Straw Dogs (2011)

Straw Dogs poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $10,324,441Details
International Box Office $929,380Details
Worldwide Box Office $11,253,821
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $12,977,776 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $6,329,919 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $19,307,695
Further financial details...

Synopsis

David and Amy Sumner, a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father's death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie, leading to a violent confrontation.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$5,123,760 (49.6% of total gross)
Legs:2.02 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:91.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,408 opening theaters/2,408 max. theaters, 2.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $14,034,989

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


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Google Play:Google Play, Google Play

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 16th, 2011 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: December 20th, 2011 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for strong brutal violence including a sexual attack, menace, some sexual content, and pervasive language.
(Rating bulletin 2182, 7/27/2011)
Running Time: 110 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Abandon
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Keywords: Revenge, Writing and Writers, You Can't Go Home Again, Relationships Gone Wrong, Sex Crimes, Addiction, Atheism, Remake, Action Thriller
Source:Remake
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Screen Gems, Battleplan
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 16, 2011 5 $5,123,760   2,408 $2,128   $5,123,760 1
Sep 23, 2011 9 $2,051,333 -60% 2,408 $852   $8,835,187 2
Sep 30, 2011 19 $426,681 -79% 874 $488   $10,067,903 3
Oct 7, 2011 36 $87,594 -79% 181 $484   $10,324,441 4

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 16, 2011 4 $1,979,631     2,408 $822   $1,979,631 1
Sep 17, 2011 5 $1,923,764 -3%   2,408 $799   $3,903,395 2
Sep 18, 2011 5 $1,220,365 -37%   2,408 $507   $5,123,760 3
Sep 19, 2011 5 $428,770 -65%   2,408 $178   $5,552,530 4
Sep 20, 2011 5 $513,869 +20%   2,408 $213   $6,066,399 5
Sep 21, 2011 6 $367,278 -29%   2,408 $153   $6,433,677 6
Sep 22, 2011 6 $350,177 -5%   2,408 $145   $6,783,854 7
Sep 23, 2011 9 $685,224 +96% -65% 2,408 $285   $7,469,078 8
Sep 24, 2011 9 $860,207 +26% -55% 2,408 $357   $8,329,285 9
Sep 25, 2011 9 $505,902 -41% -59% 2,408 $210   $8,835,187 10
Sep 26, 2011 9 $181,069 -64% -58% 2,408 $75   $9,016,256 11
Sep 27, 2011 10 $234,825 +30% -54% 2,408 $98   $9,251,081 12
Sep 28, 2011 10 $188,571 -20% -49% 2,408 $78   $9,439,652 13
Sep 29, 2011 10 $201,570 +7% -42% 2,408 $84   $9,641,222 14
Sep 30, 2011 - $134,037 -34% -80% 874 $153   $9,775,259 15
Oct 1, 2011 - $193,413 +44% -78% 874 $221   $9,968,672 16
Oct 2, 2011 - $99,231 -49% -80% 874 $114   $10,067,903 17
Oct 3, 2011 - $42,054 -58% -77% 874 $48   $10,109,957 18
Oct 4, 2011 - $46,986 +12% -80% 874 $54   $10,156,943 19
Oct 5, 2011 - $39,244 -16% -79% 874 $45   $10,196,187 20
Oct 6, 2011 - $40,660 +4% -80% 874 $47   $10,236,847 21
Oct 7, 2011 - $26,815 -34% -80% 181 $148   $10,263,662 22
Oct 8, 2011 - $36,723 +37% -81% 181 $203   $10,300,385 23
Oct 9, 2011 - $24,056 -34% -76% 181 $133   $10,324,441 24

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 16, 2011 5 $6,783,854   2,408 $2,817   $6,783,854 1
Sep 23, 2011 9 $2,857,368 -58% 2,408 $1,187   $9,641,222 2
Sep 30, 2011 17 $595,625 -79% 874 $681   $10,236,847 3

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 25, 20117390,996 390,996$6,029,158$6,029,1581
Jan 1, 20122175,473-81% 466,469$1,400,779$7,429,9372
Jan 8, 20122344,131-42% 510,600$831,869$8,261,8063
Jan 22, 20121639,261 576,296$737,322$9,497,4285
Jan 29, 20122025,962-34% 602,258$507,038$10,004,4666
Feb 5, 20122321,547-17% 623,805$429,863$10,434,3297
Feb 12, 20122915,080-30% 638,885$300,243$10,734,5728

