New Zealand Box Office for The French Connection (1971)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $2,104Details
Worldwide Box Office $41,161,514Details
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Movie Details

Production Budget:$2,200,000
New Zealand Releases: April 15th, 2021 (Wide)
Video Release: December 7th, 1992 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 104 minutes
Franchise: French Connection
Keywords: Film Noir, Narcotics, Organized Crime, Car Chase, Hitmen, Bigotry, Epilogue, Police Procedural, Intertitle, Crime Thriller, 1972 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Oscars Best Picture Winner
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English, French

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for October 16th, 2012

October 16th, 2012

It's a mixed week on the home market. Granted, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is coming out, which made more than $200 million domestically and should sell quite well on the home market. On the other hand, the second biggest first run release is That's My Boy, which failed to make an impact at the box office. There is also a flood of weaker releases, secondary Blu-ray releases, and Christmas releases, much of which I would consider filler. The signal to noise ratio is a little off. As for the best releases of the week, there are some great TV on DVD releases like Mad Men: Season Five and Degrassi: Season 11, Part 2. There are also some limited releases, like Moonrise Kingdom on Blu-ray Combo Pack and even some Direct-to-DVD releases, like Excision on Blu-ray. All of these were contenders for Pick of the Week. In the end I went with Mad Men: Season Five for Pick of the week, while Degrassi: Season 11, Part 2 earned Puck of the Week. More...

Featured Blu-ray Review: Filmmakers Signature Series

October 10th, 2012

A few weeks ago, there a number of films were released on Blu-ray as part of the Filmmakers Signature Series, including Hoffa on Blu-ray. I received The French Connection, Wall Street, and The War of the Roses, the first of which I previously reviewed. Are any of the three worth picking up? 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
2021/06/04 - $127   1 $127   $127 8
2021/06/11 - $34 -73% 1 $34   $160 9
2021/07/09 - $508   1 $508   $664 13
2023/07/14 - $134   1 $134   $725 118
2023/09/01 - $306   1 $306   $1,425 125
2023/09/08 - $454 +48% 1 $454   $1,889 126
2024/04/12 - $212   2 $106   $2,104 157

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
New Zealand 4/15/2021 $0 0 2 8 $2,104 4/21/2024
North America 10/9/1971 $0 0 0 0 $41,158,757
Portugal 2/7/1972 $0 0 1 2 $653 9/26/2023
 
Worldwide Total$41,161,514 4/21/2024

Uncategorized

Gene Hackman    Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
Roy Scheider    Detective Buddy Russo
Fernando Rey    Alain Charnier

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Production and Technical Credits

William Friedkin    Director