The Aristocrats (2005)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $6,377,461Details
International Box Office $325,143Details
Worldwide Box Office $6,702,604
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $2,559,466 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $2,559,466
Further financial details...

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$243,796 (3.8% of total gross)
Legs:7.35 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:95.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/234 max. theaters, 6.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $10,724,699

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,201-6,300) 6,228 $6,377,461
All Time International Box Office (Rank 14,401-14,500) 14,494 $325,143
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 9,001-9,100) 9,099 $6,702,604
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 401-500) 415 $6,377,461

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 29th, 2005 (Limited) by ThinkFilm
Video Release: January 24th, 2006 by Velocity/ThinkFilm, released as Aristocrats, The
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 89 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Patch Adams
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Keywords: Segments, Stand-Up Comedy, Ensemble, Social and Cultural Documentary
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Top 2005 Theater Average 7 $60,949 Jul 29, 2005 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 29, 2005 22 $243,796   4 $60,949   $243,796 1
Aug 5, 2005 24 $239,478 -2% 9 $26,609   $624,238 2
Aug 12, 2005 19 $867,171 +262% 86 $10,083   $1,622,217 3
Aug 19, 2005 18 $666,449 -23% 170 $3,920   $2,717,241 4
Aug 26, 2005 18 $694,492 +4% 226 $3,073   $3,767,694 5
Sep 2, 2005 22 $510,000 -27% 234 $2,179   $4,590,000 6
Sep 9, 2005 23 $352,009 -31% 222 $1,586   $5,215,396 7
Sep 16, 2005 30 $249,686 -29% 177 $1,411   $5,635,233 8
Sep 23, 2005 34 $145,317 -42% 127 $1,144   $5,886,033 9
Sep 30, 2005 46 $82,426 -43% 92 $896   $6,031,653 10
Oct 7, 2005 49 $53,461 -35% 60 $891   $6,132,550 11
Oct 14, 2005 56 $36,202 -32% 46 $787   $6,195,548 12
Oct 21, 2005 63 $28,118 -22% 36 $781   $6,237,659 13
Oct 28, 2005 73 $15,687 -44% 24 $654   $6,264,352 14
Nov 4, 2005 73 $14,214 -9% 17 $836   $6,288,015 15
Nov 11, 2005 80 $11,466 -19% 14 $819   $6,305,430 16
Nov 18, 2005 82 $7,231 -37% 13 $556   $6,315,842 17
Nov 25, 2005 78 $7,668 +6% 11 $697   $6,326,284 18
Dec 2, 2005 79 $5,061 -34% 7 $723   $6,334,863 19
Dec 9, 2005 76 $4,077 -19% 6 $680   $6,341,877 20
Dec 16, 2005 69 $5,027 +23% 8 $628   $6,353,098 21
Dec 23, 2005 50 $2,134 -58% 5 $427   $6,357,172 22
Dec 30, 2005 71 $2,615 +23% 3 $872   $6,361,370 23
Jan 6, 2006 81 $939 -64% 1 $939   $6,364,885 24
Jan 13, 2006 75 $1,721 +83% 2 $861   $6,369,386 25
Jan 20, 2006 70 $7,793 +353% 7 $1,113   $6,377,277 26

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 5, 2005 19 $133,903     234 $572   $4,725,876 39
Jan 2, 2006 70 $222     3 $74   $6,361,592 158

