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Just Like HeavenFollow

2005 • PG-13 • 1h 35m • Comedy, Drama, Fantasy • DreamWorks Distribution

It's a wonderful afterlife.

🍅 54% 75%

47

3.22

6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$48.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$103.00M

$54.50M international

Domestic legs2.94x

Budget$58.0M

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Cast & crew

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo Starring

Donal Logue

Donal Logue Starring

Ben Shenkman

Ben Shenkman Starring

Jon Heder

Jon Heder Starring

ScreenplayPeter Tolan, Leslie Dixon Produced byLaurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes CinematographyDaryn Okada MusicRolfe Kent Prod. DesignCary White StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 16-18 1 $16.4M — 3,508 $4,677 $16.4M

2 Sep 23-25 3 $9.6M −41.4% 3,509 $2,741 $29.8M

3 Sep 30-Oct 2 6 $6.1M −36.3% 3,543 $1,729 $38.4M

4 Oct 7-9 12 $3.5M −43.6% 2,307 $1,497 $43.6M

5 Oct 14-16 15 $1.5M −56.6% 1,468 $1,021 $46.3M

6 Oct 21-23 21 $568.2K −62.1% 642 $885 $47.3M

7 Oct 28-30 36 $192.3K −66.1% 313 $614 $47.6M

8 Nov 4-6 39 $131.0K −31.9% 207 $632 $47.8M

9 Nov 11-13 44 $89.1K −32.0% 145 $614 $48.0M

10 Nov 18-20 27 $143.4K +61.0% 284 $504 $48.1M

11 Nov 25-27 37 $97.7K −31.9% 224 $435 $48.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 16 #1 $5.6M — $5.6M 3,508 $1,596 1

Sat Sep 17 #1 $7.0M +25% $12.6M 3,508 $1,996 2

Sun Sep 18 #1 $3.8M −46% $16.4M 3,508 $1,084 3

Mon Sep 19 #1 $920.8K −76% $17.3M 3,508 $262 4

Tue Sep 20 #1 $1.0M +11% $18.4M 3,508 $291 5

Wed Sep 21 #1 $915.0K −10% $19.3M 3,508 $260 6

Thu Sep 22 #1 $931.5K +2% $20.2M 3,508 $265 7

Fri Sep 23 #3 $3.0M +222% −46% $23.2M 3,509 $855 8

Sat Sep 24 #3 $4.3M +43% −39% $27.5M 3,509 $1,225 9

Sun Sep 25 #3 $2.3M −46% −39% $29.8M 3,509 $660 10

Mon Sep 26 #3 $691.0K −70% −25% $30.5M 3,509 $196 11

Tue Sep 27 #3 $636.7K −8% −38% $31.1M 3,509 $181 12

Wed Sep 28 #3 $558.3K −12% −39% $31.7M 3,509 $159 13

Thu Sep 29 #3 $591.5K +6% −37% $32.3M 3,509 $168 14

Fri Sep 30 #6 $1.9M +225% −36% $34.2M 3,543 $543 15

Sat Oct 1 #6 $2.8M +45% −35% $37.0M 3,543 $787 16

Sun Oct 2 #6 $1.4M −49% −39% $38.4M 3,543 $398 17

Mon Oct 3 #6 $415.5K −71% −40% $38.8M 3,543 $117 18

Tue Oct 4 #6 $483.2K +16% −24% $39.3M 3,543 $136 19

Wed Oct 5 #6 $404.6K −16% −28% $39.7M 3,543 $114 20

Thu Oct 6 #6 $440.5K +9% −26% $40.2M 3,543 $124 21

Mon Oct 10 #12 $428.4K — +3% $44.1M 2,307 $185 25

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

Cumulative total$44.1M

Sep 16Sep 21Sep 27Oct 2Oct 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $143.4K

$16.4M

$9.6M

$6.1M

$3.5M

$1.5M

$568.2K

$192.3K

$131.0K

$89.1K

$143.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,543 → 2,307 −34.9%

3,508 open2,307 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +61.0%

−41.4%

W1→2

−36.3%

W2→3

−43.6%

W3→4

−56.6%

W4→5

−62.1%

W5→6

−66.1%

W6→7

−31.9%

W7→8

−32.0%

W8→9

+61.0%

W9→10

Steepest −66.1%Biggest gain +61.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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