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1998 • PG-13 • 1h 55m • Biography, Comedy, Drama • Universal Pictures

Laughter is contagious.

🍅 22% 73%

26

3.49

6.9

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$25.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$135.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$202.20M

$67.20M international

Domestic legs5.3x

Budget$50M

1998 rank#10

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Cast & crew

Full Shadyac filmography

Tom Shadyac

Tom Shadyac Director

Robin Williams

Robin Williams Starring

Monica Potter

Monica Potter Starring

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman Starring

Bob Gunton

Bob Gunton Starring

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote Starring

ScreenplaySteve Oedekerk Produced byBarry Kemp, Mike Farrell, Marvin Minoff, Charles Newirth CinematographyPhedon Papamichael Music byMarc Shaiman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 25-27 1 $25.3M — 2,712 $9,315 $25.3M

2 Jan 1-3 1 $19.1M −24.6% 2,751 $6,925 $65.5M

3 Jan 8-10 2 $12.7M −33.4% 2,770 $4,580 $83.5M

4 Jan 15-17 2 $12.0M −5.0% 2,893 $4,165 $98.7M

5 Jan 22-24 2 $8.1M −32.8% 2,909 $2,785 $108.6M

6 Jan 29-31 2 $6.0M −25.9% 2,879 $2,085 $116.5M

7 Feb 5-7 3 $4.4M −26.6% 2,729 $1,615 $122.4M

8 Feb 12-14 9 $3.6M −19.0% 2,101 $1,700 $127.0M

9 Feb 19-21 12 $1.7M −51.2% 1,584 $1,100 $129.4M

10 Feb 26-28 15 $873.3K −49.9% 929 $940 $130.7M

11 Mar 5-7 19 $504.6K −42.2% 608 $830 $131.4M

12 Mar 12-14 33 $248.9K −50.7% 321 $775 $131.8M

13 Mar 19-21 21 $625.1K +151.2% 665 $940 $132.5M

14 Mar 26-28 23 $444.3K −28.9% 566 $785 $133.3M

15 Apr 2-4 25 $352.2K −20.7% 443 $795 $133.8M

16 Apr 9-11 26 $270.3K −23.3% 340 $795 $134.3M

17 Apr 16-18 31 $185.5K −31.4% 265 $700 $134.5M

18 Apr 23-25 41 $114.7K −38.1% 185 $620 $134.7M

19 Apr 30-May 2 44 $80.1K −30.2% 143 $560 $134.8M

20 May 7-9 56 $49.9K −37.7% 105 $475 $134.9M

21 May 14-16 58 $41.4K −16.9% 91 $455 $134.9M

22 May 21-23 55 $44.3K +6.9% 86 $515 $135.0M

23 May 28-30 67 $27.0K −39.1% 71 $380 $135.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 25 #1 $8.1M — $8.1M 2,714 $2,981 1

