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The PianistFollow

2002 • R • 2h 30m • Drama, War • Focus Features

Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

🍅 95% 96% MC 85 LB 4.41

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$2.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$32.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$111.90M
$79.30M international
Domestic legs13.2x from $2.5M first wide weekend
Budget$35.0M
2003 rank#90
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Cast & crew

Full Polanski filmography
Roman Polanski Roman Polanski Director Adrien Brody Adrien Brody Starring Thomas Kretschmann Thomas Kretschmann Starring
ScreenplayRonald Harwood Based on the book byWładysław Szpilman Produced byRoman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde CinematographyPaweł Edelman Music byWojciech Kilar StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 27-29 42 $111.3K — 6 $18,544 $143.2K
2 Jan 3-5 21 $744.6K +569.2% 90 $8,273 $1.0M
3 Jan 10-12 20 $1.0M +37.0% 161 $6,334 $2.4M
4 Jan 17-19 21 $1.3M +23.9% 258 $4,897 $4.4M
5 Jan 24-26 20 $1.2M −1.2% 308 $4,052 $6.0M
6 Jan 31-Feb 2 19 $1.1M −7.9% 320 $3,590 $7.7M
7 Feb 7-9 18 $996.7K −13.2% 328 $3,039 $9.1M
8 Feb 14-16 17 $1.5M +46.0% 557 $2,613 $11.2M
9 Feb 21-23 17 $1.2M −20.4% 509 $2,275 $12.9M
10 Feb 28-Mar 2 16 $1.5M +26.0% 564 $2,587 $14.8M
11 Mar 7-9 12 $1.4M −4.5% 565 $2,466 $16.8M
12 Mar 14-16 13 $1.3M −6.5% 574 $2,270 $18.6M
13 Mar 21-23 15 $1.0M −20.8% 540 $1,910 $20.2M
14 Mar 28-30 11 $2.5M +138.1% 773 $3,177 $23.6M
15 Apr 4-6 12 $2.1M −15.0% 790 $2,642 $26.6M
16 Apr 11-13 15 $1.3M −35.5% 842 $1,600 $28.6M
17 Apr 18-20 18 $1.1M −18.7% 739 $1,482 $30.2M
18 Apr 25-27 24 $550.1K −49.8% 539 $1,021 $31.2M
19 May 2-4 26 $313.9K −42.9% 329 $954 $31.8M
20 May 9-11 26 $210.7K −32.9% 242 $871 $32.1M
21 May 16-18 34 $97.8K −53.6% 141 $694 $32.3M
22 May 23-25 39 $78.2K −20.0% 92 $850 $32.4M
23 May 30-Jun 1 42 $41.6K −46.9% 69 $602 $32.5M
1101 Jan 26-28 - $4.7K — 1 $4,658 $32.5M
1102 Feb 2-4 - $1.7K −62.8% 1 $1,732 $32.5M
1103 Feb 9-11 - $1.7K −0.3% 2 $864 $32.5M
1110 Mar 29-31 - $2.3K — 3 $774 $32.5M
1111 Apr 5-7 - $328 −85.9% 1 $328 $32.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M
$111.3K
$744.6K
$1.0M
$1.3M
$1.2M
$1.1M
$996.7K
$1.5M
$1.2M
$1.5M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +26.0%
+569.2%
W1→2
+37.0%
W2→3
+23.9%
W3→4
−1.2%
W4→5
−7.9%
W5→6
−13.2%
W6→7
+46.0%
W7→8
−20.4%
W8→9
+26.0%
W9→10
Steepest −20.4%Biggest gain +569.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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