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2000 • PG-13 • 2h 1m • Drama, Romance • Miramax

One taste is all it takes.

🍅 63% 83%

64

3.45

7.2

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$3.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$71.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$153.00M

$81.20M international

Domestic legs23.1x from $3.1M first wide weekend

Budget$25.0M

2000 rank#31

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Cast & crew

Full Hallström filmography

Lasse Hallström

Lasse Hallström Director

Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche Starring

Judi Dench

Judi Dench Starring

Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina Starring

Lena Olin

Lena Olin Starring

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Starring

ScreenplayRobert Nelson Jacobs Produced byDavid Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran CinematographyRoger Pratt MusicRachel Portman StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 22-25 16 $1.1M — 255 $4,344 $1.4M

2 Dec 29-Jan 1 17 $1.9M +67.2% 258 $7,180 $4.2M

3 Jan 5-7 15 $1.5M −17.0% 260 $5,915 $6.4M

4 Jan 12-15 15 $1.9M +25.9% 261 $7,420 $9.1M

5 Jan 19-21 15 $3.1M +59.7% 658 $4,701 $12.8M

6 Jan 26-28 13 $3.4M +8.5% 1,203 $2,789 $17.4M

7 Feb 2-4 10 $3.6M +8.7% 1,173 $3,111 $22.4M

8 Feb 9-11 10 $3.1M −15.8% 1,148 $2,675 $26.6M

9 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 8 $5.7M +84.6% 1,481 $3,828 $34.1M

10 Feb 23-25 8 $4.8M −16.0% 1,844 $2,581 $40.1M

11 Mar 2-4 7 $4.2M −11.8% 1,857 $2,261 $45.7M

12 Mar 9-11 9 $3.8M −8.5% 1,928 $1,993 $51.0M

13 Mar 16-18 9 $3.4M −10.8% 1,901 $1,803 $55.9M

14 Mar 23-25 9 $3.3M −3.5% 1,781 $1,857 $60.7M

15 Mar 30-Apr 1 11 $2.2M −32.2% 1,403 $1,599 $64.2M

16 Apr 6-8 14 $1.2M −45.7% 956 $1,273 $66.1M

17 Apr 13-15 21 $622.7K −48.8% 591 $1,053 $67.2M

18 Apr 20-22 21 $697.2K +12.0% 824 $846 $68.2M

19 Apr 27-29 26 $334.4K −52.0% 423 $790 $68.8M

20 May 4-6 29 $186.5K −44.2% 239 $780 $69.1M

21 May 11-13 13 $750.5K +302.5% 1,487 $504 $69.9M

22 May 18-20 19 $264.1K −64.8% 429 $615 $70.5M

23 Jun 1-3 35 $77.6K −70.6% 156 $497 $71.0M

24 Jun 8-10 46 $43.0K −44.6% 102 $421 $71.1M

25 Jun 22-24 22 $151.2K +251.7% 252 $600 $71.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 27 #17 $326.5K — $2.0M 255 $1,280 13

