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Where the Heart IsFollow

2000 • PG-13 • 2h 0m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • 20th Century Fox

Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.

🍅 34% 76% MC 30 LB 3.32 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$8.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$33.80M
Final
Worldwide total
$40.90M
$7.10M international
Domestic legs4.1x
Budget$15M
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Cast & crew

Natalie Portman Natalie Portman Starring Ashley Judd Ashley Judd Starring Stockard Channing Stockard Channing Starring Joan Cusack Joan Cusack Starring Sally Field Sally Field Starring James Frain James Frain Starring
ScreenplayLowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel Produced byMatt Williams, David McFadzean, Susan Cartsonis, Patricia Whitcher CinematographyRichard Greatrex Prod. DesignPaul Peters Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 28-30 4 $8.3M — 2,437 $3,403 $8.3M
2 May 5-7 5 $5.1M −38.3% 2,439 $2,096 $15.7M
3 May 12-14 7 $4.0M −21.7% 2,411 $1,660 $21.5M
4 May 19-22 9 $2.8M −30.7% 2,147 $1,291 $25.6M
5 May 26-29 10 $1.9M −29.7% 1,368 $1,425 $28.5M
6 Jun 2-4 11 $956.0K −50.9% 1,070 $893 $30.0M
7 Jun 9-11 12 $671.7K −29.7% 832 $807 $31.2M
8 Jun 16-18 18 $330.0K −50.9% 483 $683 $32.0M
9 Jun 23-25 23 $231.9K −29.7% 326 $711 $32.5M
10 Jun 30-Jul 2 29 $139.3K −39.9% 263 $530 $32.8M
11 Jul 7-9 33 $134.7K −3.3% 257 $524 $33.0M
12 Jul 14-16 32 $118.4K −12.1% 236 $502 $33.2M
13 Jul 21-23 37 $102.4K −13.5% 214 $479 $33.4M
14 Jul 28-30 44 $71.1K −30.6% 161 $442 $33.5M
15 Aug 4-6 52 $51.7K −27.3% 133 $389 $33.6M
16 Aug 11-13 70 $33.3K −35.6% 90 $370 $33.7M
17 Aug 18-20 80 $12.6K −62.2% 42 $300 $33.7M
18 Aug 25-27 95 $8.0K −36.9% 24 $331 $33.8M
19 Sep 1-4 97 $8.4K +5.8% 15 $561 $33.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $139.3K
$8.3M
$5.1M
$4.0M
$2.8M
$1.9M
$956.0K
$671.7K
$330.0K
$231.9K
$139.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.9%
−38.3%
W1→2
−21.7%
W2→3
−30.7%
W3→4
−29.7%
W4→5
−50.9%
W5→6
−29.7%
W6→7
−50.9%
W7→8
−29.7%
W8→9
−39.9%
W9→10
Steepest −50.9%Best hold −21.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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