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 29, 2005 22 $384,760   4 $96,190   $384,760 1
Aug 5, 2005 24 $370,286 -4% 9 $41,143   $755,046 2
Aug 12, 2005 19 $1,295,746 +250% 86 $15,067   $2,050,792 3
Aug 19, 2005 18 $1,022,410 -21% 170 $6,014   $3,073,202 4
Aug 26, 2005 20 $1,006,798 -2% 226 $4,455   $4,080,000 5
Sep 2, 2005 22 $783,387 -22% 234 $3,348   $4,863,387 6
Sep 9, 2005 23 $522,160 -33% 222 $2,352   $5,385,547 7
Sep 16, 2005 29 $355,169 -32% 177 $2,007   $5,740,716 8
Sep 23, 2005 33 $208,511 -41% 127 $1,642   $5,949,227 9
Sep 30, 2005 43 $129,862 -38% 92 $1,412   $6,079,089 10
Oct 7, 2005 50 $80,257 -38% 60 $1,338   $6,159,346 11
Oct 14, 2005 55 $50,195 -37% 46 $1,091   $6,209,541 12
Oct 21, 2005 63 $39,124 -22% 36 $1,087   $6,248,665 13
Oct 28, 2005 74 $25,136 -36% 24 $1,047   $6,273,801 14
Nov 4, 2005 74 $20,163 -20% 17 $1,186   $6,293,964 15
Nov 11, 2005 80 $14,647 -27% 14 $1,046   $6,308,611 16
Nov 18, 2005 89 $10,005 -32% 13 $770   $6,318,616 17
Nov 25, 2005 73 $11,186 +12% 11 $1,017   $6,329,802 18
Dec 2, 2005 74 $7,998 -28% 7 $1,143   $6,337,800 19
Dec 9, 2005 69 $10,271 +28% 6 $1,712   $6,348,071 20
Dec 16, 2005 55 $6,967 -32% 8 $871   $6,355,038 21
Dec 23, 2005 52 $3,717 -47% 5 $743   $6,358,755 22
Dec 30, 2005 67 $5,191 +40% 3 $1,730   $6,363,946 23
Jan 6, 2006 70 $3,719 -28% 1 $3,719   $6,367,665 24
Jan 13, 2006 77 $1,819 -51% 2 $910   $6,369,484 25

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.

Supporting Cast

Bob Saget    Himself

Cameos

Robin Williams    Himself
Whoopi Goldberg    Herself
Drew Carey    Himself

Uncategorized

Eddie Izzard    Himself
Trey Parker    Himself
Eric Idle    Himself
Fred Willard    Himself
Andy Dick    Himself
Hank Azaria    Himself
Billy Connolly    Himself
Sarah Silverman    Herself
Jon Stewart    Himself
Chris Rock    Himself
Kevin Pollak    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Penn Jillette    Director
Paul Provenza    Director
Peter Adam Golden    Screenwriter
Paul Provenza    Screenwriter

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February 4th, 2006

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DVD Releases for January 24, 2006

January 23rd, 2006

It's another slow week for DVDs with little in the way of release worth renting and there's nothing here I would rate as must have. Because of that, there's no DVD Pick of the Week, which is probably for the best as I'm spending too much on DVDs as it is. On a side note, things definitely start to pick up next week. More...

International Round-up: Red Eye Takes Off

October 2nd, 2005

Red Eye added another $3.7 million on 2,057 screens in 37 markets to its $22 million international total. The film opened in second place in both Spain with $850,000 on 215 screens and in the Netherlands with $250,000 on 59 ($300,000 including previews). More...

Mafia Sequel Squeezes into Top Five Again

September 25th, 2005

Marrying the Mafia 2 again led its native market of South Korean with $4.81 million over the weekend and $12.78 million during its two-week run. And like last week, this was enough for the film to secure a place in the top five overall just beating out Pride and Prejudice. More...

Mafia Rubs Out Competition

September 18th, 2005

Marrying the Mafia 2 is the latest local film to lead the South Korean box office as it opened with $5.555 million on 449 screens, $7.515 million including Thursday. Not only was that easily enough for first place in its home market, but also put the film in third place on the overall international box office charts. More...

Giving the Devil His Due

September 13th, 2005

There was just the single film in the $10,000 club this weekend and it was the overall box office leader, The Exorcism of Emily Rose. The film, which was a surprise hit over the weekend, earned just over $30 million in 2,981 theaters for a $10,082 per theatre average. More...

Per Theater Chart Takes a Vacation

September 7th, 2005

Despite the long weekend, not a single film was able to enter the $10,000 club, not even if you include Monday. The film with the highest Per Theater Average was William Eggleston in the Real World, which wasn't even close at $6,820. With award season just getting started, more and more high quality limited releases should come one and there probably won't be many weeks without at least one film hitting $10,000 on its per theater average from now until the end of the year. More...

