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1995 • G • 1h 31m • Comedy, Drama, Family • Universal

A little pig goes a long way.

🍅 98% 68% MC 83 LB 3.46 IMDb 6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$8.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$63.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$246.00M
$182.00M international
Domestic legs7.3x
Budget$30.0M
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Cast & crew

James Cromwell James Cromwell Starring Miriam Margolyes Miriam Margolyes Starring Hugo Weaving Hugo Weaving Starring
ScreenplayGeorge Miller, Chris Noonan Produced byGeorge Miller, Doug Mitchell, Bill Miller CinematographyAndrew Lesnie Music byNigel Westlake StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 4-6 3 $8.7M — 1,591 $5,495 $8.7M
2 Aug 11-13 5 $6.7M −23.1% 1,787 $3,760 $20.7M
3 Aug 18-20 6 $5.1M −23.4% 1,790 $2,875 $30.2M
4 Aug 25-27 7 $3.7M −28.2% 1,780 $2,075 $36.8M
5 Sep 1-4 Labor Day 6 $4.6M +23.5% 1,775 $2,570 $43.2M
6 Sep 8-10 11 $2.1M −53.4% 1,716 $1,240 $45.9M
7 Sep 15-17 9 $1.9M −12.8% 1,635 $1,135 $48.1M
8 Sep 22-24 9 $1.5M −19.8% 1,551 $960 $50.0M
9 Sep 29-Oct 1 14 $903.8K −39.3% 1,349 $670 $51.2M
10 Oct 6-8 15 $630.7K −30.2% 1,025 $615 $52.1M
11 Oct 13-15 19 $503.2K −20.2% 751 $670 $52.8M
12 Oct 20-22 20 $413.9K −17.7% 604 $685 $53.3M
13 Oct 27-29 28 $243.6K −41.1% 464 $525 $53.7M
14 Nov 3-5 25 $272.7K +11.9% 384 $710 $54.0M
15 Nov 10-12 26 $248.7K −8.8% 307 $810 $54.3M
16 Nov 17-19 15 $548.5K +120.6% 831 $660 $54.9M
17 Nov 24-26 18 $501.4K −8.6% 754 $665 $55.7M
18 Dec 1-3 24 $206.8K −58.8% 517 $400 $56.0M
19 Dec 8-10 26 $128.6K −37.8% 343 $375 $56.2M
20 Dec 15-17 30 $88.6K −31.1% 328 $270 $56.3M
21 Dec 22-25 Christmas 32 $89.3K +0.9% 235 $380 $56.5M
22 Dec 29-Jan 1 New Year's 32 $171.1K +91.5% 190 $900 $56.8M
23 Jan 5-7 35 $116.1K −32.1% 159 $730 $57.0M
24 Jan 12-15 MLK Day 41 $138.9K +19.7% 151 $920 $57.1M
25 Jan 19-21 35 $118.3K −14.8% 161 $735 $57.3M
26 Jan 26-28 32 $256.9K +117.1% 247 $1,040 $57.6M
27 Feb 2-4 28 $272.7K +6.2% 266 $1,025 $57.9M
28 Feb 9-11 33 $202.9K −25.6% 276 $735 $58.1M
29 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 19 $838.4K +313.2% 486 $1,725 $59.1M
30 Feb 23-25 18 $742.9K −11.4% 614 $1,210 $60.0M
31 Mar 1-3 20 $662.7K −10.8% 608 $1,090 $60.9M
32 Mar 8-10 22 $538.5K −18.7% 595 $905 $61.6M
33 Mar 15-17 24 $408.2K −24.2% 567 $720 $62.2M
34 Mar 22-24 23 $393.4K −3.6% 447 $880 $62.7M
35 Mar 29-31 25 $289.1K −26.5% 419 $690 $63.2M
36 Apr 5-7 32 $141.0K −51.2% 324 $435 $63.5M
37 Apr 12-14 37 $96.0K −31.9% 198 $485 $63.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $630.7K
$8.7M
$6.7M
$5.1M
$3.7M
$4.6M
$2.1M
$1.9M
$1.5M
$903.8K
$630.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.2%
−23.1%
W1→2
−23.4%
W2→3
−28.2%
W3→4
+23.5%
W4→5
−53.4%
W5→6
−12.8%
W6→7
−19.8%
W7→8
−39.3%
W8→9
−30.2%
W9→10
Steepest −53.4%Biggest gain +23.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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