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While We're YoungFollow

2014 • R • 1h 34m • Comedy, Drama, Mystery • Scott Rudin Productions

Life never gets old.

🍅 84% 51% MC 77 LB 3.27 IMDb 6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$228K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic total
$7.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$17.50M
$9.90M international
Domestic legs5.3x from $1.4M first wide weekend
Budget$10M
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Cast & crew

Full Baumbach filmography
Noah Baumbach Noah Baumbach Director Ben Stiller Ben Stiller Starring Naomi Watts Naomi Watts Starring Adam Driver Adam Driver Starring Amanda Seyfried Amanda Seyfried Starring Charles Grodin Charles Grodin Starring
ScreenplayNoah Baumbach Produced byNoah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Lila Yacoub CinematographySam Levy MusicJames Murphy Prod. DesignAdam Stockhausen StudioScott Rudin Productions

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 27-29 24 $227.7K — 4 $56,922 $227.7K
2 Apr 3-5 14 $483.7K +112.4% 34 $14,226 $789.0K
3 Apr 10-12 11 $1.2M +150.6% 246 $4,927 $2.2M
4 Apr 17-19 12 $1.4M +18.7% 713 $2,017 $4.0M
5 Apr 24-26 16 $1.1M −24.2% 762 $1,431 $5.7M
6 May 1-3 17 $436.5K −60.0% 374 $1,167 $6.4M
7 May 8-10 20 $299.6K −31.4% 258 $1,161 $6.9M
8 May 15-17 28 $161.4K −46.1% 174 $928 $7.2M
9 May 22-25 32 $112.2K −30.5% 114 $984 $7.3M
10 May 29-31 30 $65.1K −42.0% 72 $904 $7.5M
11 Jun 5-7 42 $26.1K −60.0% 31 $841 $7.5M
12 Jun 12-14 63 $10.5K −59.8% 25 $419 $7.6M
13 Jun 19-21 67 $6.6K −37.3% 11 $597 $7.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $65.1K
$227.7K
$483.7K
$1.2M
$1.4M
$1.1M
$436.5K
$299.6K
$161.4K
$112.2K
$65.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.0%
+112.4%
W1→2
+150.6%
W2→3
+18.7%
W3→4
−24.2%
W4→5
−60.0%
W5→6
−31.4%
W6→7
−46.1%
W7→8
−30.5%
W8→9
−42.0%
W9→10
Steepest −60.0%Biggest gain +150.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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