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2001 • PG-13 • 1h 32m • Comedy, Romance • Miramax

Sometimes True Love Can Have More Than One Face.

🍅 58% 79%

52

3.34

6.8

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$50.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$77.50M

$27.20M international

Domestic legs3.8x

Budget$28M

2001 rank#52

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Cast & crew

Full Chelsom filmography

Peter Chelsom

Peter Chelsom Director

John Cusack

John Cusack Starring

Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale Starring

Molly Shannon

Molly Shannon Starring

Jeremy Piven

Jeremy Piven Starring

John Corbett

John Corbett Starring

ScreenplayMarc Klein Produced byPeter Abrams, Robert L. Levy, Simon Fields CinematographyJohn de Borman Music byAlan Silvestri StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 5-7 2 $13.3M — 2,601 $5,117 $13.3M

2 Oct 12-14 4 $8.8M −34.1% 2,603 $3,368 $26.4M

3 Oct 19-21 6 $5.4M −37.9% 2,610 $2,087 $34.4M

4 Oct 26-28 7 $3.8M −30.0% 2,203 $1,730 $40.0M

5 Nov 2-4 10 $2.4M −37.2% 1,640 $1,459 $43.5M

6 Nov 9-11 12 $1.6M −32.4% 1,342 $1,205 $45.8M

7 Nov 16-18 14 $875.3K −45.9% 964 $908 $47.2M

8 Nov 23-25 18 $479.7K −45.2% 506 $948 $48.1M

9 Nov 30-Dec 2 18 $559.6K +16.7% 1,008 $555 $48.7M

10 Dec 7-9 20 $236.1K −57.8% 593 $398 $49.1M

11 Dec 14-16 21 $181.4K −23.2% 342 $530 $49.4M

12 Dec 21-23 18 $319.6K +76.2% 331 $966 $50.0M

13 Dec 28-30 26 $127.4K −60.1% 268 $475 $50.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 5 #2 $4.4M — $4.4M 2,601 $1,692 1

Sat Oct 6 #2 $5.5M +24.5% $9.9M 2,601 $2,107 2

Sun Oct 7 #2 $3.2M −41.6% $13.3M 2,601 $1,230 3

Mon Oct 8 #2 $1.5M −53.7% $14.8M 2,601 $569 4

Tue Oct 9 #2 $917.0K −38.1% $15.7M 2,601 $353 5

Wed Oct 10 #2 $841.0K −8.3% $16.5M 2,601 $323 6

Thu Oct 11 #2 $879.0K +4.5% $17.6M 2,601 $338 7

Fri Oct 12 #4 $2.8M +223.8% −35.3% $20.5M 2,603 $1,093 8

Sat Oct 13 #3 $3.9M +35.4% −29.7% $24.3M 2,603 $1,481 9

Sun Oct 14 #4 $2.1M −46.3% −35.3% $26.4M 2,603 $795 10

Mon Oct 15 #3 $554.0K −73.2% −62.6% $26.9M 2,603 $213 11

Tue Oct 16 #3 $687.0K +24.0% −25.1% $27.6M 2,603 $264 12

Wed Oct 17 #3 $594.0K −13.5% −29.4% $28.2M 2,603 $228 13

Thu Oct 18 #3 $612.0K +3.0% −30.4% $29.0M 2,603 $235 14

Fri Oct 19 #6 $1.8M +199.3% −35.6% $30.8M 2,610 $702 15

Sat Oct 20 #6 $2.5M +34.3% −36.2% $33.3M 2,610 $943 16

Sun Oct 21 #7 $1.2M −50.8% −41.5% $34.4M 2,610 $464 17

Mon Oct 22 #6 $356.0K −70.6% −35.7% $34.8M 2,610 $136 18

Tue Oct 23 #6 $472.0K +32.6% −31.3% $35.3M 2,610 $181 19

Wed Oct 24 #7 $413.0K −12.5% −30.5% $35.7M 2,610 $158 20

Thu Oct 25 #6 $466.0K +12.8% −23.9% $36.2M 2,610 $179 21

Fri Oct 26 #9 $1.3M +177.5% −29.4% $37.5M 2,610 $495 22

Sat Oct 27 #7 $1.7M +29.2% −32.1% $39.1M 2,203 $758 23

Sun Oct 28 #7 $870.0K −47.9% −28.1% $40.0M 2,203 $395 24

Mon Oct 29 #8 $245.0K −71.8% −31.2% $40.3M 2,203 $111 25

Tue Oct 30 #8 $286.0K +16.7% −39.4% $40.6M 2,203 $130 26

Wed Oct 31 #8 $241.0K −15.7% −41.6% $40.8M 2,203 $109 27

Thu Nov 1 #8 $280.0K +16.2% −39.9% $41.1M 2,203 $127 28

Fri Nov 2 #10 $810.0K +189.3% −37.4% $41.9M 1,640 $494 29

Sat Nov 3 #10 $1.1M +37.0% −33.5% $43.0M 1,640 $677 30

Sun Nov 4 #10 $490.0K −55.9% −43.7% $43.5M 1,640 $299 31

Mon Nov 5 #10 $169.0K −65.5% −31.0% $43.6M 1,640 $103 32

Tue Nov 6 #10 $202.0K +19.5% −29.4% $43.8M 1,640 $123 33

Wed Nov 7 #10 $177.0K −12.4% −26.6% $44.0M 1,640 $108 34

Thu Nov 8 #10 $192.0K +8.5% −31.4% $44.2M 1,640 $117 35

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

Cumulative total$44.2M

Oct 5Oct 14Oct 22Oct 31Nov 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $236.1K

$13.3M

$8.8M

$5.4M

$3.8M

$2.4M

$1.6M

$875.3K

$479.7K

$559.6K

$236.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,610 → 1,640 −37.2%

2,601 open1,640 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −57.8%

−34.1%

W1→2

−37.9%

W2→3

−30.0%

W3→4

−37.2%

W4→5

−32.4%

W5→6

−45.9%

W6→7

−45.2%

W7→8

+16.7%

W8→9

−57.8%

W9→10

Steepest −57.8%Biggest gain +16.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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