Darwin's Nightmare

A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.

Grosses

Domestic (6.8%)
$203,746
Summary Details
DistributorInternational Film Circuit
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Opening$8,072
1 theaters
Running Time1 hr 47 min
GenresDocumentary
In Release516 days/73 weeks
Widest Release6 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Aug 5-779$8,072-1-$8,072$11,4561
Aug 12-1476$7,461-7.6%1-$7,461$24,6052
Aug 19-2183$5,381-27.9%1-$5,381$35,1953
Aug 26-28
Hurricane Katrina
92$4,786-11.1%2+1$2,393$44,1044
Sep 2-5
Hurricane Katrina
Labor Day wknd
106$2,573-1-$2,573$49,113-
Sep 16-18
Hurricane Katrina
118$1,654-2-$827$55,7237
Sep 30-Oct 2
Hurricane Katrina
106$3,048-5-$609$58,8309
Oct 14-1698$2,773-5-$554$61,96311
Oct 21-23105$3,015+8.7%4-1$753$67,88912
Nov 4-6105$2,426-3-$808$72,19114
Nov 11-1398$4,275+76.2%3-$1,425$76,90615
Nov 18-20133$650-84.8%1-2$650$81,50516
Dec 2-4
Post-Thanksgiving
69$8,420-4-$2,105$89,92518
Dec 9-11101$2,023-76%1-3$2,023$95,53519
Dec 16-1897$908-55.1%1-$908$97,61420
Dec 30-Jan 2, 2006
New Year's long wknd
89$623-1-$623$98,614-
Jan 20-2270$7,834-2-$3,917$106,71725
Jan 27-2988$3,448-56%3+1$1,149$115,35926
Feb 3-590$3,711+7.6%4+1$927$120,30127
Feb 10-12
Torino Olympics
71$10,254+176.3%5+1$2,050$133,50128
Feb 17-20
Presidents' Day wknd
Torino Olympics
76$10,044-4-$2,511$146,333-
Feb 24-26
Torino Olympics
79$10,741-6-$1,790$160,25930
Mar 3-581$8,465-21.2%4-2$2,116$171,95231
Mar 10-1295$3,606-57.4%3-1$1,202$177,56132
Mar 17-19105$2,517-30.2%3-$839$179,95333
Mar 31-Apr 289$6,895-3-$2,298$191,00435
Apr 14-16126$1,029-2-$514$192,48437
Apr 21-23127$629-38.9%2-$314$195,04838
Apr 28-30135$550-12.6%2-$275$196,09239
May 5-7102$1,900+245.5%3+1$633$198,79240
May 12-14123$376-80.2%1-2$376$199,57541
May 19-21124$500+33%1-$500$200,93642
Jun 2-4116$398-1-$398$201,33444
Jun 9-11
World Cup (Germany)
122$200-49.7%1-$200$201,58545
Jun 16-18
World Cup (Germany)
114$880+340%2+1$440$203,64646