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The NotebookFollow

2004 • PG-13 • 2h 3m • Drama, Romance • New Line Cinema

Behind every great love is a great story.

🍅 54% 85%

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3.87

7.8

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$81.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$118.00M

$37.10M international

Domestic legs6.02x

Budget$29.0M

2004 rank#31

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Cast & crew

Full Cassavetes filmography

Nick Cassavetes

Nick Cassavetes Director

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling Starring

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams Starring

Gena Rowlands

Gena Rowlands Starring

James Garner

James Garner Starring

Joan Allen

Joan Allen Starring

ScreenplayJan Sardi, Jeremy Leven Produced byMark Johnson, Lynn Harris CinematographyRobert Fraisse MusicAaron Zigman StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 25-27 4 $13.5M — 2,303 $5,846 $13.5M

2 Jul 2-5 6 $10.4M −23.0% 2,323 $4,460 $31.7M

3 Jul 23-25 8 $4.3M −58.8% 2,003 $2,131 $62.3M

4 Aug 20-22 17 $774.1K −81.9% 621 $1,246 $76.3M

5 Sep 3-5 22 $650.1K −16.0% 562 $1,156 $78.5M

6 Sep 10-12 22 $445.5K −31.5% 468 $952 $79.1M

7 Sep 17-19 23 $350.2K −21.4% 390 $897 $79.7M

8 Sep 24-26 28 $231.8K −33.8% 323 $717 $80.0M

9 Oct 1-3 30 $161.1K −30.5% 245 $657 $80.3M

10 Oct 8-10 35 $99.3K −38.4% 170 $583 $80.5M

11 Oct 15-17 40 $79.7K −19.7% 144 $553 $80.6M

12 Oct 22-24 44 $66.0K −17.1% 116 $569 $80.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 25 #4 $5.3M — $5.3M 2,303 $2,301 1

Sat Jun 26 #5 $4.6M −13% $9.9M 2,303 $2,003 2

Sun Jun 27 #4 $3.6M −22% $13.5M 2,303 $1,565 3

Mon Jun 28 #4 $2.2M −39% $15.7M 2,303 $952 4

Tue Jun 29 #3 $2.1M −3% $17.8M 2,303 $920 5

Wed Jun 30 #3 $1.8M −15% $19.6M 2,303 $787 6

Thu Jul 1 #3 $1.8M n/c $21.3M 2,303 $789 7

Fri Jul 2 #5 $2.8M +53% −47% $24.1M 2,323 $1,198 8

Sat Jul 3 #6 $2.8M +1% −39% $26.9M 2,323 $1,215 9

Sun Jul 4 #6 $1.8M −35% −49% $28.8M 2,323 $789 10

Mon Jul 5 #4 $2.9M +59% +33% $31.7M 2,323 $1,257 11

Tue Jul 6 #3 $1.6M −44% −23% $33.3M 2,323 $706 12

Wed Jul 7 #4 $1.6M −4% −13% $34.9M 2,323 $676 13

Thu Jul 8 #4 $1.6M +2% −12% $36.5M 2,323 $689 14

Fri Jul 9 #5 $2.1M +32% −24% $38.7M 2,288 $926 15

Sat Jul 10 #6 $2.5M +17% −12% $41.1M 2,288 $1,081 16

Sun Jul 11 #5 $1.9M −21% +6% $43.1M 2,288 $849 17

Mon Jul 12 #5 $1.2M −40% −60% $44.2M 2,288 $509 18

Tue Jul 13 #5 $1.3M +12% −20% $45.6M 2,288 $570 19

Wed Jul 14 #5 $1.3M −3% −19% $46.8M 2,288 $555 20

Thu Jul 15 #5 $1.3M +3% −18% $48.2M 2,288 $573 21

Fri Jul 16 #7 $1.7M +30% −20% $49.9M 2,089 $813 22

Sat Jul 17 #7 $2.1M +25% −14% $52.1M 2,089 $1,020 23

Sun Jul 18 #7 $1.8M −16% −8% $53.9M 2,089 $856 24

Mon Jul 19 #7 $989.0K −45% −15% $54.9M 2,089 $473 25

Tue Jul 20 #6 $1.1M +9% −17% $55.9M 2,089 $516 26

Wed Jul 21 #6 $1.0M −7% −21% $57.0M 2,089 $482 27

Thu Jul 22 #6 $1.0M +2% −22% $58.0M 2,089 $492 28

Fri Jul 23 #7 $1.5M +46% −12% $59.6M 2,003 $748 29

Sat Jul 24 #8 $1.6M +6% −25% $61.1M 2,003 $792 30

Sun Jul 25 #8 $1.3M −21% −30% $62.3M 2,003 $627 31

Mon Jul 26 #7 $743.0K −41% −25% $63.1M 2,003 $370 32

Tue Jul 27 #8 $893.0K +20% −17% $64.0M 2,003 $445 33

Wed Jul 28 #7 $835.0K −6% −17% $64.8M 2,003 $416 34

Thu Jul 29 #7 $770.0K −8% −25% $65.6M 2,003 $384 35

Fri Jul 30 #11 $900.0K +17% −40% $66.5M 1,506 $597 36

Sat Jul 31 #12 $1.0M +13% −36% $67.4M 1,506 $674 37

Sun Aug 1 #12 $812.0K −20% −35% $68.3M 1,506 $539 38

Tue Aug 3 #9 $546.0K — −39% $69.3M 1,506 $362 40

Wed Aug 4 #9 $535.0K −2% −36% $69.8M 1,506 $355 41

Thu Aug 5 #9 $534.0K n/c −31% $70.4M 1,506 $354 42

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$70.4M

Jun 25Jul 5Jul 15Jul 25Aug 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $99.3K

$13.5M

$10.4M

$4.3M

$774.1K

$650.1K

$445.5K

$350.2K

$231.8K

$161.1K

$99.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,323 → 1,506 −35.2%

2,303 open1,506 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −38.4%

−23.0%

W1→2

−58.8%

W2→3

−81.9%

W3→4

−16.0%

W4→5

−31.5%

W5→6

−21.4%

W6→7

−33.8%

W7→8

−30.5%

W8→9

−38.4%

W9→10

Steepest −81.9%Best hold −16.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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