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1998 • PG-13 • 2h 4m • Comedy, Drama, Fantasy • New Line Cinema

Nothing is as simple as black and white.

🍅 85% 79%

71

3.71

7.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$8.90M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$40.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$49.80M

$9.20M international

Domestic legs4.6x

1998 rank#51

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Cast & crew

Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire Starring

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon Starring

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels Starring

Joan Allen

Joan Allen Starring

William H. Macy

William H. Macy Starring

ScreenplayGary Ross Produced byJon Kilik, Robert J. Degus, Steven Soderbergh, Gary Ross CinematographyJohn Lindley Music byRandy Newman StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 23-25 1 $8.9M — 1,636 $5,413 $8.9M

2 Oct 30-Nov 1 2 $6.9M −22.3% 1,761 $3,907 $18.3M

3 Nov 6-8 3 $5.6M −18.7% 1,761 $3,176 $26.2M

4 Nov 13-15 7 $3.7M −34.3% 1,773 $2,073 $31.6M

5 Nov 20-22 9 $2.2M −38.9% 1,715 $1,310 $34.7M

6 Nov 27-29 14 $1.2M −46.4% 1,089 $1,106 $36.7M

7 Dec 4-6 18 $501.0K −58.4% 831 $603 $37.4M

8 Dec 11-13 18 $461.2K −8.0% 801 $576 $38.1M

9 Dec 18-20 29 $217.0K −52.9% 602 $361 $38.4M

10 Dec 25-27 39 $93.9K −56.7% 159 $590 $38.7M

11 Jan 1-3 38 $106.4K +13.4% 25 $4,257 $38.9M

12 Jan 8-10 38 $83.7K −21.3% 148 $566 $39.0M

13 Jan 15-17 44 $85.1K +1.7% 112 $760 $39.1M

14 Jan 22-24 49 $53.5K −37.2% 95 $563 $39.2M

15 Jan 29-31 50 $43.0K −19.5% 80 $538 $39.3M

16 Feb 5-7 51 $35.3K −17.9% 59 $599 $39.3M

17 Feb 12-14 55 $33.8K −4.4% 36 $938 $39.4M

18 Feb 19-21 58 $34.1K +1.0% 33 $1,033 $39.4M

19 Feb 26-28 34 $275.6K +708.3% 335 $823 $39.7M

20 Mar 5-7 32 $237.9K −13.7% 386 $616 $40.0M

21 Mar 12-14 39 $181.2K −23.8% 314 $577 $40.3M

22 Mar 19-21 43 $117.4K −35.2% 215 $546 $40.5M

23 Mar 26-28 53 $41.5K −64.6% 87 $478 $40.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 23 #2 $2.7M — $2.7M 1,636 $1,675 1

Sat Oct 24 #2 $3.8M +39.6% $6.6M 1,636 $2,338 2

Sun Oct 25 #2 $2.2M −42.0% $8.9M 1,636 $1,355 3

Mon Oct 26 #1 $583.5K −73.7% $9.4M 1,636 $357 4

Tue Oct 27 #2 $700.2K +20.0% $10.1M 1,636 $428 5

Wed Oct 28 #1 $613.4K −12.4% $10.8M 1,636 $375 6

Sun Nov 1 #2 $2.2M — −1.6% $18.3M 1,761 $1,239 10

Mon Nov 2 #2 $530.9K −75.7% −9.0% $18.8M 1,761 $301 11

Tue Nov 3 #2 $663.6K +25.0% −5.2% $19.5M 1,761 $377 12

Wed Nov 4 #3 $496.5K −25.2% −19.1% $20.0M 1,761 $282 13

Thu Nov 5 #1 $521.3K +5.0% $20.5M 1,761 $296 14

Fri Nov 6 #3 $1.7M +223.2% $22.3M 1,761 $957 15

Sat Nov 7 #3 $2.6M +56.4% $24.9M 1,761 $1,496 16

Sun Nov 8 #5 $1.3M −52.0% −42.0% $26.2M 1,761 $718 17

Mon Nov 9 #4 $267.5K −78.8% −49.6% $26.5M 1,761 $152 18

Tue Nov 10 #3 $487.4K +82.2% −26.6% $26.9M 1,761 $277 19

Wed Nov 11 #5 $714.3K +46.6% +43.9% $27.7M 1,761 $406 20

Thu Nov 12 #4 $311.0K −56.5% −40.3% $28.0M 1,761 $177 21

Fri Nov 13 #5 $1.1M +258.5% −33.8% $29.1M 1,773 $629 22

Sat Nov 14 #7 $1.8M +57.0% −33.6% $30.8M 1,773 $987 23

Sun Nov 15 #8 $820.0K −53.1% −35.1% $31.6M 1,773 $462 24

Mon Nov 16 #5 $185.7K −77.4% −30.6% $31.8M 1,773 $105 25

Tue Nov 17 #5 $232.4K +25.2% −52.3% $32.1M 1,773 $131 26

Wed Nov 18 #5 $198.9K −14.4% −72.1% $32.3M 1,773 $112 27

Thu Nov 19 #5 $199.5K +0.3% −35.9% $32.5M 1,773 $113 28

Fri Nov 20 #7 $705.0K +253.4% −36.8% $33.2M 1,715 $411 29

Sat Nov 21 #8 $1.1M +58.9% −36.0% $34.3M 1,776 $631 30

Sun Nov 22 #9 $476.0K −57.5% −42.0% $34.7M 1,715 $278 31

Mon Nov 23 #7 $151.6K −68.2% −18.3% $34.9M 1,715 $88 32

Tue Nov 24 #7 $215.0K +41.8% −7.5% $35.1M 1,715 $125 33

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

Cumulative total$35.1M

Oct 23Nov 2Nov 10Nov 17Nov 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $93.9K

$8.9M

$6.9M

$5.6M

$3.7M

$2.2M

$1.2M

$501.0K

$461.2K

$217.0K

$93.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,776 → 1,715 −3.4%

1,636 open1,715 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −56.7%

−22.3%

W1→2

−18.7%

W2→3

−34.3%

W3→4

−38.9%

W4→5

−46.4%

W5→6

−58.4%

W6→7

−8.0%

W7→8

−52.9%

W8→9

−56.7%

W9→10

Steepest −58.4%Best hold −8.0%

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