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Fried Green TomatoesFollow

1991 • PG-13 • 2h 10m • Comedy, Drama • Universal Pictures

The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.

🍅 77% 89% MC 64 LB 4.00 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$81.20M
Final
Domestic legs15.5x
Budget$11M
1991 rank#11
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Cast & crew

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Jon Avnet Jon Avnet Director Kathy Bates Kathy Bates Starring Jessica Tandy Jessica Tandy Starring Mary-Louise Parker Mary-Louise Parker Starring Chris O'Donnell Chris O'Donnell Starring
ScreenplayFannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski Produced byJon Avnet, Jordan Kerner CinematographyGeoffrey Simpson Music byThomas Newman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
5 Jan 24-26 2 $5.2M — 673 $7,780 $7.8M
6 Jan 31-Feb 2 2 $6.7M +27.5% 1,048 $6,370 $16.8M
7 Feb 7-9 4 $6.2M −7.8% 1,229 $5,010 $25.3M
8 Feb 14-17 3 $7.1M +14.6% 1,306 $5,405 $34.3M
9 Feb 21-23 3 $5.0M −29.1% 1,321 $3,790 $41.0M
10 Feb 28-Mar 1 4 $4.4M −12.9% 1,329 $3,280 $47.0M
11 Mar 6-8 3 $3.9M −9.8% 1,331 $2,955 $52.4M
12 Mar 13-15 5 $3.3M −15.0% 1,327 $2,520 $57.1M
13 Mar 20-22 5 $2.9M −13.4% 1,329 $2,180 $61.4M
14 Mar 27-29 7 $2.8M −2.9% 1,312 $2,145 $65.4M
15 Apr 3-5 12 $1.7M −41.1% 1,228 $1,350 $67.9M
16 Apr 10-12 11 $1.2M −29.2% 950 $1,235 $69.7M
17 Apr 17-19 12 $858.2K −26.9% 791 $1,085 $71.1M
18 Apr 24-26 11 $734.7K −14.4% 674 $1,090 $72.3M
24 Jun 5-7 10 $921.9K — 878 $1,050 $76.7M
25 Jun 12-14 11 $616.6K −33.1% 734 $840 $77.9M
26 Jun 19-21 12 $501.6K −18.6% 608 $825 $78.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.4M
$5.2M
$6.7M
$6.2M
$7.1M
$5.0M
$4.4M
W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −12.9%
+27.5%
W5→6
−7.8%
W6→7
+14.6%
W7→8
−29.1%
W8→9
−12.9%
W9→10
Steepest −29.1%Biggest gain +27.5%

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