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1999 • R • 1h 35m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

There's nothing like your first piece.

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58

3.16

7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$101.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$234.70M

$132.90M international

Domestic legs5.4x

Budget$12M

1999 rank#17

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Cast & crew

Jason Biggs

Jason Biggs Starring

Alyson Hannigan

Alyson Hannigan Starring

Shannon Elizabeth

Shannon Elizabeth Starring

Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne Starring

Thomas Ian Nicholas

Thomas Ian Nicholas Starring

Tara Reid

Tara Reid Starring

ScreenplayAdam Herz Produced byWarren Zide, Craig Perry, Chris Moore, Chris Weitz CinematographyRichard Crudo Music byDavid Lawrence StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 9-11 1 $18.7M — 2,507 $7,463 $18.7M

2 Jul 16-18 2 $13.6M −27.5% 2,518 $5,385 $45.5M

3 Jul 23-25 3 $10.1M −25.4% 2,540 $3,981 $64.5M

4 Jul 30-Aug 1 6 $6.8M −32.9% 2,436 $2,785 $77.2M

5 Aug 6-8 10 $4.1M −38.9% 1,770 $2,343 $85.5M

6 Aug 13-15 12 $2.7M −35.8% 1,382 $1,925 $90.6M

7 Aug 20-22 13 $2.0M −24.6% 1,118 $1,795 $94.1M

8 Aug 27-29 16 $1.4M −30.4% 895 $1,560 $96.7M

9 Sep 3-5 16 $1.6M +13.7% 1,095 $1,450 $99.0M

10 Sep 10-12 18 $689.8K −56.6% 775 $890 $99.9M

11 Sep 17-19 19 $501.3K −27.3% 604 $830 $100.7M

12 Sep 24-26 24 $241.6K −51.8% 488 $495 $101.1M

13 Oct 1-3 30 $142.4K −41.1% 390 $365 $101.3M

14 Oct 8-10 36 $100.1K −29.7% 308 $325 $101.5M

15 Oct 15-17 45 $79.0K −21.1% 310 $255 $101.6M

16 Oct 22-24 47 $74.3K −6.0% 252 $295 $101.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 9 #1 $6.7M — $6.7M 2,507 $2,677 1

