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About Schmidt

2003 R 2h 5m Drama New Line Cinema

Schmidt Happens.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$65.0M
Final
Opening Weekend
$3.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
18.7x
Opening → Total
Budget
$30.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$107M
$42.1M international
2003 Rank
#47
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jan 17-20 8 $6.8M $30.7M 946 $7K 1
Feb 14-17 Presidents' Day 12 $3.5M -49.1% $53.0M 1,208 $3K 2
May 9-11 51 $52K -98.5% $64.9M 100 $524 3

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

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