People Talking about Untold Story

August 30th, 2005

Word of mouth is obviously helped The Untold Story of Emmett Till since it saw its weekend Per Theatre average climb to $12,290, up from $8,695 last weekend. It was also the only film to reach the $10,000 mark during a weekend that saw three films open with per theatre averages below $1,000. More...

Empty Clubhouse

August 23rd, 2005

No film was able to make it into the $10,000 club over the weekend, The Untold Story of Emmett Till came the closest with $13,165 since Wednesday, but only $8,695 of that was earned over the weekend. That was still enough to lead the Per Theatre Charts ahead of the re-release of Elevator to the Gallows and the overall box office leader, The 40-Year Old Virgin, which earned averages of $7,596 and $7,530 respectively. More...

Holdovers Hold On

August 16th, 2005

There were three films in the $10,000 club this weekend, all of them holdovers. Last week's winner, Broken Flowers, again finished first despite a sizeable increase in its theatre count. It more than quadrupled its theatre count but lost less than half its per theatre average to land at $14,553. More...

Flowers won't go Broke

August 9th, 2005

There was a very tight race atop the Per Theatre Charts this weekend with Broken Flowers finishing just ahead of 2046. The former film earned $780,000 in 27 theatres for a $28,904 per theatre average while the latter made $113,000 in four theatres for a average of $28,269. Last week's winner, The Aristocrats took a tumble losing 56% of its per theatre average falling to third place with $26,609. Rounding out the $10,000 club was Junebug, which just snagged a spot with a $10,677 per theatre average. More...

The Aristocrats' Box Office is no Joke

August 2nd, 2005

The unrated film, The Aristocrats, easily took top spot on the Per Theatre Charts with an incredible average of $60,949 in four theatres. The film expands the Friday after next, and until then it's hard to tell how much of that figure is based on quality of the movie and how much is based on the controversy surrounding it. The only other film in the $10,000 club was Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress, which opened with $16,694 in its lone theatre. More...

The Dirtiest Movie Ever

July 29th, 2005

It's a light week for limited releases with only three films. However, one of these films should generate a lot of publicity and could be another documentary destined for at least a margin of mainstream success. More...


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  7. Cast & Crew
  8. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$243,796 (3.8% of total gross)
Legs:7.35 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:95.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/234 max. theaters, 6.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $10,724,699

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,201-6,300) 6,228 $6,377,461
All Time International Box Office (Rank 14,401-14,500) 14,494 $325,143
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 9,001-9,100) 9,099 $6,702,604
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 401-500) 415 $6,377,461

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 29th, 2005 (Limited) by ThinkFilm
Video Release: January 24th, 2006 by Velocity/ThinkFilm, released as Aristocrats, The
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 89 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Patch Adams
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Segments, Stand-Up Comedy, Ensemble, Social and Cultural Documentary
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Top 2005 Theater Average 7 $60,949 Jul 29, 2005 3

Supporting Cast

Bob Saget    Himself

Cameos

Robin Williams    Himself
Whoopi Goldberg    Herself
Drew Carey    Himself

Uncategorized

Eddie Izzard    Himself
Trey Parker    Himself
Eric Idle    Himself
Fred Willard    Himself
Andy Dick    Himself
Hank Azaria    Himself
Billy Connolly    Himself
Sarah Silverman    Herself
Jon Stewart    Himself
Chris Rock    Himself
Kevin Pollak    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Penn Jillette    Director
Paul Provenza    Director
Peter Adam Golden    Screenwriter
Paul Provenza    Screenwriter

Flightplan Soars to the Top of the Home Market

February 4th, 2006

Flightplan was the clear winner on this week's home market charts taking first on the rental charts with $9.66 million and also finishing first in sales, (as usual, no sales numbers were released). More...

DVD Releases for January 24, 2006

January 23rd, 2006

It's another slow week for DVDs with little in the way of release worth renting and there's nothing here I would rate as must have. Because of that, there's no DVD Pick of the Week, which is probably for the best as I'm spending too much on DVDs as it is. On a side note, things definitely start to pick up next week. More...

International Round-up: Red Eye Takes Off

October 2nd, 2005

Red Eye added another $3.7 million on 2,057 screens in 37 markets to its $22 million international total. The film opened in second place in both Spain with $850,000 on 215 screens and in the Netherlands with $250,000 on 59 ($300,000 including previews). More...

