Recorded/Estimated Wordwide Gross

$23.18 / $25.31

US Actual: $22.25 / 87.9%

Intl Est.: $3.06 / 12.1%

Recorded/Estimated Admissions Wordwide

3.8M / 3.8M

US Actual: 3.59 / 94.9%

Intl. Est: 0.19 / 5.1%

Worldwide Release History

1473 Days / 867 Theaters*

Average Gross/Week: 432,982

First Released: 06/07/99 Last Seen: 06/19/03

* as many as, tracking

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Trailer:

Synopsis: A screenwriter is hired to adapt a non-fiction book and becomes panicked with the struggle and eventually enlists his brother to help.

Comment: Kaufman struggled with the adaptation of the novel and began to write a script about something different. Budgeted at $ 20 million - $ 25 million. Based on Orlean's novel "The Orchid Thief".

SBD Review:

Other Reviews:

• E! Online
• Entertainment Weekly [A-]
• Film Freak Central
• L.A. Weekly (Ella Taylor)
• Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
• New York Post (Jonathan Foreman) [3.5/4]
• Rolling Stone
• The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
• The Hollywood Reporter
• The Movie Insider (Kyle Smith) [3.5/4]
• The Popkorn Junkie [4/4]
• Toronto Life [4/4]