Malaysia Box Office for The Boy (2016)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Malaysia Box Office $1,192,969Details
Worldwide Box Office $68,220,952Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $2,615,195 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $1,419,850 Details
Total North America Video Sales $4,035,045
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Synopsis

Greta is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family’s 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy as a way to cope with the death of their actual son 20 years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta’s worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$10,000,000
Malaysia Releases: January 21st, 2016 (Wide)
Video Release: April 26th, 2016 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence and terror, and for some thematic material.
(Rating bulletin 2399 (Cert #49996), 11/11/2015)
Running Time: 97 minutes
Franchise: The Boy
Keywords: Isolation Horror, Set in United Kingdom, Living Toys, Death of a Son or Daughter, Suicide, Suicide Pact, Surprise Twist, Domestic Abuse, Troubled Pregnancy or Miscarriage, Supernatural
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Lakeshore Entertainment, Vertigo Entertainment, STX Entertainment, Huayi Brothers Corp.
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Contest: Boy Oh Boy: Winning Announcement

May 11th, 2016

Captain America: Civil War

The winners of our Boy Oh Boy contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Captain America: Civil War opening weekend were... More...

Home Market Releases for May 10th, 2016

May 9th, 2016

Deadpool

It is officially the summer blockbuster season, which is historically the worst time of year for the home market. We are usually flooded with duds from January and February. However, this year we have the biggest hit of the year so far, Deadpool, which is coming out on DVD, Blu-ray Combo Pack, and 4K. Unless your eyesight is better than 20/20, 4k is not worth the upgrade, but the Blu-ray is the Pick of the Week. It isn't the only contender for that title. Mustang (DVD or Blu-ray) and The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Blu-ray) are also must haves. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Boy

May 7th, 2016

The Boy

It has become common for a horror film or two to be released very early in the year. These films tend to have very low expectations with both critics and with moviegoers. This year, The Boy was one of the first horror releases of the year and while most critics attacked the film, it did rather well at the box office, all things considered. $64 million worldwide isn't enough to be considered a midlevel hit, but it is a solid run for a movie that cost just $10 million to make. Is it better than the critics said it was? Is it a solid horror movie? More...

Contest: Boy Oh Boy

April 29th, 2016

Captain America: Civil War

Next weekend is the start of summer and Captain America: Civil War has the weekend all to itself. With the hype and the reviews, it should have no trouble becoming the biggest hit of the year so far. More importantly, it is the target film in this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Captain America: Civil War.

The prize this week is The Boy, which just hit Video on Demand this past Tuesday and hit DVD and Blu-ray on the tenth of May.

Greta (Lauren Cohan) is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village. She soon discovers that the family’s 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that they care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their son 20 years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta’s worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive.

(On a side note, the screener for The Boy has arrived, but I won't be getting to that review this weekend, because the Monthly Preview is due on Sunday.)

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of The Boy on Blu-ray. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a copy of The Boy on Blu-ray. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win the final copy of The Boy on Blu-ray. a Frankenprize consisting of two previously reviewed movies, most likely.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Kung Fu Wins with $41.28 million lifting Box Office Along the Way

February 2nd, 2016

Kung Fu Panda 3

Kung Fu Panda 3 led the way during the weekend with $41.28 million over the weekend. This was below admittedly optimistic predictions, but still great for this time of year. The rest of the new releases were not as strong and it is likely all three will lose money in the end. Fortunately, Kung Fu Panda 3 was strong enough to help the overall box office grow. The overall box office rose 22% to $139 million. More impressively, and more importantly, the box office was 38% higher than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2016 has pulled in $1.01 billion, reaching the $1 billion mark faster than last year. It wasn't the fastest year to get there, as 2010 holds that record thanks to Avatar. 2016 has regained the lead over 2015 at 1.9% or $19 million. Obviously the usually caveats apply here: It is far too early and that lead is far too small to be of real significance. That said, it is always better to be ahead than to be behind, no matter how small that lead it. More...

Weekend Estimates: The Revenant wins chilly weekend with $16 million

January 24th, 2016

The Revenant

With the weekend jam-packed with new releases and Oscar hopefuls, and thrown off course by Winter Storm Jonas, it’s perhaps fitting that a tale of battles against the elements will come out on top. The Revenant will be down 50% from last weekend’s MLK Holiday-inflated number to $16 million, but that will be enough to leapfrog over Ride Along 2 and into first place. The Leonardo DiCaprio film, which remains a good bet for a fistful of Oscars, although perhaps not the major prize, has $119 million to date. Also overtaking Ride Along 2 to move back to second place is Star Wars: The Force Awakens with $14.26 million for a weekend and $879.3 million in total to date. With $1.06 billion internationally, the film is drawing close to becoming the third film to earn over $2 billion worldwide. More...

