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

Love is the only inspiration.

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87

3.31

7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$224K

Limited · 8 theaters

Domestic total

$100.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$289.30M

$189.00M international

Domestic legs23.7x from $4.2M first wide weekend

Budget$25.0M

1999 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Joseph Fiennes

Joseph Fiennes Starring

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow Starring

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush Starring

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson Starring

Judi Dench

Judi Dench Starring

Colin Firth

Colin Firth Starring

ScreenplayMarc Norman, Tom Stoppard Produced byDavid Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman CinematographyRichard Greatrex Music byStephen Warbeck StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 11-13 16 $224.0K — 8 $28,001 $224.0K

2 Dec 18-20 17 $340.5K +52% 19 $17,920 $688.5K

3 Dec 25-27 12 $2.6M +666.5% 295 $8,847 $3.6M

4 Jan 1-3 10 $3.2M +21.5% 299 $10,609 $9.4M

5 Jan 8-10 8 $4.2M +33.2% 632 $6,684 $15.0M

6 Jan 15-18 MLK Day 10 $4.7M — 648 $7,298 $21.3M

7 Jan 22-24 9 $3.6M — 655 $5,541 $25.9M

8 Jan 29-31 5 $4.0M +11.3% 759 $5,320 $31.4M

9 Feb 5-7 6 $3.5M −14.2% 833 $4,158 $36.2M

10 Feb 12-14 3 $7.9M +127.6% 1,956 $4,029 $45.5M

11 Feb 19-21 6 $5.8M −26.1% 2,030 $2,870 $54.1M

12 Feb 26-28 7 $4.4M −25% 1,920 $2,277 $60.1M

13 Mar 5-7 9 $3.3M −24.4% 1,721 $1,921 $64.8M

14 Mar 12-14 11 $2.8M −13.8% 1,405 $2,027 $68.9M

15 Mar 19-21 9 $3.0M +4.4% 1,266 $2,350 $73.2M

16 Mar 26-28 6 $4.3M +44% 1,931 $2,218 $79.3M

17 Apr 2-4 7 $3.1M −27.3% 1,735 $1,795 $84.1M

18 Apr 9-11 11 $2.2M −30.8% 1,614 $1,336 $87.5M

19 Apr 16-18 10 $1.8M −18.9% 1,443 $1,212 $89.9M

20 Apr 23-25 12 $1.3M −28.2% 1,181 $1,064 $91.7M

21 Apr 30-May 2 15 $826.0K −34.3% 1,017 $812 $92.9M

22 May 7-9 10 $785.2K −4.9% 903 $869 $94.0M

23 May 14-16 13 $710.4K −9.5% 903 $786 $95.0M

24 May 21-23 13 $745.4K +4.9% 1,223 $609 $95.9M

25 May 28-31 Memorial Day 15 $544.1K — 795 $684 $96.8M

26 Jun 4-6 21 $263.0K — 586 $448 $97.2M

27 Jun 11-13 26 $196.6K −25.2% 413 $476 $97.5M

28 Jun 18-20 40 $103.4K −47.4% 246 $420 $97.7M

29 Jun 25-27 46 $74.7K −27.8% 176 $424 $97.8M

30 Jul 2-4 14 $582.8K +680.1% 618 $943 $98.7M

31 Jul 9-11 15 $511.4K −12.3% 572 $894 $99.4M

32 Jul 16-18 25 $269.5K −47.3% 439 $614 $100.0M

33 Jul 23-25 43 $83.1K −69.2% 212 $392 $100.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jan 1 #10 $1.2M — $7.5M 299 $4,164 22

