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2004 • R • 1h 59m • Comedy, Drama • Touchstone Pictures

The deeper you go, the weirder life gets.

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3.81

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$113K

Limited · 2 theaters

Domestic total

$24.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$34.80M

$10.80M international

Domestic legs5.3x from $4.5M first wide weekend

Budget$50M

2004 rank#129

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Cast & crew

Full Anderson filmography

Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson Director

Bill Murray

Bill Murray Starring

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson Starring

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett Starring

Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston Starring

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe Starring

ScreenplayWes Anderson, Noah Baumbach Produced byWes Anderson, Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin CinematographyRobert Yeoman Music byMark Mothersbaugh StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 10-12 27 $113.1K — 2 $56,542 $113.1K

2 Dec 17-19 31 $98.8K −12.6% 2 $49,394 $311.7K

3 Dec 24-26 9 $4.5M +4,503.0% 1,105 $4,115 $5.0M

4 Dec 31-Jan 2 11 $4.4M −2.7% 1,105 $4,004 $14.8M

5 Jan 7-9 10 $2.7M −38.0% 1,105 $2,484 $19.4M

6 Jan 14-16 19 $1.4M −50.8% 907 $1,489 $21.9M

7 Jan 21-23 21 $527.1K −61.0% 425 $1,240 $23.0M

8 Jan 28-30 28 $270.0K −48.8% 206 $1,311 $23.5M

9 Feb 4-6 35 $147.2K −45.5% 126 $1,168 $23.7M

10 Feb 11-13 45 $88.1K −40.1% 74 $1,190 $23.9M

11 Feb 18-20 52 $45.0K −49.0% 51 $881 $24.0M

12 Feb 25-27 62 $23.7K −47.2% 32 $742 $24.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sat Dec 25 #7 $2.4M — $2.4M 1,103 $2,181 16

Sun Dec 26 #8 $2.1M −12% $5.0M 1,103 $1,920 17

Mon Dec 27 #10 $1.5M −28% $6.5M 1,103 $1,373 18

Tue Dec 28 #10 $1.3M −11% $7.8M 1,105 $1,213 19

Sat Jan 1 #8 $2.1M — −14% $13.4M 1,105 $1,871 23

Sun Jan 2 #10 $1.4M −34% −35% $14.8M 1,105 $1,236 24

Mon Jan 3 #8 $623.0K −54% −59% $15.4M 1,105 $564 25

Tue Jan 4 #8 $438.0K −30% −67% $15.9M 1,105 $396 26

Wed Jan 5 #6 $423.0K −3% $16.3M 1,105 $383 27

Thu Jan 6 #7 $425.0K — $16.7M 1,105 $385 28

Fri Jan 7 #10 $900.0K +112% $17.6M 1,105 $814 29

Sat Jan 8 #10 $1.2M +29% −44% $18.7M 1,105 $1,047 30

Sun Jan 9 #10 $715.8K −38% −48% $19.4M 1,105 $648 31

Mon Jan 10 #8 $268.0K −63% −57% $19.7M 1,105 $243 32

Tue Jan 11 #8 $293.0K +9% −33% $20.0M 1,105 $265 33

Wed Jan 12 #8 $249.0K −15% −41% $20.3M 1,105 $225 34

Thu Jan 13 #9 $249.0K — −41% $20.5M 1,105 $225 35

Fri Jan 14 #12 $600.0K +141% −33% $21.1M 907 $662 36

Sat Jan 15 #18 $540.2K −10% −53% $21.5M 907 $596 37

Sun Jan 16 #19 $401.7K −26% −44% $21.9M 907 $443 38

Mon Jan 17 #21 $262.0K −35% −2% $22.1M 907 $289 39

Mon Feb 21 #48 $9.7K — $24.0M 51 $190 74

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

Cumulative total$22.1M

Dec 25Jan 2Jan 7Jan 12Jan 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $88.1K

$113.1K

$98.8K

$4.5M

$4.4M

$2.7M

$1.4M

$527.1K

$270.0K

$147.2K

$88.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,105 → 907 −17.9%

1,103 open907 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.1%

−12.6%

W1→2

+4,503.0%

W2→3

−2.7%

W3→4

−38.0%

W4→5

−50.8%

W5→6

−61.0%

W6→7

−48.8%

W7→8

−45.5%

W8→9

−40.1%

W9→10

Steepest −61.0%Biggest gain +4,503.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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