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The Great Buck Howard

IMDb ID: tt0460810 · Year: 2009 · Rating: 6.4 (14,939 votes)

Genres: Adventure · Comedy · Drama

A young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: The Great Buck Howard
Canada: The Great Buck Howard (English)
United Kingdom: The Great Buck Howard
Ireland: The Great Buck Howard (English)
India: The Great Buck Howard (English)
New Zealand: The Great Buck Howard (English)
United States: The Great Buck Howard
South Africa: The Great Buck Howard (English)
Argentina: El gran Buck Howard
Spain: El gran Buck Howard
Brazil: A Mente que Mente
Hungary: A tökéletlen trükk
Ukraine: Bеликий Бак Говард
Russia: Bеликий Бак Ховард
Serbia: Čuveni Bak Hauard
Germany: Der große Buck Howard (TV Title)
Lithuania: Didysis Bakas Hovardas
Latvia: Lieliskais Baks Hovards
Finland: Mahtava Buck Howard
Romania: Marele Buck Howard
France: Mister Showman
Turkey: Muhteşem Howard (Turkish)
Portugal: O Fantástico Buck Howard
Greece: O spoudaios Buck Howard (transliterated title)
Estonia: Suur Buck Howard
Slovenia: Veliki Buck Howard
Poland: Wspaniały Buck Howard
Greece: Ο σπουδαίος Μπακ Χάουαρντ
Bulgaria: Великият Бък Хауърд (Bulgarian)
Japan: ザッツ★マジックアワー ダメ男ハワードのステキな人生 (Japanese)
Taiwan: 超級魔幻師
Bеликий Бак Говард
Content RatingPGRelease Date2009-04-10Runtime90 minutesMetascore63IMDb Popularity0User Reviews53Critic Reviews70Countries / RegionsUnited StatesLanguagesEnglishKeywordsreference to kelly ripa
scene during end credits
looking at oneself in a mirror
character name as title
buck howard character
Filming LocationsLas Vegas, Nevada, USAProduction CompaniesBristol Bay Productions
Playtone
Great Buck Productions
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460810/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0460810.jpgUpdated At2025-02-12T13:47:59

Stars

John Malkovich
Colin Hanks
Emily Blunt
Ricky Jay
Steve Zahn
Tom Hanks
Griffin Dunne
Debra Monk
Adam Scott
Patrick Fischler

