Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

Memoirs of a Geisha poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $57,010,853Details
International Box Office $104,500,000
Worldwide Box Office $161,510,853
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $32,906,754
Total $32,906,754
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$682,504 (1.2% of total gross)
Legs:7.36 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:35.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$85,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:8 opening theaters/1,654 max. theaters, 6.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $105,109,133

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 9th, 2005 (Exclusive) by Sony Pictures
December 16th, 2005 (Limited) by Sony Pictures
December 23rd, 2005 (Expands Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: March 28th, 2006 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for mature subject matter and some sexual content.
Running Time: 137 minutes
Geographical setting: Japan
Plot point: Coming of Age
Subgenre: Historical Drama
Time period setting: 1920s, 1930s
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 9, 2005 14 $682,504   8 $85,313   $682,504 1
Dec 16, 2005 12 $1,302,331 +91% 52 $25,045   $2,274,320 2
Dec 23, 2005 5 $6,751,729 +418% 1,547 $4,364   $9,841,364 3
Dec 30, 2005 7 $7,746,419 +15% 1,547 $5,007   $28,163,907 4
Jan 6, 2006 7 $6,111,193 -21% 1,589 $3,846   $39,861,859 5
Jan 13, 2006 12 $4,307,893 -30% 1,654 $2,605   $46,512,023 6
Jan 20, 2006 17 $2,684,497 -38% 1,404 $1,912   $51,191,654 7
Jan 27, 2006 19 $1,557,916 -42% 1,016 $1,533   $53,819,922 8
Feb 3, 2006 23 $888,751 -43% 765 $1,162   $55,347,182 9
Feb 10, 2006 28 $341,929 -62% 287 $1,191   $56,070,640 10
Feb 17, 2006 39 $197,041 -42% 131 $1,504   $56,443,308 11
Feb 24, 2006 45 $130,636 -34% 109 $1,198   $56,678,628 12
Mar 3, 2006 51 $89,428 -32% 85 $1,052   $56,826,414 13
Mar 10, 2006 45 $116,783 +31% 102 $1,145   $57,010,853 14

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 23, 2005 5 $2,651,550     1,547 $1,714   $5,741,185 15
Dec 24, 2005 5 $1,480,436 -44%   1,547 $957   $7,221,621 16
Dec 25, 2005 8 $2,619,743 +77%   1,547 $1,693   $9,841,364 17
Dec 26, 2005 7 $3,413,385 +30%   1,547 $2,206   $13,254,749 18
Dec 27, 2005 6 $2,436,744 -29%   1,547 $1,575   $15,691,493 19
Dec 28, 2005 6 $2,369,988 -3%   1,547 $1,532   $18,029,000 20
Dec 29, 2005 6 $2,356,007 -1%   1,547 $1,523   $20,417,488 21
Dec 30, 2005 6 $2,787,391 +18% +5% 1,547 $1,802   $23,204,879 22
Dec 31, 2005 7 $2,119,005 -24% +43% 1,547 $1,370   $25,323,884 23
Jan 1, 2006 6 $2,840,023 +34% +8% 1,547 $1,836   $28,163,907 24
Jan 2, 2006 5 $2,469,496 -13% -28% 1,547 $1,596   $30,633,403 25
Jan 3, 2006 5 $1,082,758 -56% -56% 1,547 $700   $31,716,161 26
Jan 4, 2006 5 $976,978 -10% -59% 1,547 $632   $32,693,139 27
Jan 5, 2006 4 $1,057,527 +8% -55% 1,547 $684   $33,750,666 28
Jan 6, 2006 7 $1,846,330 +75% -34% 1,589 $1,162   $35,596,996 29
Jan 7, 2006 7 $2,584,842 +40% +22% 1,589 $1,627   $38,181,838 30
Jan 8, 2006 7 $1,680,021 -35% -41% 1,589 $1,057   $39,861,859 31
Jan 9, 2006 7 $533,609 -68% -78% 1,589 $336   $40,395,468 32
Jan 10, 2006 7 $612,674 +15% -43% 1,589 $386   $41,008,142 33
Jan 11, 2006 7 $594,799 -3% -39% 1,589 $374   $41,602,941 34
Jan 12, 2006 7 $601,189 +1% -43% 1,589 $378   $42,204,130 35
Jan 16, 2006 12 $802,159   +50% 1,654 $485   $47,314,182 39
Jan 17, 2006 9 $389,580 -51% -36% 1,654 $236   $47,703,762 40
Jan 18, 2006 8 $391,902 +1% -34% 1,654 $237   $48,095,664 41
Jan 19, 2006 8 $411,493 +5% -32% 1,654 $249   $48,507,157 42
Jan 24, 2006 10 $282,175   -28% 1,404 $201   $51,707,000 47
Jan 25, 2006 10 $267,196 -5% -32% 1,404 $190   $51,980,000 48
Feb 20, 2006 37 $39,854     131 $304   $56,483,162 74

