Merchants of Doubt (2015)

Merchants of Doubt poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $192,362Details
International Box Office $8,200Details
Worldwide Box Office $200,562
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $347,493 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $347,493
OpusData ID: 212490100
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Merchants of Doubt takes audiences on a satirically comedic, yet illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin. Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the curtain on a secretive group of highly charismatic, silver-tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities - yet have the contrary aim of spreading maximum confusion about well-studied public threats ranging from toxic chemicals to pharmaceuticals to climate change.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$20,327 (10.6% of total gross)
Legs:4.79 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:95.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/30 max. theaters, 3.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $258,072

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,001-12,100) 12,067 $192,362
All Time International Box Office (Rank 28,401-28,500) 28,438 $8,200
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 23,101-23,200) 23,171 $200,562
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,835 $192,362

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: March 6th, 2015 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics
Video Release: July 7th, 2015 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language.
(Rating bulletin 2346, 10/26/2014)
Running Time: 93 minutes
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Keywords: Political, Environment, Agitprop
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Sony Pictures Classics, Participant Media, Omidyar Network
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,001-12,100) 12,067 $192,362
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 11,501-11,600) 11,584 $258,072
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 11,001-11,100) 11,050 $192,362
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 2015 (Rank 301-400) 319 $192,362
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,835 $192,362
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,901-4,000) 3,955 $258,072
Top 2015 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 171 $192,362
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies (Rank 201-300) 282 $192,362
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 10,801-10,900) 10,825 $192,362
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 701-800) 729 $192,362
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 601-700) 652 $192,362
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,826 $192,362
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies (Rank 301-400) 399 $192,362

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 6, 2015 62 $20,327   4 $5,082   $20,327 1
Mar 13, 2015 55 $28,588 +41% 10 $2,859   $54,242 2
Mar 20, 2015 53 $40,145 +40% 21 $1,912   $113,264 3
Mar 27, 2015 53 $31,178 -22% 27 $1,155   $153,651 4
Apr 3, 2015 55 $20,156 -35% 30 $672   $192,362 5

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 6, 2015 59 $25,654   4 $6,414   $25,654 1
Mar 13, 2015 54 $47,465 +85% 10 $4,747   $73,119 2

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 28,401-28,500) 28,438 $8,200
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 26,801-26,900) 26,865 $8,200
All Time International Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies (Rank 301-400) 330 $8,200
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 24,601-24,700) 24,640 $8,200
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,760 $8,200
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,449 $8,200
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,367 $8,200
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies (Rank 301-400) 318 $8,200

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 23,101-23,200) 23,171 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 21,501-21,600) 21,542 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies (Rank 301-400) 356 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 19,901-20,000) 19,919 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,406 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,196 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,053 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies (Rank 401-500) 414 $200,562

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.

Interviewee(s)

Patricia Callahan    Herself
Matthew Crawford    Himself
Stanton Glantz    Himself
James Hansen*    Himself
Katherine Hayhoe    Herself
Bob Inglis    Himself
Marc Morano    Himself
William O'Keefe    Himself
Naomi Oreskes    Herself
John Passacantando    Himself
Tim Phillips    Himself
Sam Roe    Himself
Michael Shermer    Himself
Fred Singer    Himself
Jamy Ian Swiss    Himself
James Taylor (Editor)    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Robert Kenner    Director
Robert Kenner    Producer
Melissa Robledo    Producer
Jeff Skoll    Executive Producer
Pierre Omidyar    Executive Producer
Brian Pearle    Co-Producer
Taki Oldham    Co-Producer
Dylan Nelson    Co-Producer
Mark Adler    Composer
Don Lenzer    Director of Photography
Barry Berona    Director of Photography
Jay Redmond    Director of Photography
Kim Roberts    Editor
Dr. Naomi Oreskes*    Story Creator
Eric M. Conway    Story Creator

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Merchants of Doubt poster

This week, the limited release report is practically the Video on Demand report, as nearly all limited releases are also playing on Video on Demand. The rest are all documentaries, which rarely earn any measure of mainstream success. Worse still, most of the non-documentaries are earning bad reviews, so their box office chances are even worse. Faults is probably the film with the best chance at finding an audience in theaters, but that's not saying much. These Final Hours is also earning great reviews, but it doesn't have the star power that Faults has. Of the documentaries, both An Honest Liar and Merchants of Doubt are worth checking out. More...

