Name: Requiem for a Dream
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Sun Nov 5	#20	$78K		—	$644K	25	$3.1K	31
Mon Nov 6	#19	$27K	-65%	—	$671K	25	$1.1K	32
Tue Nov 7	#20	$26K	-5%	—	$696K	25	$1.0K	33
Wed Nov 8	#20	$27K	+4%	—	$723K	25	$1.1K	34
Sun Nov 12	#17	$76K		-3%	$1.00M	35	$2.2K	38
Mon Nov 13	#17	$24K	-68%	-11%	$1.03M	35	$685	39
Tue Nov 14	#17	$28K	+17%	+10%	$1.05M	35	$801	40
Wed Nov 15	#17	$27K	-5%		$1.08M	35	$765	41
Thu Nov 16	#17	$29K	+7%	—	$1.11M	35	$816	42
Sun Nov 19	#19	$77K		+1%	$1.34M	46	$1.7K	45
Mon Nov 20	#16	$26K	-66%	+9%	$1.37M	46	$568	46
Tue Nov 21	#18	$21K	-18%	-23%	$1.39M	46	$467	47
Mon Nov 27	#17	$27K		+5%	$1.78M	78	$352	53
Tue Nov 28	#17	$30K	+11%	+41%	$1.81M	78	$390	54
Wed Nov 29	#18	$29K	-6%	—	$1.84M	78	$366	55
Thu Nov 30	#18	$30K	+4%	—	$1.87M	78	$381	56
Sun Dec 3	#18	$67K		—	$2.08M	78	$859	59
Mon Dec 4	#18	$23K	-66%	-17%	$2.11M	78	$291	60
Tue Dec 5	#17	$28K	+23%	-8%	$2.13M	78	$359	61
Wed Dec 6	#18	$26K	-7%	-9%	$2.16M	78	$333	62
Thu Dec 7	#19	$25K	-2%	-14%	$2.19M	78	$326	63
Tue Dec 12	#20	$19K		-32%	$2.37M	78	$245	68
Wed Dec 13	#20	$17K	-9%	-33%	$2.39M	78	$222	69
Mon Dec 18	#20	$22K		—	$2.57M	93	$235	74
Tue Dec 19	#20	$24K	+9%	+24%	$2.59M	93	$255	75
Mon Jan 15	#43	$12K		—	$3.08M	53	$235	102

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Oct 6-8	49	$65K	—	$65K	2	$32.4K	1
Oct 13-15	57	$44K	-32.3%	$143K	2	$21.9K	2
Oct 20-22	42	$83K	+89.5%	$252K	5	$16.6K	3
Oct 27-29	45	$67K	-19.0%	$357K	4	$16.8K	4
Nov 3-5	22	$251K	+273.1%	$644K	25	$10.1K	5
Nov 10-12	19	$242K	-3.7%	$1.00M	35	$6.9K	6
Nov 17-19	20	$224K	-7.4%	$1.34M	46	$4.9K	7
Nov 24-26	18	$273K	+21.8%	$1.75M	78	$3.5K	8
Dec 1-3	20	$214K	-21.6%	$2.08M	78	$2.7K	9
Dec 8-10	23	$151K	-29.4%	$2.33M	78	$1.9K	10
Dec 15-17	25	$140K	-7.3%	$2.55M	93	$1.5K	11
Dec 22-24	33	$71K	-49.6%	$2.75M	70	$1.0K	12
Dec 29-31	43	$67K	-4.8%	$2.84M	72	$934	13
Jan 5-7	42	$70K	+4.7%	$2.97M	63	$1.1K	14
Jan 12-14	43	$70K	-0.3%	$3.08M	53	$1.3K	15
Jan 19-21	47	$52K	-25.2%	$3.15M	50	$1.0K	16
Jan 26-28	51	$41K	-21.3%	$3.22M	50	$826	17
Feb 2-4	54	$43K	+4.9%	$3.28M	43	$1.0K	18
Feb 9-11	56	$31K	-29.3%	$3.33M	35	$874	19
Feb 16-18	47	$94K	+207.2%	$3.44M	75	$1.3K	20
Feb 23-25	51	$60K	-35.8%	$3.53M	62	$974	21
Mar 2-4	55	$50K	-16.9%	$3.61M	54	$930	22

Performance Charts

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

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Weekend Gross Trend

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byDarren Aronofsky

ScreenplayHubert Selby Jr., Darren Aronofsky

Produced byEric Watson, Palmer West

CinematographyMatthew Libatique

Music byClint Mansell

StarringEllen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald

StudioArtisan Entertainment

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