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1999 • PG-13 • 1h 45m • Comedy, Romance • DreamWorks

He went from the eye of the storm, into the arms of a hurricane.

🍅 45% 34%

46

2.51

5.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$53.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$94.00M

$41.00M international

Domestic legs3.9x

Budget$75M

1999 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock Starring

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck Starring

Maura Tierney

Maura Tierney Starring

Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn Starring

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner Starring

Ronny Cox

Ronny Cox Starring

ScreenplayMarc Lawrence Produced bySusan Arnold, Ian Bryce, Donna Arkoff Roth CinematographyElliot Davis Music byJohn Powell StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 19-21 1 $13.5M — 2,058 $6,565 $13.5M

2 Mar 26-28 1 $9.4M −30.1% 2,224 $4,244 $26.8M

3 Apr 2-4 5 $6.2M −34.3% 2,278 $2,722 $36.5M

4 Apr 9-11 7 $3.5M −43.0% 2,335 $1,515 $42.4M

5 Apr 16-18 8 $2.5M −30.3% 2,214 $1,113 $45.8M

6 Apr 23-25 10 $1.6M −34.1% 1,950 $833 $48.1M

7 Apr 30-May 2 13 $875.1K −46.1% 1,508 $580 $49.5M

8 May 7-9 16 $563.2K −35.6% 1,117 $504 $50.3M

9 May 14-16 17 $452.0K −19.7% 861 $525 $51.0M

10 May 21-23 19 $283.8K −37.2% 558 $509 $51.4M

11 May 28-30 30 $189.3K −33.3% 390 $485 $51.7M

12 Jun 4-6 34 $112.2K −40.7% 276 $407 $51.9M

13 Jun 11-13 20 $280.3K +149.8% 588 $477 $52.2M

14 Jun 18-20 28 $164.2K −41.4% 490 $335 $52.5M

15 Jun 25-27 35 $103.2K −37.1% 336 $307 $52.8M

16 Jul 2-4 50 $51.4K −50.2% 159 $323 $52.9M

17 Jul 9-11 67 $21.9K −57.3% 59 $372 $52.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 19 #1 $4.8M — $4.8M 2,058 $2,357 1

