Name: A Bug's Life
Director: John Lasseter
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Released: 1998
Cast: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 20	#-	$93K		—	$93K	1	$93.0K	1
Sat Nov 21	#-	$108K	+16%	—	$201K	1	$107.7K	2
Sun Nov 22	#-	$90K	-16%	—	$291K	1	$90.4K	3
Mon Nov 23	#-	$41K	-55%	—	$332K	1	$40.7K	4
Tue Nov 24	#-	$40K	-2%	—	$372K	1	$40.1K	5
Wed Nov 25	#1	$5.15M	+12%	—	$5.53M	2,686	$1.9K	6
Thu Nov 26	#1	$7.33M	+42%	—	$12.85M	2,686	$2.7K	7
Fri Nov 27	#1	$13.10M	+79%	+13%	$25.95M	2,686	$4.9K	8
Sat Nov 28	#1	$12.47M	-5%	+11%	$38.42M	2,686	$4.6K	9
Sun Nov 29	#1	$7.69M	-38%	+8%	$46.11M	2,686	$2.9K	10
Mon Nov 30	#1	$1.52M	-80%	+3%	$47.64M	2,686	$568	11
Tue Dec 1	#1	$1.42M	-7%	+3%	$49.05M	2,686	$527	12
Wed Dec 2	#1	$1.22M	-14%	-76%	$50.27M	2,686	$454	13
Thu Dec 3	#1	$1.23M	+1%	-83%	$51.50M	2,686	$459	14
Fri Dec 4	#2	$4.01M	+225%	-69%	$55.51M	2,701	$1.5K	15
Sat Dec 5	#1	$7.93M	+98%	-36%	$63.44M	2,701	$2.9K	16
Sun Dec 6	#1	$5.24M	-34%	-32%	$68.68M	2,701	$1.9K	17
Mon Dec 7	#1	$881K	-83%	-42%	$69.56M	2,701	$326	18
Tue Dec 8	#1	$1.02M	+16%	-28%	$70.58M	2,701	$379	19
Wed Dec 9	#1	$841K	-18%	-31%	$71.42M	2,701	$311	20
Thu Dec 10	#1	$869K	+3%	-29%	$72.29M	2,701	$322	21
Fri Dec 11	#2	$2.54M	+192%	-37%	$74.83M	2,748	$924	22
Sat Dec 12	#2	$5.05M	+99%	-36%	$79.88M	2,748	$1.8K	23
Sun Dec 13	#2	$3.80M	-25%	-27%	$83.49M	2,748	$1.4K	24
Mon Dec 14	#2	$627K	-84%	-29%	$84.11M	2,748	$228	25
Tue Dec 15	#2	$747K	+19%	-27%	$84.86M	2,748	$272	26
Wed Dec 16	#2	$715K	-4%	-15%	$85.58M	2,748	$260	27
Thu Dec 17	#2	$778K	+9%	-11%	$86.35M	2,748	$283	28
Fri Dec 18	#4	$2.10M	+170%	-17%	$88.45M	2,773	$757	29
Sat Dec 19	#3	$4.42M	+110%	-12%	$91.58M	2,773	$1.6K	30
Sun Dec 20	#3	$3.46M	-22%	-9%	$96.35M	2,773	$1.2K	31
Mon Dec 21	#3	$1.92M	-45%	+206%	$98.26M	2,773	$692	32
Tue Dec 22	#3	$2.32M	+21%	+211%	$100.58M	2,773	$838	33
Wed Dec 23	#3	$2.27M	-2%	+217%	$102.86M	2,773	$819	34
Thu Dec 24	#3	$1.51M	-33%	+95%	$104.38M	2,773	$546	35
Fri Dec 25	#7	$2.04M	+35%	-3%	$106.42M	2,773	$737	36
Sat Dec 26	#5	$4.28M	+109%	-3%	$110.69M	2,456	$1.7K	37
Sun Dec 27	#5	$3.73M	-13%	+8%	$114.43M	2,456	$1.5K	38
Mon Dec 28	#5	$3.38M	-9%	+76%	$117.81M	2,456	$1.4K	39
Tue Dec 29	#5	$3.57M	+5%	+53%	$121.38M	2,456	$1.5K	40
Wed Dec 30	#5	$3.21M	-10%	+41%	$124.58M	2,456	$1.3K	41
Thu Dec 31	#5	$3.00M	-6%	+98%	$127.68M	2,456	$1.2K	42
Fri Jan 1	#5	$3.75M	+25%	+83%	$131.43M	2,551	$1.5K	43
Sat Jan 2	#5	$3.19M	-15%	-25%	$134.64M	2,551	$1.2K	44
Sun Jan 3	#5	$2.04M	-36%	-45%	$136.42M	2,551	$799	45
Mon Jan 4	#6	$567K	-72%	-83%	$136.99M	2,551	$222	46
Tue Jan 5	#6	$501K	-12%	-86%	$137.49M	2,551	$197	47
Wed Jan 6	#6	$363K	-28%	-89%	$137.85M	2,551	$142	48
Thu Jan 7	#6	$379K	+5%	-87%	$138.23M	2,551	$149	49
Fri Jan 8	#10	$815K	+115%	-78%	$139.05M	2,500	$326	50
Sat Jan 9	#7	$2.20M	+170%	-31%	$141.25M	2,500	$880	51
Sun Jan 10	#7	$1.71M	-22%	-16%	$142.96M	2,500	$684	52
Mon Jan 11	#8	$245K	-86%	-57%	$143.20M	2,500	$98	53
Tue Jan 12	#8	$271K	+10%	-46%	$143.47M	2,500	$108	54
Wed Jan 13	#8	$232K	-14%	-36%	$143.70M	2,500	$93	55
Thu Jan 14	#8	$252K	+8%	-34%	$143.95M	2,500	$101	56
Mon Jan 18	#7	$1.11M		+353%	$148.51M	1,815	$611	60
Sun Jan 24	#9	$970K		—	$151.74M	1,521	$638	66
Mon Feb 8	#17	$70K		—	$156.03M	1,286	$55	81
Tue Feb 9	#19	$55K	-22%	—	$156.09M	1,286	$43	82
Wed Feb 10	#19	$56K	+2%	—	$156.14M	1,286	$44	83
Thu Feb 11	#19	$58K	+3%	—	$156.20M	1,286	$45	84
Mon Feb 15	#13	$266K		+278%	$157.27M	979	$272	88
Tue Feb 16	#19	$76K	-71%	+38%	$157.34M	979	$78	89
Wed Feb 17	#18	$77K	+1%	+37%	$157.42M	979	$78	90
Thu Feb 18	#18	$85K	+11%	+48%	$157.51M	979	$87	91

