Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened (2016)

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $106,986Details
OpusData ID: 271640100
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Synopsis

Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, and George Furth’s much ballyhooed reverse chronology musical Merrily We Roll Along closed after just 16 performances in 1981 but gradually assumed legend status. A film that focuses on the original cast members, then and now, and the special place this experience holds in their memories.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$23,490 (22.0% of total gross)
Legs:4.55 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/7 max. theaters, 4.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $139,645

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,101-13,200) 13,164 $106,986
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 26,001-26,100) 26,013 $106,986
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,701-4,800) 4,724 $106,986

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 18th, 2016 (Limited) by Abramorama Films
Video Release: March 18th, 2017 by Abramorama Films
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 95 minutes
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Keywords: Theater Actor, Theater, 1980s, Archive Footage
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Atlas Media Group, Allright Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,101-13,200) 13,164 $106,986
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 12,601-12,700) 12,685 $139,645
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 12,101-12,200) 12,128 $106,986
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 2016 (Rank 301-400) 367 $106,986
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,701-4,800) 4,724 $106,986
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,801-4,900) 4,896 $139,645
Top 2016 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 195 $106,986
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,605 $106,986
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 11,701-11,800) 11,749 $106,986
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 949 $106,986
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 801-900) 866 $106,986
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,119 $106,986
All Time Domestic Box Office for Abramorama Films Movies 28 $106,986

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 18, 2016 52 $23,490   2 $11,745   $23,490 1
Nov 25, 2016 50 $17,358 -26% 3 $5,786   $52,654 2
Dec 2, 2016 57 $8,086 -53% 3 $2,695   $70,890 3
Dec 9, 2016 56 $6,982 -14% 5 $1,396   $82,646 4
Dec 16, 2016 52 $5,606 -20% 7 $801   $93,050 5
Dec 30, 2016 60 $1,820   2 $910   $102,233 7
Jan 6, 2017 60 $1,038 -43% 4 $260   $104,005 8
Jan 13, 2017 52 $2,581 +149% 2 $1,291   $106,986 9

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 18, 2016 55 $35,296   2 $17,648   $35,296 1
Nov 25, 2016 51 $27,508 -22% 3 $9,169   $62,804 2
Dec 2, 2016 60 $12,860 -53% 3 $4,287   $75,664 3
Dec 9, 2016 57 $11,780 -8% 5 $2,356   $87,444 4
Dec 16, 2016 56 $11,433 -3% 7 $1,633   $98,877 5
Dec 23, 2016 74 $1,536 -87% 2 $768   $100,413 6
Dec 30, 2016 63 $2,554 +66% 2 $1,277   $102,967 7
Jan 6, 2017 55 $1,438 -44% 4 $360   $104,405 8

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Documentary Subject(s)

Stephen Sondheim    Himself
Hal Prince*    Himself
Jason Alexander    Himself
Mandy Patinkin    Himself
Adam Guettel    Himself
Frank Rich    Himself
Tonya Pinkins    Herself
Jim Walton    Himself
Lonny Price    Himself
Ann Morrison    Herself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Lonny Price    Director
Ted Schillinger    Screenwriter
Kitt Lavoie    Screenwriter
Lonny Price    Screenwriter
Bruce David Klein    Producer
Lonny Price    Producer
Kitt Lavoie    Producer
Ted Schillinger    Producer
Scott Rudin    Executive Producer
Eli Bush    Executive Producer

Theater Averages: Manchester is Something to Sea, Earns $64,125

November 23rd, 2016

Manchester by the Sea

Manchester by the Sea led the way on the theater average chart with an average of $64,125 in four theaters. That isn’t the best average we’ve seen this year, but it is fourth place for a 2016 release. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them earned first place on the overall chart and second place with $17,954 on this chart. Nocturnal Animals earned an average of $13,315 in 37 theaters. That’s an impressive average considering how wide it was playing. Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened earned an average of $11,745 in two theaters. Meanwhile, the re-release of Daughters of the Dust was the final film in the $10,000 club earning $10,842 in its lone theater. More...

Weekend Estimates: Fantastic Beasts Makes Fantastic-ish $75 Million

November 20th, 2016

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is doing everything Warner Bros. could have wished for this weekend, posting a lively $75 million opening in the US, hitting $143.3 million internationally for a global opening over $200 million, and getting a A CinemaScore that should give it positive word of mouth going into Thanksgiving. For a franchise reboot, that’s a lot of reasons to be happy, although its opening is well below the openings enjoyed by the original Harry Potter franchise. The worst of those, Chamber of Secrets, opened with $88 million over three days (Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince both technically had slower weekends than Chamber of Secrets, but both of them opened on Wednesday, and they still did over $75 million Friday–Sunday). More...

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November 18th, 2016

Girls und Panzer The FILM

There are few films on this week’s list, but most of them are earning good reviews. Two of them, Manchester by the Sea and Nocturnal Animals, are also earning Oscar buzz and I wouldn’t be surprised of both did very well on the per theater average chart. On the other hand, I’m interested in seeing Girls und Panzer The FILM. More...


