Overview
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
A film from Alexander Payne, starring Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa.
It opened at #17 with $211K, and has $20.4M domestic and $46.0M worldwide. Critics and audiences: 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and 4.26 on Letterboxd.
It has 11 nominations and 6 wins this awards season.
| Point | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 28 | 4.26 |
| Sep 29 | 4.26 |
| Sep 30 | 4.26 |
| Oct 1 | 4.26 |
| Oct 2 | 4.26 |
| Oct 3 | 4.26 |
| Oct 4 | 4.26 |
| Oct 5 | 4.26 |
| Oct 6 | 4.26 |
| Oct 7 | 4.26 |
| Oct 8 | 4.26 |
| Oct 9 | 4.26 |
Films are drafted before they open, then score all season for whoever took them, on the numbers here.
Alexander Payne
David Hemingson
Eigil Bryld
Mark Orton| Point | Value |
|---|---|
| Oct 27 | $211K |
| Nov 3 | $568K |
| Nov 10 | $3.2M |
| Nov 17 | $2.7M |
| Nov 24 | $2.8M |
| Dec 1 | $1.2M |
| Dec 8 | $668K |
| Dec 15 | $402K |
| Dec 22 | $240K |
| Dec 29 | $204K |
| Jan 5 | $108K |
| Jan 12 | $89K |
| Jan 19 | $78K |
| Jan 26 | $497K |
| Feb 2 | $181K |
| Feb 9 | $65K |
| Feb 16 | $47K |
| Feb 23 | $35K |
| Mar 1 | $75K |
| Mar 8 | $107K |
