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The Weather Man

2005 • R • 1h 42m • Comedy, Drama • Paramount Pictures

Dave Spritz is about to take his best shot . . . at life

🍅 60% 56% MC 61 LB 3.26 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$4.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$12.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$15.5M
$3.0M international
Domestic Legs2.9x
Budget$20M
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Cast & Crew

Full Verbinski filmography
Gore Verbinski Gore Verbinski Director Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage Starring Michael Caine Michael Caine Starring Hope Davis Hope Davis Starring Nicholas Hoult Nicholas Hoult Starring Michael Rispoli Michael Rispoli Starring
ScreenplaySteven Conrad Produced bySteven Conrad, Todd Black, Steve Tisch, Jason Blumenthal CinematographyPhedon Papamichael MusicHans Zimmer StudioParamount Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 28-30 6 $4.2M — 1,510 $2,814 $4.2M
2 Nov 4-6 8 $2.9M −32.4% 1,510 $1,901 $8.6M
3 Nov 11-13 13 $1.8M −38.9% 1,250 $1,403 $11.4M
4 Nov 18-20 18 $333.6K −81.0% 736 $453 $12.2M
5 Nov 25-27 50 $39.4K −88.2% 68 $580 $12.4M
6 Dec 2-4 54 $25.7K −34.7% 40 $643 $12.4M
7 Dec 9-11 62 $11.6K −55.1% 22 $525 $12.4M
8 Dec 16-18 41 $31.8K +175.0% 97 $328 $12.5M
Cumulative total$9.6M
Oct 28Oct 31Nov 4Nov 7Nov 10
Weekend grossWk 8 · $31.8K
$4.2M
$2.9M
$1.8M
$333.6K
$39.4K
$25.7K
$11.6K
$31.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Theater countPeak 1,510 → 1,510 +0.0%
1,510 open1,510 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · +175.0%
−32.4%
W1→2
−38.9%
W2→3
−81.0%
W3→4
−88.2%
W4→5
−34.7%
W5→6
−55.1%
W6→7
+175.0%
W7→8
Steepest −88.2%Biggest gain +175.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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