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The Painted Veil

2006 • PG-13 • 2h 5m • Drama, Romance • Warner Independent Pictures

Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people.

🍅 74% 85% MC 69 LB 3.61 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$51K
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$8.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$15.1M
$7.1M international
Domestic Legs157.8x
Budget$19.4M
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Cast & Crew

Edward Norton Edward Norton Starring Naomi Watts Naomi Watts Starring Liev Schreiber Liev Schreiber Starring Toby Jones Toby Jones Starring Diana Rigg Diana Rigg Starring Anthony Wong Anthony Wong Starring
ScreenplayRon Nyswaner Produced byEdward Norton, Naomi Watts, Bob Yari, Sara Colleton CinematographyStuart Dryburgh MusicAlexandre Desplat StudioWarner Independent Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 22-25 35 $51.1K — 4 $12,771 $72.2K
2 Dec 29-Jan 1 27 $364.1K +612.7% 37 $9,840 $497.4K
3 Jan 5-7 25 $486.7K +33.7% 72 $6,760 $1.3M
4 Jan 12-15 25 $1.0M +106.4% 202 $4,972 $2.4M
5 Jan 19-21 26 $903.5K −10.0% 252 $3,585 $3.8M
6 Jan 26-28 28 $695.1K −23.1% 287 $2,422 $4.9M
7 Feb 2-4 26 $514.6K −26.0% 287 $1,793 $5.7M
8 Feb 9-11 26 $506.6K −1.6% 275 $1,842 $6.4M
9 Feb 16-19 30 $311.0K −38.6% 200 $1,555 $6.9M
10 Feb 23-25 36 $184.6K −40.6% 140 $1,319 $7.2M
11 Mar 2-4 40 $119.7K −35.2% 100 $1,197 $7.4M
12 Mar 9-11 39 $109.7K −8.3% 98 $1,120 $7.6M
13 Mar 16-18 39 $89.9K −18.1% 92 $977 $7.7M
14 Mar 23-25 42 $68.3K −24.0% 81 $844 $7.8M
15 Mar 30-Apr 1 45 $41.7K −39.0% 52 $802 $7.9M
16 Apr 6-8 55 $28.0K −32.9% — — $8.0M
17 Apr 13-15 62 $21.7K −22.5% 32 $678 $8.0M
18 Apr 20-22 65 $15.5K −28.5% 24 $646 $8.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $184.6K
$51.1K
$364.1K
$486.7K
$1.0M
$903.5K
$695.1K
$514.6K
$506.6K
$311.0K
$184.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.6%
+612.7%
W1→2
+33.7%
W2→3
+106.4%
W3→4
−10.0%
W4→5
−23.1%
W5→6
−26.0%
W6→7
−1.6%
W7→8
−38.6%
W8→9
−40.6%
W9→10
Steepest −40.6%Biggest gain +612.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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