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My Fellow AmericansFollow

1996 • PG-13 • 1h 42m • Comedy, Adventure • Warner Bros.

A comedy about life, liberty and the pursuit of two ex-presidents.

🍅 48% 62% MC 49 LB 3.10 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$2.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$22.30M
Final
Domestic legs7.8x
Budget$21.5M
1996 rank#71
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Cast & crew

Full Segal filmography
Peter Segal Peter Segal Director Jack Lemmon Jack Lemmon Starring James Garner James Garner Starring Dan Aykroyd Dan Aykroyd Starring John Heard John Heard Starring Wilford Brimley Wilford Brimley Starring
ScreenplayE. Jack Kaplan, Richard Chapman, Peter Tolan Produced byJon Peters, Jean Higgins CinematographyJulio Macat Music byWilliam Ross StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 20-22 9 $2.9M — 1,915 $1,494 $2.9M
2 Dec 27-29 9 $4.2M +45.7% 1,915 $2,176 $10.2M
3 Jan 3-5 10 $3.3M −20.1% 1,865 $1,786 $18.0M
4 Jan 10-12 16 $1.2M −64.6% 1,220 $968 $20.1M
5 Jan 17-19 25 $508.1K −57.0% 516 $985 $21.0M
6 Jan 24-26 36 $150.6K −70.4% 235 $641 $21.3M
7 Jan 31-Feb 2 44 $93.0K −38.2% 120 $775 $21.4M
8 Feb 7-9 53 $45.6K −51.0% 91 $501 $21.5M
10 Feb 21-23 29 $242.8K — 458 $530 $21.8M
11 Feb 28-Mar 2 33 $150.0K −38.2% 277 $542 $22.0M
12 Mar 7-9 36 $97.9K −34.7% 197 $497 $22.2M
13 Mar 14-16 44 $53.8K −45.0% 131 $411 $22.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $242.8K
$2.9M
$4.2M
$3.3M
$1.2M
$508.1K
$150.6K
$93.0K
$45.6K
$242.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.0%
+45.7%
W1→2
−20.1%
W2→3
−64.6%
W3→4
−57.0%
W4→5
−70.4%
W5→6
−38.2%
W6→7
−51.0%
W7→8
Steepest −70.4%Biggest gain +45.7%

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