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House of Sand and Fog

2003 • R • 2h 6m • Crime, Drama • DreamWorks

Some dreams can't be shared.

🍅 74% 83% MC 71 LB 3.59 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$46K
Limited · 2 theaters
Domestic Total
$13.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$16.2M
$3.1M international
Domestic Legs7.3x
Budget$16.5M
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Cast & Crew

Jennifer Connelly Jennifer Connelly Starring Ben Kingsley Ben Kingsley Starring Frances Fisher Frances Fisher Starring Kim Dickens Kim Dickens Starring Shohreh Aghdashloo Shohreh Aghdashloo Starring
ScreenplayVadim Perelman, Shawn Lawrence Otto Produced byVadim Perelman, Michael London CinematographyRoger Deakins MusicJames Horner StudioDreamWorks
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 19-21 42 $45.6K — 2 $22,786 $45.6K
2 Dec 26-28 15 $1.7M +3675.2% 438 $3,928 $1.8M
3 Jan 2-4 16 $1.8M +3.9% 442 $4,046 $5.4M
4 Jan 9-11 13 $1.4M −20.6% 596 $2,383 $7.5M
5 Jan 16-19 19 $1.0M −27.4% 598 $1,724 $9.1M
6 Jan 23-25 24 $668.4K −35.2% 525 $1,273 $10.2M
7 Jan 30-Feb 1 25 $430.7K −35.6% 350 $1,230 $11.0M
8 Feb 6-8 29 $318.4K −26.1% 209 $1,523 $11.5M
9 Feb 13-16 32 $258.3K −18.9% 201 $1,285 $11.8M
10 Feb 20-22 32 $253.9K −1.7% 176 $1,443 $12.2M
11 Feb 27-29 35 $207.3K −18.4% 152 $1,364 $12.5M
12 Mar 5-7 45 $96.4K −53.5% 90 $1,071 $12.7M
13 Mar 12-14 49 $63.1K −34.5% 76 $830 $12.8M
14 Mar 19-21 46 $74.5K +18.1% 134 $556 $12.9M
15 Mar 26-28 61 $40.6K −45.5% 75 $541 $13.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $253.9K
$45.6K
$1.7M
$1.8M
$1.4M
$1.0M
$668.4K
$430.7K
$318.4K
$258.3K
$253.9K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −1.7%
+3675.2%
W1→2
+3.9%
W2→3
−20.6%
W3→4
−27.4%
W4→5
−35.2%
W5→6
−35.6%
W6→7
−26.1%
W7→8
−18.9%
W8→9
−1.7%
W9→10
Steepest −35.6%Biggest gain +3675.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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