El abrazo de la serpiente (2016)

El abrazo de la serpiente poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $1,329,249Details
International Box Office $3,458,569Details
Worldwide Box Office $4,787,818
Further financial details...

Synopsis

A drama that centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$50,955 (3.8% of total gross)
Legs:7.28 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:27.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$1,400,000 (worldwide box office is 3.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/93 max. theaters, 4.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $1,656,563

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,401-8,500) 8,498 $1,329,249
All Time International Box Office (Rank 7,301-7,400) 7,353 $3,458,569
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 10,001-10,100) 10,069 $4,787,818
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,417 $1,329,249

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: February 17th, 2016 (Limited) by Oscilloscope Pictures, released as Embrace of the Serpent
International Releases: February 12th, 2016 (Wide) (Mexico)
February 19th, 2016 (Wide) (Argentina)
February 19th, 2016 (Wide) (Spain)
May 20th, 2016 (Wide), released as Embrace the Snake (Bulgaria)
June 10th, 2016 (Limited), released as Embrace of the Serpent (United Kingdom)
... Show all releases
Video Release: May 17th, 2016 by Oscilloscope Video, released as Embrace of the Serpent
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 125 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Youth
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Keywords: Set in Amazon Rainforest, Jungle, 1900s, 1940s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Oscilloscope Laboratories, Ciudad Lunar, Caracol Television, Norte Sur, MC Producciones, Buffalo Film Company, Dago Garcia, Proimagenes Colombia, INCAA, CNACC, Ibermedia, Hubert Bals Fund
Production Countries: Argentina, Colombia, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Languages: Spanish

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Top 2016 Theater Average 66 $16,985 Feb 19, 2016 5

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 19, 2016 49 $50,955   3 $16,985   $62,164 1
Feb 26, 2016 40 $100,344 +97% 21 $4,778   $189,286 2
Mar 4, 2016 41 $70,573 -30% 23 $3,068   $303,711 3
Mar 11, 2016 29 $182,562 +159% 75 $2,434   $517,563 4
Mar 18, 2016 35 $150,159 -18% 86 $1,746   $753,229 5
Mar 25, 2016 28 $106,168 -29% 75 $1,416   $944,150 6
Apr 1, 2016 37 $78,461 -26% 56 $1,401   $1,082,896 7
Apr 8, 2016 40 $50,868 -35% 36 $1,413   $1,169,246 8
Apr 15, 2016 46 $30,406 -40% 36 $845   $1,220,819 9
Apr 22, 2016 52 $21,851 -28% 15 $1,457   $1,260,313 10
Apr 29, 2016 54 $19,081 -13% 15 $1,272   $1,289,393 11
May 6, 2016 68 $7,500 -61% 8 $938   $1,305,377 12
May 13, 2016 70 $6,500 -13% 6 $1,083   $1,320,005 13

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 12, 2016 66 $11,209   2 $5,605   $11,209 1
Feb 19, 2016 49 $77,733 +593% 3 $25,911   $88,942 2
Feb 26, 2016 41 $144,196 +86% 21 $6,866   $233,138 3
Mar 4, 2016 40 $101,863 -29% 23 $4,429   $335,001 4
Mar 11, 2016 32 $268,069 +163% 77 $3,481   $603,070 5
Mar 18, 2016 34 $234,912 -12% 93 $2,526   $837,982 6
Mar 25, 2016 29 $166,453 -29% 78 $2,134   $1,004,435 7
Apr 1, 2016 36 $113,943 -32% 64 $1,780   $1,118,378 8
Apr 8, 2016 41 $72,035 -37% 46 $1,566   $1,190,413 9
Apr 15, 2016 49 $48,049 -33% 38 $1,264   $1,238,462 10
Apr 22, 2016 51 $31,850 -34% 17 $1,874   $1,270,312 11
Apr 29, 2016 55 $27,565 -13% 17 $1,621   $1,297,877 12
May 6, 2016 66 $15,628 -43% 10 $1,563   $1,313,505 13
May 13, 2016 73 $11,608 -26% 8 $1,451   $1,325,113 14
May 20, 2016 92 $2,444 -79% 2 $1,222   $1,327,557 15
Jun 17, 2016 91 $1,692   4 $423   $1,329,249 19

