Australia Box Office for The Square (2017)

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The Square
Theatrical Performance (US$)
Australia Box Office $308,523Details
Worldwide Box Office $8,784,707Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $361,152 Details
Total North America Video Sales $361,152
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Synopsis

Christian is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum, a divorced but devoted father of two who drives an electric car and supports good causes. His next show is “The Square”, an installation that invites passersby to altruism, reminding them of their role as responsible fellow human beings. But sometimes, it is difficult to live up to your own ideals: Christian’s foolish response to the theft of his phone drags him into shameful situations. Meanwhile, the museum's PR agency has created an unexpected campaign for ”The Square”. The response is overblown and sends Christian, as well as the museum, into an existential crisis.

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Movie Details

Australia Releases: February 9th, 2018 (Wide)
August 25th, 2022 (Limited)
Video Release: January 30th, 2018 by Magnolia Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for language, some strong sexual content, and brief violence.
(Rating bulletin 2495 (Cert #51254), 9/27/2017)
Running Time: 142 minutes
Keywords: Museum, Artists, Performing Arts, Homeless, Battle of the Sexes, 2010s, One Night Stand, Censorship, Satire
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Plattform Produktion AB, Film i Vast, Essential Filmproduktion, Parisienne , Coproduction Office, Sveriges Television, Imperative Entertainment, Arte France Cinema, ZDF, Arte, Svenska Film Institutet, Council of Europe, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, DR Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Det Danske Filminstitut, Minorodningen Alamode Filmverleih, TriArt Distribution, DR
Production Countries: Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden
Languages: Danish, English, Swedish

2017 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is... The Shape of Water for Best Picture

March 4th, 2018

The Shape of Water

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. We will announce the winners and have our reactions as they happen, while keeping track of how our readers did in predicting the outcomes. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look

March 4th, 2018

The Shape of Water

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. Nominees in Italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. For example, I will be happy no matter who wins Best Supporting Actress. One last note: The contest is still going and the leading for Best Picture Switched from The Shape of Water to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to tied over the time I was writing this story. This is the closest I’ve ever seen it. Guessing the best picture correctly will go a long way to winning. More...

Home Market Releases for January 30th, 2018

January 31st, 2018

Professor Marston & The Wonder Women

This is one of the worse times of year for the home market. Until we start getting the holiday blockbusters landing on DVD / Blu-ray, there’s not much to talk about. That’s not to say there are no good releases, as God’s Own Country, The Square, and Steven Universe: Season One are all easily worth picking up. There are just no big releases. For example, the Pick of the Week goes to Professor Marston & The Wonder Women on Blu-ray, which was sadly ignored by moviegoers when it first hit theaters. More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations

January 23rd, 2018

The Shape of Water

The Oscar nominations were announced starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. They do this every year and no one has been able to adequately explain why to me. At least there were some interesting results this year. The Shape of Water led the way with 13 nominations, which is one below the current record and nearly as many as the next two films combined. Overall, there were seventeen films that earned two or more nominations. More...

Theater Averages: Tonya Skates its Way to $66,039

December 12th, 2017

I, Tonya

There was another Oscar contender on top of the theater average chart this weekend, as I, Tonya earned an average of $66,039 in four theaters. Call Me by Your Name was the next best film with an average of $31,761 in nine theaters. The film isn’t expanding as fast as one would expect, given its theater average, but this could be because the studio doesn’t think it has mainstream appeal. The Shape of Water was close behind with an average of $27,843 in 41 theaters and it has already earned some measure of mainstream success. The final film in the $10,000 club was Darkest Hour with an average of $13,989 in 53 theaters. More...

2017 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations

December 11th, 2017

The Shape of Water

The Golden Globes nominations are the second major Awards Season set to come out. Sort of. (WGA announced the nominations for TV, radio, etc., but not their theatrical nods.) It is still very early in the year, so it is hard to say if there are any real snubs, or if there are any real favorites. The Shape of Water led the way with seven nominations, while The Post and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri were right behind with six a piece. More...

