Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $3,050Details
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Blue jeans, sock-hops and drive-in movies: the Fifties were America’s age of innocence. But stalking the depths of its post-nuclear bliss, mass paranoia became fuel for Joseph McCarthy’s brand of Red Scare terror propaganda. Bomb shelters were a deluxe feature in every American home, government-sponsored educational reels promised an imminent nuclear threat from across the Atlantic, and Hollywood, Babylon of the western world, hung on the brink of collapse. It was here, in the last-ditch machinations of a dying juggernaut, that a mild-mannered, civil engineer’s son would become the most influential force in modern moviemaking. Corman's World tracks the triumphant rise of Hollywood’s most prolific writer-director-producer, the true godfather of independent filmmaking.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$3,050 (100.0% of total gross)
Legs:1.00 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/2 max. theaters, 1.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $4,140

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 18,101-18,200) 18,140 $3,050
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 37,801-37,900) 37,824 $3,050
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 8,901-9,000) 8,985 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 5,701-5,800) 5,741 $3,050
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 6,501-6,600) 6,526 $3,050

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 16th, 2011 (Limited) by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Video Release: March 27th, 2012 by Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for some violent images, nudity and language.
(Rating bulletin 2182, 7/27/2011)
Running Time: 90 minutes
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Keywords: Movie Business, Biography, Gratuitous Cameos
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: A&E Indiefilms, Far Hills Pictures, Stick 'N Stone
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 18,101-18,200) 18,140 $3,050
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 17,301-17,400) 17,352 $4,140
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 17,001-17,100) 17,095 $3,050
Top 2011 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 501-600) 580 $3,050
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 8,901-9,000) 8,985 $3,050
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 9,001-9,100) 9,003 $4,140
Top 2011 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 395 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,829 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 15,801-15,900) 15,817 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,098 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,025 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 5,701-5,800) 5,741 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for Anchor Bay Entertainment Movies 51 $3,050

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 16, 2011 75 $3,050   2 $1,525   $3,050 1

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

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)

Roger Corman    Himself

Interviewee(s)

Martin Scorsese    Himself
Jack Nicholson    Himself
Ron Howard    Himself
Jonathan Demme    Himself
Robert De Niro    Himself
Peter Fonda    Himself
Bruce Dern    Himself
David Carradine    Himself
Pam Grier    Herself
Catherine Hardwicke    Herself
Eli Roth    Himself
Paul W.S. Anderson    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Alex Stapleton    Director
Stone Douglass    Producer
Mickey Barold    Producer
Alex Stapleton    Producer
Jeffrey Frey    Producer
Izabela Frank    Producer
Molly Thompson    Executive Producer
Robert DeBitetto    Executive Producer
Robert Sharenow    Executive Producer
Jared Moshe    Executive Producer
Rich Lim    Executive Producer
Joshua Ray Levin    Executive Producer
Taylor Materne    Executive Producer
Polly Platt    Executive Producer
Antonio Von Hildebrand    Executive Producer
Patrick Simpson    Cinematographer
Victor Livingston    Editor
Philip Owens    Editor
Margaret Yen    Music Supervisor
Mark Patino    Sound Mixer
Kyle Schember    Supervising Sound Editor
Ryan Stuit    Sound Designer
Luke Bechtold    Re-recording Mixer

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: Nothing is Impossible

December 20th, 2011

It was a busy week on the per theater chart with several films in the $10,000 club. These were led by Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol with $30,083, but given its unusual opening, it's hard to judge this start. (More on its IMAX run later today.) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy expanded from four to sixteen theaters, but remained potent with an average of $28,549. Some measure of mainstream success is guaranteed, even if it is failing to live up to expectations during Awards Season. On the other hand, The Artist is starting to clean up during Awards Season and this is helping its per theater average remain strong at $16,904. It should have no trouble expanding some more, even if the nature of the film will prevent it from becoming a hit in Megaplexes. Carnage debuted with an average of $15,959 in five theaters, which is disappointing given its pedigree. The overall box office leader, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, was the final film in the $10,000 club earning an average of $10,704. More...

Limited Releases: Will Any Film Survive the Carnage?

December 16th, 2011

The list of limited releases this week is much shorter and quite a bit weaker than the last few weeks. Carnage is the only film with a real shot at earning some measure of mainstream success, but its reviews are a little weak for a limited release. There are a couple documentaries that are earning better reviews, Addiction Incorporated and Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, both of which deserve to find success. However, documentaries rarely manage to hit any major milestones in limited release. More...


