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1999 • PG-13 • 1h 33m • Comedy, Drama • Sony Pictures

Nature called. Look who answered.

🍅 39% 74%

42

3.28

6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$41.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$163.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$228.60M

$65.20M international

Domestic legs3.9x

Budget$30M

1999 rank#7

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Cast & crew

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler Starring

Joey Lauren Adams

Joey Lauren Adams Starring

Josh Mostel

Josh Mostel Starring

Leslie Mann

Leslie Mann Starring

ScreenplaySteve Franks, Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler Produced bySidney Ganis, Jack Giarraputo CinematographyTheo van de Sande Music byTeddy Castellucci StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 25-27 1 $41.5M — 3,027 $13,722 $41.5M

2 Jul 2-4 2 $26.8M −35.4% 3,121 $8,597 $90.5M

3 Jul 9-11 3 $16.0M −40.3% 3,254 $4,926 $116.5M

4 Jul 16-18 4 $10.4M −35.0% 3,254 $3,201 $134.5M

5 Jul 23-25 5 $6.0M −42.3% 2,904 $2,068 $146.0M

6 Jul 30-Aug 1 8 $3.6M −40.7% 2,288 $1,555 $152.7M

7 Aug 6-8 15 $1.5M −57.8% 1,518 $990 $156.1M

8 Aug 13-15 18 $782.3K −47.9% 1,011 $774 $157.7M

9 Aug 20-22 20 $644.6K −17.6% 628 $1,026 $158.7M

10 Aug 27-29 17 $1.1M +71.1% 754 $1,463 $160.1M

11 Sep 3-5 24 $878.6K −20.3% 682 $1,288 $161.5M

12 Sep 10-12 25 $353.4K −59.8% 427 $828 $162.0M

13 Sep 17-19 27 $284.9K −19.4% 373 $764 $162.4M

14 Sep 24-26 21 $275.0K −3.5% 337 $816 $162.8M

15 Oct 1-3 26 $184.7K −32.8% 318 $581 $163.0M

16 Oct 8-10 33 $135.1K −26.8% 187 $723 $163.2M

17 Oct 15-17 40 $92.0K −31.9% 157 $586 $163.3M

18 Oct 22-24 51 $60.5K −34.3% 132 $458 $163.4M

19 Oct 29-31 59 $30.8K −49.0% 88 $350 $163.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 25 #1 $14.5M — $14.5M 3,027 $4,790 1

