Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
“You can erase someone from your mind. Getting them out of your heart is another story.”
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
Genres
Science Fiction, Drama, Romance
Studio
Focus Features
Language
en
Status
Released
How Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind performed
Budget
$20.0M
Worldwide Gross
$72.3M
Gross Profit
$52.3M
Return
3.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$9M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~34/66, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (37% of the domestic run, typical for Science Fiction) 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
Joel Barish
Jim Carrey
Joel Barish
Clementine Kruczynski
Kate Winslet
Clementine Kruczynski
Mary
Kirsten Dunst
Mary
Stan
Mark Ruffalo
Stan
Patrick
Elijah Wood
Patrick
Dr. Mierzwiak
Tom Wilkinson
Dr. Mierzwiak
Carrie
Jane Adams
Carrie
Rob
David Cross
Rob
Hollis
Deirdre O'Connell
Hollis
Frank
Thomas Jay Ryan
Frank
Young Joel
Ryan Whitney
Young Joel
Young Clementine
Lola Daehler
Young Clementine
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