Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $820,300Details
International Box Office $215,193Details
Worldwide Box Office $1,035,493
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $84,266 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $54,352 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $138,618
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Hedy Lamarr was one of, if not the most beautiful movie star of the 1930s and 40s but she was also a scientist and inventor who perfected a radio system to throw Nazi torpedoes off course during WWII. Her work, which is now considered the basis for bluetooth/cellphone technology was so undervalued at the time that at the end of her life she was a recluse, impoverished and virtually forgotten.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$18,742 (2.3% of total gross)
Legs:16.41 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:79.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/31 max. theaters, 9.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $973,542

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 9,201-9,300) 9,249 $820,300
All Time International Box Office (Rank 15,301-15,400) 15,329 $215,193
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 15,301-15,400) 15,321 $1,035,493
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,903 $820,300

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


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Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 24th, 2017 (Limited) by Zeitgeist
International Releases: March 2nd, 2018 (Wide) (Australia)
March 9th, 2018 (Limited) (United Kingdom)
June 7th, 2018 (Wide) (South Korea)
July 15th, 2021 (Limited) (New Zealand)
Video Release: April 24th, 2018 by Kino Lorber
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 89 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Biography, Film Actor, Inventor, Woman in a Male Dominated Profession, 1930s, 1940s, World War II, Poverty
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Reframed Pictures, American Masters, Submarine Entertainment, Artemis Rising Films, Dogwoof
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 24, 2017 48 $18,742   2 $9,371   $18,742 1
Dec 1, 2017 59 $8,000 -57% 1 $8,000   $45,493 2
Dec 8, 2017 51 $18,332 +129% 2 $9,166   $81,480 3
Dec 15, 2017 43 $13,571 -26% 8 $1,696   $108,807 4
Dec 29, 2017 52 $8,561   6 $1,427   $156,011 6
Jan 5, 2018 46 $16,666 +95% 8 $2,083   $177,078 7
Jan 12, 2018 49 $17,015 +2% 12 $1,418   $201,727 8
Jan 19, 2018 50 $12,346 -27% 6 $2,058   $217,459 9
Jan 26, 2018 48 $14,561 +18% 7 $2,080   $240,206 10
Feb 2, 2018 61 $4,907 -66% 6 $818   $251,715 11
Feb 9, 2018 63 $5,513 +12% 4 $1,378   $264,821 12
Feb 16, 2018 58 $10,205 +85% 4 $2,551   $284,501 13
Feb 23, 2018 61 $10,513 +3% 8 $1,314   $300,781 14
Mar 2, 2018 48 $34,231 +226% 19 $1,802   $341,008 15
Mar 9, 2018 45 $46,379 +35% 21 $2,209   $414,050 16
Mar 16, 2018 43 $49,974 +8% 26 $1,922   $495,796 17
Mar 23, 2018 44 $42,866 -14% 28 $1,531   $566,979 18
Mar 30, 2018 44 $33,161 -23% 27 $1,228   $626,321 19
Apr 6, 2018 49 $28,141 -15% 20 $1,407   $677,016 20
Apr 13, 2018 52 $20,546 -27% 17 $1,209   $716,873 21
Apr 20, 2018 58 $15,226 -26% 15 $1,015   $744,738 22
Apr 27, 2018 56 $14,548 -4% 14 $1,039   $769,636 23
May 4, 2018 64 $7,975 -45% 9 $886   $788,612 24
May 11, 2018 77 $6,790 -15% 11 $617   $800,619 25
May 18, 2018 85 $2,466 -64% 6 $411   $812,807 26
May 25, 2018 96 $1,020 -59% 4 $255   $817,388 27
Jun 1, 2018 91 $1,400 +37% 4 $350   $819,719 28

