossal on Blu-ray Combo Pack and I am the Blues on DVD. More...

Theater Averages: Baahubali Won’t Conclude after a $24,712 opening

May 2nd, 2017

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion opened on top of the theater average chart with $24,712 in just over 400 theaters. It goes without saying that there will be another installment in this franchise; although I hear it won’t follow the same characters. The only other film in the $10,000 club was How to Be a Latin Lover, which earned an average of $10,959 in 1,118 theaters. Obit was relatively close to the $10,000 mark with an average of $8,093 in two theaters over the weekend; however, it was a Wednesday release earning an average of $17,604 over the five days. More...

Weekend Estimates: Niche Audiences to the Fore at Home, Guardians Big Overseas

April 30th, 2017

How to Be a Latin Lover

The last weekend before the Summer season is generally a quiet one, but two breakout hits aimed at niche audiences are making this one interesting. How to Be a Latin Lover will post a shade over $12 million from just 1,118 theaters, according to Lionsgate’s weekend estimate. That would be the news of the weekend if it wasn’t for Baahubali 2: The Conclusion earning the best weekend for a Bollywood movie in history with a stellar $10.1 million from just 425 locations. Those two films couldn’t knock The Fate of the Furious off top spot though, as the action blockbuster added another $19.4 million, to take its domestic total to $192.7 million. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Below Average Releases

April 28th, 2017

Harold and Lilian: A Hollywood Love Story

It is not a good week for limited releases. Only two of the films on this week’s list are earning any level of buzz, Below Her Mouth and Rupture. However, both are earning bad reviews and are playing on VOD, so their box office chances are nearly zero. There are a couple of documentaries earning 100% positive reviews at the moment, Bang! The Bert Berns Story and Harold and Lilian: A Hollywood Love Story. If you like roc ‘n’ roll, check out the former. If you are a cinephile or if you are a regular on this site, then check out the latter. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 10,801-10,900) 10,881 $312,777
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 10,501-10,600) 10,595 $375,888
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 9,901-10,000) 9,935 $312,777
Top 2017 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) 288 $312,777
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,056 $312,777
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,301-3,400) 3,317 $375,888
Top 2017 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 138 $312,777
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,075 $312,777
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 9,701-9,800) 9,718 $312,777
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 501-600) 538 $312,777
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 401-500) 474 $312,777
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,252 $312,777
All Time Domestic Box Office for Kino Lorber Movies 8 $312,777

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 28, 2017 55 $16,185   2 $8,093   $35,208 1
May 5, 2017 53 $15,411 -5% 3 $5,137   $56,398 2
May 12, 2017 50 $19,996 +30% 10 $2,000   $85,027 3
May 19, 2017 - $33,851 +69% 20 $1,693   $129,299 4
May 26, 2017 35 $41,579 +23% 20 $2,079   $190,305 5
Jun 2, 2017 39 $29,361 -29% 22 $1,335   $234,569 6
Jun 9, 2017 51 $10,725 -63% 14 $766   $258,299 7
Jun 16, 2017 59 $7,447 -31% 11 $677   $272,827 8
Jun 23, 2017 56 $8,334 +12% 10 $833   $285,072 9
Jun 30, 2017 63 $4,637 -44% 10 $464   $295,309 10
Jul 7, 2017 90 $481 -90% 3 $160   $298,814 11
Jul 14, 2017 82 $1,252 +160% 4 $313   $304,191 12
Jul 21, 2017 76 $1,821 +45% 2 $911   $308,586 13
Jul 28, 2017 101 $60 -97% 1 $60   $309,730 14
Aug 4, 2017 86 $559 +832% 2 $280   $310,349 15
Aug 11, 2017 96 $665 +19% 2 $333   $312,324 16

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 21, 2017 71 $4,665   2 $2,333   $19,023 1
Apr 28, 2017 56 $21,964 +371% 2 $10,982   $40,987 2
May 5, 2017 51 $24,044 +9% 3 $8,015   $65,031 3
May 12, 2017 50 $30,417 +27% 10 $3,042   $95,448 4
May 19, 2017 41 $53,278 +75% 20 $2,664   $148,726 5
May 26, 2017 37 $56,482 +6% 20 $2,824   $205,208 6
Jun 2, 2017 40 $42,366 -25% 22 $1,926   $247,574 7
Jun 9, 2017 50 $17,806 -58% 14 $1,272   $265,380 8
Jun 16, 2017 60 $11,358 -36% 11 $1,033   $276,738 9
Jun 23, 2017 58 $13,934 +23% 10 $1,393   $290,672 10
Jun 30, 2017 66 $7,661 -45% 10 $766   $298,333 11
Jul 7, 2017 73 $4,606 -40% 3 $1,535   $302,939 12
Jul 14, 2017 76 $3,826 -17% 4 $957   $306,765 13
Jul 21, 2017 78 $2,905 -24% 1 $2,905   $309,670 14
Jul 28, 2017 99 $120 -96% 1 $120   $309,790 15
Aug 4, 2017 78 $1,869 +1,458% 3 $623   $311,659 16
Aug 11, 2017 96 $1,118 -40% 2 $559   $312,777 17

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 20,101-20,200) 20,145 $312,777
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 18,601-18,700) 18,695 $312,777
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,851 $312,777
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 17,101-17,200) 17,189 $312,777
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 1,000 $312,777
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 801-900) 845 $312,777
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,210 $312,777
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Kino Lorber Movies 51 $312,777

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.