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 9, 2005 15 $971,989   8 $121,499   $971,989 1
Dec 16, 2005 15 $2,117,646 +118% 52 $40,724   $3,089,635 2
Dec 23, 2005 5 $17,327,853 +718% 1,547 $11,201   $20,417,488 3
Dec 30, 2005 6 $13,333,178 -23% 1,547 $8,619   $33,750,666 4
Jan 6, 2006 7 $8,453,464 -37% 1,589 $5,320   $42,204,130 5
Jan 13, 2006 12 $6,303,027 -25% 1,654 $3,811   $48,507,157 6
Jan 20, 2006 16 $3,754,849 -40% 1,404 $2,674   $52,262,006 7
Jan 27, 2006 19 $2,196,425 -42% 1,016 $2,162   $54,458,431 8
Feb 3, 2006 26 $1,270,280 -42% 765 $1,660   $55,728,711 9
Feb 10, 2006 28 $517,556 -59% 287 $1,803   $56,246,267 10
Feb 17, 2006 39 $301,725 -42% 131 $2,303   $56,547,992 11
Feb 24, 2006 47 $188,994 -37% 109 $1,734   $56,736,986 12
Mar 3, 2006 47 $157,084 -17% 85 $1,848   $56,894,070 13
Mar 10, 2006 50 $116,783 -26% 102 $1,145   $57,010,853 14

Leading

Zhang Ziyi    Sayuri

Supporting

Ken Watanabe    Chairman
Michelle Yeoh    Mameha
Koji Yakusho    Nobu
Youki Kudoh    Pumpkin
Kaori Momoi    Mother
Tsai Chin    Auntie
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa    The Baron
Suzuka Ohgo    Chiyo
Gong Li    Hatsumomo
Randall Duk Kim    Dr. Crab
Mako    Sakamoto
Kenneth Tsang    The General
Thomas Ikeda    Mr. Bekku
Zoe Weizenbaum    Young Pumpkin
Togo Igawa    Tanaka
Samantha Futerman    Satsu
Elizabeth Sung    Sakamoto's Wife
David Okihiro    Shamisen Teacher
Miyako Tachibana    Dance Teacher
Kotoko Kawamura    Granny
Karl Yune    Koichi
Eugenia Yuan    Korin
Yoko Narahashi    Mameha's Maid
Navia Nguyen    Geisha in Green
Natsuo Tomita    Geisha in Lavender
Fumi Akutagawa    Yukimoto Teahouse Matron
Koji Toyoda    Male Hairdresser
Rick Mali    Man in Grey Hat
Steve Terada    Boy On Bike
Laura Miro    Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha
Diane Mizota    Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha
Yasusuke Uike    Sumo Referee
Shuhei Mainoumi    Small Sumo Wrestler
Daisuke Dewaarashi    Large Sumo Wrestler
Ren Urano    Sumo Ring Announcer
Ace Yonamine    Sumo Wrestler
Anthony Begonia    Sumo Wrestler
Albert Sumo Lee    Sumo Wrestler
Dino Rivera    Sumo Wrestler
Takayo Fischer    Tanizato Teahouse Owner
Asako Takasue    Tanizato Teahouse Matron
Clarissa Park    Dancer at Party
Nobuyuki Matsuhisa    Kimono Artist
Jim Leung    Kimono Factory Worker
Chad Cleven    Drunken G.I.
Richard J. Bell    Drunken G.I.
Cameron Duncan    Drunken G.I.
Faith Shin    Little Kiko
Brannon Bates    Military Police Officer
Ted Levine    Colonel Derricks
Paul Adelstein    Lt. Hutchins

