El Bulli: Cooking in Progress (2011)

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $237,181Details
International Box Office $358,753Details
Worldwide Box Office $595,934
Further financial details...

Synopsis

El Bulli, the three-star Michelin restaurant located outside Barcelona in the Catalan province of Girona, has received the S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Award five times in the last decade, and in 2010 Ferran Adrià was named the Chef of the Decade by the same organization. Adrià is deemed a brilliant innovator, the father of molecular gastronomy, and sometimes a crazy chef. Each year for six months he and his staff sequester themselves to concentrate on creating and testing the new culinary wonders that will become their next 30-course menu.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$12,756 (5.4% of total gross)
Legs:18.59 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:39.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/10 max. theaters, 7.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $322,203

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 11,301-11,400) 11,378 $237,181
All Time International Box Office (Rank 14,101-14,200) 14,200 $358,753
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 17,601-17,700) 17,683 $595,934
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,401-3,500) 3,453 $237,181

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 27th, 2011 (Limited) by Alive Mind
Video Release: March 27th, 2012 by Alive Mind, released as El Bulli: Cooking in Progess
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 108 minutes
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Keywords: Food, Cinema Verite, Gastronomy
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: If...Productions
Production Countries: Germany
Languages: Catalan

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 11,301-11,400) 11,378 $237,181
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 10,801-10,900) 10,856 $322,203
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 10,401-10,500) 10,417 $237,181
Top 2011 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) 291 $237,181
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,401-3,500) 3,453 $237,181
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,501-3,600) 3,544 $322,203
Top 2011 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 135 $237,181
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,186 $237,181
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 10,101-10,200) 10,126 $237,181
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 601-700) 634 $237,181
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 501-600) 567 $237,181
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,418 $237,181
All Time Domestic Box Office for Alive Mind Movies 1 $237,181

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 29, 2011 63 $12,756   1 $12,756   $20,699 1
Aug 5, 2011 72 $12,149 -5% 1 $12,149   $44,172 2
Aug 12, 2011 81 $6,346 -48% 1 $6,346   $59,153 3
Aug 19, 2011 86 $6,056 -5% 2 $3,028   $74,278 4
Aug 26, 2011 85 $4,173 -31% 5 $835   $87,388 5
Sep 2, 2011 94 $4,713 +13% 5 $943   $102,056 6
Sep 9, 2011 118 $857 -82% 4 $214   $107,297 7
Sep 16, 2011 106 $2,695 +214% 4 $674   $112,429 8
Sep 23, 2011 106 $3,493 +30% 4 $873   $116,556 9
Sep 30, 2011 81 $8,031 +130% 7 $1,147   $125,827 10
Oct 7, 2011 103 $2,248 -72% 3 $749   $135,306 11
Oct 14, 2011 92 $5,156 +129% 7 $737   $141,782 12
Oct 21, 2011 90 $5,691 +10% 9 $632   $154,565 13
Oct 28, 2011 116 $593 -90% 2 $297   $157,816 14
Nov 11, 2011 83 $3,892   3 $1,297   $163,826 16
Nov 18, 2011 93 $1,695 -56% 2 $848   $170,678 17
Nov 25, 2011 69 $6,667 +293% 3 $2,222   $178,918 18
Dec 2, 2011 85 $1,940 -71% 1 $1,940   $188,178 19
Dec 9, 2011 102 $690 -64% 1 $690   $190,530 20
Dec 16, 2011 80 $1,628 +136% 2 $814   $193,613 21
Dec 23, 2011 71 $472 -71% 1 $472   $195,307 22
Jan 6, 2012 70 $3,732   1 $3,732   $206,572 24
Jan 13, 2012 86 $1,108 -70% 1 $1,108   $210,366 25
Feb 3, 2012 63 $9,399   4 $2,350   $222,566 28
Feb 10, 2012 79 $3,713 -60% 2 $1,857   $230,188 29

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 5, 2011 80 $2,478     5 $496   $104,534 41