Directors

Sean McGinly

Writers

Sean McGinly

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: John Malkovich | Character: Buck Howard
Actor: Colin Hanks | Character: Troy Gable
Actor: Emily Blunt | Character: Valerie Brennan
Actor: Ricky Jay | Character: Gil Bellamy
Actor: Steve Zahn | Character: Kenny
Actor: Tom Hanks | Character: Mr. Gable
Actor: Griffin Dunne | Character: Jonathan Finerman
Actor: Debra Monk | Character: Doreen
Actor: Adam Scott | Character: Alan Berkman
Actor: Patrick Fischler | Character: Michael Perry
Actor: Wallace Langham | Character: Dan Green
Actor: Jonathan Ames | Character: Edward Kelly
Actor: Jacquie Barnbrook | Character: Sheila Heller
Actor: Paul Darricarrere | Character: Restaurant Manager
Actor: Terry Scannell | Character: Kip
Actor: Matt Hoey | Character: Charley
Actor: Jobi Graham | Character: Tall Guy
Actor: B.J. Hendricks | Character: Burly
Actor: Nate Hartley | Character: Teenage Kid
Actor: Floyd Van Buskirk | Character: Middle Aged Gentleman
Actor: Sandy Martin | Character: Female Hotel Worker
Actor: Wendy Worthington | Character: Oregon Woman
Actor: Danica Sheridan | Character: Wisconsin Woman
Actor: Casey Wilson | Character: Charity
Actor: Steven Metzler | Character: Ventriloquist
Actor: Bill Saluga | Character: Bill Saluga
Actor: Gary Coleman | Character: Gary Coleman
Actor: Michael Winslow | Character: Michael Winslow
Actor: Jack Carter | Character: Jack Carter
Actor: Julie Shimer | Character: L.A. Benefit Producer
Actor: Stacey Travis | Character: Cindy Crown
Actor: Jill Pauletich-Ragan | Character: Cincinnati TV Coordinator
Actor: David Nunn | Character: Cincinnati TV Producer
Actor: Bill Rochon | Character: Cincinnati TV Engineer
Actor: David Anthony Higgins | Character: Mark Simpson
Actor: Ming Lo | Character: Doctor
Actor: Kimberly Scott | Character: Nurse
Actor: Sheila Gray Robinson | Character: Cincinnati Anchor
Actor: Robert Lewis Williams | Character: Cincinnati Anchor
Actor: Daniel Leo Carroll | Character: Cincinnati Anchor
Actor: Max E. Williams | Character: Flower Delivery Guy
Actor: Dale Waddington | Character: Sleeping Woman
Actor: Martha Stewart | Character: Martha Stewart
Actor: Damien Fahey | Character: Damien Fahey
Actor: Conan O'Brien | Character: Conan O'Brien
Actor: Jon Stewart | Character: Jon Stewart
Actor: David Blaine | Character: David Blaine
Actor: Regis Philbin | Character: Regis Philbin
Actor: Kelly Ripa | Character: Kelly Ripa
Actor: George Takei | Character: George Takei
Actor: Mary Hart | Character: Mary Hart
Actor: Jay Leno | Character: Jay Leno
Actor: Tom Arnold | Character: Tom Arnold
Actor: Don Most | Character: Tonight Show Producer
Actor: Shane Johnson | Character: Las Vegas Producer
Actor: Amy Jo Traicoff | Character: Las Vegas Woman
Actor: Melissa Stone | Character: Las Vegas Wife
Actor: Matthew Gray Gubler | Character: Russell
Actor: Marni McFair | Character: Doctor in Audience
Actor: Mary Jo Burger | Character: Audience Member
Actor: Norm O'Neill | Character: Audience Member with Cash
Actor: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Character: Themselves - Band
Actor: Alec Ounsworth | Character: Self - Band Member
Actor: Sean Greenhalgh | Character: Self - Band Member
Actor: Robert Guertin | Character: Self - Band Member
Actor: Tyler Sargent | Character: Self - Band Member
Actor: Lee Sargent | Character: Self - Band Member
Actor: Dave Attell | Character: Las Vegas Husband
Actor: Ankur Bhatt | Character: Actor
Actor: Yuki Bird | Character: Law Student
Actor: Tony Clemons | Character: Law Student
Actor: David Cohen | Character: Audience Member
Actor: Bubba Da Skitso | Character: Sitcom Actor
Actor: Osa Danam | Character: Hypnotized Woman
Actor: Emma Degerstedt | Character: Josephine Chandler - Hypnotized Woman
Actor: Spencer Kayden | Character: Buck's Mother
Actor: Samantha Kelly | Character: Las Vegas Woman
Actor: Diana Kyle | Character: Hypnotized Woman
Actor: Chene Lawson | Character: Law Student #1
Actor: Maddy McCuskey | Character: Wife
Actor: David Mehl | Character: Hypnotized Guest
Actor: P. David Miller | Character: Sleeping Woman's Husband
Actor: Wayne Roadie | Character: Law Student
Actor: Ethan Rosenbaum | Character: Young Troy
Actor: Sandra Rosko | Character: Woman Consoling Buck
Actor: Franklin Ruehl | Character: Diner
Actor: Larry Russo | Character: Hotel Guest
Actor: David Sampen | Character: Hypnosis Patient
Actor: Lorna Scott | Character: Leesburg Virginia Woman
Actor: Katherine VanderLinden | Character: Law Student
Actor: Nate Witty | Character: Law Student #2

[Directors Group]
Name: Sean McGinly | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Sean McGinly | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Marvin V. Acuna | Role: Producer
Name: Gary Goetzman | Role: Producer
Name: Tom Hanks | Role: Producer
Name: Steve Shareshian | Role: Producer
Name: Ginger Sledge | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Blake Neely | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Tak Fujimoto | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Myron Kerstein | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Jeanne McCarthy | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Gary Frutkoff | Role: Production Designer

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Tristan Paris Bourne | Role: Art Director