Narrator

Shizuko Hoshi    Sayuri Narration

Production and Technical Credits

Rob Marshall    Director
Robin Swicord    Screenwriter
Arthur Golden    Story Creator
Lucy Fisher    Producer
Douglas Wick    Producer
Steven Spielberg    Producer
Roger Birnbaum    Executive Producer
Gary Barber    Executive Producer
Patricia Whitcher    Executive Producer
Bobby Cohen    Executive Producer
John Myhre    Production Designer
Pietro Scalia    Editor
John Williams    Composer
Dion Beebe    Director of Photography
John DeLuca    Co-Producer
Eric N. Heffron*    Assistant Director
John DeLuca    Second Unit Director
Patricia Whitcher    Unit Production Manager
LeeAnn Stonebreaker    Production Supervisor
Tomas Voth    Supervising Art Director
Patrick M. Sullivan, Jr.    Art Director
Gretchen Rau    Set Decorator
Sion Michel    Second Unit Camera
Colleen Atwood    Costume Designer
Cheryl Beasley Blackwell    Costume Supervisor
Valerio Bonelli    Associate Editor
John Pritchett    Sound Mixer
Kevin O'Connell    Re-recording Mixer
Greg P. Russell    Re-recording Mixer
Rick Kline    Re-recording Mixer
Wylie Stateman    Supervising Sound Editor
Ann Scibelli    Sound Effects Editor
Hector Gika    Sound Effects Editor
Harry Cohen    Sound Designer
Renée Tondelli    Dialogue Editor
Laura Harris Atkinson    Dialogue Editor
Julie Feiner    Dialogue Editor
Michelle Pazer    Dialogue Editor
Michael Hertlein    Dialogue Editor
Ken Wannberg    Music Editor
Ken Karman*    Music Editor
Ramiro Belgardt    Music Editor
Kate Biscoe    Make up
Todd A. McIntosh    Make up
Kelvin R. Trahan    Hairstylist
Trish Almeida    Hairstylist
Miia Kovero    Hairstylist
Ben Nye Jr.    Special Make-up Effects
Christien Tinsley    Make-up and Prosthetic Effects Designer
Francine Maisler    Casting Director
Doug Coleman    Stunt Coordinator
Allen Robinson    Stunt Coordinator

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.


Metrics

Opening Weekend:$682,504 (1.2% of total gross)
Legs:7.36 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:35.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$85,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:8 opening theaters/1,654 max. theaters, 6.2 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $105,109,133

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 9th, 2005 (Exclusive) by Sony Pictures
December 16th, 2005 (Limited) by Sony Pictures
December 23rd, 2005 (Expands Wide) by Sony Pictures
Video Release: March 28th, 2006 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPA Rating: PG-13 for mature subject matter and some sexual content.
Running Time: 137 minutes
Geographical setting: Japan
Plot point: Coming of Age
Subgenre: Historical Drama
Time period setting: 1920s, 1930s
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 9, 2005 14 $682,504   8 $85,313   $682,504 1
Dec 16, 2005 12 $1,302,331 +91% 52 $25,045   $2,274,320 2
Dec 23, 2005 5 $6,751,729 +418% 1,547 $4,364   $9,841,364 3
Dec 30, 2005 7 $7,746,419 +15% 1,547 $5,007   $28,163,907 4
Jan 6, 2006 7 $6,111,193 -21% 1,589 $3,846   $39,861,859 5
Jan 13, 2006 12 $4,307,893 -30% 1,654 $2,605   $46,512,023 6
Jan 20, 2006 17 $2,684,497 -38% 1,404 $1,912   $51,191,654 7
Jan 27, 2006 19 $1,557,916 -42% 1,016 $1,533   $53,819,922 8
Feb 3, 2006 23 $888,751 -43% 765 $1,162   $55,347,182 9
Feb 10, 2006 28 $341,929 -62% 287 $1,191   $56,070,640 10
Feb 17, 2006 39 $197,041 -42% 131 $1,504   $56,443,308 11
Feb 24, 2006 45 $130,636 -34% 109 $1,198   $56,678,628 12
Mar 3, 2006 51 $89,428 -32% 85 $1,052   $56,826,414 13
Mar 10, 2006 45 $116,783 +31% 102 $1,145   $57,010,853 14

