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As Good as It Gets

1997 PG-13 2h 19m Comedy, Drama, Romance Sony Pictures

A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat.

As Good as It Gets Box Office

Opening Weekend
$12.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$148.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$314.1M
$165.6M international
Domestic Legs11.8x
Budget$50.0M
1998 Rank#14
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 26-28 3 $12.61M $16.16M 1,572 $8.0K 1
Jan 2-4 3 $12.22M -3.1% $40.72M 1,579 $7.7K 2
Jan 9-11 3 $9.01M -26.2% $54.05M 1,632 $5.5K 3
Jan 16-18 4 $8.29M -8.0% $65.09M 1,753 $4.7K 4
Jan 23-25 4 $7.52M -9.3% $76.62M 1,763 $4.3K 5
Jan 30-Feb 1 5 $6.61M -12.1% $85.57M 1,778 $3.7K 6
Feb 6-8 6 $5.03M -23.9% $92.28M 1,795 $2.8K 7
Feb 13-15 5 $7.43M +47.7% $101.61M 1,801 $4.1K 8
Feb 20-22 6 $4.61M -38.0% $107.51M 1,837 $2.5K 9
Feb 27-Mar 1 5 $4.06M -11.9% $112.85M 1,831 $2.2K 10
Mar 6-8 8 $3.22M -20.6% $117.23M 1,788 $1.8K 11
Mar 13-15 9 $3.05M -5.3% $121.41M 1,710 $1.8K 12
Mar 20-22 8 $3.26M +6.8% $125.80M 1,604 $2.0K 13
Mar 27-29 6 $4.30M +32.0% $131.79M 1,564 $2.8K 14
Apr 3-5 8 $3.33M -22.6% $136.38M 1,556 $2.1K 15
Apr 10-12 11 $2.06M -38.3% $139.62M 1,414 $1.5K 16
Apr 17-19 11 $1.56M -24.2% $142.06M 1,205 $1.3K 17
Apr 24-26 13 $1.05M -32.3% $143.56M 1,051 $1.0K 18
May 1-3 14 $873K -17.2% $144.75M 1,205 $724 19
May 8-10 18 $560K -35.8% $145.57M 1,006 $557 20
May 15-17 21 $339K -39.5% $146.09M 805 $421 21
May 22-24 20 $456K +34.4% $146.65M 485 $939 22
May 29-31 20 $302K -33.6% $147.05M 367 $824 23
Jun 5-7 22 $219K -27.6% $147.35M 258 $848 24
Jun 12-14 32 $109K -50.3% $147.54M 152 $716 25
Jun 19-21 44 $45K -58.9% $147.64M 58 $772 26

Performance Charts

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

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJames L. Brooks
ScreenplayMark Andrus, James L. Brooks
Produced byJames L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea
CinematographyJohn Bailey
Music byHans Zimmer
StarringJack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Shirley Knight, Skeet Ulrich
StudioSony Pictures

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