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1999 • PG-13 • 1h 37m • Comedy • Universal Pictures

The con is on.

🍅 83% 61%

73

3.38

6.5

CS B-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$66.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$98.70M

$32.20M international

Domestic legs3.7x

Budget$55M

1999 rank#35

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Cast & crew

Full Oz filmography

Frank Oz

Frank Oz Director

Steve Martin

Steve Martin Starring

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy Starring

Heather Graham

Heather Graham Starring

Christine Baranski

Christine Baranski Starring

Jamie Kennedy

Jamie Kennedy Starring

ScreenplaySteve Martin Produced byBrian Grazer CinematographyUeli Steiger Music byDavid Newman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 13-15 2 $18.1M — 2,706 $6,675 $18.1M

2 Aug 20-22 2 $10.6M −41.3% 2,717 $3,905 $35.8M

3 Aug 27-29 4 $6.6M −37.9% 2,732 $2,410 $46.4M

4 Sep 3-6 4 $7.4M +12.2% 2,702 $2,735 $55.9M

5 Sep 10-12 5 $3.6M −51.2% 2,390 $1,508 $60.4M

6 Sep 17-19 8 $1.7M −52.5% 2,063 $830 $63.0M

7 Sep 24-26 13 $785.9K −54.1% 1,299 $605 $64.3M

8 Oct 1-3 18 $308.6K −60.7% 643 $480 $64.9M

9 Oct 8-10 24 $217.7K −29.5% 431 $505 $65.2M

10 Oct 15-17 29 $165.8K −23.8% 335 $495 $65.4M

11 Oct 22-24 40 $124.6K −24.9% 235 $530 $65.6M

12 Oct 29-31 39 $104.9K −15.8% 228 $460 $65.8M

13 Nov 5-7 35 $139.9K +33.4% 264 $530 $66.0M

14 Nov 12-14 41 $107.2K −23.4% 228 $470 $66.1M

15 Nov 19-21 39 $100.4K −6.3% 207 $485 $66.3M

16 Nov 26-28 55 $57.2K −43.0% 118 $485 $66.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 13 #2 $5.8M — $5.8M 2,700 $2,159 1

