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1998 • PG-13 • 2h 5m • Comedy, Drama • TriStar Pictures

Be there for the joy. Be there for the tears. Be there for each other.

🍅 45% 75%

58

3.65

6.8

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$19.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$91.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$159.70M

$68.60M international

Domestic legs4.8x

Budget$50M

1998 rank#20

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Cast & crew

Full Columbus filmography

Chris Columbus

Chris Columbus Director

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts Starring

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon Starring

Ed Harris

Ed Harris Starring

Jena Malone

Jena Malone Starring

Liam Aiken

Liam Aiken Starring

ScreenplayGigi Levangie, Jessie Nelson, Steven Rogers, Karen Leigh Hopkins, Ron Bass Produced byWendy Finerman, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan CinematographyDonald McAlpine Music byJohn Williams StudioTriStar Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 25-27 2 $19.1M — 2,358 $8,118 $19.1M

2 Jan 1-3 2 $14.6M −23.8% 2,358 $6,184 $50.0M

3 Jan 8-10 4 $7.9M −45.8% 2,749 $2,876 $62.0M

4 Jan 15-18 6 $7.8M −1.6% 2,358 $3,300 $72.0M

5 Jan 22-24 5 $5.1M −33.9% 2,358 $2,182 $78.6M

6 Jan 29-31 6 $3.6M −29.9% 2,358 $1,530 $83.6M

7 Feb 5-7 8 $2.5M −30.4% 2,358 $1,066 $87.2M

8 Feb 12-15 16 $1.3M −49.2% 1,564 $817 $89.2M

9 Feb 19-21 26 $562.1K −56.0% 733 $767 $90.0M

10 Feb 26-28 41 $141.0K −74.9% 404 $349 $90.3M

11 Mar 5-7 45 $88.7K −37.1% 259 $342 $90.4M

12 Mar 12-14 49 $55.4K −37.5% 159 $349 $90.4M

13 Mar 19-21 58 $30.0K −45.9% 106 $283 $90.5M

14 Mar 26-28 65 $16.1K −46.3% 61 $264 $90.5M

15 Apr 2-4 42 $131.6K +716.8% 401 $328 $90.6M

16 Apr 9-11 40 $151.2K +14.9% 432 $350 $90.8M

17 Apr 16-18 42 $111.2K −26.4% 371 $300 $91.0M

18 Apr 23-25 58 $51.8K −53.4% 230 $225 $91.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 25 #2 $5.9M — $5.9M 2,358 $2,513 1

