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The Virgin SuicidesFollow

1999 • R • 1h 37m • Black Comedy • Paramount Classics

Beautiful, mysterious, haunting, invariably fatal. Just like life.

🍅 80% 81%

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3.86

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$235K

Limited · 18 theaters

Domestic total

$4.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$10.60M

$5.80M international

Domestic legs8.1x from $604K biggest weekend

Budget$6M

2000 rank#169

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Cast & crew

Full Coppola filmography

Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola Director

James Woods

James Woods Starring

Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner Starring

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst Starring

Josh Hartnett

Josh Hartnett Starring

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn Starring

ScreenplaySofia Coppola Produced byFrancis Ford Coppola, Julie Costanzo, Chris Hanley, Dan Halsted CinematographyEdward Lachman Music byAir StudioParamount Classics

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 21-23 24 $235.1K — 18 $13,062 $235.1K

2 Apr 28-30 28 $174.1K −25.9% 29 $6,004 $497.0K

3 May 5-7 21 $350.0K +101.0% 100 $3,500 $919.4K

4 May 12-14 19 $603.7K +72.5% 270 $2,236 $1.7M

5 May 19-21 22 $494.6K −18.1% 275 $1,798 $2.5M

6 May 26-28 24 $350.9K −29.1% 197 $1,781 $3.0M

7 Jun 2-4 20 $236.5K −32.6% 183 $1,293 $3.4M

8 Jun 9-11 19 $223.2K −5.7% 192 $1,162 $3.7M

9 Jun 16-18 28 $144.0K −35.5% 136 $1,059 $4.0M

10 Jun 23-25 35 $104.7K −27.3% 81 $1,293 $4.2M

11 Jun 30-Jul 2 42 $73.7K −29.6% 51 $1,444 $4.4M

12 Jul 7-9 44 $68.8K −6.6% 46 $1,495 $4.5M

13 Jul 14-16 44 $67.9K −1.3% 52 $1,305 $4.6M

14 Jul 21-23 53 $56.0K −17.4% 49 $1,144 $4.6M

15 Jul 28-30 54 $53.6K −4.3% 69 $777 $4.7M

16 Aug 4-6 58 $39.9K −25.5% 32 $1,248 $4.8M

17 Aug 11-13 76 $24.7K −38.2% 23 $1,074 $4.8M

18 Aug 18-20 71 $21.7K −12.3% 18 $1,203 $4.8M

19 Aug 25-27 100 $4.9K −77.5% 12 $407 $4.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sun Apr 23 #20 $63.0K — $235.0K 18 $3,500 3

Wed Apr 26 #20 $22.5K — $298.7K 18 $1,249 6

Thu Apr 27 #20 $24.2K +8% $323.0K 18 $1,347 7

Sun May 7 #20 $108.0K — $919.4K 61 $1,770 17

Mon May 8 #19 $44.2K −59% $963.6K 61 $724 18

Tue May 9 #19 $47.9K +8% $1.0M 61 $785 19

Wed May 10 #19 $42.5K −11% $1.1M 100 $425 20

Thu May 11 #19 $43.3K +2% $1.1M 100 $433 21

Sun May 14 #19 $155.0K — +44% $1.7M 270 $574 24

Mon May 15 #19 $72.2K −53% +63% $1.8M 270 $267 25

Tue May 16 #18 $75.7K +5% +58% $1.8M 270 $280 26

Wed May 17 #18 $63.9K −16% +50% $1.9M 270 $237 27

Thu May 18 #18 $64.0K — +48% $2.0M 270 $237 28

Wed May 24 #19 $46.3K — −28% $2.6M 275 $168 34

Thu May 25 #18 $46.3K — −28% $2.7M 275 $168 35

Mon May 29 #17 $97.2K — $3.0M 197 $493 39

Tue May 30 #16 $38.3K −61% $3.0M 197 $194 40

Wed May 31 #18 $32.7K −15% −29% $3.1M 197 $166 41

Thu Jun 1 #17 $34.4K +5% −26% $3.1M 197 $175 42

Sun Jun 4 #16 $71.0K — $3.4M 183 $388 45

Mon Jun 5 #15 $35.7K −50% −63% $3.4M 183 $195 46

Tue Jun 6 #14 $40.3K +13% +5% $3.4M 183 $220 47

Wed Jun 7 #15 $33.7K −16% +3% $3.5M 183 $184 48

Thu Jun 8 #15 $33.9K +1% −1% $3.5M 183 $185 49

Sun Jun 11 #15 $76.0K — +7% $3.7M 192 $396 52

Mon Jun 12 #15 $31.2K −59% −13% $3.8M 192 $162 53

Tue Jun 13 #15 $35.5K +14% −12% $3.8M 192 $185 54

Wed Jun 14 #16 $32.3K −9% −4% $3.8M 192 $168 55

Thu Jun 15 #16 $31.1K −4% −8% $3.9M 192 $162 56

Sun Jun 18 #19 $43.0K — −43% $4.0M 136 $316 59

Mon Jun 19 #18 $20.5K −52% −34% $4.0M 136 $151 60

Tue Jun 20 #18 $24.9K +21% −30% $4.0M 136 $183 61

Wed Jun 21 #20 $23.4K −6% −28% $4.1M 136 $172 62

Thu Jun 22 #20 $23.1K −2% −26% $4.1M 136 $170 63

Sun Jun 25 #20 $36.0K — −16% $4.2M 81 $444 66

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

Cumulative total$4.2M

Apr 23May 15May 31Jun 13Jun 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $104.7K

$235.1K

$174.1K

$350.0K

$603.7K

$494.6K

$350.9K

$236.5K

$223.2K

$144.0K

$104.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 275 → 81 −70.5%

18 open81 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.3%

−25.9%

W1→2

+101.0%

W2→3

+72.5%

W3→4

−18.1%

W4→5

−29.1%

W5→6

−32.6%

W6→7

−5.7%

W7→8

−35.5%

W8→9

−27.3%

W9→10

Steepest −35.5%Biggest gain +101.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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