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1999 • PG • 1h 18m • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The greatest hero ever assembled.

🍅 20% 19%

36

2.14

4.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$97.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$134.40M

$37.00M international

Domestic legs4.4x

Budget$75M

1999 rank#22

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Cast & crew

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick Starring

Rupert Everett

Rupert Everett Starring

Michelle Trachtenberg

Michelle Trachtenberg Starring

Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman Starring

ScreenplayKerry Ehrin, Zak Penn Produced byJordan Kerner, Roger Birnbaum, Andy Heyward CinematographyAdam Greenberg Music byJohn Debney StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 23-25 2 $21.9M — 2,814 $7,779 $21.9M

2 Jul 30-Aug 1 5 $14.1M −35.4% 2,877 $4,912 $47.9M

3 Aug 6-8 7 $9.2M −35.1% 2,862 $3,205 $64.8M

4 Aug 13-15 7 $6.0M −34.1% 2,591 $2,332 $75.9M

5 Aug 20-22 8 $4.3M −28.5% 2,144 $2,013 $83.2M

6 Aug 27-29 12 $2.4M −45.2% 1,709 $1,385 $87.6M

7 Sep 3-6 14 $3.0M +28.6% 1,545 $1,970 $91.4M

8 Sep 10-12 16 $958.3K −68.5% 1,312 $730 $92.6M

9 Sep 17-19 16 $609.3K −36.4% 1,057 $576 $93.4M

10 Sep 24-26 16 $422.5K −30.7% 764 $553 $94.0M

11 Oct 1-3 22 $245.9K −41.8% 506 $486 $94.3M

12 Oct 8-10 15 $566.4K +130.4% 733 $773 $94.9M

13 Oct 15-17 16 $456.1K −19.5% 662 $689 $95.5M

14 Oct 22-24 22 $354.7K −22.2% 561 $632 $96.0M

15 Oct 29-31 28 $183.6K −48.2% 480 $382 $96.2M

16 Nov 5-7 28 $251.8K +37.2% 391 $644 $96.6M

17 Nov 12-14 32 $182.5K −27.5% 355 $514 $96.8M

18 Nov 19-21 32 $139.1K −23.8% 303 $459 $97.0M

19 Nov 26-28 44 $107.5K −22.7% 224 $480 $97.2M

20 Dec 3-5 49 $58.8K −45.3% 192 $306 $97.2M

21 Dec 10-12 50 $43.1K −26.8% 148 $291 $97.3M

22 Dec 17-19 58 $26.3K −39.0% 127 $207 $97.3M

23 Dec 24-26 67 $13.0K −50.4% 81 $161 $97.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 23 #2 $6.6M — $6.6M 2,814 $2,361 1

