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Chasing AmyFollow

1997 • R • 1h 51m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Miramax

It's not who you love. It's how.

🍅 86% 83% MC 71 LB 3.36 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$52K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic total
$12.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$15.20M
$3.10M international
Domestic legs7.3x from $1.6M biggest weekend
Budget$0.2M
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Cast & crew

Full Smith filmography
Kevin Smith Kevin Smith Director Ben Affleck Ben Affleck Starring Joey Lauren Adams Joey Lauren Adams Starring Jason Lee Jason Lee Starring Jason Mewes Jason Mewes Starring
ScreenplayKevin Smith Produced byScott Mosier CinematographyDavid Klein MusicDavid Pirner Prod. DesignRobert Holtzman StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 4-6 54 $52.4K — 3 $17,482 $52.4K
2 Apr 11-13 26 $302.4K +476.6% 25 $12,096 $388.8K
3 Apr 18-20 10 $1.6M +443.1% 519 $3,165 $2.2M
4 Apr 25-27 10 $1.1M −32.3% 553 $2,011 $3.9M
5 May 2-4 12 $879.3K −20.9% 530 $1,659 $5.2M
6 May 9-11 14 $585.8K −33.4% 431 $1,359 $6.1M
7 May 16-18 16 $592.2K +1.1% 494 $1,199 $7.0M
8 May 23-26 17 $520.3K −12.2% 290 $1,794 $7.9M
9 May 30-Jun 1 20 $312.7K −39.9% 220 $1,421 $8.3M
10 Jun 6-8 20 $308.6K −1.3% 228 $1,354 $8.8M
11 Jun 13-15 21 $319.9K +3.6% 263 $1,216 $9.3M
12 Jun 20-22 22 $242.9K −24.1% 192 $1,265 $9.8M
13 Jun 27-29 14 $347.5K +43.1% 366 $950 $10.3M
14 Jul 4-6 18 $218.8K −37.1% 225 $972 $10.7M
15 Jul 11-13 23 $165.0K −24.6% 159 $1,038 $11.0M
16 Jul 18-20 26 $125.0K −24.3% 108 $1,157 $11.3M
17 Jul 25-27 31 $96.2K −23.0% 86 $1,118 $11.4M
18 Aug 1-3 38 $61.9K −35.6% 57 $1,087 $11.6M
19 Aug 8-10 47 $39.7K −36.0% 46 $862 $11.6M
20 Aug 15-17 54 $24.9K −37.2% 32 $779 $11.7M
24 Sep 12-14 38 $96.3K — 233 $413 $11.8M
25 Sep 19-21 42 $60.4K −37.3% 160 $378 $11.9M
26 Sep 26-28 54 $24.4K −59.6% 64 $381 $12.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $308.6K
$52.4K
$302.4K
$1.6M
$1.1M
$879.3K
$585.8K
$592.2K
$520.3K
$312.7K
$308.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −1.3%
+476.6%
W1→2
+443.1%
W2→3
−32.3%
W3→4
−20.9%
W4→5
−33.4%
W5→6
+1.1%
W6→7
−12.2%
W7→8
−39.9%
W8→9
−1.3%
W9→10
Steepest −39.9%Biggest gain +476.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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