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Dr. DolittleFollow

1998 • PG-13 • 1h 25m • Comedy, Family, Fantasy • 20th Century Fox

He doesn't just talk to the animals!

🍅 44% 35%

46

2.73

5.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$29.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$144.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$294.20M

$150.00M international

Domestic legs5.0x

Budget$71.5M

1998 rank#6

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Cast & crew

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Betty Thomas

Betty Thomas Director

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy Starring

Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis Starring

Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt Starring

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle Starring

Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor Starring

ScreenplayNat Mauldin, Larry Levin Produced byJohn Davis, Joseph M. Singer, David T. Friendly CinematographyRussell Boyd Music byRichard Gibbs Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 26-28 1 $29.0M — 2,777 $10,448 $29.0M

2 Jul 3-5 2 $19.7M −32.2% 2,871 $6,853 $64.8M

3 Jul 10-12 4 $12.9M −34.6% 2,869 $4,489 $89.2M

4 Jul 17-19 5 $9.5M −26.4% 2,805 $3,379 $105.4M

5 Jul 24-26 6 $7.3M −23.0% 2,528 $2,887 $118.0M

6 Jul 31-Aug 2 9 $4.6M −37.1% 2,184 $2,101 $126.1M

7 Aug 7-9 11 $3.1M −33.4% 1,821 $1,677 $131.6M

8 Aug 14-16 15 $1.6M −47.2% 1,390 $1,160 $134.7M

9 Aug 21-23 19 $1.2M −27.8% 934 $1,246 $136.7M

10 Aug 28-30 19 $926.2K −20.4% 914 $1,013 $138.1M

11 Sep 4-6 18 $1.2M +25.4% 951 $1,221 $139.5M

12 Sep 11-13 20 $677.9K −41.6% 833 $814 $141.0M

13 Sep 18-20 16 $632.8K −6.7% 936 $676 $141.1M

14 Sep 25-27 16 $501.9K −20.7% 769 $653 $141.7M

15 Oct 2-4 20 $337.5K −32.8% 600 $563 $142.2M

16 Oct 9-11 21 $316.9K −6.1% 652 $486 $142.6M

17 Oct 16-18 23 $267.4K −15.6% 441 $606 $143.0M

18 Oct 23-25 29 $204.3K −23.6% 417 $490 $143.3M

19 Oct 30-Nov 1 32 $129.9K −36.4% 340 $382 $143.5M

20 Nov 6-8 36 $113.2K −12.8% 270 $419 $143.7M

21 Nov 13-15 36 $111.8K −1.2% 254 $440 $143.8M

22 Nov 20-22 42 $83.4K −25.4% 198 $421 $143.9M

23 Nov 27-29 43 $76.3K −8.6% 165 $462 $144.1M

24 Dec 4-6 53 $32.7K −57.1% 145 $226 $144.1M

25 Dec 11-13 56 $22.2K −32.1% 116 $192 $144.1M

26 Dec 18-20 64 $6.4K −71.0% 53 $122 $144.1M

28 Jan 1-3 76 $1.7K — 7 $243 $144.2M

29 Jan 8-10 71 $843 −50.4% 5 $169 $144.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 26 #1 $9.7M — $9.7M 2,777 $3,488 1