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 25, 20115246,073 246,073$4,919,003$4,919,0031

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

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

James Marsden    David Sumner
Kate Bosworth    Amy Sumner
Alexander Skarsgård    Charlie

Supporting Cast

James Woods    Tom Heddon
Dominic Purcell    Jeremy Niles
Rhys Coiro    Norman
Billy Lush    Chris
Laz Alonso    Deputy John Burke
Willa Holland    Janice Heddon

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

Production and Technical Credits

Rod Lurie    Director
Rod Lurie    Screenwriter
Mark Frydman    Producer
Gordon Williams    Story Creator
David Zelag Goodman    Screenwriter
Sam Peckinpah    Screenwriter
Beau Marks    Executive Producer
Gilbert Dumontet    Executive Producer
Randall Wilkins    Set Designer

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

Blu-ray Sales: Harry Potter and the Century Mark

January 6th, 2012

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 climbed into first place on the Blu-ray sales chart with 232,000 units / $4.63 million over the week for a total of 4.79 million units / $102.50 million after seven weeks of release. It became only the third Blu-ray to reach the $100 million milestone. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for December 20th, 2011

December 20th, 2011

Christmas is less than a week away and there are a few releases that would make great last minute gifts. There are also very few releases overall so expect a short list this week. These great last minute gift ideas include Midnight in Paris on DVD or Blu-ray, Dolphin Tale in 3D Combo Pack and Futurama: Volume Six on DVD or Blu-ray. However, for Pick of the Week, I'm going with Warrior on Blu-ray Combo Pack. It's a great movie and there are plenty of extras on the DVD and the Blu-ray includes a Picture-in-Picture track. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: New Releases are Money, King Still Reigns

September 26th, 2011

It was a very good weekend at the box office, compared to the average for this time of year. None of the four wide releases were real bombs, although a couple opened soft, they were within the range of expectations. Also, The Lion King held on even better than expected leading the way for the second weekend in a row. This helped the film grow just over 16% from last weekend to $117 million. More importantly, the overall box office was close to 17% higher than this weekend last year. Not only did The Lion King top Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps's opening, so did Moneyball and Dolphin Tale. Year-to-date, 2011 is still behind 2010 by 4% at $7.85 billion to $8.14 billion, but a few more wins like this and that gap will start to close. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Lion King is the Driving Force at the Box Office

September 19th, 2011

There were three new wide releases this past weekend, but it was a re-release, The Lion King, that dominated at the box office. This success is really good news, because all three new wide releases, Drive, I Don't Know How She Does It, and Straw Dogs, missed expectations. The overall movie industry generated just over $101 million this weekend, compared to $82 million last weekend, which is a 24% increase. This weekend last year, the overall box office was just under $101 million, so yes, 2011 squeezed out a win this week, even if it was by less than 1%. Year-to-date, 2011 has earned $7.70 billion, compared to $8.01 billion it earned last year. We are going to need to see some big wins over the coming weeks if 2011 is going to have a shot at closing that gap by the end of December. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Lion Be King?

September 15th, 2011

It could be an interesting week at the box office, with three films opening wide, Drive, I Don't Know How She Does It, and Straw Dogs, plus a fourth film being re-released wide, The Lion King. There's a lot of uncertainty in the box office predictions for the weekend and I've seen various predictions that have Drive winning the weekend, Contagion repeating on top, and some say The Lion King's 3D conversion will boost it to number one. Unfortunately, while there's a wide range of opinion regarding what film will top the box office chart, there are very few people who think this weekend will be as strong as last year when The Town opened with nearly $24 million and Easy A earned close to $18 million. It's unlikely the top two films will earn that much this year and we don't have the same depth either. More...

2011 Preview: September

September 1st, 2011

After a strong start, August ended on a really low note, and that's bad news for September, as it means the positive momentum we had is gone. Looking at the upcoming month, there are 18 films opening wide over five weekends (including one re-release) but only four or five of them have a real shot at being midlevel hits, and it is unlikely that all of them will get there. Worse still, there are no films opening this month that look like they will match The Town, which made more than $90 million last September. In fact, the selection of releases is so weak that the film I'm most looking forward to is a limited release that has already come out on Video on Demand, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. (It has seventeen reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and still not a negative one among them.) More...


