Name: The Interpreter
Director: Sydney Pollack
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2005
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Apr 22	#1	$7.40M		—	$7.40M	2,758	$2.7K	1
Sat Apr 23	#1	$9.75M	+32%	—	$17.04M	2,758	$3.5K	2
Sun Apr 24	#1	$5.78M	-41%	—	$22.82M	2,758	$2.1K	3
Mon Apr 25	#1	$1.71M	-70%	—	$24.53M	2,758	$620	4
Tue Apr 26	#1	$1.67M	-2%	—	$26.20M	2,758	$605	5
Wed Apr 27	#1	$1.64M	-2%	—	$27.84M	2,758	$594	6
Thu Apr 28	#1	$1.48M	-10%	—	$29.32M	2,758	$535	7
Fri Apr 29	#2	$4.20M	+184%	-43%	$33.50M	2,764	$1.5K	8
Sat Apr 30	#2	$6.61M	+57%	-32%	$40.03M	2,764	$2.4K	9
Sun May 1	#2	$3.12M	-53%	-46%	$43.15M	2,764	$1.1K	10
Mon May 2	#2	$858K	-73%	-50%	$44.01M	2,764	$310	11
Tue May 3	#2	$897K	+5%	-46%	$44.91M	2,764	$324	12
Wed May 4	#2	$858K	-4%	-48%	$45.77M	2,764	$310	13
Thu May 5	#2	$815K	-5%	-45%	$46.58M	2,764	$294	14
Fri May 6	#5	$2.30M	+182%	-45%	$48.90M	2,815	$817	15
Sat May 7	#5	$3.35M	+46%	-49%	$52.18M	2,815	$1.2K	16
Sun May 8	#5	$2.22M	-34%	-29%	$54.40M	2,815	$789	17
Mon May 9	#5	$522K	-77%	-39%	$54.92M	2,815	$185	18
Tue May 10	#5	$549K	+5%	-39%	$55.47M	2,815	$195	19
Wed May 11	#5	$547K	n/c	-36%	$56.02M	2,815	$194	20
Thu May 12	#5	$548K	n/c	-33%	$56.57M	2,815	$194	21
Fri May 13	#8	$1.30M	+137%	-43%	$57.90M	2,600	$500	22
Sat May 14	#8	$2.16M	+66%	-36%	$60.04M	2,600	$830	23
Sun May 15	#8	$1.12M	-48%	-50%	$61.16M	2,600	$430	24
Mon May 16	#8	$364K	-67%	-30%	$61.53M	2,600	$140	25
Tue May 17	#8	$376K	+3%	-32%	$61.90M	2,600	$144	26
Wed May 18	#7	$339K	-10%	-38%	$62.24M	2,600	$130	27
Thu May 19	#8	$251K	-26%	-54%	$62.49M	2,600	$96	28
Fri May 20	#8	$833K	+232%	-36%	$63.33M	2,164	$385	29
Sat May 21	#8	$1.32M	+58%	-39%	$64.65M	2,164	$610	30
Sun May 22	#8	$757K	-43%	-32%	$65.40M	2,164	$350	31
Mon May 23	#8	$324K	-57%	-11%	$65.73M	2,164	$149	32
Tue May 24	#8	$281K	-13%	-25%	$66.01M	2,164	$129	33
Wed May 25	#8	$272K	-3%	-20%	$66.28M	2,164	$125	34
Thu May 26	#8	$314K	+15%	+25%	$66.59M	2,164	$145	35
Fri May 27	#8	$498K	+58%	-40%	$67.09M	1,171	$425	36
Sat May 28	#7	$749K	+51%	-43%	$67.84M	1,171	$640	37
Sun May 29	#7	$826K	+10%	+9%	$68.67M	1,171	$705	38
Mon May 30	#8	$533K	-35%	+64%	$69.20M	1,171	$455	39
Tue May 31	#9	$152K	-71%	-46%	$69.35M	1,171	$130	40
Wed Jun 1	#10	$132K	-13%	-51%	$69.48M	1,170	$113	41
Thu Jun 2	#10	$123K	-7%	-61%	$69.61M	1,170	$105	42
Fri Jun 3	#11	$244K	+98%	-51%	$69.85M	1,170	$208	43
Sat Jun 4	#10	$364K	+49%	-51%	$70.21M	686	$530	44
Sun Jun 5	#11	$192K	-47%	-77%	$70.41M	686	$279	45
Wed Jun 8		$103K		-22%	$70.69M	686	$150	48
Thu Jun 9		$99K	-3%	-19%	$70.79M	686	$144	49
Mon Jul 4	#28	$26K			$72.04M	169	$155	74

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Apr 22-24	1	$22.82M	—	$22.82M	2,758	$8.3K	1
Apr 29-May 1	2	$13.83M	-39.4%	$43.15M	2,764	$5.0K	2
May 6-8	5	$7.82M	-43.5%	$54.40M	2,814	$2.8K	3
May 13-15	8	$4.59M	-41.3%	$61.16M	2,602	$1.8K	4
May 20-22	8	$2.91M	-36.6%	$65.40M	2,164	$1.3K	5
May 27-29	7	$2.07M	-28.8%	$68.67M	1,171	$1.8K	6
Jun 3-5	11	$799K	-61.4%	$70.41M	686	$1.2K	7
Jun 10-12	16	$386K	-51.7%	$71.18M	364	$1.1K	8
Jun 17-19	20	$207K	-46.4%	$71.54M	278	$744	9
Jun 24-26	26	$161K	-22.1%	$71.82M	208	$774	10
Jul 1-3	31	$115K	-28.7%	$72.01M	169	$679	11
Jul 8-10	29	$125K	+9.1%	$72.21M	179	$699	12
Jul 15-17	29	$106K	-15.6%	$72.39M	149	$709	13
Jul 22-24	38	$72K	-32.2%	$72.52M	113	$634	14

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 bySydney Pollack

ScreenplayCharles Randolph, Scott Frank, Steven Zaillian

StarringNicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron

StudioUniversal Pictures

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