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The Notebook(2004)
Released
2004 · FILM

The Notebook

An elderly duke reads a passionate love story to a nursing home patient, recounting a forbidden romance between a working-class young man and a privileged girl in 1940s South Carolina, torn apart by class, family, and war.

“Behind every great love is a great story.”

Directed by
Nick Cassavetes, Randy Fletcher
Written by
Jeremy Leven, Jan Sardi
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
123 min
DramaRomance

Synopsis

An epic love story follows an older man who reads aloud to a woman suffering from Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, his recitation brings to life the tale of a couple separated by World War II, who are later reunited with passion seven years later after having taken very different paths.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 300+ 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 Alan HeimShot by Robert FraisseScored by Aaron ZigmanDesigned by Sarah KnowlesSound by Kelly CabralCostumes by Karyn WagnerStunts by Gary CombsVFX by Mark Dornfeld

Box Office

2004 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 4.0× 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

$115.6M

Budget$29.0M
Worldwide gross$115.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $81.0M — 70% of worldwide · International: $34.6M (30%)

Opening weekend: $13.5M — 17% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $21.3M — 26% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,303 theaters

Re-release box office

201415 theaters
$106K($148K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Wie ein einziger Tagde
  • (pre-release title)El cuaderno de Noah
  • N'oublie jamaisfr
  • Le pagine della nostra vitait
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesMay 20, 2004
  • CanadaJun 25, 2004
  • United KingdomJun 25, 2004

Companies

ProductionNew Line Cinema, Gran Via Productions, Avery Pix

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