Name: The Truman Show
Director: Peter Weir
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1998
Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Noah Emmerich

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jun 5	#1	$10.05M		—	$10.05M	2,315	$4.3K	1
Sat Jun 6	#1	$12.53M	+25%	—	$22.58M	2,315	$5.4K	2
Sun Jun 7	#1	$8.32M	-34%	—	$31.54M	2,315	$3.6K	3
Mon Jun 8	#1	$3.63M	-56%	—	$35.17M	2,315	$1.6K	4
Tue Jun 9	#1	$3.51M	-3%	—	$38.68M	2,315	$1.5K	5
Wed Jun 10	#1	$2.67M	-24%	—	$41.35M	2,315	$1.2K	6
Thu Jun 11	#1	$3.17M	+19%	—	$44.52M	2,315	$1.4K	7
Fri Jun 12	#1	$5.75M	+81%	-43%	$50.27M	2,862	$2.0K	8
Sat Jun 13	#1	$8.97M	+56%	-28%	$59.24M	2,862	$3.1K	9
Sun Jun 14	#1	$5.16M	-42%	-38%	$64.53M	2,862	$1.8K	10
Mon Jun 15	#1	$2.22M	-57%	-39%	$66.75M	2,862	$774	11
Tue Jun 16	#1	$2.25M	+1%	-36%	$68.99M	2,862	$785	12
Wed Jun 17	#1	$1.92M	-14%	-28%	$70.92M	2,862	$671	13
Thu Jun 18	#1	$1.91M		-40%	$72.83M	2,862	$669	14
Fri Jun 19	#3	$3.98M	+108%	-31%	$76.81M	2,911	$1.4K	15
Sat Jun 20	#3	$5.04M	+27%	-44%	$81.85M	2,911	$1.7K	16
Sun Jun 21	#3	$3.21M	-36%	-38%	$85.25M	2,911	$1.1K	17
Mon Jun 22	#3	$1.44M	-55%	-35%	$86.69M	2,911	$495	18
Tue Jun 23	#3	$1.60M	+11%	-29%	$88.29M	2,911	$551	19
Wed Jun 24	#3	$1.34M	-16%	-30%	$89.64M	2,911	$462	20
Thu Jun 25	#3	$1.35M	+1%	-29%	$90.99M	2,911	$465	21
Fri Jun 26	#5	$2.74M	+103%	-31%	$93.73M	2,911	$941	22
Sat Jun 27	#5	$3.74M	+36%	-26%	$97.47M	2,911	$1.3K	23
Sun Jun 28	#5	$2.09M	-44%	-35%	$99.50M	2,911	$717	24
Mon Jun 29	#5	$1.02M	-51%	-29%	$100.52M	2,911	$352	25
Tue Jun 30	#5	$1.24M	+21%	-23%	$101.76M	2,911	$425	26
Wed Jul 1	#6	$874K	-29%	-35%	$102.63M	2,756	$317	27
Thu Jul 2	#7	$1.00M	+15%	-26%	$103.64M	2,756	$365	28
Fri Jul 3	#6	$2.37M	+136%	-14%	$106.01M	2,756	$860	29
Sat Jul 4	#4	$2.16M	-9%	-42%	$108.17M	2,756	$784	30
Sun Jul 5	#7	$1.62M	-25%	-22%	$109.79M	2,756	$589	31
Mon Jul 6	#7	$688K	-58%	-33%	$110.48M	2,756	$250	32
Tue Jul 7	#7	$759K	+10%	-39%	$111.24M	2,756	$276	33
Wed Jul 8	#7	$755K	-1%	-14%	$111.99M	2,756	$274	34
Thu Jul 9	#7	$648K	-14%	-36%	$112.64M	2,756	$235	35
Fri Jul 10	#8	$1.16M	+79%	-51%	$113.80M	2,186	$531	36
Sat Jul 11	#7	$1.58M	+37%	-27%	$115.39M	2,186	$725	37
Sun Jul 12	#10	$776K	-51%	-52%	$116.22M	2,186	$355	38
Mon Jul 13	#10	$368K	-53%	-47%	$116.59M	2,186	$168	39
Tue Jul 14	#10	$468K	+27%	-38%	$117.05M	2,186	$214	40
Wed Jul 15	#9	$408K	-13%	-46%	$117.46M	2,186	$186	41
Thu Jul 16	#9	$393K	-4%	-39%	$117.86M	2,186	$180	42
Fri Jul 17	#9	$720K	+83%	-38%	$118.58M	1,540	$468	43
Sat Jul 18	#9	$965K	+34%	-39%	$119.54M	1,540	$627	44

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 5-7	1	$31.54M	—	$31.54M	2,315	$13.6K	1
Jun 12-14	1	$20.01M	-36.6%	$64.53M	2,862	$7.0K	2
Jun 19-21	3	$12.42M	-37.9%	$85.25M	2,911	$4.3K	3
Jun 26-28	5	$8.51M	-31.5%	$99.50M	2,911	$2.9K	4
Jul 3-5	6	$6.01M	-29.4%	$109.79M	2,756	$2.2K	5
Jul 10-12	10	$3.58M	-40.5%	$116.22M	2,186	$1.6K	6
Jul 17-19	9	$2.17M	-39.3%	$120.03M	1,540	$1.4K	7
Jul 24-26	14	$1.02M	-53.2%	$122.02M	1,155	$881	8
Jul 31-Aug 2	21	$390K	-61.7%	$122.82M	611	$639	9
Aug 7-9	29	$193K	-50.5%	$123.19M	406	$475	10
Aug 14-16	37	$123K	-36.5%	$123.43M	303	$405	11
Aug 21-23	42	$109K	-11.1%	$123.62M	240	$454	12
Aug 28-30	24	$548K	+402.9%	$124.21M	677	$809	13
Sep 4-6	31	$470K	-14.1%	$124.87M	646	$728	14
Sep 11-13	36	$207K	-56.0%	$125.15M	561	$369	15
Sep 18-20	40	$118K	-43.1%	$125.34M	366	$322	16
Sep 25-27	46	$90K	-23.9%	$125.47M	299	$300	17

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byPeter Weir

Written byAndrew Niccol

Produced byScott Rudin, Andrew Niccol, Edward S. Feldman, Adam Schroeder

CinematographyPeter Biziou

Music byBurkhard Dallwitz

StarringJim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Noah Emmerich

StudioParamount Pictures

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