HappinessFollow

Name: Happiness
Director: Todd Solondz
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1998
Cast: Jane Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Stevenson

1998 • NR • 2h 20m • Comedy, Drama • Good Machine Releasing

You want. He wants. She wants. But nobody wants what I want.

🍅 84% 89%

7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$130K

Limited · 6 theaters

Domestic total

$2.75M

Final

Worldwide total

$5.75M

$3.00M international

Domestic legs8.0x

Budget$3M

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Cast & crew

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring

Dylan Baker Starring

Lara Flynn Boyle Starring

ScreenplayTodd Solondz Produced byChristine Vachon, Ted Hope CinematographyMaryse Alberti MusicRobbie Kondor Prod. DesignThérèse DePrez StudioGood Machine Releasing

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 16-18 33 $130.3K — 6 $21,717 $224.9K

2 Oct 23-25 19 $341.8K +162.3% 60 $5,697 $645.9K

3 Oct 30-Nov 1 24 $242.5K −29.1% 58 $4,181 $982.6K

10 Dec 18-20 45 $42.6K — 59 $722 $2.5M

12 Jan 1-3 54 $34.6K — 30 $1,155 $2.6M

13 Jan 8-10 50 $26.1K −24.7% 26 $1,004 $2.7M

15 Jan 22-24 59 $14.3K — 21 $679 $2.7M

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

Weekend grossWk 10 · $42.6K

$130.3K

$341.8K

$242.5K

$42.6K

W1W2W3W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.1%

+162.3%

W1→2

−29.1%

W2→3

Steepest −29.1%Biggest gain +162.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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