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2006 | DIRECTED BY ROBERT TOWNE

Ask the Dust

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Movie Stats
Year
2006
Runtime
 117 minutes (1 hr 57 mins)
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First viewed:
7th May 2016
Last viewed:
15th Feb 2025
Total views:
60
Release Dates
US release date
 US release
17th March 2006
19 years 6 months 24 days ago
Thailand release date
 Thailand
13th April 2006
19 years 5 months 27 days ago
Turkey release date
 Turkey
14th April 2006
19 years 5 months 26 days ago
Italy release date
 Italy
28th April 2006
19 years 5 months 12 days ago
Spain release date
 Spain
12th May 2006
19 years 4 months 29 days ago
Ireland release date
 Ireland
2nd June 2006
19 years 4 months 8 days ago
Total Grosses
United States Flag
US total gross
  $742.6 Thousand
Cinema Tickets Sold
United States Flag
US tickets sold
113,376 aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Release
US Box Office
  • Release: 17th Mar '06
  • Debut weekend: 10th Mar '06
  • Debut position: 53
  • Highest position: 33
  • Debut gross: $68.8 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 10
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.

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Directed by
robert towne Robert Towne
Starring
robert towneColin FarrellArturo Bandini
robert towneSalma HayekCamilla
robert towneDonald SutherlandHellfrick
Eileen AtkinsMrs. Hargraves
robert towneIdina MenzelVera Rivkin
Justin KirkSammy
Jeremy CrutchleySolomon
Ronald FranceColumbia Sweeper
Dionysio BascoFilipino Houseboy
Donna MosleyRed Headed Girl
Paul RylanderHarold the Bartender
Natasha StaplesDenver Librarian
Wayne HarrisonHeilman
Yûichirô YoshimuraJapanese Vegetable Man
SidWillie the Dog
DannyWillie the Dog
Richard SchickelH. L. Mencken
Stephen HughesWorker
Tessa JubberFlaxen blonde
Tamara Marie WatsonSally

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2006-02-02
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UK Box Office Chart History
No UK box office info

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Info
Highest Place
33
Weeks top 15
0
Total Weeks
10
Total US Gross:
$742,614
North American Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
10 Mar 2006
53N
$68,779
$68,779
17 Mar 2006
33▲
$206,026
$297,518
24 Mar 2006
38▼
$135,865
$510,599
31 Mar 2006
47▼
$61,403
$630,802
7 Apr 2006
62▼
$25,215
$683,769
14 Apr 2006
76▼
$15,421
$711,213
21 Apr 2006
80▼
$7,491
$725,512
28 Apr 2006
102▼
$3,712
$733,032
5 May 2006
97▲
$3,242
$738,612
12 May 2006
101▼
$3,173
$742,614

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History
No US box office info

* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

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Ask the Dust
28613
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Genres
Drama
Drama
Romance
Romance
Popular in these countries
  • Brazil Brazil
  • United States United States
News from around the web
The role Salma Hayek refused to play for almost a decade: “I thought she was an awful human being”  Far Out Magazine Thu, 3rd July 2025

How Ask the Dust nearly missed greatness  The Guardian Wed, 14th January 2009

Pulp noir movie review & film summary (2006)  Roger Ebert Thu, 16th March 2006

Rereading John Fante’s “Ask the Dust”  Los Angeles Review of Books Thu, 22nd December 2016

Review: Ask the Dust  Slant Magazine Fri, 3rd March 2006

Ask The Dust Review  empireonline.com Sat, 1st January 2000