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Linda Lee Sutton | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Johnetta Boone | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Karen Asano-Myers | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Bridget Cook | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Bill Corso | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Nicole DeFrancesco | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Martina Kohl | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Kenny Myers | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Cheryl Ann Nick | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Carol Schwartz | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Vivian Baker | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Ginger Damon | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Lis Kern | Role: Production Manager
Name: Ginger Sledge | Role: Production Manager
Name: Michael Soto | Role: Production Manager
Name: Mylan Stepanovich | Role: Production Manager
Name: Graham Stumpf | Role: Production Manager
Name: Lila Yacoub | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Rosemary C. Cremona | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Peter Dress | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Vincent Palmo Jr. | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Susannah Carradine | Role: Art Department
Name: Bob Cervi | Role: Art Department
Name: Kevin Chambers | Role: Art Department
Name: Nicki Cohen | Role: Art Department
Name: Tim Donelan | Role: Art Department
Name: Marcus Epps | Role: Art Department
Name: Don Kaeding | Role: Art Department
Name: Charles Kern | Role: Art Department
Name: David Lucene | Role: Art Department
Name: Anuradha Mehta | Role: Art Department
Name: Matthew Murphy | Role: Art Department
Name: Andre Sowards | Role: Art Department
Name: Will Ziegenhorn | Role: Art Department
Name: Michael Keith Aleshire-Rezendez | Role: Art Department
Name: Nicole Gonzalez | Role: Art Department
Name: Katherine Grace | Role: Art Department
Name: Tracy Morris Johnson | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: David A. Arnold | Role: Sound Department
Name: Eric Bautista | Role: Sound Department
Name: Gaston Biraben | Role: Sound Department
Name: Rick Canelli | Role: Sound Department
Name: William Cawley | Role: Sound Department
Name: Lucy Coldsnow-Smith | Role: Sound Department
Name: Michael Dressel | Role: Sound Department
Name: Robert Eber | Role: Sound Department
Name: Juno J. Ellis | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jonathan Fuh | Role: Sound Department
Name: José Antonio García | Role: Sound Department
Name: Robin Harlan | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jason King | Role: Sound Department
Name: Nicholas Korda | Role: Sound Department
Name: Lisa J. Levine | Role: Sound Department
Name: Brian Magerkurth | Role: Sound Department
Name: Steve Mann | Role: Sound Department
Name: Sarah Monat | Role: Sound Department
Name: Alan Robert Murray | Role: Sound Department
Name: Kevin R.W. Murray | Role: Sound Department
Name: Rupert Nadeau | Role: Sound Department
Name: Matthias Neumann | Role: Sound Department
Name: Thomas J. O'Connell | Role: Sound Department
Name: Mark Pappas | Role: Sound Department
Name: Steve Pederson | Role: Sound Department
Name: Bryan Pennington | Role: Sound Department
Name: Brad Sherman | Role: Sound Department
Name: Randy Singer | Role: Sound Department
Name: Bruce Tanis | Role: Sound Department
Name: Charles Hamilton | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: William L. Arance | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Brent M. Bowen | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Chadd B. Cole | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Carin Davis | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Harry Eisenstein | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Steven Fahey | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Peter Gend | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Carol VanHook | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Andrea Yomtob | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Brandon Ainsworth | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Randy Babchuck | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ron Batzdorff | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Kenneth Bender | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Brian Cantrell | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Kevin Chickanis | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Loren Corl | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Donald D. Davidson | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: R. Michael De Chellis | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jerry C. Deats | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Sean Devine | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Reggie Dominquez | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Robert Dudley | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Charles Ehrlinger | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Sammy Escobar | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Claire Farrand-Stone | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Robbie Greenberg | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Lisa Guerriero | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Owen Hablutzel | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Dan Hawking | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Douglas Henri | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Mark Humphreys | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jeffrey A. Johnson | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Matt Kubas | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jay Levy | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Michael Lyon | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Markus Mentzer | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Luis Moreno | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Charles Papert | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jim Plannette | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ron Santoyo | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Baird Steptoe | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tony Thomas | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Michael Tolochko | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jaimie Trueblood | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Richard Turner | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Scott Watkins | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Paul Wilkowsky | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Michael Woodside | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Randy Woodside | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: John Young | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Paul Zecchini | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Isaac McKee | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Andrew Robison | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jason Sidore | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tony Varuola | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Nicole Abellera | Role: Casting Department
Name: Joanne Bloom | Role: Casting Department
Name: Barbara Harris | Role: Casting Department
Name: Carla Lewis | Role: Casting Department
Name: Deedra Ricketts | Role: Casting Department
Name: Leslie Woo | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: David Dietch | Role: Costume Department
Name: Kendall Errair | Role: Costume Department
Name: Juan Lopez | Role: Costume Department
Name: Robert Mata | Role: Costume Department
Name: Shelli Nishino | Role: Costume Department
