Name: You've Got Mail
Director: Nora Ephron
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1998
Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton, Dave Chappelle

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Dec 18	#1	$6.02M		—	$6.02M	2,691	$2.2K	1
Sat Dec 19	#1	$7.21M	+20%	—	$13.23M	2,691	$2.7K	2
Sun Dec 20	#1	$5.18M	-28%	—	$18.43M	2,691	$1.9K	3
Mon Dec 21	#1	$2.67M	-48%	—	$20.99M	2,691	$991	4
Tue Dec 22	#2	$3.15M	+18%	—	$24.15M	2,691	$1.2K	5
Wed Dec 23	#1	$3.12M	-1%	—	$27.26M	2,961	$1.1K	6
Thu Dec 24	#1	$2.31M	-26%	—	$29.54M	2,961	$778	7
Fri Dec 25	#3	$5.02M	+118%	-17%	$34.56M	2,961	$1.7K	8
Sat Dec 26	#2	$7.47M	+49%	+4%	$42.04M	2,756	$2.7K	9
Sun Dec 27	#3	$5.58M	-25%	+8%	$47.62M	2,756	$2.0K	10
Mon Dec 28	#4	$3.73M	-33%	+40%	$51.35M	2,756	$1.4K	11
Tue Dec 29	#4	$3.98M	+7%	+26%	$55.33M	2,756	$1.4K	12
Wed Dec 30	#3	$3.69M	-7%	+18%	$59.02M	2,756	$1.3K	13
Thu Dec 31	#2	$4.76M	+29%	+107%	$63.80M	2,756	$1.7K	14
Fri Jan 1	#2	$5.97M	+26%	+19%	$69.77M	2,776	$2.2K	15
Sat Jan 2	#2	$5.08M	-15%	-32%	$74.86M	2,776	$1.8K	16
Sun Jan 3	#3	$2.96M	-42%	-47%	$77.94M	2,776	$1.1K	17
Mon Jan 4	#3	$1.00M	-66%	-73%	$78.94M	2,776	$362	18
Tue Jan 5	#2	$1.18M	+17%	-70%	$80.12M	2,776	$425	19
Wed Jan 6	#3	$922K	-22%	-75%	$81.04M	2,776	$332	20
Thu Jan 7	#2	$958K	+4%	-80%	$82.00M	2,776	$345	21
Fri Jan 8	#3	$2.15M	+124%	-64%	$84.15M	2,749	$780	22
Sat Jan 9	#3	$3.92M	+83%	-23%	$88.07M	2,749	$1.4K	23
Sun Jan 10	#5	$2.03M	-48%	-31%	$90.11M	2,749	$740	24
Mon Jan 11	#3	$504K	-75%	-50%	$90.61M	2,749	$183	25
Tue Jan 12	#4	$633K	+26%	-46%	$91.24M	2,749	$230	26
Wed Jan 13	#4	$513K	-19%	-44%	$91.75M	2,749	$187	27
Thu Jan 14	#4	$529K	+3%	-45%	$92.28M	2,749	$192	28
Fri Jan 15	#7	$1.57M	+198%	-27%	$93.86M	2,554	$617	29
Sat Jan 16	#7	$2.67M	+70%	-32%	$96.53M	2,554	$1.0K	30
Sun Jan 17	#8	$1.57M	-41%	-23%	$98.11M	2,554	$617	31
Mon Jan 18	#10	$939K	-40%	+86%	$98.91M	2,554	$368	32
Tue Jan 19	#7	$401K	-57%	-37%	$99.31M	2,554	$157	33
Wed Jan 20	#7	$354K	-12%	-31%	$99.66M	2,554	$139	34
Thu Jan 21	#7	$366K	+3%	-31%	$100.03M	2,554	$143	35
Fri Jan 22	#7	$1.14M	+211%	-28%	$101.17M	2,331	$489	36
Sat Jan 23	#7	$2.03M	+78%	-24%	$103.20M	2,331	$871	37
Sun Jan 24	#8	$976K	-52%	-38%	$104.14M	2,331	$419	38
Mon Jan 25	#8	$247K	-75%	-74%	$104.39M	2,331	$106	39
Tue Jan 26	#8	$276K	+12%	-31%	$104.66M	2,331	$118	40
Wed Jan 27	#8	$233K	-15%	-34%	$104.90M	2,331	$100	41
Thu Jan 28	#8	$256K	+10%	-30%	$105.15M	2,331	$110	42
Fri Jan 29	#9	$830K	+224%	-27%	$105.98M	2,096	$396	43
Sat Jan 30	#6	$1.76M	+113%	-13%	$107.75M	2,096	$842	44
Sun Jan 31	#10	$447K	-75%	-54%	$108.17M	2,096	$213	45
Mon Feb 1	#9	$173K	-61%	-30%	$108.35M	2,096	$83	46
Tue Feb 2	#9	$202K	+17%	-27%	$108.55M	2,096	$96	47
Wed Feb 3	#9	$175K	-13%	-25%	$108.73M	2,096	$84	48
Thu Feb 4	#9	$198K	+13%	-23%	$108.92M	2,096	$94	49
Fri Feb 5	#10	$527K	+166%	-37%	$109.45M	2,096	$251	50
Sat Feb 6	#8	$1.27M	+141%	-28%	$110.72M	2,016	$630	51
Mon Feb 8	#13	$107K		-38%	$111.23M	2,016	$53	53
Tue Feb 9	#13	$121K	+13%	-40%	$111.35M	2,016	$60	54
Wed Feb 10	#12	$120K	-1%	-32%	$111.47M	2,016	$59	55
Thu Feb 11	#11	$126K	+5%	-36%	$111.59M	2,016	$63	56
Fri Feb 12	#14	$220K	+74%	-58%	$111.81M	1,601	$137	57
Sat Feb 13	#13	$440K	+100%	-65%	$112.25M	1,601	$275	58
Sun Feb 14	#13	$385K	-13%	—	$112.64M	1,601	$240	59

