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1997 • PG • 2h 7m • Biography, Drama, Music • Warner Bros.

Discover the true story of one of America's brightest stars... that faded too soon.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$11.60M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$35.90M
All releases
Domestic legs3.0x
Budget$20M
1997 rank#59

Cast & crew

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez Starring Edward James Olmos Edward James Olmos Starring Jacob Vargas Jacob Vargas Starring
ScreenplayGregory Nava Produced byMoctesuma Esparza, Robert Katz CinematographyEdward Lachman Music byDave Grusin StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 21-23 2 $11.6M — 1,850 $6,279 $11.6M
2 Mar 28-30 3 $6.1M −47.2% 1,873 $3,278 $21.7M
3 Apr 4-6 6 $3.5M −43.7% 1,583 $2,183 $27.7M
4 Apr 11-13 10 $1.8M −47.6% 992 $1,824 $30.5M
5 Apr 18-20 13 $1.1M −41.0% 699 $1,526 $32.0M
6 Apr 25-27 15 $627.0K −41.2% 527 $1,190 $33.0M
7 May 2-4 19 $376.0K −40.0% 342 $1,099 $33.5M
8 May 9-11 22 $216.4K −42.4% 201 $1,077 $33.8M
9 May 16-18 22 $180.1K −16.8% 199 $905 $34.1M
10 May 23-25 20 $412.1K +128.8% 463 $890 $34.6M
11 May 30-Jun 1 23 $242.5K −41.2% 323 $751 $34.9M
12 Jun 6-8 28 $154.8K −36.1% 217 $713 $35.2M
13 Jun 13-15 48 $45.5K −70.6% 51 $893 $35.3M
14 Jun 20-22 54 $31.0K −32.0% 33 $938 $35.4M
15 Jun 27-29 59 $17.4K −43.9% 23 $755 $35.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $412.1K
$11.6M
$6.1M
$3.5M
$1.8M
$1.1M
$627.0K
$376.0K
$216.4K
$180.1K
$412.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +128.8%
−47.2%
W1→2
−43.7%
W2→3
−47.6%
W3→4
−41.0%
W4→5
−41.2%
W5→6
−40.0%
W6→7
−42.4%
W7→8
−16.8%
W8→9
+128.8%
W9→10
Steepest −47.6%Biggest gain +128.8%

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