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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.

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67

3.63

7.7

Box office summary

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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Cast & Crew

Full Brooks filmography

James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks Director

Jack Nicholson Starring

Helen Hunt Starring

Greg Kinnear Starring

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr. Starring

Shirley Knight Starring

ScreenplayMark Andrus, James L. Brooks Produced byJames L. Brooks, Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea CinematographyJohn Bailey Music byHans Zimmer StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 26-28 3 $12.6M — 1,572 $8,020 $16.2M

2 Jan 2-4 3 $12.2M −3.1% 1,579 $7,738 $40.7M

3 Jan 9-11 3 $9.0M −26.2% 1,632 $5,523 $54.0M

4 Jan 16-18 4 $8.3M −8.0% 1,753 $4,728 $65.1M

5 Jan 23-25 4 $7.5M −9.3% 1,763 $4,265 $76.6M

6 Jan 30-Feb 1 5 $6.6M −12.1% 1,778 $3,717 $85.6M

7 Feb 6-8 6 $5.0M −23.9% 1,795 $2,802 $92.3M

8 Feb 13-15 5 $7.4M +47.7% 1,801 $4,125 $101.6M

9 Feb 20-22 6 $4.6M −38.0% 1,837 $2,509 $107.5M

10 Feb 27-Mar 1 5 $4.1M −11.9% 1,831 $2,216 $112.9M

11 Mar 6-8 8 $3.2M −20.6% 1,788 $1,801 $117.2M

12 Mar 13-15 9 $3.1M −5.3% 1,710 $1,784 $121.4M

13 Mar 20-22 8 $3.3M +6.8% 1,604 $2,032 $125.8M

14 Mar 27-29 6 $4.3M +32.0% 1,564 $2,751 $131.8M

15 Apr 3-5 8 $3.3M −22.6% 1,556 $2,140 $136.4M

16 Apr 10-12 11 $2.1M −38.3% 1,414 $1,454 $139.6M

17 Apr 17-19 11 $1.6M −24.2% 1,205 $1,293 $142.1M

18 Apr 24-26 13 $1.1M −32.3% 1,051 $1,003 $143.6M

19 May 1-3 14 $872.6K −17.2% 1,205 $724 $144.8M

20 May 8-10 18 $560.3K −35.8% 1,006 $557 $145.6M

21 May 15-17 21 $339.0K −39.5% 805 $421 $146.1M

22 May 22-24 20 $455.5K +34.4% 485 $939 $146.7M

23 May 29-31 20 $302.5K −33.6% 367 $824 $147.0M

24 Jun 5-7 22 $218.9K −27.6% 258 $848 $147.3M

25 Jun 12-14 32 $108.9K −50.3% 152 $716 $147.5M

26 Jun 19-21 44 $44.8K −58.9% 58 $772 $147.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 25 #5 $3.4M — $3.6M 1,572 $2,166 2

