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1998 • PG-13 • 3h 1m • Drama, Fantasy, Romance • Universal Pictures

Sooner or later everyone does.

🍅 48% 81%

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3.55

7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$15.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$44.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$142.90M

$98.30M international

Domestic legs3.0x

Budget$85M

1998 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Brad Pitt

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Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins Starring

Claire Forlani

Claire Forlani Starring

Jake Weber

Jake Weber Starring

Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden Starring

Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor Starring

ScreenplayRon Osborn, Jeff Reno, Kevin Wade, Bo Goldman Produced byMartin Brest CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki Music byThomas Newman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 13-15 3 $15.0M — 2,503 $6,000 $15.0M

2 Nov 20-22 4 $7.9M −47.6% 2,511 $3,135 $26.4M

3 Nov 27-29 6 $5.8M −26.5% 2,527 $2,290 $35.8M

4 Dec 4-6 6 $2.4M −58.2% 2,188 $1,105 $39.2M

5 Dec 11-13 8 $1.7M −30.5% 1,872 $897 $41.5M

6 Dec 18-20 11 $683.2K −59.3% 1,102 $620 $42.6M

7 Dec 25-27 36 $151.8K −77.8% 253 $600 $43.1M

8 Jan 1-3 26 $301.4K +98.5% 543 $555 $43.5M

9 Jan 8-10 26 $255.7K −15.2% 544 $470 $43.9M

10 Jan 15-17 35 $197.7K −22.7% 338 $585 $44.2M

11 Jan 22-24 36 $138.7K −29.9% 295 $470 $44.4M

12 Jan 29-31 41 $96.8K −30.2% 239 $405 $44.5M

13 Feb 5-7 47 $48.9K −49.5% 103 $475 $44.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 13 #3 $4.9M — $4.9M 2,500 $1,970 1

Sat Nov 14 #3 $6.0M +22% $10.9M 2,500 $2,400 2

Sun Nov 15 #2 $3.8M −37% $15.0M 2,500 $1,507 3

Mon Nov 16 #2 $851.0K −77% $15.9M 2,503 $340 4

Tue Nov 17 #2 $1.1M +28% $17.0M 2,503 $435 5

Wed Nov 18 #2 $801.0K −26% $17.8M 2,503 $320 6

Thu Nov 19 #2 $801.0K — $18.6M 2,503 $320 7

Fri Nov 20 #4 $2.8M +245% −44% $21.3M 2,505 $1,102 8

Sat Nov 21 #4 $3.7M +36% −38% $25.1M 2,505 $1,493 9

Sun Nov 22 #4 $1.8M −51% −52% $26.4M 2,511 $725 10

Mon Nov 23 #4 $502.2K −72% −41% $26.9M 2,511 $200 11

Tue Nov 24 #4 $775.0K +54% −29% $27.7M 2,505 $309 12

Wed Nov 25 #5 $980.0K +26% +22% $28.7M 2,525 $388 13

Thu Nov 26 #5 $1.3M +28% +56% $29.9M 2,525 $495 14

Fri Nov 27 #6 $2.3M +81% −18% $32.2M 2,525 $895 15

Sat Nov 28 #5 $2.3M +3% −38% $34.5M 2,525 $923 16

Sun Nov 29 #6 $1.1M −53% −40% $35.8M 2,527 $435 17

Mon Nov 30 #6 $252.3K −77% −50% $36.0M 2,527 $100 18

Tue Dec 1 #5 $302.8K +20% −61% $36.3M 2,527 $120 19

Wed Dec 2 #5 $238.9K −21% −76% $36.6M 2,527 $95 20

Thu Dec 3 #6 $239.4K — −81% $36.8M 2,527 $95 21

Fri Dec 4 #6 $740.0K +209% −67% $37.5M 2,527 $293 22

Sat Dec 5 #7 $1.0M +39% −56% $38.6M 2,189 $471 23

Sun Dec 6 #7 $647.0K −37% −41% $39.2M 2,189 $296 24

Mon Dec 7 #7 $141.4K −78% −44% $39.4M 2,188 $65 25

Tue Dec 8 #7 $184.4K +30% −39% $39.5M 2,188 $84 26

Wed Dec 9 #7 $161.9K −12% −32% $39.7M 2,188 $74 27

Thu Dec 10 #7 $151.1K −7% −37% $39.8M 2,188 $69 28

Fri Dec 11 #8 $430.0K +185% −42% $40.3M 1,870 $230 29

Sat Dec 12 #9 $750.0K +74% −27% $41.0M 1,870 $401 30

Sun Dec 13 #10 $337.0K −55% −48% $41.5M 1,870 $180 31

Mon Dec 14 #10 $110.5K −67% −22% $41.6M 1,870 $59 32

Tue Dec 15 #9 $127.8K +16% −31% $41.7M 1,872 $68 33

Wed Dec 16 #9 $100.3K −22% −38% $41.8M 1,872 $54 34

Thu Dec 17 #9 $109.1K +9% −28% $41.9M 1,872 $58 35

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

Cumulative total$41.9M

Nov 13Nov 22Nov 30Dec 9Dec 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $197.7K

$15.0M

$7.9M

$5.8M

$2.4M

$1.7M

$683.2K

$151.8K

$301.4K

$255.7K

$197.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,527 → 1,872 −25.9%

2,500 open1,872 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −22.7%

−47.6%

W1→2

−26.5%

W2→3

−58.2%

W3→4

−30.5%

W4→5

−59.3%

W5→6

−77.8%

W6→7

+98.5%

W7→8

−15.2%

W8→9

−22.7%

W9→10

Steepest −77.8%Biggest gain +98.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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