Synopsis
Somewhere in Kurdistan, Bahar, commander of the “Girls of the Sun” battalion, is preparing to liberate her hometown from the hands of extremists, hoping to find her son who is held hostage. A French journalist, Mathilde, comes to cover the attack and bear witness to the story of these exceptional warriors. Since their lives have been turned upside down, the Girls of the Sun find themselves fighting for women, life and liberty.
Metrics
Movie Details
| New Zealand Releases: |
September 12th, 2019 (Wide), released as Girls of the Sun |
| Video Release: |
August 6th, 2019 by Cohen Media Group |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Running Time: |
115 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Terrorism, War, Set in Middle East, Religious Extremism, Kidnap, Sex Crimes, Rescue, Sexism |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Maneki Films, Wild Bunch, Elle Driver, Arches Films, Gapbusters, 20 Steps Productions, Bord Cadre, Backup Media, Indefilms 6, B Media 2014, Cinecap, Cineart, Canal Plus, OCS., Proximus, Casa Kafka Pictures, Belfius Zielke Strat Et Go International, Eurimages, National Center for Cinema and the Moving Image, Cinematographic and Audiovisual Center of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels Europe Creative Programme, MEDIA by the European Union, Angoa Intl, Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region SACEM |
| Production Countries: |
France |
| Languages: |
French |
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April 18th, 2019
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April 12th, 2019
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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 |
|---|
| 2019/09/13 |
34 |
$2,081 |
|
8 |
$260 |
$2,081 |
1 |
| 2019/09/20 |
35 |
$1,028 |
-51% |
10 |
$103 |
$4,106 |
2 |
| 2019/09/27 |
48 |
$467 |
-55% |
6 |
$78 |
$5,311 |
3 |
| 2019/10/04 |
34 |
$1,129 |
+142% |
6 |
$188 |
$7,039 |
4 |
| 2019/10/11 |
- |
$407 |
-64% |
4 |
$102 |
$8,209 |
5 |
| 2019/10/18 |
- |
$139 |
-66% |
4 |
$35 |
$8,797 |
6 |
| 2019/10/25 |
- |
$164 |
+18% |
4 |
$41 |
$9,027 |
7 |
| 2019/11/01 |
- |
$32 |
-80% |
3 |
$11 |
$9,260 |
8 |
| 2019/11/08 |
- |
$160 |
+400% |
3 |
$53 |
$9,305 |
9 |
| 2019/11/15 |
- |
$22 |
-86% |
3 |
$7 |
$9,515 |
10 |
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Production and Technical Credits
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