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Hope FloatsFollow

1998 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • 20th Century Fox

When life fell apart, love fell into place.

🍅 28% 72% MC 43 LB 2.88 IMDb 6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$14.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$60.10M
Final
Worldwide total
$81.50M
$21.40M international
Domestic legs4.2x
Budget$30M
1998 rank#34
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Cast & crew

Full Whitaker filmography
Forest Whitaker Forest Whitaker Director Sandra Bullock Sandra Bullock Starring Harry Connick Jr. Harry Connick Jr. Starring Gena Rowlands Gena Rowlands Starring Mae Whitman Mae Whitman Starring Kathy Najimy Kathy Najimy Starring
ScreenplaySteven Rogers Produced byLynda Obst CinematographyCaleb Deschanel Music byDave Grusin Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 29-31 2 $14.2M — 2,367 $6,004 $14.2M
2 Jun 5-7 4 $8.6M −39.8% 2,404 $3,557 $28.6M
3 Jun 12-14 6 $5.3M −38.1% 2,404 $2,202 $38.2M
4 Jun 19-21 7 $3.3M −38.3% 1,876 $1,741 $44.4M
5 Jun 26-28 8 $2.4M −25.5% 1,459 $1,669 $48.9M
6 Jul 3-5 9 $1.6M −34.1% 1,264 $1,269 $51.9M
7 Jul 10-12 12 $1.1M −33.4% 842 $1,267 $54.1M
8 Jul 17-19 16 $727.1K −31.9% 653 $1,114 $55.4M
9 Jul 24-26 18 $573.3K −21.2% 593 $967 $56.4M
10 Jul 31-Aug 2 23 $356.7K −37.8% 446 $800 $57.1M
11 Aug 7-9 21 $484.7K +35.9% 675 $718 $57.8M
12 Aug 14-16 27 $301.4K −37.8% 501 $602 $58.4M
13 Aug 21-23 33 $201.8K −33.0% 303 $666 $58.8M
14 Aug 28-30 43 $131.2K −35.0% 214 $613 $59.0M
15 Sep 4-6 39 $146.2K +11.5% 174 $840 $59.2M
16 Sep 11-13 37 $148.4K +1.4% 178 $833 $59.4M
17 Sep 18-20 35 $165.5K +11.5% 320 $517 $59.6M
18 Sep 25-27 35 $168.5K +1.9% 301 $560 $59.8M
19 Oct 2-4 39 $96.0K −43.0% 230 $418 $60.0M
20 Oct 9-11 51 $45.1K −53.0% 97 $465 $60.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $356.7K
$14.2M
$8.6M
$5.3M
$3.3M
$2.4M
$1.6M
$1.1M
$727.1K
$573.3K
$356.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.8%
−39.8%
W1→2
−38.1%
W2→3
−38.3%
W3→4
−25.5%
W4→5
−34.1%
W5→6
−33.4%
W6→7
−31.9%
W7→8
−21.2%
W8→9
−37.8%
W9→10
Steepest −39.8%Best hold −21.2%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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