Theater Averages: The Square Squirreled Away $18,558

November 1st, 2017

The Square

The Square was the only film in the $10,000 club this past weekend. The latest from Ruben Ostlund earned an average of $18,558 in four theaters. This is a better opening than his last film, Force Majeure, which earned more than $1 million domestically. Hopefully this one will do the same. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Get Hip to these Square Releases

October 27th, 2017

God’s Own Country

We don’t have a long list of limited releases this week, but there are a few that stand out as worth checking out and might actually do well in theaters. These include Bill Nye: Science Guy, God’s Own Country, The Square. The Square has the advantage, at least for the opening weekend, but I would be surprised if any of them expanded significantly over the coming weeks. 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
2018/02/09 24 $47,164   2 $23,582   $47,164 1
2018/02/23 - $8,262   13 $636   $56,821 3
2018/03/02 24 $39,093 +373% 18 $2,172   $95,380 4
2018/03/09 - $31,666 -19% 21 $1,508   $147,240 5
2018/03/16 - $22,791 -28% 22 $1,036   $185,670 6
2018/03/23 - $19,152 -16% 21 $912   $216,048 7
2018/03/30 - $15,125 -21% 14 $1,080   $240,355 8
2018/04/06 - $8,657 -43% 11 $787   $256,885 9
2018/04/13 - $6,168 -29% 9 $685   $271,993 10
2018/04/20 - $2,901 -53% 6 $484   $273,645 11
2018/04/27 - $1,605 -45% 4 $401   $274,291 12
2018/05/04 - $1,459 -9% 5 $292   $275,458 13
2018/05/11 - $2,036 +40% 4 $509   $279,160 14
2018/05/18 - $3,615 +78% 2 $1,808   $282,159 15
2022/08/26 - $411   1 $411   $304,991 238
2022/09/02 - $12 -97% 1 $12   $307,261 239
2023/02/10 - $69   1 $69   $308,523 262

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 11/17/2017 $24,127 0 0 0 $53,207 1/1/2019
Australia 2/9/2018 $47,164 2 22 155 $308,523 2/13/2023
Bulgaria 4/13/2018 $888 0 0 0 $888 2/26/2019
Czech Republic 10/13/2017 $3,502 24 24 24 $4,347 1/1/2019
France 10/20/2017 $784,276 0 0 0 $2,529,660 9/23/2018
Germany 10/20/2017 $350,082 0 0 0 $800,120 6/29/2018
Italy 11/9/2017 $231,012 0 0 0 $1,095,857 1/8/2018
Lithuania 12/1/2017 $6,715 12 16 97 $58,055 3/19/2018
Netherlands 11/10/2017 $144,990 39 41 333 $926,920 9/9/2024
New Zealand 3/9/2018 $3,700 8 11 54 $58,001 8/9/2018
North America 10/27/2017 $74,233 4 71 532 $1,502,347
Poland 9/15/2017 $94,161 0 0 0 $347,126 1/1/2019
Portugal 11/24/2017 $14,262 12 12 61 $121,183 3/7/2018
Russia (CIS) 9/8/2017 $48,721 143 143 213 $188,683 1/1/2019
Slovakia 10/20/2017 $1,378 6 6 7 $12,682 1/10/2018
South Korea 8/2/2018 $31,107 42 42 104 $122,678 10/2/2018
Spain 11/10/2017 $69,632 45 54 186 $290,696 12/29/2017
Turkey 11/3/2017 $11,344 20 20 45 $55,750 2/26/2019
United Kingdom 3/16/2018 $307,984 56 56 56 $307,984 3/21/2018
 
Worldwide Total$8,784,707 9/9/2024

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Leading Cast

Claes Bang    Christian
Elisabeth Moss    Anne
Terry Notary    Oleg
Dominic West    Julian Gijoni

Supporting Cast

Christopher Laesso    Michael

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

Production and Technical Credits

Ruben Ostlund    Director
Ruben Ostlund    Screenwriter
Erik Hemmendorff    Producer
Philippe Bober    Producer
Tomas Eskilsson    Executive Producer
Agneta Perman    Executive Producer
Dan Friedkin    Executive Producer
Bradley Thomas    Executive Producer
Isabell Wiegand    Co-Producer
Sarah Nagel    Co-Producer
Katja Adomeit    Co-Producer
Fredrik Wenzel    Director of Photography
Ruben Ostlund    Editor
Jacob Secher Schulsinger    Editor
Jonas Rudels    Sound Mixer
Jesper Miller    Sound Mixer
Josefin Asberg    Production Designer
Sofie Krunegård    Costume Designer
Andreas Franck    Sound Designer
Anna Carlsten    Line Producer