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Released
2004 · FILM

Closer

Writer Dan Woolf races to complete his breakthrough novel about the enigmatic American woman he rescued, only to have his newfound fame ignite a volatile love triangle that threatens both his career and his heart.

“If you believe in love at first sight, you never stop looking.”

Directed by
Mike Nichols, Mike Nichols Nm0001566
Written by
Patrick Marber, Grant Shaffer
Rated
BBFC · 15
Runtime
104 min
DramaRomance

Synopsis

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman from the other.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 271+ 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 John BloomShot by Stephen GoldblattDesigned by Tim HatleySound by Ron BocharCostumes by Ann RothStunts by Ray De HaanVFX by Olaf Wendt

Box Office

2004 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.3× 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

$115.5M

Budget$27.0M
Worldwide gross$115.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $34.0M — 29% of worldwide · International: $81.5M (71%)

Opening weekend: $7.7M — 23% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $10.0M — 29% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 476 theaters

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Versions & cuts

  • TV· 98 min

Also known as

  • Hautnahde
  • Closer, entre adultes consentantsfr
  • (Bulgarian)Отблизо
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesNov 22, 2004
  • CanadaDec 3, 2004
  • SwitzerlandDec 10, 2004
  • ItalyDec 10, 2004

Companies

ProductionColumbia Pictures, Inside Track 2, Aquarium Productions

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