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George of the JungleFollow

1997 • PG • 1h 32m • Adventure, Comedy, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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53

2.83

5.6

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$105.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$174.50M

$69.20M international

Domestic legs6.4x

Budget$55M

1997 rank#12

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Cast & crew

Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser Starring

Leslie Mann

Leslie Mann Starring

Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church Starring

Holland Taylor

Holland Taylor Starring

Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree Starring

John Cleese

John Cleese Starring

ScreenplayDana Olsen, Audrey Wells Produced byDavid Hoberman, Jordan Kerner, Jon Avnet CinematographyThomas E. Ackerman Music byMarc Shaiman StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 18-20 2 $16.5M — 2,506 $6,600 $22.9M

2 Jul 25-27 2 $13.2M −20.2% 2,554 $5,167 $48.1M

3 Aug 1-3 3 $8.9M −32.7% 2,605 $3,408 $64.3M

4 Aug 8-10 4 $6.3M −28.8% 2,616 $2,414 $75.9M

5 Aug 15-17 6 $4.8M −23.8% 2,431 $1,980 $84.6M

6 Aug 22-24 9 $3.1M −34.7% 1,909 $1,647 $90.5M

7 Aug 29-Sep 1 12 $3.0M −3.6% 1,907 $1,589 $95.0M

8 Sep 5-7 12 $1.3M −57.8% 1,319 $969 $96.6M

9 Sep 12-14 10 $1.8M +38.0% 2,046 $862 $98.6M

10 Sep 19-21 14 $1.1M −39.2% 1,404 $764 $100.0M

11 Sep 26-28 15 $668.5K −37.7% 1,007 $664 $100.8M

12 Oct 3-5 20 $457.5K −31.6% 757 $604 $101.4M

13 Oct 10-12 25 $238.0K −48.0% 442 $538 $101.7M

14 Oct 17-19 35 $120.6K −49.3% 236 $511 $101.9M

15 Oct 24-26 38 $104.0K −13.8% 218 $477 $102.1M

16 Oct 31-Nov 2 40 $81.7K −21.4% 150 $545 $102.2M

17 Nov 7-9 18 $781.9K +857.0% 707 $1,106 $103.0M

18 Nov 14-16 23 $522.3K −33.2% 644 $811 $103.7M

19 Nov 21-23 23 $393.2K −24.7% 604 $651 $104.2M

20 Nov 28-30 20 $429.8K +9.3% 582 $739 $104.8M

21 Dec 5-7 24 $160.5K −62.7% 464 $346 $105.0M

22 Dec 12-14 31 $97.3K −39.4% 312 $312 $105.1M

23 Dec 19-21 38 $53.3K −45.3% 198 $269 $105.2M

24 Dec 26-28 56 $24.0K −55.0% 70 $343 $105.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jul 16 #1 $3.3M — $3.3M 2,506 $1,308 -2

