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2000 • R • 2h 2m • Drama, Music • DreamWorks Pictures

Experience it. Enjoy it. Just don't fall for it.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$2.30M

Limited · 131 theaters

Domestic total

$32.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$47.40M

$14.80M international

Domestic legs4.7x from $6.9M first wide weekend

Budget$60.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Crowe filmography

Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe Director

Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup Starring

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand Starring

Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson Starring

Jason Lee

Jason Lee Starring

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel Starring

ScreenplayCameron Crowe Produced byCameron Crowe, Ian Bryce CinematographyJohn Toll Music byNancy Wilson StudioDreamWorks Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 15-17 8 $2.3M — 131 $17,669 $2.4M

2 Sep 22-24 3 $6.9M +199.2% 1,193 $5,806 $10.1M

3 Sep 29-Oct 1 3 $5.6M −19.6% 1,635 $3,407 $17.8M

4 Oct 6-8 6 $3.7M −33.2% 2,085 $1,784 $23.3M

5 Oct 13-15 9 $2.2M −41.0% 2,262 $969 $26.7M

6 Oct 20-22 12 $1.2M −43.4% 1,707 $727 $28.7M

7 Oct 27-29 14 $695.4K −43.9% 707 $984 $29.8M

8 Nov 3-5 17 $460.6K −33.8% 417 $1,105 $30.5M

9 Nov 10-12 17 $304.2K −34.0% 267 $1,139 $31.0M

10 Nov 17-19 23 $166.9K −45.1% 174 $959 $31.2M

11 Nov 24-26 23 $217.9K +30.6% 310 $703 $31.5M

12 Dec 1-3 24 $138.7K −36.3% 249 $557 $31.7M

13 Dec 8-10 31 $80.8K −41.8% 171 $473 $31.8M

14 Dec 15-17 36 $49.3K −38.9% 91 $542 $31.9M

23 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 42 $173.7K — 41 $4,236 $32.1M

24 Feb 23-25 46 $91.7K — 57 $1,609 $32.2M

25 Mar 2-4 51 $66.6K −27.3% 54 $1,234 $32.3M

26 Mar 9-11 53 $55.2K −17.1% 47 $1,175 $32.4M

27 Mar 16-18 59 $35.5K −35.8% 32 $1,109 $32.5M

28 Mar 23-25 63 $32.3K −9.1% 25 $1,291 $32.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 15 #5 $738.0K — $738.0K 131 $5,634 1

