| Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
| United Kingdom Box Office | $101,759 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $5,208,488 | Details |
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| United Kingdom Releases: | May 9th, 2003 (Limited), released as Balzac and the Little Chinese Steamstress |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 110 minutes |
| Keywords: | Foreign Language, Romance |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production Countries: | China, France |
| Languages: | French, Mandarin |
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.
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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.
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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.
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003/05/09 | - | $15,711 | 4 | $3,928 | $15,711 | 1 | |
| 2003/05/16 | - | $10,119 | -36% | 3 | $3,373 | $37,317 | 2 |
| 2003/05/23 | - | $7,995 | -21% | 2 | $3,998 | $52,199 | 3 |
| 2003/05/30 | - | $2,552 | -68% | 2 | $1,276 | $60,620 | 4 |
| 2003/06/06 | - | $6,300 | +147% | 4 | $1,575 | $71,968 | 5 |
| 2003/06/13 | - | $4,542 | -28% | 4 | $1,136 | $81,446 | 6 |
| 2003/06/20 | - | $1,931 | -57% | 3 | $644 | $88,088 | 7 |
| 2003/07/04 | - | $2,426 | 3 | $809 | $101,759 | 9 |
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 5/29/2003 | $39,670 | 10 | 10 | 10 | $45,062 | 4/2/2020 |
| North America | 7/29/2005 | $16,694 | 1 | 22 | 217 | $665,260 | |
| United Kingdom | 5/9/2003 | $15,711 | 4 | 4 | 25 | $101,759 | 5/28/2020 |
| Rest of World | $4,396,407 | ||||||
| Worldwide Total | $5,208,488 | 5/28/2020 | |||||
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| Dai Sijie | Director |
