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Sliding Doors

1998 • PG-13 • 1h 39m • Comedy, Drama, Fantasy • Miramax

What if one split second sent your life in two completely different directions?

🍅 65% 77% MC 59 LB 3.08 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$835K
Limited · 117 theaters
Domestic Total
$11.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$58.8M
$46.9M international
Domestic Legs7.3x
Budget$6M
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Cast & Crew

Directed byPeter Howitt ScreenplayPeter Howitt Produced bySydney Pollack, William Horberg, Philippa Braithwaite CinematographyRemi Adefarasin MusicDavid Hirschfelder Prod. DesignMaria Djurkovic StarringGwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Zara Turner, Douglas McFerran StudioMiramax
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 24-26 17 $834.8K — 117 $7,135 $834.8K
2 May 1-3 10 $1.6M +96.5% 495 $3,314 $2.7M
3 May 8-10 12 $1.4M −13.1% 519 $2,746 $4.7M
4 May 15-17 13 $1.1M −21.3% 522 $2,148 $6.3M
5 May 22-25 11 $1.3M +16.8% 522 $2,510 $8.0M
6 May 29-31 13 $802.2K −38.8% 515 $1,558 $9.1M
7 Jun 5-7 15 $476.1K −40.6% 513 $928 $10.0M
8 Jun 12-14 20 $259.6K −45.5% 305 $851 $10.5M
9 Jun 19-21 22 $180.4K −30.5% 208 $867 $10.9M
10 Jun 26-28 34 $115.4K −36.0% 123 $938 $11.1M
11 Jul 3-5 36 $98.4K −14.8% 102 $964 $11.3M
12 Jul 10-12 35 $88.4K −10.2% 75 $1,178 $11.4M
13 Jul 17-19 39 $61.4K −30.5% 68 $903 $11.5M
14 Jul 24-26 44 $43.3K −29.5% 55 $787 $11.6M
15 Jul 31-Aug 2 38 $71.9K +66.2% 238 $302 $11.7M
16 Aug 7-9 48 $41.3K −42.6% 123 $336 $11.8M
17 Aug 14-16 55 $27.4K −33.6% 64 $429 $11.8M
19 Aug 28-30 47 $101.0K — 14 $7,216 $11.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$8.2M
May 1May 5May 12May 20May 27
Weekend grossWk 10 · $115.4K
$834.8K
$1.6M
$1.4M
$1.1M
$1.3M
$802.2K
$476.1K
$259.6K
$180.4K
$115.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 522 → 522 +0.0%
495 open522 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.0%
+96.5%
W1→2
−13.1%
W2→3
−21.3%
W3→4
+16.8%
W4→5
−38.8%
W5→6
−40.6%
W6→7
−45.5%
W7→8
−30.5%
W8→9
−36.0%
W9→10
Steepest −45.5%Biggest gain +96.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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