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 23, 2005 5 $2,651,550     1,547 $1,714   $5,741,185 15
Dec 24, 2005 5 $1,480,436 -44%   1,547 $957   $7,221,621 16
Dec 25, 2005 8 $2,619,743 +77%   1,547 $1,693   $9,841,364 17
Dec 26, 2005 7 $3,413,385 +30%   1,547 $2,206   $13,254,749 18
Dec 27, 2005 6 $2,436,744 -29%   1,547 $1,575   $15,691,493 19
Dec 28, 2005 6 $2,369,988 -3%   1,547 $1,532   $18,029,000 20
Dec 29, 2005 6 $2,356,007 -1%   1,547 $1,523   $20,417,488 21
Dec 30, 2005 6 $2,787,391 +18% +5% 1,547 $1,802   $23,204,879 22
Dec 31, 2005 7 $2,119,005 -24% +43% 1,547 $1,370   $25,323,884 23
Jan 1, 2006 6 $2,840,023 +34% +8% 1,547 $1,836   $28,163,907 24
Jan 2, 2006 5 $2,469,496 -13% -28% 1,547 $1,596   $30,633,403 25
Jan 3, 2006 5 $1,082,758 -56% -56% 1,547 $700   $31,716,161 26
Jan 4, 2006 5 $976,978 -10% -59% 1,547 $632   $32,693,139 27
Jan 5, 2006 4 $1,057,527 +8% -55% 1,547 $684   $33,750,666 28
Jan 6, 2006 7 $1,846,330 +75% -34% 1,589 $1,162   $35,596,996 29
Jan 7, 2006 7 $2,584,842 +40% +22% 1,589 $1,627   $38,181,838 30
Jan 8, 2006 7 $1,680,021 -35% -41% 1,589 $1,057   $39,861,859 31
Jan 9, 2006 7 $533,609 -68% -78% 1,589 $336   $40,395,468 32
Jan 10, 2006 7 $612,674 +15% -43% 1,589 $386   $41,008,142 33
Jan 11, 2006 7 $594,799 -3% -39% 1,589 $374   $41,602,941 34
Jan 12, 2006 7 $601,189 +1% -43% 1,589 $378   $42,204,130 35
Jan 16, 2006 12 $802,159   +50% 1,654 $485   $47,314,182 39
Jan 17, 2006 9 $389,580 -51% -36% 1,654 $236   $47,703,762 40
Jan 18, 2006 8 $391,902 +1% -34% 1,654 $237   $48,095,664 41
Jan 19, 2006 8 $411,493 +5% -32% 1,654 $249   $48,507,157 42
Jan 24, 2006 10 $282,175   -28% 1,404 $201   $51,707,000 47
Jan 25, 2006 10 $267,196 -5% -32% 1,404 $190   $51,980,000 48
Feb 20, 2006 37 $39,854     131 $304   $56,483,162 74

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 9, 2005 15 $971,989   8 $121,499   $971,989 1
Dec 16, 2005 15 $2,117,646 +118% 52 $40,724   $3,089,635 2
Dec 23, 2005 5 $17,327,853 +718% 1,547 $11,201   $20,417,488 3
Dec 30, 2005 6 $13,333,178 -23% 1,547 $8,619   $33,750,666 4
Jan 6, 2006 7 $8,453,464 -37% 1,589 $5,320   $42,204,130 5
Jan 13, 2006 12 $6,303,027 -25% 1,654 $3,811   $48,507,157 6
Jan 20, 2006 16 $3,754,849 -40% 1,404 $2,674   $52,262,006 7
Jan 27, 2006 19 $2,196,425 -42% 1,016 $2,162   $54,458,431 8
Feb 3, 2006 26 $1,270,280 -42% 765 $1,660   $55,728,711 9
Feb 10, 2006 28 $517,556 -59% 287 $1,803   $56,246,267 10
Feb 17, 2006 39 $301,725 -42% 131 $2,303   $56,547,992 11
Feb 24, 2006 47 $188,994 -37% 109 $1,734   $56,736,986 12
Mar 3, 2006 47 $157,084 -17% 85 $1,848   $56,894,070 13
Mar 10, 2006 50 $116,783 -26% 102 $1,145   $57,010,853 14

