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AmélieFollow

2001 • R • 2h 2m • Comedy, Romance • Miramax

She’ll change your life.

🍅 90% 95% MC 70 LB 4.19 IMDb 8.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$136K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$33.20M
Final
Worldwide total
$174.00M
$141.00M international
Domestic legs243.5x
Budget$10.0M
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Cast & crew

Directed byJean-Pierre Jeunet ScreenplayJean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant Produced byJean-Marc Deschamps, Claudie Ossard CinematographyBruno Delbonnel MusicYann Tiersen Prod. DesignAline Bonetto StarringAudrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Clotilde Mollet StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 16-18 11 $1.3M — 163 $8,118 $2.7M
2 Nov 23-25 11 $1.8M +36.9% 217 $8,348 $7.8M
3 Nov 30-Dec 2 9 $1.4M −25.0% 218 $6,232 $9.8M
4 Dec 7-9 9 $1.0M −26.0% 221 $4,550 $11.3M
5 Dec 14-16 10 $773.2K −23.1% 221 $3,498 $12.5M
6 Dec 21-23 14 $770.9K −0.3% 221 $3,488 $13.7M
7 Dec 28-30 17 $1.1M +46.2% 232 $4,857 $15.7M
8 Jan 4-6 21 $1.0M −9.1% 227 $4,514 $17.7M
9 Jan 11-13 20 $1.1M +6.6% 260 $4,201 $19.3M
10 Jan 18-20 20 $1.1M +0.3% 298 $3,676 $20.9M
11 Jan 25-27 21 $900.8K −17.8% 275 $3,275 $22.4M
12 Feb 1-3 23 $780.3K −13.4% 273 $2,858 $23.5M
13 Feb 8-10 24 $699.6K −10.3% 303 $2,308 $24.6M
14 Feb 15-17 22 $859.5K +22.9% 298 $2,884 $25.8M
15 Feb 22-24 23 $747.6K −13.0% 286 $2,614 $27.0M
16 Mar 1-3 23 $634.7K −15.1% 242 $2,622 $27.9M
17 Mar 8-10 25 $620.3K −2.3% 254 $2,442 $28.8M
18 Mar 15-17 26 $529.0K −14.7% 225 $2,351 $29.6M
19 Mar 22-24 23 $509.1K −3.8% 245 $2,077 $30.4M
20 Mar 29-31 23 $438.8K −13.8% 170 $2,580 $31.1M
21 Apr 5-7 27 $334.9K −23.7% 144 $2,325 $31.6M
22 Apr 12-14 30 $234.0K −30.1% 130 $1,799 $32.0M
23 Apr 19-21 28 $208.2K −11.0% 119 $1,749 $32.3M
24 Apr 26-28 38 $135.8K −34.8% 104 $1,305 $32.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M
$1.3M
$1.8M
$1.4M
$1.0M
$773.2K
$770.9K
$1.1M
$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.1M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +0.3%
+36.9%
W1→2
−25.0%
W2→3
−26.0%
W3→4
−23.1%
W4→5
−0.3%
W5→6
+46.2%
W6→7
−9.1%
W7→8
+6.6%
W8→9
+0.3%
W9→10
Steepest −26.0%Biggest gain +46.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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