Donnie Darko
“28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds... that is when the world will end.”
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Genres
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
Studio
Flower Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How Donnie Darko performed
Budget
$4.5M
Worldwide Gross
$7.5M
Gross Profit
$3.0M
Return
1.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$840K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~32/68, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Fantasy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Donnie Darko
Jake Gyllenhaal
Donnie Darko
Gretchen Ross
Jena Malone
Gretchen Ross
Frank
James Duval
Frank
Karen Pomeroy
Drew Barrymore
Karen Pomeroy
Kitty Farmer
Beth Grant
Kitty Farmer
Elizabeth Darko
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Elizabeth Darko
Rose Darko
Mary McDonnell
Rose Darko
Eddie Darko
Holmes Osborne
Eddie Darko
Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff
Noah Wyle
Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff
Dr. Lilian Thurman
Katharine Ross
Dr. Lilian Thurman
Jim Cunningham
Patrick Swayze
Jim Cunningham
Samantha Darko
Daveigh Chase
Samantha Darko
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