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2002 | DIRECTED BY ALEXANDER PAYNE

About Schmidt

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Movie Stats
Year
2002
Runtime
 125 minutes (2 hrs 05 mins)
Certificates

15

R

12

M/12

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Select Cast
Jack Nicholson
Kathy Bates
Hope Davis
Dermot Mulroney
June Squibb
Howard Hesseman
Full cast and crew
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First viewed:
18th Jan 2016
Last viewed:
3rd Jan 2025
Total views:
91
Release Dates
US release date
 US release
3rd January 2003
22 years 12 days ago
Argentina release date
 Argentina
6th February 2003
21 years 11 months 9 days ago
Australia release date
 Australia
6th February 2003
21 years 11 months 9 days ago
Austria release date
 Austria
28th February 2003
21 years 10 months 15 days ago
Belgium release date
 Belgium
2nd April 2003
21 years 9 months 13 days ago
Brazil release date
 Brazil
21st March 2003
21 years 9 months 25 days ago
Total Grosses
United Kingdom Flag
UK total gross
  £3.2 Million
United States Flag
US total gross
  $65 Million
Cinema Tickets Sold
United Kingdom Flag
UK tickets sold
746,237 aprox.
United States Flag
US tickets sold
11.2 Million aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 24th Jan '03
  • Debut position: 7
  • Highest position: 6
  • Debut gross: £757.3 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 5
US Box Office
  • Release: 3rd Jan '03
  • Debut weekend: 20th Dec '02
  • Debut position: 17
  • Highest position: 4
  • Debut gross: $601.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 23
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.

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Directed by
alexander_payne Alexander Payne
Starring
alexander_payneJack NicholsonWarren Schmidt
Kathy BatesRoberta Hertzel
Hope DavisJeannie Schmidt
Dermot MulroneyRandall Hertzel
June SquibbHelen Schmidt
Howard HessemanLarry Hertzel
Harry GroenerJohn Rusk
Connie RayVicki Rusk
Len CariouRay Nichols
Mark VenhuizenDuncan Hertzel
Cheryl HamadaSaundra
Phil ReevesMinister in Denver
Matt WinstonGary Nordin - Warren's Replacement
James M. ConnorRandall's Best Man
Jill AndersonBridesmaid Reading St. Paul
Vaughan WenzelMan Mourning Helen
Judith Kathryn HartWoman Mourning Helen
Marilyn Tipp
Scene Deleted
Neighbor Lady
Robert KemPriest in Omaha
Melissa HannaDairy Queen Employee
Tung HaFrat Kid
James J. CrawleyOther Frat Kid
Mary Beth NelsonBartender
Steve HellerTire Store Employee
Lester Kills CrowNative American Cashier
Thomas Michael BelfordFuneral Director
McKenna GibsonSix-year-old Jeannie
Emily McNaughtonTwelve-year-old Jeannie
Beth HeimannWedding Singer #1
Linda WilmotWedding Singer #2
Chris Huse
uncredited
Chuck Woodard
Joe Kunze
uncredited
Partygoer #1
Angela Lansbury
uncredited
Angela Lansbury
Abdallah Mtulu
uncredited
Ndugu
Mark J. O'Leary
uncredited
Bartender
Robert Kingston Phillips Green
uncredited
Male shopper
Lonnie Ray Senstock
uncredited
Bus boy
Michael Tolochko
uncredited
Surly Denver Neighbor Taking Trash Out
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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
6
Weeks top 15
5
Total weeks
5
Total UK Gross:
£3,201,355
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
About Schmidt
24 Jan 2003
7N
£757,325
£757,325
31 Jan 2003
6▲
£612,424
£1,804,707
7 Feb 2003
8▼
£385,520
£2,507,555
14 Feb 2003
12▼
£208,636
£2,925,430
21 Feb 2003
12▲▼
£139,820
£3,201,355

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Info
Highest Place
4
Weeks top 15
10
Total Weeks
23
Total US Gross:
$65,016,287
North American Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
20 Dec 2002
17▼
$601,711
$1,023,197
27 Dec 2002
22▼
$845,041
$2,572,811
3 Jan 2003
4▲
$8,800,000
$12,200,000
10 Jan 2003
5▼
$6,200,000
$21,200,000
17 Jan 2003
8▼
$6,300,000
$30,100,000
24 Jan 2003
9▼
$5,500,000
$37,900,000
31 Jan 2003
10▼
$4,700,000
$44,400,000
7 Feb 2003
11▼
$3,100,000
$48,600,000
14 Feb 2003
10▲
$3,500,000
$53,100,000
21 Feb 2003
16▼
$1,700,614
$55,481,339
28 Feb 2003
14▲
$1,860,510
$57,979,861
7 Mar 2003
14▲▼
$1,376,030
$60,007,505
14 Mar 2003
15▼
$1,093,228
$61,630,220
21 Mar 2003
18▼
$845,427
$62,908,447
28 Mar 2003
22▼
$449,835
$63,676,882
4 Apr 2003
28▼
$249,785
$64,094,443
11 Apr 2003
35▼
$157,749
$64,342,083
18 Apr 2003
35▲▼
$142,208
$64,543,239
25 Apr 2003
43▼
$92,168
$64,706,199
2 May 2003
44▼
$76,740
$64,816,513
9 May 2003
51▼
$52,449
$64,902,853
16 May 2003
56▼
$35,870
$64,962,450
23 May 2003
52▲
$24,660
$65,005,217

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History
No US box office info

* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

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Top Grossing Movie Chart Position
UK total gross
£3,201,355
2050
Missing Link
2051
About Schmidt
2052
The Family Man

US total gross
$65,016,287
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About Schmidt
1341
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Genres
Drama
Drama
Popular in these countries
  • Canada Canada
  • Ireland Ireland
News from around the web
About Schmidt (2002) ⭐ 7.2 | Drama  imdb Tue, 7th July 2015

'About Schmidt' delivers Midwestern angst lite  Silicon Valley's Metro Fri, 11th October 2024

About Schmidt review – a tender, acrid, comic masterpiece  The Guardian Thu, 23rd January 2003

About Schmidt movie review & film summary (2002)  Roger Ebert Tue, 31st October 2017

Review: About Schmidt  slantmagazine Fri, 27th September 2002

About Schmidt Review  Empire Sat, 1st January 2000