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1999 • PG • 1h 56m • Comedy, Romance • Paramount Pictures

Catch her if you can.

🍅 45% 52%

39

2.97

5.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$35.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$152.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$310.10M

$157.90M international

Domestic legs4.3x

Budget$70M

1999 rank#9

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Cast & crew

Full Marshall filmography

Garry Marshall

Garry Marshall Director

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts Starring

Richard Gere

Richard Gere Starring

Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack Starring

Héctor Elizondo

Héctor Elizondo Starring

Rita Wilson

Rita Wilson Starring

ScreenplayJosann McGibbon, Sara Parriott Produced byTed Field, Tom Rosenberg, Scott Kroopf, Robert W. Cort CinematographyStuart Dryburgh Music byJames Newton Howard StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 30-Aug 1 1 $35.1M — 3,158 $11,101 $35.1M

2 Aug 6-8 3 $20.8M −40.7% 3,161 $6,572 $73.8M

3 Aug 13-15 4 $13.8M −33.8% 3,212 $4,283 $97.9M

4 Aug 20-22 4 $9.3M −32.7% 3,240 $2,859 $113.5M

5 Aug 27-29 3 $6.8M −26.1% 3,090 $2,214 $124.4M

6 Sep 3-6 2 $8.6M +25.8% 3,015 $2,856 $135.5M

7 Sep 10-12 4 $3.8M −55.5% 2,773 $1,383 $140.5M

8 Sep 17-19 6 $2.6M −32.1% 2,384 $1,093 $144.2M

9 Sep 24-26 10 $1.6M −38.1% 1,870 $863 $146.5M

10 Oct 1-3 13 $953.9K −40.9% 1,318 $724 $147.9M

11 Oct 8-10 14 $657.6K −31.1% 1,055 $623 $148.9M

12 Oct 15-17 19 $428.6K −34.8% 740 $579 $149.5M

13 Oct 22-24 30 $201.3K −53.0% 414 $486 $149.8M

14 Oct 29-31 38 $115.6K −42.6% 248 $466 $150.0M

15 Nov 5-7 39 $100.3K −13.3% 223 $450 $150.1M

16 Nov 12-14 47 $70.5K −29.7% 188 $375 $150.2M

17 Nov 19-21 20 $460.7K +553.9% 651 $708 $150.7M

18 Nov 26-28 23 $340.8K −26.0% 512 $666 $151.3M

19 Dec 3-5 31 $164.4K −51.7% 424 $388 $151.5M

20 Dec 10-12 31 $121.3K −26.2% 344 $353 $151.7M

21 Dec 17-19 41 $70.0K −42.3% 277 $253 $151.8M

22 Dec 24-26 48 $37.8K −46.0% 131 $289 $151.9M

23 Dec 31-Jan 2 45 $61.9K +63.7% 134 $462 $152.1M

24 Jan 7-9 49 $66.2K +6.9% 102 $649 $152.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 30 #1 $12.0M — $12.0M 3,158 $3,800 1

