Ghost World
7.3
“Accentuate the negative.”
Two quirky, cynical, teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives following high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle-aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.
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Cast
64 people
Thora Birch
Enid
Known for
American Beauty
Hocus Pocus
Scarlett Johansson
Rebecca
Known for
Lucy
Black Widow
Steve Buscemi
Seymour
Known for
Wednesday
Monsters, Inc.
Brad Renfro
Josh
Known for
The Client
Bully
Illeana Douglas
Roberta Allsworth
Known for
Stir of Echoes
Cape Fear
Bob Balaban
Enid's Dad
Known for
Isle of Dogs
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Stacey Travis
Dana
Known for
Hardware
Bandits
Charles C. Stevenson Jr.
Norman
Known for
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Will & Grace
Dave Sheridan
Doug
Known for
Scary Movie
A Haunted House
Tom McGowan
Joe
Known for
Frasier
Heavyweights
Debra Azar
Melora
Also in
The Elephant King
Friends
Brian George
Sidewinder Boss
Known for
The Big Bang Theory
Hotel Transylvania
Terry Zwigoff Director · Daniel Clowes Writer David Kitay Composer
Worldwide gross $8.8M · Budget $7M · United States release July 20, 2001
Box office
Budget
$7,000,000
Worldwide gross
$8,800,000
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Mr. Mudd
Production
Granada Productions
Production
Capitol Films
Production
Advanced Medien
Production
Jersey Shore
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Studio
Granada Film Productions
Production
Jersey Films
Production
Mr. Mudd Production
Production
United Artists Pictures
Production
United Kingdom · United States · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 16, 2001
Premiere · Seattle International Film Festival
United States · July 20, 2001
Limited theatrical
Australia
June 8, 2002 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
June 27, 2002 · Theatrical
Canada
July 20, 2001 · Limited theatrical
Czechia
July 13, 2001 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
November 22, 2001 · Theatrical
Finland
September 20, 2002 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
France
September 9, 2001 · Premiere · Deauville Film Festival
June 5, 2002 · Theatrical
Germany
October 18, 2001 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
November 5, 2016 · Premiere · Cult Film Festival
Ireland
November 16, 2001 · Theatrical
Italy
November 16, 2001 · Premiere · Turin International Film Festival of Young Cinema
November 8, 2002 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 27, 2002 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
February 14, 2002 · Theatrical
July 17, 2005 · TV · Yorin
July 23, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Norway
October 19, 2001 · Premiere · Bergen International Film Festival
Portugal
May 17, 2002 · Theatrical
Russia
June 22, 2002 · Premiere · Moscow Film Festival
South Korea
June 21, 2003 · Theatrical
Spain
January 4, 2002 · Theatrical · ICAA: 124601
Switzerland
January 3, 2002 · Digital
United Kingdom
August 17, 2001 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
October 17, 2001 · Premiere · Raindance Film Festival
November 16, 2001 · Theatrical
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