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1994 • PG-13 • 1h 46m • Comedy • New Line Cinema

For Harry and Lloyd, every day is a no-brainer.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$16.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$127.30M
Final
Worldwide total
$246.50M
$119.20M international
Domestic legs7.8x
Budget$16M
1994 rank#6

Cast & crew

Full Farrelly filmography
Peter Farrelly Peter Farrelly Director Jim Carrey Jim Carrey Starring Jeff Daniels Jeff Daniels Starring Lauren Holly Lauren Holly Starring Teri Garr Teri Garr Starring
ScreenplayPeter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Bennett Yellin Produced byBrad Krevoy, Steve Stabler, Charles B. Wessler CinematographyMark Irwin Music byTodd Rundgren StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 16-18 1 $16.4M — 2,447 $6,687 $16.4M
2 Dec 23-25 1 $15.6M −4.7% 2,470 $6,310 $40.7M
3 Dec 30-Jan 1 1 $14.9M −4.2% 2,473 $6,037 $66.5M
4 Jan 6-8 1 $9.2M −38.5% 2,535 $3,620 $79.0M
5 Jan 13-15 4 $9.5M +3.3% 2,533 $3,742 $91.0M
6 Jan 20-22 3 $5.9M −37.6% 2,565 $2,304 $98.3M
7 Jan 27-29 3 $4.3M −27.6% 2,391 $1,790 $103.9M
8 Feb 3-5 5 $3.4M −21.7% 2,010 $1,668 $108.4M
9 Feb 10-12 5 $2.5M −24.2% 1,779 $1,428 $111.8M
10 Feb 17-19 11 $2.0M −19.4% 1,264 $1,620 $114.4M
11 Feb 24-26 14 $1.2M −43.1% 948 $1,229 $115.9M
12 Mar 3-5 19 $760.7K −34.7% 774 $983 $117.0M
13 Mar 10-12 16 $662.6K −12.9% 653 $1,015 $117.8M
14 Mar 17-19 21 $522.0K −21.2% 560 $932 $118.6M
15 Mar 24-26 22 $372.2K −28.7% 455 $818 $119.1M
16 Mar 31-Apr 2 15 $1.3M +250.3% 931 $1,400 $120.6M
17 Apr 7-9 14 $1.0M −20.6% 886 $1,168 $122.1M
18 Apr 14-16 15 $723.9K −30.0% 774 $935 $123.2M
19 Apr 21-23 20 $595.1K −17.8% 587 $1,014 $124.2M
20 Apr 28-30 23 $408.8K −31.3% 457 $895 $124.8M
21 May 5-7 22 $322.5K −21.1% 434 $743 $125.2M
22 May 12-14 21 $277.4K −14.0% 404 $687 $125.6M
23 May 19-21 22 $255.6K −7.8% 369 $693 $126.0M
24 May 26-28 28 $205.1K −19.8% 211 $972 $126.2M
25 Jun 2-4 31 $109.0K −46.9% 158 $690 $126.4M
26 Jun 9-11 32 $98.5K −9.6% 127 $775 $126.6M
27 Jun 16-18 35 $92.2K −6.4% 161 $573 $126.7M
28 Jun 23-25 34 $94.4K +2.4% 168 $562 $126.9M
29 Jun 30-Jul 2 39 $60.4K −36.0% 157 $385 $127.0M
30 Jul 7-9 37 $51.4K −15.0% 134 $384 $127.1M
31 Jul 14-16 47 $31.8K −38.2% 65 $489 $127.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.0M
$16.4M
$15.6M
$14.9M
$9.2M
$9.5M
$5.9M
$4.3M
$3.4M
$2.5M
$2.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.4%
−4.7%
W1→2
−4.2%
W2→3
−38.5%
W3→4
+3.3%
W4→5
−37.6%
W5→6
−27.6%
W6→7
−21.7%
W7→8
−24.2%
W8→9
−19.4%
W9→10
Steepest −38.5%Biggest gain +3.3%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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