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The Cider House RulesFollow

1999 • PG-13 • 2h 6m • Drama • Miramax

A story about how far we must travel to find the place where we belong.

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75

3.45

7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$110K

Limited · 8 theaters

Domestic total

$57.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$88.50M

$31.00M international

Domestic legs18.7x from $3.1M first wide weekend

Budget$24.0M

2000 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Full Hallström filmography

Lasse Hallström

Lasse Hallström Director

Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire Starring

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron Starring

Michael Caine

Michael Caine Starring

Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo Starring

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd Starring

ScreenplayJohn Irving Produced byRichard N. Gladstein CinematographyOliver Stapleton Music byRachel Portman StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 10-12 33 $110.1K — 8 $13,762 $110.1K

2 Dec 17-19 17 $331.9K +201.4% 36 $9,218 $490.8K

3 Dec 24-26 14 $712.0K +114.6% 328 $2,170 $1.4M

4 Dec 31-Jan 2 14 $1.5M +117.4% 332 $4,661 $4.2M

5 Jan 7-9 13 $3.1M +98.8% 816 $3,771 $8.2M

6 Jan 14-17 MLK Day 14 $3.4M +8.9% 817 $4,100 $12.6M

7 Jan 21-23 14 $2.3M −32.7% 823 $2,741 $15.5M

8 Jan 28-30 13 $1.8M −22.4% 843 $2,077 $18.0M

9 Feb 4-6 12 $1.9M +10.4% 834 $2,319 $20.6M

10 Feb 11-13 13 $1.5M −20.9% 802 $1,906 $22.7M

11 Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day 10 $3.4M +122.9% 857 $3,977 $27.0M

12 Feb 25-27 10 $4.1M +19.3% 1,346 $3,020 $31.9M

13 Mar 3-5 10 $4.0M −1.2% 1,496 $2,686 $37.2M

14 Mar 10-12 6 $3.5M −12.8% 1,704 $2,055 $42.0M

15 Mar 17-19 8 $2.5M −29.3% 1,738 $1,425 $45.8M

16 Mar 24-26 9 $2.8M +13.0% 1,671 $1,675 $49.6M

17 Mar 31-Apr 2 11 $2.1M −26.7% 1,468 $1,397 $53.0M

18 Apr 7-9 14 $1.1M −46.0% 1,021 $1,085 $54.8M

19 Apr 14-16 19 $547.1K −50.7% 644 $849 $55.7M

20 Apr 21-23 22 $354.4K −35.2% 422 $839 $56.3M

21 Apr 28-30 30 $159.2K −55.1% 263 $605 $56.6M

22 May 5-7 40 $82.2K −48.4% 179 $459 $56.7M

23 May 12-14 41 $67.1K −18.3% 135 $497 $56.8M

24 May 19-21 49 $53.5K −20.3% 102 $524 $56.9M

25 May 26-29 Memorial Day 34 $233.3K +336.2% 264 $883 $57.2M

26 Jun 2-4 31 $129.1K −44.7% 257 $502 $57.4M

27 Jun 9-11 50 $63.3K −51.0% 198 $319 $57.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Sun Dec 19 #16 $104.0K — $490.8K 36 $2,889 10

