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1999 • PG • 1h 47m • Drama, Family, History • Universal Pictures

Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky.

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3.78

7.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$32.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$33.10M

$0.40M international

Domestic legs5.5x

1999 rank#64

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Cast & crew

Full Johnston filmography

Joe Johnston

Joe Johnston Director

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal Starring

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper Starring

Laura Dern

Laura Dern Starring

Chad Lindberg

Chad Lindberg Starring

ScreenplayLewis Colick Produced byCharles Gordon, Larry Franco CinematographyFred Murphy Music byMark Isham StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 19-21 4 $5.9M — 1,495 $3,950 $5.9M

2 Feb 26-28 6 $4.8M −18.6% 1,702 $2,825 $12.0M

3 Mar 5-7 6 $3.7M −23.0% 1,698 $2,180 $16.8M

4 Mar 12-14 10 $3.0M −18.7% 1,583 $1,900 $20.8M

5 Mar 19-21 14 $1.9M −38.0% 1,300 $1,435 $23.6M

6 Mar 26-28 14 $1.2M −36.9% 961 $1,225 $25.4M

7 Apr 2-4 15 $837.0K −28.9% 731 $1,145 $26.7M

8 Apr 9-11 18 $680.0K −18.8% 670 $1,015 $27.7M

9 Apr 16-18 17 $578.2K −15.0% 657 $880 $28.5M

10 Apr 23-25 20 $514.3K −11.0% 598 $860 $29.1M

11 Apr 30-May 2 22 $354.0K −31.2% 513 $690 $29.6M

12 May 7-9 21 $291.7K −17.6% 429 $680 $30.0M

13 May 14-16 20 $360.4K +23.6% 530 $680 $30.5M

14 May 21-23 23 $205.4K −43.0% 428 $480 $30.8M

15 May 28-30 28 $214.5K +4.4% 346 $620 $31.1M

16 Jun 4-6 31 $139.2K −35.1% 282 $494 $31.3M

17 Jun 11-13 33 $135.6K −2.6% 240 $565 $31.5M

18 Jun 18-20 35 $118.0K −13.0% 236 $500 $31.7M

19 Jun 25-27 34 $108.7K −7.9% 207 $525 $31.9M

20 Jul 2-4 34 $129.5K +19.2% 157 $825 $32.1M

21 Jul 9-11 39 $93.1K −28.1% 149 $625 $32.2M

22 Jul 16-18 43 $83.7K −10.1% 135 $620 $32.4M

23 Jul 23-25 48 $69.9K −16.4% 111 $630 $32.5M

24 Jul 30-Aug 1 55 $41.1K −41.2% 69 $596 $32.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 19 #6 $1.5M — $1.5M 1,495 $1,033 1

