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2004 • R • 1h 44m • Drama, Romance • Sony Pictures Releasing

If you believe in love at first sight, you never stop looking.

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65

3.39

7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$7.70M

Limited · 476 theaters

Domestic total

$34.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$116.00M

$81.50M international

Domestic legs4.4x

Budget$27.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Nichols filmography

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols Director

Jude Law

Jude Law Starring

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman Starring

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts Starring

Clive Owen

Clive Owen Starring

ScreenplayPatrick Marber Produced byMike Nichols, Cary Brokaw, John Calley CinematographyStephen Goldblatt Prod. DesignTim Hatley StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 3-5 5 $7.7M — 476 $16,193 $7.7M

2 Dec 10-12 8 $3.7M −51.5% 622 $6,005 $13.7M

3 Dec 17-19 9 $3.4M −10.3% 1,090 $3,074 $18.8M

4 Dec 24-26 16 $1.7M −49.5% 1,069 $1,583 $22.6M

5 Dec 31-Jan 2 16 $2.2M +31.8% 1,094 $2,039 $27.5M

6 Jan 7-9 17 $1.7M −23.2% 1,098 $1,560 $30.3M

7 Jan 14-16 22 $788.3K −54.0% 737 $1,069 $31.8M

8 Jan 21-23 20 $527.5K −33.1% 504 $1,046 $32.8M

9 Jan 28-30 26 $376.3K −28.7% 348 $1,081 $33.5M

10 Feb 4-6 30 $204.1K −45.7% 203 $1,005 $33.8M

11 Feb 11-13 39 $112.5K −44.9% 104 $1,082 $34.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 3 #4 $2.6M — $2.6M 476 $5,462 1

Sat Dec 4 #6 $3.1M +18% $5.8M 476 $6,464 2

Sun Dec 5 #6 $1.9M −40% $7.7M 476 $3,906 3

Mon Dec 6 #3 $604.0K −68% $8.3M 476 $1,268 4

Tue Dec 7 #3 $613.0K +1% $8.9M 476 $1,287 5

Wed Dec 8 #4 $562.0K −8% $9.5M 476 $1,180 6

Thu Dec 9 #5 $518.0K −8% $10.0M 476 $1,088 7

Fri Dec 10 #7 $1.2M +132% −54% $11.2M 622 $1,929 8

Sat Dec 11 #8 $1.5M +28% −50% $12.8M 622 $2,475 9

Sun Dec 12 #8 $944.9K −39% −49% $13.7M 622 $1,519 10

Mon Dec 13 #5 $395.0K −58% −35% $14.1M 622 $635 11

Tue Dec 14 #5 $447.0K +13% −27% $14.6M 622 $718 12

Wed Dec 15 #6 $438.0K −2% −22% $15.0M 622 $704 13

Thu Dec 16 #6 $432.0K −1% −17% $15.5M 622 $694 14

Fri Dec 17 #9 $1.0M +131% −17% $16.5M 1,090 $917 15

Sat Dec 18 #9 $1.3M +34% −13% $17.8M 1,090 $1,231 16

Sun Dec 19 #10 $984.0K −27% +4% $18.8M 1,090 $902 17

Mon Dec 20 #10 $552.0K −44% +40% $19.4M 1,090 $506 18

Tue Dec 21 #10 $593.0K +7% +33% $19.9M 1,090 $544 19

Mon Jan 17 #22 $214.8K — $32.0M 737 $291 46

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

Cumulative total$32.0M

Dec 3Dec 8Dec 13Dec 17Jan 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $204.1K

$7.7M

$3.7M

$3.4M

$1.7M

$2.2M

$1.7M

$788.3K

$527.5K

$376.3K

$204.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,090 → 737 −32.4%

476 open737 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −45.7%

−51.5%

W1→2

−10.3%

W2→3

−49.5%

W3→4

+31.8%

W4→5

−23.2%

W5→6

−54.0%

W6→7

−33.1%

W7→8

−28.7%

W8→9

−45.7%

W9→10

Steepest −54.0%Biggest gain +31.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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