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Baby Geniuses

1999 • PG • 1h 35m • Comedy, Crime, Family • Sony Pictures Releasing

Think innocent. Think helpless. Think again. Naps are history.

🍅 2% 25% MC 7 LB 1.79 IMDb 2.6

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$5.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$27.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$36.4M
$9.2M international
Domestic Legs4.8x
Budget$13M
1999 Rank#74
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Cast & Crew

Kathleen Turner Kathleen Turner Starring Christopher Lloyd Christopher Lloyd Starring Kim Cattrall Kim Cattrall Starring Peter MacNicol Peter MacNicol Starring Dom DeLuise Dom DeLuise Starring Ruby Dee Ruby Dee Starring
ScreenplayBob Clark, Greg Michael Produced bySteven Paul CinematographyStephen M. Katz MusicPaul Zaza Prod. DesignFrancis J. Pezza StudioSony Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 12-14 5 $5.6M — 1,689 $3,324 $5.6M
2 Mar 19-21 4 $4.3M −23.2% 1,698 $2,540 $11.8M
3 Mar 26-28 9 $2.7M −36.6% 1,702 $1,605 $15.3M
4 Apr 2-4 11 $2.0M −26.0% 1,702 $1,188 $18.5M
5 Apr 9-12 14 $1.5M −25.1% 1,590 $953 $21.6M
6 Apr 16-18 16 $920.6K −39.3% 1,464 $629 $22.7M
7 Apr 23-25 18 $626.3K −32.0% 1,167 $537 $23.6M
8 Apr 30-May 2 20 $388.3K −38.0% 939 $414 $24.1M
9 May 7-9 24 $264.6K −31.9% 741 $357 $24.5M
10 May 14-16 27 $220.4K −16.7% 660 $334 $24.7M
11 May 21-23 36 $123.1K −44.1% 461 $267 $24.9M
12 May 28-31 22 $318.7K +158.8% 700 $455 $25.2M
13 Jun 4-6 22 $216.3K −32.1% 609 $355 $25.5M
14 Jun 11-13 24 $207.6K −4.0% 444 $468 $25.8M
15 Jun 18-20 34 $120.4K −42.0% 383 $314 $26.0M
16 Jun 25-27 31 $121.6K +1.0% 301 $404 $26.2M
17 Jul 2-4 35 $121.1K −0.4% 240 $505 $26.4M
18 Jul 9-11 36 $102.4K −15.4% 188 $545 $26.6M
19 Jul 16-18 41 $91.7K −10.5% 175 $524 $26.7M
20 Jul 23-25 47 $80.1K −12.6% 163 $492 $26.9M
21 Jul 30-Aug 1 53 $43.4K −45.8% 101 $430 $26.9M
22 Aug 6-8 59 $32.1K −25.9% 87 $370 $27.0M
23 Aug 13-15 60 $32.6K +1.3% 92 $354 $27.0M
24 Aug 20-22 61 $33.8K +3.8% 105 $322 $27.1M
25 Aug 27-29 65 $30.7K −9.3% 97 $316 $27.1M
26 Sep 3-6 83 $9.6K −68.8% 21 $455 $27.1M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $220.4K
$5.6M
$4.3M
$2.7M
$2.0M
$1.5M
$920.6K
$626.3K
$388.3K
$264.6K
$220.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.7%
−23.2%
W1→2
−36.6%
W2→3
−26.0%
W3→4
−25.1%
W4→5
−39.3%
W5→6
−32.0%
W6→7
−38.0%
W7→8
−31.9%
W8→9
−16.7%
W9→10
Steepest −39.3%Best hold −16.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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