Sat Feb 20 #5 $2.7M +72.2% $4.2M 1,495 $1,779 2

Sun Feb 21 #4 $1.6M −39.6% $5.9M 1,495 $1,075 3

Mon Feb 22 #4 $328.9K −79.5% $6.2M 1,495 $220 4

Tue Feb 23 #5 $351.3K +6.8% $6.6M 1,495 $235 5

Wed Feb 24 #4 $291.5K −17.0% $6.9M 1,495 $195 6

Thu Feb 25 #4 $328.9K +12.8% $7.2M 1,495 $220 7

Fri Feb 26 #5 $1.3M +295.3% −15.9% $8.5M 1,495 $870 8

Sat Feb 27 #6 $2.4M +81.1% −11.5% $10.9M 1,700 $1,385 9

Sun Feb 28 #6 $1.3M −45.4% −20.0% $12.0M 1,702 $755 10

Mon Mar 1 #6 $246.8K −80.8% −25.0% $12.3M 1,702 $145 11

Tue Mar 2 #6 $263.8K +6.9% −24.9% $12.5M 1,702 $155 12

Wed Mar 3 #6 $238.3K −9.7% −18.3% $12.8M 1,702 $140 13

Thu Mar 4 #6 $304.0K +27.6% −7.6% $13.1M 1,702 $179 14

Fri Mar 5 #7 $970.0K +219.1% −25.4% $14.0M 1,702 $570 15

Sat Mar 6 #6 $1.7M +77.8% −26.8% $15.8M 1,689 $1,021 16

Sun Mar 7 #7 $1.0M −41.9% −22.0% $16.8M 1,689 $593 17

Mon Mar 8 #8 $229.2K −77.1% −7.1% $17.0M 1,689 $136 18

Tue Mar 9 #8 $263.2K +14.8% −0.2% $17.3M 1,698 $155 19

Wed Mar 10 #8 $237.7K −9.7% −0.2% $17.5M 1,698 $140 20

Thu Mar 11 #8 $263.2K +10.7% −13.4% $17.8M 1,698 $155 21

Fri Mar 12 #10 $820.0K +211.6% −15.5% $18.6M 1,575 $521 22

Sat Mar 13 #10 $1.4M +64.6% −21.7% $20.1M 1,575 $857 23

Sun Mar 14 #10 $799.0K −40.8% −20.3% $20.8M 1,575 $507 24

Mon Mar 15 #11 $276.1K −65.4% +20.5% $21.0M 1,575 $175 25

Tue Mar 16 #12 $236.7K −14.3% −10.1% $21.3M 1,583 $150 26

Wed Mar 17 #11 $213.0K −10.0% −10.4% $21.5M 1,583 $135 27

Thu Mar 18 #12 $260.4K +22.2% −1.1% $21.8M 1,583 $164 28

Fri Mar 19 #14 $575.0K +120.8% −29.9% $22.3M 1,300 $442 29

Sat Mar 20 #14 $910.0K +58.3% −32.6% $23.2M 1,300 $700 30

Sun Mar 21 #15 $396.0K −56.5% −50.4% $23.6M 1,300 $305 31

Mon Mar 22 #16 $128.0K −67.7% −53.6% $23.7M 1,300 $98 32

Tue Mar 23 #16 $134.5K +5.1% −43.2% $23.9M 1,300 $103 33

Wed Mar 24 #15 $134.1K −0.3% −37.1% $24.0M 1,300 $103 34

Thu Mar 25 #13 $165.6K +23.5% −36.4% $24.2M 1,300 $127 35

Sun Mar 28 #15 $288.0K — −27.3% $25.4M 961 $300 38

Mon Mar 29 #15 $94.7K −67.1% −26.0% $25.5M 961 $99 39

Tue Mar 30 #16 $112.8K +19.1% −16.1% $25.6M 961 $117 40

Wed Mar 31 #16 $100.5K −10.9% −25.1% $25.7M 961 $105 41

Sun Apr 4 #17 $186.0K — −35.4% $26.7M 731 $254 45

Mon Apr 5 #15 $119.2K −35.9% +25.8% $26.8M 731 $163 46

Tue Apr 6 #15 $100.6K −15.6% −10.8% $26.9M 731 $138 47

Wed Apr 7 #15 $90.2K −10.3% −10.2% $27.0M 731 $123 48

Thu Apr 8 #15 $94.1K +4.3% $27.1M 731 $129 49

Sun Apr 11 #19 $147.0K — −21.0% $27.7M 670 $219 52

Mon Apr 12 #20 $38.5K −73.8% −67.7% $27.8M 670 $57 53

Tue Apr 13 #20 $34.5K −10.3% −65.7% $27.8M 670 $51 54

Wed Apr 14 #19 $37.8K +9.5% −58.2% $27.8M 670 $56 55

Thu Apr 15 #19 $44.3K +17.4% −52.9% $27.9M 670 $66 56

Sun Apr 18 #19 $122.0K — −17.0% $28.5M 657 $186 59

Mon Apr 19 #19 $37.4K −69.3% −2.7% $28.5M 657 $57 60

Tue Apr 20 #19 $36.9K −1.5% +7.0% $28.5M 657 $56 61

Wed Apr 21 #19 $37.1K +0.5% −1.8% $28.6M 657 $56 62

Thu Apr 22 #18 $49.4K +33.3% +11.6% $28.6M 657 $75 63

Sun Apr 25 #20 $108.0K — −11.5% $29.1M 598 $181 66

Mon Apr 26 #19 $37.0K −65.7% −1.0% $29.2M 598 $62 67

Wed Apr 28 #20 $34.1K — −7.9% $29.3M 598 $57 69

Thu Apr 29 #20 $37.1K +8.6% −25.0% $29.3M 598 $62 70

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

Cumulative total$29.3M

Feb 19Mar 5Mar 20Apr 8Apr 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $514.3K

$5.9M

$4.8M

$3.7M

$3.0M

$1.9M

$1.2M

$837.0K

$680.0K

$578.2K

$514.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,702 → 598 −64.9%

1,495 open598 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11.0%

−18.6%

W1→2

−23.0%

W2→3

−18.7%

W3→4

−38.0%

W4→5

−36.9%

W5→6

−28.9%

W6→7

−18.8%

W7→8

−15.0%

W8→9

−11.0%

W9→10

Steepest −38.0%Best hold −11.0%

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