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The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusFollow

2009 • PG-13 • 2h 2m • Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy • Sony Pictures Classics

The man who tried to cheat the devil.

🍅 63% 60% MC 65 LB 3.24 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$334K
Limited · 48 theaters
Domestic total
$7.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$64.40M
$56.70M international
Domestic legs4.4x from $1.8M first wide weekend
Budget$30M
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Cast & crew

Full Gilliam filmography
Terry Gilliam Terry Gilliam Director Christopher Plummer Christopher Plummer Starring Heath Ledger Heath Ledger Starring Andrew Garfield Andrew Garfield Starring Tom Waits Tom Waits Starring Johnny Depp Johnny Depp Starring
ScreenplayTerry Gilliam, Charles McKeown Produced byTerry Gilliam, Samuel Hadida, William Vince, Amy Gilliam CinematographyNicola Pecorini MusicMychael Danna StudioSony Pictures Classics

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 25-27 23 $334.2K — 48 $6,962 $334.2K
2 Jan 1-3 23 $368.8K +10.4% 48 $7,684 $1.0M
3 Jan 8-10 11 $1.8M +377.9% 607 $2,904 $3.0M
4 Jan 15-18 14 $1.1M −39.1% 599 $1,792 $4.8M
5 Jan 22-24 22 $492.7K −54.1% 281 $1,754 $5.9M
6 Jan 29-31 23 $322.9K −34.5% 179 $1,804 $6.4M
7 Feb 5-7 31 $221.2K −31.5% 138 $1,603 $6.8M
8 Feb 12-15 30 $164.6K −25.6% 102 $1,614 $7.0M
9 Feb 19-21 33 $143.8K −12.7% 191 $753 $7.3M
10 Feb 26-28 41 $86.2K −40.0% 96 $898 $7.4M
11 Mar 5-7 48 $37.8K −56.1% 71 $533 $7.5M
12 Mar 12-14 60 $18.7K −50.5% 38 $493 $7.5M
13 Mar 19-21 67 $12.7K −32.1% 33 $385 $7.6M
14 Mar 26-28 71 $8.8K −30.4% 13 $680 $7.6M
15 Apr 2-4 63 $11.9K +34.6% 22 $541 $7.6M
16 Apr 9-11 54 $26.6K +123.5% 61 $436 $7.6M
17 Apr 16-18 72 $9.9K −62.8% 25 $395 $7.7M
18 Apr 23-25 78 $5.9K −40.2% 16 $370 $7.7M
19 Apr 30-May 2 106 $997 −83.1% 8 $125 $7.7M
20 May 7-9 92 $3.0K +202.6% 7 $431 $7.7M
21 May 14-16 100 $1.6K −47.4% 6 $265 $7.7M
22 May 21-23 107 $653 −58.9% 1 $653 $7.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $86.2K
$334.2K
$368.8K
$1.8M
$1.1M
$492.7K
$322.9K
$221.2K
$164.6K
$143.8K
$86.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.0%
+10.4%
W1→2
+377.9%
W2→3
−39.1%
W3→4
−54.1%
W4→5
−34.5%
W5→6
−31.5%
W6→7
−25.6%
W7→8
−12.7%
W8→9
−40.0%
W9→10
Steepest −54.1%Biggest gain +377.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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