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1999 • R • 2h 0m • Comedy, Drama, Romance • Universal Pictures

The flower arrangements have been ordered. The sleeping arrangements are still being worked out.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$34.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$34.60M

$0.50M international

Domestic legs3.8x

Budget$9M

1999 rank#61

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Cast & crew

Full Lee filmography

Malcolm D. Lee

Malcolm D. Lee Director

Taye Diggs

Taye Diggs Starring

Nia Long

Nia Long Starring

Morris Chestnut

Morris Chestnut Starring

Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau Starring

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard Starring

ScreenplayMalcolm D. Lee Produced bySpike Lee, Sam Kitt CinematographyFrank Prinzi Music byStanley Clarke StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 22-24 1 $9.0M — 1,346 $6,710 $9.0M

2 Oct 29-31 2 $6.3M −30.4% 1,348 $4,660 $17.9M

3 Nov 5-7 5 $4.3M −30.9% 1,290 $3,365 $24.0M

4 Nov 12-14 12 $2.4M −44.7% 1,053 $2,280 $27.6M

5 Nov 19-21 14 $1.3M −44.3% 766 $1,745 $29.6M

6 Nov 26-28 13 $1.2M −10.1% 506 $2,375 $31.3M

7 Dec 3-5 15 $585.1K −51.3% 511 $1,145 $32.1M

8 Dec 10-12 15 $393.0K −32.8% 457 $860 $32.7M

9 Dec 17-19 19 $257.6K −34.5% 318 $810 $33.0M

10 Dec 24-26 29 $132.3K −48.6% 146 $906 $33.3M

11 Dec 31-Jan 2 39 $114.0K −13.9% 156 $731 $33.3M

12 Jan 7-9 34 $146.0K +28.1% 146 $1,000 $33.8M

13 Jan 14-16 40 $136.8K −6.3% 144 $950 $34.0M

14 Jan 21-23 45 $80.1K −41.5% 143 $560 $34.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 22 #1 $2.9M — $2.9M 1,345 $2,160 1

Sat Oct 23 #1 $3.7M +27.4% $6.6M 1,345 $2,751 2

Sun Oct 24 #1 $2.5M −33.2% $9.0M 1,345 $1,836 3

Mon Oct 25 #1 $747.0K −69.8% $9.8M 1,346 $555 4

Tue Oct 26 #2 $659.5K −11.7% $10.4M 1,346 $490 5

Wed Oct 27 #1 $605.4K −8.2% $11.0M 1,346 $450 6

Thu Oct 28 #1 $612.4K +1.2% $11.7M 1,346 $455 7

Fri Oct 29 #2 $1.8M +189.0% −39.1% $13.4M 1,350 $1,311 8

Sat Oct 30 #2 $2.8M +59.3% −23.8% $16.2M 1,350 $2,089 9

Sun Oct 31 #2 $1.6M −42.6% −34.5% $17.9M 1,348 $1,200 10

Mon Nov 1 #2 $505.5K −68.8% −32.3% $18.4M 1,348 $375 11

Tue Nov 2 #5 $431.4K −14.7% −34.6% $18.9M 1,348 $320 12

Wed Nov 3 #4 $397.7K −7.8% −34.3% $19.3M 1,348 $295 13

Thu Nov 4 #3 $424.6K +6.8% −30.7% $19.7M 1,348 $315 14

Fri Nov 5 #6 $1.2M +171.8% −34.8% $20.9M 1,290 $895 15

Sat Nov 6 #6 $2.0M +74.5% −28.6% $22.9M 1,290 $1,561 16

Sun Nov 7 #5 $1.1M −43.9% −30.2% $24.0M 1,348 $838 17

Mon Nov 8 #5 $277.4K −75.4% −45.1% $24.3M 1,348 $206 18

Tue Nov 9 #8 $251.6K −9.3% −41.7% $24.6M 1,348 $187 19

Wed Nov 10 #10 $272.1K +8.2% −31.6% $24.8M 1,290 $211 20

Thu Nov 11 #10 $408.1K +50.0% −3.9% $25.2M 1,290 $316 21

Fri Nov 12 #14 $650.0K +59.3% −43.7% $25.9M 1,045 $622 22

Sat Nov 13 #11 $1.0M +59.2% −48.6% $26.9M 1,045 $990 23

Sun Nov 14 #9 $648.0K −37.4% −42.6% $27.6M 1,053 $615 24

Mon Nov 15 #10 $168.5K −74.0% −39.3% $27.8M 1,053 $160 25

Tue Nov 16 #13 $142.2K −15.6% −43.5% $28.0M 1,053 $135 26

Wed Nov 17 #14 $136.9K −3.7% −49.7% $28.1M 1,053 $130 27

Thu Nov 18 #13 $142.2K +3.8% −65.2% $28.2M 1,053 $135 28

Fri Nov 19 #15 $346.0K +143.4% −46.8% $28.6M 758 $456 29

Sat Nov 20 #14 $622.0K +79.8% −39.9% $29.2M 758 $821 30

Sun Nov 21 #12 $352.0K −43.4% −45.7% $29.6M 766 $460 31

Mon Nov 22 #14 $91.9K −73.9% −45.4% $29.7M 766 $120 32

Tue Nov 23 #16 $95.7K +4.1% −32.7% $29.8M 766 $125 33

Sun Nov 28 #14 $223.0K — −36.6% $31.3M 506 $441 38

Mon Nov 29 #15 $60.7K −72.8% −33.9% $31.4M 506 $120 39

Tue Nov 30 #19 $43.0K −29.2% −55.1% $31.4M 506 $85 40

Wed Dec 1 #16 $45.5K +5.9% $31.5M 506 $90 41

Thu Dec 2 #16 $50.6K +11.1% $31.5M 506 $100 42

Sun Dec 5 #15 $143.0K — −35.9% $32.1M 511 $280 45

Mon Dec 6 #18 $38.3K −73.2% −36.9% $32.2M 511 $75 46

Tue Dec 7 #18 $38.4K +0.2% −10.7% $32.2M 511 $75 47

Wed Dec 8 #18 $33.2K −13.5% −27.1% $32.2M 511 $65 48

Thu Dec 9 #18 $35.8K +7.7% −29.3% $32.3M 511 $70 49

Sun Dec 12 #15 $105.0K — −26.6% $32.7M 457 $230 52

Mon Dec 13 #16 $29.7K −71.7% −22.5% $32.7M 457 $65 53

Tue Dec 14 #17 $27.4K −7.7% −28.6% $32.7M 457 $60 54

Wed Dec 15 #17 $27.2K −0.8% −18.1% $32.8M 457 $60 55

Mon Jan 17 #36 $20.9K — $34.0M 144 $145 88

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

Cumulative total$32.8M

Oct 22Nov 3Nov 14Nov 30Dec 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $132.3K

$9.0M

$6.3M

$4.3M

$2.4M

$1.3M

$1.2M

$585.1K

$393.0K

$257.6K

$132.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,350 → 457 −66.1%

1,345 open457 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.6%

−30.4%

W1→2

−30.9%

W2→3

−44.7%

W3→4

−44.3%

W4→5

−10.1%

W5→6

−51.3%

W6→7

−32.8%

W7→8

−34.5%

W8→9

−48.6%

W9→10

Steepest −51.3%Best hold −10.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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