Name: Dr. Dolittle
Director: Betty Thomas
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1998
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Peter Boyle, Richard Schiff

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jun 26	#1	$9.69M		—	$9.69M	2,777	$3.5K	1
Sat Jun 27	#1	$11.17M	+15.3%	—	$20.86M	2,777	$4.0K	2
Sun Jun 28	#1	$8.24M	-26.2%	—	$29.01M	2,777	$3.0K	3
Mon Jun 29	#1	$4.09M	-50.4%	—	$33.10M	2,777	$1.5K	4
Tue Jun 30	#1	$4.35M	+6.4%	—	$37.46M	2,777	$1.6K	5
Wed Jul 1	#2	$3.72M	-14.5%	—	$41.18M	2,789	$1.3K	6
Thu Jul 2	#2	$3.97M	+6.7%	—	$45.15M	2,789	$1.4K	7
Fri Jul 3	#2	$7.45M	+87.7%	-23.1%	$52.60M	2,869	$2.6K	8
Sat Jul 4	#2	$5.86M	-21.4%	-47.6%	$58.45M	2,869	$2.0K	9
Sun Jul 5	#2	$6.35M	+8.4%	-23.0%	$64.80M	2,869	$2.2K	10
Mon Jul 6	#2	$2.82M	-55.5%	-31.0%	$67.62M	2,871	$983	11
Tue Jul 7	#2	$2.91M	+3.0%	-33.2%	$70.53M	2,871	$1.0K	12
Wed Jul 8	#2	$3.14M	+8.2%	-15.5%	$73.68M	2,871	$1.1K	13
Thu Jul 9	#2	$2.63M	-16.3%	-33.7%	$76.31M	2,871	$916	14
Fri Jul 10	#4	$3.83M	+45.4%	-48.7%	$80.14M	2,874	$1.3K	15
Sat Jul 11	#4	$5.00M	+30.8%	-14.5%	$85.14M	2,874	$1.7K	16
Sun Jul 12	#4	$3.59M	-28.4%	-43.5%	$89.19M	2,869	$1.3K	17
Mon Jul 13	#4	$1.57M	-56.3%	-44.4%	$90.76M	2,869	$547	18
Tue Jul 14	#4	$1.77M	+12.6%	-39.2%	$92.52M	2,869	$616	19
Wed Jul 15	#5	$1.67M	-5.4%	-46.9%	$94.19M	2,869	$582	20
Thu Jul 16	#5	$1.71M	+2.3%	-35.0%	$95.90M	2,869	$596	21
Fri Jul 17	#5	$2.77M	+62.4%	-27.5%	$98.68M	2,808	$988	22
Sat Jul 18	#5	$3.73M	+34.6%	-25.4%	$102.41M	2,808	$1.3K	23
Sun Jul 19	#5	$2.81M	-24.7%	-21.5%	$105.38M	2,808	$1.0K	24
Mon Jul 20	#5	$1.27M	-54.7%	-18.7%	$106.66M	2,805	$455	25
Tue Jul 21	#5	$1.35M	+6.1%	-23.4%	$108.01M	2,805	$482	26
Wed Jul 22	#5	$1.30M	-4.0%	-22.2%	$109.31M	2,805	$463	27
Thu Jul 23	#5	$1.36M	+4.5%	-20.5%	$110.67M	2,805	$484	28
Fri Jul 24	#8	$1.98M	+45.4%	-28.8%	$112.64M	2,528	$781	29
Sat Jul 25	#6	$2.89M	+46.3%	-22.6%	$115.53M	2,528	$1.1K	30
Sun Jul 26	#6	$2.09M	-27.8%	-25.8%	$117.97M	2,528	$826	31
Mon Jul 27	#7	$908K	-56.5%	-28.7%	$118.87M	2,509	$362	32
Tue Jul 28	#6	$989K	+8.9%	-26.9%	$119.86M	2,509	$394	33
Wed Jul 29	#9	$791K	-20.1%	-39.2%	$120.65M	2,509	$315	34
Thu Jul 30	#8	$884K	+11.9%	-34.9%	$121.54M	2,509	$352	35
Fri Jul 31	#9	$1.41M	+58.9%	-28.9%	$122.94M	2,180	$644	36
Sat Aug 1	#9	$1.89M	+34.2%	-34.8%	$124.83M	2,180	$865	37
Sun Aug 2	#9	$1.33M	-29.2%	-36.1%	$126.13M	2,184	$611	38
Mon Aug 3	#9	$602K	-54.9%	-33.7%	$126.73M	2,184	$276	39
Tue Aug 4	#9	$645K	+7.1%	-34.8%	$127.37M	2,184	$295	40
Wed Aug 5	#10	$589K	-8.7%	-25.4%	$127.96M	2,184	$270	41
Thu Aug 6	#10	$570K	-3.2%	-35.5%	$128.53M	2,184	$261	42

