The Look of Silence (2015)

The Look of Silence poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $109,089Details
International Box Office $228,242Details
Worldwide Box Office $337,331
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $69,368 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $16,354 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $85,722
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Through footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as the identities of the killers. The documentary focuses on the youngest son, an optometrist named Adi, who decides to break the suffocating spell of submission and terror by doing something unimaginable in a society where the murderers remain in power: he confronts the men who killed his brother and, while testing their eyesight, asks them to accept responsibility for their actions.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$6,616 (6.1% of total gross)
Legs:5.33 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:32.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/14 max. theaters, 6.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $139,493

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,501-12,600) 12,597 $109,089
All Time International Box Office (Rank 15,101-15,200) 15,153 $228,242
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 19,301-19,400) 19,325 $337,331
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,501-4,600) 4,535 $109,089

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, iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 17th, 2015 (Limited) by Drafthouse Films
International Releases: April 2nd, 2015 (Wide) (Netherlands)
June 12th, 2015 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
July 10th, 2015 (Wide) (Spain)
September 11th, 2015 (Wide) (Turkey)
October 1st, 2015 (Wide) (Germany)
... Show all releases
Video Release: January 12th, 2016 by Cinedigm
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material involving disturbing graphic descriptions of atrocities and inhumanity.
(Rating bulletin 2369, 4/15/2015)
Running Time: 99 minutes
Franchise: The Act of Killing
Comparisons: vs. Snowden
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Genocide, 1960s, Set in Indonesia
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Anonymous , Making Movies Oy, Piraya Film, Spring Films LTD
Production Countries: Denmark
Languages: Indonesian

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 17, 2015 64 $6,616   1 $6,616   $6,616 1
Jul 24, 2015 63 $11,061 +67% 2 $5,531   $20,614 2
Jul 31, 2015 52 $20,453 +85% 10 $2,045   $46,102 3
Aug 7, 2015 70 $7,015 -66% 13 $540   $67,750 4
Aug 14, 2015 67 $8,286 +18% 12 $691   $81,342 5
Aug 21, 2015 77 $4,140 -50% 12 $345   $89,715 6
Aug 28, 2015 87 $1,744 -58% 6 $291   $94,540 7
Sep 4, 2015 91 $1,492 -14% 9 $166   $98,661 8
Sep 11, 2015 100 $1,194 -20% 6 $199   $101,000 9
Sep 18, 2015 96 $1,168 -2% 8 $146   $103,589 10
Sep 25, 2015 104 $633 -46% 3 $211   $104,739 11
Oct 2, 2015 100 $1,873 +196% 4 $468   $107,144 12
Oct 9, 2015 111 $71 -96% 1 $71   $107,945 13
Oct 16, 2015 101 $99 +39% 1 $99   $108,658 14
Oct 23, 2015 103 $36 -64% 1 $36   $108,775 15
Oct 30, 2015 96 $115 +219% 2 $58   $108,941 16
Nov 6, 2015 106 $105 -9% 1 $105   $109,089 17

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 17, 2015 67 $9,553   1 $9,553   $9,553 1
Jul 24, 2015 61 $16,096 +68% 2 $8,048   $25,649 2
Jul 31, 2015 54 $35,086 +118% 10 $3,509   $60,735 3
Aug 7, 2015 70 $12,321 -65% 14 $880   $73,056 4
Aug 14, 2015 69 $12,519 +2% 12 $1,043   $85,575 5
Aug 21, 2015 82 $7,221 -42% 13 $555   $92,796 6
Aug 28, 2015 87 $4,373 -39% 10 $437   $97,169 7
Sep 4, 2015 95 $2,637 -40% 10 $264   $99,806 8
Sep 11, 2015 99 $2,615 -1% 9 $291   $102,421 9
Sep 18, 2015 101 $1,685 -36% 8 $211   $104,106 10
Sep 25, 2015 109 $1,165 -31% 4 $291   $105,271 11
Oct 2, 2015 107 $2,063 +77% 4 $516   $107,874 12
Oct 9, 2015 107 $685 -67% 5 $137   $108,559 13
Oct 16, 2015 114 $180 -74% 1 $180   $108,739 14
Oct 23, 2015 106 $87 -52% 2 $44   $108,826 15
Oct 30, 2015 108 $115 +32% 2 $58   $108,941 16
Nov 6, 2015 115 $105 -9% 1 $105   $109,089 17

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 11/27/2015 $2,540 1 1 1 $2,540 11/30/2015
Austria 11/6/2015 $1,050 4 4 7 $4,116 11/25/2015
Germany 10/1/2015 $5,358 22 22 49 $19,839 11/3/2015
Netherlands 4/2/2015 $9,357 18 18 18 $9,357 11/16/2015
Spain 7/10/2015 $5,271 7 10 31 $16,543 11/28/2018
Thailand 2/18/2016 $1,336 3 3 4 $2,732 6/9/2016
Turkey 9/11/2015 $1,252 4 4 12 $4,621 12/31/2018
United Kingdom 6/12/2015 $0 0 29 61 $168,494 10/13/2015
 
International Total$228,242 12/31/2018

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.

