Name: The Waterboy
Director: Frank Coraci
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Released: 1998
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk, Jerry Reed, Henry Winkler

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Nov 6	#1	$12.87M		—	$12.87M	2,664	$4.8K	1
Sat Nov 7	#1	$16.30M	+27%	—	$29.18M	2,664	$6.1K	2
Sun Nov 8	#1	$10.29M	-37%	—	$39.41M	2,664	$3.9K	3
Mon Nov 9	#1	$2.73M	-73%	—	$42.15M	2,664	$1.0K	4
Tue Nov 10	#1	$4.46M	+63%	—	$46.61M	2,664	$1.7K	5
Wed Nov 11	#1	$5.47M	+23%	—	$52.08M	2,664	$2.1K	6
Thu Nov 12	#1	$2.60M	-53%	—	$54.67M	2,664	$975	7
Fri Nov 13	#1	$7.77M	+199%	-40%	$62.44M	2,675	$2.9K	8
Sat Nov 14	#1	$10.81M	+39%	-34%	$73.25M	2,675	$4.0K	9
Sun Nov 15	#1	$5.70M	-47%	-45%	$79.10M	2,675	$2.1K	10
Mon Nov 16	#1	$1.23M	-78%	-55%	$80.34M	2,675	$460	11
Tue Nov 17	#1	$1.64M	+34%	-63%	$81.98M	2,675	$615	12
Wed Nov 18	#1	$1.23M	-25%	-77%	$83.21M	2,675	$461	13
Thu Nov 19	#1	$1.31M	+6%	-50%	$84.52M	2,675	$490	14
Fri Nov 20	#3	$4.93M	+277%	-36%	$89.46M	2,689	$1.8K	15
Sat Nov 21	#3	$7.12M	+44%	-34%	$96.57M	2,689	$2.6K	16
Sun Nov 22	#3	$3.61M	-49%	-37%	$100.23M	2,689	$1.3K	17
Mon Nov 23	#3	$910K	-75%	-26%	$101.14M	2,689	$339	18
Tue Nov 24	#3	$1.44M	+58%	-12%	$102.58M	2,702	$533	19
Wed Nov 25	#4	$2.54M	+76%	+106%	$105.12M	2,782	$911	20
Thu Nov 26	#3	$3.42M	+35%	+161%	$108.54M	2,782	$1.2K	21
Fri Nov 27	#4	$5.83M	+71%	+18%	$114.37M	2,782	$2.1K	22
Sat Nov 28	#4	$5.52M	-5%	-22%	$119.89M	2,782	$2.0K	23
Sun Nov 29	#4	$2.35M	-57%	-35%	$122.21M	2,782	$846	24
Mon Nov 30	#4	$514K	-78%	-44%	$122.72M	2,782	$185	25
Tue Dec 1	#3	$579K	+13%	-60%	$123.30M	2,782	$208	26
Wed Dec 2	#3	$467K	-19%	-82%	$123.77M	2,782	$168	27
Thu Dec 3	#4	$564K	+21%	-83%	$124.33M	2,782	$203	28
Fri Dec 4	#4	$2.02M	+257%	-65%	$126.35M	2,782	$724	29
Sat Dec 5	#5	$2.98M	+48%	-46%	$129.32M	2,778	$1.1K	30
Sun Dec 6	#5	$1.44M	-51%	-39%	$130.77M	2,778	$519	31
Mon Dec 7	#4	$329K	-77%	-36%	$131.10M	2,778	$118	32
Tue Dec 8	#4	$414K	+26%	-28%	$131.51M	2,778	$149	33
Wed Dec 9	#4	$335K	-19%	-28%	$131.85M	2,778	$121	34
Thu Dec 10	#4	$346K	+3%	-39%	$132.19M	2,778	$124	35
Fri Dec 11	#7	$880K	+155%	-56%	$133.07M	2,610	$337	36
Sat Dec 12	#6	$1.93M	+119%	-35%	$135.00M	2,610	$739	37
Sun Dec 13	#6	$1.01M	-48%	-30%	$136.63M	2,610	$388	38
Mon Dec 14	#5	$263K	-74%	-20%	$136.89M	2,610	$101	39
Tue Dec 15	#5	$325K	+23%	-22%	$137.21M	2,610	$124	40
Wed Dec 16	#5	$276K	-15%	-18%	$137.49M	2,610	$106	41
Thu Dec 17	#5	$311K	+13%	-10%	$137.80M	2,610	$119	42
Fri Dec 18	#7	$870K	+180%	-1%	$138.67M	2,242	$388	43
Sat Dec 19	#7	$1.31M	+51%	-32%	$139.99M	2,242	$587	44
Sun Dec 20	#8	$914K	-30%	-10%	$140.94M	2,242	$408	45
Mon Dec 21	#8	$544K	-40%	+107%	$141.48M	2,242	$243	46
Wed Dec 23	#8	$680K		+147%	$142.26M	2,242	$303	48
Thu Dec 24	#8	$380K	-44%	+22%	$143.27M	2,242	$169	49

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Nov 6-8	1	$39.41M	—	$39.41M	2,664	$14.8K	1
Nov 13-15	1	$24.43M	-38.0%	$79.10M	2,675	$9.1K	2
Nov 20-22	3	$15.71M	-35.7%	$100.23M	2,689	$5.8K	3
Nov 27-29	4	$13.60M	-13.4%	$122.21M	2,782	$4.9K	4
Dec 4-6	5	$6.51M	-52.1%	$130.77M	2,778	$2.3K	5
Dec 11-13	6	$4.43M	-31.9%	$136.63M	2,610	$1.7K	6
Dec 18-20	7	$3.14M	-29.2%	$140.94M	2,242	$1.4K	7
Dec 25-27	13	$2.33M	-25.7%	$145.58M	1,281	$1.8K	8
Jan 1-3	13	$2.14M	-8.2%	$150.04M	1,242	$1.7K	9
Jan 8-10	13	$1.63M	-23.9%	$152.29M	1,149	$1.4K	10
Jan 15-17	20	$1.17M	-28.2%	$153.84M	738	$1.6K	11
Jan 22-24	21	$787K	-32.8%	$154.78M	638	$1.2K	12
Jan 29-31	22	$581K	-26.2%	$155.52M	579	$1.0K	13
Feb 5-7	19	$1.07M	+84.4%	$156.66M	823	$1.3K	14
Feb 12-14	22	$1.06M	-1.1%	$158.01M	721	$1.5K	15
Feb 19-21	22	$680K	-35.8%	$158.89M	632	$1.1K	16
Feb 26-28	24	$504K	-25.9%	$159.57M	532	$947	17
Mar 5-7	22	$419K	-16.9%	$160.13M	480	$872	18
Mar 12-14	24	$355K	-15.3%	$160.61M	432	$821	19
Mar 19-21	31	$254K	-28.5%	$161.02M	368	$689	20
Mar 26-28	40	$143K	-43.7%	$161.24M	261	$547	21
Apr 2-4	47	$73K	-48.6%	$161.37M	148	$495	22
Apr 9-11	56	$47K	-36.3%	$161.46M	91	$513	23
Apr 16-18	72	$18K	-60.6%	$161.49M	41	$448	24

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byFrank Coraci

ScreenplayTim Herlihy, Adam Sandler

Produced byRobert Simonds, Jack Giarraputo

CinematographySteven Bernstein

Music byAlan Pasqua

StarringAdam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk, Jerry Reed, Henry Winkler

StudioTouchstone Pictures / Buena Vista Pictures

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