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A Bug's LifeFollow

1998 • 1h 35m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

An epic of miniature proportions.

🍅 92% 73%

78

3.49

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$33.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$163.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$363.00M

$201.00M international

Domestic legs4.89x

Budget$120M

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Cast & crew

Full Lasseter filmography

John Lasseter

John Lasseter Director

Dave Foley

Dave Foley Starring

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Starring

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Starring

Hayden Panettiere

Hayden Panettiere Starring

Richard Kind

Richard Kind Starring

ScreenplayBob Shaw, Andrew Stanton, Don McEnery Produced byDarla K. Anderson, Kevin Reher CinematographySharon Calahan MusicRandy Newman Prod. DesignWilliam Cone StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 27-29 1 $33.3M — 2,686 $12,382 $46.1M

2 Dec 4-6 1 $17.2M −48.4% 2,701 $6,358 $68.7M

3 Dec 11-13 2 $11.2M −34.8% 2,748 $4,073 $83.5M

4 Dec 18-20 3 $10.0M −10.8% 2,773 $3,601 $96.3M

5 Dec 25-27 7 $10.1M +1.4% 2,456 $4,123 $114.5M

6 Jan 1-3 5 $8.8M −12.8% 2,551 $3,461 $136.4M

7 Jan 8-10 7 $4.7M −46.5% 2,500 $1,889 $143.0M

8 Jan 15-17 7 $3.4M −27.1% 1,815 $1,897 $147.4M

9 Jan 22-24 13 $2.7M −21.6% 1,521 $1,775 $151.7M

10 Jan 29-31 12 $1.9M −28.8% 1,510 $1,272 $154.2M

11 Feb 5-7 15 $1.4M −26.3% 1,286 $1,101 $156.0M

12 Feb 12-14 11 $803.1K −43.3% 979 $820 $157.0M

13 Feb 19-21 24 $564.0K −29.8% 745 $757 $158.1M

14 Feb 26-28 29 $359.9K −36.2% 558 $644 $158.5M

15 Mar 5-7 28 $313.0K −13.0% 490 $638 $159.0M

16 Mar 12-14 30 $273.5K −12.6% 444 $616 $159.3M

17 Mar 19-21 26 $344.4K +25.9% 449 $767 $159.9M

18 Mar 26-28 21 $529.5K +53.7% 661 $801 $160.5M

19 Apr 2-4 18 $423.5K −20.0% 649 $652 $161.2M

20 Apr 9-11 22 $400.8K −5.4% 538 $744 $161.9M

21 Apr 16-18 23 $315.1K −21.4% 484 $651 $162.3M

22 Apr 23-25 32 $165.2K −47.6% 380 $434 $162.6M

23 Apr 30-May 2 41 $84.6K −48.8% 275 $307 $162.7M

24 May 7-9 60 $42.0K −50.4% 184 $227 $162.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 20 #- $93.0K — $93.0K 1 $93,038 1

