Clerks

Name: Clerks
Director: Kevin Smith
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1994
Cast: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer, Jason Mewes

1994 • R • 1h 32m • Comedy • Miramax Films

Just because they serve you doesn't mean they like you.

🍅 90% 89%

3.84

7.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$32K

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$3.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$3.9M

$820.8K international

Domestic Legs97.1x

Budget$27K

1994 Rank#172

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Cast & Crew

Directed byKevin Smith ScreenplayKevin Smith Produced byScott Mosier, Kevin Smith CinematographyDavid Klein StarringBrian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith StudioView Askew Productions

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

6 Nov 25-27 24 $285.8K — 84 $3,402 $1.4M

7 Dec 2-4 23 $215.5K −24.6% 83 $2,597 $1.6M

8 Dec 9-11 22 $162.3K −24.7% 92 $1,764 $1.9M

9 Dec 16-18 26 $127.4K −21.5% 96 $1,327 $2.1M

10 Dec 23-25 43 $79.6K −37.5% 73 $1,090 $2.2M

11 Dec 30-Jan 1 39 $116.4K +46.3% 46 $2,531 $2.4M

13 Jan 13-15 45 $85.7K — 45 $1,903 $2.6M

14 Jan 20-22 43 $77.5K −9.5% 47 $1,648 $2.7M

15 Jan 27-29 43 $56.8K −26.7% 46 $1,235 $2.8M

16 Feb 3-5 47 $44.7K −21.3% 47 $952 $2.9M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $79.6K

$285.8K

$215.5K

$162.3K

$127.4K

$79.6K

W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.5%

−24.6%

W6→7

−24.7%

W7→8

−21.5%

W8→9

−37.5%

W9→10

Steepest −37.5%Best hold −21.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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