Leading

Zhang Ziyi    Sayuri

Supporting

Ken Watanabe    Chairman
Michelle Yeoh    Mameha
Koji Yakusho    Nobu
Youki Kudoh    Pumpkin
Kaori Momoi    Mother
Tsai Chin    Auntie
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa    The Baron
Suzuka Ohgo    Chiyo
Gong Li    Hatsumomo
Randall Duk Kim    Dr. Crab
Mako    Sakamoto
Kenneth Tsang    The General
Thomas Ikeda    Mr. Bekku
Zoe Weizenbaum    Young Pumpkin
Togo Igawa    Tanaka
Samantha Futerman    Satsu
Elizabeth Sung    Sakamoto's Wife
David Okihiro    Shamisen Teacher
Miyako Tachibana    Dance Teacher
Kotoko Kawamura    Granny
Karl Yune    Koichi
Eugenia Yuan    Korin
Yoko Narahashi    Mameha's Maid
Navia Nguyen    Geisha in Green
Natsuo Tomita    Geisha in Lavender
Fumi Akutagawa    Yukimoto Teahouse Matron
Koji Toyoda    Male Hairdresser
Rick Mali    Man in Grey Hat
Steve Terada    Boy On Bike
Laura Miro    Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha
Diane Mizota    Yukimoto Teahouse Geisha
Yasusuke Uike    Sumo Referee
Shuhei Mainoumi    Small Sumo Wrestler
Daisuke Dewaarashi    Large Sumo Wrestler
Ren Urano    Sumo Ring Announcer
Ace Yonamine    Sumo Wrestler
Anthony Begonia    Sumo Wrestler
Albert Sumo Lee    Sumo Wrestler
Dino Rivera    Sumo Wrestler
Takayo Fischer    Tanizato Teahouse Owner
Asako Takasue    Tanizato Teahouse Matron
Clarissa Park    Dancer at Party
Nobuyuki Matsuhisa    Kimono Artist
Jim Leung    Kimono Factory Worker
Chad Cleven    Drunken G.I.
Richard J. Bell    Drunken G.I.
Cameron Duncan    Drunken G.I.
Faith Shin    Little Kiko
Brannon Bates    Military Police Officer
Ted Levine    Colonel Derricks
Paul Adelstein    Lt. Hutchins

Narrator

Shizuko Hoshi    Sayuri Narration

Production and Technical Credits

Rob Marshall    Director
Robin Swicord    Screenwriter
Arthur Golden    Story Creator
Lucy Fisher    Producer
Douglas Wick    Producer
Steven Spielberg    Producer
Roger Birnbaum    Executive Producer
Gary Barber    Executive Producer
Patricia Whitcher    Executive Producer
Bobby Cohen    Executive Producer
John Myhre    Production Designer
Pietro Scalia    Editor
John Williams    Composer
Dion Beebe    Director of Photography
John DeLuca    Co-Producer
Eric N. Heffron*    Assistant Director
John DeLuca    Second Unit Director
Patricia Whitcher    Unit Production Manager
LeeAnn Stonebreaker    Production Supervisor
Tomas Voth    Supervising Art Director
Patrick M. Sullivan, Jr.    Art Director
Gretchen Rau    Set Decorator
Sion Michel    Second Unit Camera
Colleen Atwood    Costume Designer
Cheryl Beasley Blackwell    Costume Supervisor
Valerio Bonelli    Associate Editor
John Pritchett    Sound Mixer
Kevin O'Connell    Re-recording Mixer
Greg P. Russell    Re-recording Mixer
Rick Kline    Re-recording Mixer
Wylie Stateman    Supervising Sound Editor
Ann Scibelli    Sound Effects Editor
Hector Gika    Sound Effects Editor
Harry Cohen    Sound Designer
Renée Tondelli    Dialogue Editor
Laura Harris Atkinson    Dialogue Editor
Julie Feiner    Dialogue Editor
Michelle Pazer    Dialogue Editor
Michael Hertlein    Dialogue Editor
Ken Wannberg    Music Editor
Ken Karman*    Music Editor
Ramiro Belgardt    Music Editor
Kate Biscoe    Make up
Todd A. McIntosh    Make up
Kelvin R. Trahan    Hairstylist
Trish Almeida    Hairstylist
Miia Kovero    Hairstylist
Ben Nye Jr.    Special Make-up Effects
Christien Tinsley    Make-up and Prosthetic Effects Designer
Francine Maisler    Casting Director
Doug Coleman    Stunt Coordinator
Allen Robinson    Stunt Coordinator

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.