Sat Dec 26 #3 $7.3M +23.6% $13.3M 2,358 $3,106 2

Sun Dec 27 #2 $5.9M −19.6% $19.1M 2,358 $2,499 3

Mon Dec 28 #2 $4.2M −28.0% $23.4M 2,358 $1,798 4

Tue Dec 29 #2 $4.4M +2.6% $27.7M 2,358 $1,846 5

Wed Dec 30 #2 $4.0M −7.6% $31.8M 2,358 $1,705 6

Thu Dec 31 #3 $3.5M −12.6% $35.3M 2,358 $1,491 7

Fri Jan 1 #3 $5.8M +66.4% −1.3% $41.1M 2,358 $2,481 8

Sat Jan 2 #3 $4.9M −16.6% −33.4% $46.0M 2,358 $2,070 9

Sun Jan 3 #2 $3.4M −30.9% −42.8% $50.0M 2,358 $1,429 10

Mon Jan 4 #2 $1.0M −69.0% −75.3% $51.1M 2,358 $444 11

Tue Jan 5 #3 $1.2M +11.9% −73.1% $52.2M 2,358 $497 12

Wed Jan 6 #2 $940.4K −19.7% −76.6% $53.2M 2,358 $399 13

Thu Jan 7 #3 $928.5K −1.3% −73.6% $54.1M 2,358 $394 14

Fri Jan 8 #4 $2.0M +114.3% −66.0% $56.1M 2,358 $844 15

Sat Jan 9 #4 $3.8M +91.0% −22.1% $59.9M 2,358 $1,612 16

Sun Jan 10 #3 $2.1M −44.3% −37.2% $62.0M 2,358 $898 17

Mon Jan 11 #4 $486.6K −77.0% −53.5% $62.5M 2,358 $206 18

Tue Jan 12 #3 $651.6K +33.9% −44.4% $63.1M 2,358 $276 19

Wed Jan 13 #3 $525.9K −19.3% −44.1% $63.7M 2,358 $223 20

Thu Jan 14 #3 $556.8K +5.9% −40.0% $64.2M 2,358 $236 21

Fri Jan 15 #6 $1.6M +195.4% −17.4% $65.9M 2,358 $697 22

Sat Jan 16 #6 $2.8M +72.4% −25.4% $68.7M 2,358 $1,202 23

Sun Jan 17 #6 $2.1M −26.6% −1.8% $70.8M 2,358 $882 24

Mon Jan 18 #6 $1.3M −39.0% +160.7% $72.0M 2,358 $538 25

Tue Jan 19 #5 $522.5K −58.8% −19.8% $72.5M 2,358 $222 26

Wed Jan 20 #5 $423.4K −19.0% −19.5% $73.0M 2,368 $179 27

Thu Jan 21 #5 $452.2K +6.8% −18.8% $73.4M 2,358 $192 28

Fri Jan 22 #6 $1.4M +198.5% −17.9% $74.8M 2,358 $573 29

Sat Jan 23 #5 $2.4M +80.0% −14.3% $77.2M 2,358 $1,031 30

Sun Jan 24 #5 $1.4M −40.6% −30.6% $78.6M 2,358 $612 31

Mon Jan 25 #6 $317.3K −78.0% −75.0% $78.9M 2,358 $135 32

Tue Jan 26 #6 $428.6K +35.1% −18.0% $79.3M 2,358 $182 33

Wed Jan 27 #6 $345.9K −19.3% −18.3% $79.6M 2,358 $147 34

Thu Jan 28 #6 $362.5K +4.8% −19.8% $80.0M 2,358 $154 35

Fri Jan 29 #6 $1.0M +184.1% −23.7% $81.0M 2,358 $437 36

Sat Jan 30 #8 $1.7M +65.5% −29.8% $82.7M 2,358 $723 37

Sun Jan 31 #3 $812.0K −52.4% −43.8% $83.6M 2,358 $344 38

Mon Feb 1 #7 $230.3K −71.6% −27.4% $83.8M 2,358 $98 39

Tue Feb 2 #7 $312.9K +35.9% −27.0% $84.2M 2,358 $133 40

Wed Feb 3 #7 $253.9K −18.8% −26.6% $84.4M 2,358 $108 41

Thu Feb 4 #7 $264.1K +4.0% −27.1% $84.7M 2,358 $112 42

Fri Feb 5 #9 $715.0K +170.7% −30.6% $85.4M 2,358 $303 43

Sat Feb 6 #9 $1.3M +76.2% −26.1% $86.7M 2,358 $534 44

Sun Feb 7 #8 $640.0K −49.2% −21.2% $87.2M 2,358 $271 45

Mon Feb 8 #8 $154.9K −75.8% −32.8% $87.3M 2,358 $66 46

Tue Feb 9 #9 $194.1K +25.4% −38.0% $87.5M 2,358 $82 47

Wed Feb 10 #9 $165.1K −15.0% −35.0% $87.7M 2,358 $70 48

Thu Feb 11 #8 $173.4K +5.1% −34.3% $87.9M 2,358 $74 49

Fri Feb 12 #13 $235.0K +35.5% −67.1% $88.1M 1,564 $150 50

Sat Feb 13 #14 $430.0K +83.0% −65.9% $88.5M 1,564 $275 51

Sun Feb 14 #15 $350.0K −18.6% −45.3% $88.9M 1,564 $224 52

Mon Feb 15 #18 $177.3K −49.3% +14.5% $89.2M 1,564 $113 53

Tue Feb 16 #14 $104.5K −41.1% −46.2% $89.3M 1,564 $67 54

Wed Feb 17 #15 $87.5K −16.3% −47.0% $89.4M 1,564 $56 55

Thu Feb 18 #17 $89.5K +2.4% −48.4% $89.4M 1,564 $57 56

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

Cumulative total$89.4M

Dec 25Jan 8Jan 22Feb 4Feb 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $141.0K

$19.1M

$14.6M

$7.9M

$7.8M

$5.1M

$3.6M

$2.5M

$1.3M

$562.1K

$141.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,368 → 1,564 −34.0%

2,358 open1,564 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −74.9%

−23.8%

W1→2

−45.8%

W2→3

−1.6%

W3→4

−33.9%

W4→5

−29.9%

W5→6

−30.4%

W6→7

−49.2%

W7→8

−56.0%

W8→9

−74.9%

W9→10

Steepest −74.9%Best hold −1.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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