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1995 • R • 2h 4m • Drama, Romance, Comedy • 20th Century Fox

Friends are the people who let you be yourself... and never let you forget it.

🍅 56% 79% LB 3.38 IMDb 6.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$14.10M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$66.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$81.30M
$14.40M international
Domestic legs4.7x
1995 rank#26
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Cast & crew

Full Whitaker filmography
Forest Whitaker Forest Whitaker Director Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Starring Angela Bassett Angela Bassett Starring Loretta Devine Loretta Devine Starring Gregory Hines Gregory Hines Starring Dennis Haysbert Dennis Haysbert Starring
ScreenplayTerry McMillan, Ronald Bass Produced byDeborah Schindler, Ezra Swerdlow CinematographyToyomichi Kurita Music byKenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 22-24 1 $14.1M — 1,253 $11,274 $14.1M
2 Dec 29-31 4 $13.3M −5.9% 1,331 $9,990 $36.0M
3 Jan 5-7 5 $6.1M −54.3% 1,402 $4,338 $44.9M
4 Jan 12-14 8 $6.5M +6.2% 1,349 $4,789 $53.6M
5 Jan 19-21 11 $3.1M −51.6% 1,358 $2,303 $57.9M
6 Jan 26-28 14 $1.8M −43.0% 1,230 $1,450 $60.7M
7 Feb 2-4 19 $913.6K −48.8% 837 $1,091 $62.2M
8 Feb 9-11 20 $711.4K −22.1% 634 $1,122 $63.5M
9 Feb 16-18 23 $637.9K −10.3% 505 $1,263 $64.2M
10 Feb 23-25 23 $451.6K −29.2% 473 $955 $64.8M
11 Mar 1-3 24 $393.3K −12.9% 415 $948 $65.4M
12 Mar 8-10 27 $317.3K −19.3% 363 $874 $65.8M
13 Mar 15-17 30 $235.3K −25.9% 270 $871 $66.2M
14 Mar 22-24 34 $172.8K −26.5% 228 $758 $66.5M
15 Mar 29-31 38 $132.5K −23.3% 160 $828 $66.7M
16 Apr 5-7 39 $85.9K −35.2% 133 $646 $66.8M
17 Apr 12-14 44 $66.0K −23.2% 103 $641 $66.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $451.6K
$14.1M
$13.3M
$6.1M
$6.5M
$3.1M
$1.8M
$913.6K
$711.4K
$637.9K
$451.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.2%
−5.9%
W1→2
−54.3%
W2→3
+6.2%
W3→4
−51.6%
W4→5
−43.0%
W5→6
−48.8%
W6→7
−22.1%
W7→8
−10.3%
W8→9
−29.2%
W9→10
Steepest −54.3%Biggest gain +6.2%

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