Sat Jul 24 #2 $8.4M +26.3% $15.0M 2,814 $2,983 2

Sun Jul 25 #2 $6.5M −22.7% $21.9M 2,814 $2,305 3

Mon Jul 26 #2 $3.1M −52.2% $25.0M 2,814 $1,102 4

Tue Jul 27 #2 $3.1M −1.1% $28.1M 2,814 $1,090 5

Wed Jul 28 #3 $2.8M −9.0% $30.9M 2,814 $992 6

Thu Jul 29 #3 $2.9M +2.8% $33.7M 2,814 $1,019 7

Fri Jul 30 #5 $4.0M +40.5% −39.4% $37.8M 2,877 $1,401 8

Sat Jul 31 #5 $5.6M +39.1% −33.2% $43.4M 2,877 $1,948 9

Sun Aug 1 #5 $4.3M −23.3% −33.7% $47.9M 2,877 $1,495 10

Mon Aug 2 #5 $1.9M −56.1% −39.1% $49.7M 2,877 $657 11

Tue Aug 3 #4 $1.9M +2.4% −36.9% $51.7M 2,877 $673 12

Wed Aug 4 #4 $2.0M +2.2% −29.1% $53.7M 2,877 $688 13

Thu Aug 5 #4 $1.9M −1.5% −32.0% $55.6M 2,877 $678 14

Fri Aug 6 #7 $2.4M +24.7% −39.7% $58.0M 2,862 $849 15

Sat Aug 7 #7 $3.5M +42.8% −38.1% $61.5M 2,862 $1,212 16

Sun Aug 8 #6 $3.1M −10.0% −27.4% $64.8M 2,862 $1,091 17

Mon Aug 9 #7 $1.2M −62.1% −37.4% $66.0M 2,862 $413 18

Tue Aug 10 #6 $1.4M +15.1% −29.7% $67.3M 2,862 $476 19

Wed Aug 11 #5 $1.3M −0.9% −31.8% $68.7M 2,862 $471 20

Thu Aug 12 #5 $1.2M −9.5% −37.4% $69.9M 2,862 $427 21

Fri Aug 13 #7 $1.8M +43.3% −28.0% $71.6M 2,591 $675 22

Sat Aug 14 #7 $2.5M +41.7% −28.5% $74.1M 2,591 $957 23

Sun Aug 15 #7 $1.8M −27.3% −42.3% $75.9M 2,591 $696 24

Mon Aug 16 #7 $680.4K −62.3% −42.5% $76.6M 2,591 $263 25

Tue Aug 17 #7 $766.5K +12.7% −43.7% $77.4M 2,591 $296 26

Wed Aug 18 #6 $742.4K −3.1% −45.0% $78.1M 2,591 $287 27

Thu Aug 19 #6 $718.6K −3.2% −41.2% $78.8M 2,591 $277 28

Fri Aug 20 #10 $1.2M +70.5% −30.0% $80.1M 2,144 $571 29

Sat Aug 21 #7 $1.9M +53.1% −24.4% $81.9M 2,144 $875 30

Sun Aug 22 #8 $1.2M −35.1% −32.5% $83.2M 2,144 $568 31

Mon Aug 23 #7 $490.6K −59.7% −27.9% $83.7M 2,144 $229 32

Tue Aug 24 #7 $526.2K +7.3% −31.4% $84.2M 2,144 $245 33

Wed Aug 25 #8 $491.9K −6.5% −33.7% $84.7M 2,144 $229 34

Thu Aug 26 #8 $516.9K +5.1% −28.1% $85.2M 2,144 $241 35

Fri Aug 27 #12 $617.0K +19.4% −49.6% $85.8M 1,709 $361 36

Sat Aug 28 #12 $945.0K +53.2% −49.6% $86.7M 1,709 $553 37

Sun Aug 29 #12 $698.0K −26.1% −42.6% $87.6M 1,709 $408 38

Mon Aug 30 #12 $234.3K −66.4% −52.2% $87.8M 1,709 $137 39

Tue Aug 31 #12 $235.3K +0.4% −55.3% $88.0M 1,709 $138 40

Wed Sep 1 #14 $171.4K −27.2% −65.2% $88.2M 1,709 $100 41

Thu Sep 2 #14 $163.7K −4.5% −68.3% $88.4M 1,709 $96 42

Fri Sep 3 #15 $349.0K +113.2% −43.4% $88.7M 1,544 $226 43

Sat Sep 4 #14 $769.0K +120.3% −18.6% $89.5M 1,544 $498 44

Sun Sep 5 #14 $852.0K +10.8% +22.1% $90.3M 1,546 $551 45

Mon Sep 6 #9 $854.5K +0.3% +264.7% $91.4M 1,545 $553 46

Tue Sep 7 #14 $117.5K −86.2% −50.1% $91.5M 1,545 $76 47

Wed Sep 8 #15 $73.7K −37.3% −57.0% $91.6M 1,545 $48 48

Thu Sep 9 #16 $61.6K −16.4% −62.4% $91.7M 1,545 $40 49

Fri Sep 10 #17 $175.0K +184.2% −49.9% $91.8M 1,545 $113 50

Sat Sep 11 #15 $423.0K +141.7% −45.0% $92.2M 1,314 $322 51

Sun Sep 12 #13 $318.0K −24.8% −62.7% $92.6M 1,312 $242 52

Mon Sep 13 #19 $42.9K −86.5% −95.0% $92.7M 1,312 $33 53

Tue Sep 14 #19 $43.3K +0.8% −63.2% $92.7M 1,312 $33 54

Wed Sep 15 #19 $47.0K +8.6% −36.2% $92.7M 1,312 $36 55

Thu Sep 16 #19 $47.1K +0.2% −23.5% $92.8M 1,312 $36 56

Sat Sep 18 #14 $261.0K — −38.3% $93.2M 1,312 $199 58

Sun Sep 19 #13 $230.0K −11.9% −27.7% $93.4M 1,312 $175 59

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

Cumulative total$93.4M

Jul 23Aug 6Aug 21Sep 4Sep 19

Weekend grossWk 10 · $422.5K

$21.9M

$14.1M

$9.2M

$6.0M

$4.3M

$2.4M

$3.0M

$958.3K

$609.3K

$422.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,877 → 1,312 −54.4%

2,814 open1,312 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.7%

−35.4%

W1→2

−35.1%

W2→3

−34.1%

W3→4

−28.5%

W4→5

−45.2%

W5→6

+28.6%

W6→7

−68.5%

W7→8

−36.4%

W8→9

−30.7%

W9→10

Steepest −68.5%Biggest gain +28.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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