Film of the Day: Mental

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MOVIE

Adaptation.

CAST & DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE DATA GLOBAL RELEASES TOP GROSSING NEWS

2002

115 minutes (1 hrs 55 mins)

Production Country

United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Spike Jonze

Starring

Nicolas Cage · Tilda Swinton · Meryl Streep · Chris Cooper · Jay Tavare · Litefoot

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 14th February 2003

Canada release: 6th December 2002

United States release: 6th December 2002

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 28th Feb '03
Debut position: 14
Highest position: 14
Debut gross: £239 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 2

US box office

Box Office debut: 20th Dec '02
Debut position: 16
Highest position: 14
Debut gross: $1.1 Million
Total chart weeks: 22

Chart position history

UK box office

28 Feb, 2003
14

7 Mar, 2003
15

US box office

10 Jan, 2003
14

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

16+

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£585.9 Thousand

US total gross
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$22.5 Million

Global total gross
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25thframe.co.uk stats

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Director

Role

Spike Jonze

Directed By

Nicolas
Cage

Meryl
Streep

David
O. Russell

Judy
Greer

Maggie
Gyllenhaal

John
Cusack

John
Malkovich

Actor

Character

Nicolas Cage

Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Tilda Swinton

Valerie Thomas

Meryl Streep

Susan Orlean

Chris Cooper

John Laroche

Jay Tavare

Matthew Osceola

Litefoot

Russell

Roger Willie

Randy

Jim Beaver

Ranger Tony

Cara Seymour

Amelia Kavan

Doug Jones

Augustus Margary

Stephen Tobolowsky

Ranger Steve Neely

Gary Farmer

Buster Baxley

Peter Jason

Defense Attorney

Gregory Itzin

Prosecutor

Curtis Hanson

Orlean's Husband

Agnes NaDene Baddoo

Orlean Dinner Guest

Paul Fortune

Orlean Dinner Guest

Paul Jasmin

Orlean Dinner Guest

Lisa Love

Orlean Dinner Guest

Wendy Mogel

Orlean Dinner Guest

David O. Russell

Orlean Dinner Guest

Judy Greer

Alice the Waitress

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Caroline Cunningham

Bob Stephenson

David

Bob Yerkes

Charles Darwin

Lynn Court

Laroche's Dad

Roger E. Fanter

Laroche's Uncle Jim

Sandra Lee Gimpel

Laroche's Mom

Caron Colvett

Laroche's Wife

Larry Krask

EMT

Ron Livingston

Marty Bowen

Brian Cox

Robert McKee

John Etter

McKee Lecture Attendee

Ray Berrios

Police Officer

Nancy Lenehan

Kaufman's Mother

Susan Orlean

Woman in Supermarket

Lance Acord

Self

Brigitte Bogle

Teenage Orlean

Ryan Bosch

Partygoer

Jan Citron

Flower Shop Patron

Curt Clendenin

Restaurant Customer

Tony Collucci

Guy in Diner

Lathan Crowe

Orchid Vendor

John Cusack

Donald Dowd

Cafe Customer

Chip Godwin

Bicycle Messenger

Spike Jonze

Self

Catherine Keener

Jake Magnuson

Cafe Customer

John Malkovich

Self

Thomas Patrick Smith

Rheagan Wallace

Kim Canetti

Anne Zogby

Wardrobe Supervisor