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For context, the budget of Don Jon is about half the budget of (500) Days of Summer. And (500) Days of Summer is about a third of the budget of the lowest-budget movies produced at a major studio.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: February 17
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