Sat Nov 21 #- $107.7K +16% $200.8K 1 $107,727 2

Sun Nov 22 #- $90.4K −16% $291.1K 1 $90,356 3

Mon Nov 23 #- $40.7K −55% $331.8K 1 $40,724 4

Tue Nov 24 #- $40.1K −2% $371.9K 1 $40,095 5

Wed Nov 25 #1 $5.2M +12% $5.5M 2,686 $1,919 6

Thu Nov 26 #1 $7.3M +42% $12.9M 2,686 $2,728 7

Fri Nov 27 #1 $13.1M +79% +13% $26.0M 2,686 $4,876 8

Sat Nov 28 #1 $12.5M −5% +11% $38.4M 2,686 $4,643 9

Sun Nov 29 #1 $7.7M −38% +8% $46.1M 2,686 $2,863 10

Mon Nov 30 #1 $1.5M −80% +3% $47.6M 2,686 $568 11

Tue Dec 1 #1 $1.4M −7% +3% $49.1M 2,686 $527 12

Wed Dec 2 #1 $1.2M −14% −76% $50.3M 2,686 $454 13

Thu Dec 3 #1 $1.2M +1% −83% $51.5M 2,686 $459 14

Fri Dec 4 #2 $4.0M +225% −69% $55.5M 2,701 $1,483 15

Sat Dec 5 #1 $7.9M +98% −36% $63.4M 2,701 $2,935 16

Sun Dec 6 #1 $5.2M −34% −32% $68.7M 2,701 $1,940 17

Mon Dec 7 #1 $881.2K −83% −42% $69.6M 2,701 $326 18

Tue Dec 8 #1 $1.0M +16% −28% $70.6M 2,701 $379 19

Wed Dec 9 #1 $840.5K −18% −31% $71.4M 2,701 $311 20

Thu Dec 10 #1 $869.5K +3% −29% $72.3M 2,701 $322 21

Fri Dec 11 #2 $2.5M +192% −37% $74.8M 2,748 $924 22

Sat Dec 12 #2 $5.0M +99% −36% $79.9M 2,748 $1,838 23

Sun Dec 13 #2 $3.8M −25% −27% $83.5M 2,748 $1,384 24

Mon Dec 14 #2 $627.0K −84% −29% $84.1M 2,748 $228 25

Tue Dec 15 #2 $747.3K +19% −27% $84.9M 2,748 $272 26

Wed Dec 16 #2 $715.1K −4% −15% $85.6M 2,748 $260 27

Thu Dec 17 #2 $777.9K +9% −11% $86.4M 2,748 $283 28

Fri Dec 18 #4 $2.1M +170% −17% $88.5M 2,773 $757 29

Sat Dec 19 #3 $4.4M +110% −12% $91.6M 2,773 $1,594 30

Sun Dec 20 #3 $3.5M −22% −9% $96.4M 2,773 $1,248 31

Mon Dec 21 #3 $1.9M −45% +206% $98.3M 2,773 $692 32

Tue Dec 22 #3 $2.3M +21% +211% $100.6M 2,773 $838 33

Wed Dec 23 #3 $2.3M −2% +217% $102.9M 2,773 $819 34

Thu Dec 24 #3 $1.5M −33% +95% $104.4M 2,773 $546 35

Fri Dec 25 #7 $2.0M +35% −3% $106.4M 2,773 $737 36

Sat Dec 26 #5 $4.3M +109% −3% $110.7M 2,456 $1,741 37

Sun Dec 27 #5 $3.7M −13% +8% $114.4M 2,456 $1,520 38

Mon Dec 28 #5 $3.4M −9% +76% $117.8M 2,456 $1,377 39

Tue Dec 29 #5 $3.6M +5% +53% $121.4M 2,456 $1,452 40

Wed Dec 30 #5 $3.2M −10% +41% $124.6M 2,456 $1,305 41

Thu Dec 31 #5 $3.0M −6% +98% $127.7M 2,456 $1,221 42

Fri Jan 1 #5 $3.8M +25% +83% $131.4M 2,551 $1,470 43

Sat Jan 2 #5 $3.2M −15% −25% $134.6M 2,551 $1,249 44

Sun Jan 3 #5 $2.0M −36% −45% $136.4M 2,551 $799 45

Mon Jan 4 #6 $566.9K −72% −83% $137.0M 2,551 $222 46

Tue Jan 5 #6 $501.4K −12% −86% $137.5M 2,551 $197 47

Wed Jan 6 #6 $363.0K −28% −89% $137.9M 2,551 $142 48

Thu Jan 7 #6 $379.4K +5% −87% $138.2M 2,551 $149 49

Fri Jan 8 #10 $815.0K +115% −78% $139.0M 2,500 $326 50

Sat Jan 9 #7 $2.2M +170% −31% $141.2M 2,500 $880 51

Sun Jan 10 #7 $1.7M −22% −16% $143.0M 2,500 $684 52

Mon Jan 11 #8 $245.0K −86% −57% $143.2M 2,500 $98 53

Tue Jan 12 #8 $270.6K +10% −46% $143.5M 2,500 $108 54

Wed Jan 13 #8 $232.3K −14% −36% $143.7M 2,500 $93 55

Thu Jan 14 #8 $251.6K +8% −34% $144.0M 2,500 $101 56

Mon Jan 18 #7 $1.1M — +353% $148.5M 1,815 $611 60

Sun Jan 24 #9 $970.0K — $151.7M 1,521 $638 66

Mon Feb 8 #17 $70.3K — $156.0M 1,286 $55 81

Tue Feb 9 #19 $55.0K −22% $156.1M 1,286 $43 82

Wed Feb 10 #19 $56.0K +2% $156.1M 1,286 $44 83

Thu Feb 11 #19 $57.6K +3% $156.2M 1,286 $45 84

Mon Feb 15 #13 $265.9K — +278% $157.3M 979 $272 88

Tue Feb 16 #19 $75.9K −71% +38% $157.3M 979 $78 89

Wed Feb 17 #18 $76.8K +1% +37% $157.4M 979 $78 90

Thu Feb 18 #18 $85.4K +11% +48% $157.5M 979 $87 91

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$151.7M

Nov 20Dec 4Dec 19Jan 2Jan 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.9M

$33.3M

$17.2M

$11.2M

$10.0M

$10.1M

$8.8M

$4.7M

$3.4M

$2.7M

$1.9M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,773 → 1,521 −45.1%

1 open1,521 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.8%

−48.4%

W1→2

−34.8%

W2→3

−10.8%

W3→4

+1.4%

W4→5

−12.8%

W5→6

−46.5%

W6→7

−27.1%

W7→8

−21.6%

W8→9

−28.8%

W9→10

Steepest −48.4%Biggest gain +1.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 33 days

$100M

Day 33

Dec 22

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#14 Biggest Thanksgiving openingsAll-time $45.7M #18 All-time G-rated domesticAll-time $162.8M

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