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My Best Friend's WeddingFollow

1997 • PG-13 • 1h 45m • Comedy, Romance, Drama • TriStar Pictures

Julianne fell in love with her best friend the day he decided to marry someone else.

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6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$126.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$298.90M

$172.10M international

Domestic legs5.8x

Budget$46M

1997 rank#8

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Cast & crew

Full Hogan filmography

P.J. Hogan

P.J. Hogan Director

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts Starring

Dermot Mulroney

Dermot Mulroney Starring

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz Starring

Rupert Everett

Rupert Everett Starring

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco Starring

ScreenplayRonald Bass Produced byJerry Zucker, Ronald Bass CinematographyLászló Kovács Music byJames Newton Howard StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 20-22 2 $21.7M — 2,134 $10,159 $21.7M

2 Jun 27-29 4 $15.0M −30.7% 2,134 $7,037 $49.2M

3 Jul 4-6 4 $10.8M −28.0% 2,233 $4,845 $69.3M

4 Jul 11-13 5 $8.3M −23.1% 2,343 $3,552 $83.5M

5 Jul 18-20 6 $6.5M −21.6% 2,376 $2,745 $94.7M

6 Jul 25-27 8 $4.5M −30.8% 2,146 $2,103 $103.1M

7 Aug 1-3 11 $3.1M −30.8% 1,747 $1,786 $108.9M

8 Aug 8-10 11 $2.2M −29.3% 1,462 $1,510 $113.1M

9 Aug 15-17 13 $1.6M −26.8% 1,232 $1,312 $116.1M

10 Aug 22-24 16 $1.0M −36.3% 801 $1,284 $118.0M

11 Aug 29-31 18 $1.0M −1.4% 629 $1,613 $119.5M

12 Sep 5-7 18 $652.7K −35.7% 703 $928 $120.3M

13 Sep 12-14 18 $602.9K −7.6% 700 $861 $121.1M

14 Sep 19-21 21 $378.7K −37.2% 607 $624 $121.7M

15 Sep 26-28 14 $726.5K +91.9% 902 $805 $122.5M

16 Oct 3-5 19 $471.0K −35.2% 771 $611 $123.2M

17 Oct 10-12 19 $423.5K −10.1% 551 $769 $123.7M

18 Oct 17-19 20 $365.2K −13.8% 461 $792 $124.2M

19 Oct 24-26 24 $292.9K −19.8% 380 $771 $124.6M

20 Oct 31-Nov 2 26 $215.6K −26.4% 300 $719 $124.9M

21 Nov 7-9 32 $178.9K −17.0% 203 $881 $125.2M

22 Nov 14-16 25 $476.0K +166.1% 488 $975 $125.7M

23 Nov 21-23 30 $207.5K −56.4% 279 $744 $126.0M

24 Nov 28-30 36 $152.7K −26.4% 196 $779 $126.3M

25 Dec 5-7 43 $63.3K −58.6% 80 $791 $126.4M

26 Dec 12-14 38 $58.9K −7.0% 79 $745 $126.4M

27 Dec 19-21 32 $91.9K +56.2% 134 $686 $126.6M

28 Dec 26-28 47 $56.3K −38.7% 66 $853 $126.7M

29 Jan 2-4 50 $40.9K −27.5% 53 $771 $126.8M

30 Jan 9-11 50 $25.9K −36.5% 37 $701 $126.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 20 #2 $7.0M — $7.0M 2,134 $3,297 1

