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1998 • PG-13 • 2h 49m • Drama, Romance, Western • Touchstone Pictures

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65

3.37

6.7

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$75.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$186.90M

$111.50M international

Domestic legs5.5x

Budget$60M

1998 rank#26

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Cast & crew

Full Redford filmography

Robert Redford

Robert Redford Director

Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas Starring

Sam Neill

Sam Neill Starring

Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest Starring

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson Starring

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper Starring

ScreenplayEric Roth, Richard LaGravenese Produced byRobert Redford, Patrick Markey CinematographyRobert Richardson Music byThomas Newman StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 15-17 2 $13.7M — 2,039 $6,712 $13.7M

2 May 22-25 3 $14.5M +6.1% 2,049 $7,084 $33.1M

3 May 29-31 4 $7.3M −49.4% 2,189 $3,352 $43.4M

4 Jun 5-7 6 $5.2M −28.5% 2,362 $2,222 $51.8M

5 Jun 12-14 8 $3.9M −24.8% 2,286 $1,727 $58.4M

6 Jun 19-21 10 $2.6M −34.7% 1,852 $1,391 $63.1M

7 Jun 26-28 10 $1.9M −26.8% 1,419 $1,329 $66.5M

8 Jul 3-5 10 $1.3M −28.9% 1,048 $1,280 $68.9M

9 Jul 10-12 14 $832.3K −38.0% 670 $1,242 $70.6M

10 Jul 17-19 17 $547.9K −34.2% 493 $1,111 $71.6M

11 Jul 24-26 21 $348.2K −36.5% 361 $965 $72.3M

12 Jul 31-Aug 2 20 $394.3K +13.2% 418 $943 $72.8M

13 Aug 7-9 22 $444.3K +12.7% 527 $843 $73.5M

14 Aug 14-16 25 $321.2K −27.7% 455 $706 $74.1M

15 Aug 21-23 31 $227.8K −29.1% 337 $676 $74.5M

16 Aug 28-30 41 $151.8K −33.4% 215 $706 $74.8M

17 Sep 4-7 40 $142.8K −5.9% 159 $898 $75.0M

18 Sep 11-13 41 $85.2K −40.3% 161 $529 $75.1M

19 Sep 18-20 46 $69.7K −18.2% 133 $524 $75.2M

20 Sep 25-27 53 $50.0K −28.3% — — $75.3M

22 Oct 9-11 59 $34.4K — — — $75.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 15 #1 $4.4M — $4.4M 2,039 $2,158 1

Sat May 16 #2 $5.6M +27.6% $10.0M 2,039 $2,754 2

Sun May 17 #2 $3.6M −35.7% $13.7M 2,039 $1,772 3

Mon May 18 #2 $1.2M −65.8% $14.9M 2,039 $607 4

Tue May 19 #3 $1.2M −1.6% $16.1M 2,039 $597 5

Wed May 20 #2 $1.2M −3.6% $17.3M 2,039 $575 6

Thu May 21 #3 $1.3M +8.2% $18.6M 2,039 $622 7

Fri May 22 #3 $2.9M +124.5% −35.2% $21.4M 2,049 $1,391 8

Sat May 23 #3 $4.3M +51.6% −23.1% $25.8M 2,049 $2,108 9

Sun May 24 #3 $4.0M −7.4% +10.7% $29.8M 2,049 $1,952 10

Mon May 25 #3 $3.3M −18.3% +164.3% $33.1M 2,049 $1,595 11

Tue May 26 #3 $1.0M −68.8% −16.3% $34.1M 2,049 $497 12

Wed May 27 #2 $963.4K −5.4% −17.9% $35.1M 2,049 $470 13

Thu May 28 #2 $995.0K +3.3% −21.6% $36.1M 2,049 $486 14

Fri May 29 #4 $2.1M +108.5% −27.2% $38.2M 2,189 $948 15

Sat May 30 #4 $3.4M +61.9% −22.2% $41.5M 2,189 $1,535 16

