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2003 • R • 2h 5m • Drama • New Line Cinema

Schmidt Happens.

🍅 86% 74%

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3.62

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$282K

Limited · 6 theaters

Domestic total

$65.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$107.00M

$42.10M international

Domestic legs7.6x from $8.5M first wide weekend

Budget$30.0M

2003 rank#47

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Cast & crew

Full Payne filmography

Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne Director

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson Starring

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates Starring

Hope Davis

Hope Davis Starring

Dermot Mulroney

Dermot Mulroney Starring

ScreenplayAlexander Payne, Jim Taylor Produced byMichael Besman, Harry Gittes CinematographyJames Glennon MusicRolfe Kent Prod. DesignJane Ann Stewart StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 13-15 23 $282.4K — 6 $47,061 $282.4K

2 Dec 20-22 17 $601.7K +113% 26 $23,142 $1.0M

3 Dec 27-29 22 $845.0K +40% 34 $24,854 $2.6M

4 Jan 3-5 5 $8.5M +910% 816 $10,457 $12.0M

5 Jan 10-12 5 $6.4M −25% 865 $7,403 $21.6M

6 Jan 17-19 8 $5.7M −11% 946 $5,992 $30.7M

7 Jan 24-26 9 $5.4M −5% 1,236 $4,354 $37.7M

8 Jan 31-Feb 2 10 $4.5M −16% 1,236 $3,653 $44.2M

9 Feb 7-9 11 $3.0M −33% 1,240 $2,434 $48.5M

10 Feb 14-16 11 $3.1M +2% 1,208 $2,558 $53.0M

11 Feb 21-23 16 $1.7M −45% 905 $1,879 $55.5M

12 Feb 28-Mar 2 14 $1.9M +9% 1,007 $1,847 $58.0M

13 Mar 7-9 14 $1.4M −26% 845 $1,628 $60.0M

14 Mar 14-16 15 $1.1M −21% 713 $1,533 $61.6M

15 Mar 21-23 18 $845.4K −23% 533 $1,586 $62.9M

16 Mar 28-30 22 $449.8K −47% 375 $1,199 $63.7M

17 Apr 4-6 28 $249.8K −44% 264 $946 $64.1M

18 Apr 11-13 35 $157.7K −37% 226 $698 $64.3M

19 Apr 18-20 35 $142.2K −10% 206 $690 $64.5M

20 Apr 25-27 43 $92.2K −35% 161 $572 $64.7M

21 May 2-4 46 $76.7K −17% 134 $572 $64.8M

22 May 9-11 51 $52.4K −32% 100 $524 $64.9M

23 May 16-18 57 $35.9K −32% 82 $437 $65.0M

24 May 23-25 65 $24.7K −31% 43 $573 $65.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 3 #5 $2.5M — $6.0M 816 $3,064 22

Sat Jan 4 #5 $3.9M +54% $9.9M 816 $4,718 23

Sun Jan 5 #4 $2.1M −45% $12.0M 816 $2,614 24

Mon Jan 6 #4 $768.0K −64% $12.8M 816 $941 25

Tue Jan 7 #4 $858.0K +12% $13.7M 816 $1,051 26

Wed Jan 8 #4 $790.0K −8% $14.4M 816 $968 27

Thu Jan 9 #4 $775.0K −2% $15.2M 816 $949 28

Fri Jan 10 #5 $1.8M +126% −30% $16.9M 865 $2,023 29

Sat Jan 11 #5 $2.6M +51% −32% $19.6M 865 $3,046 30

Sun Jan 12 #4 $2.0M −23% −5% $21.6M 865 $2,335 31

Mon Jan 13 #5 $487.0K −76% −37% $22.1M 865 $563 32

Tue Jan 14 #5 $627.0K +29% −27% $22.7M 865 $724 33

Wed Jan 15 #5 $572.0K −9% −28% $23.3M 865 $661 34

Thu Jan 16 #5 $559.0K −2% −28% $23.9M 865 $646 35

Fri Jan 17 #8 $1.5M +168% −15% $25.4M 946 $1,581 36

Sat Jan 18 #8 $2.6M +75% n/c $28.0M 946 $2,774 37

Sun Jan 19 #8 $1.5M −43% −26% $29.5M 946 $1,580 38

Mon Jan 20 #7 $1.2M −23% +137% $30.6M 946 $1,219 39

Tue Jan 21 #6 $605.0K −48% −4% $31.3M 946 $639 40

Wed Jan 22 #5 $517.0K −15% −10% $31.8M 946 $546 41

Thu Jan 23 #7 $542.0K +5% −3% $32.4M 946 $572 42

Fri Jan 24 #9 $1.6M +196% +7% $34.0M 1,236 $1,297 43

Sat Jan 25 #9 $2.8M +75% +7% $36.8M 1,236 $2,267 44

Sun Jan 26 #9 $861.0K −69% −42% $37.6M 1,236 $696 45

Mon Jan 27 #8 $440.0K −49% −62% $38.2M 1,236 $355 46

Tue Jan 28 #6 $504.0K +15% −17% $38.7M 1,236 $407 47

Wed Jan 29 #5 $494.0K −2% −4% $39.2M 1,236 $399 48

Thu Jan 30 #5 $494.0K n/c −9% $39.7M 1,236 $399 49

Fri Jan 31 #9 $1.2M +146% −24% $40.9M 1,236 $983 50

Sat Feb 1 #9 $2.1M +73% −25% $43.0M 1,236 $1,699 51

Sun Feb 2 #9 $1.2M −43% +39% $44.2M 1,236 $970 52

Mon Feb 3 #8 $274.0K −77% −38% $44.5M 1,236 $221 53

Tue Feb 4 #7 $347.0K +27% −31% $44.8M 1,236 $280 54

Wed Feb 5 #7 $319.0K −8% −35% $45.1M 1,236 $258 55

Thu Feb 6 #6 $321.0K +1% −35% $45.5M 1,236 $259 56

Mon Feb 10 #10 $199.0K — −27% $48.7M 1,240 $160 60

Tue Feb 11 #7 $272.0K +37% −22% $49.0M 1,240 $219 61

Wed Feb 12 #6 $278.0K +2% −13% $49.2M 1,240 $224 62

Thu Feb 13 #6 $295.0K +6% −8% $49.5M 1,240 $237 63

Fri Feb 14 #9 $900.0K +205% $50.4M 1,208 $745 64

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

Cumulative total$50.4M

Jan 3Jan 13Jan 23Feb 1Feb 14

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.1M

$282.4K

$601.7K

$845.0K

$8.5M

$6.4M

$5.7M

$5.4M

$4.5M

$3.0M

$3.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,240 → 1,208 −2.6%

816 open1,208 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +2%

+113%

W1→2

+40%

W2→3

+910%

W3→4

−25%

W4→5

−11%

W5→6

−5%

W6→7

−16%

W7→8

−33%

W8→9

+2%

W9→10

Steepest −33%Biggest gain +910%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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