Desert Dancer

Afshin Ghaffarian risks everything to start a dance company amid his home country of Iran's politically volatile climate and the nation's ban on dancing.

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Title Summary

Grosses

Domestic (35.4%)
$155,271

International (64.6%)
$282,894

Worldwide
$438,165

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Summary Details

DistributorRelativity Media
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Opening$40,763
23 theaters

Release DateApr 10, 2015 - May 28, 2015

MPAAPG-13

Running Time1 hr 44 min

GenresBiography Drama Music

Widest Release36 theaters

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Date	DOW	Rank	Daily	%± YD	%± LW	Theaters	Avg	To Date	Day	Estimated
Apr 10	Friday	32	$13,476	-	-	23	$585	$13,476	1	false
Apr 11	Saturday	33	$16,910	+25.5%	-	23	$735	$30,386	2	false
Apr 12	Sunday	31	$10,377	-38.6%	-	23	$451	$40,763	3	false
Apr 13	Monday	27	$4,822	-53.5%	-	23	$209	$45,585	4	false
Apr 14	Tuesday	32	$4,310	-10.6%	-	23	$187	$49,895	5	false
Apr 15	Wednesday	30	$4,474	+3.8%	-	23	$194	$54,369	6	false
Apr 16	Thursday	30	$4,710	+5.3%	-	23	$204	$59,079	7	false
Apr 17	Friday	37	$6,634	+40.8%	-50.8%	27	$245	$65,713	8	false
Apr 18	Saturday	36	$10,493	+58.2%	-37.9%	27	$388	$76,206	9	false
Apr 19	Sunday	29	$9,947	-5.2%	-4.1%	27	$368	$86,153	10	false
Apr 20	Monday	33	$3,211	-67.7%	-33.4%	27	$118	$89,364	11	false
Apr 21	Tuesday	32	$4,715	+46.8%	+9.4%	27	$174	$94,079	12	false
Apr 22	Wednesday	31	$4,121	-12.6%	-7.9%	27	$152	$98,200	13	false
Apr 23	Thursday	31	$4,377	+6.2%	-7.1%	27	$162	$102,577	14	false
Apr 24	Friday	42	$4,477	+2.3%	-32.5%	36	$124	$107,054	15	false
Apr 25	Saturday	41	$7,613	+70%	-27.4%	36	$211	$114,667	16	false
Apr 26	Sunday	41	$5,022	-34%	-49.5%	36	$139	$119,689	17	false
Apr 27	Monday	39	$2,198	-56.2%	-31.5%	36	$61	$121,887	18	false
Apr 28	Tuesday	39	$2,251	+2.4%	-52.3%	36	$62	$124,138	19	false
Apr 29	Wednesday	39	$2,645	+17.5%	-35.8%	36	$73	$126,783	20	false
Apr 30	Thursday	37	$2,656	+0.4%	-39.3%	36	$73	$129,439	21	false
May 1	Friday	40	$2,231	-16%	-50.2%	18	$123	$131,670	22	false
May 2 Mayweather/Pacquiao Fight	Saturday	41	$2,461	+10.3%	-67.7%	18	$136	$134,131	23	false
May 3	Sunday	40	$2,946	+19.7%	-41.3%	18	$163	$137,077	24	false
May 4	Monday	43	$725	-75.4%	-67%	18	$40	$137,802	25	false
May 5	Tuesday	42	$1,079	+48.8%	-52.1%	18	$59	$138,881	26	false
May 6	Wednesday	42	$981	-9.1%	-62.9%	18	$54	$139,862	27	false
May 7	Thursday	43	$1,041	+6.1%	-60.8%	18	$57	$140,903	28	false
May 8	Friday	43	$816	-21.6%	-63.4%	7	$116	$141,719	29	false
May 9	Saturday	43	$1,073	+31.5%	-56.4%	7	$153	$142,792	30	false
May 10	Sunday	44	$861	-19.8%	-70.8%	7	$123	$143,653	31	false
May 11	Monday	43	$369	-57.1%	-49.1%	7	$52	$144,022	32	false
May 12	Tuesday	41	$538	+45.8%	-50.1%	7	$76	$144,560	33	false
May 13	Wednesday	42	$452	-16%	-53.9%	7	$64	$145,012	34	false
May 14	Thursday	40	$609	+34.7%	-41.5%	7	$87	$145,621	35	false
May 15	Friday	45	$168	-72.4%	-79.4%	9	$18	$145,789	36	false
May 16	Saturday	46	$130	-22.6%	-87.9%	9	$14	$145,919	37	false
May 17	Sunday	44	$238	+83.1%	-72.4%	9	$26	$146,157	38	false
May 18	Monday	45	$24	-89.9%	-93.5%	9	$2	$146,181	39	false
May 19	Tuesday	42	$147	+512.5%	-72.7%	9	$16	$146,328	40	false
May 20	Wednesday	42	$88	-40.1%	-80.5%	9	$9	$146,416	41	false
May 21	Thursday	42	$711	+708%	+16.7%	11	$64	$147,127	42	false
May 22	Friday	38	$1,079	+51.8%	+542.3%	7	$154	$148,206	43	false
May 23	Saturday	38	$1,921	+78%	+1,377.7%	7	$274	$150,127	44	false
May 24	Sunday	39	$1,906	-0.8%	+700.8%	7	$272	$152,033	45	false
May 25 Memorial Day	Monday	54	$1,459	-23.5%	+5,979.2%	7	$208	$153,492	46	false
May 26	Tuesday	39	$553	-62.1%	+276.2%	7	$79	$154,045	47	false
May 27	Wednesday	40	$709	+28.2%	+705.7%	7	$101	$154,754	48	false
May 28	Thursday	38	$517	-27.1%	-27.3%	7	$73	$155,271	49	false