Sat Jul 31 #1 $13.1M +9.2% $25.1M 3,158 $4,148 2

Sun Aug 1 #2 $9.3M −29.0% $35.1M 3,158 $2,945 3

Mon Aug 2 #2 $4.6M −50.7% $39.6M 3,158 $1,451 4

Tue Aug 3 #2 $4.7M +1.6% $44.3M 3,158 $1,474 5

Wed Aug 4 #2 $4.4M −5.4% $48.7M 3,158 $1,395 6

Thu Aug 5 #1 $4.3M −1.3% $53.0M 3,158 $1,377 7

Fri Aug 6 #3 $6.8M +56.5% −43.3% $59.7M 3,158 $2,155 8

Sat Aug 7 #3 $8.4M +23.3% −36.0% $68.0M 3,161 $2,654 9

Sun Aug 8 #3 $5.8M −30.7% −37.5% $73.8M 3,161 $1,838 10

Mon Aug 9 #3 $2.6M −54.5% −42.3% $76.3M 3,161 $836 11

Tue Aug 10 #3 $2.7M +3.6% −41.2% $79.0M 3,161 $866 12

Wed Aug 11 #3 $2.6M −5.5% −41.3% $81.6M 3,161 $818 13

Thu Aug 12 #3 $2.6M +0.3% −40.3% $84.2M 3,161 $821 14

Fri Aug 13 #4 $4.5M +71.5% −34.6% $88.6M 3,212 $1,385 15

Sat Aug 14 #3 $5.9M +32.0% −30.0% $94.5M 3,212 $1,829 16

Sun Aug 15 #4 $3.6M −39.5% −38.8% $97.9M 3,212 $1,106 17

Mon Aug 16 #4 $1.5M −58.6% −44.3% $99.4M 3,212 $458 18

Tue Aug 17 #3 $1.7M +17.4% −36.9% $101.1M 3,212 $538 19

Wed Aug 18 #3 $1.6M −9.3% −39.4% $102.7M 3,212 $488 20

Thu Aug 19 #3 $1.5M −1.8% −40.7% $104.2M 3,212 $479 21

Fri Aug 20 #4 $3.1M +102.3% −30.0% $107.4M 3,240 $961 22

Sat Aug 21 #4 $3.8M +22.4% −35.1% $111.2M 3,240 $1,177 23

Sun Aug 22 #4 $2.3M −38.7% −34.3% $113.5M 3,240 $721 24

Mon Aug 23 #4 $928.2K −60.3% −37.0% $114.5M 3,240 $286 25

Tue Aug 24 #4 $1.1M +21.2% −34.9% $115.6M 3,240 $347 26

Wed Aug 25 #2 $1.0M −10.8% −36.0% $116.6M 3,240 $310 27

Thu Aug 26 #2 $1.0M +1.0% −34.2% $117.6M 3,240 $313 28

Fri Aug 27 #3 $2.1M +108.7% −32.1% $119.7M 3,092 $684 29

Sat Aug 28 #3 $2.9M +38.8% −23.0% $122.6M 3,092 $950 30

Sun Aug 29 #4 $1.7M −43.1% −28.5% $124.4M 3,090 $540 31

Mon Aug 30 #3 $615.4K −63.2% −33.7% $125.0M 3,090 $199 32

Tue Aug 31 #3 $703.4K +14.3% −37.5% $125.7M 3,090 $228 33

Wed Sep 1 #3 $562.6K −20.0% −43.9% $126.3M 3,090 $182 34

Thu Sep 2 #3 $587.5K +4.4% −42.0% $126.9M 3,090 $190 35

Fri Sep 3 #3 $1.6M +170.8% −24.8% $128.5M 3,013 $528 36

Sat Sep 4 #2 $2.6M +61.9% −12.3% $131.1M 3,013 $855 37

Sun Sep 5 #2 $2.5M −2.9% +49.8% $133.6M 3,013 $830 38

Mon Sep 6 #3 $1.9M −25.3% +203.5% $135.5M 3,015 $619 39

Tue Sep 7 #4 $412.4K −77.9% −41.4% $135.9M 3,015 $137 40

Wed Sep 8 #3 $348.2K −15.6% −38.1% $136.3M 3,015 $115 41

Thu Sep 9 #3 $361.5K +3.8% −38.5% $136.6M 3,015 $120 42

Fri Sep 10 #4 $1.1M +216.7% −28.0% $137.8M 3,015 $380 43

Sat Sep 11 #5 $1.8M +60.9% −28.5% $139.6M 2,774 $664 44

Sun Sep 12 #4 $834.0K −54.7% −66.7% $140.5M 2,773 $301 45

Mon Sep 13 #5 $228.3K −72.6% −87.8% $140.7M 2,773 $82 46

Tue Sep 14 #4 $298.5K +30.8% −27.6% $141.0M 2,773 $108 47

