Synopsis
The story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs at Columbia University in 1944, providing the spark that would lead to their Beat Revolution.
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Movie Details
| Australia Releases: |
December 5th, 2013 (Wide) |
| Video Release: |
March 18th, 2014 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: |
R for sexual content, language, drug use and brief violence.
(Rating bulletin 2286, 8/21/2013) |
| Running Time: |
102 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Ensemble, Writing and Writers, Artists, LGBTQ+, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong, Love Triangle, Sundance Film Festival 2013 |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Killer Films, Sunny-Field Entertainment, Benaroya Pictures |
| Production Countries: |
United States |
| Languages: |
English |
March 17th, 2014
It's a good week / bad week on the home market. The good news is there are four films coming out this week that earned some level of Awards Season buzz. The bad news... there are four films coming out this week that earned some level of Awards Season buzz and they scared away the competition. Two of those four films are strong enough to be contenders for Pick of the Week, Frozen on DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack and American Hustle on DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack. Unfortunately, I'm still waiting for the screeners for both of those movies, so I'm not sure which of those two is the Pick of the Week. Fortunately, the screener for 12 Years a Slave arrived and the Blu-ray is Pick of the Week material.
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October 22nd, 2013
12 Years a Slave opened with a stellar average of $48,617 in 19 theaters. With a planned expansion, this is a great start. All is Lost was well back with an average of $15,597 in six theaters. This isn't a bad start and its reviews suggest long legs, but it might get overshadowed by 12 Years a Slave. The final film in the $10,000 club was Kill Your Darlings, which was right behind with an average of $14,750 in four theaters.
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October 20th, 2013
Gravity will become the first film in 2013 to win three straight three-day weekends, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. With $31 million expected, the film is down just 28% from last weekend and has reached a formidable $170.5 million. That puts in in the top 10 for the year, with plenty more to come. Fellow Oscar-hopefuls 12 Years a Slave, All is Lost and Kill Your Darlins are the other films making waves this weekend (literally in one case).
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October 18th, 2013
It is not a busy week when it comes to limited releases on this week's list, but at least we have a couple that are earning stellar reviews and could expand wide. All is Lost has the reviews to become a big hit and an Awards Season player, but it doesn't have the buzz. 12 Years a Slave has the buzz, as well as the reviews. While opening in limited release is always a risky maneuver, 12 Years a Slave has a better shot at opening in the top ten than it does of bombing outright.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2013/12/06 |
16 |
$42,757 |
|
15 |
$2,850 |
$45,654 |
1 |
| 2013/12/13 |
17 |
$21,858 |
-49% |
15 |
$1,457 |
$90,163 |
2 |
| 2013/12/20 |
16 |
$15,779 |
-28% |
16 |
$986 |
$117,439 |
3 |
| 2013/12/27 |
3 |
$7,002 |
-56% |
8 |
$875 |
$130,624 |
4 |
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