Mon Dec 20 #18 $36.6K −65% $527.5K 36 $1,018 11

Tue Dec 21 #18 $44.7K +22% $572.2K 36 $1,243 12

Sun Dec 26 #14 $354.0K — +240% $1.3M — — 17

Mon Dec 27 #14 $289.8K −18% +691% $1.7M 328 $884 18

Tue Dec 28 #13 $322.1K +11% +620% $2.0M 328 $982 19

Wed Dec 29 #13 $294.5K −9% $2.3M 328 $898 20

Sun Jan 2 #12 $563.0K — +59% $4.2M 332 $1,696 24

Mon Jan 3 #13 $251.5K −55% −13% $4.5M 332 $758 25

Tue Jan 4 #12 $225.2K −10% −30% $4.7M 332 $678 26

Wed Jan 5 #12 $223.9K −1% −24% $4.9M 332 $674 27

Thu Jan 6 #12 $236.2K +5% $5.1M 332 $712 28

Fri Jan 7 #13 $914.0K +287% $6.0M 815 $1,121 29

Sat Jan 8 #13 $1.4M +56% $7.5M 815 $1,747 30

Sun Jan 9 #13 $779.0K −45% +38% $8.2M 816 $955 31

Mon Jan 10 #13 $224.8K −71% −11% $8.4M 816 $275 32

Tue Jan 11 #12 $271.7K +21% +21% $8.7M 816 $333 33

Wed Jan 12 #12 $275.1K +1% +23% $9.0M 816 $337 34

Thu Jan 13 #12 $265.0K −4% +12% $9.3M 816 $325 35

Fri Jan 14 #14 $744.0K +181% −19% $9.3M 816 $912 36

Sat Jan 15 #14 $1.2M +65% −14% $10.6M 815 $1,503 37

Sun Jan 16 #10 $1.5M +25% +97% $12.1M 815 $1,885 38

Mon Jan 17 #12 $525.7K −66% +134% $12.6M 817 $643 39

Tue Jan 18 #12 $221.6K −58% −18% $12.8M 817 $271 40

Wed Jan 19 #11 $219.1K −1% −20% $13.1M 817 $268 41

Thu Jan 20 #12 $208.9K −5% −21% $13.3M 817 $256 42

Sun Jan 23 #13 $555.0K — −64% $15.5M 823 $674 45

Mon Jan 24 #15 $172.7K −69% −67% $15.7M 823 $210 46

Tue Jan 25 #15 $179.2K +4% −19% $15.9M 823 $218 47

Wed Jan 26 #14 $180.3K +1% −18% $16.1M 823 $219 48

Thu Jan 27 #15 $176.0K −2% −16% $16.2M 823 $214 49

Sun Jan 30 #12 $339.0K — −39% $18.0M 843 $402 52

Mon Jan 31 #13 $146.7K −57% −15% $18.2M 843 $174 53

Tue Feb 1 #13 $158.7K +8% −11% $18.3M 843 $188 54

Wed Feb 2 #11 $164.5K +4% −9% $18.5M 843 $195 55

Thu Feb 3 #10 $156.0K −5% −11% $19.6M 843 $185 56

Sun Feb 6 #12 $496.0K — +46% $20.6M 834 $595 59

Mon Feb 7 #11 $112.7K −77% −23% $20.7M 834 $135 60

Tue Feb 8 #10 $146.0K +30% −8% $20.8M 834 $175 61

Wed Feb 9 #10 $137.9K −6% −16% $21.0M 834 $165 62

Thu Feb 10 #10 $140.1K +2% −10% $21.1M 834 $168 63

Sun Feb 13 #12 $390.0K — −21% $22.7M 802 $486 66

Mon Feb 14 #13 $181.3K −54% +61% $22.8M 802 $226 67

Tue Feb 15 #8 $197.6K +9% +35% $23.0M 802 $246 68

Wed Feb 16 #5 $268.5K +36% +95% $23.3M 802 $335 69

Thu Feb 17 #5 $261.2K −3% +86% $23.6M 802 $326 70

Mon Feb 21 #11 $574.3K — +217% $27.0M 857 $670 74

Tue Feb 22 #10 $284.4K −50% +44% $27.2M 857 $332 75

Wed Feb 23 #10 $281.2K −1% +5% $27.5M 857 $328 76

Thu Feb 24 #11 $314.0K +12% +20% $27.8M 857 $366 77

Fri Feb 25 #10 $1.1M +252% $28.9M 1,345 $821 78

Sat Feb 26 #10 $1.9M +73% $30.9M 1,345 $1,419 79

Sun Feb 27 #10 $1.1M −44% $31.9M 1,346 $788 80

Mon Feb 28 #10 $279.2K −74% −51% $32.2M 1,346 $207 81

Tue Feb 29 #8 $337.5K +21% +19% $32.5M 1,346 $251 82

Wed Mar 1 #8 $311.8K −8% +11% $32.8M 1,346 $232 83

Thu Mar 2 #8 $358.7K +15% +14% $33.2M 1,346 $267 84

Fri Mar 3 #11 $1.0M +191% −5% $34.2M 1,346 $776 85

Sat Mar 4 #10 $1.9M +78% −3% $36.1M 1,495 $1,241 86

Sun Mar 5 #11 $1.0M −45% −4% $37.2M 1,496 $679 87

