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My Big Fat Greek Wedding

2002 PG 1h 35m Comedy, Drama, Romance IFC Films

Love is here to stay... so is her family.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding Box Office

Opening Weekend
$5.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$241M
Final
Worldwide Total
$369M
$127M international
Domestic Legs42.4x
Budget$5.0M
2002 Rank#5
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Apr 19-21 20 $597K $597K 108 $5.5K 1
Apr 26-28 16 $805K +34.7% $1.63M 141 $5.7K 2
May 3-5 16 $666K -17.2% $2.57M 147 $4.5K 3
May 10-12 11 $1.26M +89.5% $4.11M 247 $5.1K 4
May 17-19 10 $1.14M -10.1% $5.67M 275 $4.1K 5
May 24-26 11 $1.25M +9.8% $7.30M 260 $4.8K 6
May 31-Jun 2 11 $911K -27.0% $8.86M 236 $3.9K 7
Jun 7-9 12 $1.69M +85.4% $11.00M 443 $3.8K 8
Jun 14-16 12 $1.76M +3.9% $13.64M 455 $3.9K 9
Jun 21-23 14 $1.78M +1.2% $16.32M 444 $4.0K 10
Jun 28-30 13 $2.00M +12.7% $19.34M 493 $4.1K 11
Jul 5-7 11 $2.51M +25.3% $23.58M 499 $5.0K 12
Jul 12-14 12 $2.23M -11.1% $27.03M 495 $4.5K 13
Jul 19-21 14 $2.50M +12.0% $30.86M 530 $4.7K 14
Jul 26-28 10 $3.00M +20.3% $35.42M 569 $5.3K 15
Aug 2-4 9 $3.00M -0.1% $40.17M 657 $4.6K 16
Aug 9-11 8 $3.13M +4.4% $45.06M 723 $4.3K 17
Aug 16-18 6 $5.70M +81.9% $52.78M 1,064 $5.4K 18
Aug 23-25 4 $7.26M +27.4% $63.69M 1,329 $5.5K 19
Aug 30-Sep 1 2 $11.10M +52.9% $78.85M 1,619 $6.9K 20
Oct 11-14 Indig. Peoples' Day 12 $1.16M -89.5% $160.12M 2,016 $577 21
Dec 13-15 12 $1.70M +46.4% $215.64M 1,230 $1.4K 22
Dec 20-22 13 $1.46M -14.2% $217.77M 973 $1.5K 23
Dec 27-29 12 $2.76M +88.9% $222.52M 951 $2.9K 24
Jan 3-5 13 $2.66M -3.6% $227.90M 1,194 $2.2K 25
Jan 17-20 15 $2.60M -2.3% $234.27M 1,171 $2.2K 26
Feb 14-16 24 $475K -81.7% $240.69M 533 $891 27
Feb 21-23 29 $215K -54.8% $241.06M 353 $608 28
Feb 28-Mar 2 40 $131K -39.0% $241.25M 260 $503 29
Mar 7-9 49 $71K -45.5% $241.36M 170 $419 30

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJoel Zwick
ScreenplayNia Vardalos
Produced byRita Wilson, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman
CinematographyJeffrey Jur
MusicChris Wilson & Alexander Janko
StarringNia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin, Joey Fatone
StudioIFC Films

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