Desert Dancer - Reel Numbers

Movie Information

Domestic Total: 155.09K

Opening Weekend: 40.76K

Legs: 3.79

Overview: Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.

TMDB

6.9

IMDB

6.2

Metacritic

Letterboxd

3.23

Wikipedia Page Views

Daily Table

Date	Revenue	% YD	Theaters
Fri, Apr 10, 2015	$13,476	+ 0.00%	23
Sat, Apr 11, 2015	$16,910	+ 25.48%	23
Sun, Apr 12, 2015	$10,377	-38.63%	23
Mon, Apr 13, 2015	$4,822	-53.53%	23
Tue, Apr 14, 2015	$4,310	-10.62%	23
Wed, Apr 15, 2015	$4,474	+ 3.81%	23
Thu, Apr 16, 2015	$4,710	+ 5.27%	23
Fri, Apr 17, 2015	$6,634	+ 40.85%	27
Sat, Apr 18, 2015	$10,493	+ 58.17%	27
Sun, Apr 19, 2015	$9,947	-5.20%	27
Mon, Apr 20, 2015	$3,211	-67.72%	27
Tue, Apr 21, 2015	$4,715	+ 46.84%	27
Wed, Apr 22, 2015	$4,121	-12.60%	27
Thu, Apr 23, 2015	$4,377	+ 6.21%	27
Fri, Apr 24, 2015	$4,477	+ 2.28%	36
Sat, Apr 25, 2015	$7,613	+ 70.05%	36
Sun, Apr 26, 2015	$5,022	-34.03%	36
Mon, Apr 27, 2015	$2,198	-56.23%	36
Tue, Apr 28, 2015	$2,251	+ 2.41%	36
Wed, Apr 29, 2015	$2,645	+ 17.50%	36
Thu, Apr 30, 2015	$2,656	+ 0.42%	36
Fri, May 1, 2015	$2,231	-16.00%	18
Sat, May 2, 2015	$2,461	+ 10.31%	18
Sun, May 3, 2015	$2,946	+ 19.71%	18
Mon, May 4, 2015	$725	-75.39%	18
Tue, May 5, 2015	$1,079	+ 48.83%	18
Wed, May 6, 2015	$981	-9.08%	18
Thu, May 7, 2015	$1,041	+ 6.12%	18
Fri, May 8, 2015	$816	-21.61%	7
Sat, May 9, 2015	$1,073	+ 31.50%	7
Sun, May 10, 2015	$861	-19.76%	7
Mon, May 11, 2015	$369	-57.14%	8
Tue, May 12, 2015	$538	+ 45.80%	8
Wed, May 13, 2015	$452	-15.99%	8
Thu, May 14, 2015	$609	+ 34.73%	8
Fri, May 15, 2015	$168	-72.41%	9
Sat, May 16, 2015	$130	-22.62%	9
Sun, May 17, 2015	$238	+ 83.08%	9
Mon, May 18, 2015	$24	-89.92%	9
Tue, May 19, 2015	$32	+ 33.33%	9
Wed, May 20, 2015	$24	-25.00%	9
Thu, May 21, 2015	$711	+ 2862.50%	11
Fri, May 22, 2015	$1,079	+ 51.76%	7
Sat, May 23, 2015	$1,921	+ 78.04%	7
Sun, May 24, 2015	$1,906	-0.78%	7
Mon, May 25, 2015	$1,459	-23.45%	7
Tue, May 26, 2015	$553	-62.10%	7
Wed, May 27, 2015	$709	+ 28.21%	7
Thu, May 28, 2015	$517	-27.08%	7

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Cast

Name	Character
Freida Pinto	Elaheh
Reece Ritchie	Afshin Ghaffarian
Tom Cullen	Ardavan
Nazanin Boniadi	Parisa Ghaffarian
Marama Corlett	Mona
Akin Gazi	Farid Ghaffarian
Simon Kassianides	Sattar
Makram J. Khoury	Mehdi
Tolga Safer	Stephano
Neet Mohan	Javadi, Naser
Gabriel Senior	Young Afshin Ghaffarian

Comps

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Title	Release Date	Budget

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Profitability Breakdown

Domestic

Week 1: $59.08K

Week 2: $43.5K

Week 3+: $52.52K

International

$441.06K (73.98%)

Costs

Breakdown

Profit

The profitability breakdown is based on Dan Murrell's YouTube videos (Dan Murrell is not affiliated with Reel Numbers). The breakdown only includes the theatrical release and does not account for any post-theatrical revenue streams such as streaming, home video, or merchandise sales. Additionally, the breakdown does not include any tax incentives, sponsorships, or product placement that may have occurred during production.