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The Basketball DiariesFollow

1995 • R • 1h 42m • Biography, Crime, Drama • New Line

The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.

🍅 46% 76% MC 46 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$714K
Limited · 300 theaters
Domestic total
$2.40M
Final
Worldwide total
$2.40M
$42K international
Domestic legs3.4x
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Cast & crew

Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio Starring Bruno Kirby Bruno Kirby Starring Lorraine Bracco Lorraine Bracco Starring Ernie Hudson Ernie Hudson Starring
ScreenplayBryan Goluboff Produced byJohn Bard Manulis, Liz Heller CinematographyDavid Phillips MusicGraeme Revell Prod. DesignChristopher Nowak StudioNew Line

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 21-23 16 $714.0K — 300 $2,380 $714.0K
2 Apr 28-30 20 $440.7K −38.3% 300 $1,468 $1.4M
3 May 5-7 25 $246.9K −44.0% 300 $823 $1.7M
4 May 12-14 34 $88.8K −64.0% 172 $516 $1.9M
8 Jun 9-11 63 $8.8K — 21 $417 $2.1M
Weekend grossWk 8 · $8.8K
$714.0K
$440.7K
$246.9K
$88.8K
$8.8K
W1W2W3W4W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −64.0%
−38.3%
W1→2
−44.0%
W2→3
−64.0%
W3→4
Steepest −64.0%Best hold −38.3%

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