Richard Linklater's magnum opus Boyhood expands into theaters nationwide this weekend — and boy, did it take its sweet, sweet time getting there.

We've all heard by now how the Dazed and Confused director pulled off his bold vision for a film spanning 12 real-life years of a boy and his all-too-familiarly-flawed family. That accomplishment is nothing short of a filmmaking miracle.

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While Linklater is all but guaranteed a seat at the Kodak Theatre in February, the quiet hero behind Boyhood is IFC Films, the scrappy, New York-based independent distributor that's released dozens of gems like Michael Moore's Farenheit 9/11 and Greta Gerwig's Frances Ha.

IFC president Jonathan Sehring backed Linklater's gamble, and it's paid off, at least in limited release — last weekend the film averaged $71,800 in five sold-out theaters, the second-highest per-screen average of the year after The Grand Budapest Hotel.

IFC shared with Mashable this infographic covering half-a-lifetimes's worth of Boyhood stats, from days filmed to haircuts received. And it's fascinating:

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