Synopsis
USA in the 1970s. We follow the highly intelligent Jack through 5 incidents and are introduced to the murders that define Jack’s development as a serial killer. We experience the story from Jack’s point of view. He views each murder as an artwork in itself, even though his dysfunction gives him problems in the outside world. Despite the fact that the final and inevitable police intervention is drawing ever near (which both provokes and puts pressure on Jack) he is—contrary to all logic—set on taking greater and greater chances. The goal is the ultimate artwork: A collection of all his killings manifested in a House that he builds. Along the way we experience Jack’s descriptions of his personal condition, problems and thoughts through a recurring conversation with the unknown Verge – a grotesque mixture of sophistry mixed with an almost childlike self-pity and in-depth explanations of, for Jack, dangerous and difficult manoeuvres.
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Movie Details
| Australia Releases: |
March 8th, 2019 (Wide) |
| Video Release: |
February 4th, 2020 by Shout Factory |
| MPAA Rating: |
R for strong disturbing violence/sadistic behavior, grisly images, language, and nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2549 (Cert #51868), 10/17/2018) |
| Running Time: |
155 minutes |
| Keywords: |
1970s, Serial Killer |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Thriller/Suspense |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Vast, Copenhagen Film Fund, Slot Machine, Danish Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, DR Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Centre National du Cinema et de L Image Animee, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Eurimages, The Media Programme of the European Union, DR, SVT, IFC Films |
| Production Countries: |
Denmark |
| Languages: |
English |
February 5th, 2020
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December 19th, 2018
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There was only one new release in the $10,000 club this past weekend. If Beale Street Could Talk opened with an average of $56,119 in four theaters. The only other member of the $10,000 club was Mary Queen of Scots, with an average of $10,602 in 66 theaters during its second week of release. It will continue to expand, but it very likely won’t expand even semi-wide.
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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 |
|---|
| 2019/03/08 |
- |
$12,939 |
|
13 |
$995 |
$13,910 |
1 |
| 2019/03/15 |
39 |
$7,384 |
-43% |
13 |
$568 |
$26,814 |
2 |
| 2019/03/22 |
- |
$2,351 |
-68% |
5 |
$470 |
$32,541 |
3 |
| 2019/03/29 |
- |
$899 |
-62% |
1 |
$899 |
$34,609 |
4 |
| 2019/05/03 |
- |
$1,002 |
|
1 |
$1,002 |
$38,175 |
9 |
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