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 24, 2017 48 $27,493   2 $13,747   $27,493 1
Dec 1, 2017 52 $25,655 -7% 2 $12,828   $53,148 2
Dec 8, 2017 50 $30,081 +17% 7 $4,297   $83,229 3
Dec 15, 2017 44 $24,803 -18% 8 $3,100   $133,610 4
Dec 22, 2017 53 $13,840 -44% 5 $2,768   $147,450 5
Dec 29, 2017 56 $12,962 -6% 6 $2,160   $160,412 6
Jan 5, 2018 48 $21,739 +68% 8 $2,717   $182,151 7
Jan 12, 2018 50 $22,963 +6% 13 $1,766   $205,114 8
Jan 19, 2018 52 $20,532 -11% 8 $2,567   $225,645 9
Jan 26, 2018 50 $21,163 +3% 8 $2,645   $246,808 10
Feb 2, 2018 56 $12,500 -41% 9 $1,389   $259,308 11
Feb 9, 2018 58 $14,988 +20% 6 $2,498   $274,296 12
Feb 16, 2018 59 $15,972 +7% 6 $2,662   $290,268 13
Feb 23, 2018 60 $16,509 +3% 10 $1,651   $306,777 14
Mar 2, 2018 48 $60,894 +269% 22 $2,768   $367,671 15
Mar 9, 2018 44 $78,151 +28% 24 $3,256   $445,822 16
Mar 16, 2018 42 $78,291 n/c 31 $2,526   $524,113 17
Mar 23, 2018 45 $69,047 -12% 16 $4,315   $593,160 18
Mar 30, 2018 43 $55,715 -19% 30 $1,857   $648,875 19
Apr 6, 2018 48 $47,452 -15% 25 $1,898   $696,327 20
Apr 13, 2018 54 $33,185 -30% 20 $1,659   $729,512 21
Apr 20, 2018 53 $25,468 -23% 17 $1,498   $754,980 22
Apr 27, 2018 55 $25,550 n/c 17 $1,503   $780,637 23
May 4, 2018 64 $13,192 -48% 10 $1,319   $793,829 24
May 11, 2018 65 $16,512 +25% 15 $1,101   $810,341 25
May 18, 2018 79 $5,621 -66% 8 $703   $815,962 26
May 25, 2018 87 $2,357 -58% 4 $589   $818,319 27
Jun 1, 2018 90 $1,981 -16% 3 $660   $820,300 28

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/2/2018 $3,629 4 4 19 $52,331 4/9/2018
New Zealand 7/15/2021 $0 0 1 1 $676 7/5/2022
South Korea 6/7/2018 $14,151 36 36 91 $76,555 10/12/2018
United Kingdom 3/9/2018 $85,631 12 12 12 $85,631 3/14/2018
 
International Total$215,193 7/5/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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)

Hedy Lamarr    Herself

Interviewee(s)

Mel Brooks    Himself
Jennifer Hom    Herself
Anthony Loder    Himself
Wendy Colton    Herself
Fleming Meeks    Himself
Richard Rhodes    Himself
Jan-Christopher Horak    Himself
Jeanine Basinger    Herself
Peter Bogdanovich    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Alexandra Dean    Director
Alexandra Dean    Screenwriter
Adam Haggiag    Producer
Alexandra Dean    Producer
Katherine Drew    Producer
Susan Sarandon    Executive Producer
Regina K. Scully    Executive Producer
Michael Kantor    Executive Producer
Dan Braun    Producer
David Koh    Producer
Alexandra Dean    Editor
Penelope Falk    Editor
Lindy Jankura    Editor
Buddy Squires    Director of Photography
Raife Burchell    Music Supervisor
Karl Westman    Music Supervisor
Jeremy Bullock    Composer
Keegan DeWitt    Composer
Junko Tsunashima    Supervising Producer
Julie Sacks    Series Producer

Home Market Releases for April 24th, 2018

April 25th, 2018

Paddington 2

Paddington 2 is the biggest release of the week and clearly at least one of the best. However, it isn’t the only film that’s a Pick of the Week contender. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, and others were all in contention for that honor. In the end, the Paddington 2 Blu-ray Combo Pack earned that title. More...

