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What About Bob?Follow

1991 • PG • 1h 40m • Comedy • Touchstone Pictures

Bob's a special kind of friend. The kind that drives you crazy.

🍅 71% 79% MC 60 LB 3.50 IMDb 7.0

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$9.20M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$63.70M
Final
Domestic legs6.9x
1991 rank#20
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Cast & crew

Full Oz filmography
Frank Oz Frank Oz Director Bill Murray Bill Murray Starring Richard Dreyfuss Richard Dreyfuss Starring Julie Hagerty Julie Hagerty Starring Charlie Korsmo Charlie Korsmo Starring Kathryn Erbe Kathryn Erbe Starring
ScreenplayTom Schulman Produced byLaura Ziskin CinematographyMichael Ballhaus Music byMiles Goodman StudioTouchstone Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 17-19 1 $9.2M — 1,463 $6,300 $9.2M
2 May 24-27 2 $11.2M +21.9% 1,608 $6,985 $23.7M
3 May 31-Jun 2 3 $6.4M −42.8% 1,662 $3,865 $32.1M
4 Jun 7-9 4 $4.9M −24.4% 1,805 $2,692 $39.5M
5 Jun 14-16 6 $3.4M −30.3% 1,795 $1,888 $45.0M
6 Jun 21-23 7 $2.9M −13.9% 1,707 $1,709 $49.8M
7 Jun 28-30 10 $1.9M −35.0% 1,471 $1,289 $53.2M
8 Jul 5-7 11 $1.4M −24.7% 1,471 $970 $55.7M
Weekend grossWk 8 · $1.4M
$9.2M
$11.2M
$6.4M
$4.9M
$3.4M
$2.9M
$1.9M
$1.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −24.7%
+21.9%
W1→2
−42.8%
W2→3
−24.4%
W3→4
−30.3%
W4→5
−13.9%
W5→6
−35.0%
W6→7
−24.7%
W7→8
Steepest −42.8%Biggest gain +21.9%

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