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1998 • R • 1h 33m • Comedy, Drama • Touchstone Pictures

Love. Expulsion. Revolution.

🍅 90% 91%

87

3.89

7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$44K

Limited · 2 theaters

Domestic total

$17.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$19.10M

$2.00M international

Domestic legs4.6x from $3.7M biggest weekend

Budget$10M

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Cast & crew

Full Anderson filmography

Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson Director

Jason Schwartzman

Jason Schwartzman Starring

Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams Starring

Bill Murray

Bill Murray Starring

Brian Cox

Brian Cox Starring

Seymour Cassel

Seymour Cassel Starring

ScreenplayWes Anderson, Owen Wilson Produced byBarry Mendel, Paul Schiff CinematographyRobert Yeoman Music byMark Mothersbaugh StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 11-13 46 $43.7K — 2 $21,833 $43.7K

9 Feb 5-7 13 $1.8M — 103 $17,881 $1.9M

10 Feb 12-14 8 $3.7M +103.0% 573 $6,526 $6.3M

11 Feb 19-21 9 $2.8M −25.0% 764 $3,671 $9.8M

12 Feb 26-28 12 $2.0M −29.6% 790 $2,499 $12.5M

13 Mar 5-7 15 $1.1M −42.9% 830 $1,358 $14.2M

14 Mar 12-14 18 $646.3K −42.7% 446 $1,449 $15.2M

15 Mar 19-21 28 $319.0K −50.6% 225 $1,418 $15.8M

16 Mar 26-28 36 $177.4K −44.4% 131 $1,354 $16.1M

17 Apr 2-4 38 $150.4K −15.2% 108 $1,393 $16.3M

18 Apr 9-11 44 $110.2K −26.7% 99 $1,113 $16.5M

19 Apr 16-18 49 $67.0K −39.2% 85 $788 $16.6M

20 Apr 23-25 47 $100.8K +50.5% 167 $604 $16.7M

21 Apr 30-May 2 47 $74.4K −26.2% 135 $551 $16.8M

22 May 7-9 51 $55.2K −25.7% 80 $690 $16.9M

23 May 14-16 60 $40.5K −26.6% 53 $765 $17.0M

24 May 21-23 67 $24.8K −38.9% 43 $576 $17.0M

25 May 28-30 68 $26.0K +4.9% 36 $721 $17.0M

26 Jun 4-6 65 $23.4K −9.9% 35 $668 $17.1M

27 Jun 11-13 71 $13.8K −40.9% 17 $813 $17.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sun Feb 7 #10 $518.0K — $1.9M 103 $5,029 59

Mon Feb 8 #9 $152.9K −70% $2.1M 103 $1,485 60

Tue Feb 9 #10 $165.7K +8% $2.2M 103 $1,609 61

Wed Feb 10 #10 $146.5K −12% $2.4M 103 $1,422 62

Thu Feb 11 #10 $147.0K — $2.5M 103 $1,427 63

Fri Feb 12 #7 $795.0K +441% $3.3M 563 $1,412 64

Sat Feb 13 #9 $1.3M +57% $4.6M 563 $2,220 65

Sun Feb 14 #8 $1.1M −12% +112% $5.7M 563 $1,954 66

Mon Feb 15 #8 $535.9K −51% +250% $6.3M 563 $952 67

Tue Feb 16 #8 $246.7K −54% +49% $6.5M 563 $438 68

Wed Feb 17 #8 $216.1K −12% +48% $6.7M 573 $377 69

Thu Feb 18 #9 $217.0K — +48% $7.0M 573 $379 70

Fri Feb 19 #9 $810.0K +273% +2% $7.8M 764 $1,060 71

Sat Feb 20 #9 $1.2M +53% −1% $9.0M 764 $1,623 72

Sun Feb 21 #9 $741.0K −40% −33% $9.8M 764 $970 73

Mon Feb 22 #10 $187.0K −75% −65% $9.9M 764 $245 74

Thu Feb 25 #11 $176.8K — −19% $10.5M 764 $231 77

Fri Feb 26 #12 $549.6K +211% −32% $11.1M 764 $719 78

Sat Feb 27 #12 $925.0K +68% −25% $12.0M 790 $1,171 79

Sun Feb 28 #13 $502.0K −46% −32% $12.5M 790 $635 80

Mon Mar 1 #13 $131.6K −74% −30% $12.6M 790 $167 81

Tue Mar 2 #14 $150.5K +14% $12.8M 790 $191 82

Wed Mar 3 #14 $126.4K −16% $12.9M 790 $160 83

Thu Mar 4 #14 $142.0K +12% −20% $13.0M 790 $180 84

Fri Mar 5 #14 $325.1K +129% −41% $13.4M 790 $411 85

Sat Mar 6 #14 $525.0K +62% −43% $13.9M 830 $633 86

Sun Mar 7 #15 $292.0K −44% −42% $14.2M 830 $352 87

Mon Mar 8 #15 $93.9K −68% −29% $14.2M 830 $113 88

Tue Mar 9 #15 $104.9K +12% −30% $14.4M 830 $126 89

Wed Mar 10 #15 $91.9K −12% −27% $14.4M 830 $111 90

Thu Mar 11 #15 $97.0K +6% −32% $14.5M 830 $117 91

Sun Mar 14 #18 $180.0K — −38% $15.2M 446 $404 94

Mon Mar 15 #19 $69.6K −61% −26% $15.3M 446 $156 95

Tue Mar 16 #20 $70.7K +2% −33% $15.3M 446 $159 96

Wed Mar 17 #20 $53.8K −24% −41% $15.4M 446 $121 97

Thu Mar 18 #20 $66.9K +24% −31% $15.5M 446 $150 98

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

Cumulative total$7.0M

Feb 7Feb 10Feb 13Feb 15Feb 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.7M

$43.7K

$1.8M

$3.7M

W1W9W10

Theater countPeak 573 → 573 +0.0%

103 open573 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +103.0%

+103.0%

W9→10

Smallest gain +103.0%Biggest gain +103.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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