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 2/19/2016 $0 0 4 27 $129,812 1/1/2019
Australia 7/22/2016 $19,407 13 21 188 $388,628 10/24/2016
Bulgaria 5/20/2016 $0 0 0 0 $8,903 2/26/2019
Mexico 2/12/2016 $11,588 0 0 0 $50,398 9/8/2018
Spain 2/19/2016 $18,767 18 22 84 $112,100 11/17/2018
United Kingdom 6/10/2016 $59,026 0 0 0 $59,026 9/8/2018
 
Rest of World $2,709,702
 
International Total$3,458,569 2/26/2019

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.

Leading Cast

Niblio Torres    Young Karamakate

Supporting Cast

Antonio Bolivar    Old Karamakate
Yauenku Miguee    Manduca
Jan Bijvoet    Theo
Brionne Davis    Evan
Nicolas Cancino    Anizetto

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

Production and Technical Credits

Ciro Guerra    Director
Cristina Gallego    Producer
Ciro Guerra    Screenwriter
Jacques Toulemonde    Screenwriter
Theodor Koch-Grunberg    Based on the diary by
Richard Evan Schultes    Based on the diary by
Raul Bravo    Co-Producer
Marcelo Cespedes    Co-Producer
Horacio Mentasti    Co-Producer
Cristina Gallego    Executive Producer

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June 20th, 2016

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2015 Awards Season: Oscar Preview

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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...

Theater Averages: Mermaid Nearly Cracks $1,000,000

February 24th, 2016

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The Mermaid led the way as far as limited releases were concerned with $985,000 in 35 theaters for an average of $28,144. The film has broken records in China, which we will talk about more tomorrow with the international top five. The Embrace of the Serpent was next with an average of $16,985 in three theaters over the weekend, while it earned an average of $20,721 during its five-day opening. The only other film in the $10,000 club was Deadpool with an average of $15,172. On a related note, Warner Bros. has announced an R-rated Blu-ray for Batman v. Superman. The is the wrong lesson to learn from the success of Deadpool. More...

Weekend Estimates: Deadpool Continues to Dominate with $55 Million Weekend

February 21st, 2016

Deadpool

After a $132 million opening, Deadpool wasn’t under much threat at the top of the chart this weekend, so a fairly sharp 58% decline to $55 million this weekend still leaves it dominant in movie theaters. That softness might be a slight concern going forwards, but for now Fox is reveling in having a February hit that has already grossed close to $500 million worldwide (Sunday’s official estimate is $491.9 million), and having Kung Fu Panda 3 hold on to second place with $12.5 million in its fourth weekend for a domestic total of $117 million. That left the three new wide releases fighting for places lower down the chart, although their performance was by no means all doom and gloom. More...

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February 19th, 2016

The Mermaid

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2015 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations

January 15th, 2016

The Revenant

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Synopsis

A drama that centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$50,955 (3.8% of total gross)
Legs:7.28 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:27.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$1,400,000 (worldwide box office is 3.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/93 max. theaters, 4.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $1,656,563

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,401-8,500) 8,498 $1,329,249
All Time International Box Office (Rank 7,301-7,400) 7,353 $3,458,569
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 10,001-10,100) 10,069 $4,787,818
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,417 $1,329,249