Mon Mar 6 #8 $289.0K −72% +4% $37.5M 1,496 $193 88

Tue Mar 7 #8 $313.5K +8% −7% $37.8M 1,496 $210 89

Wed Mar 8 #8 $302.0K −4% −3% $38.1M 1,496 $202 90

Thu Mar 9 #8 $330.0K +9% −8% $38.5M 1,496 $221 91

Fri Mar 10 #8 $959.0K +191% −8% $39.1M 1,705 $562 92

Sat Mar 11 #5 $1.7M +80% −7% $40.8M 1,705 $1,011 93

Sun Mar 12 #7 $939.0K −46% −8% $42.0M 1,704 $551 94

Mon Mar 13 #6 $302.1K −68% +5% $42.3M 1,704 $177 95

Tue Mar 14 #6 $355.1K +18% +13% $42.6M 1,704 $208 96

Wed Mar 15 #6 $336.6K −5% +11% $43.0M 1,704 $198 97

Thu Mar 16 #6 $341.3K +1% +3% $43.3M 1,704 $200 98

Fri Mar 17 #9 $563.8K +65% −41% $43.9M 1,704 $331 99

Sat Mar 18 #8 $1.2M +113% −30% $45.1M 1,738 $690 100

Sun Mar 19 #8 $682.0K −43% −27% $45.8M 1,738 $392 101

Mon Mar 20 #8 $229.2K −66% −24% $46.0M 1,738 $132 102

Tue Mar 21 #8 $272.5K +19% −23% $46.3M 1,738 $157 103

Wed Mar 22 #7 $276.6K +2% −18% $46.6M 1,738 $159 104

Thu Mar 23 #7 $273.0K −1% −20% $46.8M 1,738 $157 105

Fri Mar 24 #9 $789.0K +189% +40% $47.6M 1,505 $524 106

Sat Mar 25 #8 $1.4M +79% +18% $49.0M 1,505 $938 107

Sun Mar 26 #9 $559.0K −60% −18% $49.6M 1,671 $335 108

Mon Mar 27 #7 $309.5K −45% +35% $49.9M 1,671 $185 109

Tue Mar 28 #6 $361.2K +17% +33% $50.3M 1,671 $216 110

Wed Mar 29 #7 $314.4K −13% +14% $50.6M 1,671 $188 111

Thu Mar 30 #7 $301.9K −4% +11% $50.9M 1,671 $181 112

Sun Apr 2 #11 $503.0K — −10% $53.0M 1,468 $343 115

Mon Apr 3 #9 $144.7K −71% −53% $53.1M 1,468 $99 116

Tue Apr 4 #9 $202.8K +40% −44% $53.3M 1,468 $138 117

Wed Apr 5 #10 $170.3K −16% −46% $53.5M 1,468 $116 118

Thu Apr 6 #10 $168.6K −1% −44% $53.7M 1,468 $115 119

Sun Apr 9 #15 $257.0K — −49% $54.8M 1,021 $252 122

Mon Apr 10 #13 $77.0K −70% −47% $54.9M 1,021 $75 123

Tue Apr 11 #13 $97.4K +26% −52% $55.0M 1,021 $95 124

Wed Apr 12 #13 $94.2K −3% −45% $55.1M 1,021 $92 125

Thu Apr 13 #13 $91.3K −3% −46% $55.1M 1,021 $89 126

Sun Apr 16 #18 $133.0K — −48% $55.7M 644 $207 129

Mon Apr 17 #18 $53.8K −60% −30% $55.7M 644 $84 130

Tue Apr 18 #18 $59.7K +11% −39% $55.8M 644 $93 131

Wed Apr 19 #18 $57.9K −3% −39% $55.9M 644 $90 132

Sun Apr 23 #19 $79.0K — −41% $56.3M 644 $123 136

Mon Apr 24 #19 $36.1K −54% −33% $56.3M 644 $56 137

Tue Apr 25 #19 $36.0K — −40% $56.4M 644 $56 138

Wed Apr 26 #19 $33.5K −7% −42% $56.4M 644 $52 139

Thu Apr 27 #19 $35.5K +6% $56.4M 644 $55 140

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

Cumulative total$23.6M

Dec 19Jan 6Jan 18Feb 2Feb 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M

$110.1K

$331.9K

$712.0K

$1.5M

$3.1M

$3.4M

$2.3M

$1.8M

$1.9M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 843 → 802 −4.9%

36 open802 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.9%

+201.4%

W1→2

+114.6%

W2→3

+117.4%

W3→4

+98.8%

W4→5

+8.9%

W5→6

−32.7%

W6→7

−22.4%

W7→8

+10.4%

W8→9

−20.9%

W9→10

Steepest −32.7%Biggest gain +201.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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