Name: Stephanie Porter | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Bert Beatson | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Melissa Bretherton | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Gary Burritt | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Brandon Jones | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Paul Lavoie | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Matt Maddox | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Nathaniel Park | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Alexis Seymour | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Jonas Thaler | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Greg Thompson | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Brent White | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Tanner Bean | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Lucy Juliet Westphal | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Lacy Wittman | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Elif Erginer | Role: Location Management
Name: Mario Gilbert | Role: Location Management
Name: Justin W. Hill | Role: Location Management
Name: Aaron Millar | Role: Location Management
Name: Robert Paulsen | Role: Location Management
Name: Emre Sonmez | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Josh Aberson | Role: Music Department
Name: Deva Anderson | Role: Music Department
Name: Christine Bergren | Role: Music Department
Name: Lindsay Fellows | Role: Music Department
Name: Daniel Heath | Role: Music Department
Name: James T. Hill | Role: Music Department
Name: Kory Kruckenberg | Role: Music Department
Name: Peter Myles | Role: Music Department
Name: Beth Neely | Role: Music Department
Name: Jacob Neely | Role: Music Department
Name: Northwest Sinfonia | Role: Music Department
Name: Robert Puff | Role: Music Department
Name: Delphine Robertson | Role: Music Department
Name: David Sabee | Role: Music Department
Name: Andrew Silver | Role: Music Department
Name: Michael D. Simon | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Lance Baily | Role: Production Department
Name: Lisa Curtis | Role: Production Department
Name: Ryan Ebelt | Role: Production Department
Name: Jessica Franks | Role: Production Department
Name: Jeff Gross | Role: Production Department
Name: Meredith Humbracht | Role: Production Department
Name: Suzanne Januszewski | Role: Production Department
Name: Christian Laffey | Role: Production Department
Name: Matt Neapolitan | Role: Production Department
Name: Sally Potters | Role: Production Department
Name: Brennan Reynolds | Role: Production Department
Name: Kevin Roy | Role: Production Department
Name: Sara Scarritt | Role: Production Department
Name: Mollie Stallman | Role: Production Department
Name: Taylor Zerbey | Role: Production Department
Name: Michael Lippert | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Cate Hardman | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: Michael Bangs | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Stephan Brooks | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Lewis Burnett | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Paulie DiCocco | Role: Transportation Department
Name: William Dreher | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Jay Galloway | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Don Joseph | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Robert Kitterman Jr. | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Craig Lietzke | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Tom Lyons | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Luis Mata | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Joel Renfro | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Kirk Roberts | Role: Transportation Department
Name: German Rodriguez | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Michael 'Bud' Ruben | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Scott Sampson | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Adam Segen | Role: Transportation Department
Name: John Simanovich | Role: Transportation Department
Name: James Westdorpe | Role: Transportation Department
Name: L. Chip Crosby Jr. | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Miguel Lozano | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Mike Ortiz | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Wendy Altman-Cohen | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Cassandra Barbour | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Mike Blaze | Role: Additional Crew
Name: John Butterfield | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tony Clark | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kyle Cooper | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Greg Curry | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shelly Darden | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jose De Jesus Garcia | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Allison Diamond | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Derek Doneen | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Doug DuRose | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Annette Encinas | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Anne Marie Feldman | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Evan Feuerman | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tiffany Fraser | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Olga María García Panadero | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Nathan Christopher Glass | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ryan Gomez | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Armando Gonzalez | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jill Hahn | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tory Haljun | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Luke Homeres | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jose G. Hurtado | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Barry Hutchins | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ricky Jay | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Douglas Jones | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jackie Levine | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Brandon Linville | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Mato | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dana McCall | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Eugene McCarthy | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jim Meenaghan | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jennifer Mosley | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tara Norris | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Eric Quijano | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sooki Raphael | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Alex Schwartz | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Laura Sevier | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Julie Shimer | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Deborah Simmrin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kelly A. Snyder | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kim Thio | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Marsha Trainer | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Joshua C. Van Ermen | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Derek Weil | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Orlando Chongo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Natasha Delahunt | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Gabriel J. Diaz | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Seth Kleinberg | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Robert Lamkin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Joey Rivera | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sven Zuege | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