Mon Dec 29 #3 $2.3M — $18.5M 1,572 $1,478 6

Tue Dec 30 #3 $2.5M +7.6% $21.0M 1,572 $1,590 7

Wed Dec 31 #3 $3.4M +37.0% $24.4M 1,572 $2,179 8

Thu Jan 1 #3 $4.0M +18.2% +18.9% $28.5M 1,572 $2,576 9

Fri Jan 2 #3 $4.4M +7.9% $32.8M 1,579 $2,768 10

Sat Jan 3 #3 $5.0M +14.0% $37.8M 1,579 $3,154 11

Sun Jan 4 #3 $2.9M −41.7% $40.7M 1,579 $1,837 12

Mon Jan 5 #2 $1.0M −65.4% −56.8% $41.7M 1,579 $636 13

Tue Jan 6 #2 $1.2M +15.5% −53.6% $42.9M 1,579 $735 14

Wed Jan 7 #2 $1.1M −7.6% −68.7% $44.0M 1,579 $679 15

Thu Jan 8 #2 $1.1M +0.4% −73.4% $45.0M 1,579 $682 16

Fri Jan 9 #3 $2.7M +149.3% −38.6% $47.7M 1,632 $1,645 17

Sat Jan 10 #3 $4.3M +61.8% −12.8% $52.1M 1,632 $2,662 18

Sun Jan 11 #3 $2.0M −52.9% −29.5% $54.0M 1,632 $1,253 19

Mon Jan 12 #3 $613.6K −70.0% −38.9% $54.7M 1,632 $376 20

Tue Jan 13 #3 $773.8K +26.1% −33.3% $55.4M 1,632 $474 21

Wed Jan 14 #3 $681.4K −11.9% −36.5% $56.1M 1,632 $418 22

Thu Jan 15 #3 $684.2K +0.4% −36.5% $56.8M 1,632 $419 23

Fri Jan 16 #5 $2.2M +219.4% −18.6% $59.0M 1,753 $1,246 24

Sat Jan 17 #3 $3.7M +70.9% −14.0% $62.7M 1,753 $2,131 25

Sun Jan 18 #4 $2.6M −29.7% +28.4% $65.3M 1,753 $1,497 26

Mon Jan 19 #3 $1.7M −33.7% +183.7% $66.3M 1,753 $993 27

Tue Jan 20 #3 $841.9K −51.6% +8.8% $67.7M 1,753 $480 28

Wed Jan 21 #3 $708.1K −15.9% +3.9% $68.4M 1,753 $404 29

Thu Jan 22 #2 $1.4M +92.5% +99.2% $69.7M 1,753 $777 30

Fri Jan 23 #4 $1.5M +12.6% −29.7% $71.3M 1,763 $871 31

Sat Jan 24 #4 $3.9M +155.4% +5.0% $75.2M 1,763 $2,223 32

Sun Jan 25 #4 $1.3M −65.9% −49.1% $76.6M 1,763 $757 33

Mon Jan 26 #3 $537.7K −59.7% −69.1% $77.2M 1,763 $305 34

Tue Jan 27 #3 $616.4K +14.6% −26.8% $77.8M 1,761 $350 35

Wed Jan 28 #3 $579.4K −6.0% −18.2% $78.4M 1,761 $329 36

Thu Jan 29 #3 $604.8K +4.4% −55.6% $79.0M 1,763 $343 37

Fri Jan 30 #4 $1.8M +190.2% +14.3% $80.7M 1,778 $987 38

Sat Jan 31 #5 $3.3M +85.5% −17.0% $84.0M 1,778 $1,831 39

Sun Feb 1 #5 $1.7M −49.2% +23.9% $85.6M 1,778 $930 40

Mon Feb 2 #4 $375.3K −77.3% −30.2% $85.9M 1,778 $211 41

Tue Feb 3 #4 $503.9K +34.3% −18.2% $86.5M 1,778 $283 42

Wed Feb 4 #4 $403.8K −19.9% −30.3% $86.9M 1,778 $227 43

Thu Feb 5 #4 $398.9K −1.2% −34.0% $87.3M 1,778 $224 44

Fri Feb 6 #6 $1.3M +230.9% −24.8% $88.6M 1,795 $735 45

Sat Feb 7 #5 $2.5M +92.4% −22.0% $91.1M 1,795 $1,415 46

Sun Feb 8 #5 $1.3M −49.1% −21.8% $92.3M 1,795 $721 47

Mon Feb 9 #4 $353.2K −72.7% −5.9% $92.6M 1,795 $197 48

Tue Feb 10 #4 $477.3K +35.1% −5.3% $93.1M 1,795 $266 49

Wed Feb 11 #3 $504.8K +5.8% +25.0% $93.6M 1,796 $281 50

Thu Feb 12 #3 $570.0K +12.9% +42.9% $94.2M 1,796 $317 51

Fri Feb 13 #5 $1.3M +130.7% −0.4% $95.5M 1,801 $730 52

Sat Feb 14 #5 $3.1M +136.9% +22.6% $98.6M 1,801 $1,730 53

Sun Feb 15 #5 $3.0M −4.7% +129.5% $101.6M 1,801 $1,649 54

Mon Feb 16 #6 $992.9K −66.6% +181.1% $101.6M 1,801 $551 55

Tue Feb 17 #5 $458.0K −53.9% −4.0% $102.1M 1,802 $254 56

Wed Feb 18 #5 $387.7K −15.3% −23.2% $102.5M 1,802 $215 57

Thu Feb 19 #5 $441.8K +14.0% −22.5% $102.9M 1,802 $245 58

Fri Feb 20 #6 $1.1M +156.9% −13.7% $104.0M 1,837 $618 59

Sat Feb 21 #5 $2.3M +101.8% −26.5% $106.3M 1,837 $1,247 60

Sun Feb 22 #7 $1.2M −48.7% −60.4% $107.5M 1,837 $640 61

Mon Feb 23 #6 $302.3K −74.3% −69.6% $107.8M 1,837 $165 62

Tue Feb 24 #5 $370.1K +22.4% −19.2% $108.2M 1,837 $201 63

