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Being John Malkovich

1999 • R • 1h 53m • Comedy, Drama, Fantasy • USA Films

Ever wanted to be someone else? Now you can.

🍅 94% 87% MC 90 LB 4.07 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$638K
Limited · 25 theaters
Domestic Total
$22.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$32.4M
$9.5M international
Domestic Legs9.8x
Budget$13M
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Cast & Crew

Full Jonze filmography
Spike Jonze Spike Jonze Director John Cusack John Cusack Starring Cameron Diaz Cameron Diaz Starring John Malkovich John Malkovich Starring Catherine Keener Catherine Keener Starring
Written byCharlie Kaufman Produced byMichael Stipe, Sandy Stern, Steve Golin, Vincent Landay CinematographyLance Acord Music byCarter Burwell StudioUSA Films
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 29-31 17 $637.7K — 25 $25,509 $637.7K
2 Nov 5-7 14 $1.9M +190.4% 175 $10,583 $2.9M
3 Nov 12-14 14 $2.3M +26.2% 467 $5,005 $6.1M
4 Nov 19-21 10 $1.9M −20.2% 591 $3,158 $8.8M
5 Nov 26-28 10 $2.0M +9.6% 589 $3,472 $11.9M
6 Dec 3-5 8 $1.4M −33.3% 624 $2,185 $13.8M
7 Dec 10-12 10 $962.9K −29.4% 630 $1,528 $15.3M
8 Dec 17-19 11 $751.2K −22.0% 491 $1,530 $16.5M
9 Dec 24-26 18 $302.1K −59.8% 247 $1,223 $17.3M
10 Dec 31-Jan 2 17 $472.7K +56.5% 249 $1,898 $18.2M
11 Jan 7-9 21 $488.3K +3.3% 235 $2,078 $19.0M
12 Jan 14-16 24 $509.7K +4.4% 218 $2,338 $19.7M
13 Jan 21-23 30 $302.7K −40.6% 192 $1,577 $20.2M
14 Jan 28-30 29 $312.6K +3.3% 233 $1,342 $20.6M
15 Feb 4-6 30 $313.8K +0.4% 207 $1,516 $21.1M
16 Feb 11-13 31 $250.7K −20.1% 173 $1,449 $21.4M
17 Feb 18-20 32 $243.0K −3.1% 165 $1,473 $21.8M
18 Feb 25-27 34 $159.2K −34.5% 135 $1,180 $22.0M
19 Mar 3-5 43 $106.7K −33.0% 95 $1,124 $22.1M
20 Mar 10-12 47 $82.5K −22.7% 70 $1,179 $22.3M
21 Mar 17-19 51 $65.2K −21.0% 73 $893 $22.4M
22 Mar 24-26 43 $90.8K +39.2% 82 $1,107 $22.5M
23 Mar 31-Apr 2 43 $70.1K −22.8% 82 $854 $22.6M
24 Apr 7-9 48 $49.4K −29.5% 74 $668 $22.7M
25 Apr 14-16 61 $29.5K −40.3% 48 $615 $22.8M
26 Apr 21-23 60 $35.0K +18.6% 48 $729 $22.8M
27 Apr 28-30 75 $20.1K −42.6% 36 $558 $22.8M
28 May 5-7 99 $5.3K −73.4% 21 $254 $22.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$18.5M
Oct 31Nov 16Nov 30Dec 13Jan 6
Weekend grossWk 10 · $472.7K
$637.7K
$1.9M
$2.3M
$1.9M
$2.0M
$1.4M
$962.9K
$751.2K
$302.1K
$472.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 630 → 249 −60.5%
25 open249 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +56.5%
+190.4%
W1→2
+26.2%
W2→3
−20.2%
W3→4
+9.6%
W4→5
−33.3%
W5→6
−29.4%
W6→7
−22.0%
W7→8
−59.8%
W8→9
+56.5%
W9→10
Steepest −59.8%Biggest gain +190.4%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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