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1997 • G • 1h 33m • Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical • Walt Disney Pictures

The man. The myth. The movie.

🍅 83% 76%

74

3.85

7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$250K

Limited · 1 theater

Domestic total

$99.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$250.70M

$151.60M international

Domestic legs4.6x from $21.5M first wide weekend

Budget$70M

1997 rank#13

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Cast & crew

Full Clements filmography

Ron Clements

Ron Clements Director

John Musker

John Musker Director

Tate Donovan

Tate Donovan Starring

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito Starring

James Woods

James Woods Starring

Rip Torn

Rip Torn Starring

ScreenplayRon Clements, John Musker, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw, Irene Mecchi Produced byAlice Dewey Goldstone, John Musker, Ron Clements Music byAlan Menken StudioWalt Disney Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 13-15 24 $249.6K — 1 $249,567 $249.6K

2 Jun 20-22 11 $852.1K +241.4% 2 $426,052 $1.5M

3 Jun 27-29 2 $21.5M +2,417.8% 2,872 $7,470 $23.7M

4 Jul 4-6 3 $12.2M −43.2% 2,884 $4,228 $50.0M

5 Jul 11-13 4 $8.3M −31.6% 2,930 $2,846 $66.5M

6 Jul 18-20 7 $5.2M −37.7% 2,541 $2,043 $76.8M

7 Jul 25-27 9 $3.2M −39.3% 1,957 $1,610 $83.4M

8 Aug 1-3 13 $1.6M −49.5% 1,374 $1,157 $86.8M

9 Aug 8-10 16 $989.5K −37.8% 1,057 $936 $88.8M

11 Aug 22-24 29 $257.4K −59.8% 299 $861 $90.7M

12 Aug 29-31 33 $336.2K +30.6% 261 $1,288 $91.2M

13 Sep 5-7 37 $111.3K −66.9% 189 $589 $91.4M

14 Sep 12-14 12 $1.6M +1,318.3% 1,883 $838 $93.0M

15 Sep 19-21 15 $954.5K −39.5% 1,170 $816 $94.3M

16 Sep 26-28 17 $569.2K −40.4% 763 $746 $95.0M

17 Oct 3-5 21 $456.4K −19.8% 542 $842 $95.6M

18 Oct 10-12 15 $688.2K +50.8% 817 $842 $96.3M

19 Oct 17-19 19 $449.5K −34.7% 662 $679 $97.0M

20 Oct 24-26 22 $339.8K −24.4% 594 $572 $97.5M

21 Oct 31-Nov 2 25 $267.3K −21.3% 486 $550 $97.8M

22 Nov 7-9 29 $208.3K −22.1% 374 $557 $98.1M

23 Nov 14-16 35 $129.2K −38.0% 259 $499 $98.3M

24 Nov 21-23 34 $165.8K +28.3% 329 $504 $98.5M

25 Nov 28-30 28 $219.2K +32.2% 310 $707 $98.8M

26 Dec 5-7 36 $84.9K −61.3% 249 $341 $98.9M

27 Dec 12-14 35 $66.4K −21.8% 197 $337 $99.0M

28 Dec 19-21 54 $20.9K −68.5% 99 $211 $99.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 20 #11 $171.9K — $818.2K 2 $85,927 6