Thu Dec 28 #17 $335.3K +3% $2.3M 255 $1,315 14

Mon Jan 1 #17 $473.2K — $4.2M 258 $1,834 18

Tue Jan 2 #17 $232.0K −51% $4.5M 258 $899 19

Wed Jan 3 #16 $203.5K −12% −38% $4.7M 258 $788 20

Thu Jan 4 #15 $216.8K +7% −35% $4.9M 258 $840 21

Sun Jan 7 #15 $470.0K — $6.4M 260 $1,807 24

Mon Jan 8 #13 $136.3K −71% −71% $6.6M 260 $524 25

Tue Jan 9 #13 $182.8K +34% −21% $6.8M 260 $703 26

Wed Jan 10 #13 $195.2K +7% −4% $7.0M 260 $750 27

Thu Jan 11 #13 $203.9K +4% −6% $7.2M 260 $784 28

Mon Jan 15 #17 $350.2K — +157% $9.1M 261 $1,341 32

Tue Jan 16 #15 $188.6K −46% +3% $9.3M 261 $722 33

Wed Jan 17 #12 $205.3K +9% +5% $9.5M 261 $786 34

Thu Jan 18 #12 $223.2K +9% +9% $9.7M 261 $855 35

Sun Jan 21 #13 $921.0K — $12.8M 658 $1,399 38

Mon Jan 22 #12 $277.7K −70% −21% $13.1M 658 $421 39

Tue Jan 23 #11 $321.1K +16% +70% $13.4M 658 $487 40

Wed Jan 24 #11 $317.4K −1% +55% $13.7M 658 $482 41

Thu Jan 25 #11 $325.9K +3% +46% $14.1M 658 $495 42

Sun Jan 28 #7 $814.0K — −12% $17.4M 1,203 $676 45

Mon Jan 29 #12 $271.0K −67% −2% $17.7M 1,203 $225 46

Tue Jan 30 #9 $326.4K +20% +2% $18.0M 1,203 $271 47

Wed Jan 31 #7 $343.6K +5% +8% $18.4M 1,203 $285 48

Thu Feb 1 #7 $363.7K +6% +12% $18.7M 1,203 $302 49

Fri Feb 2 #11 $1.1M +202% $19.8M 1,173 $937 50

Sat Feb 3 #9 $1.6M +50% $21.5M 1,173 $1,406 51

Sun Feb 4 #10 $989.0K −40% +21% $22.4M 1,173 $843 52

Mon Feb 5 #10 $224.7K −77% −17% $22.6M 1,173 $191 53

Tue Feb 6 #8 $299.3K +33% −8% $22.9M 1,173 $255 54

Wed Feb 7 #7 $272.2K −9% −21% $23.2M 1,173 $232 55

Thu Feb 8 #7 $286.5K +5% −21% $23.5M 1,173 $244 56

Fri Feb 9 #8 $1.1M +284% n/c $24.6M 1,173 $936 57

Sat Feb 10 #10 $1.4M +26% −16% $26.0M 1,173 $1,184 58

Sun Feb 11 #9 $865.0K −38% −13% $26.6M 1,148 $753 59

Mon Feb 12 #9 $234.3K −73% +4% $26.8M 1,148 $204 60

Tue Feb 13 #6 $361.5K +54% +21% $27.2M 1,148 $314 61

Wed Feb 14 #5 $789.4K +118% +190% $28.0M 1,148 $687 62

Thu Feb 15 #5 $404.7K −49% +41% $28.4M 1,148 $352 63

Mon Feb 19 #8 $805.9K — +244% $34.1M 1,481 $544 67

Tue Feb 20 #8 $455.3K −44% +26% $34.5M 1,481 $307 68

Wed Feb 21 #7 $368.3K −19% −53% $34.9M 1,481 $248 69

Thu Feb 22 #7 $371.1K +1% −8% $35.3M 1,481 $250 70

Fri Feb 23 #8 $1.3M +238% $36.5M 1,844 $680 71

Sat Feb 24 #7 $2.2M +77% $38.8M 1,844 $1,203 72

Sun Feb 25 #8 $1.3M −44% $40.1M 1,844 $677 73

Mon Feb 26 #7 $318.1K −75% −61% $40.4M 1,844 $172 74

Tue Feb 27 #6 $423.3K +33% −7% $40.8M 1,844 $229 75

Wed Feb 28 #5 $355.7K −16% −3% $41.2M 1,844 $192 76

Thu Mar 1 #6 $381.6K +7% +3% $41.5M 1,844 $206 77

Fri Mar 2 #6 $1.2M +207% −7% $42.7M 1,857 $630 78

Sat Mar 3 #6 $2.3M +98% +5% $45.0M 1,857 $1,250 79

Sun Mar 4 #8 $1.1M −54% −15% $45.7M 1,857 $572 80

Mon Mar 5 #7 $301.8K −72% −5% $46.0M 1,857 $162 81

Tue Mar 6 #7 $423.9K +40% n/c $46.5M 1,857 $228 82