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Synopsis

Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, and George Furth’s much ballyhooed reverse chronology musical Merrily We Roll Along closed after just 16 performances in 1981 but gradually assumed legend status. A film that focuses on the original cast members, then and now, and the special place this experience holds in their memories.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$23,490 (22.0% of total gross)
Legs:4.55 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/7 max. theaters, 4.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $139,645

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,101-13,200) 13,164 $106,986
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 26,001-26,100) 26,013 $106,986
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,701-4,800) 4,724 $106,986

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: November 18th, 2016 (Limited) by Abramorama Films
Video Release: March 18th, 2017 by Abramorama Films
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 95 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Theater Actor, Theater, 1980s, Archive Footage
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Atlas Media Group, Allright Productions
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Documentary Subject(s)

Stephen Sondheim    Himself
Hal Prince*    Himself
Jason Alexander    Himself
Mandy Patinkin    Himself
Adam Guettel    Himself
Frank Rich    Himself
Tonya Pinkins    Herself
Jim Walton    Himself
Lonny Price    Himself
Ann Morrison    Herself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Lonny Price    Director
Ted Schillinger    Screenwriter
Kitt Lavoie    Screenwriter
Lonny Price    Screenwriter
Bruce David Klein    Producer
Lonny Price    Producer
Kitt Lavoie    Producer
Ted Schillinger    Producer
Scott Rudin    Executive Producer
Eli Bush    Executive Producer

Theater Averages: Manchester is Something to Sea, Earns $64,125

November 23rd, 2016

Manchester by the Sea

Manchester by the Sea led the way on the theater average chart with an average of $64,125 in four theaters. That isn’t the best average we’ve seen this year, but it is fourth place for a 2016 release. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them earned first place on the overall chart and second place with $17,954 on this chart. Nocturnal Animals earned an average of $13,315 in 37 theaters. That’s an impressive average considering how wide it was playing. Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened earned an average of $11,745 in two theaters. Meanwhile, the re-release of Daughters of the Dust was the final film in the $10,000 club earning $10,842 in its lone theater. More...

Weekend Estimates: Fantastic Beasts Makes Fantastic-ish $75 Million

November 20th, 2016

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is doing everything Warner Bros. could have wished for this weekend, posting a lively $75 million opening in the US, hitting $143.3 million internationally for a global opening over $200 million, and getting a A CinemaScore that should give it positive word of mouth going into Thanksgiving. For a franchise reboot, that’s a lot of reasons to be happy, although its opening is well below the openings enjoyed by the original Harry Potter franchise. The worst of those, Chamber of Secrets, opened with $88 million over three days (Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince both technically had slower weekends than Chamber of Secrets, but both of them opened on Wednesday, and they still did over $75 million Friday–Sunday). More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Limited Releases Need Some Animal Magnetism

November 18th, 2016

Girls und Panzer The FILM

There are few films on this week’s list, but most of them are earning good reviews. Two of them, Manchester by the Sea and Nocturnal Animals, are also earning Oscar buzz and I wouldn’t be surprised of both did very well on the per theater average chart. On the other hand, I’m interested in seeing Girls und Panzer The FILM. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 13,101-13,200) 13,164 $106,986
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 12,601-12,700) 12,685 $139,645
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 12,101-12,200) 12,128 $106,986
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 2016 (Rank 301-400) 367 $106,986
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,701-4,800) 4,724 $106,986
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 4,801-4,900) 4,896 $139,645
Top 2016 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 195 $106,986
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,605 $106,986
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 11,701-11,800) 11,749 $106,986
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 949 $106,986
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 801-900) 866 $106,986
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200) 2,119 $106,986
All Time Domestic Box Office for Abramorama Films Movies 28 $106,986

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 18, 2016 52 $23,490   2 $11,745   $23,490 1
Nov 25, 2016 50 $17,358 -26% 3 $5,786   $52,654 2
Dec 2, 2016 57 $8,086 -53% 3 $2,695   $70,890 3
Dec 9, 2016 56 $6,982 -14% 5 $1,396   $82,646 4
Dec 16, 2016 52 $5,606 -20% 7 $801   $93,050 5
Dec 30, 2016 60 $1,820   2 $910   $102,233 7
Jan 6, 2017 60 $1,038 -43% 4 $260   $104,005 8
Jan 13, 2017 52 $2,581 +149% 2 $1,291   $106,986 9

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Nov 18, 2016 55 $35,296   2 $17,648   $35,296 1
Nov 25, 2016 51 $27,508 -22% 3 $9,169   $62,804 2
Dec 2, 2016 60 $12,860 -53% 3 $4,287   $75,664 3
Dec 9, 2016 57 $11,780 -8% 5 $2,356   $87,444 4
Dec 16, 2016 56 $11,433 -3% 7 $1,633   $98,877 5
Dec 23, 2016 74 $1,536 -87% 2 $768   $100,413 6
Dec 30, 2016 63 $2,554 +66% 2 $1,277   $102,967 7
Jan 6, 2017 55 $1,438 -44% 4 $360   $104,405 8

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 26,001-26,100) 26,013 $106,986
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 24,301-24,400) 24,315 $106,986
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,839 $106,986
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 22,301-22,400) 22,346 $106,986
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,863 $106,986
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,616 $106,986
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 3,101-3,200) 3,121 $106,986
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Abramorama Films Movies 31 $106,986

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 at a cost. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.