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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Name: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Genre: Drama
Released: 2012-09-20
Duration: 103 min
Cast: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Mae Whitman, Kate Walsh

Hollywood20121h 43mEnglishTop 85% of Hollywood budgets

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814th of 1,098 in Hollywood

Reported gross: 16
Return on budget: 41
Audience rating: 91
Momentum: 8

Out-grossed 16% of Hollywood releases with reported figures ($33M).
Returned 2.6× its budget, against an industry median of 3.1×.
Momentum in the 8th percentile.
Audience rating 7.8 from 11,492 votes, the 91st percentile.

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Cost: $13M
Took: $33M

Against a Hollywood median of 3.1×, so this one returned 0.8 times what a typical release there does.

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The picture

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

Released: 20 September 2012
Runtime: 1h 43m
Language: English
Industry: Hollywood

Top billedAll 22 credits

Logan LermanCharlie
Emma WatsonSam
Ezra MillerPatrick
Mae WhitmanMary Elizabeth
Kate WalshMother
Dylan McDermottFather

Made by

Director: Stephen Chbosky
Screenplay: Stephen Chbosky
Original Music Composer: Michael Brook
Director of Photography: Andrew Dunn
Producer: John Malkovich, Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith

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