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1994 • PG • 1h 36m • Comedy, Romance • Paramount Pictures

With Einstein as Cupid, what could possibly go wrong?

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$3.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$26.30M
Final
Domestic legs8.4x
1994 rank#53

Cast & crew

Full Schepisi filmography
Fred Schepisi Fred Schepisi Director Tim Robbins Tim Robbins Starring Meg Ryan Meg Ryan Starring Walter Matthau Walter Matthau Starring Tony Shalhoub Tony Shalhoub Starring
ScreenplayAndy Breckman, Michael J. Leeson Produced byFred Schepisi, Carol Baum CinematographyIan Baker MusicJerry Goldsmith StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 23-25 11 $3.1M — 2,222 $1,409 $3.1M
2 Dec 30-Jan 1 8 $6.4M +103.7% 1,411 $4,521 $13.0M
3 Jan 6-8 7 $3.7M −41.7% 1,412 $2,633 $18.0M
4 Jan 13-16 13 $2.7M −26.5% 1,412 $1,935 $21.7M
5 Jan 20-22 15 $1.4M −49.9% 1,167 $1,174 $23.5M
6 Jan 27-29 20 $757.1K −44.7% 852 $889 $24.6M
7 Feb 3-5 27 $429.5K −43.3% 532 $807 $25.2M
8 Feb 10-12 31 $240.3K −44.1% 331 $726 $25.6M
9 Feb 17-20 42 $115.6K −51.9% 150 $771 $25.8M
10 Feb 24-26 47 $67.2K −41.8% 118 $570 $25.9M
17 Apr 14-16 41 $85.9K — 185 $465 $26.1M
18 Apr 21-23 44 $60.0K −30.2% 94 $638 $26.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $67.2K
$3.1M
$6.4M
$3.7M
$2.7M
$1.4M
$757.1K
$429.5K
$240.3K
$115.6K
$67.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.8%
+103.7%
W1→2
−41.7%
W2→3
−26.5%
W3→4
−49.9%
W4→5
−44.7%
W5→6
−43.3%
W6→7
−44.1%
W7→8
−51.9%
W8→9
−41.8%
W9→10
Steepest −51.9%Biggest gain +103.7%

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