View larger Proof Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis Directed by: John Madden Screenplay by: David Auburn, Rebecca Miller Release: September 16, 2005 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content, and language. Studio: Miramax Films Follow Us on Twitter Domestic: $7,535,331 (53.1%) Foreign: $6,654,529 (46.9%) Total: $14,189,860 (Worldwide)  US Box-Office Results  UK Box-Office Results   All Box-Office Charts

PROOF is the compelling story of an enigmatic young woman haunted by her father’s past and the shadow of her own future, exploring the links between genius and madness, the tender relationships between fathers and daughters and the nature of truth and family. On the eve of her twenty-seventh birthday, Catherine (Paltrow), a young woman who has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a mathematical genius named Robert (Hopkins), must deal not only with the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire (Davis), but also with the attentions of Hal (Gyllenhaal), a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks of Robert’s. As Catherine confronts Hal’s affections and Claire’s overbearing plans for her life, she struggles to solve the most perplexing problem of all: How much of her father’s madness – or genius – will she inherit? David Auburn’s play ‘Proof’ premiered at the Manhattan Theater Club in May 2000, and transferred to Broadway’s Walter Kerr Theater on October 24, 2000. It went on to become the longest running play since ‘Amadeus’.   Read Full Production Notes

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