title | The Butterfly Effect directors | Eric Bress | J. Mackye Gruber release date | January 23, 2004 (21 years 9 months ago) runtime | 113 minutes (1 hour 53 minutes) writers | J. Mackye Gruber | Eric Bress genres | drama | sci-fi | thriller U.S. rating | R production budget | $13 million (US dollars) (current equivalent: $21.5 million)

total receipts | $57.9 million (US dollars) highest receipts | $17.1 million (US dollars) (weekend ending January 25, 2004) highest rank | 1st (weekend ending January 25, 2004) maximum number of screens | 2605 (weekend ending January 25, 2004) highest average receipts per screen | $6551 (US dollars) (weekend ending January 25, 2004) (unadjusted box office receipts) (US data only)

actor | character(s) Ashton Kutcher | Evan Treborn Amy Smart | Kayleigh Miller Eric Stoltz | George Miller William Lee Scott | Tommy Miller Elden Henson | Lenny Treborn

The Butterfly Effect is a 2004 American science fiction thriller film written and directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber. It stars Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz, William Lee Scott, Elden Henson, Logan Lerman, Ethan Suplee, and Melora Walters. The title refers to the butterfly effect.