Thu Jul 17 #1 $3.1M −6.6% $6.3M 2,506 $1,221 -1

Fri Jul 18 #2 $4.9M +60.7% $11.3M 2,506 $1,963 1

Sat Jul 19 #2 $6.6M +34.4% $17.9M 2,506 $2,637 2

Sun Jul 20 #2 $5.0M −24.1% $22.9M 2,506 $2,001 3

Mon Jul 21 #1 $2.7M −45.3% $25.6M 2,506 $1,094 4

Tue Jul 22 #1 $3.1M +13.6% $28.7M 2,506 $1,243 5

Wed Jul 23 #1 $3.0M −3.6% $31.7M 2,506 $1,199 6

Thu Jul 24 #1 $3.1M +4.7% $34.9M 2,506 $1,255 7

Fri Jul 25 #2 $4.0M +27.6% −18.4% $38.9M 2,554 $1,571 8

Sat Jul 26 #2 $5.1M +28.3% −22.1% $44.0M 2,554 $2,015 9

Sun Jul 27 #2 $4.0M −21.6% −19.5% $48.1M 2,554 $1,581 10

Mon Jul 28 #2 $1.9M −53.0% −30.8% $50.0M 2,554 $743 11

Tue Jul 29 #2 $2.0M +4.3% −36.5% $52.0M 2,554 $775 12

Wed Jul 30 #2 $1.8M −11.0% −41.4% $53.7M 2,554 $689 13

Thu Jul 31 #2 $1.7M −1.7% −44.9% $55.5M 2,554 $678 14

Fri Aug 1 #4 $2.6M +49.5% −35.5% $58.0M 2,605 $994 15

Sat Aug 2 #3 $3.6M +37.2% −31.0% $61.6M 2,605 $1,364 16

Sun Aug 3 #3 $2.7M −23.0% −32.2% $64.3M 2,605 $1,050 17

Mon Aug 4 #3 $1.3M −51.6% −30.2% $65.7M 2,605 $508 18

Tue Aug 5 #3 $1.5M +13.0% −24.4% $67.1M 2,605 $574 19

Wed Aug 6 #3 $1.3M −13.6% −26.6% $68.4M 2,605 $496 20

Thu Aug 7 #3 $1.2M −9.8% −32.7% $69.6M 2,605 $448 21

Fri Aug 8 #4 $1.8M +55.9% −29.8% $71.4M 2,616 $695 22

Sat Aug 9 #4 $2.6M +43.3% −26.7% $74.0M 2,616 $996 23

Sun Aug 10 #4 $1.9M −27.3% −30.8% $75.9M 2,616 $724 24

Mon Aug 11 #4 $905.6K −52.2% −31.6% $76.8M 2,616 $346 25

Tue Aug 12 #4 $1.0M +14.4% −30.8% $77.9M 2,616 $396 26

Wed Aug 13 #3 $1.1M +6.0% −15.1% $79.0M 2,616 $419 27

Thu Aug 14 #3 $806.0K −26.6% −30.9% $79.8M 2,616 $308 28

Fri Aug 15 #6 $1.3M +66.5% −26.2% $81.1M 2,431 $552 29

Sat Aug 16 #6 $2.0M +50.2% −22.6% $83.1M 2,431 $829 30

Sun Aug 17 #6 $1.5M −27.8% −23.1% $84.6M 2,431 $599 31

Mon Aug 18 #5 $643.8K −55.8% −28.9% $85.2M 2,431 $265 32

Tue Aug 19 #5 $664.5K +3.2% −35.8% $85.9M 2,431 $273 33

Wed Aug 20 #5 $765.6K +15.2% −30.2% $86.7M 2,431 $315 34

Thu Aug 21 #5 $732.4K −4.3% −9.1% $87.4M 2,431 $301 35

Fri Aug 22 #9 $935.1K +27.7% −30.3% $88.3M 1,909 $490 36

Sat Aug 23 #8 $1.3M +38.9% −35.6% $89.6M 1,909 $680 37

Sun Aug 24 #8 $910.6K −29.9% −37.4% $90.5M 1,909 $477 38

Mon Aug 25 #9 $337.1K −63.0% −47.6% $90.9M 1,909 $177 39

Tue Aug 26 #8 $400.3K +18.7% −39.8% $91.3M 1,909 $210 40

Wed Aug 27 #10 $324.4K −19.0% −57.6% $91.6M 1,909 $170 41

Thu Aug 28 #10 $350.6K +8.1% −52.1% $91.9M 1,909 $184 42

Fri Aug 29 #13 $572.5K +63.3% −38.8% $92.5M 1,907 $300 43

Sat Aug 30 #12 $911.2K +59.2% −29.8% $93.4M 1,907 $478 44

Sun Aug 31 #12 $851.3K −6.6% −6.5% $94.3M 1,907 $446 45

Mon Sep 1 #12 $695.1K −18.3% +106.2% $95.0M 1,907 $364 46

Tue Sep 2 #14 $149.7K −78.5% −62.6% $95.1M 1,907 $78 47

Wed Sep 3 #13 $114.4K −23.5% −64.7% $95.2M 1,907 $60 48

Thu Sep 4 #14 $90.4K −21.0% −74.2% $95.3M 1,907 $47 49

Fri Sep 5 #14 $272.0K +201.0% −52.5% $95.6M 1,319 $206 50

Sat Sep 6 #12 $596.0K +119.1% −34.6% $96.2M 1,319 $452 51

Sun Sep 7 #11 $409.6K −31.3% −51.9% $96.6M 1,319 $311 52

Mon Sep 8 #- $59.8K −85.4% −91.4% $96.7M 1,319 $45 53

Tue Sep 9 #- $69.4K +16.1% −53.6% $96.7M 1,319 $53 54

Wed Sep 10 #- $58.7K −15.3% −48.7% $96.8M 1,319 $45 55

Thu Sep 11 #- $57.8K −1.6% −36.1% $96.9M 1,319 $44 56

Fri Sep 12 #- $345.8K +498.4% +27.1% $97.2M 2,046 $169 57

Sat Sep 13 #10 $830.7K +140.2% +39.4% $98.0M 2,046 $406 58

Sun Sep 14 #8 $587.2K −29.3% +43.4% $98.6M 2,046 $287 59

Mon Sep 15 #- $77.9K −86.7% +30.4% $98.7M 2,046 $38 60

Tue Sep 16 #- $86.2K +10.6% +24.2% $98.8M 2,046 $42 61

Wed Sep 17 #- $79.6K −7.7% +35.5% $98.9M 2,046 $39 62

Thu Sep 18 #- $82.4K +3.6% +42.6% $98.9M 2,046 $40 63

Fri Sep 19 #- $187.7K +127.7% −45.7% $99.1M 1,404 $134 64

Sat Sep 20 #- $534.3K +184.7% −35.7% $99.7M 1,404 $381 65

Sun Sep 21 #- $351.2K −34.3% −40.2% $100.0M 1,404 $250 66

Mon Sep 22 #- $42.0K −88.1% −46.2% $100.1M 1,404 $30 67

Tue Sep 23 #- $42.4K +1.1% −50.8% $100.1M 1,404 $30 68

Wed Sep 24 #- $38.9K −8.3% −51.1% $100.1M 1,404 $28 69

Thu Sep 25 #- $42.3K +8.8% −48.7% $100.2M 1,404 $30 70

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

Cumulative total$100.2M

Jul 16Aug 3Aug 21Sep 7Sep 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.1M

$16.5M

$13.2M

$8.9M

$6.3M

$4.8M

$3.1M

$3.0M

$1.3M

$1.8M

$1.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,616 → 1,404 −46.3%

2,506 open1,404 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.2%

−20.2%

W1→2

−32.7%

W2→3

−28.8%

W3→4

−23.8%

W4→5

−34.7%

W5→6

−3.6%

W6→7

−57.8%

W7→8

+38.0%

W8→9

−39.2%

W9→10

Steepest −57.8%Biggest gain +38.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 66 days

$100M

Day 66

Sep 21

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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