Sat Jun 27 #1 $11.2M +15.3% $20.9M 2,777 $4,022 2

Sun Jun 28 #1 $8.2M −26.2% $29.0M 2,777 $2,969 3

Mon Jun 29 #1 $4.1M −50.4% $33.1M 2,777 $1,473 4

Tue Jun 30 #1 $4.4M +6.4% $37.5M 2,777 $1,567 5

Wed Jul 1 #2 $3.7M −14.5% $41.2M 2,789 $1,334 6

Thu Jul 2 #2 $4.0M +6.7% $45.1M 2,789 $1,423 7

Fri Jul 3 #2 $7.5M +87.7% −23.1% $52.6M 2,869 $2,597 8

Sat Jul 4 #2 $5.9M −21.4% −47.6% $58.5M 2,869 $2,041 9

Sun Jul 5 #2 $6.3M +8.4% −23.0% $64.8M 2,869 $2,212 10

Mon Jul 6 #2 $2.8M −55.5% −31.0% $67.6M 2,871 $983 11

Tue Jul 7 #2 $2.9M +3.0% −33.2% $70.5M 2,871 $1,012 12

Wed Jul 8 #2 $3.1M +8.2% −15.5% $73.7M 2,871 $1,095 13

Thu Jul 9 #2 $2.6M −16.3% −33.7% $76.3M 2,871 $916 14

Fri Jul 10 #4 $3.8M +45.4% −48.7% $80.1M 2,874 $1,331 15

Sat Jul 11 #4 $5.0M +30.8% −14.5% $85.1M 2,874 $1,741 16

Sun Jul 12 #4 $3.6M −28.4% −43.5% $89.2M 2,869 $1,250 17

Mon Jul 13 #4 $1.6M −56.3% −44.4% $90.8M 2,869 $547 18

Tue Jul 14 #4 $1.8M +12.6% −39.2% $92.5M 2,869 $616 19

Wed Jul 15 #5 $1.7M −5.4% −46.9% $94.2M 2,869 $582 20

Thu Jul 16 #5 $1.7M +2.3% −35.0% $95.9M 2,869 $596 21

Fri Jul 17 #5 $2.8M +62.4% −27.5% $98.7M 2,808 $988 22

Sat Jul 18 #5 $3.7M +34.6% −25.4% $102.4M 2,808 $1,330 23

Sun Jul 19 #5 $2.8M −24.7% −21.5% $105.4M 2,808 $1,002 24

Mon Jul 20 #5 $1.3M −54.7% −18.7% $106.7M 2,805 $455 25

Tue Jul 21 #5 $1.4M +6.1% −23.4% $108.0M 2,805 $482 26

Wed Jul 22 #5 $1.3M −4.0% −22.2% $109.3M 2,805 $463 27

Thu Jul 23 #5 $1.4M +4.5% −20.5% $110.7M 2,805 $484 28

Fri Jul 24 #8 $2.0M +45.4% −28.8% $112.6M 2,528 $781 29

Sat Jul 25 #6 $2.9M +46.3% −22.6% $115.5M 2,528 $1,143 30

Sun Jul 26 #6 $2.1M −27.8% −25.8% $118.0M 2,528 $826 31

Mon Jul 27 #7 $908.5K −56.5% −28.7% $118.9M 2,509 $362 32

Tue Jul 28 #6 $989.3K +8.9% −26.9% $119.9M 2,509 $394 33

Wed Jul 29 #9 $790.5K −20.1% −39.2% $120.7M 2,509 $315 34

Thu Jul 30 #8 $884.4K +11.9% −34.9% $121.5M 2,509 $352 35

Fri Jul 31 #9 $1.4M +58.9% −28.9% $122.9M 2,180 $644 36

Sat Aug 1 #9 $1.9M +34.2% −34.8% $124.8M 2,180 $865 37

Sun Aug 2 #9 $1.3M −29.2% −36.1% $126.1M 2,184 $611 38

Mon Aug 3 #9 $602.4K −54.9% −33.7% $126.7M 2,184 $276 39

Tue Aug 4 #9 $645.3K +7.1% −34.8% $127.4M 2,184 $295 40

Wed Aug 5 #10 $589.4K −8.7% −25.4% $128.0M 2,184 $270 41

Thu Aug 6 #10 $570.3K −3.2% −35.5% $128.5M 2,184 $261 42

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

Cumulative total$128.5M

Jun 26Jul 6Jul 17Jul 27Aug 6

Weekend grossWk 10 · $926.2K

$29.0M

$19.7M

$12.9M

$9.5M

$7.3M

$4.6M

$3.1M

$1.6M

$1.2M

$926.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,874 → 2,184 −24.0%

2,777 open2,184 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.4%

−32.2%

W1→2

−34.6%

W2→3

−26.4%

W3→4

−23.0%

W4→5

−37.1%

W5→6

−33.4%

W6→7

−47.2%

W7→8

−27.8%

W8→9

−20.4%

W9→10

Steepest −47.2%Best hold −20.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 23 days

$100M

Day 23

Jul 18

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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