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The Green MileFollow

1999 • R • 3h 9m • Crime, Drama, Fantasy • Warner Bros.

Paul Edgecomb didn't believe in miracles. Until the day he met one.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$18.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$136.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$291.00M

$154.00M international

Domestic legs7.6x

Budget$60.0M

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Cast & crew

Full Darabont filmography

Frank Darabont

Frank Darabont Director

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks Starring

David Morse

David Morse Starring

Bonnie Hunt

Bonnie Hunt Starring

Michael Clarke Duncan

Michael Clarke Duncan Starring

James Cromwell

James Cromwell Starring

ScreenplayFrank Darabont Produced byDavid Valdes, Frank Darabont CinematographyDavid Tattersall Music byThomas Newman StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 10-12 2 $18.0M — 2,875 $6,267 $18.0M

2 Dec 17-19 2 $12.7M −29.6% 2,875 $4,409 $36.7M

3 Dec 24-26 5 $9.3M −26.9% 2,875 $3,222 $53.1M

4 Dec 31-Jan 2 4 $11.8M +27.1% 2,875 $4,096 $76.7M

5 Jan 7-9 2 $9.7M −17.4% 2,678 $3,634 $91.3M

6 Jan 14-17 MLK 5 $8.8M — 2,483 $3,561 $102.8M

7 Jan 21-23 5 $5.4M — 2,483 $2,170 $109.6M

8 Jan 28-30 5 $4.0M −25.3% 2,371 $1,697 $115.2M

9 Feb 4-6 6 $4.0M −0.1% 2,335 $1,720 $120.4M

10 Feb 11-13 6 $3.1M −23.1% 2,012 $1,535 $124.4M

11 Feb 18-21 Presidents' Day 11 $3.2M — 2,102 $1,540 $128.7M

12 Feb 25-27 13 $1.9M — 1,746 $1,115 $131.1M

13 Mar 3-5 20 $1.1M −44.2% 1,097 $990 $132.7M

14 Mar 10-12 22 $657.4K −39.5% 848 $775 $133.6M

15 Mar 17-19 21 $601.4K −8.5% 773 $778 $134.4M

16 Mar 24-26 22 $455.8K −24.2% 438 $1,041 $135.1M

17 Mar 31-Apr 2 21 $321.1K −29.5% 354 $907 $135.5M

18 Apr 7-9 31 $149.5K −53.4% 201 $744 $135.8M

19 Apr 14-16 23 $279.5K +87.0% 451 $620 $136.1M

20 Apr 21-23 25 $216.5K −22.6% 368 $588 $136.4M

21 Apr 28-30 31 $149.7K −30.8% 371 $404 $136.6M

22 May 5-7 48 $62.0K −58.6% 208 $298 $136.7M

23 May 12-14 61 $35.5K −42.8% 154 $230 $136.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 10 #1 $5.7M — $5.7M 2,875 $2,000 1

