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2014 • R • 2h 45m • Drama • IFC Films

12 years in the making.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$388K
Limited · 5 theaters
Domestic total
$25.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$57.30M
$31.90M international
Domestic legs10.6x from $2.4M biggest weekend
Budget$4.0M

Cast & crew

Full Linklater filmography
Richard Linklater Richard Linklater Director Patricia Arquette Patricia Arquette Starring Ethan Hawke Ethan Hawke Starring
ScreenplayRichard Linklater Produced byRichard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss CinematographyLee Daniel, Shane F. Kelly Edited bySandra Adair StudioIFC Films

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 11-13 19 $387.6K — 5 $77,524 $387.6K
2 Jul 18-20 15 $1.2M +201.9% 34 $34,418 $1.8M
3 Jul 25-27 14 $1.8M +50.6% 107 $16,466 $4.2M
4 Aug 1-3 11 $2.4M +36.1% 310 $7,738 $7.4M
5 Aug 8-10 13 $2.0M −17.7% 507 $3,893 $10.5M
6 Aug 15-17 11 $2.0M +1.0% 771 $2,584 $13.6M
7 Aug 22-24 12 $1.7M −17.0% 723 $2,287 $16.3M
8 Aug 29-31 16 $1.5M −7.9% 632 $2,409 $18.5M
9 Sep 5-7 14 $1.2M −24.3% 775 $1,487 $20.5M
10 Sep 12-14 16 $865.0K −24.9% 659 $1,313 $21.8M
11 Sep 19-21 20 $418.4K −51.6% 375 $1,116 $22.6M
12 Sep 26-28 23 $223.7K −46.5% 229 $977 $23.0M
13 Oct 3-5 28 $143.7K −35.8% 138 $1,041 $23.4M
14 Oct 10-12 38 $91.2K −36.5% 72 $1,267 $23.6M
15 Oct 17-19 43 $71.2K −22.0% 52 $1,368 $23.7M
16 Oct 24-26 54 $31.6K −55.5% 37 $855 $23.8M
17 Oct 31-Nov 2 53 $34.9K +10.3% 34 $1,026 $23.9M
18 Nov 7-9 56 $22.1K −36.8% 26 $848 $23.9M
19 Nov 14-16 59 $14.1K −36.1% 18 $782 $23.9M
20 Nov 21-23 49 $18.8K +33.2% 14 $1,340 $24.0M
21 Nov 28-30 48 $17.2K −8.1% 10 $1,724 $24.0M
22 Dec 5-7 46 $25.7K +49.0% 18 $1,428 $24.1M
23 Dec 12-14 41 $29.3K +14.0% 26 $1,127 $24.1M
24 Dec 19-21 42 $21.5K −26.6% 25 $860 $24.1M
25 Dec 26-28 46 $31.4K +46.1% 18 $1,745 $24.2M
26 Jan 2-4 46 $41.7K +32.9% 21 $1,988 $24.3M
27 Jan 9-11 56 $22.0K −47.2% 20 $1,101 $24.3M
28 Jan 16-18 28 $242.8K +1002.3% 136 $1,785 $24.6M
29 Jan 23-25 32 $184.7K −23.9% 204 $905 $24.9M
30 Jan 30-Feb 1 42 $72.9K −60.5% 131 $557 $25.0M
31 Feb 6-8 53 $42.7K −41.4% 60 $712 $25.1M
32 Feb 13-15 53 $40.8K −4.4% 110 $371 $25.2M
33 Feb 20-22 46 $47.7K +16.9% 170 $281 $25.3M
34 Feb 27-Mar 1 63 $22.6K −52.6% 30 $754 $25.4M
630 Jul 31-Aug 2 - $4.5K −80.2% 110 $41 $25.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $865.0K
$387.6K
$1.2M
$1.8M
$2.4M
$2.0M
$2.0M
$1.7M
$1.5M
$1.2M
$865.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.9%
+201.9%
W1→2
+50.6%
W2→3
+36.1%
W3→4
−17.7%
W4→5
+1.0%
W5→6
−17.0%
W6→7
−7.9%
W7→8
−24.3%
W8→9
−24.9%
W9→10
Steepest −24.9%Biggest gain +201.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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