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Shakespeare in Love

1998 R 2h 4m Comedy, Drama, History, Romance Miramax

Love is the only inspiration.

Shakespeare in Love Box Office

Opening Weekend
$7.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$100.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$289.3M
$189.0M international
Domestic Legs12.7x
Budget$25.0M
1999 Rank#19
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 11-13 16 $224K $224K 8 $28.0K 1
Dec 18-20 17 $340K +52% $688K 19 $17.9K 2
Dec 25-27 12 $2.61M +666.5% $3.59M 295 $8.8K 3
Jan 1-3 10 $3.17M +21.5% $9.41M 299 $10.6K 4
Jan 8-10 8 $4.22M +33.2% $15.02M 632 $6.7K 5
Jan 15-18 MLK Day 10 $4.73M $21.29M 648 $7.3K 6
Jan 22-24 9 $3.63M $25.88M 655 $5.5K 7
Jan 29-31 5 $4.04M +11.3% $31.45M 759 $5.3K 8
Feb 5-7 6 $3.46M -14.2% $36.16M 833 $4.2K 9
Feb 12-14 3 $7.88M +127.6% $45.50M 1,956 $4.0K 10
Feb 19-21 6 $5.83M -26.1% $54.13M 2,030 $2.9K 11
Feb 26-28 7 $4.37M -25% $60.14M 1,920 $2.3K 12
Mar 5-7 9 $3.31M -24.4% $64.83M 1,721 $1.9K 13
Mar 12-14 11 $2.85M -13.8% $68.89M 1,405 $2.0K 14
Mar 19-21 9 $2.98M +4.4% $73.19M 1,266 $2.4K 15
Mar 26-28 6 $4.28M +44% $79.29M 1,931 $2.2K 16
Apr 2-4 7 $3.12M -27.3% $84.11M 1,735 $1.8K 17
Apr 9-11 11 $2.16M -30.8% $87.49M 1,614 $1.3K 18
Apr 16-18 10 $1.75M -18.9% $89.86M 1,443 $1.2K 19
Apr 23-25 12 $1.26M -28.2% $91.66M 1,181 $1.1K 20
Apr 30-May 2 15 $826K -34.3% $92.89M 1,017 $812 21
May 7-9 10 $785K -4.9% $93.97M 903 $869 22
May 14-16 13 $710K -9.5% $94.96M 903 $786 23
May 21-23 13 $745K +4.9% $95.94M 1,223 $609 24
May 28-31 Memorial Day 15 $544K $96.77M 795 $684 25
Jun 4-6 21 $263K $97.17M 586 $448 26
Jun 11-13 26 $197K -25.2% $97.50M 413 $476 27
Jun 18-20 40 $103K -47.4% $97.70M 246 $420 28
Jun 25-27 46 $75K -27.8% $97.83M 176 $424 29
Jul 2-4 14 $583K +680.1% $98.67M 618 $943 30
Jul 9-11 15 $511K -12.3% $99.42M 572 $894 31
Jul 16-18 25 $270K -47.3% $99.99M 439 $614 32
Jul 23-25 43 $83K -69.2% $100.24M 212 $392 33

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Madden
ScreenplayMarc Norman, Tom Stoppard
Produced byDavid Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman
CinematographyRichard Greatrex
Music byStephen Warbeck
StarringJoseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck
StudioMiramax

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