Theater Averages: Name Finds its Calling with $103,233

November 28th, 2017

Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name dominated the theater average chart with an average of $103,233 in four theaters. It is the first film of the year to reach the $100,000 mark on the per theater chart. Lady Bird was the previous yearly champion with an average of $91,109, also in four theaters. The second-best average of the week was earned by Darkest Hour at $43,752 in four theaters. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story earned $18,742 in one theater; that’s amazing for a documentary. The overall number one film, Coco, earned an average of $12,742. The only holdover in the $10,000 club was Justice League, as it pulled in $10,143. More...

Weekend Estimates: Coco Gives Disney Another Thanksgiving Win

November 26th, 2017

Coco Coco will easily top the box office chart this Thanksgiving weekend, with Disney projecting a $71 million 5-day opening, including $49 million from Friday to Sunday. That’s the fourth-best Thanksgiving opening of all time, behind Frozen ($94 million), Moana ($82 million), and Toy Story 2 ($80 million). In all, Disney lays claim to 10 of the top 11 opening weekend’s over this holiday period, although, to be fair, the Hunger Games and Harry Potter franchises both claim several spots in the higher reaches of the Thanksgiving weekend record chart, but were just playing in their second weekend, rather than opening.

Nit-picking aside, it’s a great weekend for Coco. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Call Me Anytime

November 24th, 2017

Call Me by Your Name

It is Thanksgiving weekend, but while that’s a great week for wide releases, it’s a terrible one for limited releases. Normally, we only mention films that have ten or more reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. However, this week there are only seven films in total, so we might as well talk about them all. To be fair, just because it is a slow week, doesn’t mean there’s nothing worth checking out. In fact, there are several films worth checking out. The Man Who Invented Christmas is the widest release, opening in over 600 theaters. Call Me by Your Name is clearly the best and it is already making waves during Awards Seasons. Finally, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story is the one I’m most interested in seeing. More...


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Synopsis

Hedy Lamarr was one of, if not the most beautiful movie star of the 1930s and 40s but she was also a scientist and inventor who perfected a radio system to throw Nazi torpedoes off course during WWII. Her work, which is now considered the basis for bluetooth/cellphone technology was so undervalued at the time that at the end of her life she was a recluse, impoverished and virtually forgotten.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$18,742 (2.3% of total gross)
Legs:16.41 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:79.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/31 max. theaters, 9.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $973,542

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 9,201-9,300) 9,249 $820,300
All Time International Box Office (Rank 15,301-15,400) 15,329 $215,193
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 15,301-15,400) 15,321 $1,035,493
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,903 $820,300

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


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon
iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 24th, 2017 (Limited) by Zeitgeist
International Releases: March 2nd, 2018 (Wide) (Australia)
March 9th, 2018 (Limited) (United Kingdom)
June 7th, 2018 (Wide) (South Korea)
July 15th, 2021 (Limited) (New Zealand)
Video Release: April 24th, 2018 by Kino Lorber
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 89 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Biography, Film Actor, Inventor, Woman in a Male Dominated Profession, 1930s, 1940s, World War II, Poverty
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Reframed Pictures, American Masters, Submarine Entertainment, Artemis Rising Films, Dogwoof
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Documentary Subject(s)

Hedy Lamarr    Herself

Interviewee(s)

Mel Brooks    Himself
Jennifer Hom    Herself
Anthony Loder    Himself
Wendy Colton    Herself
Fleming Meeks    Himself
Richard Rhodes    Himself
Jan-Christopher Horak    Himself
Jeanine Basinger    Herself
Peter Bogdanovich    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Alexandra Dean    Director
Alexandra Dean    Screenwriter
Adam Haggiag    Producer
Alexandra Dean    Producer
Katherine Drew    Producer
Susan Sarandon    Executive Producer
Regina K. Scully    Executive Producer
Michael Kantor    Executive Producer
Dan Braun    Producer
David Koh    Producer
Alexandra Dean    Editor
Penelope Falk    Editor
Lindy Jankura    Editor
Buddy Squires    Director of Photography
Raife Burchell    Music Supervisor
Karl Westman    Music Supervisor
Jeremy Bullock    Composer
Keegan DeWitt    Composer
Junko Tsunashima    Supervising Producer
Julie Sacks    Series Producer