Sat Jun 26 #1 $14.5M — $29.0M 3,027 $4,797 2

Sun Jun 27 #1 $12.3M −15% $41.5M 3,027 $4,067 3

Mon Jun 28 #1 $6.3M −49% $47.9M 3,027 $2,093 4

Tue Jun 29 #1 $6.0M −5% $53.9M 3,027 $1,988 5

Wed Jun 30 #3 $4.7M −22% $58.6M 3,027 $1,560 6

Thu Jul 1 #2 $5.1M +7% $63.7M 3,027 $1,673 7

Fri Jul 2 #2 $7.4M +46% −49% $71.1M 3,121 $2,374 8

Sat Jul 3 #2 $7.9M +6% −46% $79.0M 3,121 $2,525 9

Sun Jul 4 #2 $4.9M −38% −60% $83.9M 3,121 $1,578 10

Mon Jul 5 #2 $6.8M +38% +8% $90.5M 3,121 $2,184 11

Tue Jul 6 #2 $3.8M −45% −38% $94.3M 3,121 $1,204 12

Wed Jul 7 #2 $3.1M −17% −34% $97.4M 3,121 $1,000 13

Thu Jul 8 #1 $3.1M −2% −40% $100.4M 3,121 $980 14

Fri Jul 9 #2 $5.2M +69% −30% $105.6M 3,121 $1,661 15

Sat Jul 10 #3 $6.3M +22% −20% $112.0M 3,254 $1,941 16

Sun Jul 11 #3 $4.5M −29% −9% $116.5M 3,254 $1,371 17

Mon Jul 12 #2 $2.0M −56% −71% $118.4M 3,254 $604 18

Tue Jul 13 #2 $2.1M +5% −45% $120.5M 3,254 $631 19

Wed Jul 14 #2 $1.8M −11% −42% $122.3M 3,254 $560 20

Thu Jul 15 #3 $1.7M −4% −43% $124.1M 3,254 $535 21

Fri Jul 16 #4 $3.5M +99% −33% $127.5M 3,254 $1,066 22

Sat Jul 17 #3 $4.4M +28% −30% $132.0M 3,254 $1,360 23

Sun Jul 18 #4 $3.0M −32% −32% $134.5M 3,254 $929 24

Mon Jul 19 #3 $1.4M −52% −27% $135.9M 3,254 $442 25

Tue Jul 20 #3 $1.5M +3% −28% $137.4M 3,254 $457 26

Wed Jul 21 #3 $1.3M −12% −28% $138.7M 3,254 $402 27

Thu Jul 22 #3 $1.3M −1% −26% $140.0M 3,254 $397 28

Fri Jul 23 #5 $1.7M +33% −51% $141.7M 2,904 $591 29

Sat Jul 24 #5 $2.3M +35% −48% $144.0M 2,904 $795 30

Sun Jul 25 #5 $1.7M −25% −43% $146.0M 2,904 $597 31

Mon Jul 26 #5 $797.0K −54% −45% $146.8M 2,904 $274 32

Tue Jul 27 #5 $853.5K +7% −43% $147.7M 2,904 $294 33

Wed Jul 28 #6 $707.8K −17% −46% $148.4M 2,904 $244 34

Thu Jul 29 #6 $733.5K +4% −43% $149.1M 2,904 $253 35

Fri Jul 30 #8 $1.0M +38% −41% $150.1M 2,288 $444 36

Sat Jul 31 #9 $1.4M +38% −39% $151.5M 2,288 $614 37

Sun Aug 1 #9 $1.0M −29% −42% $152.7M 2,288 $437 38

Mon Aug 2 #8 $481.1K −52% −40% $153.1M 2,288 $210 39

Tue Aug 3 #9 $492.7K +2% −42% $153.6M 2,288 $215 40

Wed Aug 4 #10 $467.4K −5% −34% $154.1M 2,288 $204 41

Thu Aug 5 #10 $462.0K −1% −37% $154.6M 2,288 $202 42

Fri Aug 6 #14 $420.0K −9% −59% $155.0M 1,518 $277 43

Sat Aug 7 #15 $585.0K +39% −58% $155.6M 1,518 $385 44

Sun Aug 8 #14 $485.0K −17% −52% $156.1M 1,518 $319 45

Mon Aug 9 #14 $202.1K −58% −58% $156.3M 1,518 $133 46

Tue Aug 10 #14 $230.1K +14% −53% $156.5M 1,518 $152 47

Wed Aug 11 #14 $214.9K −7% −54% $156.7M 1,518 $142 48

Thu Aug 12 #14 $204.7K −5% −56% $156.9M 1,518 $135 49

Sun Aug 15 #18 $223.0K — −54% $157.7M 1,011 $221 52

Mon Aug 16 #18 $88.4K −60% −56% $157.8M 1,011 $87 53

Tue Aug 17 #18 $98.7K +12% −57% $157.9M 1,011 $98 54

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

Cumulative total$157.9M

Jun 25Jul 8Jul 21Aug 2Aug 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M

$41.5M

$26.8M

$16.0M

$10.4M

$6.0M

$3.6M

$1.5M

$782.3K

$644.6K

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,254 → 1,011 −68.9%

3,027 open1,011 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +71.1%

−35.4%

W1→2

−40.3%

W2→3

−35.0%

W3→4

−42.3%

W4→5

−40.7%

W5→6

−57.8%

W6→7

−47.9%

W7→8

−17.6%

W8→9

+71.1%

W9→10

Steepest −57.8%Biggest gain +71.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 14 days

$100M

Day 14

Jul 8

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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