New Zealand Box Office for It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

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It’s a Wonderful Life
Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $1,262Details
Worldwide Box Office $16,420,592Details
Home Market Performance
North America Blu-ray Sales $6,923,913 Details
Total North America Video Sales $6,923,913
Further financial details...

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$3,180,000
New Zealand Releases: December 9th, 2010 (Wide)
December 24th, 2021 (Limited)
Video Release: October 31st, 2006 by Paramount Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements, smoking and some violence. Rating is for 2012 Re-Issue of film from Paramount Pictures Corporation
(Rating bulletin 2251 (Cert #48082), 12/5/2012)
Running Time: 130 minutes
Keywords: Heaven and Hell, Voiceover/Narration, Non-Chronological, Christmas, Angels, Suicide, Class Warfare, Supernatural, Studio Sinkers
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for November 1st, 2011

November 1st, 2011

The selection of home market releases is rather soft this week. Sure, Cars 2 was a major hit at the box office, but it is the only major hit on this week's list. The best selling TV on DVD release is Californication, which is a cable show, while the top ten selling titles according to Amazon.com include limited releases, catalogue titles and direct-to-DVD releases. There are more second-tier Christmas releases than any other type of release. There are far fewer titles that are worth picking up than last week, and the the Pick of the Week contenders are even more limited. Transformers: Beast Wars comes out on a Complete Series Collection and that could be Pick of the Week material, but I'm still waiting for the screener. More...

Featured Blu-ray Review: It's A Wonderful Life Gift Set

October 28th, 2011

I have a simple rule: No Christmas releases before Halloween. It's A Wonderful Life Blu-ray Gift Set is coming out on November 1st, making it a perfectly timed release. However, this is not the first time the film has been released on Blu-ray. Is it worth picking up if you don't already have it? Is it worth the upgrade? 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
2020/12/25 - $371   2 $186   $1,098 525
2021/01/01 - $22 -94% 1 $22   $1,262 526
2021/12/24 - $68   1 $68   $68 577
2023/11/24 - $45   1 $45   $45 677
2023/12/01 - $27 -40% 1 $27   $72 678
2023/12/08 - $24 -11% 1 $24   $98 679
2023/12/15 - $22 -8% 1 $22   $119 680
2023/12/22 - $201 +814% 2 $101   $820 681

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 2/6/1948 $0 0 12 21 $8,731 1/4/2021
New Zealand 12/9/2010 $0 0 2 10 $1,262 12/28/2023
North America 12/20/1946 $0 0 960 1,210 $12,241,691
United Kingdom 12/11/2007 $0 0 347 1888 $4,168,908 1/4/2024
 
Worldwide Total$16,420,592 1/4/2024

Leading Cast

James Stewart    George Bailey
Donna Reed    Mary Hatch Bailey

Supporting Cast

Lionel Barrymore    Mr. Potter
Thomas Mitchell    Uncle Billy
Henry Travers    Clarence Oddbody
Beulah Bondi    Ma Bailey
Ward Bond    Officer Bert
Frank Faylen    Ernie Bishop
Gloria Grahame    Violet Bick
Frank Albertson    Sam Wainwright

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

Production and Technical Credits

Frank Capra    Director
Frances Goodrich    Screenwriter
Albert Hackett    Screenwriter
Frank Capra    Screenwriter
Jo Swerling    Screenwriter
Philip Van Doren Stern    Story Creator