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Memento

2000 R 1h 53m Mystery, Thriller Newmarket Films

Some memories are best forgotten.

Memento Box Office

Opening Weekend
$235K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$25.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$39.7M
$14.2M international
Domestic Legs108.5x
Budget$5M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Mar 16-18 27 $235K $235K 11 $21.4K 1
Mar 23-25 27 $217K -7.6% $570K 12 $18.1K 2
Mar 30-Apr 1 20 $679K +212.4% $1.36M 70 $9.7K 3
Apr 6-8 17 $843K +24.1% $2.41M 120 $7.0K 4
Apr 13-15 16 $927K +10.0% $3.69M 173 $5.4K 5
Apr 20-22 16 $1.21M +30.1% $5.24M 270 $4.5K 6
Apr 27-29 13 $1.27M +5.3% $6.89M 324 $3.9K 7
May 4-6 12 $1.23M -2.9% $8.53M 408 $3.0K 8
May 11-13 9 $1.22M -1.4% $10.19M 445 $2.7K 9
May 18-20 10 $1.28M +5.2% $11.99M 484 $2.6K 10
May 25-27 8 $1.57M +22.3% $14.13M 531 $2.9K 11
Jun 1-3 10 $1.09M -30.3% $16.05M 479 $2.3K 12
Jun 8-10 11 $741K -32.1% $17.27M 452 $1.6K 13
Jun 15-17 11 $734K -1.0% $18.43M 398 $1.8K 14
Jun 22-24 13 $722K -1.5% $19.57M 326 $2.2K 15
Jun 29-Jul 1 17 $533K -26.2% $20.46M 284 $1.9K 16
Jul 6-8 18 $490K -8.0% $21.37M 223 $2.2K 17
Jul 13-15 20 $322K -34.4% $23.01M 190 $1.7K 18
Jul 20-22 23 $257K -20.0% $23.44M 171 $1.5K 19
Jul 27-29 23 $252K -2.0% $23.84M 178 $1.4K 20
Aug 3-5 26 $244K -3.4% $24.24M 161 $1.5K 21
Aug 10-12 27 $198K -18.6% $24.60M 154 $1.3K 22
Aug 17-19 30 $153K -22.8% $24.85M 152 $1.0K 23
Aug 24-26 38 $98K -36.3% $25.04M 118 $827 24
Aug 31-Sep 2 42 $107K +9.9% $25.25M 88 $1.2K 25
Sep 7-9 51 $63K -41.0% $25.34M 79 $801 26
Sep 14-16 57 $52K -17.7% $25.42M 83 $628 27
Sep 21-23 86 $11K -78.0% $25.45M 57 $201 28
Sep 28-30 84 $10K -16.3% $25.48M 13 $736 29
Oct 5-7 88 $10K +1.6% $25.49M 16 $608 30
Oct 12-14 89 $8K -16.2% $25.50M 16 $510 31
Oct 19-21 89 $7K -19.5% $25.51M 17 $386 32
Oct 26-28 105 $6K -12.3% $25.52M 10 $575 33
Nov 2-4 115 $2K -58.5% $25.53M 6 $398 34
Nov 9-11 124 $792 -66.8% $25.53M 2 $396 35

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byChristopher Nolan
ScreenplayChristopher Nolan
Produced byJennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd
CinematographyWally Pfister
Music byDavid Julyan
StarringGuy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
StudioNewmarket Films

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