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Nothing to LoseFollow

1997 • R • 1h 37m • Comedy, Action, Crime • Touchstone Pictures

When the odds are against you, sometimes the only bet is yourself.

🍅 32% 68%

3.19

6.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$11.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$44.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$64.60M

$20.10M international

Domestic legs3.8x

Budget$25M

1997 rank#47

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Cast & crew

Full Oedekerk filmography

Steve Oedekerk

Steve Oedekerk Director

Martin Lawrence

Martin Lawrence Starring

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins Starring

John C. McGinley

John C. McGinley Starring

Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito Starring

Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston Starring

ScreenplaySteve Oedekerk Produced byMartin Bregman, Dan Jinks, Michael Bregman CinematographyDonald E. Thorin Music byRobert Folk StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 18-20 4 $11.6M — 1,862 $6,239 $11.6M

2 Jul 25-27 6 $6.9M −40.5% 1,888 $3,664 $24.5M

3 Aug 1-3 8 $4.5M −35.1% 1,800 $2,496 $32.2M

4 Aug 8-10 10 $2.8M −36.6% 1,470 $1,936 $37.3M

5 Aug 15-17 12 $1.7M −38.9% 1,136 $1,530 $40.3M

6 Aug 22-24 20 $609.7K −64.9% 549 $1,111 $41.7M

7 Aug 29-31 27 $450.1K −26.2% 283 $1,590 $42.4M

8 Sep 5-7 31 $222.0K −50.7% 257 $864 $42.7M

9 Sep 12-14 33 $150.5K −32.2% 209 $720 $42.9M

10 Sep 19-21 37 $72.7K −51.7% 114 $638 $43.0M

11 Sep 26-28 20 $424.8K +484.2% 529 $803 $43.5M

12 Oct 3-5 23 $249.9K −41.2% 408 $613 $43.8M

13 Oct 10-12 31 $140.7K −43.7% 261 $539 $44.1M

14 Oct 17-19 36 $111.8K −20.6% 212 $527 $44.2M

15 Oct 24-26 42 $75.5K −32.4% 172 $439 $44.3M

16 Oct 31-Nov 2 44 $51.5K −31.8% 118 $437 $44.4M

17 Nov 7-9 53 $30.8K −40.2% 73 $422 $44.5M

18 Nov 14-16 63 $9.8K −68.2% 33 $297 $44.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 18 #4 $3.8M — $3.8M 1,862 $2,017 1

Sat Jul 19 #4 $4.4M +18.3% $8.2M 1,862 $2,388 2

Sun Jul 20 #4 $3.4M −23.2% $11.6M 1,862 $1,834 3

Mon Jul 21 #4 $1.6M −54.5% $13.2M 1,862 $835 4

Tue Jul 22 #4 $1.6M +0.1% $14.7M 1,862 $836 5

Wed Jul 23 #4 $1.4M −9.2% $16.1M 1,862 $758 6

Thu Jul 24 #4 $1.4M +0.5% $17.6M 1,862 $762 7

Fri Jul 25 #6 $2.1M +48.9% −43.8% $19.7M 1,888 $1,118 8

Sat Jul 26 #5 $2.7M +27.4% −39.5% $22.4M 1,888 $1,424 9

Sun Jul 27 #5 $2.1M −21.3% −38.0% $24.5M 1,888 $1,121 10

Mon Jul 28 #6 $869.1K −58.9% −44.1% $25.3M 1,888 $460 11

Tue Jul 29 #5 $925.9K +6.5% −40.5% $26.3M 1,888 $490 12

Wed Jul 30 #6 $743.6K −19.7% −47.3% $27.0M 1,888 $394 13

Thu Jul 31 #6 $713.5K −4.0% −49.7% $27.7M 1,888 $378 14

Fri Aug 1 #8 $1.3M +84.2% −37.8% $29.0M 1,800 $730 15

Sat Aug 2 #8 $1.8M +36.3% −33.4% $30.8M 1,800 $995 16

Sun Aug 3 #7 $1.4M −22.6% −34.5% $32.2M 1,800 $770 17

Mon Aug 4 #8 $620.2K −55.3% −28.6% $32.8M 1,800 $345 18

Tue Aug 5 #8 $636.2K +2.6% −31.3% $33.5M 1,800 $353 19

Wed Aug 6 #9 $516.5K −18.8% −30.5% $34.0M 1,800 $287 20

Thu Aug 7 #9 $481.0K −6.9% −32.6% $34.5M 1,800 $267 21

Fri Aug 8 #10 $731.4K +52.0% −44.3% $35.2M 1,470 $498 22

Sat Aug 9 #10 $1.3M +83.5% −25.1% $36.5M 1,470 $913 23

Sun Aug 10 #10 $772.3K −42.5% −44.3% $37.3M 1,470 $525 24

Mon Aug 11 #10 $326.9K −57.7% −47.3% $37.6M 1,470 $222 25

Tue Aug 12 #11 $350.6K +7.2% −44.9% $38.0M 1,470 $238 26

Wed Aug 13 #12 $317.8K −9.4% −38.5% $38.3M 1,470 $216 27

Thu Aug 14 #11 $288.0K −9.4% −40.1% $38.6M 1,470 $196 28

Fri Aug 15 #13 $430.5K +49.5% −41.1% $39.0M 1,136 $379 29

Sat Aug 16 #12 $879.8K +104.4% −34.5% $39.9M 1,136 $774 30

Sun Aug 17 #13 $427.9K −51.4% −44.6% $40.3M 1,136 $377 31

Mon Aug 18 #14 $181.9K −57.5% −44.4% $40.5M 1,136 $160 32

Tue Aug 19 #13 $185.4K +2.0% −47.1% $40.7M 1,136 $163 33

Wed Aug 20 #14 $193.9K +4.6% −39.0% $40.9M 1,136 $171 34

Thu Aug 21 #14 $175.5K −9.5% −39.1% $41.1M 1,136 $155 35

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

Cumulative total$41.1M

Jul 18Jul 27Aug 4Aug 13Aug 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $72.7K

$11.6M

$6.9M

$4.5M

$2.8M

$1.7M

$609.7K

$450.1K

$222.0K

$150.5K

$72.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,888 → 1,136 −39.8%

1,862 open1,136 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −51.7%

−40.5%

W1→2

−35.1%

W2→3

−36.6%

W3→4

−38.9%

W4→5

−64.9%

W5→6

−26.2%

W6→7

−50.7%

W7→8

−32.2%

W8→9

−51.7%

W9→10

Steepest −64.9%Best hold −26.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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