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1998 • PG • 1h 23m • Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family • DreamWorks

See the world from a whole new perspective.

🍅 92% 52%

73

2.86

6.5

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$17.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$90.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$152.50M

$61.70M international

Domestic legs5.3x

Budget$60M

1998 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Full Darnell filmography

Eric Darnell

Eric Darnell Director

Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone Starring

Danny Glover

Danny Glover Starring

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman Starring

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken Starring

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez Starring

ScreenplayTodd Alcott, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz Produced byBrad Lewis, Aron Warner, Patty Wooton Music byHarry Gregson-Williams, John Powell StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 2-4 1 $17.2M — 2,449 $7,021 $17.2M

2 Oct 9-11 1 $14.7M −14.4% 2,813 $5,231 $35.6M

3 Oct 16-18 3 $11.2M −23.8% 2,903 $3,863 $51.4M

4 Oct 23-25 3 $8.1M −27.7% 2,929 $2,770 $61.7M

5 Oct 30-Nov 1 4 $4.5M −44.4% 2,929 $1,540 $67.8M

6 Nov 6-8 4 $5.6M +23.3% 2,604 $2,137 $75.0M

7 Nov 13-15 5 $4.0M −27.8% 2,351 $1,709 $81.1M

8 Nov 20-22 8 $2.3M −42.1% 2,002 $1,162 $84.2M

9 Nov 27-29 17 $952.9K −59.0% 1,280 $744 $85.7M

10 Dec 4-6 22 $300.6K −68.5% 920 $327 $86.2M

11 Dec 11-13 28 $180.8K −39.8% 575 $314 $86.4M

12 Dec 18-20 16 $487.3K +169.5% 902 $540 $87.0M

13 Dec 25-27 19 $552.4K +13.4% 853 $648 $88.0M

14 Jan 1-3 19 $546.0K −1.2% 775 $705 $89.2M

15 Jan 8-10 21 $332.0K −39.2% 565 $588 $89.7M

16 Jan 15-17 29 $315.9K −4.9% 424 $745 $90.1M

17 Jan 22-24 33 $174.7K −44.7% 382 $457 $90.3M

18 Jan 29-31 36 $144.5K −17.3% 345 $419 $90.5M

19 Feb 5-7 37 $126.9K −12.2% 282 $450 $90.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 2 #2 $4.2M — $4.2M 2,449 $1,717 1

