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The Nutty ProfessorFollow

1996 • PG-13 • 1h 35m • Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction • Universal Pictures

Inside Sherman Klump, a party animal is about to break out.

🍅 64% 56% MC 64 LB 2.63 IMDb 5.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$25.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$128.80M
Final
Worldwide total
$273.80M
$145.00M international
Domestic legs5.1x
Budget$55M
1996 rank#8
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Cast & crew

Full Shadyac filmography
Tom Shadyac Tom Shadyac Director Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy Starring Jada Pinkett Smith Jada Pinkett Smith Starring James Coburn James Coburn Starring Dave Chappelle Dave Chappelle Starring
ScreenplayDavid Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Tom Shadyac, Steve Oedekerk Produced byBrian Grazer, Russell Simmons CinematographyJulio Macat Music byDavid Newman StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 28-30 1 $25.4M — 2,115 $12,015 $25.4M
2 Jul 5-7 2 $25.8M +1.6% 2,138 $12,076 $59.8M
3 Jul 12-14 4 $12.2M −52.7% 2,178 $5,605 $80.2M
4 Jul 19-21 4 $7.6M −38.0% 2,239 $3,380 $93.7M
5 Jul 26-28 7 $5.3M −29.5% 2,177 $2,450 $102.7M
6 Aug 2-4 8 $4.2M −21.8% 2,075 $2,010 $109.9M
7 Aug 9-11 9 $2.9M −30.4% 1,820 $1,595 $115.0M
8 Aug 16-18 14 $1.6M −46.5% 1,143 $1,360 $118.0M
9 Aug 23-25 21 $907.0K −41.7% 717 $1,265 $119.6M
10 Aug 30-Sep 1 25 $869.6K −4.1% 510 $1,705 $120.8M
11 Sep 6-8 23 $504.9K −41.9% 459 $1,100 $121.4M
12 Sep 13-15 15 $1.1M +123.8% 853 $1,325 $122.7M
13 Sep 20-22 13 $1.1M −0.8% 859 $1,305 $124.2M
14 Sep 27-29 14 $956.2K −14.7% 787 $1,215 $125.5M
15 Oct 4-6 15 $670.7K −29.9% 664 $1,010 $126.4M
16 Oct 11-13 16 $561.6K −16.3% 504 $1,114 $127.1M
17 Oct 18-20 17 $390.1K −30.5% 459 $850 $127.6M
18 Oct 25-27 20 $269.3K −31.0% 343 $785 $127.9M
19 Nov 1-3 27 $213.0K −20.9% 242 $880 $128.2M
20 Nov 8-10 29 $176.3K −17.2% 205 $860 $128.4M
21 Nov 15-17 29 $143.7K −18.5% 170 $845 $128.6M
22 Nov 22-24 34 $91.8K −36.1% 135 $680 $128.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $869.6K
$25.4M
$25.8M
$12.2M
$7.6M
$5.3M
$4.2M
$2.9M
$1.6M
$907.0K
$869.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −4.1%
+1.6%
W1→2
−52.7%
W2→3
−38.0%
W3→4
−29.5%
W4→5
−21.8%
W5→6
−30.4%
W6→7
−46.5%
W7→8
−41.7%
W8→9
−4.1%
W9→10
Steepest −52.7%Biggest gain +1.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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