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Before Sunset(2004)
Released
2004 · FILM

Before Sunset

A bestselling author on a European book tour reunites with his enigmatic muse in Paris, forcing him to choose between chasing a fleeting romance that could rewrite his life or boarding his flight and leaving the story forever unfinished.

“What if you had a second chance with the one that got away?”

Directed by
Richard Linklater, Roxane Andreani
Written by
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
80 min
DramaRomance
Streaming on
  • Tubi

Synopsis

Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Céline. After his reading in Paris, Céline finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 111+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Sandra AdairShot by Lee DanielDesigned by Baptiste GlaymannSound by Bernard BatsCostumes by Thierry Delettre

Box Office

2004 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$16.0M

Budget$2.7M
Worldwide gross$16.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $5.8M — 36% of worldwide · International: $10.2M (64%)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Antes del atardeceres
  • (Bulgarian)Преди залез
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • GermanyFeb 10, 2004
  • United StatesApr 3, 2004
  • SwitzerlandJun 17, 2004
  • AustriaJun 18, 2004

Companies

ProductionWarner Independent Pictures (WIP), Castle Rock Entertainment, Detour Filmproduction

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