Sat Dec 11 #2 $7.6M +32.6% $13.4M 2,875 $2,651 2

Sun Dec 12 #2 $4.5M −40.3% $18.0M 2,875 $1,582 3

Mon Dec 13 #1 $1.5M −67.9% $19.5M 2,875 $508 4

Tue Dec 14 #1 $1.6M +7.3% $21.0M 2,875 $545 5

Wed Dec 15 #1 $1.5M −7.3% $22.5M 2,875 $506 6

Thu Dec 16 #1 $1.4M −3.5% $23.9M 2,875 $488 7

Fri Dec 17 #2 $3.5M +150.1% −39.0% $27.4M 2,875 $1,221 8

Sat Dec 18 #2 $5.5M +55.5% −28.4% $32.9M 2,875 $1,898 9

Sun Dec 19 #3 $3.8M −30.1% −16.2% $36.7M 2,875 $1,326 10

Mon Dec 20 #3 $1.6M −59.1% +6.7% $38.2M 2,875 $542 11

Tue Dec 21 #3 $1.8M +15.8% +15.2% $40.0M 2,875 $628 12

Wed Dec 22 #5 $1.6M −10.6% +11.0% $41.6M 2,875 $562 13

Thu Dec 23 #4 $2.1M +32.1% +52.0% $43.8M 2,875 $742 14

Fri Dec 24 #5 $1.4M −36.2% −61.2% $45.1M 2,875 $473 15

Sat Dec 25 #3 $3.4M +152.2% −37.1% $48.6M 2,875 $1,194 16

Sun Dec 26 #5 $4.4M +28.2% +15.4% $53.0M 2,875 $1,530 17

Mon Dec 27 #5 $3.1M −30.5% +96.2% $56.1M 2,875 $1,064 18

Tue Dec 28 #5 $2.8M −7.6% +56.5% $58.9M 2,875 $983 19

Wed Dec 29 #5 $2.8M −1.8% +72.0% $61.7M 2,875 $966 20

Thu Dec 30 #5 $3.2M +14.9% +49.6% $64.9M 2,875 $1,110 21

Fri Dec 31 #3 $2.6M −18.9% +90.1% $67.5M 2,878 $899 22

Sat Jan 1 #4 $5.8M +126.1% +70.4% $73.3M 2,878 $2,032 23

Sun Jan 2 #5 $3.9M −33.8% −12.0% $76.7M 2,875 $1,346 24

Mon Jan 3 #4 $1.5M −60.7% −50.3% $78.2M 2,875 $529 25

Tue Jan 4 #3 $1.1M −25.1% −59.7% $79.3M 2,875 $396 26

Wed Jan 5 #2 $1.1M −1.4% −59.6% $80.5M 2,875 $390 27

Thu Jan 6 #2 $1.1M −1.8% −65.4% $81.6M 2,875 $383 28

Fri Jan 7 #2 $2.7M +147.4% +5.5% $84.3M 2,675 $1,020 29

Sat Jan 8 #2 $4.6M +67.4% −21.9% $88.9M 2,675 $1,708 30

Sun Jan 9 #2 $2.5M −46.2% −36.5% $91.3M 2,678 $918 31

Mon Jan 10 #1 $682.5K −72.2% −55.1% $92.0M 2,678 $255 32

Tue Jan 11 #1 $763.8K +11.9% −32.9% $92.7M 2,678 $285 33

Wed Jan 12 #2 $650.3K −14.9% −42.1% $93.4M 2,678 $243 34

Thu Jan 13 #2 $608.2K −6.5% −44.8% $94.0M 2,678 $227 35

Fri Jan 14 #4 $2.0M +224.6% −27.6% $96.0M 2,678 $737 36

Sat Jan 15 #4 $3.5M +77.9% −23.1% $99.5M 2,678 $1,311 37

Sun Jan 16 #5 $2.3M −35.0% −7.1% $101.8M 2,678 $853 38

Mon Jan 17 #7 $1.2M −49.3% +69.6% $102.8M 2,483 $466 39

Tue Jan 18 #4 $502.0K −56.6% −34.3% $103.3M 2,483 $202 40

Wed Jan 19 #4 $437.8K −12.8% −32.7% $103.8M 2,483 $176 41

Thu Jan 20 #4 $420.7K −3.9% −30.8% $104.2M 2,483 $169 42

Fri Jan 21 #4 $1.5M +245.3% −26.4% $105.7M 2,485 $585 43

Sat Jan 22 #5 $2.8M +89.5% −21.6% $108.4M 2,485 $1,108 44

Sun Jan 23 #5 $1.2M −56.6% −47.7% $109.6M 2,483 $481 45

Mon Jan 24 #4 $377.7K −68.4% −67.4% $110.0M 2,483 $152 46

Tue Jan 25 #4 $408.8K +8.2% −18.6% $110.4M 2,483 $165 47

Wed Jan 26 #4 $376.5K −7.9% −14.0% $110.8M 2,483 $152 48

Thu Jan 27 #4 $380.6K +1.1% −9.5% $111.1M 2,483 $153 49

Fri Jan 28 #5 $1.2M +202.7% −20.7% $112.3M 2,370 $486 50

Sat Jan 29 #5 $2.2M +91.8% −19.8% $114.5M 2,370 $932 51

Sun Jan 30 #7 $624.0K −71.8% −47.8% $115.2M 2,371 $263 52

Mon Jan 31 #4 $308.0K −50.6% −18.5% $115.5M 2,371 $130 53

Tue Feb 1 #4 $334.9K +8.7% −18.1% $115.8M 2,371 $141 54

