Name: About Schmidt
Director: Alexander Payne
Genre: Drama
Released: 2003
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, June Squibb

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jan 3	#5	$2.50M			$6.00M	816	$3.1K	22
Sat Jan 4	#5	$3.85M	+54%		$9.89M	816	$4.7K	23
Sun Jan 5	#4	$2.13M	-45%		$12.03M	816	$2.6K	24
Mon Jan 6	#4	$768K	-64%		$12.80M	816	$941	25
Tue Jan 7	#4	$858K	+12%		$13.65M	816	$1.1K	26
Wed Jan 8	#4	$790K	-8%		$14.45M	816	$968	27
Thu Jan 9	#4	$775K	-2%		$15.19M	816	$949	28
Fri Jan 10	#5	$1.75M	+126%	-30%	$16.94M	865	$2.0K	29
Sat Jan 11	#5	$2.63M	+51%	-32%	$19.58M	865	$3.0K	30
Sun Jan 12	#4	$2.02M	-23%	-5%	$21.60M	865	$2.3K	31
Mon Jan 13	#5	$487K	-76%	-37%	$22.09M	865	$563	32
Tue Jan 14	#5	$627K	+29%	-27%	$22.71M	865	$724	33
Wed Jan 15	#5	$572K	-9%	-28%	$23.28M	865	$661	34
Thu Jan 16	#5	$559K	-2%	-28%	$23.87M	865	$646	35
Fri Jan 17	#8	$1.50M	+168%	-15%	$25.36M	946	$1.6K	36
Sat Jan 18	#8	$2.63M	+75%	n/c	$27.99M	946	$2.8K	37
Sun Jan 19	#8	$1.50M	-43%	-26%	$29.48M	946	$1.6K	38
Mon Jan 20	#7	$1.15M	-23%	+137%	$30.64M	946	$1.2K	39
Tue Jan 21	#6	$605K	-48%	-4%	$31.29M	946	$639	40
Wed Jan 22	#5	$517K	-15%	-10%	$31.81M	946	$546	41
Thu Jan 23	#7	$542K	+5%	-3%	$32.36M	946	$572	42
Fri Jan 24	#9	$1.60M	+196%	+7%	$33.97M	1,236	$1.3K	43
Sat Jan 25	#9	$2.80M	+75%	+7%	$36.77M	1,236	$2.3K	44
Sun Jan 26	#9	$861K	-69%	-42%	$37.63M	1,236	$696	45
Mon Jan 27	#8	$440K	-49%	-62%	$38.19M	1,236	$355	46
Tue Jan 28	#6	$504K	+15%	-17%	$38.69M	1,236	$407	47
Wed Jan 29	#5	$494K	-2%	-4%	$39.18M	1,236	$399	48
Thu Jan 30	#5	$494K	n/c	-9%	$39.68M	1,236	$399	49
Fri Jan 31	#9	$1.22M	+146%	-24%	$40.89M	1,236	$983	50
Sat Feb 1	#9	$2.10M	+73%	-25%	$42.99M	1,236	$1.7K	51
Sun Feb 2	#9	$1.20M	-43%	+39%	$44.19M	1,236	$970	52
Mon Feb 3	#8	$274K	-77%	-38%	$44.47M	1,236	$221	53
Tue Feb 4	#7	$347K	+27%	-31%	$44.81M	1,236	$280	54
Wed Feb 5	#7	$319K	-8%	-35%	$45.13M	1,236	$258	55
Thu Feb 6	#6	$321K	+1%	-35%	$45.47M	1,236	$259	56
Mon Feb 10	#10	$199K		-27%	$48.68M	1,240	$160	60
Tue Feb 11	#7	$272K	+37%	-22%	$48.95M	1,240	$219	61
Wed Feb 12	#6	$278K	+2%	-13%	$49.23M	1,240	$224	62
Thu Feb 13	#6	$295K	+6%	-8%	$49.54M	1,240	$237	63
Fri Feb 14	#9	$900K	+205%		$50.44M	1,208	$745	64

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jan 17-20	8	$6.82M	—	$30.69M	946	$7.2K	1
Feb 14-17 Presidents' Day	12	$3.47M	-49.1%	$53.01M	1,208	$2.9K	2
May 9-11	51	$52K	-98.5%	$64.90M	100	$524	3

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAlexander Payne

ScreenplayAlexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Produced byMichael Besman, Harry Gittes

CinematographyJames Glennon

MusicRolfe Kent

Prod. DesignJane Ann Stewart

StarringJack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, June Squibb, Howard Hesseman

StudioNew Line Cinema

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