Sat Jan 2 #10 $1.1M −15% $8.5M 299 $3,548 23

Sun Jan 3 #10 $789.0K −26% $9.4M 299 $2,639 24

Mon Jan 4 #10 $313.1K −60% $9.7M 299 $1,047 25

Tue Jan 5 #10 $379.6K +21% $10.1M 299 $1,270 26

Wed Jan 6 #7 $359.3K −5% $10.5M 299 $1,202 27

Thu Jan 7 #9 $357.1K −1% $10.8M 299 $1,194 28

Fri Jan 8 #7 $1.1M +201% −14% $11.9M 632 $1,701 29

Sat Jan 9 #9 $2.0M +87% +89% $13.9M 632 $3,172 30

Sun Jan 10 #8 $1.1M −43% +45% $15.0M 632 $1,812 31

Mon Jan 11 #5 $353.4K −69% +13% $15.4M 632 $559 32

Tue Jan 12 #5 $454.1K +29% +20% $15.8M 632 $719 33

Wed Jan 13 #5 $394.5K −13% +10% $16.2M 632 $624 34

Thu Jan 14 #6 $364.3K −8% +2% $16.6M 632 $576 35

Fri Jan 15 #10 $977.4K +168% −9% $17.6M 648 $1,508 36

Sat Jan 16 #10 $1.7M +76% −14% $19.3M 648 $2,654 37

Tue Jan 19 #10 $338.2K — −26% $21.6M 648 $522 40

Wed Jan 20 #8 $320.5K −5% −19% $21.9M 648 $495 41

Thu Jan 21 #8 $317.7K −1% −13% $22.3M 648 $490 42

Fri Jan 22 #8 $995.0K +213% +2% $23.3M 655 $1,519 43

Sat Jan 23 #8 $1.7M +72% −1% $25.0M 655 $2,611 44

Sun Jan 24 #10 $950.0K −44% $25.9M 655 $1,450 45

Mon Jan 25 #5 $339.4K −64% $26.2M 655 $518 46

Tue Jan 26 #5 $439.5K +30% +30% $26.7M 655 $671 47

Wed Jan 27 #5 $378.1K −14% +18% $27.0M 655 $577 48

Thu Jan 28 #4 $385.1K +2% +21% $27.4M 655 $588 49

Fri Jan 29 #5 $1.2M +217% +23% $28.6M 759 $1,607 50

Sat Jan 30 #5 $1.9M +59% +13% $30.6M 759 $2,549 51

Sun Jan 31 #4 $807.0K −58% −15% $31.4M 759 $1,063 52

Mon Feb 1 #6 $279.3K −65% −18% $31.7M 759 $368 53

Tue Feb 2 #5 $358.4K +28% −18% $32.1M 759 $472 54

Wed Feb 3 #5 $307.3K −14% −19% $32.4M 759 $405 55

Thu Feb 4 #5 $308.5K — −20% $32.7M 759 $406 56

Fri Feb 5 #6 $954.0K +209% −22% $33.7M 759 $1,257 57

Sat Feb 6 #5 $1.7M +75% −14% $35.3M 833 $2,005 58

Sun Feb 7 #5 $871.0K −48% +8% $36.2M 833 $1,046 59

Mon Feb 8 #5 $201.6K −77% −28% $36.4M 833 $242 60

Tue Feb 9 #3 $407.9K +102% +14% $36.8M 833 $490 61

Wed Feb 10 #2 $434.3K +6% +41% $37.2M 833 $521 62

Thu Feb 11 #3 $424.8K −2% +38% $37.6M 833 $510 63

Fri Feb 12 #6 $1.7M +304% +80% $39.3M 1,956 $877 64

Sat Feb 13 #5 $3.2M +84% +89% $42.5M 1,956 $1,613 65

Sun Feb 14 #5 $2.9M −8% +234% $45.4M 1,956 $1,485 66

Mon Feb 15 #6 $1.2M −60% +479% $46.7M 1,956 $597 67

Tue Feb 16 #3 $660.9K −43% +62% $47.3M 1,956 $338 68

Wed Feb 17 #4 $509.7K −23% +17% $47.8M 1,956 $261 69

Thu Feb 18 #5 $534.5K +5% +26% $48.3M 1,956 $273 70

Fri Feb 19 #5 $1.7M +211% −3% $50.0M 2,030 $818 71

Sat Feb 20 #4 $2.8M +66% −13% $52.8M 2,030 $1,355 72

Sun Feb 21 #6 $1.5M −47% −50% $54.1M 2,030 $721 73

Mon Feb 22 #3 $352.0K −76% −70% $54.5M 2,030 $173 74

Tue Feb 23 #3 $478.9K +36% −28% $55.0M 2,030 $236 75

Wed Feb 24 #3 $402.5K −16% −21% $55.4M 2,030 $198 76

Thu Feb 25 #3 $420.1K +4% −21% $55.8M 2,030 $207 77

Fri Feb 26 #6 $1.2M +180% −29% $57.0M 2,030 $579 78