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Synopsis

David and Amy Sumner, a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father's death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie, leading to a violent confrontation.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$5,123,760 (49.6% of total gross)
Legs:2.02 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:91.7% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$25,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.5 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,408 opening theaters/2,408 max. theaters, 2.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $14,034,989

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play, Google Play

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 16th, 2011 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: December 20th, 2011 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for strong brutal violence including a sexual attack, menace, some sexual content, and pervasive language.
(Rating bulletin 2182, 7/27/2011)
Running Time: 110 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Abandon
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Revenge, Writing and Writers, You Can't Go Home Again, Relationships Gone Wrong, Sex Crimes, Addiction, Atheism, Remake, Action Thriller
Source:Remake
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Screen Gems, Battleplan
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

James Marsden    David Sumner
Kate Bosworth    Amy Sumner
Alexander Skarsgård    Charlie

Supporting Cast

James Woods    Tom Heddon
Dominic Purcell    Jeremy Niles
Rhys Coiro    Norman
Billy Lush    Chris
Laz Alonso    Deputy John Burke
Willa Holland    Janice Heddon

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

Production and Technical Credits

Rod Lurie    Director
Rod Lurie    Screenwriter
Mark Frydman    Producer
Gordon Williams    Story Creator
David Zelag Goodman    Screenwriter
Sam Peckinpah    Screenwriter
Beau Marks    Executive Producer
Gilbert Dumontet    Executive Producer
Randall Wilkins    Set Designer

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

Blu-ray Sales: Harry Potter and the Century Mark

January 6th, 2012

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 climbed into first place on the Blu-ray sales chart with 232,000 units / $4.63 million over the week for a total of 4.79 million units / $102.50 million after seven weeks of release. It became only the third Blu-ray to reach the $100 million milestone. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for December 20th, 2011

December 20th, 2011

Christmas is less than a week away and there are a few releases that would make great last minute gifts. There are also very few releases overall so expect a short list this week. These great last minute gift ideas include Midnight in Paris on DVD or Blu-ray, Dolphin Tale in 3D Combo Pack and Futurama: Volume Six on DVD or Blu-ray. However, for Pick of the Week, I'm going with Warrior on Blu-ray Combo Pack. It's a great movie and there are plenty of extras on the DVD and the Blu-ray includes a Picture-in-Picture track. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: New Releases are Money, King Still Reigns

September 26th, 2011

It was a very good weekend at the box office, compared to the average for this time of year. None of the four wide releases were real bombs, although a couple opened soft, they were within the range of expectations. Also, The Lion King held on even better than expected leading the way for the second weekend in a row. This helped the film grow just over 16% from last weekend to $117 million. More importantly, the overall box office was close to 17% higher than this weekend last year. Not only did The Lion King top Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps's opening, so did Moneyball and Dolphin Tale. Year-to-date, 2011 is still behind 2010 by 4% at $7.85 billion to $8.14 billion, but a few more wins like this and that gap will start to close. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Lion King is the Driving Force at the Box Office

September 19th, 2011

There were three new wide releases this past weekend, but it was a re-release, The Lion King, that dominated at the box office. This success is really good news, because all three new wide releases, Drive, I Don't Know How She Does It, and Straw Dogs, missed expectations. The overall movie industry generated just over $101 million this weekend, compared to $82 million last weekend, which is a 24% increase. This weekend last year, the overall box office was just under $101 million, so yes, 2011 squeezed out a win this week, even if it was by less than 1%. Year-to-date, 2011 has earned $7.70 billion, compared to $8.01 billion it earned last year. We are going to need to see some big wins over the coming weeks if 2011 is going to have a shot at closing that gap by the end of December. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Lion Be King?

September 15th, 2011

It could be an interesting week at the box office, with three films opening wide, Drive, I Don't Know How She Does It, and Straw Dogs, plus a fourth film being re-released wide, The Lion King. There's a lot of uncertainty in the box office predictions for the weekend and I've seen various predictions that have Drive winning the weekend, Contagion repeating on top, and some say The Lion King's 3D conversion will boost it to number one. Unfortunately, while there's a wide range of opinion regarding what film will top the box office chart, there are very few people who think this weekend will be as strong as last year when The Town opened with nearly $24 million and Easy A earned close to $18 million. It's unlikely the top two films will earn that much this year and we don't have the same depth either. More...

