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1999 • R • 1h 48m • Comedy, Crime, Drama • Universal Pictures

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🍅 53% 77% MC 63 LB 3.49 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$20.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$64.10M
Final
Worldwide total
$73.50M
$9.50M international
Domestic legs3.1x
Budget$75M
1999 rank#37
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Cast & crew

Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy Starring Martin Lawrence Martin Lawrence Starring Ned Beatty Ned Beatty Starring Bernie Mac Bernie Mac Starring Clarence Williams III Clarence Williams III Starring Anthony Anderson Anthony Anderson Starring
ScreenplayRobert Ramsey, Matthew Stone Produced byBrian Grazer, Eddie Murphy CinematographyGeoffrey Simpson Music byWyclef Jean StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 16-18 1 $20.4M — 2,594 $7,870 $20.4M
2 Apr 23-25 2 $11.3M −44.9% 2,597 $4,335 $37.0M
3 Apr 30-May 2 3 $6.5M −42.4% 2,613 $2,480 $46.3M
4 May 7-9 4 $3.6M −43.8% 2,438 $1,495 $51.5M
5 May 14-16 6 $2.9M −21.4% 2,247 $1,275 $55.3M
6 May 21-23 9 $1.6M −45.4% 1,720 $910 $57.5M
7 May 28-31 12 $1.4M −13.5% 1,214 $1,115 $59.4M
8 Jun 4-6 11 $845.6K −37.5% 1,120 $755 $60.6M
9 Jun 11-13 13 $569.8K −32.6% 814 $700 $61.6M
10 Jun 18-20 15 $330.2K −42.0% 512 $645 $62.1M
11 Jun 25-27 17 $256.5K −22.3% 424 $605 $62.5M
12 Jul 2-4 29 $191.1K −25.5% 245 $780 $62.8M
13 Jul 9-11 28 $169.5K −11.3% 226 $750 $63.1M
14 Jul 16-18 32 $149.4K −11.8% 247 $605 $63.3M
15 Jul 23-25 36 $133.6K −10.6% 219 $610 $63.5M
16 Jul 30-Aug 1 39 $103.2K −22.7% 172 $600 $63.7M
17 Aug 6-8 47 $75.2K −27.1% 155 $485 $63.8M
18 Aug 13-15 53 $54.3K −27.8% 155 $350 $64.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $330.2K
$20.4M
$11.3M
$6.5M
$3.6M
$2.9M
$1.6M
$1.4M
$845.6K
$569.8K
$330.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.0%
−44.9%
W1→2
−42.4%
W2→3
−43.8%
W3→4
−21.4%
W4→5
−45.4%
W5→6
−13.5%
W6→7
−37.5%
W7→8
−32.6%
W8→9
−42.0%
W9→10
Steepest −45.4%Best hold −13.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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