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Driving Miss Daisy

1989 • PG • 1h 39m • Comedy, Drama • Warner Bros.

The funny, touching and totally irresistible story of a working relationship that became a 25-year friendship.

🍅 85% 81% MC 81 LB 3.34

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$74K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic Total
$107M
Final
Worldwide Total
$146M
$39.2M international
Domestic Legs18.8x
Budget$7.5M
1990 Rank#9
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Cast & Crew

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Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford Director Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman Starring Jessica Tandy Jessica Tandy Starring Dan Aykroyd Dan Aykroyd Starring Patti LuPone Patti LuPone Starring
ScreenplayAlfred Uhry Produced byRichard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck CinematographyPeter James Music byHans Zimmer StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Dec 15-17 16 $73.7K — 3 $24,581 $73.7K
2 Dec 22-25 Christmas 17 $440.0K — 32 $13,751 $639.6K
3 Dec 29-Jan 1 New Year's 16 $636.9K — 32 $19,902 $1.6M
4 Jan 5-7 15 $451.5K — 32 $14,110 $2.2M
5 Jan 12-14 10 $2.7M +503.7% 277 $9,840 $5.1M
6 Jan 19-21 9 $2.6M −3% 278 $9,508 $9.1M
7 Jan 26-28 1 $5.7M +115.8% 895 $6,375 $16.0M
8 Feb 2-4 1 $6.0M +5.4% 895 $6,716 $24.4M
9 Feb 9-11 2 $6.5M +8% 1,302 $4,988 $32.9M
10 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 1 $9.8M — 1,302 $7,553 $45.2M
11 Feb 23-25 1 $6.1M — 1,432 $4,265 $53.3M
12 Mar 2-4 2 $5.1M −16.7% 1,432 $3,553 $60.3M
13 Mar 9-11 5 $3.5M −31.9% 1,432 $2,421 $65.3M
14 Mar 16-18 6 $2.9M −17.1% 1,353 $2,124 $69.5M
15 Mar 23-25 4 $3.7M +28.1% 1,652 $2,229 $74.5M
16 Mar 30-Apr 1 4 $5.2M +40.5% 1,668 $3,102 $82.1M
17 Apr 6-8 7 $3.2M −38% 1,528 $2,101 $86.9M
18 Apr 13-15 8 $2.2M −30.1% 1,387 $1,617 $90.5M
19 Apr 20-22 8 $2.1M −7.5% 1,296 $1,601 $93.6M
20 Apr 27-29 8 $1.6M −21.4% 1,063 $1,534 $96.1M
21 May 4-6 9 $1.5M −5.9% 1,120 $1,370 $98.4M
22 May 11-13 9 $1.0M −31.9% 914 $1,142 $100.0M
23 May 18-20 12 $515.3K −50.7% 803 $641 $100.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $9.8M
$73.7K
$440.0K
$636.9K
$451.5K
$2.7M
$2.6M
$5.7M
$6.0M
$6.5M
$9.8M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +8%
+503.7%
W4→5
−3%
W5→6
+115.8%
W6→7
+5.4%
W7→8
+8%
W8→9
Steepest −3%Biggest gain +503.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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