Wed Feb 2 #4 $303.8K −9.3% −19.3% $116.1M 2,371 $128 55

Thu Feb 3 #4 $281.0K −7.5% −26.2% $116.4M 2,371 $119 56

Fri Feb 4 #5 $1.0M +258.4% −12.6% $117.4M 2,333 $432 57

Sat Feb 5 #4 $2.0M +103.3% −7.3% $119.4M 2,333 $877 58

Sun Feb 6 #6 $965.0K −52.9% +54.6% $120.4M 2,335 $413 59

Mon Feb 7 #5 $210.1K −78.2% −31.8% $120.6M 2,335 $90 60

Tue Feb 8 #5 $258.3K +22.9% −22.9% $120.9M 2,335 $111 61

Wed Feb 9 #4 $222.2K −13.9% −26.8% $121.1M 2,335 $95 62

Thu Feb 10 #4 $224.0K +0.8% −20.3% $121.3M 2,335 $96 63

Fri Feb 11 #7 $631.0K +181.7% −37.3% $122.0M 1,292 $488 64

Sat Feb 12 #6 $1.6M +160.9% −19.6% $123.6M 1,292 $1,274 65

Sun Feb 13 #8 $734.0K −55.4% −23.9% $124.4M 1,364 $538 66

Mon Feb 14 #7 $382.4K −47.9% +82.0% $124.8M 2,012 $190 67

Tue Feb 15 #7 $228.2K −40.3% −11.7% $125.0M 2,012 $113 68

Wed Feb 16 #7 $224.9K −1.4% +1.2% $125.2M 2,012 $112 69

Thu Feb 17 #7 $217.2K −3.4% −3.0% $125.5M 2,012 $108 70

Mon Feb 21 #13 $387.7K — +1.4% $128.7M 2,102 $184 74

Tue Feb 22 #12 $180.6K −53.4% −20.9% $128.9M 2,102 $86 75

Wed Feb 23 #12 $151.4K −16.1% −32.7% $129.0M 2,102 $72 76

Thu Feb 24 #12 $161.2K +6.4% −25.8% $129.2M 2,102 $77 77

Sun Feb 27 #13 $452.0K — $131.1M 1,746 $259 80

Mon Feb 28 #13 $107.0K −76.3% −72.4% $131.2M 1,746 $61 81

Tue Feb 29 #13 $113.4K +6.0% −37.2% $131.4M 1,746 $65 82

Wed Mar 1 #14 $106.2K −6.3% −29.9% $131.5M 1,746 $61 83

Thu Mar 2 #14 $113.1K +6.5% −29.8% $131.6M 1,746 $65 84

Sun Mar 5 #18 $254.0K — −43.8% $132.7M 1,097 $232 87

Mon Mar 6 #18 $61.7K −75.7% −42.4% $132.7M 1,097 $56 88

Tue Mar 7 #18 $67.1K +8.9% −40.8% $132.8M 1,097 $61 89

Wed Mar 8 #18 $61.5K −8.4% −42.1% $132.9M 1,097 $56 90

Sun Mar 19 #20 $155.0K — $134.4M 773 $201 101

Tue Mar 21 #20 $53.2K — $134.5M 773 $69 103

Wed Mar 22 #19 $48.0K −9.8% $134.5M 773 $62 104

Mon Mar 27 #19 $42.5K — $135.1M 438 $97 109

Tue Mar 28 #19 $47.5K +11.9% −10.6% $135.1M 438 $109 110

Wed Mar 29 #19 $41.6K −12.4% −13.2% $135.2M 438 $95 111

Thu Mar 30 #20 $40.2K −3.4% $135.2M 438 $92 112

Sun Apr 2 #19 $74.0K — $135.5M 354 $209 115

Tue Apr 4 #20 $26.6K — −44.0% $135.6M 354 $75 117

Sun Apr 16 #20 $79.0K — $136.1M 451 $175 129

Tue Apr 18 #20 $25.1K — $136.2M 451 $56 131

Wed Apr 19 #20 $21.8K −13.0% $136.2M 451 $48 132

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

Cumulative total$125.5M

Dec 10Dec 27Jan 14Jan 31Feb 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.1M

$18.0M

$12.7M

$9.3M

$11.8M

$9.7M

$8.8M

$5.4M

$4.0M

$4.0M

$3.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,878 → 2,012 −30.1%

2,875 open2,012 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −23.1%

−29.6%

W1→2

−26.9%

W2→3

+27.1%

W3→4

−17.4%

W4→5

−25.3%

W7→8

−0.1%

W8→9

−23.1%

W9→10

Steepest −29.6%Biggest gain +27.1%

Run milestones

$100M in 38 days

$100M

Day 38

Jan 16

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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