Name: Bowfinger
Director: Frank Oz
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1999
Cast: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski, Jamie Kennedy

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Aug 13	#2	$5.83M		—	$5.83M	2,700	$2.2K	1
Sat Aug 14	#2	$7.24M	+24.2%	—	$13.07M	2,700	$2.7K	2
Sun Aug 15	#2	$5.06M	-30.1%	—	$18.06M	2,706	$1.9K	3
Mon Aug 16	#2	$1.85M	-63.4%	—	$19.92M	2,706	$685	4
Tue Aug 17	#2	$1.98M	+6.6%	—	$21.89M	2,706	$730	5
Wed Aug 18	#2	$1.70M	-13.7%	—	$23.60M	2,706	$630	6
Thu Aug 19	#2	$1.60M	-6.3%	—	$25.19M	2,706	$590	7
Fri Aug 20	#2	$3.50M	+119.1%	-40.0%	$28.69M	2,706	$1.3K	8
Sat Aug 21	#3	$4.19M	+19.8%	-42.1%	$32.88M	2,706	$1.5K	9
Sun Aug 22	#2	$2.92M	-30.3%	-42.3%	$35.80M	2,717	$1.1K	10
Mon Aug 23	#2	$1.03M	-64.7%	-44.3%	$36.84M	2,717	$380	11
Tue Aug 24	#3	$1.13M	+9.2%	-42.9%	$37.96M	2,717	$415	12
Wed Aug 25	#4	$937K	-16.9%	-45.0%	$38.90M	2,717	$345	13
Thu Aug 26	#4	$920K	-1.9%	-42.4%	$39.82M	2,717	$339	14
Fri Aug 27	#4	$2.07M	+125.0%	-40.8%	$41.89M	2,727	$759	15
Sat Aug 28	#4	$2.88M	+39.4%	-31.2%	$44.77M	2,727	$1.1K	16
Sun Aug 29	#3	$1.75M	-39.4%	-40.2%	$46.40M	2,732	$640	17
Mon Aug 30	#4	$587K	-66.4%	-43.1%	$46.99M	2,732	$215	18
Tue Aug 31	#5	$615K	+4.7%	-45.5%	$47.61M	2,732	$225	19
Wed Sep 1	#5	$464K	-24.5%	-50.5%	$48.07M	2,732	$170	20
Thu Sep 2	#4	$516K	+11.1%	-43.9%	$48.59M	2,732	$189	21
Fri Sep 3	#4	$1.41M	+172.7%	-32.1%	$49.99M	2,704	$520	22
Sat Sep 4	#4	$2.23M	+58.5%	-22.8%	$52.22M	2,704	$824	23
Sun Sep 5	#4	$2.29M	+3.0%	+31.3%	$54.52M	2,700	$850	24
Mon Sep 6	#4	$1.57M	-31.7%	+166.8%	$55.87M	2,702	$580	25
Tue Sep 7	#6	$365K	-76.7%	-40.7%	$56.24M	2,702	$135	26
Wed Sep 8	#6	$297K	-18.5%	-35.9%	$56.53M	2,702	$110	27
Thu Sep 9	#6	$270K	-9.1%	-47.6%	$56.80M	2,702	$100	28
Fri Sep 10	#5	$860K	+218.3%	-38.8%	$57.66M	2,702	$318	29
Sat Sep 11	#4	$1.96M	+127.3%	-12.3%	$59.65M	2,390	$818	30
Sun Sep 12	#6	$736K	-62.4%	-67.9%	$60.41M	2,452	$300	31
Mon Sep 13	#7	$184K	-75.0%	-88.3%	$60.59M	2,452	$75	32
Tue Sep 14	#7	$221K	+20.0%	-39.5%	$60.81M	2,452	$90	33
Wed Sep 15	#7	$233K	+5.6%	-21.6%	$61.04M	2,452	$95	34
Thu Sep 16	#7	$233K	+0.0%	-13.8%	$61.28M	2,452	$95	35
Fri Sep 17	#8	$541K	+132.2%	-37.1%	$61.82M	2,049	$264	36
Sat Sep 18	#8	$753K	+39.2%	-61.5%	$62.57M	2,049	$367	37
Sun Sep 19	#9	$423K	-43.8%	-42.5%	$62.99M	2,049	$206	38
Mon Sep 20	#10	$141K	-66.7%	-23.5%	$63.13M	2,063	$68	39
Tue Sep 21	#9	$145K	+2.7%	-34.5%	$63.28M	2,063	$70	40
Wed Sep 22	#10	$124K	-14.4%	-46.9%	$63.40M	2,063	$60	41
Thu Sep 23	#9	$123K	-0.4%	-47.1%	$63.53M	2,063	$60	42
Fri Sep 24	#12	$212K	+71.9%	-60.8%	$63.74M	1,262	$168	43
Sat Sep 25	#12	$364K	+71.7%	-51.7%	$64.10M	1,262	$288	44
Sun Sep 26	#14	$182K	-50.0%	-57.0%	$64.31M	1,299	$140	45
Mon Sep 27	#13	$65K	-64.3%	-53.9%	$64.38M	1,299	$50	46
Tue Sep 28	#13	$71K	+10.0%	-50.6%	$64.45M	1,299	$55	47
Wed Sep 29	#14	$58K	-18.2%	-52.8%	$64.51M	1,299	$45	48
Thu Sep 30	#14	$59K	+0.1%	-52.6%	$64.57M	1,299	$45	49
Fri Oct 1	#17	$85K	+45.3%	-59.9%	$64.65M	639	$133	50
Sat Oct 2	#17	$140K	+64.7%	-61.5%	$64.79M	639	$219	51
Sun Oct 3	#18	$71K	-49.3%	-61.0%	$64.87M	643	$110	52
Mon Oct 4	#18	$23K	-68.3%	-65.4%	$64.90M	643	$35	53
Tue Oct 5	#20	$26K	+14.3%	-64.0%	$64.92M	643	$40	54
Wed Oct 6	#18	$26K	-0.1%	-56.0%	$64.95M	643	$40	55

