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There's Something About MaryFollow

1998 • R • 1h 59m • Comedy, Romance • 20th Century Fox

Love is in the hair.

🍅 84% 61%

69

3.22

7.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$176.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$369.90M

$193.40M international

Domestic legs12.8x

Budget$22M

1998 rank#4

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Cast & crew

Full Farrelly filmography

Peter Farrelly

Peter Farrelly Director

Bobby Farrelly

Bobby Farrelly Director

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz Starring

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller Starring

Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon Starring

Chris Elliott

Chris Elliott Starring

ScreenplayEd Decter, John J. Strauss, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly Produced byFrank Beddor, Michael Steinberg, Charles B. Wessler, Bradley Thomas Music byJonathan Richman Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 17-19 4 $13.7M — 2,186 $6,286 $17.8M

2 Jul 24-26 4 $12.5M −8.7% 2,216 $5,659 $40.9M

3 Jul 31-Aug 2 3 $10.9M −13.0% 2,145 $5,087 $60.1M

4 Aug 7-9 4 $9.6M −11.8% 2,084 $4,619 $76.6M

5 Aug 14-16 4 $8.8M −8.3% 2,203 $4,006 $91.3M

6 Aug 21-23 3 $7.7M −12.9% 2,186 $3,518 $104.0M

7 Aug 28-30 2 $8.4M +8.9% 2,401 $3,488 $116.2M

8 Sep 4-6 1 $10.9M +30.4% 2,545 $4,291 $130.3M

9 Sep 11-13 2 $7.0M −36.3% 2,555 $2,721 $139.2M

10 Sep 18-20 3 $5.6M −19.0% 2,538 $2,220 $147.1M

11 Sep 25-27 5 $4.4M −21.4% 2,471 $1,793 $153.3M

12 Oct 2-4 7 $3.4M −23.3% 2,174 $1,562 $158.0M

13 Oct 9-11 8 $2.8M −18.2% 1,936 $1,435 $161.9M

14 Oct 16-18 11 $1.9M −32.7% 1,416 $1,320 $164.8M

15 Oct 23-25 13 $1.4M −27.1% 1,051 $1,296 $166.8M

16 Oct 30-Nov 1 14 $1.0M −25.2% 1,005 $1,014 $168.3M

17 Nov 6-8 15 $865.9K −15.1% 721 $1,201 $169.6M

18 Nov 13-15 18 $597.1K −31.0% 601 $994 $170.5M

19 Nov 20-22 18 $612.8K +2.6% 737 $832 $171.3M

20 Nov 27-29 19 $659.5K +7.6% 608 $1,085 $172.3M

21 Dec 4-6 20 $386.8K −41.3% 584 $662 $172.9M

22 Dec 11-13 23 $304.8K −21.2% 527 $578 $173.4M

23 Dec 18-20 26 $244.3K −19.8% 393 $622 $173.7M

24 Dec 25-27 28 $249.3K +2.1% 313 $797 $174.2M

25 Jan 1-3 27 $288.4K +15.7% 315 $915 $174.7M

26 Jan 8-10 24 $262.5K −9.0% 327 $803 $175.1M

27 Jan 15-17 31 $288.3K +9.8% 283 $1,019 $175.5M

28 Jan 22-24 29 $260.2K −9.8% 277 $939 $175.8M

29 Jan 29-31 32 $179.5K −31.0% 281 $639 $176.1M

30 Feb 5-7 39 $117.7K −34.5% 254 $463 $176.3M

31 Feb 12-14 47 $69.2K −41.2% 145 $477 $176.4M

32 Feb 19-21 57 $34.7K −49.9% 115 $302 $176.4M

33 Feb 26-28 61 $14.4K −58.4% 46 $314 $176.5M

34 Mar 5-7 75 $6.2K −57.2% 25 $247 $176.5M

36 Mar 19-21 76 $2.3K — 7 $329 $176.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Jul 15 #3 $2.0M — $2.0M 2,137 $939 1