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Synopsis

Merchants of Doubt takes audiences on a satirically comedic, yet illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin. Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the curtain on a secretive group of highly charismatic, silver-tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities - yet have the contrary aim of spreading maximum confusion about well-studied public threats ranging from toxic chemicals to pharmaceuticals to climate change.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$20,327 (10.6% of total gross)
Legs:4.79 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:95.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/30 max. theaters, 3.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $258,072

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,001-12,100) 12,067 $192,362
All Time International Box Office (Rank 28,401-28,500) 28,438 $8,200
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 23,101-23,200) 23,171 $200,562
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,835 $192,362

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: March 6th, 2015 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics
Video Release: July 7th, 2015 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language.
(Rating bulletin 2346, 10/26/2014)
Running Time: 93 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Political, Environment, Agitprop
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: Sony Pictures Classics, Participant Media, Omidyar Network
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Interviewee(s)

Patricia Callahan    Herself
Matthew Crawford    Himself
Stanton Glantz    Himself
James Hansen*    Himself
Katherine Hayhoe    Herself
Bob Inglis    Himself
Marc Morano    Himself
William O'Keefe    Himself
Naomi Oreskes    Herself
John Passacantando    Himself
Tim Phillips    Himself
Sam Roe    Himself
Michael Shermer    Himself
Fred Singer    Himself
Jamy Ian Swiss    Himself
James Taylor (Editor)    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Robert Kenner    Director
Robert Kenner    Producer
Melissa Robledo    Producer
Jeff Skoll    Executive Producer
Pierre Omidyar    Executive Producer
Brian Pearle    Co-Producer
Taki Oldham    Co-Producer
Dylan Nelson    Co-Producer
Mark Adler    Composer
Don Lenzer    Director of Photography
Barry Berona    Director of Photography
Jay Redmond    Director of Photography
Kim Roberts    Editor
Dr. Naomi Oreskes*    Story Creator
Eric M. Conway    Story Creator

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July 8th, 2015

Dude Bro Party Massacre 3

It's a slow week, which should come as no surprise. There are no major releases and even among the smaller releases, there are few that are must haves. As far as Pick of the Week contenders go, Dude Bro Party Massacre 3 is the best. It is the Pick of the Week, but you can only get it on the Official Site. I think it is worth the price for the Superfan Edition, but I also backed the Kickstarter at the Blu-ray level, so my judgment is not to be trusted. More...

Per Theater Chart: Grey Skies Ahead

March 12th, 2015

Grey Gardens poster

There was only one film to reach the $10,000 level on the per theater chart, Grey Gardens, which opened with $13,845 in its lone theater. This is surprising, as the Criterion Collection Blu-ray came out more than a year ago. More...

Limited Releases: No Doubt About This Week's Limited Releases

March 6th, 2015

Merchants of Doubt poster

This week, the limited release report is practically the Video on Demand report, as nearly all limited releases are also playing on Video on Demand. The rest are all documentaries, which rarely earn any measure of mainstream success. Worse still, most of the non-documentaries are earning bad reviews, so their box office chances are even worse. Faults is probably the film with the best chance at finding an audience in theaters, but that's not saying much. These Final Hours is also earning great reviews, but it doesn't have the star power that Faults has. Of the documentaries, both An Honest Liar and Merchants of Doubt are worth checking out. More...

2014 - Awards Season: PGA - Nominations

January 10th, 2015

Birdman poster

The Producers Guild of America nominations were announced and there's not a lot of surprises among the three categories. Birdman, Boyhood, The Imitation Game, and others continue to get accolades, but there are also some films that are being passed over too often. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 12,001-12,100) 12,067 $192,362
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 11,501-11,600) 11,584 $258,072
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 11,001-11,100) 11,050 $192,362
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 2015 (Rank 301-400) 319 $192,362
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,801-3,900) 3,835 $192,362
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 3,901-4,000) 3,955 $258,072
Top 2015 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200) 171 $192,362
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies (Rank 201-300) 282 $192,362
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 10,801-10,900) 10,825 $192,362
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 701-800) 729 $192,362
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 601-700) 652 $192,362
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,826 $192,362
All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies (Rank 301-400) 399 $192,362

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 6, 2015 62 $20,327   4 $5,082   $20,327 1
Mar 13, 2015 55 $28,588 +41% 10 $2,859   $54,242 2
Mar 20, 2015 53 $40,145 +40% 21 $1,912   $113,264 3
Mar 27, 2015 53 $31,178 -22% 27 $1,155   $153,651 4
Apr 3, 2015 55 $20,156 -35% 30 $672   $192,362 5

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 6, 2015 59 $25,654   4 $6,414   $25,654 1
Mar 13, 2015 54 $47,465 +85% 10 $4,747   $73,119 2

International Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time International Box Office (Rank 28,401-28,500) 28,438 $8,200
All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 26,801-26,900) 26,865 $8,200
All Time International Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies (Rank 301-400) 330 $8,200
All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 24,601-24,700) 24,640 $8,200
All Time International Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 2,701-2,800) 2,760 $8,200
All Time International Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500) 2,449 $8,200
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400) 2,367 $8,200
All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies (Rank 301-400) 318 $8,200

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 23,101-23,200) 23,171 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 21,501-21,600) 21,542 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Factual Book/Article Movies (Rank 301-400) 356 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 19,901-20,000) 19,919 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,406 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,196 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,053 $200,562
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies (Rank 401-500) 414 $200,562

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.