Sat Feb 27 #7 $2.1M +75% −25% $59.0M 1,920 $1,073 79

Sun Feb 28 #7 $1.1M −46% −24% $60.1M 1,920 $579 80

Mon Mar 1 #5 $284.1K −74% −19% $60.4M 1,920 $148 81

Tue Mar 2 #5 $392.0K +38% −18% $60.8M 1,920 $204 82

Wed Mar 3 #5 $319.7K −18% −21% $61.1M 1,920 $166 83

Thu Mar 4 #5 $392.3K +23% −7% $61.5M 1,920 $204 84

Fri Mar 5 #8 $873.3K +123% −26% $62.4M 1,920 $455 85

Sat Mar 6 #9 $1.5M +76% −25% $63.9M 1,721 $892 86

Sun Mar 7 #8 $863.0K −44% −22% $64.8M 1,721 $501 87

Mon Mar 8 #6 $264.7K −69% −7% $65.1M 1,721 $154 88

Tue Mar 9 #5 $342.4K +29% −13% $65.4M 1,721 $199 89

Wed Mar 10 #5 $304.5K −11% −5% $65.7M 1,721 $177 90

Thu Mar 11 #5 $327.8K +8% −16% $66.1M 1,721 $190 91

Fri Mar 12 #11 $760.0K +132% −13% $66.8M 1,405 $541 92

Sat Mar 13 #11 $1.3M +77% −12% $68.1M 1,405 $957 93

Sun Mar 14 #11 $771.0K −43% −11% $68.9M 1,405 $549 94

Mon Mar 15 #10 $313.1K −59% +18% $69.2M 1,405 $223 95

Tue Mar 16 #10 $367.7K +17% +7% $69.6M 1,405 $262 96

Wed Mar 17 #9 $294.6K −20% −3% $69.9M 1,405 $210 97

Thu Mar 18 #8 $365.8K +24% +12% $70.2M 1,405 $260 98

Fri Mar 19 #10 $800.0K +119% +5% $71.0M 1,266 $632 99

Sat Mar 20 #8 $1.4M +76% +5% $72.4M 1,266 $1,114 100

Sun Mar 21 #9 $692.0K −51% −10% $73.2M 1,266 $547 101

Mon Mar 22 #3 $452.1K −35% +44% $73.6M 1,266 $357 102

Tue Mar 23 #3 $513.1K +14% +40% $74.2M 1,266 $405 103

Wed Mar 24 #4 $435.2K −15% +48% $74.6M 1,266 $344 104

Thu Mar 25 #4 $414.9K −5% +13% $75.0M 1,266 $328 105

Fri Mar 26 #5 $1.3M +203% +57% $76.3M 1,931 $650 106

Sat Mar 27 #5 $1.9M +49% +33% $78.1M 1,931 $971 107

Sun Mar 28 #6 $1.1M −42% +57% $79.3M 1,931 $564 108

Mon Mar 29 #6 $335.0K −69% −26% $79.6M 1,931 $173 109

Tue Mar 30 #5 $463.0K +38% −10% $80.1M 1,931 $240 110

Wed Mar 31 #7 $402.3K −13% −8% $80.5M 1,931 $208 111

Thu Apr 1 #7 $495.0K +23% +19% $80.9M 1,931 $256 112

Fri Apr 2 #8 $1.2M +137% −6% $82.1M 1,735 $677 113

Sat Apr 3 #7 $1.4M +15% −28% $83.4M 1,735 $781 114

Sun Apr 4 #9 $673.0K −50% −38% $84.1M 1,735 $388 115

Mon Apr 5 #9 $327.7K −51% −2% $84.4M 1,735 $189 116

Tue Apr 6 #9 $342.2K +4% −26% $84.8M 1,735 $197 117

Wed Apr 7 #9 $303.4K −11% −25% $85.1M 1,735 $175 118

Thu Apr 8 #9 $294.3K −3% −41% $85.4M 1,735 $170 119

Fri Apr 9 #11 $591.0K +101% −50% $86.0M 1,614 $366 120

Sat Apr 10 #9 $1.0M +70% −26% $87.0M 1,614 $623 121

Sun Apr 11 #12 $493.0K −51% −27% $87.5M 1,614 $305 122

Mon Apr 12 #11 $140.4K −72% −57% $87.6M 1,614 $87 123

Tue Apr 13 #10 $183.5K +31% −46% $87.8M 1,614 $114 124

Wed Apr 14 #8 $164.3K −10% −46% $88.0M 1,614 $102 125

Thu Apr 15 #8 $182.8K +11% −38% $88.2M 1,614 $113 126

Fri Apr 16 #9 $485.0K +165% −18% $88.6M 1,443 $336 127

Sat Apr 17 #10 $850.0K +75% −15% $89.4M 1,443 $589 128

Sun Apr 18 #13 $396.0K −53% −20% $89.9M 1,443 $274 129

Mon Apr 19 #10 $121.5K −69% −13% $90.0M 1,443 $84 130

