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The Interpreter

2005 PG-13 2h 8m Crime, Mystery, Thriller Universal Pictures

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Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$72.7M
Final
Opening Weekend
$22.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.19x
Opening → Total
Budget
$80.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$163M
$90.2M international
2005 Rank
#34
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Apr 22-24 1 $22.8M $22.8M 2,758 $8K 1
Apr 29-May 1 2 $13.8M -39.4% $43.2M 2,764 $5K 2
May 6-8 5 $7.8M -43.5% $54.4M 2,814 $3K 3
May 13-15 8 $4.6M -41.3% $61.2M 2,602 $2K 4
May 20-22 8 $2.9M -36.6% $65.4M 2,164 $1K 5
May 27-29 7 $2.1M -28.8% $68.7M 1,171 $2K 6
Jun 3-5 11 $799K -61.4% $70.4M 686 $1K 7
Jun 10-12 16 $386K -51.7% $71.2M 364 $1K 8
Jun 17-19 20 $207K -46.4% $71.5M 278 $744 9
Jun 24-26 26 $161K -22.1% $71.8M 208 $774 10
Jul 1-3 31 $115K -28.7% $72.0M 169 $679 11
Jul 8-10 29 $125K +9.1% $72.2M 179 $699 12
Jul 15-17 29 $106K -15.6% $72.4M 149 $709 13
Jul 22-24 38 $72K -32.2% $72.5M 113 $634 14

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed bySydney Pollack
ScreenplayCharles Randolph, Scott Frank, Steven Zaillian
StarringNicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron
StudioUniversal Pictures