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City of Angels

1998 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Drama, Fantasy, Romance • Warner Bros.

She didn't believe in angels until she fell in love with one.

🍅 57% 82%

54

3.09

6.7

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$15.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$78.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$198.8M

$120.0M international

Domestic Legs5.1x

Budget$55M

1998 Rank#25

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Cast & Crew

Nicolas Cage Starring

Meg Ryan Starring

Dennis Franz Starring

Andre Braugher Starring

Colm Feore Starring

Robin Bartlett Starring

ScreenplayDana Stevens Produced byDawn Steel, Charles Roven CinematographyJohn Seale Music byGabriel Yared StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 10-12 1 $15.4M — 2,212 $6,948 $15.4M

2 Apr 17-19 1 $12.3M −19.8% 2,329 $5,295 $34.1M

3 Apr 24-26 2 $9.0M −26.9% 2,433 $3,704 $46.6M

4 May 1-3 2 $6.6M −26.7% 2,433 $2,716 $55.4M

5 May 8-10 2 $4.7M −28.6% 2,433 $1,939 $61.9M

6 May 15-17 4 $3.1M −34.2% 2,245 $1,382 $66.2M

7 May 22-25 8 $3.2M +4.6% 1,967 $1,650 $70.5M

8 May 29-31 11 $1.6M −50.2% 1,548 $1,044 $72.8M

9 Jun 5-7 13 $742.3K −54.1% 1,146 $648 $74.2M

10 Jun 12-14 16 $382.2K −48.5% 711 $538 $75.1M

11 Jun 19-21 20 $218.1K −42.9% 354 $616 $75.5M

12 Jun 26-28 33 $117.2K −46.3% 195 $601 $75.8M

13 Jul 3-5 43 $60.2K −48.6% 107 $563 $75.9M

14 Jul 10-12 15 $717.6K +1091.5% 715 $1,004 $76.6M

15 Jul 17-19 18 $389.2K −45.8% 604 $644 $77.5M

16 Jul 24-26 24 $232.3K −40.3% 529 $439 $78.0M

17 Jul 31-Aug 2 31 $155.4K −33.1% 349 $445 $78.3M

18 Aug 7-9 37 $97.4K −37.3% 232 $420 $78.5M

19 Aug 14-16 44 $61.3K −37.1% 166 $369 $78.6M

20 Aug 21-23 54 $34.3K −44.0% 71 $483 $78.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 10 #1 $5.9M — $5.9M 2,212 $2,683 1