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 22, 2011 75 $6,317   1 $6,317   $7,943 1
Jul 29, 2011 63 $24,080 +281% 1 $24,080   $32,023 2
Aug 5, 2011 72 $20,784 -14% 1 $20,784   $52,807 3
Aug 12, 2011 74 $15,415 -26% 2 $7,708   $68,222 4
Aug 19, 2011 72 $14,993 -3% 6 $2,499   $83,215 5
Aug 26, 2011 76 $14,128 -6% 6 $2,355   $97,343 6
Sep 2, 2011 92 $9,097 -36% 7 $1,300   $106,440 7
Sep 9, 2011 107 $3,294 -64% 8 $412   $109,734 8
Sep 16, 2011 112 $2,869 -13% 4 $717   $112,603 9
Sep 23, 2011 101 $4,733 +65% 5 $947   $117,796 10
Sep 30, 2011 74 $15,262 +222% 10 $1,526   $133,058 11
Oct 7, 2011 98 $3,568 -77% 5 $714   $136,626 12
Oct 14, 2011 78 $12,248 +243% 10 $1,225   $148,874 13
Oct 21, 2011 84 $8,349 -32% 10 $835   $157,223 14
Oct 28, 2011 107 $1,287 -85% 2 $644   $158,510 15
Nov 11, 2011 69 $10,473   7 $1,496   $168,983 17
Nov 18, 2011 89 $3,268 -69% 2 $1,634   $172,251 18
Nov 25, 2011 62 $13,987 +328% 4 $3,497   $186,238 19
Dec 2, 2011 78 $3,602 -74% 1 $3,602   $189,840 20
Dec 9, 2011 85 $2,145 -40% 2 $1,073   $191,985 21
Dec 16, 2011 77 $2,580 +20% 2 $1,290   $194,835 22
Dec 23, 2011 77 $1,292 -50% 2 $646   $196,127 23
Dec 30, 2011 78 $1,760 +36% 2 $880   $202,940 24
Jan 6, 2012 65 $6,418 +265% 2 $3,209   $209,258 25
Jan 13, 2012 85 $1,899 -70% 1 $1,899   $211,157 26
Feb 3, 2012 62 $13,308   4 $3,327   $226,475 29
Mar 9, 2012 103 $2,256   1 $2,256   $237,181 34

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 14,101-14,200) 14,200 $358,753
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 13,001-13,100) 13,048 $358,753
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,244 $358,753
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 11,901-12,000) 11,919 $358,753
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 501-600) 591 $358,753
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 401-500) 475 $358,753
All Time International Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,362 $358,753
All Time International Box Office for Alive Mind Movies 1 $358,753

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 17,601-17,700) 17,683 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 16,201-16,300) 16,300 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,504 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 15,101-15,200) 15,110 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 701-800) 723 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 501-600) 600 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,848 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Alive Mind Movies 1 $595,934

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.

Documentary Subject(s)

Ferran Adriá    Himself

Interviewee(s)

Oriol Castro    Himself
Eduard Xatruch    Himself
Eugeni de Diego    Himself
Aitor Lozano    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Gereon Wetzel    Director
Josef Mayerhofer    Cinematographer
Anja Pohl    Editor
Anna Glnesti    Line Producer
Ingo Flless    Producer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 27th, 2012

March 26th, 2012

It's not a particularly strong week when it comes to the home market. The biggest box office hit coming out this week is Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked, but that film missed expectations at the box office and was savaged by critics. It should be the best selling DVD and Blu-ray of the week, but that's because it is a slow week overall. As for the best of the best, Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXIII is my choice for Pick of the Week. Others might go with South Park: Season 15 instead, while A Dangerous Method would also be the top choice of many. By a strange coincidence, I'm waiting for the screeners for all four of these films. More...

Per Theater Chart: Apes Conquer Crowded Field

August 9th, 2011

Just as it led the overall box office chart, Rise of the Planet of the Apes led the per theater chart with an average of $15,024. Gun Hill Road was in second place with an average of $12,609, which put it just ahead of El Bulli: Cooking in Progress's haul of $12,149 in its lone theater. Bellflower's amazing reviews helped it earn an average of $11,140 in two theaters. The final member of the $10,000 club was The Guard with an average of $10,209 in 19 theaters. It should still find room to expand while reaching at least one major milestone is likely. More...

The Future of the Per Theater Chart

August 3rd, 2011

Miranda July's second film, The Future, opened about as well as her first film, Me and You and Everyone We Know, did. It earned $27,137 in its lone theater, which was enough for top spot on the per theater chart and suggests a strong potential for expansion. The Devil's Double and The Guard were in a virtual tie with averages of $19,283 and $19,209 respectively. Attack the Block was one of the wider limited releases of the week, and it had the biggest opening in terms of raw dollars. Furthermore, its average of $17,198 suggest potential to expand. El Bulli: Cooking in Progress opened in one theater earning $12,756 over the weekend and $20,699 since Wednesday. Sarah's Key expanded from 5 theaters to 33, but still managed a very strong per theater average of $11,112. The final film to cross the $10,000 per theater average was The Smurfs at $10,489. More...