Production and Technical Credits

Joshua Oppenheimer    Director
Signe Byrge Sorensen    Producer
Errol Morris    Executive Producer
Werner Herzog    Executive Producer
Andre Singer    Executive Producer
Niels Pagh Andersen    Editor
Lars Skree    Director of Photography
Kaarle Aho    Co-Producer
Torstein Grude    Co-Producer
Bjarte Morner Tveit    Co-Producer
Anne Kohncke    Associate Producer
Maria Kristensen    Associate Producer
Heidi Elise Christensen    Associate Producer
Joram Ten Brink    Associate Producer
Henrik Garnov    Sound Editor
Henrik Garnov    Sound Mixer

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Preview

February 28th, 2016

The Revenant

It’s Oscar day and, if all goes to plan, I will be live-blogging the ceremony tonight. Here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions from our readers, and my personal wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers (we’ll have a full rundown of the predictions at noon, after the contest ends). If I am predicting a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don’t think will win, are Underlined. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award was not even nominated, plus a few I don’t have a real opinion on.

If you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to enter our Oscar competition, and win all Best Picture nominees on Blu-ray or DVD. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Feature-Length Documentary

February 18th, 2016

Amy

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at Best Feature-Length Documentary. Last year, this category was in chaos. This year, we have a favorite, a long shot with a shot, and then the rest. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations

January 15th, 2016

The Revenant

The Oscar nominations were announced at 5:30 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, this was a terrible year for snubs, especially when it comes to diversity of the nominees. The voters for the Oscars are 94% white and 77% male... but that's still more diverse than the list of nominees. The Revenant led the way with 12 nominations and it is expected to win a few of those, while it is a serious contender in most of the categories it was nominated in. More...

Home Market Releases for January 12th, 2016

January 12th, 2016

David Bowie: Blackstar

It is a busy week for first run releases with four of them on this week's list. Of these, The Martian is the biggest and the best. It would have been the Pick of the Week except for two things. One, the screener is late. Two, David Bowie passed away over the weekend. He died after an 18-month battle with cancer and just two days after his last album came out. This is the the most poignant Rock'n'Roll death since Freddie Mercury and it seems fitting to give Blackstar the title of Pick of the Week. More...

2015 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations

November 25th, 2015

Carol

Awards Season begins with the Independent Spirit Awards nominations. There were definitely some surprise nominees this year, but that also meant there were some unfortunate snubs as well. The overall leader was Carol, which just opened this past weekend. This is great timing and should help its box office numbers, as well as its chances throughout Awards Season. Its six nominations were one ahead of Beasts of No Nation and Spotlight. (One of Spotlight's was the Robert Altman Award, which has no nominations, just one winner.)

More...

Per Theater Chart: Irrational has Very Reasonable Debut

July 22nd, 2015

Bajrangi Bhaijaan

The $10,000 club was led by Irrational Man with $175,312 in five theaters for an average of $35,062. While this was the best average of the weekend, it was the weakest opening weekend for a Woody Allen movie since You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. The Stanford Prison Experiment was next with an average of $18,757 in two theaters. Its reviews are good, but not great, so its chances to expand significantly are still just 50/50. Up next is a pair of wide releases, Ant-Man and Minions, which earned averages of $14,841 and $11,430 respectively. The final entrant in the $10,000 club was Bajrangi Bhaijaan with an average of $10,239; however, it was playing in 256 theaters and arguably it had the most impressive opening for any limited release this week. This is the second weekend in a row a Bollywood film did this well on the per theater chart. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Holmes is on the Case

July 17th, 2015

Mr. Holmes

There are very few films on this week's list that have a real shot at earning mainstream success. I would like to think Court or A Hard Day could do so, but they are both foreign-language films and that's usually too big of an obstacle to overcome. Mr. Holmes has both the cast and the reviews to thrive, but it is playing in more than 300 theaters. That might be too many to thrive. Let's hope I'm being too pessimistic. More...


