Life as a House

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.

Grosses

Domestic (65.5%)
$15,667,270
Summary Details
DistributorNew Line Cinema
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Opening$294,056
29 theaters
Budget$27,000,000
Release Date (Wide)Oct 26, 2001 (Nov 9, 2001)
MPAAR
Running Time2 hr 5 min
GenresDrama
In Release70 days/10 weeks
Widest Release1,288 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Oct 26-Nov 123$391,692-29-$13,506$391,6921
Nov 2-819$849,931+117%88+59$9,658$1,241,6232
Nov 9-158$5,110,582+501.3%1,288+1,200$3,967$6,352,2053
Nov 16-2212$3,747,616-26.7%1,288-$2,909$10,099,8214
Nov 23-299$2,637,689-29.6%1,119-169$2,357$12,737,5105
Nov 30-Dec 611$1,469,549-44.3%950-169$1,546$14,207,0596
Dec 7-1311$931,403-36.6%1,068+118$872$15,138,4627
Dec 14-2017$395,840-57.5%504-564$785$15,534,3028
Dec 21-2742$73,184-81.5%74-430$988$15,607,4869