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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

2004 • R • 1h 28m • Adventure, Comedy • New Line Cinema

Fast food. High times.

🍅 75% 80% MC 64 LB 3.40 IMDb 7.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$5.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$18.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$19.5M
$1.2M international
Domestic Legs3.3x
Budget$9M
2004 Rank#116
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Cast & Crew

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Danny Leiner Danny Leiner Director John Cho John Cho Starring Kal Penn Kal Penn Starring Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick Harris Starring David Krumholtz David Krumholtz Starring Ethan Embry Ethan Embry Starring
Written byJon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg Produced byGreg Shapiro, Nathan Kahane CinematographyBruce Douglas Johnson Music byDavid Kitay StudioNew Line Cinema
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 30-Aug 1 7 $5.5M — 2,135 $2,567 $5.5M
2 Aug 6-8 8 $3.2M −41.8% 2,163 $1,476 $12.3M
3 Aug 13-15 12 $1.4M −56.0% 1,206 $1,164 $15.8M
4 Aug 20-22 20 $490.0K −65.1% 401 $1,222 $17.3M
5 Aug 27-29 30 $195.2K −60.2% 170 $1,148 $17.8M
6 Sep 3-5 39 $163.1K −16.4% 129 $1,264 $18.1M
7 Sep 10-12 47 $70.1K −57.0% 102 $687 $18.2M
Cumulative total$14.4M
Jul 30Aug 2Aug 6Aug 9Aug 12
Weekend grossWk 7 · $70.1K
$5.5M
$3.2M
$1.4M
$490.0K
$195.2K
$163.1K
$70.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7
Theater countPeak 2,163 → 2,163 +0.0%
2,135 open2,163 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −57.0%
−41.8%
W1→2
−56.0%
W2→3
−65.1%
W3→4
−60.2%
W4→5
−16.4%
W5→6
−57.0%
W6→7
Steepest −65.1%Best hold −16.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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