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Garden State

2004 • R • 1h 42m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Fox Searchlight Pictures
🍅 86% 88% MC 67 LB 3.47 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$201K
3-day limited opening, 9 theaters
Domestic Total
$26.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$36M
$9.2M international
Domestic Legs8.9x
Budget$2.5M
2004 Rank#95
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Cast & Crew

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Zach Braff Zach Braff Director Natalie Portman Natalie Portman Starring Peter Sarsgaard Peter Sarsgaard Starring Ian Holm Ian Holm Starring Jean Smart Jean Smart Starring
ScreenplayZach Braff Produced byPamela Abdy, Richard Klubeck, Gary Gilbert, Dan Halsted CinematographyLawrence Sher Music byChad Fischer StudioFox Searchlight Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 30-Aug 1 28 $201.1K — 9 $22,346 $283.1K
2 Aug 6-8 22 $511.6K +154.4% 35 $14,617 $935.3K
3 Aug 13-15 13 $1.4M +171.3% 175 $7,930 $2.6M
4 Aug 20-22 11 $3.0M +117.7% 652 $4,633 $6.5M
5 Aug 27-29 13 $2.8M −7.6% 745 $3,747 $10.9M
6 Sep 3-5 12 $2.9M +3.9% 813 $3,568 $15.0M
7 Sep 10-12 14 $2.0M −32.7% 800 $2,439 $18.5M
8 Sep 17-19 13 $1.6M −18.6% 755 $2,104 $20.9M
9 Sep 24-26 14 $1.1M −31.7% 665 $1,632 $22.5M
10 Oct 1-3 16 $802.1K −26.1% 428 $1,874 $23.7M
11 Oct 8-10 19 $569.2K −29.0% 344 $1,655 $24.6M
12 Oct 15-17 17 $452.5K −20.5% 301 $1,503 $25.2M
13 Oct 22-24 18 $306.4K −32.3% 216 $1,419 $25.7M
14 Oct 29-31 25 $181.0K −40.9% 181 $1,000 $26.0M
15 Nov 5-7 26 $135.1K −25.4% 117 $1,154 $26.2M
16 Nov 12-14 33 $91.0K −32.6% 97 $938 $26.4M
17 Nov 19-21 37 $59.8K −34.3% 62 $964 $26.5M
18 Nov 26-28 45 $47.2K −21.0% 46 $1,026 $26.5M
19 Dec 3-5 43 $40.0K −15.2% 54 $741 $26.6M
20 Dec 10-12 44 $36.2K −9.5% 58 $625 $26.7M
21 Dec 17-19 49 $26.0K −28.2% 44 $591 $26.7M
22 Dec 24-26 56 $8.4K −67.8% 28 $299 $26.7M
23 Dec 31-Jan 2 60 $10.7K +28.1% 24 $447 $26.8M
24 Jan 7-9 66 $9.8K −9.0% 17 $574 $26.8M
25 Jan 14-16 79 $3.1K −67.8% 10 $314 $26.8M
26 Jan 21-23 88 $2.0K −36.9% 5 $396 $26.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $802.1K
$201.1K
$511.6K
$1.4M
$3.0M
$2.8M
$2.9M
$2.0M
$1.6M
$1.1M
$802.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.1%
+154.4%
W1→2
+171.3%
W2→3
+117.7%
W3→4
−7.6%
W4→5
+3.9%
W5→6
−32.7%
W6→7
−18.6%
W7→8
−31.7%
W8→9
−26.1%
W9→10
Steepest −32.7%Biggest gain +171.3%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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