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East Is EastFollow

1999 • R • 1h 37m • Comedy, Drama • Miramax

A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$54K
Limited · 4 theaters
Domestic total
$4.17M
Final
Worldwide total
$30.44M
$26.27M international
Domestic legs10.6x from $394K biggest weekend
Budget$3M

Cast & crew

Directed byDamien O'Donnell ScreenplayAyub Khan-Din Produced byLeslee Udwin CinematographyBrian Tufano Prod. DesignTom Conroy StarringOm Puri, Linda Bassett, Ian Aspinall, Jimi Mistry, Archie Panjabi, Jordan Routledge StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 14-16 47 $53.6K — 4 $13,392 $53.6K
2 Apr 21-23 26 $210.5K +292.9% 18 $11,694 $292.2K
3 Apr 28-30 23 $262.8K +24.8% 44 $5,972 $635.0K
4 May 5-7 24 $217.9K −17.1% 61 $3,572 $946.6K
5 May 12-14 27 $206.6K −5.2% 63 $3,279 $1.2M
6 May 19-21 29 $195.9K −5.1% 66 $2,969 $1.5M
7 May 26-28 21 $394.5K +101.3% 154 $2,561 $2.0M
8 Jun 2-4 19 $242.4K −38.5% 157 $1,544 $2.3M
9 Jun 9-11 17 $235.4K −2.9% 137 $1,718 $2.7M
10 Jun 16-18 23 $176.3K −25.1% 110 $1,603 $2.9M
11 Jun 23-25 27 $141.4K −19.8% 92 $1,537 $3.2M
12 Jun 30-Jul 2 35 $106.4K −24.7% 92 $1,157 $3.4M
13 Jul 7-9 40 $92.9K −12.7% 68 $1,367 $3.5M
14 Jul 14-16 41 $79.3K −14.7% 56 $1,416 $3.6M
15 Jul 21-23 50 $59.9K −24.5% 56 $1,069 $3.7M
16 Jul 28-30 50 $56.9K −4.9% 44 $1,294 $3.8M
17 Aug 4-6 62 $36.5K −35.9% 29 $1,259 $3.9M
18 Aug 11-13 72 $31.5K −13.7% 25 $1,260 $3.9M
19 Aug 18-20 75 $19.3K −38.8% 26 $741 $4.0M
20 Aug 25-27 82 $17.1K −11.5% 17 $1,004 $4.0M
21 Sep 1-3 46 $125.6K +636.3% 111 $1,132 $4.1M
22 Sep 8-10 68 $23.3K −81.4% 44 $530 $4.2M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $176.3K
$53.6K
$210.5K
$262.8K
$217.9K
$206.6K
$195.9K
$394.5K
$242.4K
$235.4K
$176.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −25.1%
+292.9%
W1→2
+24.8%
W2→3
−17.1%
W3→4
−5.2%
W4→5
−5.1%
W5→6
+101.3%
W6→7
−38.5%
W7→8
−2.9%
W8→9
−25.1%
W9→10
Steepest −38.5%Biggest gain +292.9%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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