Mafia Sequel Squeezes into Top Five Again

September 25th, 2005

Marrying the Mafia 2 again led its native market of South Korean with $4.81 million over the weekend and $12.78 million during its two-week run. And like last week, this was enough for the film to secure a place in the top five overall just beating out Pride and Prejudice. More...

Mafia Rubs Out Competition

September 18th, 2005

Marrying the Mafia 2 is the latest local film to lead the South Korean box office as it opened with $5.555 million on 449 screens, $7.515 million including Thursday. Not only was that easily enough for first place in its home market, but also put the film in third place on the overall international box office charts. More...

Giving the Devil His Due

September 13th, 2005

There was just the single film in the $10,000 club this weekend and it was the overall box office leader, The Exorcism of Emily Rose. The film, which was a surprise hit over the weekend, earned just over $30 million in 2,981 theaters for a $10,082 per theatre average. More...

Per Theater Chart Takes a Vacation

September 7th, 2005

Despite the long weekend, not a single film was able to enter the $10,000 club, not even if you include Monday. The film with the highest Per Theater Average was William Eggleston in the Real World, which wasn't even close at $6,820. With award season just getting started, more and more high quality limited releases should come one and there probably won't be many weeks without at least one film hitting $10,000 on its per theater average from now until the end of the year. More...

People Talking about Untold Story

August 30th, 2005

Word of mouth is obviously helped The Untold Story of Emmett Till since it saw its weekend Per Theatre average climb to $12,290, up from $8,695 last weekend. It was also the only film to reach the $10,000 mark during a weekend that saw three films open with per theatre averages below $1,000. More...

Empty Clubhouse

August 23rd, 2005

No film was able to make it into the $10,000 club over the weekend, The Untold Story of Emmett Till came the closest with $13,165 since Wednesday, but only $8,695 of that was earned over the weekend. That was still enough to lead the Per Theatre Charts ahead of the re-release of Elevator to the Gallows and the overall box office leader, The 40-Year Old Virgin, which earned averages of $7,596 and $7,530 respectively. More...

Holdovers Hold On

August 16th, 2005

There were three films in the $10,000 club this weekend, all of them holdovers. Last week's winner, Broken Flowers, again finished first despite a sizeable increase in its theatre count. It more than quadrupled its theatre count but lost less than half its per theatre average to land at $14,553. More...

Flowers won't go Broke

August 9th, 2005

There was a very tight race atop the Per Theatre Charts this weekend with Broken Flowers finishing just ahead of 2046. The former film earned $780,000 in 27 theatres for a $28,904 per theatre average while the latter made $113,000 in four theatres for a average of $28,269. Last week's winner, The Aristocrats took a tumble losing 56% of its per theatre average falling to third place with $26,609. Rounding out the $10,000 club was Junebug, which just snagged a spot with a $10,677 per theatre average. More...

The Aristocrats' Box Office is no Joke

August 2nd, 2005

The unrated film, The Aristocrats, easily took top spot on the Per Theatre Charts with an incredible average of $60,949 in four theatres. The film expands the Friday after next, and until then it's hard to tell how much of that figure is based on quality of the movie and how much is based on the controversy surrounding it. The only other film in the $10,000 club was Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress, which opened with $16,694 in its lone theatre. More...

