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The Cable GuyFollow

1996 • PG-13 • 1h 36m • Comedy, Drama, Thriller • Columbia Pictures

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🍅 56% 51% MC 56 LB 3.10 IMDb 6.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$19.80M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$60.20M
Final
Worldwide total
$102.80M
$42.60M international
Domestic legs3.0x
Budget$47M
1996 rank#19
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Cast & crew

Full Stiller filmography
Ben Stiller Ben Stiller Director Jim Carrey Jim Carrey Starring Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick Starring Leslie Mann Leslie Mann Starring Jack Black Jack Black Starring George Segal George Segal Starring
ScreenplayLou Holtz Jr. Produced byJudd Apatow, Andrew Licht, Jeffrey A. Mueller CinematographyRobert Brinkmann Music byJohn Ottman StudioColumbia Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 14-16 1 $19.8M — 2,657 $7,454 $19.8M
2 Jun 21-23 4 $10.3M −47.9% 2,657 $3,885 $40.6M
3 Jun 28-30 7 $4.8M −53.4% 2,590 $1,856 $50.5M
4 Jul 5-7 10 $2.6M −46.2% 2,042 $1,268 $54.4M
5 Jul 12-14 12 $1.0M −61.1% 1,004 $1,002 $56.3M
6 Jul 19-21 20 $307.4K −69.4% 450 $683 $57.1M
7 Jul 26-28 29 $103.7K −66.3% 283 $367 $57.3M
8 Aug 2-4 21 $714.1K +588.3% 769 $929 $58.1M
9 Aug 9-11 24 $502.4K −29.6% 624 $805 $59.0M
10 Aug 16-18 25 $316.1K −37.1% 475 $665 $59.6M
11 Aug 23-25 33 $204.6K −35.3% 310 $660 $60.0M
12 Aug 30-Sep 1 51 $50.6K −75.3% 131 $386 $60.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $316.1K
$19.8M
$10.3M
$4.8M
$2.6M
$1.0M
$307.4K
$103.7K
$714.1K
$502.4K
$316.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.1%
−47.9%
W1→2
−53.4%
W2→3
−46.2%
W3→4
−61.1%
W4→5
−69.4%
W5→6
−66.3%
W6→7
+588.3%
W7→8
−29.6%
W8→9
−37.1%
W9→10
Steepest −69.4%Biggest gain +588.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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