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2001 • PG-13 • 2h 14m • Drama • New Line Cinema

Love is all you need.

🍅 35% 86%

28

3.54

7.6

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$41.8K

3-day opening

Domestic total

$40.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$92.50M

$52.30M international

Domestic legs4.8x from $8.3M first wide weekend

Budget$22M

2001 rank#61

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Cast & crew

Sean Penn

Sean Penn Starring

Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer Starring

Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest Starring

Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning Starring

Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine Starring

Laura Dern

Laura Dern Starring

ScreenplayKristine Johnson, Jessie Nelson Produced byJessie Nelson, Richard Solomon, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz CinematographyElliot Davis Music byJohn Powell StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 28-30 46 $41.8K — 2 $20,890 $67.4K

2 Jan 4-6 48 $26.0K −37.8% 1 $25,993 $111.1K

3 Jan 11-13 48 $21.8K −16.2% 1 $21,791 $145.1K

4 Jan 18-20 50 $18.9K −13.4% 1 $18,877 $182.2K

5 Jan 25-27 7 $8.3M +43951.4% 1,268 $6,558 $8.5M

6 Feb 1-3 7 $6.3M −24.2% 1,303 $4,837 $17.3M

7 Feb 8-10 10 $4.6M −26.7% 1,450 $3,186 $23.8M

8 Feb 15-17 14 $3.6M −21.1% 1,259 $2,897 $30.0M

9 Feb 22-24 15 $2.3M −37.8% 1,074 $2,112 $33.1M

10 Mar 1-3 19 $1.5M −32.6% 965 $1,585 $35.4M

11 Mar 8-10 19 $1.2M −18.8% 801 $1,550 $37.3M

12 Mar 15-17 21 $736.6K −40.7% 570 $1,292 $38.6M

13 Mar 22-24 24 $480.8K −34.7% 371 $1,296 $39.4M

14 Mar 29-31 32 $195.7K −59.3% 204 $959 $39.9M

15 Apr 5-7 35 $149.1K −23.8% 202 $738 $40.1M

16 Apr 12-14 43 $92.3K −38.1% 134 $689 $40.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 25 #7 $2.7M — $2.8M 1,268 $2,091 29

Sat Jan 26 #8 $3.6M +35.1% $6.4M 1,268 $2,826 30

Sun Jan 27 #7 $2.1M −40.8% $8.5M 1,268 $1,672 31

Mon Jan 28 #7 $574.0K −72.9% $9.1M 1,268 $453 32

Tue Jan 29 #5 $674.0K +17.4% $9.8M 1,268 $532 33

Wed Jan 30 #5 $595.0K −11.7% $10.3M 1,268 $469 34

Thu Jan 31 #5 $582.0K −2.2% $11.0M 1,268 $459 35

Fri Feb 1 #7 $2.0M +238.1% −25.8% $13.0M 1,303 $1,510 36

Sat Feb 2 #7 $3.1M +56.2% −14.2% $16.0M 1,303 $2,360 37

Sun Feb 3 #6 $1.3M −58.4% −39.6% $17.3M 1,303 $982 38

Mon Feb 4 #5 $417.0K −67.4% −27.4% $17.7M 1,303 $320 39

Tue Feb 5 #4 $547.0K +31.2% −18.8% $18.3M 1,303 $420 40

Wed Feb 6 #4 $483.0K −11.7% −18.8% $18.7M 1,303 $371 41

Thu Feb 7 #4 $457.0K −5.4% −21.5% $19.2M 1,303 $351 42

Fri Feb 8 #10 $1.3M +178.6% −35.3% $20.5M 1,450 $878 43

Sat Feb 9 #10 $2.0M +55.7% −35.5% $22.5M 1,450 $1,367 44

Sun Feb 10 #9 $1.3M −34.9% +0.8% $23.8M 1,450 $890 45

Mon Feb 11 #9 $323.0K −75.0% −22.5% $24.2M 1,450 $223 46

Tue Feb 12 #6 $395.0K +22.3% −27.8% $24.6M 1,450 $272 47

Wed Feb 13 #5 $335.0K −15.2% −30.6% $24.9M 1,450 $231 48

Thu Feb 14 #6 $722.0K +115.5% +58.0% $25.6M 1,450 $498 49

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

Cumulative total$25.6M

Jan 25Jan 30Feb 4Feb 9Feb 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M

$41.8K

$26.0K

$21.8K

$18.9K

$8.3M

$6.3M

$4.6M

$3.6M

$2.3M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,450 → 1,450 +0.0%

1,268 open1,450 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −32.6%

−37.8%

W1→2

−16.2%

W2→3

−13.4%

W3→4

+43951.4%

W4→5

−24.2%

W5→6

−26.7%

W6→7

−21.1%

W7→8

−37.8%

W8→9

−32.6%

W9→10

Steepest −37.8%Biggest gain +43951.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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