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The Good Girl

2002 • R • 1h 33m • Drama, Romance • Fox Searchlight Pictures

It's her last best chance... is she going to take it?

🍅 82% 59% MC 71 LB 3.03 IMDb 6.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$152K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$14.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$16.6M
$2.6M international
Domestic Legs4.8x
Budget$8M
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Cast & Crew

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Miguel Arteta Miguel Arteta Director Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Aniston Starring Zooey Deschanel Zooey Deschanel Starring Jake Gyllenhaal Jake Gyllenhaal Starring John Carroll Lynch John Carroll Lynch Starring Tim Blake Nelson Tim Blake Nelson Starring
ScreenplayMike White Produced byMatthew Greenfield CinematographyEnrique Chediak MusicJoey Waronker StudioFox Searchlight Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 9-11 30 $151.6K — 4 $37,910 $208.6K
2 Aug 16-18 15 $840.7K +454.4% 60 $14,011 $1.2M
3 Aug 23-25 13 $1.5M +74.0% 188 $7,782 $3.1M
4 Aug 30-Sep 1 9 $2.9M +99.6% 667 $4,377 $7.5M
5 Sep 6-8 12 $1.6M −45.1% 688 $2,330 $9.8M
6 Sep 13-15 12 $1.3M −21.6% 669 $1,879 $11.7M
7 Sep 20-22 16 $610.0K −51.5% 524 $1,164 $12.7M
8 Sep 27-29 21 $314.3K −48.5% 351 $895 $13.3M
9 Oct 4-6 26 $197.3K −37.2% 323 $611 $13.6M
10 Oct 11-13 42 $69.3K −64.9% 133 $521 $13.7M
11 Oct 18-20 56 $42.1K −39.3% 72 $585 $13.8M
12 Oct 25-27 66 $24.4K −42.1% 62 $393 $13.9M
13 Nov 1-3 61 $22.4K −8.2% 56 $400 $13.9M
14 Nov 8-10 69 $15.0K −33.1% 38 $394 $13.9M
15 Nov 15-17 56 $25.6K +70.8% 46 $556 $13.9M
16 Nov 22-24 60 $25.2K −1.6% 39 $645 $14.0M
17 Nov 29-Dec 1 77 $10.3K −59.0% 27 $382 $14.0M
18 Dec 6-8 65 $11.8K +14.4% 26 $454 $14.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $69.3K
$151.6K
$840.7K
$1.5M
$2.9M
$1.6M
$1.3M
$610.0K
$314.3K
$197.3K
$69.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −64.9%
+454.4%
W1→2
+74.0%
W2→3
+99.6%
W3→4
−45.1%
W4→5
−21.6%
W5→6
−51.5%
W6→7
−48.5%
W7→8
−37.2%
W8→9
−64.9%
W9→10
Steepest −64.9%Biggest gain +454.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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