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 18-20	1	$18.43M	—	$18.43M	2,691	$6.8K	1
Dec 25-27	3	$18.10M	-1.8%	$47.44M	2,756	$6.6K	2
Jan 1-3	3	$14.18M	-21.7%	$77.94M	2,776	$5.1K	3
Jan 8-10	3	$8.10M	-42.8%	$90.11M	2,358	$3.4K	4
Jan 15-17	7	$6.62M	-18.3%	$98.91M	2,554	$2.6K	5
Jan 22-24	7	$4.11M	-37.9%	$104.14M	2,331	$1.8K	6
Jan 29-31	8	$3.02M	-26.5%	$108.17M	2,096	$1.4K	7
Feb 5-7	10	$2.19M	-27.6%	$111.12M	2,016	$1.1K	8
Feb 12-14	19	$1.17M	-46.5%	$112.76M	1,601	$731	9
Feb 19-21	27	$489K	-58.2%	$113.42M	931	$525	10
Feb 26-28	38	$217K	-55.7%	$113.76M	310	$699	11
Mar 5-7	42	$111K	-48.9%	$113.93M	191	$580	12
Mar 12-14	50	$54K	-50.8%	$114.03M	91	$598	13
Mar 19-21	61	$27K	-51.2%	$114.07M	49	$542	14
Mar 26-28	24	$416K	+1,467.2%	$114.50M	551	$756	15
Apr 2-4	29	$300K	-27.8%	$115.02M	491	$612	16
Apr 9-11	33	$207K	-31.1%	$115.40M	363	$570	17
Apr 16-18	38	$125K	-39.6%	$115.60M	229	$546	18
Apr 23-25	48	$91K	-26.8%	$115.73M	154	$594	19

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

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Weekend Gross Trend

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byNora Ephron

ScreenplayNora Ephron, Delia Ephron

Based onParfumerie by Miklós László

Produced byLauren Shuler Donner, Nora Ephron

CinematographyJohn Lindley

Music byGeorge Fenton

StarringTom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton, Dave Chappelle, Steve Zahn

StudioWarner Bros.

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