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2002 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Drama • Paramount Pictures

The time to hide is over. The time to regret is gone. The time to live is now.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$339K

Limited · 11 theaters

Domestic total

$41.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$97.00M

$55.40M international

Domestic legs9.0x from $4.6M biggest weekend

Budget$25.0M

2003 rank#72

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Cast & crew

Full Daldry filmography

Stephen Daldry

Stephen Daldry Director

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Starring

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore Starring

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep Starring

Ed Harris

Ed Harris Starring

Toni Collette

Toni Collette Starring

ScreenplayDavid Hare Based on the novel byMichael Cunningham Produced byScott Rudin, Robert Fox CinematographySeamus McGarvey Music byPhilip Glass StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 27-29 30 $338.6K — 11 $30,784 $338.6K

2 Jan 3-5 29 $355.1K +4.9% 11 $32,283 $1.1M

3 Jan 10-12 22 $907.6K +155.6% 45 $20,169 $2.2M

4 Jan 17-19 9 $4.6M +411.8% 402 $11,555 $8.4M

5 Jan 24-26 10 $3.9M −15.3% 502 $7,837 $13.9M

6 Jan 31-Feb 2 13 $3.1M −21.1% 548 $5,661 $18.5M

7 Feb 7-9 13 $2.1M −31.5% 549 $3,873 $21.7M

8 Feb 14-16 10 $3.4M +58.2% 1,003 $3,354 $26.5M

9 Feb 21-23 12 $2.4M −27.5% 1,010 $2,414 $30.0M

10 Feb 28-Mar 2 12 $2.1M −15.8% 1,010 $2,031 $33.0M

11 Mar 7-9 11 $1.5M −28.1% 962 $1,534 $35.3M

12 Mar 14-16 14 $1.3M −15.3% 814 $1,536 $37.3M

13 Mar 21-23 16 $1.0M −19.8% 628 $1,597 $38.9M

14 Mar 28-30 17 $744.7K −25.7% 506 $1,472 $40.1M

15 Apr 4-6 24 $352.6K −52.7% 402 $877 $40.7M

16 Apr 11-13 34 $167.4K −52.5% 224 $747 $41.1M

17 Apr 18-20 46 $97.3K −41.9% 136 $715 $41.2M

18 Apr 25-27 52 $57.8K −40.6% 94 $615 $41.3M

19 May 2-4 40 $97.5K +68.7% 187 $521 $41.5M

20 May 9-11 58 $41.0K −58.0% 110 $372 $41.6M

21 May 16-18 81 $14.5K −64.5% 28 $520 $41.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 17 #9 $1.3M — $4.0M 402 $3,319 22

Sat Jan 18 #9 $1.9M +43.8% $5.9M 402 $4,774 23

Sun Jan 19 #9 $1.4M −27.5% $7.3M 402 $3,461 24

Mon Jan 20 #8 $1.1M −21.4% $8.4M 402 $2,722 25

Tue Jan 21 #7 $529.0K −51.7% $9.0M 402 $1,316 26

Wed Jan 22 #6 $480.0K −9.3% $9.4M 402 $1,194 27

Thu Jan 23 #8 $497.0K +3.5% $9.9M 402 $1,236 28

Fri Jan 24 #10 $1.2M +137.5% −11.5% $11.1M 502 $2,352 29

Sat Jan 25 #10 $1.8M +53.2% −5.7% $12.9M 502 $3,604 30

Sun Jan 26 #10 $853.0K −52.8% −38.7% $13.8M 502 $1,699 31

Mon Jan 27 #10 $353.0K −58.6% −67.7% $14.2M 502 $703 32

Tue Jan 28 #9 $405.0K +14.7% −23.4% $14.6M 502 $807 33

Wed Jan 29 #8 $388.0K −4.2% −19.2% $15.0M 502 $773 34

Thu Jan 30 #9 $404.0K +4.1% −18.7% $15.4M 502 $805 35

Mon Feb 3 #10 $242.0K — −31.4% $18.8M 548 $442 39

Tue Feb 4 #9 $284.0K +17.4% −29.9% $19.0M 548 $518 40

Wed Feb 5 #8 $276.0K −2.8% −28.9% $19.3M 548 $504 41

Thu Feb 6 #9 $278.0K +0.7% −31.2% $19.6M 548 $507 42

Tue Feb 11 #9 $255.0K — −10.2% $22.1M 549 $464 47

Wed Feb 12 #7 $267.0K +4.7% −3.3% $22.4M 549 $486 48

Thu Feb 13 #7 $267.0K +0.0% −4.0% $22.7M 549 $486 49

Fri Feb 14 #10 $825.0K +209.0% $23.5M 1,003 $823 50

Sat Feb 15 #10 $1.4M +75.6% $25.0M 1,003 $1,444 51

Sun Feb 16 #9 $1.0M −27.8% $26.0M 1,003 $1,042 52

Mon Feb 17 #10 $494.6K −52.7% $26.5M 1,003 $493 53

Tue Feb 18 #8 $373.0K −24.6% +46.3% $26.9M 1,003 $372 54

Wed Feb 19 #8 $341.0K −8.6% +27.7% $27.2M 1,003 $340 55

Thu Feb 20 #8 $359.0K +5.3% +34.5% $27.6M 1,003 $358 56

Tue Mar 4 #9 $227.0K — $33.4M 1,010 $225 68

Wed Mar 5 #10 $196.0K −13.7% $33.6M 1,010 $194 69

Thu Mar 6 #11 $191.0K −2.6% $33.8M 1,010 $189 70

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

Cumulative total$33.8M

Jan 17Jan 25Feb 4Feb 16Mar 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.1M

$338.6K

$355.1K

$907.6K

$4.6M

$3.9M

$3.1M

$2.1M

$3.4M

$2.4M

$2.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,010 → 1,010 +0.0%

402 open1,010 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.8%

+4.9%

W1→2

+155.6%

W2→3

+411.8%

W3→4

−15.3%

W4→5

−21.1%

W5→6

−31.5%

W6→7

+58.2%

W7→8

−27.5%

W8→9

−15.8%

W9→10

Steepest −31.5%Biggest gain +411.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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