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Anna and the King

1999 • PG-13 • 2h 28m • Drama, History, Romance • 20th Century Fox
🍅 52% 64% MC 56 LB 3.18 IMDb 6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$5.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$39.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$114.0M
$74.7M international
Domestic Legs7.5x
Budget$75M
1999 Rank#52
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Cast & Crew

Directed byAndy Tennant ScreenplayPeter Krikes, Steve Meerson Produced byLawrence Bender, Ed Elbert CinematographyCaleb Deschanel MusicGeorge Fenton, Robert Kraft Prod. DesignLuciana Arrighi StarringJodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling, Tom Felton, Syed Alwi, Randall Duk Kim Studio20th Century Fox
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 17-19 6 $5.2M — 2,132 $2,450 $5.2M
2 Dec 24-26 10 $4.5M −14.5% 2,132 $2,096 $13.2M
3 Dec 31-Jan 2 10 $5.4M +20.0% 2,129 $2,519 $24.7M
4 Jan 7-9 11 $3.6M −32.0% 2,004 $1,820 $30.9M
5 Jan 14-17 17 $2.5M −32.0% 1,535 $1,616 $34.6M
6 Jan 21-23 21 $908.7K −63.4% 940 $967 $36.0M
7 Jan 28-30 24 $590.8K −35.0% 750 $788 $36.9M
8 Feb 4-6 27 $482.5K −18.3% 559 $863 $37.6M
9 Feb 11-13 27 $337.1K −30.1% 496 $680 $38.1M
10 Feb 18-21 30 $290.8K −13.7% 436 $667 $38.5M
11 Feb 25-27 30 $194.3K −33.2% 379 $513 $38.8M
12 Mar 3-5 36 $135.9K −30.0% 243 $559 $39.0M
13 Mar 10-12 51 $71.9K −47.1% 151 $476 $39.1M
14 Mar 17-19 62 $39.9K −44.5% 99 $403 $39.2M
15 Mar 24-26 75 $21.0K −47.4% 54 $389 $39.2M
16 Mar 31-Apr 2 80 $13.7K −34.6% 34 $404 $39.2M
17 Apr 7-9 92 $8.6K −37.3% 22 $391 $39.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $290.8K
$5.2M
$4.5M
$5.4M
$3.6M
$2.5M
$908.7K
$590.8K
$482.5K
$337.1K
$290.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −13.7%
−14.5%
W1→2
+20.0%
W2→3
−32.0%
W3→4
−32.0%
W4→5
−63.4%
W5→6
−35.0%
W6→7
−18.3%
W7→8
−30.1%
W8→9
−13.7%
W9→10
Steepest −63.4%Biggest gain +20.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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