Experimenter (2015)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $155,575Details
International Box Office $83,673
Worldwide Box Office $239,248
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $46,457
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $10,858
Total $57,315
Further financial details...

Synopsis

In 1961, social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted the “obedience experiments” at Yale University. The experiments observed the responses of ordinary people asked to send harmful electrical shocks to a stranger. Despite pleadings from the person they were shocking, 65 percent of subjects obeyed commands from a lab-coated authority figure to deliver potentially fatal currents. With Adolf Eichmann’s trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram’s Kafkaesque results hit a nerve, and he was accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$8,682 (5.6% of total gross)
Legs:4.36 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:65.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/30 max. theaters, 3.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $220,722

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 16th, 2015 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures
International Releases: November 20th, 2015 (Wide) (New Zealand)
December 11th, 2015 (Wide), released as Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story (Australia)
March 31st, 2016 (Wide) (Netherlands)
August 5th, 2016 (Wide), released as Experimenter: Stanley Milgram, O Psicólogo Que Abalou a América (Portugal)
August 26th, 2016 (Wide) (Spain)
Video Release: January 5th, 2016 by Magnolia Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 or thematic material and brief strong language.
(Rating bulletin 2391, 9/16/2015)
Running Time: 98 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Breaking the Fourth Wall
Plot point: Biography, Human Experimentation
Social setting: Social Sciences
Time period setting: 1960s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: B B Film Productions, F J Productions, Intrinsinc Value Films, Jeff Rice Films, 2B Pictures, Marzipan Entertainment, Magnolia Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 16, 2015 71 $8,682   3 $2,894   $8,682 1
Oct 23, 2015 44 $35,674 +311% 20 $1,784   $49,950 2
Oct 30, 2015 47 $30,330 -15% 30 $1,011   $98,495 3
Nov 6, 2015 59 $12,653 -58% 12 $1,054   $128,465 4
Nov 13, 2015 68 $7,767 -39% 22 $353   $142,667 5
Nov 20, 2015 69 $4,112 -47% 12 $343   $149,961 6
Nov 27, 2015 72 $1,277 -69% 5 $255   $152,228 7
Dec 4, 2015 81 $700 -45% 3 $233   $153,206 8
Dec 11, 2015 73 $1,607 +130% 4 $402   $155,075 9

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 16, 2015 75 $14,276   3 $4,759   $14,276 1
Oct 23, 2015 44 $53,889 +277% 20 $2,694   $68,165 2
Oct 30, 2015 49 $47,647 -12% 30 $1,588   $115,812 3
Nov 6, 2015 64 $19,088 -60% 16 $1,193   $134,900 4
Nov 13, 2015 70 $10,949 -43% 23 $476   $145,849 5
Nov 20, 2015 79 $5,102 -53% 13 $392   $150,951 6
Nov 27, 2015 83 $1,555 -70% 6 $259   $152,506 7
Dec 4, 2015 89 $962 -38% 3 $321   $153,468 8
Dec 11, 2015 78 $2,107 +119% 4 $527   $155,575 9

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Synopsis

In 1961, social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted the “obedience experiments” at Yale University. The experiments observed the responses of ordinary people asked to send harmful electrical shocks to a stranger. Despite pleadings from the person they were shocking, 65 percent of subjects obeyed commands from a lab-coated authority figure to deliver potentially fatal currents. With Adolf Eichmann’s trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram’s Kafkaesque results hit a nerve, and he was accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$8,682 (5.6% of total gross)
Legs:4.36 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:65.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:3 opening theaters/30 max. theaters, 3.7 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $220,722

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 16th, 2015 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures
International Releases: November 20th, 2015 (Wide) (New Zealand)
December 11th, 2015 (Wide), released as Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story (Australia)
March 31st, 2016 (Wide) (Netherlands)
August 5th, 2016 (Wide), released as Experimenter: Stanley Milgram, O Psicólogo Que Abalou a América (Portugal)
August 26th, 2016 (Wide) (Spain)
Video Release: January 5th, 2016 by Magnolia Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 or thematic material and brief strong language.
(Rating bulletin 2391, 9/16/2015)
Running Time: 98 minutes
Cast, crew, or production detail: Breaking the Fourth Wall
Plot point: Biography, Human Experimentation
Social setting: Social Sciences
Time period setting: 1960s
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: B B Film Productions, F J Productions, Intrinsinc Value Films, Jeff Rice Films, 2B Pictures, Marzipan Entertainment, Magnolia Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 16, 2015 71 $8,682   3 $2,894   $8,682 1
Oct 23, 2015 44 $35,674 +311% 20 $1,784   $49,950 2
Oct 30, 2015 47 $30,330 -15% 30 $1,011   $98,495 3
Nov 6, 2015 59 $12,653 -58% 12 $1,054   $128,465 4
Nov 13, 2015 68 $7,767 -39% 22 $353   $142,667 5
Nov 20, 2015 69 $4,112 -47% 12 $343   $149,961 6
Nov 27, 2015 72 $1,277 -69% 5 $255   $152,228 7
Dec 4, 2015 81 $700 -45% 3 $233   $153,206 8
Dec 11, 2015 73 $1,607 +130% 4 $402   $155,075 9

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 16, 2015 75 $14,276   3 $4,759   $14,276 1
Oct 23, 2015 44 $53,889 +277% 20 $2,694   $68,165 2
Oct 30, 2015 49 $47,647 -12% 30 $1,588   $115,812 3
Nov 6, 2015 64 $19,088 -60% 16 $1,193   $134,900 4
Nov 13, 2015 70 $10,949 -43% 23 $476   $145,849 5
Nov 20, 2015 79 $5,102 -53% 13 $392   $150,951 6
Nov 27, 2015 83 $1,555 -70% 6 $259   $152,506 7
Dec 4, 2015 89 $962 -38% 3 $321   $153,468 8
Dec 11, 2015 78 $2,107 +119% 4 $527   $155,575 9

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.