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 27-29	1	$33.26M	—	$46.11M	2,686	$12.4K	1
Dec 4-6	1	$17.17M	-48.4%	$68.68M	2,701	$6.4K	2
Dec 11-13	2	$11.19M	-34.8%	$83.49M	2,748	$4.1K	3
Dec 18-20	3	$9.99M	-10.8%	$96.34M	2,773	$3.6K	4
Dec 25-27	7	$10.13M	+1.4%	$114.49M	2,456	$4.1K	5
Jan 1-3	5	$8.83M	-12.8%	$136.42M	2,551	$3.5K	6
Jan 8-10	7	$4.72M	-46.5%	$142.96M	2,500	$1.9K	7
Jan 15-17	7	$3.44M	-27.1%	$147.40M	1,815	$1.9K	8
Jan 22-24	13	$2.70M	-21.6%	$151.73M	1,521	$1.8K	9
Jan 29-31	12	$1.92M	-28.8%	$154.15M	1,510	$1.3K	10
Feb 5-7	15	$1.42M	-26.3%	$155.96M	1,286	$1.1K	11
Feb 12-14	11	$803K	-43.3%	$157.00M	979	$820	12
Feb 19-21	24	$564K	-29.8%	$158.07M	745	$757	13
Feb 26-28	29	$360K	-36.2%	$158.54M	558	$644	14
Mar 5-7	28	$313K	-13.0%	$158.99M	490	$638	15
Mar 12-14	30	$274K	-12.6%	$159.34M	444	$616	16
Mar 19-21	26	$344K	+25.9%	$159.91M	449	$767	17
Mar 26-28	21	$529K	+53.7%	$160.54M	661	$801	18
Apr 2-4	18	$423K	-20.0%	$161.24M	649	$652	19
Apr 9-11	22	$401K	-5.4%	$161.95M	538	$744	20
Apr 16-18	23	$315K	-21.4%	$162.34M	484	$651	21
Apr 23-25	32	$165K	-47.6%	$162.58M	380	$434	22
Apr 30-May 2	41	$85K	-48.8%	$162.70M	275	$307	23
May 7-9	60	$42K	-50.4%	$162.76M	184	$227	24

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

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Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Lasseter

ScreenplayBob Shaw, Andrew Stanton, Don McEnery

Produced byDarla K. Anderson, Kevin Reher

CinematographySharon Calahan

MusicRandy Newman

Prod. DesignWilliam Cone

StarringDave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller, Richard Kind

StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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