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2004 • R • 2h 7m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Fox Searchlight Pictures

In search of wine. In search of women. In search of themselves.

🍅 97% 79%

94

3.81

7.5

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$71.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$110.00M

$38.20M international

Domestic legs24.5x from $2.9M biggest weekend

Budget$16.0M

2004 rank#39

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Cast & crew

Full Payne filmography

Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne Director

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti Starring

Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church Starring

Virginia Madsen

Virginia Madsen Starring

Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh Starring

ScreenplayAlexander Payne, Jim Taylor Produced byMichael London CinematographyPhedon Papamichael MusicRolfe Kent StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 12-14 12 $1.4M — 144 $9,824 $3.8M

2 Nov 19-21 12 $1.8M +29.3% 279 $6,554 $6.0M

3 Nov 26-28 11 $2.9M +59.3% 497 $5,860 $10.0M

4 Dec 3-5 11 $1.8M −38.1% 499 $3,612 $12.5M

5 Dec 10-12 11 $1.2M −31.2% 475 $2,611 $14.3M

6 Dec 17-19 13 $1.5M +21.1% 424 $3,544 $16.5M

7 Dec 24-26 18 $1.2M −22.2% 359 $3,257 $18.5M

8 Dec 31-Jan 2 17 $2.2M +83.9% 370 $5,811 $22.4M

9 Jan 7-9 16 $1.9M −11.3% 365 $5,225 $25.1M

10 Jan 14-16 13 $2.2M +13.5% 370 $5,850 $28.0M

11 Jan 21-23 11 $2.9M +31.8% 699 $4,080 $32.1M

12 Jan 28-30 8 $6.3M +122.6% 1,694 $3,746 $40.1M

13 Feb 4-6 8 $4.7M −26.6% 1,786 $2,607 $46.7M

14 Feb 11-13 9 $4.5M −4.0% 1,619 $2,762 $52.8M

15 Feb 18-20 11 $3.8M −14.4% 1,300 $2,943 $58.0M

16 Feb 25-27 11 $3.5M −7.6% 1,229 $2,878 $63.2M

17 Mar 4-6 12 $2.1M −40.8% 1,057 $1,982 $66.2M

18 Mar 11-13 14 $1.3M −36.7% 807 $1,643 $68.1M

19 Mar 18-20 13 $928.1K −30.0% 585 $1,586 $69.5M

20 Mar 25-27 15 $578.5K −37.7% 413 $1,400 $70.4M

21 Apr 1-3 19 $321.3K −44.5% 304 $1,056 $71.0M

22 Apr 8-10 26 $141.8K −55.8% 172 $824 $71.2M

23 Apr 15-17 37 $93.5K −34.1% 127 $736 $71.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 26 #10 $1.1M — $8.1M 497 $2,142 36

