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Before SunriseFollow

1995 • R • 1h 41m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Columbia Pictures

Can the greatest romance of your life last only one night?

🍅 100% 93% MC 79 LB 4.30 IMDb 8.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$1.40M
Limited · 363 theaters
Domestic total
$5.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$5.90M
$663K international
Domestic legs3.7x
Budget$2.5M
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Cast & crew

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Richard Linklater Richard Linklater Director Ethan Hawke Ethan Hawke Starring Julie Delpy Julie Delpy Starring
ScreenplayRichard Linklater, Kim Krizan Produced byAnne Walker-McBay CinematographyLee Daniel Music byFred Frith StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jan 27-29 11 $1.4M — 363 $3,922 $1.4M
2 Feb 3-5 15 $1.0M −28.5% 471 $2,162 $2.9M
3 Feb 10-12 19 $770.6K −24.3% 474 $1,626 $4.0M
4 Feb 17-19 27 $432.0K −43.9% 302 $1,431 $4.7M
5 Feb 24-26 41 $137.2K −68.2% 113 $1,214 $5.0M
7 Mar 10-12 49 $75.7K — 51 $1,484 $5.2M
Weekend grossWk 7 · $75.7K
$1.4M
$1.0M
$770.6K
$432.0K
$137.2K
$75.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W7
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −68.2%
−28.5%
W1→2
−24.3%
W2→3
−43.9%
W3→4
−68.2%
W4→5
Steepest −68.2%Best hold −24.3%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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