Charlie Kaufman
Best known as a Screenwriter based on credits in that role in 8 films, with $180,568,401 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #1,296) |
Best-known technical roles: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Screenwriter), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Story Creator), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Executive Producer), Adaptation (Screenwriter), Adaptation (Screenwriter) |
Most productive collaborators: Jim Carrey, Michel Gondry, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo |
Born: November 19, 1958 (65 years old) |
Also credited as: Donald Kaufman |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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In Technical Roles | Screenwriter | 8 | $102,214,100 | $78,354,301 | $180,568,401 |
Director | 3 | $6,842,824 | $3,246,882 | $10,089,706 | |
Producer | 3 | $6,842,824 | $3,246,882 | $10,089,706 | |
Story Creator | 1 | $34,366,518 | $38,034,860 | $72,401,378 | |
Executive Producer | 1 | $34,366,518 | $38,034,860 | $72,401,378 |
Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists
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Mulan and I’m Thinking of Ending Things Give People Reasons to Stay Home
September 4th, 2020
This year’s Labor Day weekend in the United States may prove to be historic. While Warner Bros. tests the viability of the theatrical market with a novel release strategy for Tenet, Disney is seeing how far it can get when it eschews theaters altogether with the Premium VOD release of Mulan on Disney+.
While it’s not in the same league as those $200-million behemoths, Charlie Kaufman’s psychological horror movie I’m Thinking of Ending Things provides some counter-programming, and is significant in its own right as part of another trend in the industry: major art-house film-makers finding a home in the home market.
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2015 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Feature-Length Animated Film
February 18th, 2016
With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at Best Feature-Length Animated Film. Inside Out has a better than 90% chance of winning. If it doesn't win, it would almost certainly be the biggest surprise of Oscar night.
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Limited and VOD Releases: Eight Reasons to Love Limited Releases
December 25th, 2015
While there are a massive number of wide releases / wide expansions this week, there are very few limited releases. Generally by this time of year, the competition from previously released Awards Season contenders is just too much. The only type of film that can truly thrive is one that has a lot of pre-release buzz. This year, this includes The Hateful Eight, which has the widest opening on this week's list and expands truly wide next week, as well as The Revenant, which expands wide early in January.
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2015 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations
November 25th, 2015
Awards Season begins with the Independent Spirit Awards nominations. There were definitely some surprise nominees this year, but that also meant there were some unfortunate snubs as well. The overall leader was Carol, which just opened this past weekend. This is great timing and should help its box office numbers, as well as its chances throughout Awards Season. Its six nominations were one ahead of Beasts of No Nation and Spotlight. (One of Spotlight's was the Robert Altman Award, which has no nominations, just one winner.)
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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Feb 2, 2024 | Orion and the Dark | Screenwriter | |||
Sep 4, 2020 | I’m Thinking of Ending Thin… | Director Screenwriter Producer |
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Dec 30, 2015 | Anomalisa | Director Screenwriter Producer |
$3,759,286 | $1,946,882 | $5,706,168 |
Oct 24, 2008 | Synecdoche, New York | Director Screenwriter Producer |
$3,083,538 | $1,300,000 | $4,383,538 |
Mar 19, 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spo… | Screenwriter Story Creator Executive Producer |
$34,366,518 | $38,034,860 | $72,401,378 |
Dec 31, 2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous … | Screenwriter | $16,007,718 | $17,006,087 | $33,013,805 |
Dec 6, 2002 | Adaptation | Screenwriter Screenwriter |
$22,498,520 | $10,033,236 | $32,531,756 |
Averages | $15,943,116 | $13,664,213 | $29,607,329 | ||
Totals | 7 | $79,715,580 | $68,321,065 | $148,036,645 |
Director Credits
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Sep 4, 2020 | I’m Thinking of Ending… | |||||
Dec 30, 2015 | Anomalisa | $135,222 | 573 | $3,759,286 | $5,706,168 | 65.9% |
Oct 24, 2008 | Synecdoche, New York | $172,194 | 119 | $3,083,538 | $4,383,538 | 70.3% |
Averages | $153,708 | 346 | $3,421,412 | $5,044,853 | 68.1% | |
Totals | 3 | $6,842,824 | $10,089,706 |
Producer Credits
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Sep 4, 2020 | I’m Thinking of Ending… | |||||
Dec 30, 2015 | Anomalisa | $135,222 | 573 | $3,759,286 | $5,706,168 | 65.9% |
Oct 24, 2008 | Synecdoche, New York | $172,194 | 119 | $3,083,538 | $4,383,538 | 70.3% |
Averages | $153,708 | 346 | $3,421,412 | $5,044,853 | 68.1% | |
Totals | 3 | $6,842,824 | $10,089,706 |
Writer Credits
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Feb 2, 2024 | Orion and the Dark | |||||
Sep 4, 2020 | I’m Thinking of Ending… | |||||
Dec 30, 2015 | Anomalisa | $135,222 | 573 | $3,759,286 | $5,706,168 | 65.9% |
Oct 24, 2008 | Synecdoche, New York | $172,194 | 119 | $3,083,538 | $4,383,538 | 70.3% |
Mar 19, 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of th… | $8,175,198 | 1,357 | $34,366,518 | $72,401,378 | 47.5% |
Dec 31, 2002 | Confessions of a Dange… | $87,199 | 1,776 | $16,007,718 | $33,013,805 | 48.5% |
Dec 6, 2002 | Adaptation | $384,478 | 672 | $22,498,520 | $32,531,756 | 69.2% |
Averages | $1,790,858 | 899 | $15,943,116 | $29,607,329 | 60.3% | |
Totals | 7 | $79,715,580 | $148,036,645 |