Wed Feb 25 #5 $291.2K −21.3% −24.9% $108.5M 1,837 $159 64

Thu Feb 26 #5 $315.0K +8.2% −28.7% $108.8M 1,837 $171 65

Fri Feb 27 #6 $1.0M +224.1% −10.0% $109.8M 1,831 $558 66

Sat Feb 28 #5 $1.9M +89.0% −15.7% $111.7M 1,831 $1,054 67

Sun Mar 1 #5 $1.0M −45.9% −11.1% $112.9M 1,831 $571 68

Mon Mar 2 #5 $251.5K −75.9% −16.8% $113.1M 1,831 $137 69

Tue Mar 3 #5 $323.5K +28.7% −12.6% $113.4M 1,831 $177 70

Wed Mar 4 #5 $282.0K −12.8% −3.2% $113.7M 1,831 $154 71

Thu Mar 5 #5 $301.7K +7.0% −4.2% $114.0M 1,831 $165 72

Fri Mar 6 #9 $790.0K +161.8% −22.6% $114.8M 1,788 $442 73

Sat Mar 7 #8 $1.5M +92.4% −21.2% $116.3M 1,788 $850 74

Sun Mar 8 #9 $816.0K −46.3% −21.9% $117.2M 1,788 $456 75

Mon Mar 9 #8 $251.4K −69.2% −0.0% $117.5M 1,788 $141 76

Tue Mar 10 #8 $270.0K +7.4% −16.5% $117.8M 1,788 $151 77

Wed Mar 11 #8 $268.2K −0.7% −4.9% $118.1M 1,788 $150 78

Thu Mar 12 #8 $292.1K +8.9% −3.2% $118.4M 1,788 $163 79

Fri Mar 13 #9 $765.0K +161.9% −3.2% $119.1M 1,710 $447 80

Sat Mar 14 #8 $1.5M +90.2% −4.3% $120.6M 1,710 $851 81

Sun Mar 15 #7 $804.0K −44.7% −1.5% $121.4M 1,710 $470 82

Mon Mar 16 #7 $237.7K −70.4% −5.5% $121.6M 1,710 $139 83

Tue Mar 17 #7 $278.8K +17.3% +3.2% $121.9M 1,710 $163 84

Wed Mar 18 #7 $295.2K +5.9% +10.1% $122.2M 1,710 $173 85

Thu Mar 19 #6 $324.4K +9.9% +11.1% $122.5M 1,710 $190 86

Fri Mar 20 #9 $835.0K +157.4% +9.2% $123.4M 1,604 $521 87

Sat Mar 21 #8 $1.6M +86.2% +6.9% $124.9M 1,604 $969 88

Sun Mar 22 #8 $932.0K −40.1% +15.9% $125.8M 1,604 $581 89

Mon Mar 23 #9 $202.5K −78.3% −14.8% $126.0M 1,604 $126 90

Tue Mar 24 #6 $530.0K +161.8% +90.1% $126.5M 1,604 $330 91

Wed Mar 25 #6 $491.2K −7.3% +66.4% $127.0M 1,604 $306 92

Thu Mar 26 #6 $471.6K −4.0% +45.4% $127.5M 1,604 $294 93

Fri Mar 27 #7 $1.3M +181.0% +58.7% $128.8M 1,564 $847 94

Sat Mar 28 #6 $2.0M +51.7% +29.3% $130.8M 1,564 $1,285 95

Sun Mar 29 #7 $1.0M −49.4% +9.2% $131.8M 1,564 $651 96

Mon Mar 30 #8 $263.6K −74.1% +30.2% $132.0M 1,664 $158 97

Tue Mar 31 #8 $352.3K +33.7% −33.5% $132.4M 1,564 $225 98

Wed Apr 1 #7 $327.8K −6.9% −33.3% $132.7M 1,564 $210 99

Thu Apr 2 #7 $321.3K −2.0% −31.9% $133.1M 1,564 $205 100

Fri Apr 3 #5 $1.6M +396.5% +20.4% $134.6M 1,556 $1,025 101

Sat Apr 4 #10 $920.0K −42.3% −54.2% $135.6M 1,556 $591 102

Sun Apr 5 #9 $744.0K −19.1% −26.9% $136.4M 1,556 $478 103

Mon Apr 6 #9 $244.3K −67.2% −7.3% $136.6M 1,556 $157 104

Tue Apr 7 #9 $294.7K +20.6% −16.3% $136.9M 1,556 $189 105

Wed Apr 8 #10 $290.4K −1.4% −11.4% $137.2M 556 $522 106

Sun Apr 12 #10 $478.0K — −35.8% $139.6M 1,414 $338 110

Thu Apr 16 #10 $215.0K — $140.5M 1,414 $152 114

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$113.4M

Dec 25Jan 13Jan 30Feb 15Mar 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $4.1M

$12.6M

$12.2M

$9.0M

$8.3M

$7.5M

$6.6M

$5.0M

$7.4M

$4.6M

$4.1M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,837 → 1,831 −0.3%

1,572 open1,831 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −11.9%

−3.1%

W1→2

−26.2%

W2→3

−8.0%

W3→4

−9.3%

W4→5

−12.1%

W5→6

−23.9%

W6→7

+47.7%

W7→8

−38.0%

W8→9

−11.9%

W9→10

Steepest −38.0%Biggest gain +47.7%

Run milestones

$100M in 54 days

$100M

Day 54

Feb 15

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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