Box Elder

Box elder bugs are loud, scary looking, and dependent on group swarming. Yet, they're also completely harmless and extremely passive aggressive. Using this metaphor to address a generation that thinks big, talks fast, and threatens to change the world, Box Elder is an unapologetic portrait of a youth movement at odds with its own ambivalence, exposing a generation defined by privilege, potential, and self-induced paralysis. The film follows four best friends through their last years of college. Dependant on their parents financially, and on each other emotionally, they spend their time sleeping in, hanging out, and eating lots of sandwiches. Using break-ups and re-occurring scholastic failures to impose a quarter-life crisis, they take turns postponing responsibility, avoiding accountability, and looking for someone or something to substantiate their lives, all the while hedging their bets and mastering the art of treading water and getting away with it. It's a collegiate love letter.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$48,996
Summary Details
Distributor
Opening$3,188
1 theaters
Release DateMar 3, 2008
Running Time1 hr 29 min
GenresComedy
In Release1,034 days/147 weeks
Widest Release2 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Feb 29-Mar 699$2,937-1-$2,937$2,9371
Mar 7-1391$4,855+65.3%1-$4,855$7,7922
Mar 14-20116$2,276-53.1%1-$2,276$10,0683
Mar 21-27113$1,538-32.4%1-$1,538$10,8474
Mar 28-Apr 3109$3,028+96.9%1-$3,028$14,6345
Apr 4-10119$3,150+4%1-$3,150$17,7846
Apr 11-17104$5,537+75.8%1-$5,537$23,3217
Apr 25-May 1126$1,585-1-$1,585$24,9069
May 2-8128$1,001-36.8%1-$1,001$25,90710
May 16-2288$9,618-1-$9,618$35,52512
May 23-29114$1,600-83.4%1-$1,600$37,12513
Jun 6-12123$348-1-$348$37,47315
Jul 4-10125$104-1-$104$37,57719
Aug 1-7128$104-1-$104$37,68123
Sep 19-25129$442-1-$442$38,12330
Oct 3-9129$65-1-$65$38,18832
Oct 17-23122$950-1-$950$39,13834
Oct 24-30119$1,248+31.4%1-$1,248$40,38635
Oct 31-Nov 6137$250-80%1-$250$40,63636
Nov 14-20112$1,250-1-$1,250$41,88638
Nov 28-Dec 4106$466-1-$466$42,35240
Dec 5-11107$1,100+136.1%1-$1,100$43,45241
Dec 19-2593$990-2-$495$44,44243
Feb 27-Mar 599$380-1-$380$44,82253
Mar 6-12101$939+147.1%1-$939$45,76154
Aug 21-27120$574-1-$574$46,33578
Sep 25-Oct 1138$273-1-$273$46,62883
Oct 2-8133$18-93.4%1-$18$46,64684
Oct 9-15133$342+1,800%1-$342$46,98885
Oct 16-22136$287-16.1%1-$287$47,27586
Oct 23-29128$236-17.8%1-$236$47,51187
Oct 30-Nov 5134$306+29.7%1-$306$47,81788
Nov 6-12127$510+66.7%1-$510$48,32789
Nov 13-19130$395-22.5%1-$395$48,72290
Mar 5-11107$274-1-$274$48,996106