The Player

Name: The Player
Director: Robert Altman
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 1992
Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher

1992 • R • 2h 4m • Comedy, Crime, Drama • Fine Line Features

Now More Than Ever!

🍅 97% 84%

4.02

7.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$302K

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$21.7M

Final

Worldwide Total

$28.9M

$7.2M international

Domestic Legs71.8x

Budget$8M

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Cast & Crew

Full Altman filmography

Robert Altman Director

Tim Robbins Starring

Greta Scacchi Starring

Whoopi Goldberg Starring

Peter Gallagher Starring

ScreenplayMichael Tolkin Produced byMichael Tolkin, David Brown, Nick Wechsler CinematographyJean Lépine MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignStephen Altman, Ken Kaufman StudioFine Line Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

4 May 1-3 6 $1.7M — 298 $5,760 $4.6M

5 May 8-10 4 $2.2M +26.9% 431 $5,053 $7.5M

6 May 15-17 5 $1.5M −29.3% 439 $3,507 $9.8M

7 May 22-25 8 $2.0M +27.7% 445 $4,419 $12.3M

8 May 29-31 9 $1.2M −39.4% 452 $2,638 $13.9M

39 Jan 1-3 31 $125.5K — 76 $1,651 $21.1M

40 Jan 8-10 35 $71.0K −43.4% 53 $1,339 $21.2M

42 Jan 22-24 38 $40.8K — 33 $1,236 $21.4M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 8 · $1.2M

$1.7M

$2.2M

$1.5M

$2.0M

$1.2M

W4W5W6W7W8

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −39.4%

+26.9%

W4→5

−29.3%

W5→6

+27.7%

W6→7

−39.4%

W7→8

Steepest −39.4%Biggest gain +27.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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