Sat Mar 20 #2 $5.8M +19.7% $10.7M 2,058 $2,821 2

Sun Mar 21 #1 $2.8M −51.4% $13.5M 2,058 $1,372 3

Mon Mar 22 #1 $886.4K −68.6% $14.4M 2,058 $431 4

Tue Mar 23 #1 $1.1M +26.0% $15.5M 2,058 $543 5

Wed Mar 24 #1 $906.2K −18.8% $16.4M 2,058 $440 6

Thu Mar 25 #1 $946.8K +4.5% $17.4M 2,058 $460 7

Fri Mar 26 #1 $3.0M +217.9% −37.9% $20.4M 2,224 $1,353 8

Sat Mar 27 #1 $4.0M +33.9% −30.6% $24.4M 2,224 $1,812 9

Sun Mar 28 #2 $2.2M −44.8% −21.3% $26.8M 2,224 $1,000 10

Mon Mar 29 #1 $705.8K −68.3% −20.4% $27.5M 2,224 $317 11

Tue Mar 30 #1 $916.5K +29.9% −17.9% $28.4M 2,224 $412 12

Wed Mar 31 #3 $749.6K −18.2% −17.3% $29.2M 2,224 $337 13

Thu Apr 1 #3 $1.1M +44.1% +14.1% $30.3M 2,224 $486 14

Fri Apr 2 #4 $2.4M +118.1% −21.8% $32.6M 2,278 $1,034 15

Sat Apr 3 #5 $2.5M +7.6% −37.1% $35.1M 2,278 $1,113 16

Sun Apr 4 #5 $1.4M −45.9% −38.3% $36.5M 2,278 $602 17

Mon Apr 5 #5 $675.4K −50.8% −4.3% $37.1M 2,278 $296 18

Tue Apr 6 #4 $645.3K −4.5% −29.6% $37.8M 2,278 $283 19

Wed Apr 7 #5 $542.1K −16.0% −27.7% $38.3M 2,278 $238 20

Thu Apr 8 #5 $526.3K −2.9% −51.3% $38.9M 2,278 $231 21

Fri Apr 9 #7 $1.2M +125.1% −49.7% $40.0M 2,335 $507 22

Sat Apr 10 #7 $1.6M +31.6% −38.5% $41.6M 2,335 $668 23

Sun Apr 11 #8 $810.0K −48.1% −41.0% $42.4M 2,335 $347 24

Mon Apr 12 #7 $206.9K −74.5% −69.4% $42.6M 2,335 $89 25

Tue Apr 13 #7 $261.3K +26.3% −59.5% $42.9M 2,335 $112 26

Wed Apr 14 #6 $219.6K −16.0% −59.5% $43.1M 2,335 $94 27

Thu Apr 15 #7 $241.2K +9.8% −54.2% $43.3M 2,335 $103 28

Fri Apr 16 #8 $780.0K +223.4% −34.2% $44.1M 2,214 $352 29

Sat Apr 17 #8 $1.1M +45.5% −27.2% $45.2M 2,214 $513 30

Sun Apr 18 #8 $553.0K −51.3% −31.7% $45.8M 2,214 $250 31

Mon Apr 19 #8 $156.8K −71.6% −24.2% $45.9M 2,214 $71 32

Tue Apr 20 #7 $201.4K +28.4% −22.9% $46.1M 2,214 $91 33

Wed Apr 21 #8 $171.6K −14.8% −21.9% $46.3M 2,214 $78 34

Thu Apr 22 #8 $184.6K +7.6% −23.4% $46.5M 2,214 $83 35

Fri Apr 23 #10 $535.0K +189.8% −31.4% $47.1M 1,950 $274 36

Sat Apr 24 #10 $735.0K +37.4% −35.2% $47.8M 1,950 $377 37

Sun Apr 25 #10 $353.0K −52.0% −36.2% $48.1M 1,950 $181 38

Mon Apr 26 #10 $101.3K −71.3% −35.4% $48.2M 1,950 $52 39

Tue Apr 27 #11 $140.2K +38.4% −30.4% $48.4M 1,950 $72 40

Wed Apr 28 #10 $119.0K −15.2% −30.7% $48.5M 1,950 $61 41

Thu Apr 29 #10 $122.9K +3.3% −33.4% $48.6M 1,950 $63 42

Sun May 2 #15 $180.0K — −49.0% $49.5M 1,508 $119 45

Mon May 3 #15 $58.6K −67.4% −42.1% $49.5M 1,508 $39 46

Tue May 4 #16 $76.4K +30.4% −45.5% $49.6M 1,508 $51 47

Wed May 5 #15 $67.8K −11.3% −43.0% $49.7M 1,508 $45 48

Thu May 6 #15 $73.6K +8.6% −40.1% $49.8M 1,508 $49 49

Sun May 9 #15 $126.0K — −30.0% $50.3M 1,117 $113 52

Mon May 10 #16 $43.3K −65.6% −26.2% $50.4M 1,117 $39 53

Tue May 11 #15 $53.7K +24.0% −29.7% $50.4M 1,117 $48 54

Wed May 12 #17 $49.6K −7.6% −26.8% $50.5M 1,117 $44 55

Thu May 13 #17 $54.0K +8.9% −26.6% $50.5M 1,117 $48 56

Sun May 16 #18 $95.0K — −24.6% $51.0M 861 $110 59

Mon May 17 #18 $37.4K −60.6% −13.6% $51.0M 861 $43 60

Tue May 18 #18 $36.4K −2.7% −32.2% $51.1M 861 $42 61

Wed May 19 #18 $28.6K −21.5% −42.4% $51.1M 861 $33 62

Sun May 23 #18 $64.0K — −32.6% $51.4M 558 $115 66

Mon May 24 #18 $21.9K −65.8% −41.5% $51.4M 558 $39 67

Tue May 25 #17 $27.4K +25.1% −24.9% $51.4M 558 $49 68

Wed May 26 #17 $25.5K −6.8% −10.8% $51.5M 558 $46 69

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

Cumulative total$51.5M

Mar 19Apr 3Apr 18May 4May 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $283.8K

$13.5M

$9.4M

$6.2M

$3.5M

$2.5M

$1.6M

$875.1K

$563.2K

$452.0K

$283.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,335 → 558 −76.1%

2,058 open558 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.2%

−30.1%

W1→2

−34.3%

W2→3

−43.0%

W3→4

−30.3%

W4→5

−34.1%

W5→6

−46.1%

W6→7

−35.6%

W7→8

−19.7%

W8→9

−37.2%

W9→10

Steepest −46.1%Best hold −19.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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