Sat Dec 26 #1 $9.6M +18.7% $17.7M 2,714 $3,539 2

Sun Dec 27 #1 $7.4M −23.2% $25.1M 2,714 $2,718 3

Mon Dec 28 #1 $5.3M −28.6% $30.3M 2,714 $1,941 4

Tue Dec 29 #1 $5.1M −2.9% $35.5M 2,714 $1,884 5

Wed Dec 30 #1 $4.7M −7.3% $40.2M 2,714 $1,746 6

Thu Dec 31 #1 $5.9M +24.9% $46.2M 2,714 $2,181 7

Fri Jan 1 #1 $8.3M +39.4% +2.0% $54.5M 2,752 $2,998 8

Sat Jan 2 #1 $6.9M −16.2% −28.0% $61.4M 2,752 $2,513 9

Sun Jan 3 #1 $4.1M −40.9% −44.6% $65.5M 2,751 $1,485 10

Mon Jan 4 #1 $1.4M −66.3% −73.9% $66.9M 2,751 $500 11

Tue Jan 5 #1 $1.5M +12.1% −69.9% $68.4M 2,751 $560 12

Wed Jan 6 #1 $1.2M −23.2% −75.0% $69.6M 2,751 $430 13

Thu Jan 7 #1 $1.2M +3.5% −79.3% $70.8M 2,751 $445 14

Fri Jan 8 #2 $3.3M +167.5% −60.3% $74.1M 2,770 $1,182 15

Sat Jan 9 #2 $6.3M +91.1% −9.5% $80.4M 2,770 $2,260 16

Sun Jan 10 #2 $3.2M −49.7% −22.9% $83.5M 2,770 $1,138 17

Mon Jan 11 #2 $706.4K −77.6% −48.6% $84.2M 2,770 $255 18

Tue Jan 12 #2 $914.1K +29.4% −40.7% $85.1M 2,770 $330 19

Wed Jan 13 #2 $761.8K −16.7% −35.6% $85.9M 2,770 $275 20

Thu Jan 14 #2 $762.1K +0.0% −37.7% $86.6M 2,770 $275 21

Fri Jan 15 #4 $2.7M +254.9% −17.4% $89.4M 2,890 $936 22

Sat Jan 16 #3 $4.5M +68.2% −27.3% $93.9M 2,890 $1,574 23

Sun Jan 17 #2 $2.7M −40.1% −13.5% $96.6M 2,890 $943 24

Mon Jan 18 #2 $1.8M −33.1% +158.0% $98.7M 2,893 $630 25

Tue Jan 19 #4 $663.3K −63.6% −27.4% $99.4M 2,893 $229 26

Wed Jan 20 #4 $562.4K −15.2% −26.2% $99.9M 2,893 $194 27

Thu Jan 21 #4 $563.6K +0.2% −26.1% $100.5M 2,893 $195 28

Fri Jan 22 #2 $2.1M +273.5% −22.2% $102.6M 2,915 $722 29

Sat Jan 23 #2 $4.1M +93.1% −10.7% $106.7M 2,915 $1,395 30

Sun Jan 24 #2 $2.1M −48.8% −23.7% $108.6M 2,915 $714 31

Mon Jan 25 #2 $436.1K −79.0% −76.1% $109.0M 2,909 $150 32

Tue Jan 26 #2 $538.0K +23.4% −18.9% $109.6M 2,909 $185 33

Wed Jan 27 #2 $450.4K −16.3% −19.9% $110.0M 2,909 $155 34

Thu Jan 28 #2 $493.2K +9.5% −12.5% $110.5M 2,909 $170 35

Fri Jan 29 #3 $1.8M +261.9% −15.2% $112.3M 2,880 $620 36

Sat Jan 30 #2 $3.1M +74.2% −23.5% $115.4M 2,880 $1,080 37

Sun Jan 31 #2 $1.0M −67.1% −50.9% $116.5M 2,879 $355 38

Mon Feb 1 #3 $330.5K −67.7% −24.2% $116.8M 2,879 $115 39

Tue Feb 2 #2 $429.9K +30.1% −20.1% $117.3M 2,879 $149 40

Wed Feb 3 #2 $343.9K −20.0% −23.6% $117.6M 2,879 $119 41

Thu Feb 4 #2 $358.3K +4.2% −27.4% $118.0M 2,879 $124 42

Fri Feb 5 #5 $1.1M +221.0% −35.6% $119.1M 2,879 $399 43

Sat Feb 6 #3 $2.2M +89.1% −30.1% $121.3M 2,725 $798 44

Sun Feb 7 #4 $1.0M −53.0% +0.1% $122.4M 2,729 $375 45

Mon Feb 8 #4 $244.7K −76.1% −26.0% $122.6M 2,729 $90 46

Tue Feb 9 #5 $297.9K +21.7% −30.7% $122.9M 2,729 $109 47

Wed Feb 10 #5 $244.1K −18.1% −29.0% $123.2M 2,729 $89 48

Thu Feb 11 #5 $270.2K +10.7% −24.6% $123.4M 2,729 $99 49

Fri Feb 12 #10 $640.0K +136.9% −44.3% $124.1M 2,110 $303 50

Sat Feb 13 #8 $1.3M +96.9% −42.1% $125.3M 2,110 $597 51

Sun Feb 14 #9 $1.1M −14.3% +5.6% $126.4M 2,110 $512 52

Mon Feb 15 #11 $441.0K −59.2% +80.2% $127.0M 2,110 $209 53

Tue Feb 16 #10 $224.3K −49.1% −24.7% $127.2M 2,110 $106 54

Wed Feb 17 #11 $183.2K −18.3% −25.0% $127.4M 2,101 $87 55

Thu Feb 18 #10 $203.0K +10.8% −24.9% $127.6M 2,101 $97 56

Fri Feb 19 #14 $465.0K +129.1% −27.3% $128.1M 1,570 $296 57

Sat Feb 20 #12 $870.0K +87.1% −31.0% $129.0M 1,570 $554 58

Sun Feb 21 #12 $404.0K −53.6% −62.6% $129.4M 1,570 $257 59

Mon Feb 22 #13 $100.1K −75.2% −77.3% $129.5M 1,584 $63 60

Thu Feb 25 #12 $114.6K — −43.5% $129.8M 1,584 $72 63

Sun Feb 28 #16 $214.0K — −47.0% $130.7M 929 $230 66

Mon Mar 1 #16 $54.1K −74.7% −46.0% $130.7M 929 $58 67

Tue Mar 2 #16 $61.5K +13.7% $130.8M 929 $66 68

Wed Mar 3 #16 $57.1K −7.1% $130.8M 929 $61 69

Thu Mar 4 #16 $65.8K +15.4% −42.5% $130.9M 929 $71 70

Sun Mar 7 #19 $125.0K — −41.6% $131.4M 608 $206 73

Mon Mar 8 #21 $31.8K −74.5% −41.1% $131.4M 608 $52 74

Tue Mar 9 #20 $36.9K +15.9% −39.9% $131.5M 608 $61 75

Wed Mar 10 #20 $34.4K −6.9% −39.8% $131.5M 608 $57 76

Thu Mar 11 #20 $40.1K +16.7% −39.1% $131.6M 608 $66 77

Sun Mar 21 #20 $160.0K — $132.5M 665 $241 87

Mon Mar 22 #19 $68.1K −57.4% $132.6M 665 $102 88

Tue Mar 23 #19 $80.1K +17.6% $132.7M 665 $120 89

Wed Mar 24 #19 $67.8K −15.3% $132.7M 665 $102 90

Thu Mar 25 #19 $71.0K +4.6% $132.8M 665 $107 91

Mon Mar 29 #19 $46.5K — −31.8% $133.3M 566 $82 95

Tue Mar 30 #20 $54.1K +16.4% −32.5% $133.4M 566 $96 96

Wed Mar 31 #20 $53.0K −2.1% −21.9% $133.4M 566 $94 97

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

Cumulative total$130.9M

Dec 25Jan 10Jan 27Feb 12Mar 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $873.3K

$25.3M

$19.1M

$12.7M

$12.0M

$8.1M

$6.0M

$4.4M

$3.6M

$1.7M

$873.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,915 → 929 −68.1%

2,714 open929 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.9%

−24.6%

W1→2

−33.4%

W2→3

−5.0%

W3→4

−32.8%

W4→5

−25.9%

W5→6

−26.6%

W6→7

−19.0%

W7→8

−51.2%

W8→9

−49.9%

W9→10

Steepest −51.2%Best hold −5.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 28 days

$100M

Day 28

Jan 21

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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