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Release Schedule

United States: January 18, 2008 (Sundance Film Festival)
United States: June 6, 2008 (Seattle International Film Festival)
United States: June 14, 2008 (Maui Film Festival)
United States: October 24, 2008 (Chicago International Film Festival)
United States: March 20, 2009 (limited)
United States: April 10, 2009
Latvia: June 5, 2009
United States: July 21, 2009 (DVD premiere)
France: July 22, 2009
Netherlands: August 11, 2009 (DVD premiere)
Iceland: September 24, 2009 (DVD premiere)
Brazil: September 25, 2009 (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival)
Sweden: September 25, 2009 (DVD premiere)
Brazil: October 23, 2009 (São Paulo International Film Festival)
Japan: November 20, 2009 (DVD premiere)
Brazil: January 15, 2010
Brazil: January 15, 2010 (limited)
Hungary: March 31, 2010 (DVD premiere)
Argentina: December 11, 2010 (TV premiere)
Germany: February 28, 2011 (TV premiere)
Sweden: May 12, 2018 (TV release)

Awards

Nominee | 2009 | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | SDFCS Award | Best Supporting Actor | John Malkovich, The Great Buck Howard

Box Office

Brazil: USD 110494
France: USD 2503
Latvia: USD 15538
Thailand: USD 18350
Taiwan: USD 3217
Domestic: USD 750587
Period: Jul 3 – 5, 2009 | Rank: 93 | Weeks in release: 16 | Theaters: 2 | Gross to date: USD 748363 | Interval gross: USD 1001 | Per theater average: USD 500
Period: Jun 26 – 28, 2009 | Rank: 85 | Weeks in release: 15 | Theaters: 4 | Gross to date: USD 745794 | Interval gross: USD 2877 | Per theater average: USD 719
Period: Jun 19 – 21, 2009 | Rank: 87 | Weeks in release: 14 | Theaters: 6 | Gross to date: USD 742088 | Interval gross: USD 3370 | Per theater average: USD 561
Period: Jun 12 – 14, 2009 | Rank: 101 | Weeks in release: 13 | Theaters: 2 | Gross to date: USD 738482 | Interval gross: USD 1337 | Per theater average: USD 668
Period: Jun 5 – 7, 2009 | Rank: 116 | Weeks in release: 12 | Theaters: 2 | Gross to date: USD 735463 | Interval gross: USD 176 | Per theater average: USD 88
Period: May 29 – 31, 2009 | Rank: 61 | Weeks in release: 11 | Theaters: 16 | Gross to date: USD 732294 | Interval gross: USD 11332 | Per theater average: USD 708
Period: May 22 – 24, 2009 | Rank: 88 | Weeks in release: 10 | Theaters: 10 | Gross to date: USD 718601 | Interval gross: USD 3906 | Per theater average: USD 390
Period: May 22 – 25, 2009 | Rank: 87 | Theaters: 10 | Gross to date: USD 719357 | Interval gross: USD 4662 | Per theater average: USD 466
Period: May 15 – 17, 2009 | Rank: 72 | Weeks in release: 9 | Theaters: 24 | Gross to date: USD 709770 | Interval gross: USD 8133 | Per theater average: USD 338
Period: May 8 – 10, 2009 | Rank: 72 | Weeks in release: 8 | Theaters: 31 | Gross to date: USD 693512 | Interval gross: USD 12104 | Per theater average: USD 390
Period: May 1 – 3, 2009 | Rank: 63 | Weeks in release: 7 | Theaters: 33 | Gross to date: USD 672280 | Interval gross: USD 15660 | Per theater average: USD 474
Period: Apr 24 – 26, 2009 | Rank: 54 | Weeks in release: 6 | Theaters: 44 | Gross to date: USD 647374 | Interval gross: USD 23668 | Per theater average: USD 537
Period: Apr 17 – 19, 2009 | Rank: 45 | Weeks in release: 5 | Theaters: 62 | Gross to date: USD 606264 | Interval gross: USD 42114 | Per theater average: USD 679
Period: Apr 10 – 12, 2009 | Rank: 31 | Weeks in release: 4 | Theaters: 76 | Gross to date: USD 526202 | Interval gross: USD 101094 | Per theater average: USD 1330
Period: Apr 3 – 5, 2009 | Rank: 30 | Weeks in release: 3 | Theaters: 64 | Gross to date: USD 390092 | Interval gross: USD 91988 | Per theater average: USD 1437
Period: Mar 27 – 29, 2009 | Rank: 31 | Weeks in release: 2 | Theaters: 56 | Gross to date: USD 256021 | Interval gross: USD 93645 | Per theater average: USD 1672
Period: Mar 20 – 22, 2009 | Rank: 37 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 55 | Gross to date: USD 115004 | Interval gross: USD 115004 | Per theater average: USD 2090