Sat Sep 16 #7 $1.1M +53.5% $1.9M 131 $8,649 2

Sun Sep 17 #6 $659.0K −41.8% $2.4M 131 $5,031 3

Mon Sep 18 #5 $210.7K −68.0% $2.6M 131 $1,609 4

Tue Sep 19 #5 $224.1K +6.4% $2.8M 131 $1,711 5

Wed Sep 20 #5 $218.7K −2.5% $3.0M 131 $1,669 6

Thu Sep 21 #6 $191.4K −12.5% $3.2M 131 $1,461 7

Fri Sep 22 #3 $2.1M +989.5% +182.5% $5.3M 1,193 $1,748 8

Sat Sep 23 #3 $3.3M +60.1% +194.6% $8.6M 1,193 $2,798 9

Sun Sep 24 #3 $1.7M −49.6% +155.1% $10.1M 1,193 $1,409 10

Mon Sep 25 #2 $489.3K −70.9% +132.2% $10.6M 1,193 $410 11

Tue Sep 26 #1 $595.7K +21.8% +165.8% $11.2M 1,193 $499 12

Wed Sep 27 #1 $514.3K −13.7% +135.2% $11.7M 1,193 $431 13

Thu Sep 28 #1 $516.5K +0.4% +169.9% $12.3M 1,193 $433 14

Fri Sep 29 #3 $1.7M +223.7% −19.8% $13.9M 1,635 $1,023 15

Sat Sep 30 #3 $2.7M +60.6% −19.5% $16.6M 1,635 $1,643 16

Sun Oct 1 #3 $1.4M −48.8% −18.2% $17.8M 1,635 $841 17

Mon Oct 2 #3 $398.6K −71.0% −18.5% $18.2M 1,635 $244 18

Tue Oct 3 #3 $440.6K +10.5% −26.0% $18.7M 1,635 $269 19

Wed Oct 4 #3 $414.4K −5.9% −19.4% $19.1M 1,635 $253 20

Thu Oct 5 #2 $456.3K +10.1% −11.7% $19.5M 1,635 $279 21

Fri Oct 6 #6 $1.1M +133.2% −36.4% $20.6M 2,085 $510 22

Sat Oct 7 #6 $1.6M +52.4% −39.6% $22.2M 2,085 $778 23

Sun Oct 8 #6 $998.0K −38.5% −27.4% $23.3M 2,085 $479 24

Mon Oct 9 #6 $463.3K −53.6% +16.2% $23.7M 2,085 $222 25

Tue Oct 10 #5 $276.2K −40.4% −37.3% $24.0M 2,085 $132 26

Wed Oct 11 #5 $242.5K −12.2% −41.5% $24.2M 2,085 $116 27

Thu Oct 12 #5 $239.5K −1.3% −47.5% $24.5M 2,085 $115 28

Fri Oct 13 #10 $593.0K +147.6% −44.3% $25.1M 2,262 $262 29

Sat Oct 14 #9 $949.0K +60.0% −41.5% $26.0M 2,262 $420 30

Sun Oct 15 #11 $554.0K −41.6% −44.5% $26.7M 2,262 $245 31

Mon Oct 16 #9 $198.2K −64.2% −57.2% $26.9M 2,262 $88 32

Tue Oct 17 #9 $204.4K +3.1% −26.0% $27.1M 2,262 $90 33

Wed Oct 18 #9 $199.4K −2.4% −17.8% $27.3M 2,262 $88 34

Thu Oct 19 #9 $195.3K −2.1% −18.5% $27.5M 2,262 $86 35

Sun Oct 22 #14 $308.0K — −44.4% $28.7M 1,707 $180 38

Mon Oct 23 #13 $100.5K −67.4% −49.3% $28.8M 1,707 $59 39

Tue Oct 24 #13 $108.2K +7.7% −47.0% $28.9M 1,707 $63 40

Wed Oct 25 #12 $101.3K −6.4% −49.2% $29.0M 1,707 $59 41

Thu Oct 26 #12 $99.5K −1.7% −49.0% $29.1M 1,707 $58 42

Mon Oct 30 #15 $52.4K — −47.8% $29.9M 707 $74 46

Tue Oct 31 #15 $55.5K +5.9% −48.7% $29.9M 707 $79 47

Wed Nov 1 #15 $59.9K +7.8% −40.9% $30.0M 707 $85 48

Thu Nov 2 #16 $53.6K −10.4% −46.1% $30.1M 707 $76 49

Sun Nov 5 #18 $105.0K — $30.5M 417 $252 52

Mon Nov 6 #18 $31.5K −70.0% −40.0% $30.5M 417 $75 53

Tue Nov 7 #18 $32.7K +3.9% −41.1% $30.6M 417 $78 54

Wed Nov 8 #18 $32.4K −0.7% −45.8% $30.6M 417 $78 55

Sun Nov 12 #19 $70.0K — −33.3% $31.0M 267 $262 59

Mon Nov 13 #19 $20.8K −70.3% −33.9% $31.0M 267 $78 60

Tue Nov 14 #20 $23.5K +12.8% −28.2% $31.0M 267 $88 61

Wed Nov 15 #20 $21.3K −9.4% −34.5% $31.0M 267 $80 62

Mon Nov 20 #20 $12.5K — −40.0% $31.2M 174 $72 67

Tue Nov 21 #20 $18.1K +45.1% −22.8% $31.2M 174 $104 68

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$31.2M

Sep 15Sep 28Oct 12Oct 30Nov 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $166.9K

$2.3M

$6.9M

$5.6M

$3.7M

$2.2M

$1.2M

$695.4K

$460.6K

$304.2K

$166.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,262 → 174 −92.3%

131 open174 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −45.1%

+199.2%

W1→2

−19.6%

W2→3

−33.2%

W3→4

−41.0%

W4→5

−43.4%

W5→6

−43.9%

W6→7

−33.8%

W7→8

−34.0%

W8→9

−45.1%

W9→10

Steepest −45.1%Biggest gain +199.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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