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Before Midnight

2013 • R • 1h 48m • Drama, Romance • Sony Pictures Classics

Everything's better with maturity.

🍅 98% 82% MC 94 LB 4.01 IMDb 7.9

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$247K
Limited · 5 theaters
Domestic Total
$8.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$23.2M
$15.1M international
Domestic Legs5.9x
Budget$3M
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Cast & Crew

Directed byRichard Linklater ScreenplayRichard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke Produced byRichard Linklater, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Sara Woodhatch CinematographyChristos Voudouris Music byGraham Reynolds StarringEthan Hawke, Julie Delpy StudioSony Pictures Classics
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 24-26 18 $246.9K — 5 $49,383 $246.9K
2 May 31-Jun 2 14 $404.3K +63.7% 31 $13,042 $774.1K
3 Jun 7-9 15 $526.4K +30.2% 52 $10,123 $1.5M
4 Jun 14-16 13 $1.4M +162.7% 897 $1,541 $3.1M
5 Jun 21-23 14 $901.3K −34.8% 441 $2,044 $4.6M
6 Jun 28-30 15 $635.5K −29.5% 290 $2,191 $5.7M
9 Jul 19-21 29 $169.5K — 107 $1,584 $7.4M
10 Jul 26-28 37 $112.6K −33.6% 78 $1,444 $7.6M
11 Aug 2-4 33 $160.2K +42.3% 226 $709 $7.8M
12 Aug 9-11 47 $46.2K −71.2% 56 $825 $7.9M
13 Aug 16-18 62 $19.2K −58.4% 23 $835 $8.0M
14 Aug 23-25 55 $18.5K −3.9% 49 $377 $8.0M
15 Aug 30-Sep 1 58 $16.0K −13.1% 18 $891 $8.0M
16 Sep 6-8 71 $10.4K −34.8% 16 $653 $8.1M
17 Sep 13-15 66 $10.6K +1.6% 21 $506 $8.1M
18 Sep 20-22 79 $5.6K −46.8% 10 $564 $8.1M
19 Sep 27-29 83 $3.4K −40.6% 6 $558 $8.1M
20 Oct 4-6 102 $1.4K −59.5% 5 $271 $8.1M
21 Oct 11-13 97 $615 −54.6% 4 $154 $8.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $112.6K
$246.9K
$404.3K
$526.4K
$1.4M
$901.3K
$635.5K
$169.5K
$112.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.6%
+63.7%
W1→2
+30.2%
W2→3
+162.7%
W3→4
−34.8%
W4→5
−29.5%
W5→6
−33.6%
W9→10
Steepest −34.8%Biggest gain +162.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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