Seymour: An Introduction (2015)

Seymour: An Introduction poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $729,744Details
International Box Office $238,569Details
Worldwide Box Office $968,313
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $353,933 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $353,933
OpusData ID: 211670100
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Synopsis

Ethan Hawke directs this intimate documentary portrait of classical pianist, composer, author, teacher and sage Seymour Bernstein.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$26,587 (3.6% of total gross)
Legs:8.88 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:75.4% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/64 max. theaters, 4.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $979,050

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 9,701-9,800) 9,779 $729,744
All Time International Box Office (Rank 16,501-16,600) 16,568 $238,569
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 16,501-16,600) 16,550 $968,313
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,077 $729,744

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: March 13th, 2015 (Limited) by IFC Films
International Releases: September 10th, 2015 (Wide) (Netherlands)
April 7th, 2016 (Wide) (South Korea)
Video Release: November 3rd, 2015 by Mpi Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG for some mild thematic elements.
(Rating bulletin 2359, 2/4/2015)
Running Time: 81 minutes
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Keywords: Biography, Musicians, Classical Music, Teachers, Composer, Writing and Writers, Directing Yourself
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Under the Influence Productions, Room 5 Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 9,701-9,800) 9,779 $729,744
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 9,301-9,400) 9,370 $979,050
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 8,801-8,900) 8,824 $729,744
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 2015 (Rank 201-300) 233 $729,744
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,077 $729,744
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,236 $979,050
Top 2015 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office 93 $729,744
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 801-900) 861 $729,744
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 8,801-8,900) 8,836 $729,744
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 301-400) 382 $729,744
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 301-400) 322 $729,744
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,617 $729,744
All Time Domestic Box Office for IFC Films Movies 62 $729,744

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 13, 2015 57 $26,587   2 $13,294   $26,587 1
Mar 20, 2015 46 $54,662 +106% 17 $3,215   $90,881 2
Mar 27, 2015 36 $82,172 +50% 31 $2,651   $197,497 3
Apr 3, 2015 37 $66,177 -19% 48 $1,379   $303,017 4
Apr 10, 2015 38 $61,470 -7% 61 $1,008   $405,333 5
Apr 17, 2015 35 $46,000 -25% 42 $1,095   $487,589 6
Apr 24, 2015 48 $33,600 -27% 37 $908   $540,800 7
May 8, 2015 59 $12,388   18 $688   $576,227 9
May 15, 2015 51 $17,000 +37% 19 $895   $620,731 10
Jun 12, 2015 97 $429   1 $429   $621,160 14
Jun 26, 2015 59 $9,795   13 $753   $690,396 16
Jul 10, 2015 62 $7,930   8 $991   $723,701 18

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 13, 2015 60 $36,219   2 $18,110   $36,219 1
Mar 20, 2015 43 $79,106 +118% 17 $4,653   $115,325 2
Mar 27, 2015 35 $121,515 +54% 31 $3,920   $236,840 3
Apr 3, 2015 41 $93,160 -23% 48 $1,941   $330,000 4
Apr 10, 2015 34 $97,726 +5% 64 $1,527   $441,589 5
May 8, 2015 70 $7,157   2 $3,579   $448,746 9
Jun 12, 2015 41 $53,287   1 $53,287   $674,018 14
Jun 19, 2015 75 $6,583 -88% 8 $823   $680,601 15
Jun 26, 2015 62 $17,815 +171% 7 $2,545   $698,416 16
Jul 3, 2015 56 $17,355 -3% 8 $2,169   $715,771 17
Jul 10, 2015 61 $13,973 -19% 8 $1,747   $729,744 18

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Netherlands 9/10/2015 $8,589 22 22 51 $37,216 10/27/2015
South Korea 4/7/2016 $8,680 0 17 37 $165,883 9/10/2018
 
Rest of World $35,470
 
International Total$238,569 9/10/2018

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 16,501-16,600) 16,568 $238,569
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 15,201-15,300) 15,236 $238,569
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,573 $238,569
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 14,001-14,100) 14,005 $238,569
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 801-900) 845 $238,569
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 601-700) 683 $238,569
All Time International Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,030 $238,569
All Time International Box Office for IFC Films Movies (Rank 201-300) 214 $238,569

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 16,501-16,600) 16,550 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 15,101-15,200) 15,125 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,370 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 14,201-14,300) 14,254 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 501-600) 595 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 401-500) 475 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,773 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Box Office for IFC Films Movies (Rank 101-200) 162 $968,313

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 at a cost. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Documentary Subject(s)

Seymour Bernstein    Himself

Interviewee(s)