Sat Oct 3 #1 $7.5M +79.3% $11.7M 2,449 $3,079 2

Sun Oct 4 #1 $5.5M −27.7% $17.2M 2,449 $2,226 3

Mon Oct 5 #2 $958.1K −82.4% $18.2M 2,449 $391 4

Tue Oct 6 #2 $954.7K −0.4% $19.1M 2,449 $390 5

Wed Oct 7 #2 $854.3K −10.5% $20.0M 2,449 $349 6

Thu Oct 8 #2 $945.5K +10.7% $20.9M 2,449 $386 7

Fri Oct 9 #1 $3.4M +260.1% −19.0% $24.3M 2,813 $1,210 8

Sat Oct 10 #1 $6.4M +87.2% −15.5% $30.7M 2,813 $2,266 9

Sun Oct 11 #1 $4.9M −22.6% −9.5% $35.6M 2,813 $1,754 10

Mon Oct 12 #1 $2.4M −51.3% +150.7% $38.0M 2,813 $854 11

Tue Oct 13 #2 $770.3K −67.9% −19.3% $38.8M 2,813 $274 12

Wed Oct 14 #2 $681.4K −11.5% −20.2% $39.5M 2,813 $242 13

Thu Oct 15 #1 $757.3K +11.1% −19.9% $40.2M 2,813 $269 14

Fri Oct 16 #3 $2.7M +257.8% −20.4% $42.9M 2,903 $934 15

Sat Oct 17 #2 $5.1M +87.6% −20.2% $48.0M 2,903 $1,752 16

Sun Oct 18 #1 $3.4M −32.8% −30.7% $51.4M 2,411 $1,418 17

Mon Oct 19 #4 $555.6K −83.7% −76.9% $52.0M 2,903 $191 18

Tue Oct 20 #4 $566.8K +2.0% −26.4% $52.6M 2,903 $195 19

Wed Oct 21 #4 $486.2K −14.2% −28.6% $53.1M 2,903 $167 20

Thu Oct 22 #2 $561.4K +15.5% −25.9% $53.6M 2,903 $193 21

Fri Oct 23 #5 $1.9M +247.3% −28.0% $55.6M 2,929 $666 22

Sat Oct 24 #3 $3.7M +91.8% −26.5% $59.3M 2,929 $1,277 23

Sun Oct 25 #1 $2.3M −37.2% −31.3% $61.7M 2,929 $802 24

Mon Oct 26 #4 $405.7K −82.7% −27.0% $62.1M 2,929 $139 25

Tue Oct 27 #4 $410.2K +1.1% −27.6% $62.5M 2,929 $140 26

Wed Oct 28 #4 $353.9K −13.7% −27.2% $62.9M 2,929 $121 27

Sun Nov 1 #3 $1.9M — −17.9% $67.8M 2,929 $659 31

Mon Nov 2 #4 $362.1K −81.2% −10.7% $68.2M 2,929 $124 32

Tue Nov 3 #3 $579.9K +60.1% +41.4% $68.7M 2,929 $198 33

Wed Nov 4 #5 $327.4K −43.5% −7.5% $69.1M 2,929 $112 34

Thu Nov 5 #5 $372.6K +13.8% $69.4M 2,929 $127 35

Fri Nov 6 #8 $1.2M +222.1% $70.6M 2,604 $461 36

Sat Nov 7 #4 $2.4M +103.3% $73.1M 2,604 $937 37

Sun Nov 8 #3 $1.7M −28.8% −10.0% $75.0M 2,604 $667 38

Mon Nov 9 #6 $253.1K −85.4% −30.1% $75.3M 2,604 $97 39

Tue Nov 10 #8 $346.6K +37.0% −40.2% $75.6M 2,604 $133 40

Wed Nov 11 #3 $1.2M +241.0% +261.0% $76.8M 2,604 $454 41

Thu Nov 12 #5 $303.6K −74.3% −18.5% $77.1M 2,604 $117 42

Fri Nov 13 #7 $915.0K +201.4% −23.8% $78.0M 2,351 $389 43

Sat Nov 14 #5 $1.9M +102.7% −24.0% $79.9M 2,351 $789 44

Sun Nov 15 #5 $1.2M −34.7% −30.3% $81.1M 2,351 $515 45

Mon Nov 16 #6 $170.6K −85.9% −32.6% $81.3M 2,351 $73 46

Tue Nov 17 #7 $189.3K +10.9% −45.4% $81.5M 2,351 $81 47

Wed Nov 18 #6 $192.3K +1.6% −83.7% $81.7M 2,351 $82 48

Thu Nov 19 #6 $193.8K +0.8% −36.2% $81.8M 2,351 $82 49

Fri Nov 20 #10 $470.0K +142.6% −48.6% $82.3M 2,002 $235 50

Sat Nov 21 #9 $1.1M +123.4% −43.4% $83.4M 2,002 $524 51

Sun Nov 22 #7 $721.0K −31.3% −40.5% $84.2M 2,002 $360 52

Mon Nov 23 #8 $138.7K −80.8% −18.7% $84.3M 2,002 $69 53

Tue Nov 24 #8 $185.0K +33.3% −2.3% $84.5M 2,002 $92 54

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

Cumulative total$84.5M

Oct 2Oct 15Oct 27Nov 12Nov 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $300.6K

$17.2M

$14.7M

$11.2M

$8.1M

$4.5M

$5.6M

$4.0M

$2.3M

$952.9K

$300.6K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,929 → 2,002 −31.6%

2,449 open2,002 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −68.5%

−14.4%

W1→2

−23.8%

W2→3

−27.7%

W3→4

−44.4%

W4→5

+23.3%

W5→6

−27.8%

W6→7

−42.1%

W7→8

−59.0%

W8→9

−68.5%

W9→10

Steepest −68.5%Biggest gain +23.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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