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The BirdcageFollow

1996 • R • 1h 58m • Comedy • United Artists

Come as you are.

🍅 85% 81% MC 71 LB 3.94 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$18.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$124.10M
Final
Worldwide total
$181.80M
$57.70M international
Domestic legs6.8x
1996 rank#9
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Cast & crew

Full Nichols filmography
Mike Nichols Mike Nichols Director Robin Williams Robin Williams Starring Gene Hackman Gene Hackman Starring Nathan Lane Nathan Lane Starring Dianne Wiest Dianne Wiest Starring Hank Azaria Hank Azaria Starring
ScreenplayElaine May Produced byMike Nichols CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki Music byJonathan Tunick StudioUnited Artists

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 8-10 1 $18.3M — 1,950 $9,372 $18.3M
2 Mar 15-17 1 $16.0M −12.3% 2,236 $7,171 $41.3M
3 Mar 22-24 1 $13.3M −17.1% 2,236 $5,946 $60.6M
4 Mar 29-31 1 $10.1M −24.0% 2,236 $4,520 $74.6M
5 Apr 5-7 3 $9.2M −8.8% 2,236 $4,123 $87.6M
6 Apr 12-14 3 $6.8M −26.5% 2,285 $2,964 $97.8M
8 Apr 26-28 7 $3.4M — 1,958 $1,719 $109.3M
9 May 3-5 7 $2.5M −25.6% 1,664 $1,505 $112.8M
10 May 10-12 6 $1.6M −35.8% 1,281 $1,254 $115.3M
11 May 17-19 8 $1.3M −20.6% 1,181 $1,080 $117.1M
12 May 24-26 9 $1.3M −0.9% 970 $1,303 $118.8M
13 May 31-Jun 2 11 $605.0K −52.1% 767 $789 $119.7M
14 Jun 7-9 12 $500.8K −17.2% 611 $820 $120.5M
15 Jun 14-16 13 $444.7K −11.2% 582 $764 $121.2M
16 Jun 21-23 14 $415.3K −6.6% 456 $911 $121.9M
17 Jun 28-30 19 $320.0K −22.9% 464 $690 $122.5M
18 Jul 5-7 17 $400.7K +25.2% 344 $1,165 $123.0M
19 Jul 12-14 23 $199.4K −50.2% 293 $680 $123.3M
20 Jul 19-21 26 $121.0K −39.3% 187 $647 $123.6M
21 Jul 26-28 33 $86.5K −28.5% 151 $573 $123.7M
23 Aug 9-11 46 $41.4K — 74 $559 $123.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.6M
$18.3M
$16.0M
$13.3M
$10.1M
$9.2M
$6.8M
$3.4M
$2.5M
$1.6M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35.8%
−12.3%
W1→2
−17.1%
W2→3
−24.0%
W3→4
−8.8%
W4→5
−26.5%
W5→6
−25.6%
W8→9
−35.8%
W9→10
Steepest −35.8%Best hold −8.8%

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