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Name: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Director: Tom Tykwer
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2006
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, John Hurt

2006 • R • 2h 27m • Crime, Drama, Fantasy • Paramount Pictures

Obsession can cause the unthinkable.

🍅 59% 74%

3.59

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$592.5K

3-day wide opening

Domestic total

$2.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$133.60M

$131.40M international

Domestic legs3.8x

Budget$63.7M

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Cast & crew

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John Hurt Starring Paramount Pictures Studio

ScreenplayAndrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger, Tom Tykwer Based onthe novel by Patrick Süskind Produced byBernd Eichinger CinematographyFrank Griebe Music byTom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil StudioParamount Pictures

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 29-31 47 $37.1K — 3 $12,360 $57.4K

2 Jan 5-7 24 $592.5K +1,497.9% 280 $2,116 $690.5K

3 Jan 12-14 32 $334.5K −43.5% 280 $1,195 $1.3M

4 Jan 19-21 37 $188.4K −43.7% 69 $2,731 $1.6M

5 Jan 26-28 46 $125.4K −33.4% 60 $2,091 $1.9M

6 Feb 2-4 47 $80.7K −35.7% 47 $1,716 $2.0M

7 Feb 9-11 49 $66.8K −17.2% 41 $1,628 $2.1M

8 Feb 16-18 50 $38.3K −42.6% 26 $1,473 $2.2M

9 Feb 23-25 61 $22.7K −40.8% 42 $540 $2.2M

Weekend grossWk 9 · $22.7K

$37.1K

$592.5K

$334.5K

$188.4K

$125.4K

$80.7K

$66.8K

$38.3K

$22.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −40.8%

+1,497.9%

W1→2

−43.5%

W2→3

−43.7%

W3→4

−33.4%

W4→5

−35.7%

W5→6

−17.2%

W6→7

−42.6%

W7→8

−40.8%

W8→9

Steepest −43.7%Biggest gain +1,497.9%

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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