Home Market Releases for April 24th, 2018

April 25th, 2018

Paddington 2

Paddington 2 is the biggest release of the week and clearly at least one of the best. However, it isn’t the only film that’s a Pick of the Week contender. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, and others were all in contention for that honor. In the end, the Paddington 2 Blu-ray Combo Pack earned that title. More...

Theater Averages: Name Finds its Calling with $103,233

November 28th, 2017

Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name dominated the theater average chart with an average of $103,233 in four theaters. It is the first film of the year to reach the $100,000 mark on the per theater chart. Lady Bird was the previous yearly champion with an average of $91,109, also in four theaters. The second-best average of the week was earned by Darkest Hour at $43,752 in four theaters. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story earned $18,742 in one theater; that’s amazing for a documentary. The overall number one film, Coco, earned an average of $12,742. The only holdover in the $10,000 club was Justice League, as it pulled in $10,143. More...

Weekend Estimates: Coco Gives Disney Another Thanksgiving Win

November 26th, 2017

Coco Coco will easily top the box office chart this Thanksgiving weekend, with Disney projecting a $71 million 5-day opening, including $49 million from Friday to Sunday. That’s the fourth-best Thanksgiving opening of all time, behind Frozen ($94 million), Moana ($82 million), and Toy Story 2 ($80 million). In all, Disney lays claim to 10 of the top 11 opening weekend’s over this holiday period, although, to be fair, the Hunger Games and Harry Potter franchises both claim several spots in the higher reaches of the Thanksgiving weekend record chart, but were just playing in their second weekend, rather than opening.

Nit-picking aside, it’s a great weekend for Coco. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Call Me Anytime

November 24th, 2017

Call Me by Your Name

It is Thanksgiving weekend, but while that’s a great week for wide releases, it’s a terrible one for limited releases. Normally, we only mention films that have ten or more reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. However, this week there are only seven films in total, so we might as well talk about them all. To be fair, just because it is a slow week, doesn’t mean there’s nothing worth checking out. In fact, there are several films worth checking out. The Man Who Invented Christmas is the widest release, opening in over 600 theaters. Call Me by Your Name is clearly the best and it is already making waves during Awards Seasons. Finally, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story is the one I’m most interested in seeing. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 24, 2017 48 $18,742   2 $9,371   $18,742 1
Dec 1, 2017 59 $8,000 -57% 1 $8,000   $45,493 2
Dec 8, 2017 51 $18,332 +129% 2 $9,166   $81,480 3
Dec 15, 2017 43 $13,571 -26% 8 $1,696   $108,807 4
Dec 29, 2017 52 $8,561   6 $1,427   $156,011 6
Jan 5, 2018 46 $16,666 +95% 8 $2,083   $177,078 7
Jan 12, 2018 49 $17,015 +2% 12 $1,418   $201,727 8
Jan 19, 2018 50 $12,346 -27% 6 $2,058   $217,459 9
Jan 26, 2018 48 $14,561 +18% 7 $2,080   $240,206 10
Feb 2, 2018 61 $4,907 -66% 6 $818   $251,715 11
Feb 9, 2018 63 $5,513 +12% 4 $1,378   $264,821 12
Feb 16, 2018 58 $10,205 +85% 4 $2,551   $284,501 13
Feb 23, 2018 61 $10,513 +3% 8 $1,314   $300,781 14
Mar 2, 2018 48 $34,231 +226% 19 $1,802   $341,008 15
Mar 9, 2018 45 $46,379 +35% 21 $2,209   $414,050 16
Mar 16, 2018 43 $49,974 +8% 26 $1,922   $495,796 17
Mar 23, 2018 44 $42,866 -14% 28 $1,531   $566,979 18
Mar 30, 2018 44 $33,161 -23% 27 $1,228   $626,321 19
Apr 6, 2018 49 $28,141 -15% 20 $1,407   $677,016 20
Apr 13, 2018 52 $20,546 -27% 17 $1,209   $716,873 21
Apr 20, 2018 58 $15,226 -26% 15 $1,015   $744,738 22
Apr 27, 2018 56 $14,548 -4% 14 $1,039   $769,636 23
May 4, 2018 64 $7,975 -45% 9 $886   $788,612 24
May 11, 2018 77 $6,790 -15% 11 $617   $800,619 25
May 18, 2018 85 $2,466 -64% 6 $411   $812,807 26
May 25, 2018 96 $1,020 -59% 4 $255   $817,388 27
Jun 1, 2018 91 $1,400 +37% 4 $350   $819,719 28