Sun May 31 #4 $1.9M −42.1% −51.4% $43.4M 2,189 $889 17

Mon Jun 1 #4 $693.2K −64.4% −78.8% $44.1M 2,189 $317 18

Tue Jun 2 #4 $839.8K +21.1% −17.6% $44.9M 2,189 $384 19

Wed Jun 3 #3 $775.0K −7.7% −19.5% $45.7M 2,189 $354 20

Thu Jun 4 #4 $852.8K +10.0% −14.3% $46.6M 2,189 $390 21

Fri Jun 5 #6 $1.4M +69.4% −30.4% $48.0M 2,362 $612 22

Sat Jun 6 #6 $2.4M +66.4% −28.4% $50.4M 2,362 $1,018 23

Sun Jun 7 #6 $1.4M −42.2% −28.5% $51.8M 2,362 $588 24

Mon Jun 8 #5 $591.4K −57.5% −14.7% $52.4M 2,362 $250 25

Tue Jun 9 #5 $712.3K +20.4% −15.2% $53.1M 2,362 $302 26

Wed Jun 10 #5 $619.5K −13.0% −20.1% $53.7M 2,362 $262 27

Thu Jun 11 #5 $700.9K +13.1% −17.8% $54.4M 2,362 $297 28

Fri Jun 12 #9 $1.0M +47.7% −28.4% $55.5M 2,286 $453 29

Sat Jun 13 #8 $1.7M +68.1% −27.7% $57.2M 2,286 $761 30

Sun Jun 14 #7 $1.1M −38.0% −22.4% $58.4M 2,286 $472 31

Mon Jun 15 #8 $480.0K −55.5% −18.8% $58.9M 2,286 $210 32

Tue Jun 16 #7 $559.6K +16.6% −21.4% $59.4M 2,286 $245 33

Wed Jun 17 #8 $523.8K −6.4% −15.5% $60.0M 2,286 $229 34

Thu Jun 18 #7 $528.5K +0.9% −24.6% $60.5M 2,286 $231 35

Fri Jun 19 #10 $730.2K +38.2% −29.5% $61.2M 1,852 $394 36

Sat Jun 20 #10 $1.0M +42.4% −40.2% $62.3M 1,852 $562 37

Sun Jun 21 #9 $681.0K −34.5% −36.9% $63.1M 1,852 $368 38

Mon Jun 22 #9 $342.7K −49.7% −28.6% $63.4M 1,852 $185 39

Tue Jun 23 #9 $417.3K +21.8% −25.4% $63.8M 1,852 $225 40

Wed Jun 24 #9 $406.5K −2.6% −22.4% $64.2M 1,852 $219 41

Thu Jun 25 #8 $416.1K +2.4% −21.3% $64.6M 1,852 $225 42

Fri Jun 26 #10 $560.0K +34.6% −23.3% $65.2M 1,419 $395 43

Sat Jun 27 #9 $835.0K +49.1% −19.7% $66.1M 1,419 $588 44

Sun Jun 28 #10 $515.0K −38.3% −24.4% $66.5M 1,419 $363 45

Mon Jun 29 #10 $258.9K −49.7% −24.5% $66.8M 1,419 $182 46

Tue Jun 30 #10 $321.8K +24.3% −22.9% $67.1M 1,419 $227 47

Wed Jul 1 #10 $218.9K −32.0% −46.1% $67.3M 1,151 $190 48

Thu Jul 2 #10 $280.0K +27.9% −32.7% $67.6M 1,151 $243 49

Fri Jul 3 #10 $475.0K +69.6% −15.2% $68.1M 1,048 $453 50

Sat Jul 4 #9 $441.0K −7.2% −47.2% $68.5M 1,048 $421 51

Sun Jul 5 #10 $403.0K −8.6% −21.7% $68.9M 1,048 $385 52

Tue Jul 7 #10 $217.5K — −32.4% $69.4M 1,048 $208 54

Wed Jul 8 #10 $222.2K +2.2% +1.5% $69.6M 1,048 $212 55

Thu Jul 9 #10 $212.7K −4.3% −24.0% $69.8M 1,048 $203 56

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

Cumulative total$69.8M

May 15May 29Jun 11Jun 25Jul 9

Weekend grossWk 10 · $547.9K

$13.7M

$14.5M

$7.3M

$5.2M

$3.9M

$2.6M

$1.9M

$1.3M

$832.3K

$547.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,362 → 1,048 −55.6%

2,039 open1,048 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −34.2%

+6.1%

W1→2

−49.4%

W2→3

−28.5%

W3→4

−24.8%

W4→5

−34.7%

W5→6

−26.8%

W6→7

−28.9%

W7→8

−38.0%

W8→9

−34.2%

W9→10

Steepest −49.4%Biggest gain +6.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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