Sat Aug 14 #2 $7.2M +24.2% $13.1M 2,700 $2,681 2

Sun Aug 15 #2 $5.1M −30.1% $18.1M 2,706 $1,870 3

Mon Aug 16 #2 $1.9M −63.4% $19.9M 2,706 $685 4

Tue Aug 17 #2 $2.0M +6.6% $21.9M 2,706 $730 5

Wed Aug 18 #2 $1.7M −13.7% $23.6M 2,706 $630 6

Thu Aug 19 #2 $1.6M −6.3% $25.2M 2,706 $590 7

Fri Aug 20 #2 $3.5M +119.1% −40.0% $28.7M 2,706 $1,293 8

Sat Aug 21 #3 $4.2M +19.8% −42.1% $32.9M 2,706 $1,549 9

Sun Aug 22 #2 $2.9M −30.3% −42.3% $35.8M 2,717 $1,075 10

Mon Aug 23 #2 $1.0M −64.7% −44.3% $36.8M 2,717 $380 11

Tue Aug 24 #3 $1.1M +9.2% −42.9% $38.0M 2,717 $415 12

Wed Aug 25 #4 $937.4K −16.9% −45.0% $38.9M 2,717 $345 13

Thu Aug 26 #4 $919.9K −1.9% −42.4% $39.8M 2,717 $339 14

Fri Aug 27 #4 $2.1M +125.0% −40.8% $41.9M 2,727 $759 15

Sat Aug 28 #4 $2.9M +39.4% −31.2% $44.8M 2,727 $1,058 16

Sun Aug 29 #3 $1.7M −39.4% −40.2% $46.4M 2,732 $640 17

Mon Aug 30 #4 $587.4K −66.4% −43.1% $47.0M 2,732 $215 18

Tue Aug 31 #5 $614.8K +4.7% −45.5% $47.6M 2,732 $225 19

Wed Sep 1 #5 $464.0K −24.5% −50.5% $48.1M 2,732 $170 20

Thu Sep 2 #4 $515.6K +11.1% −43.9% $48.6M 2,732 $189 21

Fri Sep 3 #4 $1.4M +172.7% −32.1% $50.0M 2,704 $520 22

Sat Sep 4 #4 $2.2M +58.5% −22.8% $52.2M 2,704 $824 23

Sun Sep 5 #4 $2.3M +3.0% +31.3% $54.5M 2,700 $850 24

Mon Sep 6 #4 $1.6M −31.7% +166.8% $55.9M 2,702 $580 25

Tue Sep 7 #6 $364.8K −76.7% −40.7% $56.2M 2,702 $135 26

Wed Sep 8 #6 $297.2K −18.5% −35.9% $56.5M 2,702 $110 27

Thu Sep 9 #6 $270.2K −9.1% −47.6% $56.8M 2,702 $100 28

Fri Sep 10 #5 $860.0K +218.3% −38.8% $57.7M 2,702 $318 29

Sat Sep 11 #4 $2.0M +127.3% −12.3% $59.7M 2,390 $818 30

Sun Sep 12 #6 $736.0K −62.4% −67.9% $60.4M 2,452 $300 31

Mon Sep 13 #7 $183.9K −75.0% −88.3% $60.6M 2,452 $75 32

Tue Sep 14 #7 $220.7K +20.0% −39.5% $60.8M 2,452 $90 33

Wed Sep 15 #7 $232.9K +5.6% −21.6% $61.0M 2,452 $95 34

Thu Sep 16 #7 $233.0K +0.0% −13.8% $61.3M 2,452 $95 35

Fri Sep 17 #8 $541.0K +132.2% −37.1% $61.8M 2,049 $264 36

Sat Sep 18 #8 $753.0K +39.2% −61.5% $62.6M 2,049 $367 37

Sun Sep 19 #9 $423.0K −43.8% −42.5% $63.0M 2,049 $206 38

Mon Sep 20 #10 $140.8K −66.7% −23.5% $63.1M 2,063 $68 39

Tue Sep 21 #9 $144.5K +2.7% −34.5% $63.3M 2,063 $70 40

Wed Sep 22 #10 $123.8K −14.4% −46.9% $63.4M 2,063 $60 41

Thu Sep 23 #9 $123.3K −0.4% −47.1% $63.5M 2,063 $60 42

Fri Sep 24 #12 $212.0K +71.9% −60.8% $63.7M 1,262 $168 43

Sat Sep 25 #12 $364.0K +71.7% −51.7% $64.1M 1,262 $288 44

Sun Sep 26 #14 $182.0K −50.0% −57.0% $64.3M 1,299 $140 45

Mon Sep 27 #13 $65.0K −64.3% −53.9% $64.4M 1,299 $50 46

Tue Sep 28 #13 $71.4K +10.0% −50.6% $64.4M 1,299 $55 47

Wed Sep 29 #14 $58.5K −18.2% −52.8% $64.5M 1,299 $45 48

Thu Sep 30 #14 $58.5K +0.1% −52.6% $64.6M 1,299 $45 49

Fri Oct 1 #17 $85.0K +45.3% −59.9% $64.7M 639 $133 50

Sat Oct 2 #17 $140.0K +64.7% −61.5% $64.8M 639 $219 51

Sun Oct 3 #18 $71.0K −49.3% −61.0% $64.9M 643 $110 52

Mon Oct 4 #18 $22.5K −68.3% −65.4% $64.9M 643 $35 53

Tue Oct 5 #20 $25.7K +14.3% −64.0% $64.9M 643 $40 54

Wed Oct 6 #18 $25.7K −0.1% −56.0% $64.9M 643 $40 55

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

Cumulative total$64.9M

Aug 13Aug 27Sep 9Sep 23Oct 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $165.8K

$18.1M

$10.6M

$6.6M

$7.4M

$3.6M

$1.7M

$785.9K

$308.6K

$217.7K

$165.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,732 → 643 −76.5%

2,700 open643 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −23.8%

−41.3%

W1→2

−37.9%

W2→3

+12.2%

W3→4

−51.2%

W4→5

−52.5%

W5→6

−54.1%

W6→7

−60.7%

W7→8

−29.5%

W8→9

−23.8%

W9→10

Steepest −60.7%Biggest gain +12.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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