Name: The Illusionist
Director: Neil Burger
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Released: 2006
Cast: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Sep 1	#5	$1.58M		—	$5.64M	971	$1.6K	15
Sat Sep 2	#5	$2.41M	+52%	—	$8.05M	971	$2.5K	16
Sun Sep 3	#5	$2.31M	-4%	—	$10.37M	889	$2.6K	17
Mon Sep 4	#5	$1.81M	-22%	—	$12.18M	971	$1.9K	18
Tue Sep 5	#5	$490K	-73%	—	$12.67M	971	$505	19
Wed Sep 6	#5	$470K	-4%	—	$13.14M	971	$484	20
Thu Sep 7	#5	$430K	-9%	—	$13.45M	971	$443	21
Fri Sep 8	#6	$1.27M	+196%	-19%	$14.72M	1,234	$1.0K	22
Sat Sep 9	#5	$1.98M	+55%	-18%	$16.70M	1,234	$1.6K	23
Sun Sep 10	#6	$1.26M	-36%	-45%	$17.96M	1,234	$1.0K	24
Mon Sep 11	#5	$370K	-71%	-80%	$18.45M	1,362	$272	25
Tue Sep 12	#4	$415K	+12%	-15%	$18.87M	1,362	$305	26
Wed Sep 13	#4	$420K	+1%	-11%	$19.29M	1,362	$308	27
Thu Sep 14	#3	$440K	+5%	+2%	$19.50M	1,362	$323	28
Fri Sep 15	#7	$1.08M	+145%	-15%	$20.58M	1,438	$750	29
Sat Sep 16	#7	$1.56M	+44%	-21%	$22.14M	1,438	$1.1K	30
Sun Sep 17	#6	$990K	-36%	-22%	$23.13M	1,438	$688	31
Mon Sep 18	#5	$275K	-72%	-26%	$23.40M	1,438	$191	32
Tue Sep 19	#4	$320K	+16%	-23%	$23.72M	1,438	$223	33
Wed Sep 20	#4	$297K	-7%	-29%	$23.99M	1,438	$206	34
Thu Sep 21	#4	$267K	-10%	-39%	$24.26M	1,438	$186	35
Fri Sep 22	#9	$977K	+265%	-9%	$25.24M	1,432	$682	36
Sat Sep 23	#8	$1.44M	+48%	-7%	$26.74M	1,432	$1.0K	37
Sun Sep 24	#7	$914K	-37%	-8%	$27.66M	1,432	$638	38
Mon Sep 25	#7	$235K	-74%	-15%	$27.83M	1,432	$164	39
Tue Sep 26	#7	$270K	+15%	-16%	$28.10M	1,432	$189	40
Wed Sep 27	#6	$260K	-4%	-12%	$28.36M	1,432	$182	41
Thu Sep 28	#6	$260K		-3%	$28.64M	1,432	$182	42
Fri Sep 29	#7	$780K	+200%	-20%	$29.42M	1,319	$591	43
Sat Sep 30	#7	$1.20M	+54%	-17%	$30.70M	1,319	$910	44
Sun Oct 1	#7	$718K	-40%	-22%	$31.38M	1,319	$544	45
Mon Oct 2	#7	$225K	-69%	-4%	$31.60M	1,319	$171	46
Tue Oct 3	#8	$210K	-7%	-22%	$31.81M	1,319	$159	47
Wed Oct 4	#7	$210K		-19%	$32.02M	1,319	$159	48
Thu Oct 5	#7	$219K	+4%	-16%	$32.24M	1,319	$166	49
Fri Oct 6	#10	$533K	+143%	-32%	$32.77M	1,149	$464	50
Sat Oct 7	#10	$823K	+54%	-31%	$33.60M	1,149	$716	51
Sun Oct 8	#10	$531K	-35%	-26%	$34.13M	1,149	$462	52
Mon Oct 9	#10	$250K	-53%	+11%	$34.38M	1,149	$218	53
Tue Oct 10	#9	$155K	-38%	-26%	$34.53M	1,149	$135	54
Wed Oct 11	#8	$170K	+10%	-19%	$34.70M	1,149	$148	55
Thu Oct 12	#8	$185K	+9%	-16%	$34.84M	1,153	$160	56

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Aug 18-20	20	$928K	—	$928K	51	$18.2K	1
Aug 25-27	14	$1.84M	+97.8%	$3.20M	144	$12.7K	2
Sep 1-3	5	$6.31M	+243.7%	$10.37M	971	$6.5K	3
Sep 8-10	6	$4.51M	-28.4%	$17.96M	1,234	$3.7K	4
Sep 15-17	7	$3.62M	-19.7%	$23.13M	1,438	$2.5K	5
Sep 22-24	8	$3.33M	-8.0%	$27.59M	1,432	$2.3K	6
Sep 29-Oct 1	7	$2.74M	-17.9%	$31.38M	1,319	$2.1K	7
Oct 6-8	10	$1.89M	-31.0%	$34.13M	1,149	$1.6K	8
Oct 13-15	11	$1.37M	-27.1%	$36.24M	825	$1.7K	9
Oct 20-22	18	$744K	-45.9%	$37.46M	592	$1.3K	10
Oct 27-29	20	$504K	-32.3%	$38.22M	410	$1.2K	11
Nov 3-5	25	$363K	-28.0%	$38.78M	286	$1.3K	12
Nov 10-12	32	$169K	-53.4%	$39.07M	176	$962	13
Nov 17-19	41	$77K	-54.5%	$39.21M	176	$437	14
Nov 24-26	32	$143K	+85.8%	$39.40M	175	$817	15
Dec 1-3	35	$77K	-46.2%	$39.52M	175	$439	16
Dec 8-10	40	$50K	-35.2%	$39.61M	121	$412	17
Dec 15-17	48	$33K	-33.8%	$39.68M	82	$402	18
Dec 29-31	51	$25K	—	$39.77M	53	$469	20
Jan 5-7	56	$19K	-23.0%	$39.81M	33	$580	21
Jan 12-14	62	$13K	-34.3%	$39.83M	22	$572	22
Jan 19-21	65	$8K	-35.4%	$39.85M	22	$369	23

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byNeil Burger

ScreenplayNeil Burger

Produced byMichael London, Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Bob Yari, Cathy Schulman

CinematographyDick Pope

Music byPhilip Glass

StarringEdward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan

StudioYari Film Group Releasing

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