Name: Meet Joe Black
Director: Martin Brest
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Released: 1998
Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 13	#3	$4.92M		—	$4.92M	2,500	$2.0K	1
Sat Nov 14	#3	$6.00M	+22%	—	$10.93M	2,500	$2.4K	2
Sun Nov 15	#2	$3.77M	-37%	—	$15.02M	2,500	$1.5K	3
Mon Nov 16	#2	$851K	-77%	—	$15.87M	2,503	$340	4
Tue Nov 17	#2	$1.09M	+28%	—	$16.96M	2,503	$435	5
Wed Nov 18	#2	$801K	-26%	—	$17.76M	2,503	$320	6
Thu Nov 19	#2	$801K		—	$18.56M	2,503	$320	7
Fri Nov 20	#4	$2.76M	+245%	-44%	$21.32M	2,505	$1.1K	8
Sat Nov 21	#4	$3.74M	+36%	-38%	$25.06M	2,505	$1.5K	9
Sun Nov 22	#4	$1.82M	-51%	-52%	$26.43M	2,511	$725	10
Mon Nov 23	#4	$502K	-72%	-41%	$26.93M	2,511	$200	11
Tue Nov 24	#4	$775K	+54%	-29%	$27.71M	2,505	$309	12
Wed Nov 25	#5	$980K	+26%	+22%	$28.69M	2,525	$388	13
Thu Nov 26	#5	$1.25M	+28%	+56%	$29.94M	2,525	$495	14
Fri Nov 27	#6	$2.26M	+81%	-18%	$32.20M	2,525	$895	15
Sat Nov 28	#5	$2.33M	+3%	-38%	$34.53M	2,525	$923	16
Sun Nov 29	#6	$1.10M	-53%	-40%	$35.77M	2,527	$435	17
Mon Nov 30	#6	$252K	-77%	-50%	$36.02M	2,527	$100	18
Tue Dec 1	#5	$303K	+20%	-61%	$36.32M	2,527	$120	19
Wed Dec 2	#5	$239K	-21%	-76%	$36.56M	2,527	$95	20
Thu Dec 3	#6	$239K		-81%	$36.80M	2,527	$95	21
Fri Dec 4	#6	$740K	+209%	-67%	$37.54M	2,527	$293	22
Sat Dec 5	#7	$1.03M	+39%	-56%	$38.57M	2,189	$471	23
Sun Dec 6	#7	$647K	-37%	-41%	$39.22M	2,189	$296	24
Mon Dec 7	#7	$141K	-78%	-44%	$39.36M	2,188	$65	25
Tue Dec 8	#7	$184K	+30%	-39%	$39.55M	2,188	$84	26
Wed Dec 9	#7	$162K	-12%	-32%	$39.70M	2,188	$74	27
Thu Dec 10	#7	$151K	-7%	-37%	$39.85M	2,188	$69	28
Fri Dec 11	#8	$430K	+185%	-42%	$40.28M	1,870	$230	29
Sat Dec 12	#9	$750K	+74%	-27%	$41.03M	1,870	$401	30
Sun Dec 13	#10	$337K	-55%	-48%	$41.46M	1,870	$180	31
Mon Dec 14	#10	$110K	-67%	-22%	$41.57M	1,870	$59	32
Tue Dec 15	#9	$128K	+16%	-31%	$41.70M	1,872	$68	33
Wed Dec 16	#9	$100K	-22%	-38%	$41.80M	1,872	$54	34
Thu Dec 17	#9	$109K	+9%	-28%	$41.91M	1,872	$58	35

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 13-15	3	$15.02M	—	$15.02M	2,503	$6.0K	1
Nov 20-22	4	$7.87M	-47.6%	$26.43M	2,511	$3.1K	2
Nov 27-29	6	$5.79M	-26.5%	$35.77M	2,527	$2.3K	3
Dec 4-6	6	$2.42M	-58.2%	$39.22M	2,188	$1.1K	4
Dec 11-13	8	$1.68M	-30.5%	$41.46M	1,872	$897	5
Dec 18-20	11	$683K	-59.3%	$42.59M	1,102	$620	6
Dec 25-27	36	$152K	-77.8%	$43.12M	253	$600	7
Jan 1-3	26	$301K	+98.5%	$43.54M	543	$555	8
Jan 8-10	26	$256K	-15.2%	$43.91M	544	$470	9
Jan 15-17	35	$198K	-22.7%	$44.20M	338	$585	10
Jan 22-24	36	$139K	-29.9%	$44.38M	295	$470	11
Jan 29-31	41	$97K	-30.2%	$44.52M	239	$405	12
Feb 5-7	47	$49K	-49.5%	$44.61M	103	$475	13

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byMartin Brest

ScreenplayRon Osborn, Jeff Reno, Kevin Wade, Bo Goldman

Produced byMartin Brest

CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki

Music byThomas Newman

StarringBrad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor

StudioUniversal Pictures

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