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Released
2005 · FILM

Just Like Heaven

A grieving widower discovers his new tenant is a mysterious, wall‑phasing apparition of a dead doctor, and together they must uncover her true identity before both their realities unravel.

“It's a wonderful afterlife.”

Directed by
Mark Waters, Vernon Davidson
Written by
Peter Tolan, Leslie Dixon
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
95 min
ComedyDramaFantasy

Synopsis

Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco apartment, he encounters an unwelcome visitor: the charming Elizabeth Masterson, who claims the apartment is hers before suddenly vanishing. As she begins to appear and disappear at will, David comes to believe that she is a ghost.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 250+ 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 Bruce GreenShot by Daryn OkadaScored by Rolfe KentDesigned by Cary WhiteSound by Douglas AxtellCostumes by Marian ToyStunts by Rocky Capella

Box Office

2005 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× 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

$102.9M

Budget$58.0M
Worldwide gross$102.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $48.3M — 47% of worldwide · International: $54.6M (53%)

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  • extended· 2 min

Also known as

  • Solange du da bistde
  • Et si c'était vrai...fr
  • Se solo fosse veroit
  • (Bulgarian)Истина ли е ...
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesSep 16, 2005
  • FranceNov 10, 2005
  • SingaporeNov 10, 2005
  • Hong Kong SAR ChinaNov 24, 2005

Companies

ProductionDreamWorks Pictures, Parkes/MacDonald Image Nation, Amblin Entertainment

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