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: February 17th, 2016 (Limited) by Oscilloscope Pictures, released as Embrace of the Serpent
International Releases: February 12th, 2016 (Wide) (Mexico)
February 19th, 2016 (Wide) (Argentina)
February 19th, 2016 (Wide) (Spain)
May 20th, 2016 (Wide), released as Embrace the Snake (Bulgaria)
June 10th, 2016 (Limited), released as Embrace of the Serpent (United Kingdom)
... Show all releases
Video Release: May 17th, 2016 by Oscilloscope Video, released as Embrace of the Serpent
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 125 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Youth
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Set in Amazon Rainforest, Jungle, 1900s, 1940s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Oscilloscope Laboratories, Ciudad Lunar, Caracol Television, Norte Sur, MC Producciones, Buffalo Film Company, Dago Garcia, Proimagenes Colombia, INCAA, CNACC, Ibermedia, Hubert Bals Fund
Production Countries: Argentina, Colombia, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Languages: Spanish

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Top 2016 Theater Average 66 $16,985 Feb 19, 2016 5

Leading Cast

Niblio Torres    Young Karamakate

Supporting Cast

Antonio Bolivar    Old Karamakate
Yauenku Miguee    Manduca
Jan Bijvoet    Theo
Brionne Davis    Evan
Nicolas Cancino    Anizetto

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

Production and Technical Credits

Ciro Guerra    Director
Cristina Gallego    Producer
Ciro Guerra    Screenwriter
Jacques Toulemonde    Screenwriter
Theodor Koch-Grunberg    Based on the diary by
Richard Evan Schultes    Based on the diary by
Raul Bravo    Co-Producer
Marcelo Cespedes    Co-Producer
Horacio Mentasti    Co-Producer
Cristina Gallego    Executive Producer

Home Market Releases for June 21st, 2016

June 20th, 2016

Fantastic Planet

There are two wide releases coming out this week, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 and The Divergent Series: Allegiant, although the latter is only coming out on Video on Demand. Neither of these are big releases and it only gets much worse from there. There wasn't a lot of competition for Pick of the Week, but I went with Fantastic Planet: Criterion Collection. It's a classic, but it is also a French Surrealist animated film, so that will limit its target audience. More...

Home Market Releases for May 17th, 2016

May 17th, 2016

Dark Passage

The Deadpool Blu-ray arrived last Tuesday, which is par for course for Fox, as their screeners always seem to arrive as late as possible while still technically not being late. There are updates below with the extras. On a side note, the film is so good, I was tempted to make it the Pick of the Week for the second week in a row. However, in the end I went with Dark Passage, a classic Film Noir with a famous hook. The Blu-ray is the Pick of the Week. More...

Theater Averages: Miles Opens Ahead of the Competition with $28,633

April 6th, 2016

Miles Ahead

Miles Ahead led the way on the theater average chart with $28,633 in four theaters. Vaxxed: From Cover Up to Catastrophe was right behind with $28,339 in one theater. As someone who doesn't want to see measles make a comeback, this is a scary result. Everybody Wants Some earned an average of $16,440 in 19 theaters over the weekend after opening in five theaters on Wednesday. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice remained in the $10,000 club with an average of $12,062. Saturday's Warrior and Chongqing Hot Pot had very close averages at $10,671 and $10,098 respectively. More...

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...

Theater Averages: Mermaid Nearly Cracks $1,000,000

February 24th, 2016

The Mermaid

The Mermaid led the way as far as limited releases were concerned with $985,000 in 35 theaters for an average of $28,144. The film has broken records in China, which we will talk about more tomorrow with the international top five. The Embrace of the Serpent was next with an average of $16,985 in three theaters over the weekend, while it earned an average of $20,721 during its five-day opening. The only other film in the $10,000 club was Deadpool with an average of $15,172. On a related note, Warner Bros. has announced an R-rated Blu-ray for Batman v. Superman. The is the wrong lesson to learn from the success of Deadpool. More...

