The Namesake

American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.

Grosses

Domestic (66.7%)
$13,569,248
Summary Details
DistributorFox Searchlight
Opening$248,552
6 theaters
Budget$9,500,000
Release DateMar 9, 2007 - Aug 5, 2007
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 2 min
GenresDrama
In Release298 days/42 weeks
Widest Release335 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Mar 9-1126$248,552-6-$41,425$248,5521
Mar 16-1817$715,026+187.7%41+35$17,439$1,076,5442
Mar 23-2515$1,306,819+82.8%117+76$11,169$2,640,2993
Mar 30-Apr 112$1,545,971+18.3%237+120$6,523$4,609,0304
Apr 6-813$1,715,144+10.9%335+98$5,119$6,881,9565
Apr 6-9
Easter wknd
13$1,858,466-335-$5,547$7,025,278-
Apr 13-1517$1,244,852-27.4%331-4$3,760$8,661,3346
Apr 20-2221$755,540-39.3%327-4$2,310$9,796,2257
Apr 27-2918$721,024-4.6%320-7$2,253$10,771,1988
May 4-617$486,033-32.6%282-38$1,723$11,482,5319
May 11-1318$418,003-14%271-11$1,542$12,070,22610
May 18-2020$333,121-20.3%253-18$1,316$12,556,86811
May 25-2723$227,031-31.8%165-88$1,375$12,904,42712
May 25-28
Memorial Day wknd
23$293,600-165-$1,779$12,970,996-
Jun 1-327$120,003-47.1%127-38$944$13,147,61813
Jun 8-1031$82,790-31%99-28$836$13,284,61314
Jun 15-1741$52,211-36.9%60-39$870$13,379,83415
Jun 22-2443$41,989-19.6%49-11$856$13,448,55316
Jun 29-Jul 145$21,530-48.7%24-25$897$13,494,51517
Jul 6-852$15,369-28.6%21-3$731$13,527,27918
Jul 13-1561$6,650-56.7%10-11$665$13,542,28619
Jul 20-2275$3,636-45.3%4-6$909$13,552,54820
Jul 27-2975$6,403+76.1%10+6$640$13,560,97021
Aug 3-590$891-86.1%4-6$222$13,569,24822