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1993 • PG • 1h 45m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • TriStar Pictures

What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew was the only someone for you?

🍅 75% 75% MC 72 LB 3.49 IMDb 6.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$17.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$126.70M
Final
Worldwide total
$227.90M
$101.20M international
Domestic legs7.3x
1993 rank#4
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Cast & crew

Full Ephron filmography
Nora Ephron Nora Ephron Director Tom Hanks Tom Hanks Starring Meg Ryan Meg Ryan Starring Bill Pullman Bill Pullman Starring Rob Reiner Rob Reiner Starring Rosie O'Donnell Rosie O'Donnell Starring
ScreenplayNora Ephron, David S. Ward, Jeff Arch Story byJeff Arch Produced byGary Foster CinematographySven Nykvist Edited byRobert Reitano Music byMarc Shaiman StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 25-27 2 $17.3M — 1,579 $10,927 $17.3M
2 Jul 2-4 3 $16.1M −6.7% 1,601 $10,058 $43.3M
3 Jul 9-11 4 $10.2M −36.9% 1,622 $6,262 $59.0M
4 Jul 16-18 6 $7.4M −27.6% 1,657 $4,439 $71.8M
5 Jul 23-25 7 $5.8M −21.8% 1,615 $3,563 $81.7M
6 Jul 30-Aug 1 8 $4.9M −14.9% 1,458 $3,360 $90.1M
7 Aug 6-8 8 $3.7M −25.4% 1,408 $2,594 $96.5M
9 Aug 20-22 10 $2.6M — 1,394 $1,837 $105.9M
10 Aug 27-29 10 $2.1M −19.8% 1,283 $1,600 $109.2M
12 Sep 10-12 9 $1.6M — 1,219 $1,296 $114.9M
13 Sep 17-19 8 $1.4M −9.6% 1,164 $1,227 $116.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.1M
$17.3M
$16.1M
$10.2M
$7.4M
$5.8M
$4.9M
$3.7M
$2.6M
$2.1M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.8%
−6.7%
W1→2
−36.9%
W2→3
−27.6%
W3→4
−21.8%
W4→5
−14.9%
W5→6
−25.4%
W6→7
−19.8%
W9→10
Steepest −36.9%Best hold −6.7%

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