Weekend Estimates: Deadpool Continues to Dominate with $55 Million Weekend

February 21st, 2016

Deadpool

After a $132 million opening, Deadpool wasn’t under much threat at the top of the chart this weekend, so a fairly sharp 58% decline to $55 million this weekend still leaves it dominant in movie theaters. That softness might be a slight concern going forwards, but for now Fox is reveling in having a February hit that has already grossed close to $500 million worldwide (Sunday’s official estimate is $491.9 million), and having Kung Fu Panda 3 hold on to second place with $12.5 million in its fourth weekend for a domestic total of $117 million. That left the three new wide releases fighting for places lower down the chart, although their performance was by no means all doom and gloom. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: When Mermaids Cry

February 19th, 2016

The Mermaid

It's a short list this week, but there are more than a few films worth talking about. The Mermaid is by far the biggest and it has already earned close to $300 million worldwide. Additionally, its director, Stephen Chow, has had some box office success here in the past. Unfortunately, it has No Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, so it is hard to tell if it deserves breakout success here. 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...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 19, 2016 49 $50,955   3 $16,985   $62,164 1
Feb 26, 2016 40 $100,344 +97% 21 $4,778   $189,286 2
Mar 4, 2016 41 $70,573 -30% 23 $3,068   $303,711 3
Mar 11, 2016 29 $182,562 +159% 75 $2,434   $517,563 4
Mar 18, 2016 35 $150,159 -18% 86 $1,746   $753,229 5
Mar 25, 2016 28 $106,168 -29% 75 $1,416   $944,150 6
Apr 1, 2016 37 $78,461 -26% 56 $1,401   $1,082,896 7
Apr 8, 2016 40 $50,868 -35% 36 $1,413   $1,169,246 8
Apr 15, 2016 46 $30,406 -40% 36 $845   $1,220,819 9
Apr 22, 2016 52 $21,851 -28% 15 $1,457   $1,260,313 10
Apr 29, 2016 54 $19,081 -13% 15 $1,272   $1,289,393 11
May 6, 2016 68 $7,500 -61% 8 $938   $1,305,377 12
May 13, 2016 70 $6,500 -13% 6 $1,083   $1,320,005 13

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 12, 2016 66 $11,209   2 $5,605   $11,209 1
Feb 19, 2016 49 $77,733 +593% 3 $25,911   $88,942 2
Feb 26, 2016 41 $144,196 +86% 21 $6,866   $233,138 3
Mar 4, 2016 40 $101,863 -29% 23 $4,429   $335,001 4
Mar 11, 2016 32 $268,069 +163% 77 $3,481   $603,070 5
Mar 18, 2016 34 $234,912 -12% 93 $2,526   $837,982 6
Mar 25, 2016 29 $166,453 -29% 78 $2,134   $1,004,435 7
Apr 1, 2016 36 $113,943 -32% 64 $1,780   $1,118,378 8
Apr 8, 2016 41 $72,035 -37% 46 $1,566   $1,190,413 9
Apr 15, 2016 49 $48,049 -33% 38 $1,264   $1,238,462 10
Apr 22, 2016 51 $31,850 -34% 17 $1,874   $1,270,312 11
Apr 29, 2016 55 $27,565 -13% 17 $1,621   $1,297,877 12
May 6, 2016 66 $15,628 -43% 10 $1,563   $1,313,505 13
May 13, 2016 73 $11,608 -26% 8 $1,451   $1,325,113 14
May 20, 2016 92 $2,444 -79% 2 $1,222   $1,327,557 15
Jun 17, 2016 91 $1,692   4 $423   $1,329,249 19

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 2/19/2016 $0 0 4 27 $129,812 1/1/2019
Australia 7/22/2016 $19,407 13 21 188 $388,628 10/24/2016
Bulgaria 5/20/2016 $0 0 0 0 $8,903 2/26/2019
Mexico 2/12/2016 $11,588 0 0 0 $50,398 9/8/2018
Spain 2/19/2016 $18,767 18 22 84 $112,100 11/17/2018
United Kingdom 6/10/2016 $59,026 0 0 0 $59,026 9/8/2018
 
Rest of World $2,709,702
 
International Total$3,458,569 2/26/2019

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.