Sat Apr 11 #1 $5.8M −1.9% $11.8M 2,212 $2,633 2

Sun Apr 12 #1 $3.5M −40.0% $15.4M 2,212 $1,579 3

Mon Apr 13 #1 $1.7M −52.7% $17.0M 2,212 $748 4

Tue Apr 14 #1 $1.7M +1.2% $18.7M 2,212 $756 5

Wed Apr 15 #1 $1.5M −9.7% $20.2M 2,212 $683 6

Thu Apr 16 #1 $1.5M +0.3% $21.7M 2,212 $685 7

Fri Apr 17 #1 $4.1M +171.3% −30.7% $25.8M 2,329 $1,765 8

Sat Apr 18 #1 $5.3M +29.2% −8.8% $31.1M 2,329 $2,280 9

Sun Apr 19 #1 $2.9M −45.1% −16.6% $34.1M 2,329 $1,251 10

Mon Apr 20 #1 $829.0K −71.6% −49.9% $34.9M 2,329 $356 11

Tue Apr 21 #1 $1.0M +21.6% −39.7% $35.9M 2,329 $433 12

Wed Apr 22 #1 $811.9K −19.5% −46.3% $36.7M 2,329 $349 13

Thu Apr 23 #1 $845.0K +4.1% −44.2% $37.5M 2,329 $363 14

Fri Apr 24 #2 $2.7M +222.5% −33.7% $40.3M 2,433 $1,120 15

Sat Apr 25 #2 $4.1M +48.8% −23.6% $44.4M 2,433 $1,667 16

Sun Apr 26 #2 $2.1M −47.0% −26.3% $46.6M 2,433 $883 17

Mon Apr 27 #2 $511.3K −76.2% −38.3% $47.1M 2,433 $210 18

Tue Apr 28 #2 $667.4K +30.5% −33.8% $47.7M 2,433 $274 19

Wed Apr 29 #2 $548.9K −17.8% −32.4% $48.3M 2,433 $226 20

Thu Apr 30 #2 $549.3K +0.1% −35.0% $48.8M 2,433 $226 21

Fri May 1 #2 $2.0M +270.4% −25.3% $50.9M 2,433 $836 22

Sat May 2 #2 $3.0M +49.9% −24.8% $53.9M 2,433 $1,254 23

Sun May 3 #2 $1.5M −49.7% −28.6% $55.4M 2,433 $630 24

Mon May 4 #3 $387.5K −74.7% −24.2% $55.8M 2,433 $159 25

Tue May 5 #2 $491.4K +26.8% −26.4% $56.3M 2,433 $202 26

Wed May 6 #2 $423.0K −13.9% −22.9% $56.7M 2,433 $174 27

Thu May 7 #2 $390.5K −7.7% −28.9% $57.1M 2,433 $160 28

Fri May 8 #2 $1.4M +262.4% −30.5% $58.6M 2,433 $582 29

Sat May 9 #2 $2.1M +45.9% −32.3% $60.6M 2,433 $849 30

Sun May 10 #2 $1.3M −36.6% −14.6% $61.9M 2,433 $538 31

Mon May 11 #2 $326.5K −75.1% −15.7% $62.2M 2,433 $134 32

Tue May 12 #2 $392.0K +20.0% −20.2% $62.6M 2,433 $161 33

Wed May 13 #2 $324.0K −17.3% −23.4% $62.9M 2,433 $133 34

Thu May 14 #2 $240.0K −25.9% −38.5% $63.1M 2,433 $99 35

Fri May 15 #4 $1.0M +323.3% −28.2% $64.2M 2,245 $453 36

Sat May 16 #4 $1.4M +34.8% −33.7% $65.5M 2,245 $610 37

Sun May 17 #4 $745.0K −45.6% −43.1% $66.2M 2,245 $332 38

Mon May 18 #4 $265.6K −64.3% −18.6% $66.5M 2,245 $118 39

Tue May 19 #5 $244.6K −7.9% −37.6% $66.7M 2,245 $109 40

Wed May 20 #5 $221.7K −9.4% −31.6% $67.0M 2,245 $99 41

Thu May 21 #5 $279.8K +26.2% +16.6% $67.2M 2,245 $125 42

Fri May 22 #7 $704.7K +151.8% −30.6% $68.0M 1,967 $358 43

Sat May 23 #8 $985.0K +39.8% −28.1% $68.9M 1,967 $501 44

Sun May 24 #7 $880.0K −10.7% +18.1% $69.8M 1,967 $447 45

Mon May 25 #8 $669.0K −24.0% +151.8% $70.5M 1,967 $340 46

Tue May 26 #7 $255.1K −61.9% +4.3% $70.7M 1,967 $130 47

Wed May 27 #8 $202.9K −20.5% −8.5% $70.9M 1,967 $103 48

Thu May 28 #8 $250.0K +23.2% −10.7% $71.2M 1,967 $127 49

Fri May 29 #9 $460.0K +84.0% −34.7% $71.7M 1,548 $297 50

Sat May 30 #10 $805.0K +75.0% −18.3% $72.5M 1,548 $520 51

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

Cumulative total$72.5M

Apr 10Apr 23May 5May 18May 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $382.2K

$15.4M

$12.3M

$9.0M

$6.6M

$4.7M

$3.1M

$3.2M

$1.6M

$742.3K

$382.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,433 → 1,548 −36.4%

2,212 open1,548 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.5%

−19.8%

W1→2

−26.9%

W2→3

−26.7%

W3→4

−28.6%

W4→5

−34.2%

W5→6

+4.6%

W6→7

−50.2%

W7→8

−54.1%

W8→9

−48.5%

W9→10

Steepest −54.1%Biggest gain +4.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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