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2005 • R • 2h 14m • Drama, Romance • Focus Features

Love is a force of nature.

🍅 88% 82%

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4.15

7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.80M

3-day wide opening

Domestic total

$83.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$178.00M

$95.00M international

Domestic legs14.3x

Budget$14.0M

2005 rank#23

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Cast & crew

Full Lee filmography

Ang Lee

Ang Lee Director

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger Starring

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Starring

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams Starring

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway Starring

Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid Starring

ScreenplayLarry McMurtry, Diana Ossana Produced byDiana Ossana, James Schamus CinematographyRodrigo Prieto MusicGustavo Santaolalla Prod. DesignJudy Becker StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 23-26 14 $3.0M — 217 $13,599 $7.9M

2 Dec 30-Jan 2 13 $4.8M +64.3% 269 $18,020 $15.1M

3 Jan 6-8 8 $5.7M +18.1% 483 $11,856 $22.4M

4 Jan 13-16 9 $7.0M +23.0% 683 $10,309 $32.1M

5 Feb 17-20 Presidents' Day 11 $3.8M −45.4% 1,600 $2,404 $72.1M

6 Mar 31-Apr 2 32 $114.2K −97.0% 177 $645 $82.9M

7 Apr 7-9 47 $49.2K −56.9% 104 $473 $83.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 16 #8 $800.0K — $1.7M 69 $11,594 8

