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The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999 • R • 2h 19m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Paramount Pictures

How far would you go to become someone else.

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76

3.88

7.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$12.7M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$81.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$128.8M

$47.5M international

Domestic Legs6.4x

Budget$40M

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Cast & Crew

Matt Damon Starring

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow Starring

Jude Law Starring

Cate Blanchett Starring

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring

ScreenplayAnthony Minghella Based on the novel byPatricia Highsmith Produced byWilliam Horberg, Tom Sternberg CinematographyJohn Seale Edited byWalter Murch Music byGabriel Yared StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 24-26 2 $12.7M — 2,307 $5,522 $12.7M

2 Dec 31-Jan 2 3 $12.4M −2.8% 2,309 $5,365 $39.8M

3 Jan 7-9 3 $9.3M −24.7% 2,316 $4,025 $54.2M

4 Jan 14-16 7 $6.8M −26.8% 2,369 $2,879 $63.5M

5 Jan 21-23 8 $3.7M −45.6% 2,215 $1,675 $68.2M

6 Jan 28-30 9 $2.8M −25.1% 2,142 $1,298 $72.2M

7 Feb 4-6 10 $2.5M −10.5% 1,819 $1,368 $75.6M

8 Feb 11-13 12 $1.7M −32.2% 1,266 $1,332 $77.9M

9 Feb 18-20 18 $951.4K −43.6% 954 $997 $79.4M

10 Feb 25-27 24 $358.5K −62.3% 626 $573 $79.9M

11 Mar 3-5 31 $210.4K −41.3% 333 $632 $80.3M

12 Mar 10-12 38 $118.2K −43.8% 313 $378 $80.4M

13 Mar 17-19 47 $78.5K −33.6% 310 $253 $80.5M

14 Mar 24-26 32 $202.5K +158.0% 452 $448 $80.8M

15 Mar 31-Apr 2 35 $134.4K −33.6% 345 $389 $81.0M

16 Apr 7-9 38 $85.4K −36.5% 206 $414 $81.2M

17 Apr 14-16 53 $35.7K −58.2% 96 $372 $81.3M

18 Apr 21-23 73 $21.1K −40.9% 51 $414 $81.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sat Dec 25 #1 $6.4M — $6.4M 2,305 $2,772 1