Tue Apr 20 #10 $164.5K +35% −10% $90.1M 1,443 $114 131

Wed Apr 21 #9 $144.1K −12% −12% $90.3M 1,443 $100 132

Thu Apr 22 #9 $160.7K +11% −12% $90.4M 1,443 $111 133

Fri Apr 23 #11 $400.0K +149% −18% $90.8M 1,181 $339 134

Sat Apr 24 #12 $620.0K +55% −27% $91.4M 1,181 $525 135

Sun Apr 25 #14 $264.0K −57% −33% $91.7M 1,181 $224 136

Mon Apr 26 #12 $88.2K −67% −27% $91.7M 1,181 $75 137

Tue Apr 27 #13 $120.2K +36% −27% $91.9M 1,181 $102 138

Wed Apr 28 #12 $110.7K −8% −23% $92.0M 1,181 $94 139

Thu Apr 29 #11 $107.0K −3% −33% $92.1M 1,181 $91 140

Sun May 2 #14 $186.0K — −30% $92.9M 1,017 $183 143

Mon May 3 #13 $66.6K −64% −24% $93.0M 1,017 $65 144

Tue May 4 #13 $87.6K +32% −27% $93.0M 1,017 $86 145

Wed May 5 #13 $72.8K −17% −34% $93.1M 1,017 $72 146

Thu May 6 #12 $82.8K +14% −23% $93.2M 1,017 $81 147

Sun May 9 #11 $218.0K — +17% $94.0M 903 $241 150

Mon May 10 #8 $64.3K −70% −3% $94.0M 903 $71 151

Tue May 11 #9 $82.0K +28% −6% $94.1M 903 $91 152

Wed May 12 #10 $75.0K −9% +3% $94.2M 903 $83 153

Thu May 13 #10 $80.0K +7% −3% $94.3M 903 $89 154

Sun May 16 #13 $155.0K — −29% $95.0M 903 $172 157

Mon May 17 #12 $64.8K −58% +1% $95.0M 903 $72 158

Tue May 18 #13 $74.8K +16% −9% $95.1M 903 $83 159

Wed May 19 #14 $61.1K −18% −19% $95.2M 903 $68 160

Sun May 23 #13 $207.0K — +34% $95.9M 1,223 $169 164

Mon May 24 #13 $72.7K −65% +12% $96.0M 1,223 $59 165

Tue May 25 #13 $81.1K +12% +8% $96.1M 1,223 $66 166

Wed May 26 #13 $80.5K −1% +32% $96.2M 1,223 $66 167

Mon May 31 #15 $124.9K — +72% $96.8M 795 $157 172

Tue Jun 1 #15 $47.4K −62% −42% $96.8M 795 $60 173

Wed Jun 2 #15 $47.5K — −41% $96.9M 795 $60 174

Thu Jun 3 #15 $49.2K +4% $96.9M 795 $62 175

Mon Jun 7 #16 $32.7K — −74% $97.2M 586 $56 179

Tue Jun 8 #17 $39.4K +20% −17% $97.2M 586 $67 180

Wed Jun 9 #17 $35.5K −10% −25% $97.3M 586 $61 181

Thu Jun 10 #17 $34.4K −3% −30% $97.3M 586 $59 182

Sun Jun 13 #20 $53.0K — $97.5M 413 $128 185

Mon Jun 14 #19 $23.6K −56% −28% $97.5M 413 $57 186

Tue Jun 15 #19 $29.1K +23% −26% $97.5M 413 $70 187

Wed Jun 16 #20 $27.8K −4% −21% $97.6M 413 $67 188

Thu Jun 17 #20 $29.3K +5% −15% $97.6M 413 $71 189

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

Cumulative total$48.3M

Jan 1Jan 13Jan 26Feb 7Feb 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $7.9M

$224.0K

$340.5K

$2.6M

$3.2M

$4.2M

$4.7M

$3.6M

$4.0M

$3.5M

$7.9M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,956 → 1,956 +0.0%

299 open1,956 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +127.6%

+52%

W1→2

+666.5%

W2→3

+21.5%

W3→4

+33.2%

W4→5

+11.3%

W7→8

−14.2%

W8→9

+127.6%

W9→10

Steepest −14.2%Biggest gain +666.5%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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