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Synopsis

Through footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as the identities of the killers. The documentary focuses on the youngest son, an optometrist named Adi, who decides to break the suffocating spell of submission and terror by doing something unimaginable in a society where the murderers remain in power: he confronts the men who killed his brother and, while testing their eyesight, asks them to accept responsibility for their actions.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$6,616 (6.1% of total gross)
Legs:5.33 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:32.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/14 max. theaters, 6.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $139,493

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,501-12,600) 12,597 $109,089
All Time International Box Office (Rank 15,101-15,200) 15,153 $228,242
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 19,301-19,400) 19,325 $337,331
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,501-4,600) 4,535 $109,089

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, iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 17th, 2015 (Limited) by Drafthouse Films
International Releases: April 2nd, 2015 (Wide) (Netherlands)
June 12th, 2015 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
July 10th, 2015 (Wide) (Spain)
September 11th, 2015 (Wide) (Turkey)
October 1st, 2015 (Wide) (Germany)
... Show all releases
Video Release: January 12th, 2016 by Cinedigm
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material involving disturbing graphic descriptions of atrocities and inhumanity.
(Rating bulletin 2369, 4/15/2015)
Running Time: 99 minutes
Franchise: The Act of Killing
Comparisons: vs. Snowden
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Genocide, 1960s, Set in Indonesia
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Anonymous , Making Movies Oy, Piraya Film, Spring Films LTD
Production Countries: Denmark
Languages: Indonesian

Production and Technical Credits

Joshua Oppenheimer    Director
Signe Byrge Sorensen    Producer
Errol Morris    Executive Producer
Werner Herzog    Executive Producer
Andre Singer    Executive Producer
Niels Pagh Andersen    Editor
Lars Skree    Director of Photography
Kaarle Aho    Co-Producer
Torstein Grude    Co-Producer
Bjarte Morner Tveit    Co-Producer
Anne Kohncke    Associate Producer
Maria Kristensen    Associate Producer
Heidi Elise Christensen    Associate Producer
Joram Ten Brink    Associate Producer
Henrik Garnov    Sound Editor
Henrik Garnov    Sound Mixer

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Preview

February 28th, 2016

The Revenant

It’s Oscar day and, if all goes to plan, I will be live-blogging the ceremony tonight. Here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions from our readers, and my personal wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers (we’ll have a full rundown of the predictions at noon, after the contest ends). If I am predicting a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don’t think will win, are Underlined. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award was not even nominated, plus a few I don’t have a real opinion on.

If you haven’t done so already, it’s not too late to enter our Oscar competition, and win all Best Picture nominees on Blu-ray or DVD. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Feature-Length Documentary

February 18th, 2016

Amy

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at Best Feature-Length Documentary. Last year, this category was in chaos. This year, we have a favorite, a long shot with a shot, and then the rest. More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations

January 15th, 2016

The Revenant

The Oscar nominations were announced at 5:30 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, this was a terrible year for snubs, especially when it comes to diversity of the nominees. The voters for the Oscars are 94% white and 77% male... but that's still more diverse than the list of nominees. The Revenant led the way with 12 nominations and it is expected to win a few of those, while it is a serious contender in most of the categories it was nominated in. More...

Home Market Releases for January 12th, 2016

January 12th, 2016

David Bowie: Blackstar

It is a busy week for first run releases with four of them on this week's list. Of these, The Martian is the biggest and the best. It would have been the Pick of the Week except for two things. One, the screener is late. Two, David Bowie passed away over the weekend. He died after an 18-month battle with cancer and just two days after his last album came out. This is the the most poignant Rock'n'Roll death since Freddie Mercury and it seems fitting to give Blackstar the title of Pick of the Week. More...

2015 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations

November 25th, 2015

Carol

Awards Season begins with the Independent Spirit Awards nominations. There were definitely some surprise nominees this year, but that also meant there were some unfortunate snubs as well. The overall leader was Carol, which just opened this past weekend. This is great timing and should help its box office numbers, as well as its chances throughout Awards Season. Its six nominations were one ahead of Beasts of No Nation and Spotlight. (One of Spotlight's was the Robert Altman Award, which has no nominations, just one winner.)

More...

