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What Dreams May ComeFollow

1998 • PG-13 • 1h 53m • Drama, Fantasy, Romance • PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

After life there is more. The end is just the beginning.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$15.80M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$55.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$71.50M
$16.00M international
Domestic legs3.5x
Budget$80M
1998 rank#40

Cast & crew

Robin Williams Robin Williams Starring Cuba Gooding Jr. Cuba Gooding Jr. Starring Annabella Sciorra Annabella Sciorra Starring Max von Sydow Max von Sydow Starring
ScreenplayRonald Bass Produced byStephen Deutsch, Barnet Bain CinematographyEduardo Serra Music byMichael Kamen StudioPolyGram Filmed Entertainment

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 2-4 2 $15.8M — 2,526 $6,268 $15.8M
2 Oct 9-11 3 $10.9M −31.1% 2,531 $4,313 $31.2M
3 Oct 16-18 6 $6.4M −41.3% 2,506 $2,555 $41.1M
4 Oct 23-25 8 $4.0M −36.9% 2,274 $1,776 $47.0M
5 Oct 30-Nov 1 9 $2.3M −43.4% 2,080 $1,099 $50.5M
6 Nov 6-8 13 $1.5M −35.8% 1,392 $1,054 $52.9M
7 Nov 13-15 15 $710.4K −51.6% 845 $841 $54.1M
8 Nov 20-22 26 $316.8K −55.4% 515 $615 $54.7M
9 Nov 27-29 36 $132.2K −58.3% 203 $651 $55.0M
10 Dec 4-6 32 $98.7K −25.3% 227 $435 $55.1M
11 Dec 11-13 35 $84.1K −14.9% 190 $442 $55.2M
12 Dec 18-20 42 $47.5K −43.5% 128 $371 $55.3M
13 Dec 25-27 53 $30.8K −35.1% 110 $280 $55.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $98.7K
$15.8M
$10.9M
$6.4M
$4.0M
$2.3M
$1.5M
$710.4K
$316.8K
$132.2K
$98.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.3%
−31.1%
W1→2
−41.3%
W2→3
−36.9%
W3→4
−43.4%
W4→5
−35.8%
W5→6
−51.6%
W6→7
−55.4%
W7→8
−58.3%
W8→9
−25.3%
W9→10
Steepest −58.3%Best hold −25.3%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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