Meet the Patels (2015)

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Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $1,700,680Details
OpusData ID: 224470100
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Synopsis

A real-life romantic comedy about Ravi Patel, an almost-30-year old Indian-American who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams … and his parents. Filmed by Ravi’s sister in what started as a family vacation video, the film reveals how love is a family affair.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$72,180 (4.2% of total gross)
Legs:8.44 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:5 opening theaters/90 max. theaters, 5.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $2,281,691

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,401-8,500) 8,465 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 14,301-14,400) 14,322 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,257 $1,700,680

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 11th, 2015 (Limited) by Alchemy
Video Release: January 26th, 2016 by Alchemy
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements, brief suggestive images and incidental smoking.
(Rating bulletin 2372, 5/6/2015)
Running Time: 88 minutes
Comparisons: vs. He Named Me Malala
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Keywords: Romance, Dysfunctional Family, Directing Yourself, Relationships Gone Wrong, Exes in Love
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: ITVS, Impact Partners, Center for Asian-American Media, Whitewater Films, Chicken and Egg Pictures, Hartley Foundation
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English, Gujarati

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Top 2015 Theater Average 93 $14,436 Sep 11, 2015 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,401-8,500) 8,465 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 8,101-8,200) 8,120 $2,281,691
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 7,501-7,600) 7,562 $1,700,680
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 2015 (Rank 101-200) 193 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,257 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,374 $2,281,691
Top 2015 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office 57 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 601-700) 656 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,630 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 201-300) 246 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 201-300) 201 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,500 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Box Office for Alchemy Movies 4 $1,700,680

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 11, 2015 43 $72,180   5 $14,436   $72,180 1
Sep 18, 2015 37 $152,990 +112% 34 $4,500   $246,685 2
Sep 25, 2015 28 $201,580 +32% 63 $3,200   $495,861 3
Oct 2, 2015 25 $174,445 -13% 72 $2,423   $729,804 4
Oct 9, 2015 29 $169,537 -3% 90 $1,884   $961,642 5
Oct 30, 2015 37 $82,150   63 $1,304   $1,442,619 8
Nov 6, 2015 38 $68,778 -16% 66 $1,042   $1,552,924 9
Nov 13, 2015 45 $42,495 -38% 41 $1,036   $1,625,809 10
Nov 20, 2015 51 $19,670 -54% 28 $703   $1,664,777 11
Nov 27, 2015 52 $15,600 -21% 18 $867   $1,691,439 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 11, 2015 - $25,047     5 $5,009   $25,047 1
Sep 12, 2015 - $29,550 +18%   5 $5,910   $54,597 2
Sep 13, 2015 - $17,583 -40%   5 $3,517   $72,180 3
Sep 14, 2015 - $6,073 -65%   5 $1,215   $78,253 4
Sep 15, 2015 - $6,368 +5%   5 $1,274   $84,621 5
Sep 16, 2015 - $4,621 -27%   5 $924   $89,242 6
Sep 17, 2015 - $4,453 -4%   5 $891   $93,695 7
Sep 18, 2015 - $43,145 +869% +72% 34 $1,269   $136,840 8
Sep 19, 2015 - $69,994 +62% +137% 34 $2,059   $206,834 9
Sep 20, 2015 - $39,851 -43% +127% 34 $1,172   $246,685 10
Sep 21, 2015 - $9,787 -75% +61% 34 $288   $256,472 11
Sep 22, 2015 - $13,350 +36% +110% 34 $393   $269,822 12
Sep 23, 2015 - $13,039 -2% +182% 34 $384   $282,861 13
Sep 24, 2015 - $11,306 -13% +154% 34 $333   $294,167 14
Sep 25, 2015 - $58,045 +413% +35% 63 $921   $352,212 15
Sep 26, 2015 - $95,436 +64% +36% 63 $1,515   $447,648 16
Sep 27, 2015 - $48,100 -50% +21% 63 $763   $495,748 17
Oct 2, 2015 - $42,913   -26% 72 $596   $538,661 22
Oct 3, 2015 - $82,650 +93% -13% 72 $1,148   $680,922 23
Oct 4, 2015 - $48,882 -41% +2% 72 $679   $729,804 24
Oct 9, 2015 - $45,399   +6% 90 $504   $837,504 29
Oct 10, 2015 - $77,511 +71% -6% 90 $861   $915,015 30
Oct 11, 2015 - $46,627 -40% -5% 90 $518   $961,642 31
Oct 30, 2015 - $20,893     63 $332   $1,381,362 50
Oct 31, 2015 - $33,686 +61%   63 $535   $1,415,048 51
Nov 1, 2015 - $27,571 -18%   63 $438   $1,442,619 52

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 11, 2015 46 $93,695   5 $18,739   $93,695 1
Sep 18, 2015 37 $200,586 +114% 34 $5,900   $294,281 2
Sep 25, 2015 31 $261,078 +30% 63 $4,144   $555,359 3
Oct 2, 2015 24 $236,746 -9% 72 $3,288   $792,105 4
Oct 30, 2015 36 $123,677   63 $1,963   $1,484,146 8
Nov 6, 2015 41 $99,168 -20% 66 $1,503   $1,583,314 9
Nov 13, 2015 46 $61,793 -38% 41 $1,507   $1,645,107 10
Nov 20, 2015 54 $30,732 -50% 28 $1,098   $1,675,839 11
Nov 27, 2015 51 $18,985 -38% 18 $1,055   $1,694,824 12
Dec 4, 2015 71 $5,856 -69% 7 $837   $1,700,680 13

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 14,301-14,400) 14,322 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 12,901-13,000) 12,973 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,121 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 12,301-12,400) 12,382 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 401-500) 419 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 301-400) 332 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,688 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Alchemy Movies 15 $1,700,680

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.

Documentary Subject(s)

Ravi Patel    Himself

Supporting Cast

Geeta Patel    Herself
Champa Patel    Herself
Vasant Patel    Himself
Audrey Alison Wauchope    Herself
Chandar Abboy    Himself
Renita Abboy    Himself
Rali Amin    Himself
Sunkrish Bala    Himself
Daxesh Patel    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Ravi Patel    Director
Geeta Patel    Director
Ravi Patel    Screenwriter
Geeta Patel    Screenwriter
Matthew Hamachek    Screenwriter
Billy McMillin    Screenwriter
Janet Eckholm    Producer
Geeta Patel    Producer
Geralyn Dreyfous    Executive Producer
Dan Cogan    Executive Producer

Home Market Releases for January 26th, 2016

January 26th, 2016

Goosebumps

It is a really slow week on the home market this week. Not only are there very few releases, none of them are top-tier. The biggest release of the week is Goosebumps, but it is only good and not great. There are plenty of films worth picking up (The Assassin, Chi-raq, The Wrong Man, etc.) but none truly rise to Pick of the Week level. More...

Per Theater Chart: Sleeping's Shocking Start

September 16th, 2015

Sleeping with Other People

Sleeping with Other People wasn't expected to do well in theaters, because it only earned mixed reviews, while it was also playing on VOD. Despite this, it led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $17,820 in five theaters. Goodbye Mommy was in second place with an average of $15,063. It could do well in the art house circuit, but expanding wide will be nearly impossible for this German film. Meet the Patels was right behind with an average of $14,436. It too could do well in the art house circuit, but it is a documentary, so expanding wide is likely out of the question. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution was the only holdover in the $10,000 club with an average of $13,288 in three theaters. The overall number one film, The Perfect Guy, was next with an average of $11,656. The final film in the $10,000 club was A Brilliant Mind with an average of $10,469 in three theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Perfect Guy and The Visit Give Fall Season a Good Start

September 13th, 2015

The Visit

The movie business will make its best ever start to the Fall Season in dollar terms this weekend, thanks to a couple of openers that are handily out-performing expectations. The second weekend in September is traditionally the weakest of the year for the industry, with the combined box office for all movies in release only reaching $100 million on two previous occasions (2008 and 2013). This year will be the third time it’s happened, and final numbers will take 2015 comfortably past 2013’s record of $103.2 million (see complete rankings here). In terms of ticket sales, we’ll still fall short of 1999’s high mark of 15.1 million, but we should see a weekend in the top 5 by that measure too. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Feeling Brilliant

September 11th, 2015

A Brilliant Young Mind

It's actually a really good week for limited releases, with nearly half a dozen films on this week's list earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. This includes A Brilliant Young Mind (Reviews), which has a good shot at earning at least some measure of mainstream success. There are others, like Coming Home, that have a good shot at limited success, but their chances of expanding significantly are much more limited. More...


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Synopsis

A real-life romantic comedy about Ravi Patel, an almost-30-year old Indian-American who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams … and his parents. Filmed by Ravi’s sister in what started as a family vacation video, the film reveals how love is a family affair.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$72,180 (4.2% of total gross)
Legs:8.44 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Theater counts:5 opening theaters/90 max. theaters, 5.3 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $2,281,691

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,401-8,500) 8,465 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 14,301-14,400) 14,322 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,257 $1,700,680

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


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 11th, 2015 (Limited) by Alchemy
Video Release: January 26th, 2016 by Alchemy
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements, brief suggestive images and incidental smoking.
(Rating bulletin 2372, 5/6/2015)
Running Time: 88 minutes
Comparisons: vs. He Named Me Malala
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Romance, Dysfunctional Family, Directing Yourself, Relationships Gone Wrong, Exes in Love
Source:Based on Real Life Events
Genre:Documentary
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Factual
Production/Financing Companies: ITVS, Impact Partners, Center for Asian-American Media, Whitewater Films, Chicken and Egg Pictures, Hartley Foundation
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English, Gujarati

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Top 2015 Theater Average 93 $14,436 Sep 11, 2015 3

Documentary Subject(s)

Ravi Patel    Himself

Supporting Cast

Geeta Patel    Herself
Champa Patel    Herself
Vasant Patel    Himself
Audrey Alison Wauchope    Herself
Chandar Abboy    Himself
Renita Abboy    Himself
Rali Amin    Himself
Sunkrish Bala    Himself
Daxesh Patel    Himself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Ravi Patel    Director
Geeta Patel    Director
Ravi Patel    Screenwriter
Geeta Patel    Screenwriter
Matthew Hamachek    Screenwriter
Billy McMillin    Screenwriter
Janet Eckholm    Producer
Geeta Patel    Producer
Geralyn Dreyfous    Executive Producer
Dan Cogan    Executive Producer

Home Market Releases for January 26th, 2016

January 26th, 2016

Goosebumps

It is a really slow week on the home market this week. Not only are there very few releases, none of them are top-tier. The biggest release of the week is Goosebumps, but it is only good and not great. There are plenty of films worth picking up (The Assassin, Chi-raq, The Wrong Man, etc.) but none truly rise to Pick of the Week level. More...

Per Theater Chart: Sleeping's Shocking Start

September 16th, 2015

Sleeping with Other People

Sleeping with Other People wasn't expected to do well in theaters, because it only earned mixed reviews, while it was also playing on VOD. Despite this, it led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $17,820 in five theaters. Goodbye Mommy was in second place with an average of $15,063. It could do well in the art house circuit, but expanding wide will be nearly impossible for this German film. Meet the Patels was right behind with an average of $14,436. It too could do well in the art house circuit, but it is a documentary, so expanding wide is likely out of the question. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution was the only holdover in the $10,000 club with an average of $13,288 in three theaters. The overall number one film, The Perfect Guy, was next with an average of $11,656. The final film in the $10,000 club was A Brilliant Mind with an average of $10,469 in three theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Perfect Guy and The Visit Give Fall Season a Good Start

September 13th, 2015

The Visit

The movie business will make its best ever start to the Fall Season in dollar terms this weekend, thanks to a couple of openers that are handily out-performing expectations. The second weekend in September is traditionally the weakest of the year for the industry, with the combined box office for all movies in release only reaching $100 million on two previous occasions (2008 and 2013). This year will be the third time it’s happened, and final numbers will take 2015 comfortably past 2013’s record of $103.2 million (see complete rankings here). In terms of ticket sales, we’ll still fall short of 1999’s high mark of 15.1 million, but we should see a weekend in the top 5 by that measure too. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Feeling Brilliant

September 11th, 2015

A Brilliant Young Mind

It's actually a really good week for limited releases, with nearly half a dozen films on this week's list earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. This includes A Brilliant Young Mind (Reviews), which has a good shot at earning at least some measure of mainstream success. There are others, like Coming Home, that have a good shot at limited success, but their chances of expanding significantly are much more limited. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 8,401-8,500) 8,465 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 8,101-8,200) 8,120 $2,281,691
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 7,501-7,600) 7,562 $1,700,680
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 2015 (Rank 101-200) 193 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,201-1,300) 1,257 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,374 $2,281,691
Top 2015 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office 57 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 601-700) 656 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 7,601-7,700) 7,630 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 201-300) 246 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 201-300) 201 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,500 $1,700,680
All Time Domestic Box Office for Alchemy Movies 4 $1,700,680

