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Seeking a Friend for the End of the WorldFollow

2012 • R • 1h 41m • Adventure, Comedy, Drama • Focus Features

Nice knowing you.

🍅 54% 53% MC 59 LB 3.35 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$3.80M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$7.10M
Final
Worldwide total
$11.80M
$4.70M international
Domestic legs1.9x
Budget$10M
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Cast & crew

Steve Carell Steve Carell Starring Keira Knightley Keira Knightley Starring Connie Britton Connie Britton Starring Rob Corddry Rob Corddry Starring Adam Brody Adam Brody Starring Derek Luke Derek Luke Starring
ScreenplayLorene Scafaria Produced bySteve Golin, Steven M. Rales, Mark Roybal, Joy Gorman Wettels CinematographyTim Orr MusicRob Simonsen Prod. DesignChris L. Spellman StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 22-24 10 $3.8M — 1,625 $2,352 $3.8M
2 Jun 29-Jul 1 16 $1.1M −72.0% 1,608 $665 $6.6M
Cumulative total$7.1M
Jun 22Jun 25Jun 29Jul 2Jul 5
Weekend grossWk 2 · $1.1M
$3.8M
$1.1M
W1W2
Theater countPeak 1,625 → 621 −61.8%
1,625 open621 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 2 · −72.0%
−72.0%
W1→2
Steepest −72.0%Best hold −72.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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