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The Constant Gardener

2005 R 2h 9m Drama, Mystery, Thriller Focus Features

Love. At any cost.

The Constant Gardener Box Office

Opening Weekend
$8.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$33.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$86.3M
$52.7M international
Domestic Legs3.9x
Budget$25.5M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Sep 2-4 3 $8.67M $10.40M 1,346 $6.4K 1
Sep 9-11 4 $4.73M -45.5% $19.02M 1,381 $3.4K 2
Sep 16-18 7 $3.62M -23.4% $24.29M 1,387 $2.6K 3
Sep 23-25 8 $2.32M -35.8% $27.66M 1,282 $1.8K 4
Sep 30-Oct 2 12 $1.42M -38.9% $29.87M 1,004 $1.4K 5
Oct 7-9 17 $852K -40.0% $31.25M 469 $1.8K 6
Oct 14-16 21 $527K -38.1% $32.11M 310 $1.7K 7
Oct 21-23 29 $349K -33.8% $32.63M 228 $1.5K 8
Oct 28-30 34 $200K -42.7% $32.95M 147 $1.4K 9
Nov 4-6 31 $185K -7.7% $33.22M 131 $1.4K 10
Nov 11-13 38 $114K -38.5% $33.41M 88 $1.3K 11
Nov 18-20 41 $58K -49.0% $33.50M 60 $966 12
Nov 25-27 49 $43K -26.1% $33.57M 39 $1.1K 13

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byFernando Meirelles
ScreenplayJeffrey Caine
Based on the novel byJohn le Carré
Produced bySimon Channing Williams
CinematographyCésar Charlone
Edited byClaire Simpson
Music byAlberto Iglesias
StarringRalph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Hubert Koundé
StudioFocus Features

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