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The GiftFollow

2000 • R • 1h 52m • Drama, Fantasy, Horror • Paramount Vantage

The only witness to the crime was not even there.

🍅 57% 55% MC 62 LB 3.22 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$12K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$12.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$44.60M
$32.60M international
Domestic legs3.5x from $3.5M first wide weekend
Budget$10M
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Cast & crew

Full Raimi filmography
Sam Raimi Sam Raimi Director Cate Blanchett Cate Blanchett Starring Giovanni Ribisi Giovanni Ribisi Starring Keanu Reeves Keanu Reeves Starring Katie Holmes Katie Holmes Starring Greg Kinnear Greg Kinnear Starring
ScreenplayBilly Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson Produced byTom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, James Jacks, Richard S. Wright CinematographyJamie Anderson MusicChristopher Young Prod. DesignNeil Spisak StudioParamount Vantage

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 22-25 49 $11.8K — 3 $3,942 $18.8K
2 Dec 29-Jan 1 59 $10.2K −13.9% 1 $10,178 $43.5K
5 Jan 19-21 13 $3.5M — 805 $4,301 $3.5M
6 Jan 26-28 17 $2.1M −39.2% 806 $2,613 $6.6M
7 Feb 2-4 20 $1.7M −21.1% 777 $2,137 $9.0M
8 Feb 9-11 21 $921.3K −44.5% 807 $1,142 $10.4M
9 Feb 16-19 25 $427.5K −53.6% 580 $737 $11.2M
10 Feb 23-25 36 $203.4K −52.4% 326 $624 $11.5M
11 Mar 2-4 44 $89.6K −56.0% 190 $471 $11.6M
12 Mar 9-11 55 $47.5K −46.9% 90 $528 $11.7M
13 Mar 16-18 62 $30.6K −35.5% 52 $589 $11.8M
14 Mar 23-25 49 $64.8K +111.5% 156 $415 $11.8M
15 Mar 30-Apr 1 67 $19.9K −69.2% 86 $232 $11.9M
16 Apr 6-8 56 $30.3K +51.8% 83 $365 $12.0M
17 Apr 13-15 55 $22.8K −24.8% 46 $495 $12.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $203.4K
$11.8K
$10.2K
$3.5M
$2.1M
$1.7M
$921.3K
$427.5K
$203.4K
W1W2W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −52.4%
−13.9%
W1→2
−39.2%
W5→6
−21.1%
W6→7
−44.5%
W7→8
−53.6%
W8→9
−52.4%
W9→10
Steepest −53.6%Best hold −13.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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