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Ghost World

2001 • R • 1h 52m • Comedy, Drama • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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🍅 93% 84% MC 91 LB 3.58 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$99K
Limited · 5 theaters
Domestic Total
$6.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$8.8M
$2.5M international
Domestic Legs13.5x
Budget$5.5M
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Cast & Crew

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Terry Zwigoff Terry Zwigoff Director Thora Birch Thora Birch Starring Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Starring Steve Buscemi Steve Buscemi Starring Illeana Douglas Illeana Douglas Starring Bob Balaban Bob Balaban Starring
ScreenplayTerry Zwigoff, Daniel Clowes Produced byJohn Malkovich, Russell Smith, Lianne Halfon CinematographyAffonso Beato MusicDavid Kitay Prod. DesignEdward T. McAvoy StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 20-22 30 $98.8K — 5 $19,758 $98.8K
2 Jul 27-29 29 $133.0K +34.6% 8 $16,625 $310.2K
3 Aug 3-5 20 $342.6K +157.6% 23 $14,895 $739.6K
4 Aug 10-12 21 $340.8K −0.5% 34 $10,024 $1.3M
5 Aug 17-19 22 $457.7K +34.3% 54 $8,476 $1.9M
6 Aug 24-26 25 $350.1K −23.5% 64 $5,471 $2.5M
7 Aug 31-Sep 3 27 $439.0K +25.4% 81 $5,420 $3.2M
8 Sep 7-9 25 $375.0K −14.6% 91 $4,121 $3.7M
9 Sep 14-16 25 $374.0K −0.3% 102 $3,667 $4.2M
10 Sep 21-23 25 $373.0K −0.3% 128 $2,914 $4.7M
11 Sep 28-30 27 $253.0K −32.2% 127 $1,992 $5.1M
12 Oct 5-7 26 $196.8K −22.2% 119 $1,653 $5.4M
13 Oct 12-14 30 $168.7K −14.3% 114 $1,480 $5.6M
14 Oct 19-21 33 $111.7K −33.8% 105 $1,063 $5.8M
15 Oct 26-28 44 $66.7K −40.2% 86 $776 $5.9M
16 Nov 2-4 49 $51.6K −22.7% 61 $846 $6.0M
17 Nov 9-11 59 $23.7K −54.1% 39 $607 $6.0M
18 Nov 16-18 61 $18.9K −20.0% 31 $611 $6.1M
19 Nov 23-25 76 $10.1K −46.9% 17 $592 $6.1M
20 Nov 30-Dec 2 94 $4.3K −56.9% 15 $289 $6.1M
21 Dec 7-9 91 $4.6K +7.2% 19 $244 $6.1M
22 Dec 14-16 86 $5.3K +14.9% 17 $314 $6.1M
23 Dec 21-23 92 $883 −83.5% 7 $126 $6.1M
24 Dec 28-30 94 $3.1K +252.2% 6 $518 $6.1M
25 Jan 4-6 53 $19.8K +535.3% 6 $3,293 $6.1M
26 Jan 11-13 50 $19.2K −2.9% 7 $2,740 $6.2M
27 Jan 18-21 52 $16.4K −14.3% 21 $783 $6.2M
28 Jan 25-27 92 $3.0K −81.9% 14 $212 $6.2M
29 Feb 1-3 91 $3.3K +12.7% 11 $304 $6.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $373.0K
$98.8K
$133.0K
$342.6K
$340.8K
$457.7K
$350.1K
$439.0K
$375.0K
$374.0K
$373.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −0.3%
+34.6%
W1→2
+157.6%
W2→3
−0.5%
W3→4
+34.3%
W4→5
−23.5%
W5→6
+25.4%
W6→7
−14.6%
W7→8
−0.3%
W8→9
−0.3%
W9→10
Steepest −23.5%Biggest gain +157.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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