Name: The Constant Gardener
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2005
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Wed Aug 31	#3	$930K		—	$930K	1,324	$702	-2
Thu Sep 1	#3	$792K	-14.8%	—	$1.72M	1,324	$598	-1
Fri Sep 2	#3	$2.20M	+177.7%	—	$3.90M	1,346	$1.6K	1
Sat Sep 3	#3	$3.40M	+54.5%	—	$7.30M	1,346	$2.5K	2
Sun Sep 4	#3	$3.10M	-8.8%	—	$10.40M	1,346	$2.3K	3
Mon Sep 5	#3	$2.29M	-26.2%	—	$12.68M	1,346	$1.7K	4
Tue Sep 6	#3	$570K	-75.1%	—	$13.25M	1,346	$423	5
Wed Sep 7	#3	$530K	-7.0%	—	$13.78M	1,346	$394	6
Thu Sep 8	#3	$505K	-4.7%	—	$14.29M	1,346	$375	7
Fri Sep 9	#5	$1.40M	+177.2%	-36.4%	$15.70M	1,381	$1.0K	8
Sat Sep 10	#4	$2.20M	+57.1%	-35.3%	$17.90M	1,381	$1.6K	9
Sun Sep 11	#4	$1.10M	-50.0%	-64.5%	$19.02M	1,381	$797	10
Mon Sep 12	#4	$380K	-65.5%	-83.4%	$19.40M	1,381	$275	11
Tue Sep 13	#4	$420K	+10.5%	-26.3%	$19.82M	1,381	$304	12
Wed Sep 14	#4	$415K	-1.2%	-21.7%	$20.23M	1,381	$301	13
Thu Sep 15	#4	$430K	+3.6%	-14.9%	$20.67M	1,381	$311	14
Fri Sep 16	#7	$1.10M	+155.8%	-21.4%	$21.80M	1,387	$793	15
Sat Sep 17	#7	$1.70M	+54.5%	-22.7%	$23.50M	1,387	$1.2K	16
Sun Sep 18	#7	$800K	-52.9%	-27.3%	$24.29M	1,387	$577	17
Mon Sep 19	#6	$235K	-70.6%	-38.2%	$24.52M	1,387	$169	18
Tue Sep 20	#6	$295K	+25.5%	-29.8%	$24.82M	1,387	$213	19
Wed Sep 21	#6	$250K	-15.3%	-39.8%	$25.07M	1,387	$180	20
Thu Sep 22	#6	$255K	+2.0%	-40.7%	$25.34M	1,387	$184	21
Fri Sep 23	#9	$600K	+135.3%	-45.5%	$25.90M	1,282	$468	22
Sat Sep 24	#8	$1.10M	+83.3%	-35.3%	$27.00M	1,282	$858	23
Sun Sep 25	#8	$600K	-45.5%	-25.0%	$27.66M	1,282	$468	24
Mon Sep 26	#9	$190K	-68.3%	-19.1%	$27.85M	1,282	$148	25
Tue Sep 27	#8	$185K	-2.6%	-37.3%	$28.04M	1,282	$144	26
Wed Sep 28	#8	$190K	+2.7%	-24.0%	$28.23M	1,282	$148	27
Thu Sep 29	#8	$210K	+10.5%	-17.6%	$28.45M	1,282	$164	28
Mon Oct 10	#17	$119K		—	$31.37M	469	$253	39

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 2-4	3	$8.67M	—	$10.40M	1,346	$6.4K	1
Sep 9-11	4	$4.73M	-45.5%	$19.02M	1,381	$3.4K	2
Sep 16-18	7	$3.62M	-23.4%	$24.29M	1,387	$2.6K	3
Sep 23-25	8	$2.32M	-35.8%	$27.66M	1,282	$1.8K	4
Sep 30-Oct 2	12	$1.42M	-38.9%	$29.87M	1,004	$1.4K	5
Oct 7-9	17	$852K	-40.0%	$31.25M	469	$1.8K	6
Oct 14-16	21	$527K	-38.1%	$32.11M	310	$1.7K	7
Oct 21-23	29	$349K	-33.8%	$32.63M	228	$1.5K	8
Oct 28-30	34	$200K	-42.7%	$32.95M	147	$1.4K	9
Nov 4-6	31	$185K	-7.7%	$33.22M	131	$1.4K	10
Nov 11-13	38	$114K	-38.5%	$33.41M	88	$1.3K	11
Nov 18-20	41	$58K	-49.0%	$33.50M	60	$966	12
Nov 25-27	49	$43K	-26.1%	$33.57M	39	$1.1K	13

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byFernando Meirelles

ScreenplayJeffrey Caine

Based on the novel byJohn le Carré

Produced bySimon Channing Williams

CinematographyCésar Charlone

Edited byClaire Simpson

Music byAlberto Iglesias

StarringRalph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Hubert Koundé

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