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Aug 13-15	2	$18.06M	—	$18.06M	2,706	$6.7K	1
Aug 20-22	2	$10.61M	-41.3%	$35.80M	2,717	$3.9K	2
Aug 27-29	4	$6.58M	-37.9%	$46.40M	2,732	$2.4K	3
Sep 3-6	4	$7.39M	+12.2%	$55.87M	2,702	$2.7K	4
Sep 10-12	5	$3.60M	-51.2%	$60.41M	2,390	$1.5K	5
Sep 17-19	8	$1.71M	-52.5%	$62.99M	2,063	$830	6
Sep 24-26	13	$786K	-54.1%	$64.31M	1,299	$605	7
Oct 1-3	18	$309K	-60.7%	$64.87M	643	$480	8
Oct 8-10	24	$218K	-29.5%	$65.19M	431	$505	9
Oct 15-17	29	$166K	-23.8%	$65.43M	335	$495	10
Oct 22-24	40	$125K	-24.9%	$65.62M	235	$530	11
Oct 29-31	39	$105K	-15.8%	$65.77M	228	$460	12
Nov 5-7	35	$140K	+33.4%	$65.96M	264	$530	13
Nov 12-14	41	$107K	-23.4%	$66.13M	228	$470	14
Nov 19-21	39	$100K	-6.3%	$66.27M	207	$485	15
Nov 26-28	55	$57K	-43.0%	$66.37M	118	$485	16

Performance Charts

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

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Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byFrank Oz

ScreenplaySteve Martin

Produced byBrian Grazer

CinematographyUeli Steiger

Music byDavid Newman

StarringSteve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski, Jamie Kennedy, Barry Newman, Terence Stamp, Robert Downey Jr.

StudioUniversal Pictures

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