The Dirtiest Movie Ever

July 29th, 2005

It's a light week for limited releases with only three films. However, one of these films should generate a lot of publicity and could be another documentary destined for at least a margin of mainstream success. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 29, 2005 22 $243,796   4 $60,949   $243,796 1
Aug 5, 2005 24 $239,478 -2% 9 $26,609   $624,238 2
Aug 12, 2005 19 $867,171 +262% 86 $10,083   $1,622,217 3
Aug 19, 2005 18 $666,449 -23% 170 $3,920   $2,717,241 4
Aug 26, 2005 18 $694,492 +4% 226 $3,073   $3,767,694 5
Sep 2, 2005 22 $510,000 -27% 234 $2,179   $4,590,000 6
Sep 9, 2005 23 $352,009 -31% 222 $1,586   $5,215,396 7
Sep 16, 2005 30 $249,686 -29% 177 $1,411   $5,635,233 8
Sep 23, 2005 34 $145,317 -42% 127 $1,144   $5,886,033 9
Sep 30, 2005 46 $82,426 -43% 92 $896   $6,031,653 10
Oct 7, 2005 49 $53,461 -35% 60 $891   $6,132,550 11
Oct 14, 2005 56 $36,202 -32% 46 $787   $6,195,548 12
Oct 21, 2005 63 $28,118 -22% 36 $781   $6,237,659 13
Oct 28, 2005 73 $15,687 -44% 24 $654   $6,264,352 14
Nov 4, 2005 73 $14,214 -9% 17 $836   $6,288,015 15
Nov 11, 2005 80 $11,466 -19% 14 $819   $6,305,430 16
Nov 18, 2005 82 $7,231 -37% 13 $556   $6,315,842 17
Nov 25, 2005 78 $7,668 +6% 11 $697   $6,326,284 18
Dec 2, 2005 79 $5,061 -34% 7 $723   $6,334,863 19
Dec 9, 2005 76 $4,077 -19% 6 $680   $6,341,877 20
Dec 16, 2005 69 $5,027 +23% 8 $628   $6,353,098 21
Dec 23, 2005 50 $2,134 -58% 5 $427   $6,357,172 22
Dec 30, 2005 71 $2,615 +23% 3 $872   $6,361,370 23
Jan 6, 2006 81 $939 -64% 1 $939   $6,364,885 24
Jan 13, 2006 75 $1,721 +83% 2 $861   $6,369,386 25
Jan 20, 2006 70 $7,793 +353% 7 $1,113   $6,377,277 26

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 5, 2005 19 $133,903     234 $572   $4,725,876 39
Jan 2, 2006 70 $222     3 $74   $6,361,592 158

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 29, 2005 22 $384,760   4 $96,190   $384,760 1
Aug 5, 2005 24 $370,286 -4% 9 $41,143   $755,046 2
Aug 12, 2005 19 $1,295,746 +250% 86 $15,067   $2,050,792 3
Aug 19, 2005 18 $1,022,410 -21% 170 $6,014   $3,073,202 4
Aug 26, 2005 20 $1,006,798 -2% 226 $4,455   $4,080,000 5
Sep 2, 2005 22 $783,387 -22% 234 $3,348   $4,863,387 6
Sep 9, 2005 23 $522,160 -33% 222 $2,352   $5,385,547 7
Sep 16, 2005 29 $355,169 -32% 177 $2,007   $5,740,716 8
Sep 23, 2005 33 $208,511 -41% 127 $1,642   $5,949,227 9
Sep 30, 2005 43 $129,862 -38% 92 $1,412   $6,079,089 10
Oct 7, 2005 50 $80,257 -38% 60 $1,338   $6,159,346 11
Oct 14, 2005 55 $50,195 -37% 46 $1,091   $6,209,541 12
Oct 21, 2005 63 $39,124 -22% 36 $1,087   $6,248,665 13
Oct 28, 2005 74 $25,136 -36% 24 $1,047   $6,273,801 14
Nov 4, 2005 74 $20,163 -20% 17 $1,186   $6,293,964 15
Nov 11, 2005 80 $14,647 -27% 14 $1,046   $6,308,611 16
Nov 18, 2005 89 $10,005 -32% 13 $770   $6,318,616 17
Nov 25, 2005 73 $11,186 +12% 11 $1,017   $6,329,802 18
Dec 2, 2005 74 $7,998 -28% 7 $1,143   $6,337,800 19
Dec 9, 2005 69 $10,271 +28% 6 $1,712   $6,348,071 20
Dec 16, 2005 55 $6,967 -32% 8 $871   $6,355,038 21
Dec 23, 2005 52 $3,717 -47% 5 $743   $6,358,755 22
Dec 30, 2005 67 $5,191 +40% 3 $1,730   $6,363,946 23
Jan 6, 2006 70 $3,719 -28% 1 $3,719   $6,367,665 24
Jan 13, 2006 77 $1,819 -51% 2 $910   $6,369,484 25

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.