Sat Nov 27 #10 $1.2M +12% $9.3M 497 $2,393 37

Sun Nov 28 #10 $658.8K −45% $10.0M 497 $1,325 38

Tue Dec 14 #9 $198.0K — $14.6M 475 $416 54

Wed Dec 15 #8 $193.0K −3% $14.8M 475 $406 55

Thu Dec 16 #10 $190.0K −2% $15.0M 475 $400 56

Fri Dec 17 #13 $400.0K +111% $15.4M 424 $943 57

Sat Dec 18 #13 $674.8K +69% $16.1M 424 $1,591 58

Sun Dec 19 #13 $431.9K −36% $16.5M 424 $1,018 59

Thu Jan 13 #10 $216.0K — $25.9M 365 $591 84

Fri Jan 14 #14 $500.0K +131% $26.4M 366 $1,366 85

Sat Jan 15 #13 $922.8K +85% $27.4M 366 $2,521 86

Sun Jan 16 #13 $668.4K −28% $28.0M 366 $1,826 87

Mon Jan 17 #12 $585.7K −12% $28.6M 366 $1,600 88

Tue Jan 18 #9 $223.0K −62% $28.9M 366 $609 89

Wed Jan 19 #10 $208.0K −7% $29.1M 366 $568 90

Thu Jan 20 #10 $215.0K +3% n/c $29.3M 366 $587 91

Fri Jan 21 #11 $900.0K +319% +80% $30.2M 699 $1,287 92

Sat Jan 22 #11 $1.2M +38% +34% $31.4M 699 $1,772 93

Sun Jan 23 #11 $703.4K −43% +5% $32.1M 699 $1,006 94

Mon Jan 24 #11 $297.0K −58% −49% $32.4M 699 $424 95

Tue Jan 25 #8 $410.0K +38% +84% $32.8M 699 $586 96

Wed Jan 26 #7 $439.0K +7% +111% $33.3M 699 $628 97

Thu Jan 27 #8 $430.0K −2% +100% $33.7M 699 $615 98

Fri Jan 28 #8 $1.7M +295% +89% $35.4M 699 $2,432 99

Sat Jan 29 #8 $2.9M +68% +131% $38.3M 1,694 $1,689 100

Sun Jan 30 #8 $1.8M −37% +155% $40.1M 1,694 $1,059 101

Mon Jan 31 #6 $457.0K −75% +54% $40.5M 1,694 $269 102

Tue Feb 1 #6 $505.0K +11% +23% $41.0M 1,694 $298 103

Wed Feb 2 #5 $502.0K −1% +14% $41.5M 1,694 $296 104

Thu Feb 3 #6 $489.0K −3% +14% $42.0M 1,694 $288 105

Fri Feb 4 #8 $1.5M +207% −12% $43.5M 1,787 $839 106

Sat Feb 5 #8 $2.4M +61% −15% $45.9M 1,786 $1,355 107

Sun Feb 6 #8 $784.7K −68% −56% $46.7M 1,786 $439 108

Mon Feb 7 #7 $410.0K −48% −10% $47.1M 1,786 $229 109

Tue Feb 8 #7 $419.0K +2% −17% $47.5M 1,786 $234 110

Wed Feb 9 #6 $386.0K −8% −23% $47.9M 1,786 $216 111

Thu Feb 10 #6 $425.0K +10% −13% $48.3M 1,786 $237 112

Fri Feb 11 #9 $1.1M +159% −27% $49.4M 1,619 $679 113

Sat Feb 12 #8 $2.1M +95% −11% $51.6M 1,619 $1,325 114

Sun Feb 13 #9 $1.2M −46% +48% $52.8M 1,619 $719 115

Mon Feb 14 #10 $520.0K −55% +27% $53.3M 1,619 $321 116

Tue Feb 15 #7 $308.0K −41% −26% $53.6M 1,619 $190 117

Wed Feb 16 #7 $297.0K −4% −23% $53.9M 1,619 $183 118

Thu Feb 17 #9 $318.0K +7% −25% $54.2M 1,619 $196 119

Fri Feb 18 #10 $900.0K +183% −18% $55.1M 1,300 $692 120

Sat Feb 19 #10 $1.7M +92% −19% $56.9M 1,300 $1,332 121

Sun Feb 20 #10 $1.2M −31% +2% $58.0M 1,300 $916 122

Mon Feb 21 #11 $647.3K −46% +24% $58.7M 1,300 $497 123

Tue Feb 22 #10 $311.0K −52% +1% $59.0M 1,300 $239 124

Wed Feb 23 #9 $316.0K +2% +6% $59.3M 1,300 $243 125

Thu Feb 24 #8 $306.0K −3% −4% $59.6M 1,300 $235 126

Fri Feb 25 #10 $1.0M +227% +11% $60.6M 1,229 $813 127

Sat Feb 26 #10 $1.7M +73% n/c $62.3M 1,229 $1,408 128

Mon Feb 28 #9 $200.0K — −69% $63.4M 1,229 $162 130

Tue Mar 1 #9 $235.0K +18% −24% $63.6M 1,229 $191 131

Wed Mar 2 #9 $235.0K n/c −26% $63.8M 1,229 $191 132

Thu Mar 3 #9 $255.0K +9% −17% $64.1M 1,229 $207 133

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

Cumulative total$16.5M

Nov 26Nov 28Dec 15Dec 17Dec 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.2M

$1.4M

$1.8M

$2.9M

$1.8M

$1.2M

$1.5M

$1.2M

$2.2M

$1.9M

$2.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 497 → 424 −14.7%

497 open424 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +13.5%

+29.3%

W1→2

+59.3%

W2→3

−38.1%

W3→4

−31.2%

W4→5

+21.1%

W5→6

−22.2%

W6→7

+83.9%

W7→8

−11.3%

W8→9

+13.5%

W9→10

Steepest −38.1%Biggest gain +83.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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