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2003 • PG-13 • 1h 57m • Drama • Revolution Studios

They had everything. She showed them more.

🍅 33% 61%

45

3.68

6.6

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$63.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$141.00M

$77.50M international

Domestic legs5.54x

Budget$65.0M

2003 rank#48

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Cast & crew

Full Newell filmography

Mike Newell

Mike Newell Director

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts Starring

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst Starring

Julia Stiles

Julia Stiles Starring

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal Starring

Ginnifer Goodwin

Ginnifer Goodwin Starring

ScreenplayMark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner Produced byElaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Deborah Schindler, Paul Schiff CinematographyAnastas Michos MusicRachel Portman StudioRevolution Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 19-21 2 $11.5M — 2,677 $4,306 $11.5M

2 Dec 26-28 6 $11.4M −1.5% 2,677 $4,240 $31.2M

3 Jan 2-4 7 $8.3M −26.9% 2,714 $3,058 $50.0M

4 Jan 9-11 10 $4.4M −47.2% 2,500 $1,753 $56.9M

5 Jan 16-18 15 $2.1M −51.2% 1,836 $1,164 $60.5M

6 Jan 23-25 19 $888.2K −58.5% 1,007 $882 $62.4M

7 Jan 30-Feb 1 27 $307.0K −65.4% 440 $697 $63.0M

8 Feb 6-8 38 $120.8K −60.7% 154 $784 $63.2M

9 Feb 13-15 33 $219.8K +82.0% 278 $790 $63.4M

10 Feb 20-22 37 $145.8K −33.7% 235 $620 $63.7M

11 Feb 27-29 52 $60.2K −58.7% 117 $514 $63.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 19 #2 $4.3M — $4.3M 2,677 $1,606 1

Sat Dec 20 #3 $4.1M −5% $8.2M 2,677 $1,522 2

Sun Dec 21 #3 $3.3M −18% $11.5M 2,677 $1,245 3

Mon Dec 22 #2 $2.3M −31% $13.8M 2,677 $863 4

Tue Dec 23 #2 $2.2M −5% $16.0M 2,677 $821 5

Wed Dec 24 #5 $1.1M −49% $17.2M 2,677 $417 6

Thu Dec 25 #7 $2.7M +144% $19.9M 2,677 $1,019 7

Fri Dec 26 #7 $4.1M +49% −5% $24.0M 2,677 $1,524 8

Sat Dec 27 #6 $4.0M −2% −2% $27.9M 2,677 $1,499 9

Sun Dec 28 #6 $3.3M −17% −1% $31.2M 2,677 $1,237 10

Mon Dec 29 #6 $2.5M −24% +9% $33.7M 2,677 $940 11

Tue Dec 30 #6 $2.7M +8% +23% $36.5M 2,677 $1,011 12

Wed Dec 31 #5 $2.2M −19% +97% $38.6M 2,677 $821 13

Thu Jan 1 #6 $3.2M +43% +15% $41.8M 2,714 $1,161 14

Fri Jan 2 #7 $3.3M +5% −19% $45.1M 2,714 $1,215 15

Sat Jan 3 #7 $3.3M −1% −19% $48.2M 2,714 $1,199 16

Sun Jan 4 #7 $1.8M −45% −46% $50.0M 2,714 $661 17

Mon Jan 5 #7 $609.0K −66% −76% $50.6M 2,714 $224 18

Tue Jan 6 #7 $647.0K +6% −76% $51.3M 2,714 $238 19

Wed Jan 7 #7 $618.0K −4% −72% $51.9M 2,714 $227 20

Thu Jan 8 #6 $619.0K n/c −80% $52.5M 2,714 $228 21

Fri Jan 9 #9 $1.4M +126% −58% $53.9M 2,500 $560 22

Mon Jan 12 #10 $329.0K — −46% $57.2M 2,500 $131 25

Tue Jan 13 #8 $430.0K +31% −34% $57.6M 2,500 $172 26

Wed Jan 14 #9 $346.0K −20% −44% $58.0M 2,500 $138 27

Thu Jan 15 #8 $371.0K +7% −40% $58.4M 2,500 $148 28

Mon Jan 19 #15 $415.3K — +26% $60.9M 1,836 $226 32

Tue Jan 20 #10 $193.0K −54% −55% $61.1M 1,836 $105 33

Wed Jan 21 #10 $172.0K −11% −50% $61.3M 1,836 $93 34

Thu Jan 22 #10 $184.0K +7% −50% $61.5M 1,836 $100 35

Mon Feb 16 #34 $40.8K — $63.5M 278 $146 60

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

Cumulative total$63.5M

Dec 19Dec 27Jan 3Jan 13Feb 16

Weekend grossWk 10 · $145.8K

$11.5M

$11.4M

$8.3M

$4.4M

$2.1M

$888.2K

$307.0K

$120.8K

$219.8K

$145.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,714 → 278 −89.8%

2,677 open278 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.7%

−1.5%

W1→2

−26.9%

W2→3

−47.2%

W3→4

−51.2%

W4→5

−58.5%

W5→6

−65.4%

W6→7

−60.7%

W7→8

+82.0%

W8→9

−33.7%

W9→10

Steepest −65.4%Biggest gain +82.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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