Name: Ghost World
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2001
Cast: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas

Cast & crew

Full Zwigoff filmography

Terry Zwigoff Director

Thora Birch Starring

Scarlett Johansson Starring

Steve Buscemi Starring

Illeana Douglas Starring

Bob Balaban Starring

ScreenplayTerry Zwigoff, Daniel Clowes Produced byJohn Malkovich, Russell Smith, Lianne Halfon CinematographyAffonso Beato MusicDavid Kitay Prod. DesignEdward T. McAvoy StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 20-22 30 $98.8K — 5 $19,758 $98.8K

2 Jul 27-29 29 $133.0K +34.6% 8 $16,625 $310.2K

3 Aug 3-5 20 $342.6K +157.6% 23 $14,895 $739.6K

4 Aug 10-12 21 $340.8K −0.5% 34 $10,024 $1.3M

5 Aug 17-19 22 $457.7K +34.3% 54 $8,476 $1.9M

6 Aug 24-26 25 $350.1K −23.5% 64 $5,471 $2.5M

7 Aug 31-Sep 3 27 $439.0K +25.4% 81 $5,420 $3.2M

8 Sep 7-9 25 $375.0K −14.6% 91 $4,121 $3.7M

9 Sep 14-16 25 $374.0K −0.3% 102 $3,667 $4.2M

10 Sep 21-23 25 $373.0K −0.3% 128 $2,914 $4.7M

11 Sep 28-30 27 $253.0K −32.2% 127 $1,992 $5.1M

12 Oct 5-7 26 $196.8K −22.2% 119 $1,653 $5.4M

13 Oct 12-14 30 $168.7K −14.3% 114 $1,480 $5.6M

14 Oct 19-21 33 $111.7K −33.8% 105 $1,063 $5.8M

15 Oct 26-28 44 $66.7K −40.2% 86 $776 $5.9M

16 Nov 2-4 49 $51.6K −22.7% 61 $846 $6.0M

17 Nov 9-11 59 $23.7K −54.1% 39 $607 $6.0M

18 Nov 16-18 61 $18.9K −20.0% 31 $611 $6.1M

19 Nov 23-25 76 $10.1K −46.9% 17 $592 $6.1M

20 Nov 30-Dec 2 94 $4.3K −56.9% 15 $289 $6.1M

21 Dec 7-9 91 $4.6K +7.2% 19 $244 $6.1M

22 Dec 14-16 86 $5.3K +14.9% 17 $314 $6.1M

23 Dec 21-23 92 $883 −83.5% 7 $126 $6.1M

24 Dec 28-30 94 $3.1K +252.2% 6 $518 $6.1M

25 Jan 4-6 53 $19.8K +535.3% 6 $3,293 $6.1M

26 Jan 11-13 50 $19.2K −2.9% 7 $2,740 $6.2M

27 Jan 18-21 52 $16.4K −14.3% 21 $783 $6.2M

28 Jan 25-27 92 $3.0K −81.9% 14 $212 $6.2M

29 Feb 1-3 91 $3.3K +12.7% 11 $304 $6.2M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $373.0K

$98.8K

$133.0K

$342.6K

$340.8K

$457.7K

$350.1K

$439.0K

$375.0K

$374.0K

$373.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −0.3%

+34.6%

W1→2

+157.6%

W2→3

−0.5%

W3→4

+34.3%

W4→5

−23.5%

W5→6

+25.4%

W6→7

−14.6%

W7→8

−0.3%

W8→9

−0.3%

W9→10

Steepest −23.5%Biggest gain +157.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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