Sat Jul 10 #2 $6.5M −3% $13.2M 2,507 $2,595 2

Sun Jul 11 #1 $5.8M −11% $18.7M 2,507 $2,301 3

Mon Jul 12 #1 $3.4M −41% $22.1M 2,508 $1,350 4

Tue Jul 13 #1 $3.5M +4% $25.6M 2,508 $1,410 5

Wed Jul 14 #1 $3.3M −8% $28.9M 2,508 $1,300 6

Thu Jul 15 #1 $3.1M −6% $32.0M 2,508 $1,225 7

Fri Jul 16 #2 $4.2M +35% −38% $36.1M 2,515 $1,654 8

Sat Jul 17 #2 $5.0M +21% −23% $41.1M 2,515 $1,996 9

Sun Jul 18 #2 $4.4M −13% −24% $45.5M 2,515 $1,742 10

Mon Jul 19 #2 $2.4M −46% −30% $47.9M 2,518 $935 11

Tue Jul 20 #1 $2.4M +3% −32% $50.3M 2,518 $960 12

Wed Jul 21 #1 $2.1M −13% −36% $52.4M 2,518 $835 13

Thu Jul 22 #1 $2.0M −5% −35% $54.4M 2,518 $795 14

Fri Jul 23 #4 $3.1M +53% −26% $57.5M 2,540 $1,205 15

Sat Jul 24 #4 $3.8M +23% −25% $61.2M 2,540 $1,486 16

Sun Jul 25 #3 $3.2M −15% −27% $64.5M 2,540 $1,257 17

Mon Jul 26 #3 $1.5M −52% −35% $66.0M 2,544 $600 18

Tue Jul 27 #3 $1.6M +4% −34% $67.6M 2,544 $625 19

Wed Jul 28 #4 $1.4M −12% −33% $69.0M 2,544 $550 20

Thu Jul 29 #4 $1.3M −4% −33% $70.4M 2,544 $530 21

Fri Jul 30 #6 $2.1M +53% −33% $72.4M 2,435 $846 22

Sat Jul 31 #6 $2.6M +24% −32% $75.0M 2,435 $1,049 23

Sun Aug 1 #6 $2.1M −18% −34% $77.2M 2,435 $862 24

Mon Aug 2 #6 $1.1M −48% −28% $78.3M 2,436 $450 25

Tue Aug 3 #6 $1.1M +2% −30% $79.4M 2,436 $460 26

Wed Aug 4 #6 $1.0M −9% −27% $80.4M 2,436 $420 27

Thu Aug 5 #6 $962.2K −6% −29% $81.4M 2,436 $395 28

Fri Aug 6 #10 $1.1M +19% −44% $82.5M 1,770 $647 29

Sat Aug 7 #10 $1.5M +31% −41% $84.0M 1,770 $850 30

Sun Aug 8 #10 $1.4M −7% −33% $85.5M 1,795 $780 31

Mon Aug 9 #10 $601.3K −57% −45% $86.1M 1,795 $335 32

Tue Aug 10 #10 $682.1K +13% −39% $86.8M 1,795 $380 33

Wed Aug 11 #10 $601.3K −12% −41% $87.4M 1,795 $335 34

Thu Aug 12 #10 $565.4K −6% −41% $88.0M 1,795 $315 35

Fri Aug 13 #12 $820.0K +45% −28% $88.8M 1,365 $601 36

Sat Aug 14 #12 $1.0M +27% −31% $89.8M 1,365 $762 37

Sun Aug 15 #12 $822.0K −21% −41% $90.6M 1,382 $595 38

Mon Aug 16 #11 $380.0K −54% −37% $91.0M 1,382 $275 39

Tue Aug 17 #11 $400.8K +5% −41% $91.4M 1,382 $290 40

Wed Aug 18 #11 $373.1K −7% −38% $91.8M 1,382 $270 41

Thu Aug 19 #11 $352.4K −6% −38% $92.1M 1,382 $255 42

Sun Aug 22 #13 $626.0K — −24% $94.1M 1,118 $560 45

Mon Aug 23 #12 $285.1K −54% −25% $94.4M 1,118 $255 46

Tue Aug 24 #13 $307.4K +8% −23% $94.7M 1,118 $275 47

Wed Aug 25 #13 $279.7K −9% −25% $95.0M 1,118 $250 48

Thu Aug 26 #14 $268.3K −4% −24% $95.3M 1,118 $240 49

Fri Aug 27 #16 $367.0K +37% $95.6M 895 $410 50

Sat Aug 28 #16 $486.0K +32% $96.1M 895 $543 51

Sun Aug 29 #15 $403.0K −17% −36% $96.7M 895 $450 52

Mon Aug 30 #13 $183.5K −54% −36% $96.9M 895 $205 53

Tue Aug 31 #13 $205.8K +12% −33% $97.1M 895 $230 54

Wed Sep 1 #15 $161.0K −22% −42% $97.2M 895 $180 55

Thu Sep 2 #15 $129.4K −20% −52% $97.3M 895 $145 56

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

Cumulative total$97.3M

Jul 9Jul 22Aug 5Aug 18Sep 2

Weekend grossWk 10 · $689.8K

$18.7M

$13.6M

$10.1M

$6.8M

$4.1M

$2.7M

$2.0M

$1.4M

$1.6M

$689.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,544 → 895 −64.8%

2,507 open895 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −56.6%

−27.5%

W1→2

−25.4%

W2→3

−32.9%

W3→4

−38.9%

W4→5

−35.8%

W5→6

−24.6%

W6→7

−30.4%

W7→8

+13.7%

W8→9

−56.6%

W9→10

Steepest −56.6%Biggest gain +13.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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