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Synopsis

El Bulli, the three-star Michelin restaurant located outside Barcelona in the Catalan province of Girona, has received the S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Award five times in the last decade, and in 2010 Ferran Adrià was named the Chef of the Decade by the same organization. Adrià is deemed a brilliant innovator, the father of molecular gastronomy, and sometimes a crazy chef. Each year for six months he and his staff sequester themselves to concentrate on creating and testing the new culinary wonders that will become their next 30-course menu.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$12,756 (5.4% of total gross)
Legs:18.59 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:39.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:1 opening theaters/10 max. theaters, 7.6 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $322,203

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 11,301-11,400) 11,378 $237,181
All Time International Box Office (Rank 14,101-14,200) 14,200 $358,753
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 17,601-17,700) 17,683 $595,934
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,401-3,500) 3,453 $237,181

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 27th, 2011 (Limited) by Alive Mind
Video Release: March 27th, 2012 by Alive Mind, released as El Bulli: Cooking in Progess
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 108 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Food, Cinema Verite, Gastronomy
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: If...Productions
Production Countries: Germany
Languages: Catalan

Documentary Subject(s)

Ferran Adriá    Himself

Interviewee(s)

Oriol Castro    Himself
Eduard Xatruch    Himself
Eugeni de Diego    Himself
Aitor Lozano    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Gereon Wetzel    Director
Josef Mayerhofer    Cinematographer
Anja Pohl    Editor
Anna Glnesti    Line Producer
Ingo Flless    Producer

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 27th, 2012

March 26th, 2012

It's not a particularly strong week when it comes to the home market. The biggest box office hit coming out this week is Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked, but that film missed expectations at the box office and was savaged by critics. It should be the best selling DVD and Blu-ray of the week, but that's because it is a slow week overall. As for the best of the best, Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXIII is my choice for Pick of the Week. Others might go with South Park: Season 15 instead, while A Dangerous Method would also be the top choice of many. By a strange coincidence, I'm waiting for the screeners for all four of these films. More...

Per Theater Chart: Apes Conquer Crowded Field

August 9th, 2011

Just as it led the overall box office chart, Rise of the Planet of the Apes led the per theater chart with an average of $15,024. Gun Hill Road was in second place with an average of $12,609, which put it just ahead of El Bulli: Cooking in Progress's haul of $12,149 in its lone theater. Bellflower's amazing reviews helped it earn an average of $11,140 in two theaters. The final member of the $10,000 club was The Guard with an average of $10,209 in 19 theaters. It should still find room to expand while reaching at least one major milestone is likely. More...

The Future of the Per Theater Chart

August 3rd, 2011

Miranda July's second film, The Future, opened about as well as her first film, Me and You and Everyone We Know, did. It earned $27,137 in its lone theater, which was enough for top spot on the per theater chart and suggests a strong potential for expansion. The Devil's Double and The Guard were in a virtual tie with averages of $19,283 and $19,209 respectively. Attack the Block was one of the wider limited releases of the week, and it had the biggest opening in terms of raw dollars. Furthermore, its average of $17,198 suggest potential to expand. El Bulli: Cooking in Progress opened in one theater earning $12,756 over the weekend and $20,699 since Wednesday. Sarah's Key expanded from 5 theaters to 33, but still managed a very strong per theater average of $11,112. The final film to cross the $10,000 per theater average was The Smurfs at $10,489. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 11,301-11,400) 11,378 $237,181
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 10,801-10,900) 10,856 $322,203
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 10,401-10,500) 10,417 $237,181
Top 2011 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300) 291 $237,181
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,401-3,500) 3,453 $237,181
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,501-3,600) 3,544 $322,203
Top 2011 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 135 $237,181
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,186 $237,181
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 10,101-10,200) 10,126 $237,181
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 601-700) 634 $237,181
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 501-600) 567 $237,181
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,418 $237,181
All Time Domestic Box Office for Alive Mind Movies 1 $237,181

