The production company Annapurna Pictures, founded by Megan Ellison, financed and co-produced Her alongside Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received five Academy Award nominations and won the award for Best Original Screenplay. According to Box Office Mojo, Her opened in limited release on December 25, 2013, and expanded to wide release in January 2014, ultimately becoming Jonze's highest-grossing film worldwide. The film's soundtrack, composed by Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett, was released under the Milan Records label.
Box Office Performance and Financial Outcomes
Her earned $23.1 million in the United States and Canada and $25.3 million in international markets, for a worldwide total of $48.4 million. The film's production budget was estimated at $23 million by Warner Bros. Pictures, meaning it recouped its production cost through theatrical release alone. Ancillary revenue from home video, streaming, and television licensing contributed to the film's overall financial return. Forbes reported that the film's long-tail digital performance strengthened its profitability for investors.
Warner Bros. Pictures handled global theatrical distribution for Her, while Annapurna Pictures retained a significant share of the production profits. The film's marketing campaign was managed by the Warner Bros. marketing division with a reported spend that kept total promotional costs within a standard range for a mid-budget drama. The film's box office opening weekend of $1.1 million in limited release demonstrated strong per-screen averages, signaling high audience demand in major urban markets. Box Office Mojo tracks the film's cumulative gross and weekly earnings data.
Industry Impact and Production Details
The production of Her utilized practical sets and minimal visual effects, keeping post-production costs lower than typical science fiction films of similar scope. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema shot the film using the Arri Alexa camera system, and the production design was led by K. K. Barrett, who won an Academy Award nomination for his work. The film's narrative structure, focusing on a relationship between a human and an artificial intelligence, required extensive script revisions over a two-year development period at Annapurna Pictures.
Spike Jonze's approach to Her influenced subsequent films exploring artificial intelligence and human emotion in the 2010s and 2020s. The