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1999 • PG-13 • 2h 11m • Drama, Romance • Warner Bros.

A story of love lost and found

🍅 32% 66%

40

2.94

6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$16.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$52.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$118.90M

$66.00M international

Domestic legs3.2x

Budget$30M

1999 rank#47

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Cast & crew

Full Mandoki filmography

Luis Mandoki

Luis Mandoki Director

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner Starring

Robin Wright

Robin Wright Starring

Paul Newman

Paul Newman Starring

Illeana Douglas

Illeana Douglas Starring

Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane Starring

ScreenplayGerald Di Pego Produced byDenise Di Novi, Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner CinematographyCaleb Deschanel Music byGabriel Yared StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 12-15 1 $18.9M — 2,538 $7,428 $18.9M

2 Feb 19-21 2 $10.0M −46.7% 2,545 $3,946 $32.1M

3 Feb 26-28 4 $6.4M −36.1% 2,545 $2,520 $41.3M

4 Mar 5-7 8 $3.4M −46.8% 2,489 $1,371 $46.4M

5 Mar 12-14 15 $1.8M −46.1% 1,876 $980 $49.4M

6 Mar 19-21 20 $642.5K −65.0% 1,014 $634 $50.7M

7 Mar 26-28 31 $286.9K −55.4% 410 $700 $51.2M

8 Apr 2-4 39 $141.4K −50.7% 269 $526 $51.5M

9 Apr 9-11 25 $338.2K +139.2% 603 $561 $51.9M

10 Apr 16-18 28 $250.7K −25.9% 455 $551 $52.3M

11 Apr 23-25 33 $163.1K −34.9% 299 $546 $52.5M

12 Apr 30-May 2 37 $105.4K −35.4% 223 $473 $52.7M

13 May 7-9 44 $65.8K −37.5% 164 $401 $52.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 12 #1 $4.2M — $4.2M 2,538 $1,663 1

Sat Feb 13 #1 $6.4M +51.1% $10.6M 2,538 $2,512 2

Sun Feb 14 #1 $6.1M −4.1% $16.8M 2,538 $2,409 3

Mon Feb 15 #2 $2.1M −65.6% $18.9M 2,538 $828 4

Tue Feb 16 #1 $1.2M −42.4% $20.1M 2,538 $477 5

Wed Feb 17 #1 $1.0M −15.9% $21.1M 2,538 $401 6

Thu Feb 18 #1 $1.0M −1.0% $22.1M 2,538 $397 7

Fri Feb 19 #1 $2.8M +181.6% −32.8% $24.9M 2,545 $1,114 8

Sat Feb 20 #2 $4.8M +68.1% −25.3% $29.7M 2,545 $1,872 9

Sun Feb 21 #2 $2.4M −49.2% −60.4% $32.1M 2,545 $952 10

Mon Feb 22 #2 $654.8K −73.0% −68.8% $32.8M 2,545 $257 11

Tue Feb 23 #1 $802.8K +22.6% −33.6% $33.6M 2,545 $315 12

Wed Feb 24 #1 $655.9K −18.3% −35.5% $34.2M 2,545 $258 13

Thu Feb 25 #1 $661.1K +0.8% −34.3% $34.9M 2,545 $260 14

Fri Feb 26 #4 $1.7M +158.7% −39.7% $36.6M 2,545 $672 15

Sat Feb 27 #3 $3.3M +91.5% −31.3% $39.9M 2,545 $1,287 16

Sun Feb 28 #5 $1.4M −56.0% −40.5% $41.3M 2,545 $566 17

Mon Mar 1 #4 $367.5K −74.5% −43.9% $41.7M 2,545 $144 18

Tue Mar 2 #3 $477.0K +29.8% −40.6% $42.2M 2,545 $187 19

Wed Mar 3 #3 $385.0K −19.3% −41.3% $42.5M 2,545 $151 20

Thu Mar 4 #3 $430.8K +11.9% −34.8% $43.0M 2,545 $169 21

Fri Mar 5 #6 $1.0M +133.3% −41.2% $44.0M 2,545 $395 22

Sat Mar 6 #8 $1.6M +55.2% −52.4% $45.5M 2,489 $627 23

Sun Mar 7 #9 $848.0K −45.6% −41.2% $46.4M 2,489 $341 24

Mon Mar 8 #7 $236.5K −72.1% −35.7% $46.6M 2,489 $95 25

Tue Mar 9 #7 $306.9K +29.8% −35.7% $46.9M 2,489 $123 26

Wed Mar 10 #6 $281.3K −8.3% −26.9% $47.2M 2,489 $113 27

Thu Mar 11 #6 $303.2K +7.8% −29.6% $47.5M 2,489 $122 28

Fri Mar 12 #13 $535.0K +76.4% −46.8% $48.1M 1,876 $285 29

Sat Mar 13 #13 $855.0K +59.8% −45.2% $48.9M 1,876 $456 30

Sun Mar 14 #15 $444.0K −48.1% −47.6% $49.4M 1,876 $237 31

Mon Mar 15 #15 $171.8K −61.3% −27.3% $49.5M 1,876 $92 32

Tue Mar 16 #15 $197.4K +14.8% −35.7% $49.7M 1,876 $105 33

Wed Mar 17 #15 $163.0K −17.4% −42.0% $49.9M 1,876 $87 34

Thu Mar 18 #15 $185.4K +13.7% −38.9% $50.1M 1,876 $99 35

Fri Mar 19 #17 $205.0K +10.6% −61.7% $50.3M 1,014 $202 36

Sat Mar 20 #17 $310.0K +51.2% −63.7% $50.6M 1,014 $306 37

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

Cumulative total$50.6M

Feb 12Feb 21Mar 2Mar 11Mar 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $250.7K

$18.9M

$10.0M

$6.4M

$3.4M

$1.8M

$642.5K

$286.9K

$141.4K

$338.2K

$250.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,545 → 1,014 −60.2%

2,538 open1,014 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.9%

−46.7%

W1→2

−36.1%

W2→3

−46.8%

W3→4

−46.1%

W4→5

−65.0%

W5→6

−55.4%

W6→7

−50.7%

W7→8

+139.2%

W8→9

−25.9%

W9→10

Steepest −65.0%Biggest gain +139.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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