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1999 • R • 3h 8m • Drama • New Line Cinema

Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours.

🍅 82% 89%

78

4.23

8.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$194K

Limited · 7 theaters

Domestic total

$22.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$48.40M

$26.00M international

Domestic legs4.0x from $5.7M first wide weekend

Budget$37M

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Cast & crew

Full Anderson filmography

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson Director

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise Starring

Philip Baker Hall

Philip Baker Hall Starring

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore Starring

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring

William H. Macy

William H. Macy Starring

ScreenplayPaul Thomas Anderson Produced byJoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson CinematographyRobert Elswit Music byJon Brion StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 17-19 22 $193.6K — 7 $27,658 $193.6K

2 Dec 24-26 30 $128.7K −33.5% 9 $14,301 $434.2K

3 Dec 31-Jan 2 33 $158.1K +22.9% 9 $17,572 $764.9K

4 Jan 7-9 7 $5.7M +3,500.8% 1,034 $5,507 $6.6M

5 Jan 14-17 12 $3.9M −31.5% 1,038 $3,760 $12.2M

6 Jan 21-23 15 $2.1M −45.9% 1,077 $1,959 $15.1M

7 Jan 28-30 15 $1.6M −24.8% 1,086 $1,461 $17.4M

8 Feb 4-6 15 $1.3M −18.7% 829 $1,557 $19.3M

9 Feb 11-13 19 $797.3K −38.2% 497 $1,604 $20.5M

11 Feb 25-27 28 $224.7K −71.8% 169 $1,330 $21.6M

12 Mar 3-5 41 $125.6K −44.1% 79 $1,589 $21.8M

13 Mar 10-12 45 $88.3K −29.7% 56 $1,577 $21.9M

14 Mar 17-19 46 $78.6K −11.0% 53 $1,483 $22.0M

15 Mar 24-26 45 $86.8K +10.4% 61 $1,423 $22.2M

16 Mar 31-Apr 2 50 $50.0K −42.4% 41 $1,220 $22.3M

17 Apr 7-9 67 $26.2K −47.5% 36 $729 $22.3M

18 Apr 14-16 70 $21.6K −17.5% 21 $1,031 $22.3M

19 Apr 21-23 79 $17.4K −19.4% 21 $831 $22.4M

20 Apr 28-30 70 $24.9K +42.9% 17 $1,467 $22.4M

21 May 5-7 88 $9.5K −62.0% 14 $677 $22.4M

22 May 12-14 97 $6.0K −36.3% 10 $603 $22.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sun Dec 19 #20 $65.0K — $193.6K 7 $9,286 3

Thu Jan 6 #20 $38.1K — $916.8K 9 $4,235 21

Fri Jan 7 #6 $1.7M +4% $2.6M 1,035 $1,658 22

Sat Jan 8 #8 $2.4M +41% $5.0M 1,035 $2,335 23

Sun Jan 9 #7 $1.5M −38% $6.6M 1,034 $1,456 24

Mon Jan 10 #6 $439.1K −71% $7.0M 1,034 $425 25

Tue Jan 11 #5 $474.7K +8% $7.5M 1,034 $459 26

Wed Jan 12 #7 $405.5K −15% $7.9M 1,034 $392 27

Thu Jan 13 #7 $369.1K −9% +868% $8.3M 1,034 $357 28

Fri Jan 14 #11 $923.0K +150% −46% $9.2M 1,034 $893 29

Sat Jan 15 #11 $1.5M +63% −38% $10.7M 1,040 $1,444 30

Sun Jan 16 #13 $1.0M −33% −33% $11.7M 1,040 $973 31

Mon Jan 17 #13 $511.5K −49% +16% $12.2M 1,038 $493 32

Tue Jan 18 #11 $255.4K −50% −46% $12.5M 1,038 $246 33

Wed Jan 19 #10 $230.0K −10% −43% $12.7M 1,038 $222 34

Thu Jan 20 #10 $214.7K −7% −42% $12.9M 1,038 $207 35

Sun Jan 23 #14 $539.0K — −47% $15.1M 1,077 $500 38

Mon Jan 24 #13 $198.6K −63% −61% $15.3M 1,077 $184 39

Tue Jan 25 #10 $240.2K +21% −6% $15.5M 1,077 $223 40

Wed Jan 26 #11 $191.1K −20% −17% $15.7M 1,077 $177 41

Thu Jan 27 #11 $184.0K −4% −14% $15.9M 1,077 $171 42

Sun Jan 30 #15 $297.0K — −45% $17.4M 1,086 $273 45

Mon Jan 31 #14 $141.8K −52% −29% $17.6M 1,086 $131 46

Tue Feb 1 #12 $160.9K +13% −33% $17.7M 1,086 $148 47

Wed Feb 2 #13 $149.1K −7% −22% $17.9M 1,086 $137 48

Thu Feb 3 #13 $137.0K −8% −26% $18.0M 1,086 $126 49

Sun Feb 6 #14 $336.0K — +13% $19.3M 829 $405 52

Mon Feb 7 #14 $83.3K −75% −41% $19.4M 829 $101 53

Tue Feb 8 #13 $112.0K +34% −30% $19.5M 829 $135 54

Wed Feb 9 #14 $95.5K −15% −36% $19.6M 829 $115 55

Thu Feb 10 #14 $95.1K — −31% $19.7M 829 $115 56

Sun Feb 13 #17 $209.0K — −38% $20.5M 497 $421 59

Mon Feb 14 #17 $88.9K −57% +7% $20.6M 497 $179 60

Tue Feb 15 #15 $77.7K −13% −31% $20.6M 497 $156 61

Wed Feb 16 #15 $71.4K −8% −25% $20.7M 497 $144 62

Thu Feb 17 #16 $66.8K −6% −30% $20.8M 497 $134 63

Tue Feb 22 #20 $46.6K — −40% $21.3M 287 $162 68

Wed Feb 23 #20 $36.8K −21% −49% $21.3M 287 $128 69

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

Cumulative total$21.3M

Dec 19Jan 14Jan 26Feb 8Feb 23

Weekend grossWk 9 · $797.3K

$193.6K

$128.7K

$158.1K

$5.7M

$3.9M

$2.1M

$1.6M

$1.3M

$797.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 1,086 → 287 −73.6%

7 open287 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −38.2%

−33.5%

W1→2

+22.9%

W2→3

+3,500.8%

W3→4

−31.5%

W4→5

−45.9%

W5→6

−24.8%

W6→7

−18.7%

W7→8

−38.2%

W8→9

Steepest −45.9%Biggest gain +3,500.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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