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The First Wives ClubFollow

1996 • PG • 1h 43m • Comedy • Paramount Pictures

Don't get mad. Get everything.

🍅 50% 68% MC 59 LB 3.72 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$18.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$105.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$181.50M
$76.00M international
Domestic legs5.6x
Budget$30M
1996 rank#11
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Cast & crew

Goldie Hawn Goldie Hawn Starring Bette Midler Bette Midler Starring Diane Keaton Diane Keaton Starring Maggie Smith Maggie Smith Starring Sarah Jessica Parker Sarah Jessica Parker Starring Dan Hedaya Dan Hedaya Starring
ScreenplayRobert Harling Produced byScott Rudin CinematographyDonald E. Thorin MusicMarc Shaiman StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 20-22 1 $18.9M — 1,922 $9,840 $18.9M
2 Sep 27-29 1 $15.3M −19.0% 2,312 $6,624 $41.8M
3 Oct 4-6 1 $11.0M −28.1% 2,312 $4,765 $58.5M
4 Oct 11-13 2 $10.2M −7.5% 2,406 $4,236 $73.1M
5 Oct 18-20 3 $6.7M −33.9% 2,406 $2,800 $82.2M
6 Oct 25-27 5 $4.4M −35.0% 2,406 $1,820 $88.7M
7 Nov 1-3 7 $3.6M −18.7% 2,051 $1,737 $93.7M
8 Nov 8-10 6 $2.2M −37.1% 1,700 $1,319 $97.1M
9 Nov 15-17 7 $1.5M −32.6% 1,498 $1,009 $99.4M
10 Nov 22-24 10 $723.7K −52.1% 990 $731 $100.6M
11 Nov 29-Dec 1 11 $588.8K −18.6% 620 $950 $101.3M
12 Dec 6-8 17 $184.5K −68.7% 460 $401 $101.5M
13 Dec 13-15 26 $71.6K −61.2% 273 $262 $101.7M
14 Dec 20-22 16 $431.4K +502.3% 712 $606 $102.1M
15 Dec 27-29 19 $746.1K +73.0% 712 $1,048 $103.4M
16 Jan 3-5 23 $594.1K −20.4% 640 $928 $104.6M
17 Jan 10-12 28 $226.4K −61.9% 466 $486 $105.0M
18 Jan 17-20 36 $151.8K −33.0% 309 $491 $105.2M
19 Jan 24-26 40 $72.3K −52.4% 268 $270 $105.3M
20 Jan 31-Feb 2 48 $59.3K −18.0% 212 $280 $105.4M
21 Feb 7-9 60 $33.5K −43.5% 146 $230 $105.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $723.7K
$18.9M
$15.3M
$11.0M
$10.2M
$6.7M
$4.4M
$3.6M
$2.2M
$1.5M
$723.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −52.1%
−19.0%
W1→2
−28.1%
W2→3
−7.5%
W3→4
−33.9%
W4→5
−35.0%
W5→6
−18.7%
W6→7
−37.1%
W7→8
−32.6%
W8→9
−52.1%
W9→10
Steepest −52.1%Best hold −7.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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