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In the Mood for Love

2000 • PG • 1h 38m • Drama, Romance • Focus Features

Feel the heat, keep the feeling burning, let the sensation explode.

🍅 92% 94% MC 87 LB 4.37 IMDb 8.0

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$113K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$3.6M
Incl. 2025 re-release
Worldwide Total
$14M
$10.5M international
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Cast & Crew

Directed byWong Kar-wai ScreenplayWong Kar-wai Produced byWong Kar-wai, William Chang Suk-Ping, Jacky Pang CinematographyChristopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping-Bing Music byMichael Galasso, Shigeru Umebayashi StarringMaggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Siu Ping-Lam, Rebecca Pan, Kelly Lai Chen StudioFocus Features
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Feb 2-4 41 $113.3K — 6 $18,880 $113.3K
2 Feb 9-11 39 $103.7K −8.4% 6 $17,287 $268.6K
3 Feb 16-18 38 $262.1K +152.7% 24 $10,922 $578.2K
4 Feb 23-25 28 $266.5K +1.7% 50 $5,330 $891.7K
5 Mar 2-4 30 $271.2K +1.8% 64 $4,238 $1.3M
6 Mar 9-11 27 $259.8K −4.2% 73 $3,559 $1.6M
7 Mar 16-18 30 $181.4K −30.2% 74 $2,452 $1.9M
8 Mar 23-25 32 $146.6K −19.2% 69 $2,125 $2.2M
9 Mar 30-Apr 1 36 $98.5K −32.8% 54 $1,823 $2.3M
10 Apr 6-8 45 $54.4K −44.8% 44 $1,236 $2.4M
11 Apr 13-15 46 $45.6K −16.2% 40 $1,140 $2.5M
12 Apr 20-22 52 $37.3K −18.1% 38 $982 $2.5M
13 Apr 27-29 60 $27.8K −25.5% 40 $695 $2.6M
14 May 4-6 56 $24.4K −12.1% 30 $814 $2.6M
15 May 11-13 73 $18.1K −25.9% 27 $670 $2.7M
16 May 18-20 80 $9.3K −48.4% 15 $622 $2.7M
17 May 25-27 77 $17.8K +91.3% 16 $1,116 $2.7M
18 Jun 1-3 71 $10.4K −41.9% 14 $740 $2.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $54.4K
$113.3K
$103.7K
$262.1K
$266.5K
$271.2K
$259.8K
$181.4K
$146.6K
$98.5K
$54.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −44.8%
−8.4%
W1→2
+152.7%
W2→3
+1.7%
W3→4
+1.8%
W4→5
−4.2%
W5→6
−30.2%
W6→7
−19.2%
W7→8
−32.8%
W8→9
−44.8%
W9→10
Steepest −44.8%Biggest gain +152.7%

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