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Adaptation

2002 • R • 1h 55m • Comedy, Drama • Sony Pictures Releasing

From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.

🍅 90% 85% MC 83 LB 4.10 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$2.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$22.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$32.8M
$10.3M international
Domestic Legs8.5x
Budget$19.0M
2003 Rank#121
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Cast & Crew

Full Jonze filmography
Spike Jonze Spike Jonze Director Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage Starring Meryl Streep Meryl Streep Starring Chris Cooper Chris Cooper Starring Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton Starring Judy Greer Judy Greer Starring
ScreenplayCharlie Kaufman, Donald Kaufman Produced byEdward Saxon, Vincent Landay, Jonathan Demme CinematographyLance Acord Music byCarter Burwell StudioSony Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 6-8 22 $384.5K — 7 $54,925 $384.5K
2 Dec 13-15 25 $277.2K −27.9% 7 $39,597 $858.1K
3 Dec 20-22 16 $1.1M +299.7% 109 $10,165 $2.1M
4 Dec 27-29 21 $1.0M −6.7% 109 $9,485 $4.1M
5 Jan 3-5 19 $903.9K −12.6% 109 $8,292 $6.1M
6 Jan 10-12 14 $2.6M +191.7% 560 $4,708 $9.2M
7 Jan 17-20 MLK 17 $2.3M −14.6% 564 $3,992 $12.3M
8 Jan 24-26 18 $1.4M −37.5% 564 $2,493 $14.3M
9 Jan 31-Feb 2 20 $1.1M −19.2% 528 $2,152 $15.9M
10 Feb 7-9 20 $751.3K −33.9% 415 $1,810 $17.0M
11 Feb 14-17 Presidents' Day 19 $1.3M +74.6% 672 $1,951 $18.6M
12 Feb 21-23 23 $575.1K −56.1% 390 $1,474 $19.4M
13 Feb 28-Mar 2 22 $487.7K −15.2% 300 $1,625 $20.1M
14 Mar 7-9 23 $358.2K −26.6% 234 $1,530 $20.6M
15 Mar 14-16 24 $328.0K −8.4% 190 $1,726 $21.1M
16 Mar 21-23 24 $290.4K −11.5% 169 $1,718 $21.5M
17 Mar 28-30 32 $234.0K −19.4% 149 $1,570 $21.9M
18 Apr 4-6 36 $137.3K −41.3% 97 $1,415 $22.1M
19 Apr 11-13 49 $66.4K −51.6% 72 $922 $22.2M
20 Apr 18-20 61 $40.0K −39.8% 39 $1,024 $22.2M
21 Apr 25-27 83 $17.4K −56.4% 39 $446 $22.3M
22 May 2-4 91 $9.5K −45.6% 9 $1,052 $22.3M
23 May 9-11 55 $42.4K +347.0% 88 $481 $22.4M
24 May 16-18 74 $19.4K −54.2% 49 $396 $22.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $751.3K
$384.5K
$277.2K
$1.1M
$1.0M
$903.9K
$2.6M
$2.3M
$1.4M
$1.1M
$751.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.9%
−27.9%
W1→2
+299.7%
W2→3
−6.7%
W3→4
−12.6%
W4→5
+191.7%
W5→6
−14.6%
W6→7
−37.5%
W7→8
−19.2%
W8→9
−33.9%
W9→10
Steepest −37.5%Biggest gain +299.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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