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2007 | DIRECTED BY MIRA NAIR

The Namesake

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Movie Stats
Year
2007
Runtime
 122 minutes (2 hrs 02 mins)
Certificates

12

PG-13

K-11

15

PG-13
Select Cast
Kal Penn
Tabu
Irrfan Khan
Jacinda Barrett
Zuleikha Robinson
Brooke Smith
Full cast and crew
Salty Popcorn Stats
First viewed:
4th Apr 2016
Last viewed:
17th Jan 2025
Total views:
43
Release Dates
US release date
 US release
6th April 2007
18 years 6 months 18 days ago
Lebanon release date
 Lebanon
15th March 2007
18 years 7 months 9 days ago
India release date
 India
23rd March 2007
18 years 7 months 1 days ago
France release date
 France
28th March 2007
18 years 6 months 27 days ago
Ireland release date
 Ireland
30th March 2007
18 years 6 months 25 days ago
Australia release date
 Australia
5th April 2007
18 years 6 months 19 days ago
Total Grosses
United Kingdom Flag
UK total gross
  £295.2 Thousand
United States Flag
US total gross
  $13.5 Million
Cinema Tickets Sold
United Kingdom Flag
UK tickets sold
58,455 aprox.
United States Flag
US tickets sold
2 Million aprox.
Box Office Breakdown
UK Box Office
  • Released: 30th Mar '07
  • Debut position: 14
  • Highest position: 14
  • Debut gross: £125.1 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 2
US Box Office
  • Release: 6th Apr '07
  • Debut weekend: 9th Mar '07
  • Debut position: 26
  • Highest position: 17
  • Debut gross: $248.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 4
Global Box Office
  • No global cinema data.
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Directed by
mira nair Mira Nair
Starring
Kal PennNikhil a.k.a. Gogol
TabuAshima
Irrfan KhanAshoke
Jacinda BarrettMaxine
Zuleikha RobinsonMoushumi Mazumdar
Brooke SmithSally
Sahira NairSonia
Jagannath GuhaGhosh
Ruma Guha ThakurtaAshoke's Mother
Sandip DebMusic Teacher
SukanyaRini
Tanushree ShankarAshima's Mother
Sabyasachi ChakrabartyAshima's Father
Tamal Ray ChowdhuryAshoke's Father
Dhruv MookerjiRana
Supriya ChoudhuryAshima's Grandmother
Stuart RudinHomeless Man
Heather MacRaeNurse Patty
SumitraCalcutta House Staff
KantiCalcutta House Staff
Michael CountrymanMr. Wilcox
Kousik BhowalDr. Gupta
Rupak GinnUncle
Soham ChatterjeeGogol (Age 4)
Gargi MukherjeeMira Mashi
Pallavi ShahKajol Mashi
Jhumpa LahiriJhumpa Mashi
Noor Lahiri VourvouliasBaby Sonia
Linus RoacheMr. Lawson
Josh GrisettiJerry
Justin RosiniMarc
Dan McCabeBart
Bobby SteggertJason
B.C. ParikhMr. Mazumdar
Sibani BiswasMrs. Mazumdar
Lakhan DasBaul Singer
Kharaj MukherjeeChotu
Glenne HeadlyLydia
Daniel GerrollGerald
Amy WrightPam
Christie MoreauPhone Operator
Jo YangMs. Lu
Krishna DikshitFuneral Priest
Kartik DasBoat Man
Gary CowlingHotel Manager
Sudipta BhawmikSubroto Mesho
Gretchen EgolfAstrid
Baylen ThomasBlake
Jeb BrownOliver
Jessica BlankEdith
Mia YooViola
Benjamin BaumanDonald
Sebastian RochePierre
Maximiliano HernandezBen
Partha ChatterjeeReformed Hindoo
Mitali BhawmikSinging Voice
Marcus CollinsGraham
Sandi DeGeorgeMoshumi's Friend
Aaron YooStudent in Gogol's Class
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2007-03-09
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UK Box Office Info
Highest Place
14
Weeks top 15
2
Total weeks
2
Total UK Gross:
£295,196
UK Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
The Namesake
30 Mar 2007
14N
£125,084
£125,084
6 Apr 2007
15▼
£91,133
£295,196

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

North American Box Office Info
Highest Place
17
Weeks top 15
0
Total Weeks
4
Total US Gross:
$13,494,515
North American Box Office Chart History
Date
Place
Week
Total
9 Mar 2007
26N
$248,552
$248,552
16 Mar 2007
17▲
$715,026
$1,076,544
18 May 2007
20▼
$333,121
$12,556,868
29 Jun 2007
45▼
$21,530
$13,494,515

* Box office information before 1997 is continually being researched by our team and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Chart History
No US box office info

* Box office information befroe 2018 for global figures is continually being researched and hence is not complete and can be innacurate.

Global Box Office Release Breakdown
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Top Grossing Movie Chart Position
UK total gross
£295,196
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Kabali
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The Namesake
5720
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Drama
Drama
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