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Released
2003 · FILM

Duplex

A young couple moves into their perfect house only to discover that the seemingly sweet elderly tenant above them is determined to drive them out, forcing them to battle relentless sabotage and legal loopholes to protect their new life.

“Alex and Nancy finally found their dream home...and then they moved in.”

Directed by
Danny Devito, David Kelley
Written by
Larry Doyle
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
89 min
Comedy

Synopsis

A young couple purchases their dream home, unaware of the challenges they will face from the sweet little old lady living upstairs.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 275+ 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 Greg HaydenShot by Anastas N MichosScored by David NewmanDesigned by Stephen AleschSound by Anna BehlmerCostumes by Joseph G AulisiStunts by Charles CroughwellVFX by Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr

Box Office

2003 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.5× 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

$19.3M

Budget$40.0M
Worldwide gross$19.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $9.7M — 50% of worldwide · International: $9.6M (50%)

Opening weekend: $4.6M — 47% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $5.7M — 59% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,189 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Appartement-Schreckde
  • Dúplexes
  • Un duplex pour troisfr
  • (Bulgarian)Мансардата
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • CanadaSep 26, 2003
  • United StatesSep 26, 2003
  • IcelandNov 21, 2003
  • TaiwanNov 21, 2003
  • IsraelJan 1, 2004

Companies

ProductionMiramax, Red Hour Films, Flower Films (II), Kalis Productions GmbH & Co. KG, Jersey Films
DistributionMiramax, Buena Vista International, Laurenfilm, RCV Film Distribution, SPI International
Special effectsDigital Dimension Entertainment Group, Flash Film Works
Other companiesDigital Filmworks, Custom Film Effects, Abhann Productions, American Humane Association, CBS Broadcasting

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