Friday Estimates: New Releases Struggle as Revenant Hangs Tough

January 23rd, 2016

The Revenant

While some are blaming the storm for hurting Friday night box office numbers, I think it is wiser to point the finger at the reviews instead. So far, The Boy has earned the best reviews, but with a Tomatometer Score of just 23% positive, that's damning it with faint praise. At the box office, Dirty Grandpa did the best of the new releases, earning second place with $4.2 million. It's early in the year, but it is safe to say its 7% positive reviews will be among the worst of any 2016 release when the year is over. Its CinemaScore was just a B, which is bad. Remember, CinemaScore is based on ratings given to a movie by people who were interested enough to see it on opening day. Anything less than a B+ suggests poor word-of-mouth. It did earn about about 10% more than That Awkward Moment's opening day. Additionally, That Awkward Moment had to deal with The Super Bowl on Sunday, so Dirty Grandpa should have better legs and should pull in $11 million. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Fifth Wave Fails to Find Audience

January 22nd, 2016

The Fifth Wave

The 5th Wave started off on a soft note with $475,000 in previews last night. To put this into perspective, The Giver, another Young Adult Novel Adaptation, earned $750,000 during its previews back in 2014. That film only managed an opening of $12.31 million and a domestic total of $45.09 million. At this point, it looks like The 5th Wave will open with less than $10 million. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Fifth Wave Open in the Top Five?

January 21st, 2016

The Fifth Wave

Three wide releases are coming out this week, all of which are expected to earn similar openings. None of which are expected to compete for the top five. The 5th Wave is the latest Young Adult Adaptation and as I'm writing this at about 10 am on Thursday, it is still the only new release with any reviews. Dirty Grandpa is the widest release of the week, but with no reviews, it is hard to judge how well it will do. Finally there's The Boy. If it can match The Forest, I'm sure STX Entertainment will be happy. The weakness in the new releases doesn't mean we won't have a new number one film, as The Revenant seems poised to climb to first place over the weekend. This weekend last year, American Sniper remained dominant with nearly $65 million. It's a near certainty that all three new releases won't make that much this year. There's a chance the top five combined won't make that much this year. 2016 is going to lose in the year-over-year comparison. More...

2016 Preview: January

January 1st, 2016

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016 will begin the same way 2015 ended, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens on top. In fact, three of the five films that have the best shot at box office success in January are The Force Awakens, The Hateful Eight, and The Revenant, all of which opened in December. There are two true January releases that could also do really well, for this time of year: Ride Along 2 and Kung Fu Panda 3. The rest of the releases are just hoping to become midlevel hits. Last January, American Sniper dominated earning more than $300 million. Its success could prevent 2016 from being ahead in the year-over-year comparison by the end of the month, but this year does have better depth. More...

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

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2016/01/22 2 $467,444   93 $5,026   $467,444 1
2016/01/29 1 $296,847 -36% 94 $3,158   $967,336 2
2016/02/05 2 $84,036 -72% 78 $1,077   $1,141,342 3
2016/02/12 6 $10,222 -88% 9 $1,136   $1,181,666 4
2016/02/19 10 $763 -93% 3 $254   $1,192,969 5