Per Theater Chart: Irrational has Very Reasonable Debut

July 22nd, 2015

Bajrangi Bhaijaan

The $10,000 club was led by Irrational Man with $175,312 in five theaters for an average of $35,062. While this was the best average of the weekend, it was the weakest opening weekend for a Woody Allen movie since You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. The Stanford Prison Experiment was next with an average of $18,757 in two theaters. Its reviews are good, but not great, so its chances to expand significantly are still just 50/50. Up next is a pair of wide releases, Ant-Man and Minions, which earned averages of $14,841 and $11,430 respectively. The final entrant in the $10,000 club was Bajrangi Bhaijaan with an average of $10,239; however, it was playing in 256 theaters and arguably it had the most impressive opening for any limited release this week. This is the second weekend in a row a Bollywood film did this well on the per theater chart. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Holmes is on the Case

July 17th, 2015

Mr. Holmes

There are very few films on this week's list that have a real shot at earning mainstream success. I would like to think Court or A Hard Day could do so, but they are both foreign-language films and that's usually too big of an obstacle to overcome. Mr. Holmes has both the cast and the reviews to thrive, but it is playing in more than 300 theaters. That might be too many to thrive. Let's hope I'm being too pessimistic. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 17, 2015 64 $6,616   1 $6,616   $6,616 1
Jul 24, 2015 63 $11,061 +67% 2 $5,531   $20,614 2
Jul 31, 2015 52 $20,453 +85% 10 $2,045   $46,102 3
Aug 7, 2015 70 $7,015 -66% 13 $540   $67,750 4
Aug 14, 2015 67 $8,286 +18% 12 $691   $81,342 5
Aug 21, 2015 77 $4,140 -50% 12 $345   $89,715 6
Aug 28, 2015 87 $1,744 -58% 6 $291   $94,540 7
Sep 4, 2015 91 $1,492 -14% 9 $166   $98,661 8
Sep 11, 2015 100 $1,194 -20% 6 $199   $101,000 9
Sep 18, 2015 96 $1,168 -2% 8 $146   $103,589 10
Sep 25, 2015 104 $633 -46% 3 $211   $104,739 11
Oct 2, 2015 100 $1,873 +196% 4 $468   $107,144 12
Oct 9, 2015 111 $71 -96% 1 $71   $107,945 13
Oct 16, 2015 101 $99 +39% 1 $99   $108,658 14
Oct 23, 2015 103 $36 -64% 1 $36   $108,775 15
Oct 30, 2015 96 $115 +219% 2 $58   $108,941 16
Nov 6, 2015 106 $105 -9% 1 $105   $109,089 17

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 17, 2015 67 $9,553   1 $9,553   $9,553 1
Jul 24, 2015 61 $16,096 +68% 2 $8,048   $25,649 2
Jul 31, 2015 54 $35,086 +118% 10 $3,509   $60,735 3
Aug 7, 2015 70 $12,321 -65% 14 $880   $73,056 4
Aug 14, 2015 69 $12,519 +2% 12 $1,043   $85,575 5
Aug 21, 2015 82 $7,221 -42% 13 $555   $92,796 6
Aug 28, 2015 87 $4,373 -39% 10 $437   $97,169 7
Sep 4, 2015 95 $2,637 -40% 10 $264   $99,806 8
Sep 11, 2015 99 $2,615 -1% 9 $291   $102,421 9
Sep 18, 2015 101 $1,685 -36% 8 $211   $104,106 10
Sep 25, 2015 109 $1,165 -31% 4 $291   $105,271 11
Oct 2, 2015 107 $2,063 +77% 4 $516   $107,874 12
Oct 9, 2015 107 $685 -67% 5 $137   $108,559 13
Oct 16, 2015 114 $180 -74% 1 $180   $108,739 14
Oct 23, 2015 106 $87 -52% 2 $44   $108,826 15
Oct 30, 2015 108 $115 +32% 2 $58   $108,941 16
Nov 6, 2015 115 $105 -9% 1 $105   $109,089 17

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 11/27/2015 $2,540 1 1 1 $2,540 11/30/2015
Austria 11/6/2015 $1,050 4 4 7 $4,116 11/25/2015
Germany 10/1/2015 $5,358 22 22 49 $19,839 11/3/2015
Netherlands 4/2/2015 $9,357 18 18 18 $9,357 11/16/2015
Spain 7/10/2015 $5,271 7 10 31 $16,543 11/28/2018
Thailand 2/18/2016 $1,336 3 3 4 $2,732 6/9/2016
Turkey 9/11/2015 $1,252 4 4 12 $4,621 12/31/2018
United Kingdom 6/12/2015 $0 0 29 61 $168,494 10/13/2015
 
International Total$228,242 12/31/2018

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.