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2002 • R • 1h 35m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Sony Pictures

I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$367K

Limited · 5 theaters

Domestic total

$17.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$24.60M

$6.80M international

Domestic legs4.4x from $4.0M first wide weekend

Budget$25M

2002 rank#121

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Cast & crew

Full Anderson filmography

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson Director

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler Starring

Emily Watson

Emily Watson Starring

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring

Luis Guzmán

Luis Guzmán Starring

Mary Lynn Rajskub

Mary Lynn Rajskub Starring

ScreenplayPaul Thomas Anderson Produced byJoAnne Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Paul Thomas Anderson CinematographyRobert Elswit Music byJon Brion StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 11-13 23 $367.2K — 5 $73,441 $367.2K

2 Oct 18-20 15 $1.5M +303.3% 78 $18,986 $2.0M

3 Oct 25-27 7 $3.3M +123.4% 481 $6,878 $5.9M

4 Nov 1-3 8 $4.0M +21.0% 1,252 $3,198 $10.9M

5 Nov 8-10 11 $2.5M −37.5% 1,293 $1,935 $14.5M

6 Nov 15-17 13 $1.2M −51.6% 867 $1,396 $16.5M

7 Nov 22-24 18 $422.2K −65.1% 411 $1,027 $17.3M

8 Nov 29-Dec 1 29 $171.8K −59.3% 131 $1,312 $17.6M

9 Dec 6-8 34 $78.5K −54.3% 103 $762 $17.7M

10 Dec 13-15 45 $37.0K −52.8% 47 $787 $17.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 11 #18 $118.5K — $118.5K 5 $23,708 1

Sat Oct 12 #17 $138.5K +17% $257.0K 5 $27,700 2

Sun Oct 13 #17 $110.2K −20% $367.2K 5 $22,033 3

Fri Oct 25 #7 $1.1M — $3.7M 481 $2,375 15

Sat Oct 26 #7 $1.4M +25% $5.1M 481 $2,958 16

Sun Oct 27 #8 $743.2K −48% $5.9M 481 $1,545 17

Mon Oct 28 #7 $257.0K −65% $6.1M 481 $534 18

Tue Oct 29 #7 $282.0K +10% $6.4M 481 $586 19

Wed Oct 30 #7 $242.0K −14% $6.6M 481 $503 20

Thu Oct 31 #7 $215.0K −11% $6.9M 481 $447 21

Fri Nov 1 #8 $1.3M +518% +16% $8.2M 1,252 $1,062 22

Sat Nov 2 #8 $1.8M +35% +26% $10.0M 1,252 $1,435 23

Sun Nov 3 #8 $878.0K −51% +18% $10.9M 1,252 $701 24

Mon Nov 4 #8 $285.0K −68% +11% $11.1M 1,252 $228 25

Tue Nov 5 #8 $328.0K +15% +16% $11.5M 1,252 $262 26

Wed Nov 6 #9 $273.0K −17% +13% $11.7M 1,252 $218 27

Thu Nov 7 #9 $264.0K −3% +23% $12.0M 1,252 $211 28

Fri Nov 8 #10 $792.0K +200% −40% $12.8M 1,293 $613 29

Sat Nov 9 #11 $1.1M +36% −40% $13.9M 1,293 $835 30

Sun Nov 10 #11 $630.0K −42% −28% $14.5M 1,293 $487 31

Fri Nov 15 #12 $373.4K — −53% $15.7M 867 $431 36

Sat Nov 16 #11 $564.3K +51% −48% $16.2M 867 $651 37

Sun Nov 17 #14 $272.7K −52% −57% $16.5M 867 $315 38

Cumulative total$16.5M

Oct 11Oct 28Nov 2Nov 8Nov 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $37.0K

$367.2K

$1.5M

$3.3M

$4.0M

$2.5M

$1.2M

$422.2K

$171.8K

$78.5K

$37.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,293 → 867 −32.9%

5 open867 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −52.8%

+303.3%

W1→2

+123.4%

W2→3

+21.0%

W3→4

−37.5%

W4→5

−51.6%

W5→6

−65.1%

W6→7

−59.3%

W7→8

−54.3%

W8→9

−52.8%

W9→10

Steepest −65.1%Biggest gain +303.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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