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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindFollow

2004 • R • 1h 48m • Drama, Romance, Science Fiction • Focus Features

You can erase someone from your mind. Getting them out of your heart is another story.

🍅 93% 94% MC 89 LB 4.24 IMDb 8.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$8.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$34.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$72.20M
$37.70M international
Domestic legs4.2x
Budget$20.0M
2004 rank#78
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Cast & crew

Full Gondry filmography
Michel Gondry Michel Gondry Director Jim Carrey Jim Carrey Starring Kate Winslet Kate Winslet Starring Kirsten Dunst Kirsten Dunst Starring Mark Ruffalo Mark Ruffalo Starring Elijah Wood Elijah Wood Starring
ScreenplayCharlie Kaufman Story byCharlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth Produced bySteve Golin, Anthony Bregman CinematographyEllen Kuras Music byJon Brion StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 19-21 7 $8.2M — 1,353 $6,042 $8.2M
2 Mar 26-28 10 $5.3M −35.7% 1,357 $3,873 $16.6M
3 Apr 2-4 11 $3.4M −34.5% 1,120 $3,075 $21.9M
4 Apr 9-11 14 $2.4M −28.9% 734 $3,335 $25.9M
5 Apr 16-18 17 $1.4M −44.1% 575 $2,378 $28.1M
6 Apr 23-25 17 $1.1M −18.7% 501 $2,218 $29.7M
7 Apr 30-May 2 18 $807.3K −27.3% 406 $1,988 $30.9M
8 May 7-9 16 $565.7K −29.9% 339 $1,669 $31.7M
9 May 14-16 20 $413.5K −26.9% 294 $1,406 $32.4M
10 May 21-23 15 $342.4K −17.2% 231 $1,482 $32.9M
11 May 28-30 21 $271.1K −20.8% 187 $1,450 $33.4M
12 Jun 4-6 19 $185.2K −31.7% 136 $1,361 $33.7M
13 Jun 11-13 27 $119.1K −35.7% 98 $1,216 $34.0M
14 Jun 18-20 38 $79.7K −33.1% 76 $1,049 $34.1M
19 Jul 23-25 66 $18.6K — 19 $976 $34.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$18.5M
Mar 19Mar 22Mar 26Mar 29Apr 1
Weekend grossWk 10 · $342.4K
$8.2M
$5.3M
$3.4M
$2.4M
$1.4M
$1.1M
$807.3K
$565.7K
$413.5K
$342.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 1,357 → 1,357 +0.0%
1,353 open1,357 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −17.2%
−35.7%
W1→2
−34.5%
W2→3
−28.9%
W3→4
−44.1%
W4→5
−18.7%
W5→6
−27.3%
W6→7
−29.9%
W7→8
−26.9%
W8→9
−17.2%
W9→10
Steepest −44.1%Best hold −17.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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