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A Bug's Life

1998 1h 35m Adventure, Animation, Comedy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

An epic of miniature proportions.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$163M
Final
Opening Weekend
$33.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.89x
Opening → Total
Budget
$120M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$363M
$201M international

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 27-29 1 $33.3M $46.1M 2,686 $12K 1
Dec 4-6 1 $17.2M -48.4% $68.7M 2,701 $6K 2
Dec 11-13 2 $11.2M -34.8% $83.5M 2,748 $4K 3
Dec 18-20 3 $10.0M -10.8% $96.3M 2,773 $4K 4
Dec 25-27 7 $10.1M +1.4% $114.5M 2,456 $4K 5
Jan 1-3 5 $8.8M -12.8% $136.4M 2,551 $3K 6
Jan 8-10 7 $4.7M -46.5% $143.0M 2,500 $2K 7
Jan 15-17 7 $3.4M -27.1% $147.4M 1,815 $2K 8
Jan 22-24 13 $2.7M -21.6% $151.7M 1,521 $2K 9
Jan 29-31 12 $1.9M -28.8% $154.2M 1,510 $1K 10
Feb 5-7 15 $1.4M -26.3% $156.0M 1,286 $1K 11
Feb 12-14 11 $803K -43.3% $157.0M 979 $820 12
Feb 19-21 24 $564K -29.8% $158.1M 745 $757 13
Feb 26-28 29 $360K -36.2% $158.5M 558 $644 14
Mar 5-7 28 $313K -13.0% $159.0M 490 $638 15
Mar 12-14 30 $274K -12.6% $159.3M 444 $616 16
Mar 19-21 26 $344K +25.9% $159.9M 449 $767 17
Mar 26-28 21 $529K +53.7% $160.5M 661 $801 18
Apr 2-4 18 $423K -20.0% $161.2M 649 $652 19
Apr 9-11 22 $401K -5.4% $161.9M 538 $744 20
Apr 16-18 23 $315K -21.4% $162.3M 484 $651 21
Apr 23-25 32 $165K -47.6% $162.6M 380 $434 22
Apr 30-May 2 41 $85K -48.8% $162.7M 275 $307 23
May 7-9 60 $42K -50.4% $162.8M 184 $227 24

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Lasseter
ScreenplayBob Shaw, Andrew Stanton, Don McEnery
StarringDave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller, Richard Kind
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures