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Across the UniverseFollow

2007 • PG-13 • 2h 13m • Drama, Fantasy, History • Sony Pictures Releasing

All you need is love.

🍅 53% 82% MC 56 LB 3.52 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$668K
Limited · 23 theaters
Domestic total
$24.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$29.40M
$5.00M international
Domestic legs6.4x from $3.8M first wide weekend
Budget$45M
2007 rank#98
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Cast & crew

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Julie Taymor Julie Taymor Director Evan Rachel Wood Evan Rachel Wood Starring Jim Sturgess Jim Sturgess Starring
ScreenplayIan La Frenais, Dick Clement Produced byJennifer Todd, Matthew Gross, Richard Baratta CinematographyBruno Delbonnel StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 14-16 17 $667.8K — 23 $29,034 $667.8K
2 Sep 21-23 13 $2.0M +192.1% 276 $7,068 $2.9M
3 Sep 28-30 10 $2.0M +3.3% 339 $5,948 $5.5M
4 Oct 5-7 12 $1.9M −3.5% 364 $5,344 $8.1M
5 Oct 12-14 8 $3.8M +96.6% 954 $4,009 $12.7M
6 Oct 19-21 12 $2.7M −30.6% 960 $2,764 $16.7M
7 Oct 26-28 14 $1.7M −36.4% 964 $1,750 $19.3M
8 Nov 2-4 16 $1.2M −28.4% 822 $1,469 $21.1M
9 Nov 9-11 18 $901.3K −25.4% 582 $1,549 $22.4M
10 Nov 16-18 21 $565.5K −37.3% 464 $1,219 $23.3M
11 Nov 23-25 27 $302.9K −46.4% 214 $1,415 $23.9M
13 Dec 7-9 35 $106.4K — 152 $700 $24.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $565.5K
$667.8K
$2.0M
$2.0M
$1.9M
$3.8M
$2.7M
$1.7M
$1.2M
$901.3K
$565.5K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.3%
+192.1%
W1→2
+3.3%
W2→3
−3.5%
W3→4
+96.6%
W4→5
−30.6%
W5→6
−36.4%
W6→7
−28.4%
W7→8
−25.4%
W8→9
−37.3%
W9→10
Steepest −37.3%Biggest gain +192.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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