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The Fountain

2006 • PG-13 • 1h 36m • Drama, Mystery, Romance • Warner Bros.

What if you could live forever?

🍅 52% 74% MC 51 LB 3.52 IMDb 7.1

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$3.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$10.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$15.5M
$5.3M international
Domestic Legs2.7x
Budget$35M
2006 Rank#173
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Cast & Crew

Full Aronofsky filmography
Darren Aronofsky Darren Aronofsky Director Hugh Jackman Hugh Jackman Starring Rachel Weisz Rachel Weisz Starring Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn Starring Stephen McHattie Stephen McHattie Starring
ScreenplayDarren Aronofsky Produced byAri Handel, Arnon Milchan, Iain Smith CinematographyMatthew Libatique Music byClint Mansell StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 24-26 10 $3.8M — 1,472 $2,560 $5.5M
2 Dec 1-3 13 $1.8M −52.6% 1,472 $1,213 $8.2M
3 Dec 8-10 18 $501.5K −71.9% 636 $789 $9.4M
4 Dec 15-17 29 $130.2K −74.0% 145 $898 $9.8M
5 Dec 22-24 42 $26.5K −79.7% 35 $757 $9.9M
6 Dec 29-31 57 $16.3K −38.3% 21 $778 $9.9M
7 Jan 5-7 59 $18.5K +13.2% 16 $1,156 $10.0M
8 Jan 12-14 64 $11.0K −40.7% 18 $609 $10.0M
9 Jan 19-21 46 $51.6K +370.6% 126 $409 $10.0M
10 Jan 26-28 53 $39.0K −24.3% 100 $390 $10.1M
11 Feb 2-4 61 $14.8K −62.0% 31 $478 $10.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$10.0M
Nov 22Nov 25Nov 28Nov 30Jan 15
Weekend grossWk 10 · $39.0K
$3.8M
$1.8M
$501.5K
$130.2K
$26.5K
$16.3K
$18.5K
$11.0K
$51.6K
$39.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 1,670 → 18 −98.9%
1,472 open18 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.3%
−52.6%
W1→2
−71.9%
W2→3
−74.0%
W3→4
−79.7%
W4→5
−38.3%
W5→6
+13.2%
W6→7
−40.7%
W7→8
+370.6%
W8→9
−24.3%
W9→10
Steepest −79.7%Biggest gain +370.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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