Kimball Gallagher    Himself
Andrew Harvey    Himself
Michael Kimmelman    Himself
Junko Ichikawa    Herself
Joseph Smith    Himself
Ethan Hawke    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Ethan Hawke    Director
Ryan Hawke    Producer
Greg Loser    Producer
Heather Joan Smith    Producer
Anthony Zito    Executive Producer
Anna Gustavi    Editor
Ramsey Fendall    Director of Photography
Timothy Cleary    Sound Mixer
Guillermo Pena-Tapia    Sound Mixer
Matthew Polis    Supervising Sound Editor

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

Theater Averages: It Follows in Shadows’ Footsteps

March 18th, 2015

It Follows poster

It Follows was one of five new releases to reach the $10,000 club, based on theater averages this weekend. It opened with an average of $40,022 in four theaters, which is the second-best for a film opening in 2015, just behind What We Do in the Shadows. The overall box office leader, Cinderella, was well back in second place with an average of $17,653. Seymour: An Introduction opened with an average of $13,294 in two theaters. 3 Hearts earned $11,794 in its lone theater. Tales of Hoffmann was right behind with an average of $11,670 in two theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Cinderella Comes to Ball with $70 Million or so

March 15th, 2015

Cinderella poster

Disney’s live action remake of Cinderella dominates this weekend’s box office chart with an opening that the studio is projecting will hit $70 million. That’s probably a little on the high side, based on the numbers we’re seeing, but the film will certainly be in the high 60s, which will comfortably put it in the top 10 weekends in March. By way of comparison, it’s a long way short of the $116 million opening enjoying by Alice in Wonderland during 3D’s heyday back in 2010; it’s a bit back from Oz the Great and Powerful’s $79 million start in 2013; and almost exactly on par with the $69 million pulled in by Maleficent last year. Maleficent opened in late May last year, while the other two opened in March, during school Spring Break season. The numbers suggest that Disney will continue to recycle old material in new ways in years to come. Indeed, Spring 2016 will see not one, but two more franchise recycles, with The Jungle Book and Through the Looking Glass already slated for release. More...

Limited Releases: Following You Around

March 13th, 2015

It Follows poster

We have a mixed bag of limited releases this weekend. There are some good films, like It Follows, which has good reviews, but is the wrong genre for a limited release. However, there are a couple of limited releases could find an audience, like The Wrecking Crew and Seymour: An Introduction, but neither is expected to expand wide enough to find much mainstream success. More...


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Synopsis

Ethan Hawke directs this intimate documentary portrait of classical pianist, composer, author, teacher and sage Seymour Bernstein.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$26,587 (3.6% of total gross)
Legs:8.88 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:75.4% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/64 max. theaters, 4.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $979,050

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 9,701-9,800) 9,779 $729,744
All Time International Box Office (Rank 16,501-16,600) 16,568 $238,569
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 16,501-16,600) 16,550 $968,313
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,077 $729,744

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: March 13th, 2015 (Limited) by IFC Films
International Releases: September 10th, 2015 (Wide) (Netherlands)
April 7th, 2016 (Wide) (South Korea)
Video Release: November 3rd, 2015 by Mpi Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG for some mild thematic elements.
(Rating bulletin 2359, 2/4/2015)
Running Time: 81 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Page One: Inside the New York Times
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Biography, Musicians, Classical Music, Teachers, Composer, Writing and Writers, Directing Yourself
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Under the Influence Productions, Room 5 Films
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Documentary Subject(s)

Seymour Bernstein    Himself

Interviewee(s)

Kimball Gallagher    Himself
Andrew Harvey    Himself
Michael Kimmelman    Himself
Junko Ichikawa    Herself
Joseph Smith    Himself
Ethan Hawke    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Ethan Hawke    Director
Ryan Hawke    Producer
Greg Loser    Producer
Heather Joan Smith    Producer
Anthony Zito    Executive Producer
Anna Gustavi    Editor
Ramsey Fendall    Director of Photography
Timothy Cleary    Sound Mixer
Guillermo Pena-Tapia    Sound Mixer
Matthew Polis    Supervising Sound Editor

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

Theater Averages: It Follows in Shadows’ Footsteps

March 18th, 2015

It Follows poster

It Follows was one of five new releases to reach the $10,000 club, based on theater averages this weekend. It opened with an average of $40,022 in four theaters, which is the second-best for a film opening in 2015, just behind What We Do in the Shadows. The overall box office leader, Cinderella, was well back in second place with an average of $17,653. Seymour: An Introduction opened with an average of $13,294 in two theaters. 3 Hearts earned $11,794 in its lone theater. Tales of Hoffmann was right behind with an average of $11,670 in two theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Cinderella Comes to Ball with $70 Million or so

