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Quills

2000 • R • 2h 4m • Biography, Drama • Fox Searchlight Pictures

Meet the Marquis de Sade. The pleasure is all his.

🍅 75% 83% MC 70 LB 3.49 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$249K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$7.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$11.7M
$4.7M international
Domestic Legs28.3x
Budget$13.5M
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Cast & Crew

Full Kaufman filmography
Philip Kaufman Philip Kaufman Director Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Rush Starring Kate Winslet Kate Winslet Starring Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Phoenix Starring Michael Caine Michael Caine Starring Patrick Malahide Patrick Malahide Starring
ScreenplayDoug Wright Produced byNick Wechsler, Julia Chasman, Peter Kaufman CinematographyRogier Stoffers MusicStephen Warbeck Prod. DesignMartin Childs StudioFox Searchlight Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 24-26 20 $249.4K — 9 $27,709 $324.5K
2 Dec 1-3 21 $207.3K −16.9% 9 $23,037 $640.4K
3 Dec 8-10 22 $160.2K −22.8% 9 $17,796 $890.7K
4 Dec 15-17 17 $442.2K +176.1% 61 $7,249 $1.4M
5 Dec 22-25 21 $433.5K −2.0% 216 $2,007 $2.1M
6 Dec 29-Jan 1 19 $613.3K +41.5% 216 $2,839 $3.4M
7 Jan 5-7 20 $615.6K +0.4% 223 $2,761 $4.3M
8 Jan 12-15 26 $472.2K −23.3% 177 $2,668 $5.0M
9 Jan 19-21 28 $234.3K −50.4% 136 $1,723 $5.4M
10 Jan 26-28 35 $132.6K −43.4% 94 $1,410 $5.6M
11 Feb 2-4 42 $101.1K −23.7% 56 $1,805 $5.8M
12 Feb 9-11 46 $61.4K −39.3% 36 $1,704 $5.9M
13 Feb 16-19 31 $330.7K +439.0% 199 $1,662 $6.2M
14 Feb 23-25 38 $173.9K −47.4% 156 $1,114 $6.5M
15 Mar 2-4 46 $87.2K −49.8% 89 $980 $6.6M
16 Mar 9-11 47 $68.9K −21.0% 70 $984 $6.7M
17 Mar 16-18 53 $62.2K −9.7% 62 $1,004 $6.8M
18 Mar 23-25 53 $55.4K −11.0% 54 $1,025 $6.9M
19 Mar 30-Apr 1 52 $34.9K −36.9% 32 $1,092 $7.0M
20 Apr 6-8 64 $18.0K −48.4% 27 $668 $7.0M
21 Apr 13-15 70 $9.3K −48.3% 17 $549 $7.0M
22 Apr 20-22 80 $9.8K +4.6% 20 $488 $7.1M
23 Apr 27-29 100 $2.8K −71.1% 13 $217 $7.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $132.6K
$249.4K
$207.3K
$160.2K
$442.2K
$433.5K
$613.3K
$615.6K
$472.2K
$234.3K
$132.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.4%
−16.9%
W1→2
−22.8%
W2→3
+176.1%
W3→4
−2.0%
W4→5
+41.5%
W5→6
+0.4%
W6→7
−23.3%
W7→8
−50.4%
W8→9
−43.4%
W9→10
Steepest −50.4%Biggest gain +176.1%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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