Life as a House
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
DistributorNew Line Cinema
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Opening$294,056
29 theaters
29 theaters
Budget$27,000,000
Release Date
(Wide)Oct 26, 2001 (Nov 9, 2001)
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 5 min
GenresDrama
In Release70 days/10 weeks
Widest Release1,288 theaters
IMDbPro
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| Date | Rank | Weekly | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26-Nov 1 | 23 | $391,692 | - | 29 | - | $13,506 | $391,692 | 1 |
| Nov 2-8 | 19 | $849,931 | +117% | 88 | +59 | $9,658 | $1,241,623 | 2 |
| Nov 9-15 | 8 | $5,110,582 | +501.3% | 1,288 | +1,200 | $3,967 | $6,352,205 | 3 |
| Nov 16-22 | 12 | $3,747,616 | -26.7% | 1,288 | - | $2,909 | $10,099,821 | 4 |
| Nov 23-29 | 9 | $2,637,689 | -29.6% | 1,119 | -169 | $2,357 | $12,737,510 | 5 |
| Nov 30-Dec 6 | 11 | $1,469,549 | -44.3% | 950 | -169 | $1,546 | $14,207,059 | 6 |
| Dec 7-13 | 11 | $931,403 | -36.6% | 1,068 | +118 | $872 | $15,138,462 | 7 |
| Dec 14-20 | 17 | $395,840 | -57.5% | 504 | -564 | $785 | $15,534,302 | 8 |
| Dec 21-27 | 42 | $73,184 | -81.5% | 74 | -430 | $988 | $15,607,486 | 9 |