2011 Preview: September

September 1st, 2011

After a strong start, August ended on a really low note, and that's bad news for September, as it means the positive momentum we had is gone. Looking at the upcoming month, there are 18 films opening wide over five weekends (including one re-release) but only four or five of them have a real shot at being midlevel hits, and it is unlikely that all of them will get there. Worse still, there are no films opening this month that look like they will match The Town, which made more than $90 million last September. In fact, the selection of releases is so weak that the film I'm most looking forward to is a limited release that has already come out on Video on Demand, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. (It has seventeen reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and still not a negative one among them.) More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 16, 2011 5 $5,123,760   2,408 $2,128   $5,123,760 1
Sep 23, 2011 9 $2,051,333 -60% 2,408 $852   $8,835,187 2
Sep 30, 2011 19 $426,681 -79% 874 $488   $10,067,903 3
Oct 7, 2011 36 $87,594 -79% 181 $484   $10,324,441 4

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 16, 2011 4 $1,979,631     2,408 $822   $1,979,631 1
Sep 17, 2011 5 $1,923,764 -3%   2,408 $799   $3,903,395 2
Sep 18, 2011 5 $1,220,365 -37%   2,408 $507   $5,123,760 3
Sep 19, 2011 5 $428,770 -65%   2,408 $178   $5,552,530 4
Sep 20, 2011 5 $513,869 +20%   2,408 $213   $6,066,399 5
Sep 21, 2011 6 $367,278 -29%   2,408 $153   $6,433,677 6
Sep 22, 2011 6 $350,177 -5%   2,408 $145   $6,783,854 7
Sep 23, 2011 9 $685,224 +96% -65% 2,408 $285   $7,469,078 8
Sep 24, 2011 9 $860,207 +26% -55% 2,408 $357   $8,329,285 9
Sep 25, 2011 9 $505,902 -41% -59% 2,408 $210   $8,835,187 10
Sep 26, 2011 9 $181,069 -64% -58% 2,408 $75   $9,016,256 11
Sep 27, 2011 10 $234,825 +30% -54% 2,408 $98   $9,251,081 12
Sep 28, 2011 10 $188,571 -20% -49% 2,408 $78   $9,439,652 13
Sep 29, 2011 10 $201,570 +7% -42% 2,408 $84   $9,641,222 14
Sep 30, 2011 - $134,037 -34% -80% 874 $153   $9,775,259 15
Oct 1, 2011 - $193,413 +44% -78% 874 $221   $9,968,672 16
Oct 2, 2011 - $99,231 -49% -80% 874 $114   $10,067,903 17
Oct 3, 2011 - $42,054 -58% -77% 874 $48   $10,109,957 18
Oct 4, 2011 - $46,986 +12% -80% 874 $54   $10,156,943 19
Oct 5, 2011 - $39,244 -16% -79% 874 $45   $10,196,187 20
Oct 6, 2011 - $40,660 +4% -80% 874 $47   $10,236,847 21
Oct 7, 2011 - $26,815 -34% -80% 181 $148   $10,263,662 22
Oct 8, 2011 - $36,723 +37% -81% 181 $203   $10,300,385 23
Oct 9, 2011 - $24,056 -34% -76% 181 $133   $10,324,441 24

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 16, 2011 5 $6,783,854   2,408 $2,817   $6,783,854 1
Sep 23, 2011 9 $2,857,368 -58% 2,408 $1,187   $9,641,222 2
Sep 30, 2011 17 $595,625 -79% 874 $681   $10,236,847 3

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 25, 20117390,996 390,996$6,029,158$6,029,1581
Jan 1, 20122175,473-81% 466,469$1,400,779$7,429,9372
Jan 8, 20122344,131-42% 510,600$831,869$8,261,8063
Jan 22, 20121639,261 576,296$737,322$9,497,4285
Jan 29, 20122025,962-34% 602,258$507,038$10,004,4666
Feb 5, 20122321,547-17% 623,805$429,863$10,434,3297
Feb 12, 20122915,080-30% 638,885$300,243$10,734,5728

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 25, 20115246,073 246,073$4,919,003$4,919,0031

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

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.