Sat Jun 21 #2 $8.3M +17.8% $15.3M 2,134 $3,885 2

Sun Jun 22 #2 $6.4M −23.4% $21.7M 2,134 $2,976 3

Mon Jun 23 #2 $3.2M −49.2% $24.9M 2,134 $1,512 4

Tue Jun 24 #2 $3.3M +3.8% $28.3M 2,134 $1,569 5

Wed Jun 25 #2 $3.0M −9.7% $31.3M 2,134 $1,416 6

Thu Jun 26 #2 $2.9M −3.1% $34.2M 2,134 $1,372 7

Fri Jun 27 #4 $4.8M +65.1% −31.3% $39.0M 2,134 $2,265 8

Sat Jun 28 #3 $5.7M +18.6% −30.8% $44.8M 2,134 $2,687 9

Sun Jun 29 #4 $4.5M −22.4% −29.9% $49.2M 2,134 $2,086 10

Mon Jun 30 #3 $2.3M −48.3% −28.7% $51.5M 2,134 $1,079 11

Tue Jul 1 #4 $2.3M +0.8% −30.7% $53.8M 2,134 $1,087 12

Wed Jul 2 #4 $2.0M −13.5% −33.6% $55.9M 2,134 $941 13

Thu Jul 3 #4 $2.6M +30.2% −10.7% $58.5M 2,134 $1,224 14

Fri Jul 4 #4 $3.0M +15.0% −37.8% $61.5M 2,233 $1,346 15

Sat Jul 5 #4 $4.7M +56.1% −18.2% $66.2M 2,233 $2,101 16

Sun Jul 6 #4 $3.1M −33.4% −29.9% $69.3M 2,233 $1,398 17

Mon Jul 7 #4 $1.4M −55.7% −39.9% $70.7M 2,233 $620 18

Tue Jul 8 #4 $1.6M +15.7% −31.0% $72.3M 2,233 $717 19

Wed Jul 9 #4 $1.5M −3.9% −23.4% $73.8M 2,233 $689 20

Thu Jul 10 #4 $1.4M −10.7% −47.4% $75.2M 2,233 $616 21

Fri Jul 11 #4 $2.6M +91.9% −12.2% $77.8M 2,343 $1,126 22

Sat Jul 12 #4 $3.4M +27.7% −28.2% $81.2M 2,343 $1,438 23

Sun Jul 13 #5 $2.3M −31.3% −25.8% $83.5M 2,343 $988 24

Mon Jul 14 #5 $1.1M −54.5% −23.9% $84.6M 2,343 $450 25

Tue Jul 15 #5 $1.3M +26.4% −16.9% $85.9M 2,343 $568 26

Wed Jul 16 #6 $1.2M −12.8% −24.6% $87.0M 2,343 $495 27

Thu Jul 17 #5 $1.2M −0.2% −15.7% $88.2M 2,343 $495 28

Fri Jul 18 #6 $2.1M +78.1% −21.8% $90.3M 2,376 $868 29

Sat Jul 19 #6 $2.7M +31.9% −19.2% $93.0M 2,376 $1,145 30

Sun Jul 20 #6 $1.7M −36.2% −25.0% $94.7M 2,376 $731 31

Mon Jul 21 #6 $887.3K −48.9% −15.8% $95.6M 2,376 $373 32

Tue Jul 22 #6 $1.1M +18.7% −20.9% $96.7M 2,376 $443 33

Wed Jul 23 #6 $947.5K −10.0% −18.4% $97.6M 2,376 $399 34

Thu Jul 24 #6 $963.1K +1.6% −16.9% $98.6M 2,376 $405 35

Fri Jul 25 #8 $1.4M +45.5% −32.1% $100.0M 2,146 $653 36

Sat Jul 26 #8 $1.8M +31.5% −32.3% $101.8M 2,146 $859 37

Sun Jul 27 #8 $1.3M −31.2% −27.0% $103.1M 2,146 $591 38

Mon Jul 28 #7 $641.9K −49.4% −27.7% $103.7M 2,146 $299 39

Tue Jul 29 #7 $752.2K +17.2% −28.6% $104.5M 2,146 $351 40

Wed Jul 30 #7 $673.1K −10.5% −29.0% $105.2M 2,146 $314 41

Thu Jul 31 #7 $647.8K −3.8% −32.7% $105.8M 2,146 $302 42

Fri Aug 1 #11 $945.2K +45.9% −32.6% $106.8M 1,747 $541 43

Sat Aug 2 #11 $1.3M +34.7% −30.9% $108.0M 1,747 $729 44

Sun Aug 3 #11 $920.1K −27.8% −27.4% $108.9M 1,747 $527 45

Mon Aug 4 #10 $477.1K −48.2% −25.7% $109.4M 1,747 $273 46

Tue Aug 5 #10 $557.7K +16.9% −25.9% $110.0M 1,747 $319 47

Wed Aug 6 #10 $487.1K −12.7% −27.6% $110.5M 1,747 $279 48

Thu Aug 7 #10 $452.4K −7.1% −30.2% $110.9M 1,747 $259 49

Fri Aug 8 #11 $652.6K +44.3% −31.0% $111.6M 1,462 $446 50

Sat Aug 9 #12 $928.2K +42.2% −27.1% $112.5M 1,462 $635 51

Sun Aug 10 #11 $626.7K −32.5% −31.9% $113.1M 1,462 $429 52

Mon Aug 11 #11 $321.6K −48.7% −32.6% $113.4M 1,462 $220 53

Tue Aug 12 #10 $387.5K +20.5% −30.5% $113.8M 1,462 $265 54

Wed Aug 13 #11 $345.0K −11.0% −29.2% $114.2M 1,462 $236 55

Thu Aug 14 #10 $307.5K −10.9% −32.0% $114.5M 1,462 $210 56

Fri Aug 15 #12 $484.0K +57.4% −25.8% $115.0M 1,232 $393 57

Sat Aug 16 #13 $663.2K +37.0% −28.5% $115.6M 1,232 $538 58

Sun Aug 17 #12 $469.2K −29.2% −25.1% $116.1M 1,232 $381 59

Mon Aug 18 #12 $202.6K −56.8% −37.0% $116.3M 1,232 $164 60

Tue Aug 19 #12 $242.7K +19.8% −37.4% $116.6M 1,232 $197 61

Wed Aug 20 #12 $228.3K −5.9% −33.8% $116.8M 1,232 $185 62

Thu Aug 21 #12 $221.5K −2.9% −27.9% $117.0M 1,232 $180 63

Fri Aug 22 #17 $320.4K +44.6% −33.8% $117.3M 801 $400 64

Sat Aug 23 #16 $441.1K +37.6% −33.5% $117.8M 801 $551 65

Sun Aug 24 #17 $267.3K −39.4% −43.0% $118.0M 801 $334 66

Mon Aug 25 — $100.4K −62.4% −50.4% $118.1M 801 $125 67

Tue Aug 26 — $122.0K +21.5% −49.7% $118.2M 801 $152 68

Wed Aug 27 — $100.6K −17.6% −55.9% $118.3M 801 $126 69

Thu Aug 28 — $105.2K +4.6% −52.5% $118.4M 801 $131 70

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

Cumulative total$118.4M

Jun 20Jul 7Jul 25Aug 11Aug 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.0M

$21.7M

$15.0M

$10.8M

$8.3M

$6.5M

$4.5M

$3.1M

$2.2M

$1.6M

$1.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,376 → 801 −66.3%

2,134 open801 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −36.3%

−30.7%

W1→2

−28.0%

W2→3

−23.1%

W3→4

−21.6%

W4→5

−30.8%

W5→6

−30.8%

W6→7

−29.3%

W7→8

−26.8%

W8→9

−36.3%

W9→10

Steepest −36.3%Best hold −21.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 37 days

$100M

Day 37

Jul 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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