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 24, 2017 48 $27,493   2 $13,747   $27,493 1
Dec 1, 2017 52 $25,655 -7% 2 $12,828   $53,148 2
Dec 8, 2017 50 $30,081 +17% 7 $4,297   $83,229 3
Dec 15, 2017 44 $24,803 -18% 8 $3,100   $133,610 4
Dec 22, 2017 53 $13,840 -44% 5 $2,768   $147,450 5
Dec 29, 2017 56 $12,962 -6% 6 $2,160   $160,412 6
Jan 5, 2018 48 $21,739 +68% 8 $2,717   $182,151 7
Jan 12, 2018 50 $22,963 +6% 13 $1,766   $205,114 8
Jan 19, 2018 52 $20,532 -11% 8 $2,567   $225,645 9
Jan 26, 2018 50 $21,163 +3% 8 $2,645   $246,808 10
Feb 2, 2018 56 $12,500 -41% 9 $1,389   $259,308 11
Feb 9, 2018 58 $14,988 +20% 6 $2,498   $274,296 12
Feb 16, 2018 59 $15,972 +7% 6 $2,662   $290,268 13
Feb 23, 2018 60 $16,509 +3% 10 $1,651   $306,777 14
Mar 2, 2018 48 $60,894 +269% 22 $2,768   $367,671 15
Mar 9, 2018 44 $78,151 +28% 24 $3,256   $445,822 16
Mar 16, 2018 42 $78,291 n/c 31 $2,526   $524,113 17
Mar 23, 2018 45 $69,047 -12% 16 $4,315   $593,160 18
Mar 30, 2018 43 $55,715 -19% 30 $1,857   $648,875 19
Apr 6, 2018 48 $47,452 -15% 25 $1,898   $696,327 20
Apr 13, 2018 54 $33,185 -30% 20 $1,659   $729,512 21
Apr 20, 2018 53 $25,468 -23% 17 $1,498   $754,980 22
Apr 27, 2018 55 $25,550 n/c 17 $1,503   $780,637 23
May 4, 2018 64 $13,192 -48% 10 $1,319   $793,829 24
May 11, 2018 65 $16,512 +25% 15 $1,101   $810,341 25
May 18, 2018 79 $5,621 -66% 8 $703   $815,962 26
May 25, 2018 87 $2,357 -58% 4 $589   $818,319 27
Jun 1, 2018 90 $1,981 -16% 3 $660   $820,300 28

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/2/2018 $3,629 4 4 19 $52,331 4/9/2018
New Zealand 7/15/2021 $0 0 1 1 $676 7/5/2022
South Korea 6/7/2018 $14,151 36 36 91 $76,555 10/12/2018
United Kingdom 3/9/2018 $85,631 12 12 12 $85,631 3/14/2018
 
International Total$215,193 7/5/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


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.