New Zealand Box Office for Happiness (1998)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
New Zealand Box Office $315Details
Worldwide Box Office $5,746,453Details
Further financial details...

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$3,000,000
New Zealand Releases: February 24th, 2000 (Limited)
March 14th, 2024 (Limited)
October 2nd, 2025 (Limited)
Video Release: 1999 by Trimark Pictures
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 139 minutes
Keywords: Dysfunctional Family, Coming of Age, LGBTQ+, Black Comedy, Pedophilia, Sex Crimes, Therapists / Therapy, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong, Writing and Writers, Teachers
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Black Comedy
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2024/03/15 - $315   1 $315   $315 1,256
2025/10/03 80 $43   0     $43 1,337
2025/10/10 79 $56 +30% 0     $99 1,338
2025/10/17 77 $30 -46% 0     $127 1,339
2025/10/24 83 $45 +50% 0     $172 1,340

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date		 Opening
Weekend		 Opening
Weekend
Screens		 Maximum
Screens		 Theatrical
Engagements		 Total
Box Office		 Report
Date
New Zealand 2/24/2000 $0 0 1 1 $315 10/28/2025
North America 10/16/1998 $130,303 6 60 260 $2,746,453
 
Rest of World $2,999,685
 
Worldwide Total$5,746,453 10/28/2025

Uncategorized

Jared Harris    Vlad
Philip Seymour Hoffman    Allen
Cynthia Stevenson    Trish Maplewood
Camryn Manheim    Kristina
Louise Lasser    Mona Jordan
Jon Lovitz    Andy Kornbluth
Ben Gazzara    Lenny Jordan
Molly Shannon    Nancy
Lara Flynn Boyle    Helen Jordan
Dylan Baker    Bill Maplewood

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Todd Solondz    Director
Todd Solondz    Screenwriter