Waking Life (2001)

Ethan Hawke

Steven Soderbergh

Trevor Jack Brooks

Lorelei Linklater

Wiley Wiggins

Glover Gill

Full cast and crew

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First viewed:
1st Oct 2016

Last viewed:
11th Jun 2026

Total views:
73

US total gross
$2.8 Million

Cinema Tickets Sold

US tickets sold
490,805 aprox.

Box Office Breakdown

UK Box Office

Release: No UK cinema release.

US Box Office

Debut weekend: 19th Oct '01
Debut position: 38
Highest position: 21
Debut gross: $89 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 14

Global Box Office

No global cinema data.

Directed by
	Richard Linklater

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UK Box Office Chart History

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North American Box Office Info

Highest Place
21

Weeks top 15
0

Total Weeks
14

Total US Gross:

$2,777,954

North American Box Office Chart History

Date

Place

Week

Total

19 Oct 2001

38N

$88,977

$95,120

26 Oct 2001

26▲

$215,506

$368,296

2 Nov 2001

26▲▼

$251,948

$727,920

9 Nov 2001

25▲

$265,901

$1,121,490

16 Nov 2001

21▲

$235,474

$1,485,758

23 Nov 2001

25▼

$211,099

$1,836,872

30 Nov 2001

25▲▼

$144,481

$2,063,729

7 Dec 2001

31▼

$85,892

$2,227,906

14 Dec 2001

37▼

$68,005

$2,355,013

21 Dec 2001

42▼

$37,406

$2,392,419

28 Dec 2001

48▼

$41,012

$2,522,032

4 Jan 2002

44▲

$34,033

$2,589,639

11 Jan 2002

42▲

$32,823

$2,649,367

8 Feb 2002

59N

$16,345

$2,777,954

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History

We have no info on the global box office for this movie

* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Release Breakdown

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Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Peru
France
India
Azerbaijan
Colombia
United Kingdom
Argentina
Vietnam

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Starring
	Trevor Jack Brooks
	Lorelei Linklater
	Wiley Wiggins
	Glover Gill
	Lara Hicks
	Ames Asbell
	Leigh Mahoney
	Sara Nelson
	Jeanine Attaway
	Erik Grostic
	Bill Wise
	Robert C. Solomon
	Kim Krizan
	Eamonn Healy
	J.C. Shakespeare
	Ethan Hawke
	Julie Delpy
	Charles Gunning
	David Sosa
	Alex Jones
	Otto Hofmann
	Aklilu Gebrewold
	Carol Dawson
	Lisa Moore
	Steve Fitch
	Louis Mackey
	Alex Nixon
	Violet Nichols
	Steven Prince
	Ken Webster
	Mary McBay
	Kregg A. Foote
	Jason T. Hodge
	Guy Forsyth
	John Christensen
	Caveh Zahedi
	David Jewell
	Adam Goldberg
	Nicky Katt
	Jason Liebrecht
	Brent Green
	RC Whittaker
	Hymie Samuelson
	David Martinez
	Ryan Power
	Tiana Hux
	Timothy Speed Levitch
	Steve Brudniak
	Marta Banda
	Steven Soderbergh
	Charles Murdock
	Mona Lee Fultz
	Edith Mannix
	Bess Cox
	Louis Black
	Richard Linklater
	Kierstin Cunnington

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