March 15th, 2015

Cinderella poster

Disney’s live action remake of Cinderella dominates this weekend’s box office chart with an opening that the studio is projecting will hit $70 million. That’s probably a little on the high side, based on the numbers we’re seeing, but the film will certainly be in the high 60s, which will comfortably put it in the top 10 weekends in March. By way of comparison, it’s a long way short of the $116 million opening enjoying by Alice in Wonderland during 3D’s heyday back in 2010; it’s a bit back from Oz the Great and Powerful’s $79 million start in 2013; and almost exactly on par with the $69 million pulled in by Maleficent last year. Maleficent opened in late May last year, while the other two opened in March, during school Spring Break season. The numbers suggest that Disney will continue to recycle old material in new ways in years to come. Indeed, Spring 2016 will see not one, but two more franchise recycles, with The Jungle Book and Through the Looking Glass already slated for release. More...

Limited Releases: Following You Around

March 13th, 2015

It Follows poster

We have a mixed bag of limited releases this weekend. There are some good films, like It Follows, which has good reviews, but is the wrong genre for a limited release. However, there are a couple of limited releases could find an audience, like The Wrecking Crew and Seymour: An Introduction, but neither is expected to expand wide enough to find much mainstream success. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 9,701-9,800) 9,779 $729,744
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 9,301-9,400) 9,370 $979,050
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 8,801-8,900) 8,824 $729,744
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 2015 (Rank 201-300) 233 $729,744
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,077 $729,744
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,236 $979,050
Top 2015 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office 93 $729,744
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 801-900) 861 $729,744
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 8,801-8,900) 8,836 $729,744
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 301-400) 382 $729,744
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 301-400) 322 $729,744
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,617 $729,744
All Time Domestic Box Office for IFC Films Movies 62 $729,744

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 13, 2015 57 $26,587   2 $13,294   $26,587 1
Mar 20, 2015 46 $54,662 +106% 17 $3,215   $90,881 2
Mar 27, 2015 36 $82,172 +50% 31 $2,651   $197,497 3
Apr 3, 2015 37 $66,177 -19% 48 $1,379   $303,017 4
Apr 10, 2015 38 $61,470 -7% 61 $1,008   $405,333 5
Apr 17, 2015 35 $46,000 -25% 42 $1,095   $487,589 6
Apr 24, 2015 48 $33,600 -27% 37 $908   $540,800 7
May 8, 2015 59 $12,388   18 $688   $576,227 9
May 15, 2015 51 $17,000 +37% 19 $895   $620,731 10
Jun 12, 2015 97 $429   1 $429   $621,160 14
Jun 26, 2015 59 $9,795   13 $753   $690,396 16
Jul 10, 2015 62 $7,930   8 $991   $723,701 18

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 13, 2015 60 $36,219   2 $18,110   $36,219 1
Mar 20, 2015 43 $79,106 +118% 17 $4,653   $115,325 2
Mar 27, 2015 35 $121,515 +54% 31 $3,920   $236,840 3
Apr 3, 2015 41 $93,160 -23% 48 $1,941   $330,000 4
Apr 10, 2015 34 $97,726 +5% 64 $1,527   $441,589 5
May 8, 2015 70 $7,157   2 $3,579   $448,746 9
Jun 12, 2015 41 $53,287   1 $53,287   $674,018 14
Jun 19, 2015 75 $6,583 -88% 8 $823   $680,601 15
Jun 26, 2015 62 $17,815 +171% 7 $2,545   $698,416 16
Jul 3, 2015 56 $17,355 -3% 8 $2,169   $715,771 17
Jul 10, 2015 61 $13,973 -19% 8 $1,747   $729,744 18

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
Netherlands 9/10/2015 $8,589 22 22 51 $37,216 10/27/2015
South Korea 4/7/2016 $8,680 0 17 37 $165,883 9/10/2018
 
Rest of World $35,470
 
International Total$238,569 9/10/2018

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 16,501-16,600) 16,568 $238,569
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 15,201-15,300) 15,236 $238,569
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,573 $238,569
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 14,001-14,100) 14,005 $238,569
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 801-900) 845 $238,569
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 601-700) 683 $238,569
All Time International Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,030 $238,569
All Time International Box Office for IFC Films Movies (Rank 201-300) 214 $238,569

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 16,501-16,600) 16,550 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 15,101-15,200) 15,125 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,370 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 14,201-14,300) 14,254 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 501-600) 595 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 401-500) 475 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800) 1,773 $968,313
All Time Worldwide Box Office for IFC Films Movies (Rank 101-200) 162 $968,313

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 at a cost. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.