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America's SweetheartsFollow

2001 • PG-13 • 1h 42m • Comedy, Romance • Revolution Studios

Hollywood's hottest couple just split up. It'll take more than special effects to reunite them.

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44

2.70

5.7

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$93.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$138.00M

$44.70M international

Domestic legs3.10x

Budget$46.0M

2001 rank#23

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Cast & crew

Full Roth filmography

Joe Roth

Joe Roth Director

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts Starring

John Cusack

John Cusack Starring

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones Starring

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal Starring

Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria Starring

ScreenplayBilly Crystal, Peter Tolan Produced bySusan Arnold, Billy Crystal, Donna Arkoff Roth CinematographyPhedon Papamichael Jr. MusicJames Newton Howard Prod. DesignGarreth Stover StudioRevolution Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 20-22 2 $30.2M — 3,011 $10,023 $30.2M

2 Jul 27-29 3 $15.4M −49.0% 3,011 $5,115 $59.1M

3 Aug 3-5 5 $8.0M −47.8% 3,011 $2,669 $74.7M

4 Aug 10-12 8 $4.4M −45.2% 2,686 $1,640 $83.2M

5 Aug 17-19 12 $2.3M −47.6% 1,948 $1,185 $87.8M

6 Aug 24-26 18 $903.5K −60.9% 908 $995 $89.8M

7 Aug 31-Sep 3 17 $1.3M +44.5% 1,565 $834 $91.5M

8 Sep 7-9 26 $345.8K −73.5% 461 $750 $92.0M

9 Sep 14-16 31 $206.5K −40.3% 311 $663 $92.3M

10 Sep 21-23 22 $652.0K +215.8% 1,013 $643 $93.0M

11 Sep 28-30 42 $105.9K −83.8% 259 $409 $93.3M

12 Oct 19-21 30 $124.0K +17.1% 224 $553 $93.5M

13 Oct 26-28 43 $69.0K −44.3% 136 $507 $93.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 20 #2 $10.8M — $10.8M 3,011 $3,598 1

Sat Jul 21 #2 $11.1M +2% $21.9M 3,011 $3,684 2

Sun Jul 22 #2 $7.8M −30% $30.2M 3,011 $2,590 3

Mon Jul 23 #2 $3.6M −54% $33.8M 3,011 $1,197 4

Tue Jul 24 #2 $3.7M +4% $37.5M 3,011 $1,240 5

Wed Jul 25 #2 $3.1M −17% $40.6M 3,011 $1,032 6

Thu Jul 26 #2 $3.1M −2% $43.7M 3,011 $1,013 7

Fri Jul 27 #3 $5.3M +72% −52% $48.9M 3,011 $1,743 8

Sat Jul 28 #3 $6.3M +20% −43% $55.2M 3,011 $2,097 9

Sun Jul 29 #3 $4.1M −34% −47% $59.1M 3,011 $1,376 10

Mon Jul 30 #3 $1.8M −56% −49% $60.9M 3,011 $605 11

Tue Jul 31 #3 $2.1M +16% −44% $63.0M 3,011 $699 12

Wed Aug 1 #3 $1.8M −14% −42% $64.8M 3,011 $599 13

Thu Aug 2 #3 $1.8M n/c −41% $66.7M 3,011 $601 14

Fri Aug 3 #5 $2.7M +48% −49% $69.3M 3,011 $891 15

Sat Aug 4 #5 $3.4M +26% −46% $72.7M 3,011 $1,122 16

Sun Aug 5 #5 $2.1M −38% −49% $74.7M 3,011 $696 17

Mon Aug 6 #5 $1.0M −51% −44% $75.7M 3,011 $339 18

Tue Aug 7 #5 $1.1M +10% −47% $76.8M 3,011 $372 19

Wed Aug 8 #5 $1.0M −10% −44% $77.8M 3,011 $333 20

Thu Aug 9 #5 $1.0M n/c −45% $78.8M 3,011 $332 21

Fri Aug 10 #8 $1.6M +56% −42% $80.4M 2,686 $583 22

Sat Aug 11 #8 $1.8M +17% −46% $82.2M 2,686 $683 23

Sun Aug 12 #8 $1.2M −37% −45% $83.2M 2,686 $432 24

Mon Aug 13 #8 $546.2K −53% −47% $83.8M 2,686 $203 25

Tue Aug 14 #8 $617.0K +13% −45% $84.4M 2,686 $229 26

Wed Aug 15 #8 $508.2K −18% −49% $84.9M 2,686 $189 27

Thu Aug 16 #7 $583.5K +15% −42% $85.5M 2,686 $217 28

Sun Aug 19 #12 $604.0K — −48% $87.8M 1,948 $310 31

Wed Aug 22 #12 $273.0K — −46% $88.6M 1,948 $140 34

Thu Aug 23 #12 $266.0K −3% −54% $88.9M 1,948 $136 35

Sun Aug 26 #19 $214.0K — −65% $89.8M 908 $235 38

Mon Aug 27 #17 $92.0K −57% $89.9M 908 $101 39

Wed Aug 29 #17 $84.9K — −69% $90.1M 908 $93 41

Thu Aug 30 #18 $82.9K −2% −69% $90.2M 908 $91 42

Wed Sep 5 #17 $60.0K — −29% $91.6M 1,565 $38 48

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

Cumulative total$91.6M

Jul 20Jul 29Aug 7Aug 15Sep 5

Weekend grossWk 10 · $652.0K

$30.2M

$15.4M

$8.0M

$4.4M

$2.3M

$903.5K

$1.3M

$345.8K

$206.5K

$652.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,011 → 1,565 −48.0%

3,011 open1,565 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +215.8%

−49.0%

W1→2

−47.8%

W2→3

−45.2%

W3→4

−47.6%

W4→5

−60.9%

W5→6

+44.5%

W6→7

−73.5%

W7→8

−40.3%

W8→9

+215.8%

W9→10

Steepest −73.5%Biggest gain +215.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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