Wed Mar 7 #5 $368.1K −13% +3% $46.8M 1,857 $198 83

Thu Mar 8 #6 $355.3K −3% −7% $47.2M 1,857 $191 84

Fri Mar 9 #8 $1.0M +184% −14% $48.2M 1,928 $523 85

Sat Mar 10 #8 $1.8M +80% −22% $50.0M 1,928 $944 86

Sun Mar 11 #8 $1.0M −45% −6% $51.0M 1,928 $520 87

Mon Mar 12 #8 $317.5K −68% +5% $51.3M 1,928 $164 88

Tue Mar 13 #8 $428.8K +35% +1% $51.8M 1,928 $222 89

Wed Mar 14 #8 $358.9K −16% −2% $52.1M 1,928 $186 90

Thu Mar 15 #7 $386.7K +8% +9% $52.5M 1,928 $200 91

Sat Mar 17 #10 $1.5M — −18% $54.0M 1,691 $885 93

Sun Mar 18 #8 $939.0K −37% −6% $55.9M 1,901 $493 94

Mon Mar 19 #6 $326.9K −65% +3% $56.2M 1,901 $171 95

Tue Mar 20 #6 $403.3K +23% −6% $56.6M 1,901 $212 96

Wed Mar 21 #6 $363.5K −10% +1% $57.0M 1,901 $191 97

Thu Mar 22 #6 $384.5K +6% −1% $57.4M 1,901 $202 98

Fri Mar 23 #9 $925.0K +141% $58.3M 1,781 $519 99

Sat Mar 24 #9 $1.6M +75% +8% $59.9M 1,781 $907 100

Sun Mar 25 #9 $715.0K −56% −24% $60.7M 1,781 $401 101

Mon Mar 26 #8 $279.3K −61% −15% $60.9M 1,781 $156 102

Tue Mar 27 #8 $379.1K +36% −6% $61.3M 1,781 $212 103

Wed Mar 28 #8 $326.6K −14% −10% $61.6M 1,781 $183 104

Thu Mar 29 #8 $326.6K n/c −15% $61.9M 1,781 $183 105

Fri Mar 30 #11 $665.0K +104% −28% $62.6M 1,403 $473 106

Sun Apr 1 #12 $508.0K — −29% $64.2M 1,403 $362 108

Mon Apr 2 #11 $142.7K −72% −49% $64.3M 1,403 $101 109

Tue Apr 3 #11 $208.6K +46% −45% $64.5M 1,403 $148 110

Wed Apr 4 #11 $174.6K −16% −47% $64.7M 1,403 $124 111

Thu Apr 5 #11 $171.0K −2% −48% $64.9M 1,403 $121 112

Sun Apr 8 #15 $274.0K — −46% $66.1M 956 $286 115

Tue Apr 10 #15 $115.5K — −45% $66.3M 956 $120 117

Wed Apr 11 #17 $132.4K +15% −24% $66.4M 956 $138 118

Wed Apr 18 #20 $77.7K — −41% $67.5M 591 $131 125

Mon Apr 23 #18 $54.1K — $68.3M 824 $65 130

Tue Apr 24 #18 $58.2K +8% $68.3M 824 $70 131

Wed Apr 25 #18 $60.6K +4% −22% $68.4M 824 $73 132

Thu Apr 26 #19 $55.5K −8% $68.5M 824 $67 133

Tue May 15 #11 $81.2K — $70.1M 1,487 $54 152

Wed May 16 #10 $78.4K −4% $70.2M 1,487 $52 153

Thu May 17 #10 $79.9K +2% $70.3M 1,487 $53 154

Wed May 23 #18 $29.7K — −62% $70.6M 429 $69 160

Mon May 28 #24 $48.5K — $70.9M 262 $185 165

Wed May 30 #20 $19.2K — −35% $70.9M 262 $73 167

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

Cumulative total$35.3M

Dec 27Jan 15Jan 29Feb 9Feb 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.8M

$1.1M

$1.9M

$1.5M

$1.9M

$3.1M

$3.4M

$3.6M

$3.1M

$5.7M

$4.8M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,481 → 1,481 +0.0%

255 open1,481 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.0%

+67.2%

W1→2

−17.0%

W2→3

+25.9%

W3→4

+59.7%

W4→5

+8.5%

W5→6

+8.7%

W6→7

−15.8%

W7→8

+84.6%

W8→9

−16.0%

W9→10

Steepest −17.0%Biggest gain +84.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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