Sun Dec 26 #1 $6.3M −1% $12.7M 2,305 $2,733 2

Mon Dec 27 #3 $4.0M −37% $16.7M 2,307 $1,730 3

Tue Dec 28 #3 $3.7M −7% $20.4M 2,307 $1,608 4

Wed Dec 29 #3 $3.3M −11% $23.7M 2,307 $1,432 5

Thu Dec 30 #3 $3.5M +7% $27.3M 2,307 $1,532 6

Fri Dec 31 #5 $2.2M −38% $29.5M 2,310 $947 7

Sat Jan 1 #3 $6.1M +181% −4% $35.6M 2,310 $2,656 8

Sun Jan 2 #3 $4.1M −34% −35% $39.8M 2,309 $1,760 9

Mon Jan 3 #2 $1.6M −61% −60% $41.3M 2,309 $683 10

Tue Jan 4 #1 $1.2M −22% −67% $42.6M 2,309 $535 11

Wed Jan 5 #1 $1.2M −7% −65% $43.7M 2,309 $500 12

Thu Jan 6 #1 $1.1M −3% −68% $44.9M 2,309 $487 13

Fri Jan 7 #1 $2.8M +150% +28% $47.7M 2,315 $1,213 14

Sat Jan 8 #3 $4.3M +54% −29% $52.0M 2,315 $1,871 15

Sun Jan 9 #6 $2.2M −50% −47% $54.2M 2,316 $930 16

Mon Jan 10 #2 $621.5K −71% −61% $54.8M 2,316 $268 17

Tue Jan 11 #2 $695.4K +12% −44% $55.5M 2,316 $300 18

Wed Jan 12 #3 $603.4K −13% −48% $56.1M 2,316 $261 19

Thu Jan 13 #4 $437.5K −28% −61% $56.5M 2,316 $189 20

Fri Jan 14 #8 $1.6M +265% −43% $58.1M 2,316 $690 21

Sat Jan 15 #7 $2.6M +66% −39% $60.8M 2,370 $1,116 22

Sun Jan 16 #7 $1.9M −29% −13% $62.7M 2,370 $788 23

Mon Jan 17 #10 $809.4K −57% +30% $63.5M 2,369 $342 24

Tue Jan 18 #6 $388.3K −52% −44% $63.9M 2,369 $164 25

Wed Jan 19 #5 $343.5K −12% −43% $64.2M 2,369 $145 26

Thu Jan 20 #5 $323.8K −6% −26% $64.5M 2,369 $137 27

Fri Jan 21 #9 $1.1M +229% −33% $65.6M 2,212 $481 28

Sat Jan 22 #8 $1.8M +73% −30% $67.4M 2,212 $832 29

Sun Jan 23 #10 $825.0K −55% −56% $68.2M 2,215 $372 30

Mon Jan 24 #7 $302.1K −63% −63% $68.5M 2,215 $136 31

Tue Jan 25 #6 $313.6K +4% −19% $68.8M 2,215 $142 32

Wed Jan 26 #5 $302.3K −4% −12% $69.1M 2,215 $136 33

Thu Jan 27 #6 $332.3K +10% +3% $69.4M 2,215 $150 34

Fri Jan 28 #9 $845.0K +154% −21% $70.3M 2,144 $394 35

Sat Jan 29 #9 $1.5M +77% −19% $71.8M 2,144 $699 36

Sun Jan 30 #10 $455.0K −70% −45% $72.2M 2,142 $212 37

Mon Jan 31 #8 $224.8K −51% −26% $72.4M 2,142 $105 38

Tue Feb 1 #6 $254.4K +13% −19% $72.7M 2,142 $119 39

Wed Feb 2 #6 $221.7K −13% −27% $72.9M 2,142 $104 40

Thu Feb 3 #6 $207.0K −7% −38% $73.1M 2,142 $97 41

Fri Feb 4 #10 $667.0K +222% −21% $73.8M 1,820 $366 42

Sat Feb 5 #9 $1.2M +82% −19% $75.0M 1,820 $668 43

Sun Feb 6 #10 $605.0K −50% +33% $75.6M 1,819 $333 44

Mon Feb 7 #9 $136.1K −78% −39% $75.7M 1,819 $75 45

Tue Feb 8 #7 $177.6K +31% −30% $75.9M 1,819 $98 46

Wed Feb 9 #8 $154.7K −13% −30% $76.1M 1,819 $85 47

Thu Feb 10 #9 $153.6K −1% −26% $76.2M 1,819 $84 48

Sun Feb 13 #13 $389.0K — −36% $77.9M 1,266 $307 51

Mon Feb 14 #12 $183.5K −53% +35% $78.1M 1,266 $145 52

Tue Feb 15 #12 $121.8K −34% −31% $78.2M 1,266 $96 53

Wed Feb 16 #12 $108.1K −11% −30% $78.3M 1,266 $85 54

Thu Feb 17 #13 $114.1K +6% −26% $78.4M 1,266 $90 55

Mon Feb 21 #17 $127.9K — −30% $79.4M 954 $134 59

Tue Feb 22 #18 $59.2K −54% −51% $79.5M 954 $62 60

Wed Feb 23 #18 $51.1K −14% −53% $79.5M 954 $54 61

Thu Feb 24 #19 $59.4K +16% −48% $79.6M 954 $62 62

Mon Feb 28 #20 $28.9K — −77% $80.0M 626 $46 66

Tue Feb 29 #20 $29.2K +1% −51% $80.0M 626 $47 67

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

Cumulative total$80.0M

Dec 25Jan 9Jan 23Feb 7Feb 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $358.5K

$12.7M

$12.4M

$9.3M

$6.8M

$3.7M

$2.8M

$2.5M

$1.7M

$951.4K

$358.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,370 → 626 −73.6%

2,305 open626 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −62.3%

−2.8%

W1→2

−24.7%

W2→3

−26.8%

W3→4

−45.6%

W4→5

−25.1%

W5→6

−10.5%

W6→7

−32.2%

W7→8

−43.6%

W8→9

−62.3%

W9→10

Steepest −62.3%Best hold −2.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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