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1995 • R • 1h 45m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Warner Bros.

A story about husbands, wives, parents, children and other natural disasters.

🍅 33% 52% MC 62 LB 2.81 IMDb 5.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$11.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$50.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$77.30M
$26.40M international
Domestic legs4.6x
1995 rank#35
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Cast & crew

Full Hallström filmography
Lasse Hallström Lasse Hallström Director Julia Roberts Julia Roberts Starring Dennis Quaid Dennis Quaid Starring Robert Duvall Robert Duvall Starring Gena Rowlands Gena Rowlands Starring Kyra Sedgwick Kyra Sedgwick Starring
ScreenplayCallie Khouri Produced byGoldie Hawn, Anthea Sylbert, Paula Weinstein CinematographySven Nykvist Music byHans Zimmer, Graham Preskett StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Aug 4-6 2 $11.1M — 1,510 $7,361 $11.1M
2 Aug 11-13 4 $8.1M −27.1% 1,787 $4,537 $24.7M
3 Aug 18-20 4 $5.6M −31.0% 1,787 $3,130 $33.9M
4 Aug 25-27 6 $3.9M −30.0% 1,767 $2,215 $40.1M
5 Sep 1-3 7 $3.8M −2.7% 1,727 $2,205 $45.4M
6 Sep 8-10 12 $1.5M −60.1% 1,535 $989 $47.5M
7 Sep 15-17 18 $909.8K −40.1% 1,291 $705 $48.9M
8 Sep 22-24 21 $537.6K −40.9% 1,021 $527 $49.7M
9 Sep 29-Oct 1 30 $248.8K −53.7% 693 $359 $50.1M
10 Oct 6-8 37 $110.7K −55.5% 259 $427 $50.3M
11 Oct 13-15 49 $45.8K −58.7% 150 $305 $50.4M
12 Oct 20-22 60 $19.8K −56.8% 70 $283 $50.4M
16 Nov 17-19 22 $232.4K — 567 $410 $50.7M
17 Nov 24-26 33 $109.5K −52.9% 330 $332 $50.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $110.7K
$11.1M
$8.1M
$5.6M
$3.9M
$3.8M
$1.5M
$909.8K
$537.6K
$248.8K
$110.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −55.5%
−27.1%
W1→2
−31.0%
W2→3
−30.0%
W3→4
−2.7%
W4→5
−60.1%
W5→6
−40.1%
W6→7
−40.9%
W7→8
−53.7%
W8→9
−55.5%
W9→10
Steepest −60.1%Best hold −2.7%

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