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 11, 2015 43 $72,180   5 $14,436   $72,180 1
Sep 18, 2015 37 $152,990 +112% 34 $4,500   $246,685 2
Sep 25, 2015 28 $201,580 +32% 63 $3,200   $495,861 3
Oct 2, 2015 25 $174,445 -13% 72 $2,423   $729,804 4
Oct 9, 2015 29 $169,537 -3% 90 $1,884   $961,642 5
Oct 30, 2015 37 $82,150   63 $1,304   $1,442,619 8
Nov 6, 2015 38 $68,778 -16% 66 $1,042   $1,552,924 9
Nov 13, 2015 45 $42,495 -38% 41 $1,036   $1,625,809 10
Nov 20, 2015 51 $19,670 -54% 28 $703   $1,664,777 11
Nov 27, 2015 52 $15,600 -21% 18 $867   $1,691,439 12

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 11, 2015 - $25,047     5 $5,009   $25,047 1
Sep 12, 2015 - $29,550 +18%   5 $5,910   $54,597 2
Sep 13, 2015 - $17,583 -40%   5 $3,517   $72,180 3
Sep 14, 2015 - $6,073 -65%   5 $1,215   $78,253 4
Sep 15, 2015 - $6,368 +5%   5 $1,274   $84,621 5
Sep 16, 2015 - $4,621 -27%   5 $924   $89,242 6
Sep 17, 2015 - $4,453 -4%   5 $891   $93,695 7
Sep 18, 2015 - $43,145 +869% +72% 34 $1,269   $136,840 8
Sep 19, 2015 - $69,994 +62% +137% 34 $2,059   $206,834 9
Sep 20, 2015 - $39,851 -43% +127% 34 $1,172   $246,685 10
Sep 21, 2015 - $9,787 -75% +61% 34 $288   $256,472 11
Sep 22, 2015 - $13,350 +36% +110% 34 $393   $269,822 12
Sep 23, 2015 - $13,039 -2% +182% 34 $384   $282,861 13
Sep 24, 2015 - $11,306 -13% +154% 34 $333   $294,167 14
Sep 25, 2015 - $58,045 +413% +35% 63 $921   $352,212 15
Sep 26, 2015 - $95,436 +64% +36% 63 $1,515   $447,648 16
Sep 27, 2015 - $48,100 -50% +21% 63 $763   $495,748 17
Oct 2, 2015 - $42,913   -26% 72 $596   $538,661 22
Oct 3, 2015 - $82,650 +93% -13% 72 $1,148   $680,922 23
Oct 4, 2015 - $48,882 -41% +2% 72 $679   $729,804 24
Oct 9, 2015 - $45,399   +6% 90 $504   $837,504 29
Oct 10, 2015 - $77,511 +71% -6% 90 $861   $915,015 30
Oct 11, 2015 - $46,627 -40% -5% 90 $518   $961,642 31
Oct 30, 2015 - $20,893     63 $332   $1,381,362 50
Oct 31, 2015 - $33,686 +61%   63 $535   $1,415,048 51
Nov 1, 2015 - $27,571 -18%   63 $438   $1,442,619 52

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 11, 2015 46 $93,695   5 $18,739   $93,695 1
Sep 18, 2015 37 $200,586 +114% 34 $5,900   $294,281 2
Sep 25, 2015 31 $261,078 +30% 63 $4,144   $555,359 3
Oct 2, 2015 24 $236,746 -9% 72 $3,288   $792,105 4
Oct 30, 2015 36 $123,677   63 $1,963   $1,484,146 8
Nov 6, 2015 41 $99,168 -20% 66 $1,503   $1,583,314 9
Nov 13, 2015 46 $61,793 -38% 41 $1,507   $1,645,107 10
Nov 20, 2015 54 $30,732 -50% 28 $1,098   $1,675,839 11
Nov 27, 2015 51 $18,985 -38% 18 $1,055   $1,694,824 12
Dec 4, 2015 71 $5,856 -69% 7 $837   $1,700,680 13

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 14,301-14,400) 14,322 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 12,901-13,000) 12,973 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,121 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 12,301-12,400) 12,382 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Factual Movies (Rank 401-500) 419 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Documentary Movies (Rank 301-400) 332 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700) 1,688 $1,700,680
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Alchemy Movies 15 $1,700,680

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.