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Man on the MoonFollow

1999 • R • 1h 58m • Biography, Comedy, Drama • Universal Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$34.60M
Final
Worldwide total
$47.40M
$12.80M international
Domestic legs4.6x
Budget$52M
1999 rank#59

Cast & crew

Full Forman filmography
Miloš Forman Miloš Forman Director Jim Carrey Jim Carrey Starring Danny DeVito Danny DeVito Starring Paul Giamatti Paul Giamatti Starring
ScreenplayScott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski Produced byDanny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher CinematographyAnastas N. Michos Music byR.E.M. StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 24-26 6 $7.5M — 2,079 $3,615 $12.3M
2 Dec 31-Jan 2 8 $6.2M −18.0% 2,079 $2,965 $25.3M
3 Jan 7-9 12 $3.3M −46.1% 2,065 $1,610 $30.2M
4 Jan 14-16 18 $1.4M −56.5% 1,220 $1,185 $32.6M
5 Jan 21-23 25 $432.2K −70.1% 592 $730 $32.6M
6 Jan 28-30 28 $349.5K −19.1% 624 $560 $33.8M
7 Feb 4-6 33 $251.2K −28.1% 483 $520 $34.2M
8 Feb 11-13 44 $148.1K −41.0% 322 $460 $34.4M
9 Feb 18-20 53 $90.8K −38.7% 173 $525 $34.6M
Weekend grossWk 9 · $90.8K
$7.5M
$6.2M
$3.3M
$1.4M
$432.2K
$349.5K
$251.2K
$148.1K
$90.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −38.7%
−18.0%
W1→2
−46.1%
W2→3
−56.5%
W3→4
−70.1%
W4→5
−19.1%
W5→6
−28.1%
W6→7
−41.0%
W7→8
−38.7%
W8→9
Steepest −70.1%Best hold −18.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Similar movies

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