Thu Jul 16 #3 $2.0M +2% $4.1M 2,137 $959 2

Fri Jul 17 #4 $4.1M +101% $8.2M 2,187 $1,882 3

Sat Jul 18 #4 $5.2M +26% $13.4M 2,187 $2,373 4

Sun Jul 19 #4 $4.6M −11% $17.8M 2,187 $2,102 5

Mon Jul 20 #2 $2.6M −44% $20.4M 2,186 $1,182 6

Tue Jul 21 #2 $2.8M +7% $23.1M 2,186 $1,262 7

Wed Jul 22 #2 $2.7M −4% +32% $25.8M 2,186 $1,217 8

Thu Jul 23 #1 $2.6M −4% +25% $28.4M 2,186 $1,173 9

Fri Jul 24 #4 $3.8M +49% −7% $32.2M 2,216 $1,719 10

Sat Jul 25 #4 $4.7M +24% −9% $36.9M 2,216 $2,128 11

Sun Jul 26 #2 $4.1M −13% −11% $40.9M 2,216 $1,856 12

Mon Jul 27 #2 $2.1M −50% −20% $43.0M 2,188 $945 13

Tue Jul 28 #2 $2.2M +7% −20% $45.2M 2,188 $1,008 14

Wed Jul 29 #3 $2.0M −11% −26% $47.1M 2,188 $898 15

Thu Jul 30 #3 $2.0M +2% −22% $49.1M 2,188 $912 16

Fri Jul 31 #4 $3.3M +66% −13% $52.4M 2,145 $1,543 17

Sat Aug 1 #2 $4.3M +29% −9% $56.7M 2,145 $1,993 18

Sun Aug 2 #2 $3.5M −19% −16% $60.0M 2,145 $1,613 19

Mon Aug 3 #3 $1.8M −49% −15% $61.8M 2,436 $724 20

Tue Aug 4 #3 $1.9M +6% −15% $63.7M 2,145 $870 21

Wed Aug 5 #4 $1.7M −11% −15% $65.3M 2,145 $774 22

Thu Aug 6 #4 $1.7M — −16% $67.0M 2,145 $778 23

Fri Aug 7 #4 $2.8M +66% −16% $69.8M 2,111 $1,315 24

Sat Aug 8 #4 $3.6M +31% −15% $73.4M 2,111 $1,722 25

Sun Aug 9 #4 $2.7M −24% −21% $75.6M 2,111 $1,302 26

Mon Aug 10 #4 $1.5M −46% −17% $77.1M 2,109 $698 27

Tue Aug 11 #5 $1.6M +10% −13% $78.7M 2,109 $770 28

Wed Aug 12 #4 $1.4M −13% −15% $80.1M 2,109 $668 29

Thu Aug 13 #4 $1.3M −5% −19% $81.5M 2,109 $637 30

Fri Aug 14 #6 $2.6M +92% −7% $85.1M 2,201 $1,170 31

Sat Aug 15 #5 $3.5M +37% −3% $88.6M 2,201 $1,605 32

Sun Aug 16 #4 $2.7M −23% −1% $91.3M 2,201 $1,235 33

Mon Aug 17 #2 $1.3M −52% −12% $92.6M 2,201 $589 34

Tue Aug 18 #2 $1.4M +7% −15% $94.0M 2,201 $629 35

Wed Aug 19 #2 $1.2M −14% −15% $95.2M 2,201 $541 36

Thu Aug 20 #2 $1.1M −5% −16% $96.3M 2,201 $515 37

Fri Aug 21 #3 $2.2M +94% −14% $98.5M 2,189 $1,007 38

Sat Aug 22 #3 $3.2M +44% −10% $101.7M 2,189 $1,448 39

Sun Aug 23 #3 $2.3M −29% −17% $104.0M 2,189 $1,032 40

Mon Aug 24 #3 $899.2K −60% −31% $104.9M 2,186 $411 41

Tue Aug 25 #3 $1.0M +17% −24% $106.0M 2,186 $480 42

Wed Aug 26 #3 $923.7K −12% −22% $106.9M 2,186 $423 43

Thu Aug 27 #3 $979.3K +6% −14% $107.9M 2,186 $448 44

Fri Aug 28 #2 $2.4M +149% +10% $110.3M 2,401 $1,014 45

Sat Aug 29 #2 $3.8M +56% +20% $114.1M 2,401 $1,587 46

Sun Aug 30 #2 $2.3M −40% $116.2M 2,401 $945 47

Mon Aug 31 #2 $775.2K −66% −14% $117.0M 2,401 $323 48

Tue Sep 1 #2 $844.8K +9% −20% $117.9M 2,401 $352 49

Wed Sep 2 #2 $738.7K −13% −20% $118.6M 2,401 $308 50

Thu Sep 3 #2 $756.8K +2% −23% $119.3M 2,401 $315 51

Fri Sep 4 #1 $2.2M +195% −8% $121.6M 2,555 $875 52

Sat Sep 5 #1 $3.4M +51% −12% $124.9M 2,555 $1,317 53

Sun Sep 6 #1 $3.1M −9% +35% $128.0M 2,555 $1,198 54

Mon Sep 7 #2 $2.1M −31% +172% $130.3M 2,555 $826 55

