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What's Eating Gilbert GrapeFollow

1993 • PG-13 • 1h 58m • Drama • Paramount Pictures

Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.

🍅 90% 89% MC 73 LB 3.84 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$74K
Limited · 6 theaters
Domestic total
$10.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$10.00M
$80 international
Domestic legs4.8x from $2.1M first wide weekend
Budget$11M
1993 rank#122
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Cast & crew

Full Hallström filmography
Lasse Hallström Lasse Hallström Director Johnny Depp Johnny Depp Starring Juliette Lewis Juliette Lewis Starring Mary Steenburgen Mary Steenburgen Starring Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio Starring John C. Reilly John C. Reilly Starring
ScreenplayPeter Hedges Produced byBertil Ohlsson, David Matalon, Meir Teper CinematographySven Nykvist StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 17-19 15 $74.4K — 6 $12,403 $74.4K
2 Dec 24-26 21 $62.7K −15.7% 6 $10,455 $188.4K
3 Dec 31-Jan 2 22 $82.5K +31.6% 6 $13,757 $342.1K
4 Jan 7-9 20 $75.3K −8.8% 7 $10,758 $457.7K
5 Jan 14-17 23 $57.2K — 7 $8,175 $545.1K
6 Jan 21-23 19 $136.3K — 17 $8,019 $692.6K
7 Jan 28-30 21 $109.3K −19.9% 19 $5,750 $858.5K
8 Feb 4-6 24 $82.7K −24.3% 19 $4,352 $987.1K
9 Feb 11-13 21 $51.5K −37.8% 14 $3,676 $1.1M
10 Feb 18-21 18 $45.1K — 7 $6,448 $1.1M
11 Feb 25-27 18 $42.1K — 7 $6,007 $1.2M
12 Mar 4-6 13 $2.1M +4,905.2% 611 $3,445 $3.3M
13 Mar 11-13 15 $1.3M −37.0% 611 $2,169 $5.3M
14 Mar 18-20 17 $935.2K −29.4% 565 $1,655 $6.7M
15 Mar 25-27 20 $672.7K −28.1% 337 $1,996 $7.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $45.1K
$74.4K
$62.7K
$82.5K
$75.3K
$57.2K
$136.3K
$109.3K
$82.7K
$51.5K
$45.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.8%
−15.7%
W1→2
+31.6%
W2→3
−8.8%
W3→4
−19.9%
W6→7
−24.3%
W7→8
−37.8%
W8→9
Steepest −37.8%Biggest gain +31.6%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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