Sat Dec 17 #8 $900.0K +13% $2.6M 69 $13,043 9

Sun Dec 18 #8 $800.0K −11% $3.5M 69 $11,594 10

Mon Dec 19 #8 $400.0K −50% $3.9M 69 $5,797 11

Tue Dec 20 #9 $360.0K −10% $4.2M 69 $5,217 12

Mon Dec 26 #14 $1.0M — +160% $7.9M 217 $4,796 18

Mon Jan 2 #11 $1.2M — +18% $15.1M 269 $4,564 25

Wed Jan 4 #8 $520.0K — $16.2M 269 $1,933 27

Thu Jan 5 #9 $575.0K +11% $16.7M 269 $2,137 28

Fri Jan 6 #9 $1.7M +196% $18.4M 484 $3,512 29

Sat Jan 7 #9 $2.4M +41% $20.8M 484 $4,958 30

Sun Jan 8 #8 $1.7M −30% $22.4M 484 $3,454 31

Mon Jan 9 #6 $615.0K −63% −50% $23.1M 484 $1,270 32

Tue Jan 10 #5 $680.0K +11% $23.7M 484 $1,404 33

Wed Jan 11 #4 $665.0K −2% +28% $24.4M 484 $1,373 34

Thu Jan 12 #5 $645.0K −3% +12% $25.0M 484 $1,332 35

Fri Jan 13 #9 $1.6M +148% −6% $26.6M 683 $2,342 36

Sat Jan 14 #10 $2.3M +44% −4% $28.9M 683 $3,367 37

Sun Jan 15 #8 $1.9M −17% +14% $30.8M 683 $2,781 38

Mon Jan 16 #9 $1.2M −35% +101% $32.1M 683 $1,810 39

Tue Jan 17 #1 $740.0K −40% +9% $32.8M 683 $1,083 40

Wed Jan 18 #1 $740.0K n/c +11% $33.6M 683 $1,083 41

Thu Jan 19 #1 $740.0K n/c +15% $34.3M 683 $1,083 42

Fri Jan 20 #5 $2.1M +184% +31% $36.4M 1,196 $1,755 43

Sat Jan 21 #5 $3.3M +57% +43% $39.7M 1,196 $2,759 44

Sun Jan 22 #4 $2.0M −39% +5% $41.7M 1,196 $1,672 45

Mon Jan 23 #2 $640.0K −68% −48% $42.4M 1,196 $535 46

Tue Jan 24 #2 $725.0K +13% −2% $43.1M 1,196 $606 47

Wed Jan 25 #2 $685.0K −6% −7% $43.8M 1,196 $572 48

Thu Jan 26 #2 $690.0K +1% −7% $44.5M 1,196 $576 49

Fri Jan 27 #5 $1.8M +161% −14% $46.3M 1,652 $1,089 50

Sat Jan 28 #6 $2.9M +61% −12% $49.2M 1,652 $1,755 51

Sun Jan 29 #6 $1.9M −34% −5% $51.0M 1,652 $1,150 52

Mon Jan 30 #4 $620.0K −67% −3% $51.6M 1,652 $375 53

Tue Jan 31 #2 $795.0K +28% +10% $52.4M 1,652 $481 54

Wed Feb 1 #2 $825.0K +4% +20% $53.3M 1,652 $499 55

Thu Feb 2 #2 $790.0K −4% +14% $54.1M 1,652 $478 56

Fri Feb 3 #5 $1.8M +128% n/c $55.9M 2,089 $861 57

Sat Feb 4 #5 $2.8M +56% −3% $58.7M 2,089 $1,340 58

Sun Feb 5 #4 $1.4M −50% −26% $60.1M 2,089 $670 59

Mon Feb 6 #3 $545.0K −61% −12% $60.6M 2,089 $260 60

Tue Feb 7 #2 $630.0K +16% −21% $61.3M 2,089 $301 61

Wed Feb 8 #2 $580.0K −8% −30% $61.9M 2,089 $277 62

Thu Feb 9 #2 $570.0K −2% −28% $62.4M 2,089 $272 63

Fri Feb 10 #7 $1.2M +111% −33% $63.6M 1,966 $610 64

Sat Feb 11 #8 $1.8M +50% −36% $65.4M 1,966 $915 65

Sun Feb 12 #8 $1.1M −39% −21% $66.5M 1,966 $559 66

Mon Feb 13 #7 $390.0K −65% −28% $66.9M 1,966 $198 67

Tue Feb 14 #7 $565.0K +45% −10% $67.4M 1,963 $287 68

Wed Feb 15 #5 $400.0K −29% −31% $67.8M 1,963 $203 69

Thu Feb 16 #6 $400.0K n/c −30% $68.2M 1,963 $203 70

Mon Feb 20 #11 $656.0K — +68% $72.1M 1,600 $410 74

Tue Feb 21 #9 $340.0K −48% −40% $72.4M 1,600 $212 75

Wed Feb 22 #8 $325.0K −4% −19% $72.8M 1,600 $203 76

Thu Feb 23 #9 $310.0K −5% −23% $73.1M 1,600 $193 77

Mon Feb 27 #10 $220.0K — −66% $75.6M 1,355 $162 81

Tue Feb 28 #10 $240.0K +9% −29% $75.8M 1,355 $177 82

Wed Mar 1 #9 $250.0K +4% −23% $76.1M 1,355 $184 83

Thu Mar 2 #8 $285.0K +14% −8% $76.4M 1,355 $210 84

Mon Mar 6 #11 $240.0K — +9% $79.1M 1,272 $188 88

Tue Mar 7 #10 $240.0K n/c n/c $79.3M 1,272 $188 89

Fri Jun 20 $108.9K — $83.2M 754 $144

Sat Jun 21 $104.6K −4% $83.3M 754 $138

Sun Jun 22 $345.4K +230% $83.6M 754 $458

Mon Jun 23 $96.2K −72% $83.7M 754 $127

Tue Jun 24 $91.3K −5% $83.8M 754 $121

Wed Jun 25 #9 $295.4K +224% $84.1M 754 $391

Thu Jun 26 $26.3K −91% $84.1M 754 $34

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

Cumulative total$84.1M

Dec 16Jan 11Jan 26Feb 9Jun 26

Weekend grossWk 7 · $49.2K

$3.0M

$4.8M

$5.7M

$7.0M

$3.8M

$114.2K

$49.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 2,089 → 1,963 −6.0%

69 open1,963 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −56.9%

+64.3%

W1→2

+18.1%

W2→3

+23.0%

W3→4

−45.4%

W4→5

−97.0%

W5→6

−56.9%

W6→7

Steepest −97.0%Biggest gain +64.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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