Sat Jun 21 #10 $359.5K +109% $1.2M 2 $179,756 7

Sun Jun 22 #8 $320.7K −11% $1.5M 2 $160,368 8

Mon Jun 23 #9 $125.6K −61% $1.6M 2 $62,804 9

Tue Jun 24 #11 $124.5K −1% $1.7M 2 $62,264 10

Wed Jun 25 #6 $249.9K +101% $2.0M 2 $124,974 11

Thu Jun 26 #6 $205.6K −18% $2.2M 2 $102,793 12

Fri Jun 27 #2 $7.1M +3% +4% $9.3M 2,872 $2,469 13

Sat Jun 28 #2 $7.7M +9% +2% $17.0M 2,872 $2,698 14

Sun Jun 29 #2 $6.6M −15% +1% $23.7M 2,872 $2,303 15

Mon Jun 30 #1 $3.6M −45% +2% $27.3M 2,872 $1,268 16

Tue Jul 1 #2 $3.6M −1% +2% $30.9M 2,872 $1,255 17

Wed Jul 2 #2 $3.3M −9% +1% $34.2M 2,872 $1,142 18

Thu Jul 3 #2 $3.7M +11% +1% $37.8M 2,872 $1,272 19

Fri Jul 4 #3 $3.4M −7% −52% $41.2M 2,884 $1,180 20

Sat Jul 5 #3 $5.0M +46% −36% $46.2M 2,884 $1,721 21

Sun Jul 6 #3 $3.8M −23% −42% $50.0M 2,884 $1,328 22

Mon Jul 7 #3 $1.9M −51% −48% $51.9M 2,884 $657 23

Tue Jul 8 #2 $2.1M +13% −41% $54.1M 2,884 $739 24

Wed Jul 9 #2 $2.2M +2% −34% $56.2M 2,884 $756 25

Thu Jul 10 #2 $1.9M −12% −48% $58.2M 2,884 $664 26

Fri Jul 11 #5 $2.4M +26% −29% $60.6M 2,930 $823 27

Sat Jul 12 #5 $3.3M +39% −33% $63.9M 2,930 $1,143 28

Sun Jul 13 #4 $2.6M −23% −33% $66.5M 2,930 $880 29

Mon Jul 14 #4 $1.2M −52% −35% $67.7M 2,930 $423 30

Tue Jul 15 #4 $1.5M +22% −29% $69.2M 2,930 $515 31

Wed Jul 16 #5 $1.2M −19% −44% $70.5M 2,930 $418 32

Thu Jul 17 #6 $1.1M −10% −43% $71.6M 2,930 $376 33

Fri Jul 18 #8 $1.5M +38% −37% $73.1M 2,541 $596 34

Sat Jul 19 #7 $2.2M +43% −35% $75.2M 2,541 $851 35

Sun Jul 20 #7 $1.5M −30% −41% $76.8M 2,541 $596 36

Mon Jul 21 #7 $821.2K −46% −34% $77.6M 2,541 $323 37

Tue Jul 22 #7 $917.0K +12% −39% $78.5M 2,541 $361 38

Wed Jul 23 #7 $865.4K −6% −29% $79.4M 2,541 $341 39

Thu Jul 24 #7 $911.8K +5% −17% $80.3M 2,541 $359 40

Fri Jul 25 #9 $940.2K +3% −38% $81.2M 1,957 $480 41

Sat Jul 26 #9 $1.2M +32% −43% $82.5M 1,957 $634 42

Sun Jul 27 #9 $971.2K −22% −36% $83.4M 1,957 $496 43

Mon Jul 28 #9 $464.8K −52% −43% $83.9M 1,957 $237 44

Tue Jul 29 #9 $477.3K +3% −48% $84.4M 1,957 $244 45

Wed Jul 30 #9 $435.2K −9% −50% $84.8M 1,957 $222 46

Thu Jul 31 #9 $426.5K −2% −53% $85.2M 1,957 $218 47

Fri Aug 1 #13 $415.7K −3% −56% $85.6M 1,374 $303 48

Sat Aug 2 #13 $646.6K +56% −48% $86.3M 1,374 $471 49

Sun Aug 3 #13 $527.8K −18% −46% $86.8M 1,374 $384 50

Mon Aug 4 #13 $250.8K −52% −46% $87.1M 1,374 $183 51

Tue Aug 5 #13 $270.2K +8% −43% $87.3M 1,374 $197 52

Wed Aug 6 #14 $221.6K −18% −49% $87.6M 1,374 $161 53

Thu Aug 7 #13 $217.1K −2% −49% $87.8M 1,374 $158 54

Fri Aug 8 #- $237.2K +9% −43% $88.0M 1,057 $224 55

Sat Aug 9 #- $426.8K +80% −34% $88.4M 1,057 $404 56

Sun Aug 10 #- $325.5K −24% −38% $88.8M 1,057 $308 57

Mon Aug 11 #- $153.8K −53% −39% $88.9M 1,057 $146 58

Tue Aug 12 #- $166.0K +8% −39% $89.1M 1,057 $157 59

Wed Aug 13 #- $189.2K +14% −15% $89.3M 1,057 $179 60

Thu Aug 14 #15 $153.9K −19% −29% $89.4M 1,057 $146 61

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

Cumulative total$89.4M

Jun 20Jul 4Jul 18Jul 31Aug 14

Weekend grossWk 9 · $989.5K

$249.6K

$852.1K

$21.5M

$12.2M

$8.3M

$5.2M

$3.2M

$1.6M

$989.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,930 → 1,057 −63.9%

2 open1,057 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −37.8%

+241.4%

W1→2

+2,417.8%

W2→3

−43.2%

W3→4

−31.6%

W4→5

−37.7%

W5→6

−39.3%

W6→7

−49.5%

W7→8

−37.8%

W8→9

Steepest −49.5%Biggest gain +2,417.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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