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 5/13/2016 $119,108 53 53 128 $260,517 6/13/2016
Austria 2/18/2016 $125,822 34 45 248 $508,181 6/9/2016
Belgium 1/27/2016 $0 0 30 112 $475,157 6/9/2016
Brazil 2/18/2016 $555,033 260 260 528 $1,092,039 6/9/2016
Central America 2/25/2016 $74,379 47 47 73 $153,861 3/22/2016
Chile 2/4/2016 $157,498 37 37 97 $507,367 12/31/2018
China 4/1/2016 $1,010,000 7476 7476 10590 $2,545,897 10/19/2018
Colombia 2/4/2016 $0 0 145 193 $657,553 12/31/2018
Czech Republic 2/18/2016 $22,506 20 30 50 $56,253 12/31/2018
Ecuador 2/19/2016 $0 0 4 4 $244,391 12/31/2018
Finland 2/19/2016 $30,469 31 31 63 $96,285 6/9/2016
France 1/27/2016 $1,081,839 152 156 591 $2,775,297 6/9/2016
Germany 2/18/2016 $618,141 190 233 1457 $2,425,937 6/9/2016
Greece 1/28/2016 $127,435 32 40 132 $539,156 6/9/2016
Hungary 2/4/2016 $62,628 14 14 28 $128,868 12/31/2018
Iraq 1/21/2016 $6,633 3 3 19 $108,198 12/31/2018
Italy 5/13/2016 $0 0 0 0 $2,247,226 6/9/2016
Kuwait 1/21/2016 $11,365 1 1 8 $96,335 12/31/2018
Lebanon 1/21/2016 $11,524 4 4 10 $152,427 12/31/2018
Lithuania 1/22/2016 $0 0 29 29 $41,612 6/9/2016
Malaysia 1/21/2016 $467,444 93 94 277 $1,192,969 6/9/2016
Mexico 1/29/2016 $1,742,144 0 592 597 $4,953,162 9/8/2018
Netherlands 1/21/2016 $132,756 40 54 172 $447,983 6/9/2016
New Zealand 6/3/2016 $8,424 6 6 12 $14,131 6/13/2016
North America 1/22/2016 $10,778,392 2,671 2,671 11,420 $35,819,556 8/15/2016
Norway 4/1/2016 $0 0 95 158 $412,311 6/9/2016
Oman 1/21/2016 $655 1 1 2 $18,202 12/31/2018
Peru 2/4/2016 $284,206 125 125 247 $718,811 12/31/2018
Philippines 1/27/2016 $0 0 25 25 $844,365 12/31/2018
Poland 1/29/2016 $157,354 0 0 0 $469,234 12/31/2018
Portugal 3/3/2016 $58,281 30 30 115 $501,895 6/9/2016
Russia (CIS) 1/28/2016 $469,072 713 713 1399 $1,031,891 2/26/2019
Singapore 1/28/2016 $284,495 30 30 56 $570,086 6/9/2016
Slovenia 2/18/2016 $4,028 4 4 7 $20,774 6/9/2016
South Korea 6/1/2016 $201,925 184 184 184 $407,802 8/12/2016
Taiwan 3/11/2016 $0 0 7 11 $326,813 6/9/2016
Thailand 1/28/2016 $360,225 100 100 196 $657,876 6/9/2016
Turkey 6/17/2016 $40,432 97 97 198 $108,770 2/26/2019
Ukraine 1/28/2016 $0 0 5 5 $34,226 12/31/2018
United Arab Emirates 1/21/2016 $153,071 31 31 65 $412,231 12/31/2018
United Kingdom 3/18/2016 $1,053,705 397 397 1359 $3,669,995 6/9/2016
Uruguay 2/25/2016 $20,105 8 8 45 $89,812 12/31/2018
 
Rest of World $385,500
 
Worldwide Total$68,220,952 2/26/2019

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Leading Cast

Lauren Cohan    Greta

Supporting Cast

Rupert Evans    Malcolm
Jim Norton    Mr. Heelshire
Diana Hardcastle    Mrs. Heelshire
Ben Robson    Cole
James Russell    Brahms Heelshire
Matthew Walker    Taxi Driver
Stephanie Lemelin    Sandy
Jett Klyne    Young Brahms
Lily Pater    Emily

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

Production and Technical Credits

William Brent Bell    Director
Stacey Menear    Screenwriter
Tom Rosenberg    Producer
Gary Lucchesi    Producer
Roy Lee    Producer
Matt Berenson    Producer
Jim Wadaa    Producer
Richard Wright    Producer
Eric Reid    Executive Producer
David Kern    Executive Producer
John Powers Middleton    Executive Producer
Robert Simonds    Executive Producer
Adam Fogelson    Executive Producer
Oren Aviv    Executive Producer
Wang Zhongjun    Executive Producer
Wang Zhonglei    Executive Producer
Donald Tang    Executive Producer
Daniel C. Pearl    Director of Photography
John Willett    Production Designer
Brian Berdan    Editor
Jori Woodman    Costume Designer
Bear McCreary    Composer
Julie Hutchinson    Casting Director
Penny Gibbs    Unit Production Manager
Bear McCreary    Music Producer
Coreen Mayrs    Additional Casting
Heike Brandstatter    Additional Casting
James McQuaide    Visual Effects Supervisor
Penny Gibbs    Production Manager
Craig Mann    Re-recording Mixer
Brian McNelis    Music Director
Eric Craig    Music Director
Brian McNelis    Music Supervisor
Eric Craig    Music Supervisor
Kevin Sands    Sound Mixer
Lis Kern    Post-Production Supervisor
Paul Barry    First Assistant Director
Bruce Tanis    Special Sound Effects

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.