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1999 • R • 2h 13m • Mystery, Thriller • Artisan Entertainment

Every book has a life of its own.

🍅 44% 58%

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3.12

6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$6.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$18.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$58.40M

$39.70M international

Domestic legs2.8x

Budget$38M

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Cast & crew

Full Polanski filmography

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski Director

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Starring

Frank Langella

Frank Langella Starring

Lena Olin

Lena Olin Starring

Emmanuelle Seigner

Emmanuelle Seigner Starring

ScreenplayEnrique Urbizu, John Brownjohn, Roman Polanski Produced byRoman Polanski CinematographyDarius Khondji Music byWojciech Kilar StudioArtisan Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 10-12 2 $6.6M — 1,586 $4,176 $6.6M

2 Mar 17-19 5 $3.5M −46.7% 1,657 $2,131 $12.5M

3 Mar 24-26 11 $1.9M −45.3% 1,694 $1,139 $15.6M

4 Mar 31-Apr 2 18 $802.1K −58.4% 1,021 $786 $17.2M

5 Apr 7-9 23 $275.6K −65.6% 427 $645 $17.8M

6 Apr 14-16 29 $180.3K −34.6% 241 $748 $18.1M

7 Apr 21-23 37 $135.7K −24.8% 201 $675 $18.2M

8 Apr 28-30 50 $58.2K −57.1% 124 $470 $18.4M

9 May 5-7 34 $101.3K +73.9% 242 $418 $18.5M

10 May 12-14 63 $34.7K −65.7% 93 $373 $18.6M

11 May 19-21 68 $17.2K −50.4% 42 $410 $18.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 10 #2 $2.2M — $2.2M 1,585 $1,390 1

Sat Mar 11 #3 $2.8M +25% $5.0M 1,585 $1,740 2

Sun Mar 12 #2 $1.8M −33% $6.6M 1,306 $1,416 3

Mon Mar 13 #2 $601.2K −67% $7.2M 1,306 $460 4

Tue Mar 14 #2 $656.8K +9% $7.9M 1,306 $503 5

Wed Mar 15 #2 $551.4K −16% $8.4M 1,306 $422 6

Thu Mar 16 #3 $545.4K −1% $9.0M 1,306 $418 7

Fri Mar 17 #5 $972.6K +78% −56% $9.9M 1,306 $745 8

Sat Mar 18 #6 $1.6M +59% −44% $11.5M 1,657 $935 9

Sun Mar 19 #5 $1.1M −32% −43% $12.5M 1,657 $636 10

Mon Mar 20 #5 $314.7K −70% −48% $12.8M 1,657 $190 11

Tue Mar 21 #5 $349.7K +11% −47% $13.2M 1,657 $211 12

Wed Mar 22 #9 $243.5K −30% −56% $13.4M 1,657 $147 13

Thu Mar 23 #9 $226.0K −7% −59% $13.7M 1,657 $136 14

Sun Mar 26 #10 $518.0K — −51% $15.6M 1,694 $306 17

Mon Mar 27 #10 $187.7K −64% −40% $15.8M 1,694 $111 18

Tue Mar 28 #10 $211.5K +13% −40% $16.0M 1,694 $125 19

Wed Mar 29 #10 $193.1K −9% −21% $16.2M 1,694 $114 20

Thu Mar 30 #10 $183.6K −5% −19% $16.4M 1,694 $108 21

Sun Apr 2 #15 $226.0K — −56% $17.2M 1,021 $221 24

Mon Apr 3 #14 $68.9K −70% −63% $17.2M 1,021 $67 25

Tue Apr 4 #14 $88.7K +29% −58% $17.3M 1,021 $87 26

Wed Apr 5 #15 $74.8K −16% −61% $17.4M 1,021 $73 27

Thu Apr 6 #15 $73.7K −1% −60% $17.5M 1,021 $72 28

Sun Apr 9 #19 $72.0K — −68% $17.8M 427 $169 31

Mon Apr 10 #17 $26.6K −63% −61% $17.8M 427 $62 32

Tue Apr 11 #18 $35.1K +32% −60% $17.8M 427 $82 33

Wed Apr 12 #17 $33.9K −4% −55% $17.9M 427 $79 34

Thu Apr 13 #17 $30.6K −10% −59% $17.9M 427 $72 35

Mon Apr 17 #20 $22.4K — −16% $18.1M 241 $93 39

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

Cumulative total$18.1M

Mar 10Mar 17Mar 27Apr 5Apr 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $34.7K

$6.6M

$3.5M

$1.9M

$802.1K

$275.6K

$180.3K

$135.7K

$58.2K

$101.3K

$34.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,694 → 241 −85.8%

1,585 open241 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −65.7%

−46.7%

W1→2

−45.3%

W2→3

−58.4%

W3→4

−65.6%

W4→5

−34.6%

W5→6

−24.8%

W6→7

−57.1%

W7→8

+73.9%

W8→9

−65.7%

W9→10

Steepest −65.7%Biggest gain +73.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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