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 26-28	1	$29.01M	—	$29.01M	2,777	$10.4K	1
Jul 3-5	2	$19.68M	-32.2%	$64.80M	2,871	$6.9K	2
Jul 10-12	4	$12.88M	-34.6%	$89.19M	2,869	$4.5K	3
Jul 17-19	5	$9.48M	-26.4%	$105.38M	2,805	$3.4K	4
Jul 24-26	6	$7.30M	-23.0%	$117.97M	2,528	$2.9K	5
Jul 31-Aug 2	9	$4.59M	-37.1%	$126.13M	2,184	$2.1K	6
Aug 7-9	11	$3.05M	-33.4%	$131.59M	1,821	$1.7K	7
Aug 14-16	15	$1.61M	-47.2%	$134.70M	1,390	$1.2K	8
Aug 21-23	19	$1.16M	-27.8%	$136.66M	934	$1.2K	9
Aug 28-30	19	$926K	-20.4%	$138.06M	914	$1.0K	10
Sep 4-6	18	$1.16M	+25.4%	$139.49M	951	$1.2K	11
Sep 11-13	20	$678K	-41.6%	$140.97M	833	$814	12
Sep 18-20	16	$633K	-6.7%	$141.10M	936	$676	13
Sep 25-27	16	$502K	-20.7%	$141.74M	769	$653	14
Oct 2-4	20	$338K	-32.8%	$142.21M	600	$563	15
Oct 9-11	21	$317K	-6.1%	$142.61M	652	$486	16
Oct 16-18	23	$267K	-15.6%	$143.01M	441	$606	17
Oct 23-25	29	$204K	-23.6%	$143.29M	417	$490	18
Oct 30-Nov 1	32	$130K	-36.4%	$143.47M	340	$382	19
Nov 6-8	36	$113K	-12.8%	$143.66M	270	$419	20
Nov 13-15	36	$112K	-1.2%	$143.82M	254	$440	21
Nov 20-22	42	$83K	-25.4%	$143.93M	198	$421	22
Nov 27-29	43	$76K	-8.6%	$144.05M	165	$462	23
Dec 4-6	53	$33K	-57.1%	$144.10M	145	$226	24
Dec 11-13	56	$22K	-32.1%	$144.13M	116	$192	25
Dec 18-20	64	$6K	-71.0%	$144.14M	53	$122	26
Jan 1-3	76	$2K	—	$144.16M	7	$243	28
Jan 8-10	71	$843	-50.4%	$144.16M	5	$169	29

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 byBetty Thomas

ScreenplayNat Mauldin, Larry Levin

Produced byJohn Davis, Joseph M. Singer, David T. Friendly

CinematographyRussell Boyd

Music byRichard Gibbs

StarringEddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Peter Boyle, Richard Schiff, Kristen Wilson, Jeffrey Tambor, Kyla Pratt

Studio20th Century Fox

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