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Synopsis

Blue jeans, sock-hops and drive-in movies: the Fifties were America’s age of innocence. But stalking the depths of its post-nuclear bliss, mass paranoia became fuel for Joseph McCarthy’s brand of Red Scare terror propaganda. Bomb shelters were a deluxe feature in every American home, government-sponsored educational reels promised an imminent nuclear threat from across the Atlantic, and Hollywood, Babylon of the western world, hung on the brink of collapse. It was here, in the last-ditch machinations of a dying juggernaut, that a mild-mannered, civil engineer’s son would become the most influential force in modern moviemaking. Corman's World tracks the triumphant rise of Hollywood’s most prolific writer-director-producer, the true godfather of independent filmmaking.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$3,050 (100.0% of total gross)
Legs:1.00 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:2 opening theaters/2 max. theaters, 1.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $4,140

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 18,101-18,200) 18,140 $3,050
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 37,801-37,900) 37,824 $3,050
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 8,901-9,000) 8,985 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 5,701-5,800) 5,741 $3,050
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 6,501-6,600) 6,526 $3,050

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 16th, 2011 (Limited) by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Video Release: March 27th, 2012 by Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for some violent images, nudity and language.
(Rating bulletin 2182, 7/27/2011)
Running Time: 90 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Movie Business, Biography, Gratuitous Cameos
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: A&E Indiefilms, Far Hills Pictures, Stick 'N Stone
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Documentary Subject(s)

Roger Corman    Himself

Interviewee(s)

Martin Scorsese    Himself
Jack Nicholson    Himself
Ron Howard    Himself
Jonathan Demme    Himself
Robert De Niro    Himself
Peter Fonda    Himself
Bruce Dern    Himself
David Carradine    Himself
Pam Grier    Herself
Catherine Hardwicke    Herself
Eli Roth    Himself
Paul W.S. Anderson    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Alex Stapleton    Director
Stone Douglass    Producer
Mickey Barold    Producer
Alex Stapleton    Producer
Jeffrey Frey    Producer
Izabela Frank    Producer
Molly Thompson    Executive Producer
Robert DeBitetto    Executive Producer
Robert Sharenow    Executive Producer
Jared Moshe    Executive Producer
Rich Lim    Executive Producer
Joshua Ray Levin    Executive Producer
Taylor Materne    Executive Producer
Polly Platt    Executive Producer
Antonio Von Hildebrand    Executive Producer
Patrick Simpson    Cinematographer
Victor Livingston    Editor
Philip Owens    Editor
Margaret Yen    Music Supervisor
Mark Patino    Sound Mixer
Kyle Schember    Supervising Sound Editor
Ryan Stuit    Sound Designer
Luke Bechtold    Re-recording Mixer

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: Nothing is Impossible

December 20th, 2011

It was a busy week on the per theater chart with several films in the $10,000 club. These were led by Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol with $30,083, but given its unusual opening, it's hard to judge this start. (More on its IMAX run later today.) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy expanded from four to sixteen theaters, but remained potent with an average of $28,549. Some measure of mainstream success is guaranteed, even if it is failing to live up to expectations during Awards Season. On the other hand, The Artist is starting to clean up during Awards Season and this is helping its per theater average remain strong at $16,904. It should have no trouble expanding some more, even if the nature of the film will prevent it from becoming a hit in Megaplexes. Carnage debuted with an average of $15,959 in five theaters, which is disappointing given its pedigree. The overall box office leader, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, was the final film in the $10,000 club earning an average of $10,704. More...

Limited Releases: Will Any Film Survive the Carnage?

December 16th, 2011

The list of limited releases this week is much shorter and quite a bit weaker than the last few weeks. Carnage is the only film with a real shot at earning some measure of mainstream success, but its reviews are a little weak for a limited release. There are a couple documentaries that are earning better reviews, Addiction Incorporated and Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, both of which deserve to find success. However, documentaries rarely manage to hit any major milestones in limited release. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 18,101-18,200) 18,140 $3,050
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 17,301-17,400) 17,352 $4,140
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 17,001-17,100) 17,095 $3,050
Top 2011 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 501-600) 580 $3,050
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 8,901-9,000) 8,985 $3,050
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 9,001-9,100) 9,003 $4,140
Top 2011 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400) 395 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,829 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 15,801-15,900) 15,817 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,098 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,025 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 5,701-5,800) 5,741 $3,050
All Time Domestic Box Office for Anchor Bay Entertainment Movies 51 $3,050

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 16, 2011 75 $3,050   2 $1,525   $3,050 1

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 37,801-37,900) 37,824 $3,050
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 36,101-36,200) 36,115 $3,050
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 5,101-5,200) 5,105 $3,050
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 32,401-32,500) 32,485 $3,050
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 4,301-4,400) 4,340 $3,050
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 4,001-4,100) 4,052 $3,050
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 6,501-6,600) 6,526 $3,050
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Anchor Bay Entertainment Movies 65 $3,050

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.