Wed Sep 15 #4 $293.2K −1.8% −15.8% $141.3M 2,773 $106 48

Thu Sep 16 #4 $297.2K +1.4% −17.8% $141.6M 2,773 $107 49

Fri Sep 17 #6 $780.0K +162.4% −31.9% $142.4M 2,385 $327 50

Sat Sep 18 #6 $1.2M +51.8% −35.7% $143.5M 2,385 $496 51

Sun Sep 19 #6 $578.0K −51.2% −30.7% $144.2M 2,385 $242 52

Mon Sep 20 #6 $194.8K −66.3% −14.7% $144.4M 2,384 $82 53

Tue Sep 21 #7 $206.3K +5.9% −30.9% $144.6M 2,304 $90 54

Wed Sep 22 #6 $177.5K −14.0% −39.5% $144.8M 2,384 $74 55

Thu Sep 23 #6 $174.6K −1.6% −41.3% $144.9M 2,384 $73 56

Fri Sep 24 #10 $485.0K +177.8% −37.8% $145.4M 1,870 $259 57

Sat Sep 25 #10 $774.0K +59.6% −34.6% $146.2M 1,873 $413 58

Sun Sep 26 #10 $349.0K −54.9% −39.6% $146.5M 1,870 $187 59

Mon Sep 27 #10 $102.5K −70.6% −47.4% $146.7M 1,870 $55 60

Tue Sep 28 #10 $122.1K +19.2% −40.8% $146.8M 1,870 $65 61

Wed Sep 29 #10 $101.9K −16.5% −42.6% $146.9M 1,870 $55 62

Thu Sep 30 #10 $101.3K −0.6% −42.0% $147.0M 1,870 $54 63

Fri Oct 1 #12 $284.0K +180.3% −41.4% $147.3M 1,321 $215 64

Sat Oct 2 #12 $466.0K +64.1% −39.8% $147.7M 1,321 $353 65

Sun Oct 3 #14 $208.0K −55.4% −40.4% $147.9M 1,318 $158 66

Mon Oct 4 #14 $72.1K −65.3% −29.7% $148.0M 1,318 $55 67

Tue Oct 5 #13 $81.9K +13.6% −32.9% $148.1M 1,318 $62 68

Wed Oct 6 #14 $63.5K −22.5% −37.7% $148.1M 1,318 $48 69

Thu Oct 7 #14 $73.5K +15.8% −27.4% $148.2M 1,318 $56 70

Fri Oct 8 #14 $192.0K +161.1% −32.4% $148.4M 1,055 $182 71

Sat Oct 9 #13 $310.0K +61.5% −33.5% $148.7M 1,055 $294 72

Sun Oct 10 #14 $161.0K −48.1% −22.6% $148.9M 1,053 $153 73

Mon Oct 11 #15 $68.5K −57.4% −5.0% $148.9M 1,053 $65 74

Tue Oct 12 #16 $45.3K −33.9% −44.7% $149.0M 1,053 $43 75

Wed Oct 13 #15 $46.7K +3.1% −26.5% $149.0M 1,053 $44 76

Thu Oct 14 #16 $49.9K +7.1% −32.1% $149.1M 1,053 $47 77

Sun Oct 17 #20 $92.0K — −42.9% $149.5M 740 $124 80

Thu Oct 21 #20 $34.3K — −31.3% $149.6M 740 $46 84

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

Cumulative total$148.2M

Jul 30Aug 16Sep 3Sep 20Oct 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $953.9K

$35.1M

$20.8M

$13.8M

$9.3M

$6.8M

$8.6M

$3.8M

$2.6M

$1.6M

$953.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,240 → 1,318 −59.3%

3,158 open1,318 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40.9%

−40.7%

W1→2

−33.8%

W2→3

−32.7%

W3→4

−26.1%

W4→5

+25.8%

W5→6

−55.5%

W6→7

−32.1%

W7→8

−38.1%

W8→9

−40.9%

W9→10

Steepest −55.5%Biggest gain +25.8%

Run milestones

$100M in 19 days

$100M

Day 19

Aug 17

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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