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2004 SUNDANCE THEATRICAL BOX OFFICE CHART

The chart below is a list of U.S. independent features from the 2004 Sundance Film Festival that were released theatrically in the past year.

Box office figures are as of December 31, 2004. The budget estimates are just that — estimates. Culled from previously published reports, interviews with the filmmakers or, in many cases, simply our own best guesses, these numbers may not reflect the finishing costs needed to take some of these films from their festival release to your local theater. In other cases, published reports may overstate for various reasons the cost of film and, lacking other information, we’ve gone with the published number.

Asterisked films were still playing in their main theatrical runs at press time. Particularly, films like The Motorcycle Diaries and The Machinist are hoping to boost their box office with year-end awards recognition.

A “Festival” column tracks which Sundance films also played the following key international festivals: Berlin (B), Cannes (C), New York (N), New Directors/New Films (ND), Toronto (T), Rotterdam (R) and Venice (V).

As always, note that domestic box-office gross is just one indicator of a film’s overall financial performance. Also, box-office grosses are highly dependent on advertising commitments and release patterns. Some of these films garnered their dollars from a relatively small number of screens while others played much wider. Some received only perfunctory theatrical releases designed to trigger video, TV and foreign sales. And still others were films whose releases were halted after they underperformed in early key markets.

 

FILM TITLEEST.
BUDGET

(in millions)
DISTRIBUTORFESTSDOMESTIC
BOX OFFICE

(in millions)
BAADASSSSS!1.0SONY PICTURES CLASSICSB, T0.37
BORN INTO BROTHELS*0.4THINKFILM0.04
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGSNATHINKFILMT0.93
BROTHER TO BROTHER0.6WOLFE VIDEOB0.04
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT13.0NEW LINE57.79
THE CLEARINGNAFOX SEARCHLIGHT5.76
CONTROL ROOMNAMAGNOLIA PICTURESND2.59
DIG!NAPALM PICTURESND0.13
DOGVILLE10.0 LIONS GATEC, T1.54
THE DREAMERS15.020TH CENTURY FOXV2.53
EULOGY10.0LIONS GATE0.07
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONSNAKOCH LORBERT0.16
GARDEN STATE*2.5FOX SEARCHLIGHT26.73
HOME OF THE BRAVENAEMERGING PICTURES0.005
HUNTING OF THE PRESIDENTNAREGENT RELEASING0.37
IMELDANAUNITEL PICTURES INT’L 0.19
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF* NASUBMARINE ENTERTAINMENTR, T0.007
THE MACHINIST*5.0PARAMOUNT CLASSICST0.98
MARIA FULL OF GRACE3.5FINE LINEB6.53
MEAN CREEK*0.5PARAMOUNT CLASSICS0.59
METALLICA... 4.3IFC FILMS 1.23
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES*NAFOCUS FEATURESC, T15.36
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE*0.4FOX SEARCHLIGHT44.29
NEVER DIE ALONE2.5FOX SEARCHLIGHT5.64
OPEN WATER0.13LIONS GATE30.55
PRIMER*0.047THINKFILMT0.42
THE RASPBERRY REICH0.07STRAND RELEASINGB, T0.03 (NYC ONLY)
RIDING GIANTS2.6SONY PICTURES CLASSICS2.28
THE SADDEST MUSIC...2.89IFC FILMSR, T0.70
SAVED!5.0MGM8.94
SAW*1.2LIONS GATET55.15
SUPER SIZE ME.065GOLDWYN/ROADSIDE11.54
TARNATION*0.40WELLSPRING MEDIAC, N, T0.46
TOUCH OF PINKNASONY PICTURES CLASSICS0.56
WE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE3.0WARNER INDEPENDENT2.04
WORD WARSNASEVENTH ART RELEASING0.11
THE YES MENNAUNITED ARTISTST0.25

Go to: EXECUTIVE SHUFFFLE: Sundance 2004’s hits and misses, and the changing distribution landscape for independent film. By Mary Glucksman.

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