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2004 • R • 1h 45m • Comedy • Fox Searchlight Pictures

An existential comedy

🍅 63% 75% MC 55 LB 3.36 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$292K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic total
$12.80M
Final
Worldwide total
$20.00M
$7.20M international
Domestic legs4.4x from $2.9M first wide weekend
Budget$22M
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Cast & crew

Full Russell filmography
David O. Russell David O. Russell Director Jason Schwartzman Jason Schwartzman Starring Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Huppert Starring Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman Starring Lily Tomlin Lily Tomlin Starring Jude Law Jude Law Starring
ScreenplayDavid O. Russell, Jeff Baena Produced byDavid O. Russell, Scott Rudin, Gregory Goodman CinematographyPeter Deming MusicJon Brion Prod. DesignK.K. Barrett StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 1-3 24 $292.2K — 4 $73,044 $292.2K
2 Oct 8-10 15 $901.1K +208.4% 44 $20,480 $1.3M
3 Oct 15-17 12 $914.9K +1.5% 65 $14,075 $2.6M
4 Oct 22-24 10 $2.9M +217.3% 785 $3,697 $5.8M
5 Oct 29-31 11 $1.7M −41.2% 901 $1,893 $8.4M
6 Nov 5-7 14 $1.1M −34.7% 585 $1,904 $10.2M
7 Nov 12-14 18 $541.8K −51.4% 278 $1,949 $11.2M
8 Nov 19-21 22 $296.9K −45.2% 163 $1,821 $11.7M
9 Nov 26-28 26 $215.7K −27.3% 106 $2,035 $12.0M
10 Dec 3-5 27 $137.3K −36.3% 128 $1,073 $12.2M
11 Dec 10-12 31 $83.6K −39.1% 107 $781 $12.4M
12 Dec 17-19 37 $56.2K −32.8% 80 $703 $12.5M
13 Dec 24-26 47 $18.1K −67.8% 44 $411 $12.5M
14 Dec 31-Jan 2 51 $26.1K +44.4% 43 $608 $12.6M
15 Jan 7-9 48 $41.7K +59.4% 45 $926 $12.7M
16 Jan 14-17 49 $29.3K −29.7% 46 $637 $12.7M
17 Jan 21-23 55 $19.6K −32.9% 32 $614 $12.7M
18 Jan 28-30 68 $9.6K −50.9% 14 $689 $12.8M
19 Feb 4-6 78 $4.9K −48.9% 9 $548 $12.8M
20 Feb 11-13 91 $5.0K +1.2% 8 $623 $12.8M
21 Feb 18-21 116 $994 −80.1% 6 $166 $12.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $137.3K
$292.2K
$901.1K
$914.9K
$2.9M
$1.7M
$1.1M
$541.8K
$296.9K
$215.7K
$137.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.3%
+208.4%
W1→2
+1.5%
W2→3
+217.3%
W3→4
−41.2%
W4→5
−34.7%
W5→6
−51.4%
W6→7
−45.2%
W7→8
−27.3%
W8→9
−36.3%
W9→10
Steepest −51.4%Biggest gain +217.3%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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