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The Indian in the CupboardFollow

1995 • PG • 1h 36m • Drama, Family, Fantasy • Paramount Pictures

Adventure comes to life.

🍅 70% 41% LB 2.95 IMDb 6.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$35.60M
Final
Domestic legs4.6x
Budget$45M
1995 rank#50
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Cast & crew

Full Oz filmography
Frank Oz Frank Oz Director Richard Jenkins Richard Jenkins Starring Steve Coogan Steve Coogan Starring
ScreenplayMelissa Mathison Produced byFrank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Jane Startz CinematographyRussell Carpenter MusicRandy Edelman Prod. DesignLeslie McDonald StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 14-16 6 $7.7M — 1,723 $4,478 $7.7M
2 Jul 21-23 8 $5.3M −32.0% 1,723 $3,047 $17.7M
3 Jul 28-30 11 $3.2M −39.6% 1,723 $1,840 $24.3M
4 Aug 4-6 14 $1.7M −47.9% 1,467 $1,126 $28.2M
5 Aug 11-13 18 $779.0K −52.8% 988 $788 $30.0M
6 Aug 18-20 23 $424.2K −45.5% 627 $677 $31.1M
7 Aug 25-27 35 $250.1K −41.0% 354 $707 $31.7M
8 Sep 1-4 36 $335.8K +34.3% 312 $1,076 $32.1M
9 Sep 8-10 38 $153.8K −54.2% 272 $565 $32.3M
10 Sep 15-17 45 $112.6K −26.8% 220 $512 $32.5M
11 Sep 22-24 42 $104.3K −7.4% 200 $521 $32.6M
12 Sep 29-Oct 1 47 $73.9K −29.1% 157 $471 $32.7M
13 Oct 6-8 18 $516.7K +598.9% 574 $900 $33.2M
14 Oct 13-15 20 $407.5K −21.1% 493 $827 $33.8M
15 Oct 20-22 21 $395.7K −2.9% 526 $752 $34.3M
16 Oct 27-29 27 $247.0K −37.6% 461 $536 $34.6M
17 Nov 3-5 27 $267.2K +8.2% 400 $668 $35.0M
18 Nov 10-12 29 $225.7K −15.5% 317 $712 $35.2M
19 Nov 17-19 35 $105.3K −53.4% 210 $501 $35.4M
20 Nov 24-26 38 $77.0K −26.9% 171 $450 $35.5M
21 Dec 1-3 51 $26.8K −65.1% 135 $199 $35.5M
22 Dec 8-10 49 $17.5K −34.9% 98 $178 $35.6M
23 Dec 15-17 52 $16.6K −5.3% 89 $186 $35.6M
25 Dec 29-Jan 1 57 $18.8K — 37 $508 $35.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $112.6K
$7.7M
$5.3M
$3.2M
$1.7M
$779.0K
$424.2K
$250.1K
$335.8K
$153.8K
$112.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.8%
−32.0%
W1→2
−39.6%
W2→3
−47.9%
W3→4
−52.8%
W4→5
−45.5%
W5→6
−41.0%
W6→7
+34.3%
W7→8
−54.2%
W8→9
−26.8%
W9→10
Steepest −54.2%Biggest gain +34.3%

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