Detachment
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Paper Street Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How Detachment performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$1.7M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$242K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Henry Barthes
Adrien Brody
Henry Barthes
Principal Carol Dearden
Marcia Gay Harden
Principal Carol Dearden
Mr. Charles Seaboldt
James Caan
Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Ms. Sarah Madison
Christina Hendricks
Ms. Sarah Madison
Dr. Doris Parker
Lucy Liu
Dr. Doris Parker
Ms. Perkins
Blythe Danner
Ms. Perkins
Mr. Wiatt
Tim Blake Nelson
Mr. Wiatt
Mr. 'Sarge' Kepler
William L. Petersen
Mr. 'Sarge' Kepler
Mr. Dearden
Bryan Cranston
Mr. Dearden
Erica
Sami Gayle
Erica
Meredith
Betty Kaye
Meredith
Grampa
Louis Zorich
Grampa
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