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1998 • PG-13 • 1h 50m • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy • DreamWorks

Big Movie.

🍅 50% 46%

3.33

6.3

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$55.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$71.70M

$16.60M international

Domestic legs3.9x

Budget$40M

1998 rank#41

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Cast & crew

Full Dante filmography

Joe Dante

Joe Dante Director

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst Starring

Jay Mohr

Jay Mohr Starring

Phil Hartman

Phil Hartman Starring

Kevin Dunn

Kevin Dunn Starring

Denis Leary

Denis Leary Starring

ScreenplayGavin Scott, Adam Rifkin, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio Produced byMichael Finnell, Colin Wilson CinematographyJamie Anderson Music byJerry Goldsmith StudioDreamWorks

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 10-12 3 $14.0M — 2,539 $5,533 $14.0M

2 Jul 17-19 6 $8.6M −38.4% 2,613 $3,310 $30.3M

3 Jul 24-26 9 $5.3M −38.5% 2,512 $2,117 $40.5M

4 Jul 31-Aug 2 13 $2.8M −46.6% 1,701 $1,669 $46.2M

5 Aug 7-9 12 $1.6M −45.4% 1,249 $1,242 $49.4M

6 Aug 14-16 16 $921.4K −40.6% 925 $996 $51.2M

7 Aug 21-23 23 $431.7K −53.1% 607 $711 $52.1M

8 Aug 28-30 33 $335.4K −22.3% 535 $627 $52.6M

9 Sep 4-6 29 $624.6K +86.2% 1,004 $622 $52.8M

10 Sep 11-13 35 $209.5K −66.5% 534 $392 $53.7M

11 Sep 18-20 38 $123.6K −41.0% — — $53.8M

12 Sep 25-27 44 $111.3K −10.0% — — $54.0M

14 Oct 9-11 50 $45.7K — — — $54.1M

15 Oct 16-18 36 $104.0K +127.4% — — $54.3M

16 Oct 23-25 43 $75.9K −27.0% 205 $370 $54.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 10 #3 $4.8M — $4.8M 2,539 $1,885 1

Sat Jul 11 #3 $5.1M +5.7% $9.8M 2,539 $1,993 2

Sun Jul 12 #3 $4.0M −21.7% $14.0M 2,539 $1,561 3

Mon Jul 13 #3 $2.0M −50.5% $16.0M 2,539 $772 4

Tue Jul 14 #3 $2.0M +3.9% $18.0M 2,539 $802 5

Wed Jul 15 #4 $1.8M −9.4% $19.9M 2,539 $727 6

Thu Jul 16 #4 $1.8M −3.6% $21.7M 2,539 $701 7

Fri Jul 17 #6 $2.5M +43.3% −46.7% $24.2M 2,613 $976 8

Sat Jul 18 #6 $3.4M +32.5% −33.2% $27.6M 2,613 $1,294 9

Sun Jul 19 #6 $2.7M −20.8% −32.4% $30.3M 2,613 $1,025 10

Mon Jul 20 #6 $1.2M −53.6% −36.6% $31.6M 2,613 $476 11

Tue Jul 21 #6 $1.3M +2.0% −37.7% $32.8M 2,613 $485 12

Wed Jul 22 #6 $1.2M −7.7% −36.5% $34.0M 2,613 $448 13

Thu Jul 23 #6 $1.2M +0.2% −34.0% $35.2M 2,613 $449 14

Fri Jul 24 #9 $1.5M +25.7% −42.2% $36.6M 2,512 $587 15

Sat Jul 25 #9 $2.1M +42.4% −37.9% $38.7M 2,512 $836 16

Sun Jul 26 #9 $1.6M −22.6% −39.3% $40.5M 2,512 $647 17

Mon Jul 27 #9 $730.1K −55.1% −41.3% $41.2M 2,512 $291 18

Tue Jul 28 #9 $773.2K +5.9% −39.1% $42.0M 2,512 $308 19

Thu Jul 30 #10 $682.1K — −41.9% $43.4M 2,512 $272 21

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

Cumulative total$43.4M

Jul 10Jul 15Jul 20Jul 24Jul 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $209.5K

$14.0M

$8.6M

$5.3M

$2.8M

$1.6M

$921.4K

$431.7K

$335.4K

$624.6K

$209.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,613 → 2,512 −3.9%

2,539 open2,512 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −66.5%

−38.4%

W1→2

−38.5%

W2→3

−46.6%

W3→4

−45.4%

W4→5

−40.6%

W5→6

−53.1%

W6→7

−22.3%

W7→8

+86.2%

W8→9

−66.5%

W9→10

Steepest −66.5%Biggest gain +86.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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