Tue Sep 8 #1 $713.9K −66% −15% $131.0M 2,545 $280 56

Wed Sep 9 #1 $670.1K −6% −9% $131.7M 2,545 $263 57

Thu Sep 10 #1 $633.5K −5% −16% $132.3M 2,545 $249 58

Fri Sep 11 #2 $2.0M +220% −9% $134.3M 2,557 $792 59

Sat Sep 12 #2 $3.4M +69% +2% $137.7M 2,557 $1,338 60

Sun Sep 13 #2 $1.6M −53% −47% $139.2M 2,555 $634 61

Mon Sep 14 #2 $479.0K −70% −77% $139.7M 2,555 $187 62

Tue Sep 15 #2 $670.8K +40% −6% $140.4M 2,555 $263 63

Wed Sep 16 #2 $546.8K −18% −18% $140.9M 2,555 $214 64

Thu Sep 17 #2 $556.9K +2% −12% $141.5M 2,555 $218 65

Fri Sep 18 #3 $1.6M +193% −20% $143.1M 2,543 $641 66

Sat Sep 19 #3 $2.7M +68% −20% $145.9M 2,543 $1,076 67

Sun Sep 20 #3 $1.3M −51% −18% $147.1M 2,538 $527 68

Mon Sep 21 #3 $410.3K −69% −14% $147.5M 2,538 $162 69

Tue Sep 22 #3 $531.2K +29% −21% $148.1M 2,538 $209 70

Wed Sep 23 #3 $384.7K −28% −30% $148.5M 2,538 $152 71

Thu Sep 24 #3 $376.4K −2% −32% $148.8M 2,538 $148 72

Fri Sep 25 #5 $1.3M +233% −23% $150.1M 2,470 $508 73

Sat Sep 26 #4 $2.2M +74% −20% $152.3M 2,471 $881 74

Sun Sep 27 #5 $998.0K −54% −25% $153.3M 2,471 $404 75

Mon Sep 28 #5 $275.0K −72% −33% $153.5M 2,471 $111 76

Tue Sep 29 #5 $395.1K +44% −26% $153.9M 2,471 $160 77

Wed Sep 30 #5 $356.2K −10% −7% $154.3M 2,471 $144 78

Thu Oct 1 #4 $343.1K −4% −9% $154.6M 2,471 $139 79

Fri Oct 2 #7 $985.0K +187% −22% $155.6M 2,177 $452 80

Sat Oct 3 #7 $1.6M +66% −25% $157.2M 2,177 $751 81

Sun Oct 4 #7 $759.0K −54% −24% $158.0M 2,174 $349 82

Mon Oct 5 #7 $209.3K −72% −24% $158.2M 2,174 $96 83

Tue Oct 6 #7 $280.7K +34% −29% $158.5M 2,174 $129 84

Wed Oct 7 #7 $244.7K −13% −31% $158.8M 2,174 $113 85

Thu Oct 8 #7 $314.7K +29% −8% $159.1M 2,174 $145 86

Fri Oct 9 #8 $775.0K +146% −21% $159.8M 1,933 $401 87

Sat Oct 10 #8 $1.3M +65% −22% $161.1M 1,933 $660 88

Sun Oct 11 #8 $727.1K −43% −4% $161.9M 1,936 $376 89

Mon Oct 12 #8 $328.5K −55% +57% $162.2M 1,936 $170 90

Tue Oct 13 #8 $255.5K −22% −9% $162.4M 1,936 $132 91

Wed Oct 14 #8 $234.7K −8% −4% $162.7M 1,936 $121 92

Thu Oct 15 #8 $238.9K +2% −24% $162.9M 1,936 $123 93

Thu Oct 22 #10 $174.4K — −27% $165.4M 1,416 $123 100

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

Cumulative total$148.1M

Jul 15Aug 1Aug 19Sep 5Sep 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $5.6M

$13.7M

$12.5M

$10.9M

$9.6M

$8.8M

$7.7M

$8.4M

$10.9M

$7.0M

$5.6M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,557 → 2,538 −0.7%

2,137 open2,538 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −19.0%

−8.7%

W1→2

−13.0%

W2→3

−11.8%

W3→4

−8.3%

W4→5

−12.9%

W5→6

+8.9%

W6→7

+30.4%

W7→8

−36.3%

W8→9

−19.0%

W9→10

Steepest −36.3%Biggest gain +30.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 39 days

$100M

Day 39

Aug 22

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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