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Very Bad ThingsFollow

1998 • R • 1h 51m • Comedy, Crime, Thriller • PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

They've been bad. Very bad.

🍅 40% 58% MC 33 LB 3.13 IMDb 6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$3.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$9.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$21.10M
$11.10M international
Domestic legs3.1x
Budget$10M
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Cast & crew

Full Berg filmography
Peter Berg Peter Berg Director Christian Slater Christian Slater Starring Cameron Diaz Cameron Diaz Starring Jon Favreau Jon Favreau Starring Leland Orser Leland Orser Starring Jeremy Piven Jeremy Piven Starring
ScreenplayPeter Berg Produced byJoanna Johnson, Michael Schiffer, Cindy Cowan, Diane Nabatoff CinematographyDavid Hennings MusicStewart Copeland Prod. DesignDina Lipton StudioPolyGram Filmed Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 27-29 11 $3.2M — 1,260 $2,576 $4.7M
2 Dec 4-6 11 $1.5M −53.2% 1,260 $1,205 $7.1M
3 Dec 11-13 11 $863.9K −43.1% 1,008 $857 $8.5M
4 Dec 18-20 19 $404.5K −53.2% 535 $756 $9.3M
5 Dec 25-27 40 $80.5K −80.1% 107 $752 $9.7M
6 Jan 1-3 44 $66.0K −18.0% 75 $880 $9.8M
Weekend grossWk 6 · $66.0K
$3.2M
$1.5M
$863.9K
$404.5K
$80.5K
$66.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −18.0%
−53.2%
W1→2
−43.1%
W2→3
−53.2%
W3→4
−80.1%
W4→5
−18.0%
W5→6
Steepest −80.1%Best hold −18.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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