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2000 • R • 2h 20m • Musical • Fine Line Features

You don't need eyes to see.

🍅 69% 91%

63

7.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$92K

Limited · 3 theaters

Domestic total

$4.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$45.60M

$41.40M international

Budget$12.5M

Domestic legs7.4x from $566K biggest weekend

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Cast & crew

Full Trier filmography

Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier Director

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve Starring

David Morse

David Morse Starring

Peter Stormare

Peter Stormare Starring

Cara Seymour

Cara Seymour Starring

ScreenplayLars von Trier Produced byVibeke Windelov CinematographyRobby Muller MusicBjork StudioFine Line Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 22-24 46 $91.6K — 3 $30,537 $91.6K

2 Sep 29-Oct 1 42 $106.5K +16% 3 $35,487 $271.2K

3 Oct 6-8 16 $565.6K +431% 111 $5,095 $891.5K

4 Oct 13-15 17 $393.2K −30% 123 $3,196 $1.5M

5 Oct 20-22 20 $328.4K −16% 126 $2,606 $2.1M

6 Oct 27-29 23 $257.2K −22% 109 $2,359 $2.5M

7 Nov 3-5 25 $226.5K −12% 108 $2,097 $2.8M

8 Nov 10-12 21 $211.3K −7% 104 $2,031 $3.2M

9 Nov 17-19 29 $133.8K −37% 85 $1,573 $3.6M

10 Nov 24-26 30 $126.2K −6% 65 $1,941 $3.8M

11 Dec 1-3 27 $98.6K −22% 70 $1,407 $4.0M

12 Dec 8-10 36 $63.4K −36% 62 $1,023 $4.1M

13 Dec 15-17 40 $38.0K −40% 45 $845 $4.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sun Oct 8 #15 $178.0K — $891.5K 111 $1,603 1

Mon Oct 9 #11 $143.5K −19% $1.0M 111 $1,292 2

Tue Oct 10 #15 $52.9K −63% $1.1M 111 $476 3

Wed Oct 11 #14 $54.3K +3% $1.1M 111 $489 4

Thu Oct 12 #14 $60.0K +10% $1.2M 111 $540 5

Sun Oct 15 #15 $117.0K — −34% $1.5M 123 $951 8

Mon Oct 16 #14 $47.7K −59% −67% $1.6M 123 $387 9

Tue Oct 17 #14 $58.1K +22% +10% $1.6M 123 $472 10

Wed Oct 18 #14 $56.7K −2% +4% $1.7M 123 $461 11

Thu Oct 19 #14 $56.3K −1% −6% $1.8M 123 $458 12

Sun Oct 22 #19 $102.0K — −13% $2.1M 126 $809 15

Mon Oct 23 #17 $40.1K −61% −16% $2.1M 126 $318 16

Tue Oct 24 #15 $49.1K +22% −16% $2.2M 126 $389 17

Wed Oct 25 #16 $42.4K −13% −25% $2.2M 126 $336 18

Thu Oct 26 #17 $38.5K −9% −32% $2.2M 126 $305 19

Mon Oct 30 #18 $29.5K — −26% $2.5M 109 $271 23

Tue Oct 31 #19 $32.9K +11% −33% $2.6M 109 $301 24

Wed Nov 1 #17 $33.1K +1% −22% $2.6M 109 $303 25

Thu Nov 2 #17 $37.0K +12% −4% $2.6M 109 $339 26

Mon Nov 6 #20 $23.9K — −19% $2.9M 103 $231 30

Tue Nov 7 #19 $28.2K +18% −14% $2.9M 108 $261 31

Wed Nov 8 #19 $26.7K −5% −19% $2.9M 108 $247 32

Sun Nov 12 #20 $63.0K — $3.2M 96 $656 36

Mon Nov 13 #20 $18.4K −71% −23% $3.2M 96 $191 37

Tue Nov 14 #18 $25.5K +39% −10% $3.3M 96 $265 38

Wed Nov 15 #18 $22.5K −12% −16% $3.3M 96 $234 39

Thu Nov 16 #18 $23.3K +4% $3.3M 96 $243 40

Mon Nov 20 #19 $17.5K — −5% $3.6M 85 $206 44

Tue Nov 21 #19 $21.3K +22% −16% $3.7M 85 $251 45

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

Cumulative total$3.7M

Oct 8Oct 17Oct 26Nov 8Nov 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $126.2K

$91.6K

$106.5K

$565.6K

$393.2K

$328.4K

$257.2K

$226.5K

$211.3K

$133.8K

$126.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 126 → 85 −32.5%

111 open85 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −6%

+16%

W1→2

+431%

W2→3

−30%

W3→4

−16%

W4→5

−22%

W5→6

−12%

W6→7

−7%

W7→8

−37%

W8→9

−6%

W9→10

Steepest −37%Biggest gain +431%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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