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 29, 2011 63 $12,756   1 $12,756   $20,699 1
Aug 5, 2011 72 $12,149 -5% 1 $12,149   $44,172 2
Aug 12, 2011 81 $6,346 -48% 1 $6,346   $59,153 3
Aug 19, 2011 86 $6,056 -5% 2 $3,028   $74,278 4
Aug 26, 2011 85 $4,173 -31% 5 $835   $87,388 5
Sep 2, 2011 94 $4,713 +13% 5 $943   $102,056 6
Sep 9, 2011 118 $857 -82% 4 $214   $107,297 7
Sep 16, 2011 106 $2,695 +214% 4 $674   $112,429 8
Sep 23, 2011 106 $3,493 +30% 4 $873   $116,556 9
Sep 30, 2011 81 $8,031 +130% 7 $1,147   $125,827 10
Oct 7, 2011 103 $2,248 -72% 3 $749   $135,306 11
Oct 14, 2011 92 $5,156 +129% 7 $737   $141,782 12
Oct 21, 2011 90 $5,691 +10% 9 $632   $154,565 13
Oct 28, 2011 116 $593 -90% 2 $297   $157,816 14
Nov 11, 2011 83 $3,892   3 $1,297   $163,826 16
Nov 18, 2011 93 $1,695 -56% 2 $848   $170,678 17
Nov 25, 2011 69 $6,667 +293% 3 $2,222   $178,918 18
Dec 2, 2011 85 $1,940 -71% 1 $1,940   $188,178 19
Dec 9, 2011 102 $690 -64% 1 $690   $190,530 20
Dec 16, 2011 80 $1,628 +136% 2 $814   $193,613 21
Dec 23, 2011 71 $472 -71% 1 $472   $195,307 22
Jan 6, 2012 70 $3,732   1 $3,732   $206,572 24
Jan 13, 2012 86 $1,108 -70% 1 $1,108   $210,366 25
Feb 3, 2012 63 $9,399   4 $2,350   $222,566 28
Feb 10, 2012 79 $3,713 -60% 2 $1,857   $230,188 29

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 5, 2011 80 $2,478     5 $496   $104,534 41

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 22, 2011 75 $6,317   1 $6,317   $7,943 1
Jul 29, 2011 63 $24,080 +281% 1 $24,080   $32,023 2
Aug 5, 2011 72 $20,784 -14% 1 $20,784   $52,807 3
Aug 12, 2011 74 $15,415 -26% 2 $7,708   $68,222 4
Aug 19, 2011 72 $14,993 -3% 6 $2,499   $83,215 5
Aug 26, 2011 76 $14,128 -6% 6 $2,355   $97,343 6
Sep 2, 2011 92 $9,097 -36% 7 $1,300   $106,440 7
Sep 9, 2011 107 $3,294 -64% 8 $412   $109,734 8
Sep 16, 2011 112 $2,869 -13% 4 $717   $112,603 9
Sep 23, 2011 101 $4,733 +65% 5 $947   $117,796 10
Sep 30, 2011 74 $15,262 +222% 10 $1,526   $133,058 11
Oct 7, 2011 98 $3,568 -77% 5 $714   $136,626 12
Oct 14, 2011 78 $12,248 +243% 10 $1,225   $148,874 13
Oct 21, 2011 84 $8,349 -32% 10 $835   $157,223 14
Oct 28, 2011 107 $1,287 -85% 2 $644   $158,510 15
Nov 11, 2011 69 $10,473   7 $1,496   $168,983 17
Nov 18, 2011 89 $3,268 -69% 2 $1,634   $172,251 18
Nov 25, 2011 62 $13,987 +328% 4 $3,497   $186,238 19
Dec 2, 2011 78 $3,602 -74% 1 $3,602   $189,840 20
Dec 9, 2011 85 $2,145 -40% 2 $1,073   $191,985 21
Dec 16, 2011 77 $2,580 +20% 2 $1,290   $194,835 22
Dec 23, 2011 77 $1,292 -50% 2 $646   $196,127 23
Dec 30, 2011 78 $1,760 +36% 2 $880   $202,940 24
Jan 6, 2012 65 $6,418 +265% 2 $3,209   $209,258 25
Jan 13, 2012 85 $1,899 -70% 1 $1,899   $211,157 26
Feb 3, 2012 62 $13,308   4 $3,327   $226,475 29
Mar 9, 2012 103 $2,256   1 $2,256   $237,181 34

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 14,101-14,200) 14,200 $358,753
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 13,001-13,100) 13,048 $358,753
All Time International Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,244 $358,753
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 11,901-12,000) 11,919 $358,753
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 501-600) 591 $358,753
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 401-500) 475 $358,753
All Time International Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,362 $358,753
All Time International Box Office for Alive Mind Movies 1 $358,753

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 17,601-17,700) 17,683 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 16,201-16,300) 16,300 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,501-1,600) 1,504 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 15,101-15,200) 15,110 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 701-800) 723 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 501-600) 600 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 1,801-1,900) 1,848 $595,934
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Alive Mind Movies 1 $595,934

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.