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Released
2007 · FILM

The Jane Austen Book Club

A diverse group of six Californians forms a Jane Austen book club to explore the novelist’s timeless insights, only to confront their own tangled romances and personal insecurities as the stories they discuss force them to face love, loss, and self‑discovery.

You don't have to know the books to be in the club

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Runtime
106 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's novels, their discussions become more personal and introspective, reflecting their own lives and relationships. The film explores how the themes and characters in Austen's writing mirror the members' experiences, bringing them closer together and prompting individual growth.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Maryann BrandonShot by John ToonScored by Aaron ZigmanDesigned by Rusty Smith

Box Office

2007 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.2× 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

$7.2M

Budget$6.0M
Worldwide gross$7.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $149K

Peak 25 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Jane Austen Clubde
  • Conociendo a Jane Austenes
  • Lettre ouverte à Jane Austenfr
  • Il club di Jane Austenit

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